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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 pp of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 235 x 28. Weight in Grams: 734.
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612004273
ISBN
9781612004273
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.78

Hardback. Num Pages: 1069 pages, illustrations, plans, transparencies, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; APT; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 148 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1339.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
1069
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810818989
ISBN
9780810818989
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 284.05

Hardcover. The work of the RAF's 100 Group remains one of the least known aspects of the 1939-45 war. This book redresses the balance by focussing on one the heavy units, 223, and its sister units at RAF Oulton, Norfolk. It presents a picture of the secret and vital activities of the special operatives, and their effect on German defences. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 994.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Grub Street United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908117144
ISBN
9781908117144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 37.62

Hardback. In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's 'prevailing taste for deformity'. This work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528. Freak Shows and Modern British Culture. 288 pages, ill. In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's 'prevailing taste for deformity'. This work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZW; HBTB. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight: 528.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257689
ISBN
9780520257689
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.25
€ 64.66

Hardback. During the Georgian period there was a remarkable proliferation of seductive visual imagery and written accounts of female performers. Focusing on the close relationship between the dramatic and visual arts at this time, this book explores popular ideas of the actress as coquette, 'whore', celebrity, muse, and creative agent. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 85 b&w illustrations and 50 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; 3JH; AN; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1565.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300135442
ISBN
9780300135442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.40
€ 42.00

Paperback. Drawing on a range of written and visual materials, including private and business archives, and working at the intersections of art history, literature, and cinema studies, this title argues that "spectacular realities" are part of the foundation of modern mass society. Num Pages: 243 pages, 50 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFSG; JHBS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356. Early Mass Culture in Fin-de-Siecle Paris. 243 pages, 52 b&w photographs, 1 map. Drawing on a range of written and visual materials, including private and business archives, and working at the intersections of art history, literature, and cinema studies, this title argues that "spectacular realities" are part of the foundation of modern mass society. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFSG; JHBS; JHM. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520221680
ISBN
9780520221680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.47

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 maps, 14 charts, 176 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813938424
ISBN
9780813938424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 237 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JF; ACN; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 275 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477310977
ISBN
9781477310977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. Drawing on archival research, this illuminating study shows how residents of all ethnicities in three colonial boomtowns used festivals to redefine wealth and present themselves as more than subjects of European power. Num Pages: 237 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JF; ACN; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477310502
ISBN
9781477310502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.31

Paperback. Spectral Shakespeares is an illuminating exploration of experimental adaptations of Shakespeare on film, TV, and the web. Drawing on adaptation studies, media theory, and Derrida's work, the "Shakespeare" that emerges from these adaptations is a fragmentary and mediatized presence that leaves a mark on our contemporary mediascape. Series: Reproducing Shakespeare. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JM; APF; APT; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137585127
ISBN
9781137585127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.06

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252075858
ISBN
9780252075858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardcover. Provocative and spiced with humor, this book uses a cultural studies approach to examine the fraught relationship in German history between material reality and ideology. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Camden House
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139290
ISBN
9781571139290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.86

Hardback. 'His speeches show a vision of a better world for all, a vision to which he is deeply committed' NELSON MANDELA Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
480
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747588375
ISBN
9780747588375
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 6.32

Paperback. In the 1930s, as the world hurtled towards terrible global conflict, speed was all the rage. It was described by Aldous Huxley as 'the one genuinely modern pleasure', and one of the fastest and most thrilling ways to attain it was through the new sport of bobsledding. This book tells stories of the fastest men on ice. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; BGS; WSBB; WSBX; WSW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 200 x 27. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780857502650
ISBN
9780857502650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.70

Hardback. Between 1939 and 1946 BOAC (the British Overseas Airways Corporation) was the nationalised airline of Great Britain. Highly illustrated and meticulously researched, this book presents a complete study of BOAC from the early days before jet travel to the de Havilland Comet and the Vickers VC10 to the dawn of supersonic passenger aviation. Num Pages: 512 pages, 103 integrated bw. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; KNGV; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 157 x 53. Weight in Grams: 956.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
512
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780764627
ISBN
9781780764627
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.20
€ 64.37

Paperback. What happens to a revolutionary town after the revolution? This anthropological history studies the Namiquipan peasants, who supported Pancho Villa in the revolution of 1910-1920, but who now consider themselves mere "spent cartridges" of a struggle that benefitted other classes. Num Pages: 242 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTB; HBTV; JHM; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226607429
ISBN
9780226607429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.56

Paperback. Offers the secrets of the Spetsnaz, their missions and personalities. This book is also packed with details such as orders-of-battle, equipment and operational doctrine. Illustrator(s): Shumate, Johnny. Series: Elite. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW; HBLX; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 184 x 7. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472807229
ISBN
9781472807229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.72

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501700774
ISBN
9781501700774
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.01

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Parkins, David. Num Pages: 32 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; YNH; YNM; YNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 253 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Tundra Books Canada
Number of pages
32
Condition
New
SKU
V9781101918432
ISBN
9781101918432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.71

Paperback. Time after time during the Vietnam War, the United States sent Vietnamese spies and commandos behind enemy lines only to have them killed, captured or compromised into reporting back false information. This is a sobering account of the disastrous secret programme. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 358 pages, 25 photographs, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; JWH; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700611478
ISBN
9780700611478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.88

Hardcover. After the Chinese detonated their first nuclear test in 1964, America and India were both concerned. The CIA knew it needed to gather more information, but had few ways of achieving this. This text chronicles the effort to plant a sensing device on a Himalayan peak in order to listen in on China. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, 28 photographs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; JPSH; JWMN; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700612239
ISBN
9780700612239
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.25

Paperback. Available now in paperback, this is the thrilling story of the brains behind those who helped Britain win WW2. A sister story to Bletchley Park and Enigma. Num Pages: 416 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349123400
ISBN
9780349123400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardcover. The Papacy is an international power that many nations have viewed with suspicion, and not a few have spied upon. Ranging across two centuries of world history, this study seeks to throw open the Vatican's doors to reveal the startling but little-known world of espionage in a sacred place. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1DSV; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; HRCC7; HRCX8; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 689.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700612147
ISBN
9780700612147
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.39

Paperback. Provides an account of American intelligence activities during the era of the Revolutionary War, from 1765 to 1783, while describing the intelligence sources and methods used and the ways our Founding Fathers learned and practiced their intelligence role. Num Pages: 336 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, 22 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBWF; JWKF; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626162587
ISBN
9781626162587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.01

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