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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. This multi-award-winning book is one of the first to trace the development of Canadian wildlife conservation from its social, political, and historical roots. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; HBJK; RNK; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 0. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774812900
ISBN
9780774812900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.71

Paperback. Exploring violence as part of political economy and rejecting stereotypical explanations of African violence as endemic or natural to African cultures, this work examines a continent where the boundaries on acceptable force are always shifting and the distinction between violence by the state and against the state is not always clear. Editor(s): Bay, Edna G.; Donham, Donald L. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1HF; 3JMC; JFFE; JFSP2; JPWS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925776
ISBN
9780813925776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.48

hardcover. This text explores the states' rights versus American federalism debate, reflecting the fervent stands of Americans throughout history. Students can trace the history and development of issues surrounding this debate via this collection of over 65 primary documents. Series: Primary Documents in American History & Contemporary Issues. Num Pages: 264 pages, chronology, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313305733
ISBN
9780313305733
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.88

Paperback. This work provides an exploration of the issues and events defining the tension between nation, authority and the doctrine of states' rights. Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700612277
ISBN
9780700612277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.07

Paperback. The first general history of the evolution of states and nations in Europe from medieval times to the present. Written by one of the foremost of Germany's youngest generation of historians. Series: Making of Europe. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFCX; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 187 x 20. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631209331
ISBN
9780631209331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 45.89

Paperback. Examines the pamphlet war between Edmund Burke and the followers of Henry St John, First Viscount Bolingbroke during the mid-eighteenth century. In this book, the author points out that while parties have always existed, the party government that we know today is possible only because parties are now considered respectable. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226022178
ISBN
9780226022178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.64

Paperback. The full story of Aston House in the Second World War has never been told before. Its activities were top secret and as important to the Allied war effort as those of Bletchley Park, but in a different way. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEST; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752459448
ISBN
9780752459448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.42

Paperback. Audley End House in Essex - or Station 43 as it was known during the Second World War - was used as the principal training school for SOE's Polish Section between 1942 and 1944. This book examines the comprehensive training of agents at Audley End and describes the work undertaken by Station 43's agents in Europe. Num Pages: 160 pages, 16 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAX; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWKF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750942553
ISBN
9780750942553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.45

Hardback. A sociohistory of German bourgeois literature from 1770-1914 based on detailed readings of six cononical literary texts. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 33. Weight in Grams: 777.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804724029
ISBN
9780804724029
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.07

Paperback. Studies the way in which status symbols operated as a key tool for defining and redefining identities, relations, and power in the hierarchical world of Louis XIV's court. Series: The Past & Present Book Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 14 black & white figures/illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198754350
ISBN
9780198754350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.78

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
1091
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107531468
ISBN
9781107531468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 120.27

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; BGSA; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Bonnier Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911274254
ISBN
9781911274254
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.58

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Medina Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909339507
ISBN
9781909339507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.45

Paperback. A study of African American actors in Hollywood during the 1930s, a decade that saw the consolidation of stardom as a potent cultural and industrial force. This title focuses on performers whose Hollywood film careers flourished during this period - Louise Beavers, Fredi Washington, Lincoln "Stepin Fetchit" Perry, and more. Num Pages: 312 pages, 35 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APFA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520279773
ISBN
9780520279773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.12

Hardback. An examination of the factors which led to the breakdown of the Soviet Union. The author argues the main factor was that weak mechanisms for controlling bureaucrats within Soviet organizations meant they were able to seize the organizational assets they were supposed to be managing. Series: Russian Research Center Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 line illustrations, 21 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JPA; JPH; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 169 x 27. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674836808
ISBN
9780674836808
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.74
€ 83.91

Paperback. 'STEALING WATER is a simultaneously hilarious and heartbreaking portrait of poor-white family life in the twilight of apartheid' - Richard E. Grant Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340936641
ISBN
9780340936641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.18

Paperback. In the last few years of steam power on the British railway network, Richard Gaunt was taking photographs across the north of England showing not only the locomotives but the varied and dramatic surroundings they worked in. These beautiful images bring the past to life - for those who remember that era and those with more general interests. Num Pages: 112 pages, 198 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKEY; 3JJPK; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 248 x 9. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Fonthill Media United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781552513
ISBN
9781781552513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.06

Hardcover. Filled with LEGO-based airships and dirigibles, monowheels and penny-farthings, cabinets of curiosity and robots galore, Steampunk LEGO is an illustrated gallery of Victorian-era treasures, all built from LEGO. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: 3JH; WDH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 256 x 18. Weight in Grams: 880.
Publisher
No Starch Press,US United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781593275280
ISBN
9781593275280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.10

Paperback. Lorraine Coons and Alexander Varias explore the world of interwar steamship travel. Num Pages: 336 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 3JJG; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 124. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445649863
ISBN
9781445649863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.88

Paperback. Examines how the fortunes of Mexicans in South Chicago were linked to the environment they helped to build Series: Culture, Labor, History. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL4; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814724651
ISBN
9780814724651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Hardcover. Examines how the fortunes of Mexicans in South Chicago were linked to the environment they helped to build Series: Culture, Labor, History. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL4; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814785850
ISBN
9780814785850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.82

Hardback. Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo-awarded the Nobel Peace Prize while serving an eleven-year prison sentence-has helped shatter longstanding barriers to freedom of organization and expression in China. This biography, written by one of his closest friends, retraces Liu Xiaobo's inspiring life, from his childhood years to his current imprisonment. Translator(s): Hsu, H.C. Num Pages: 260 pages, 11 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; 3JM; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 531.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442237131
ISBN
9781442237131
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 277 x 8. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Stackpole Books United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811712095
ISBN
9780811712095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.08

Hardback. In the Spring of 2009, the Tea Party emerged onto the American political scene. This title brings together leading scholars and experts on the American Right to examine a political movement that electrified American society. It provides accounts of the movement's development at local and national levels. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 2 line illustrations, 21 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520274228
ISBN
9780520274228
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.05
€ 54.21

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