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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardback. This is an attempt to understand why the Anglo-French relationship, established after 1918, failed in the management of the crisis facing them in Ethiopia and the Rhineland, which ultimately became part of the path to World War II. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333949269
ISBN
9780333949269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Hardback. This book brings together a breadth of documentary and anecdotal evidence to challenge exisiting theories about the relationship between Britain and Germany at a critical period during the Cold War, and to show that both countires came to recognise the importance of working for the creation of a more united Europe. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JJPK; JPL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719076008
ISBN
9780719076008
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.26

Hardcover. The Anglo-Scottish Border and the Shaping of Identity, 1350-1600 explores the roles that Scotland and England play in one another's imaginations. This collection of essays brings together eminent scholars and emerging voices from the frequently divergent fields of English and Scottish medieval studies. Editor(s): Terrell, Katherine; Bruce, Mark P. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 247 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKS; 3H; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230110861
ISBN
9780230110861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.69

Hardback. This study is the first comprehensive assessment of warfare in Angola to cover all three phases of the nation's modern history: the anti-colonial struggle, the Cold War phase, and the post-Cold War era. It also covers, in detail, the final phase of warfare in Angola, culminating in Jonas Savimbi's death and the signing of the Luena Accord Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMA; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJH; HBLW3; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 243 x 22. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230117778
ISBN
9780230117778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.65

Paperback. A brilliant and captivating insight into the bizarre nature of contemporary Japan. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPR; WSTM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753808580
ISBN
9780753808580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Hardback. Susan Nance investigates modernity for animals through the case of Jumbo the elephant in the 1880s. Jumbo exposed the 'human dilemma' of modern living, wherein people celebrated individual animals to cope or distract themselves from the wholesale slaughter of animals required by modern consumerism. Num Pages: 112 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; HPQ; JFFZ; WNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 297.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137562067
ISBN
9781137562067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.89

Paperback. In the early twenty-first century animals are news. This title looks at the cultural and social role of animals from 1800 to the present at the way in which visual images and myths captured the popular imagination and encouraged sympathy for animals and outrage at their exploitation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861890610
ISBN
9781861890610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 32 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172. .
Publisher
The History Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841656885
ISBN
9781841656885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.32

Paperback. Looks at all the practical ways in which animals were essential to the war effort, but is equally interested in their roles as companions, mascots and morale boosters - on land, in the air and at sea. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 151 x 6. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747813675
ISBN
9780747813675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.39

Paperback. New angle on the popular 'animal interest' line, profusely illustrated with rarely seen original archival material. Num Pages: 140 pages, 150 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473862111
ISBN
9781473862111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Hardback. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 252 pages, 3 colour illustrations, 3 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HPJ; HPQ; HRAB; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319408552
ISBN
9783319408552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.63

Hardback. Num Pages: 203 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; GBC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1; LAQG; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611474787
ISBN
9781611474787
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; 5AN; YFN; YFT; YXZW. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 131 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141376646
ISBN
9780141376646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. .
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198748847
ISBN
9780198748847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.78

Hardback. Scholars of British literature and women writers will welcome this important study of one of the eighteenth century's foremost writers. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421404585
ISBN
9781421404585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.16
€ 59.06

Hardback. This cultural biography rescues Queen Anna from the shadow of King James I, arguing that she sponsored many of the artistic endeavors at court in the innovative Jacobean period (e.g., the extravagant drama known as the masque) in her role as early modern queen consort. Leeds Barroll also delves into her relationship with Catholicism. Series: New Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812235746
ISBN
9780812235746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Paperback. A historic Holocaust survivor's story: The story of a girl possessed with a unique and harrowing gift for predicting events. Translator(s): Bloom, Sandy. Series: Holocaust Remembrance Series. Num Pages: 392 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; BM; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 278 x 41. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445658773
ISBN
9781445658773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.85

Hardback. The premier practitioner of the Nahuatl annals form was a writer of the early seventeenth century now known as Chimalpahin. This volume is the first English edition of Chimalpahin's largest work, written during the first two decades of the seventeenth century. Editor(s): Lockhart, James; Schroeder, Susan; Namala, Doris. Translator(s): Lockhart, James; Schroeder, Susan; Namala, Doris. Num Pages: 340 pages, 2 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804754545
ISBN
9780804754545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.25

Paperback. In 1950, no mountain higher than 8,000 meters had ever been climbed. Maurice Herzog and other members of the French Alpine Club resolved to try. This book tells the story of the first conquest of Annapurna and the harrowing descent. It also includes 16 pages of photographs, which provides a visual record of this legendary expedition. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; 3JJPG; WSZG; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099541462
ISBN
9780099541462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Doomed queen of Henry VIII, mother to Elizabeth I, the epic story of Anne Boleyn. Num Pages: 191 pages, 73. BIC Classification: 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 211 x 2. Weight in Grams: 334. Henry VIII's Obsession. 191 pages, 47 illustrations, 26 in colour. Doomed queen of Henry VIII, mother to Elizabeth I, the epic story of Anne Boleyn. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Dimension: 199 x 128 x 16. Weight: 272.
Publisher
Amberley
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848685147
ISBN
9781848685147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. A biography that offers a fresh portrait of Anne Boleyn, one of England's most captivating queens. Through a wide-ranging forensic examination of sixteenth-century sources, it reconsiders Boleyn's girlhood, her experience at the French court, the nature of her relationship with Henry, and the authenticity of her evangelical sympathies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 black-&-white illustrations + 8pp section. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300170894
ISBN
9780300170894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99

Paperback. Reissued in the year of Miep Gies' 100th birthday, this international bestseller includes a brand-new afterword by the author. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JJH; BM; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847398222
ISBN
9781847398222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. The first major biography of Henry VIII least favourite wife - but the one who outlived them all. Num Pages: 224 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, 27 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 324. Henry VIII's Discarded Bride. 224 pages, 54 illustrations, 27 in colour. The first major biography of Henry VIII least favourite wife - but the one who outlived them all. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 17. Weight: 240.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445601830
ISBN
9781445601830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardback. This annual review is dedicated to research on jazz and its related musical forms. It contains numerous musical examples, a book review section, a portfolio of jazz photographs, and bibliographic surveys. Articles include treatments of McCoy Turner, Bill Evans, Charlie Parker and Jimmy Smith. Editor(s): Berger, Edward; Cayer, David; Martin, Henry; Morgenstern, Dan. Series: Annual Review of Jazz Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; AVGJ; GBCY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810840560
ISBN
9780810840560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.26

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