Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Hardback. In the summer of 1976, Mao lay dying, and China was struck by a great natural disaster. The earthquake that struck Tangshan was one of the worst in recorded history, killing half a million people. But the Chinese Communist rulers in Beijing were distracted, paralysed by in-fighting over who would take control after Mao finally died. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 170 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KOC0001605
- ISBN
- 9780571243990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. The book investigates the rise, fall and possible re-emergence of a powerful Shia militia. The author draws on personal experience of occupied Baghdad, having been embedded with US troops in the city, to offer new evidence on an important chapter in modern Iraqi history. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044349
- ISBN
- 9781849044349
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 41.44
€ 45.99
€ 41.44
Paperback. Mixing thrilling anecdotes from street-level reporting that give readers a sense of what is at stake with a bird's-eye view of the geopolitics of the region and the globe, the author guides us through the dramatic changes in players, politics, and economics in the Middle East over the years. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520293267
- ISBN
- 9780520293267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.35
€ 26.99
€ 20.35
Hardback. Wendy McElroy provides a comprehensive examination of one of the most remarkable and influential political phenomenons in America: the anarchist periodical Liberty and the circle of radicals who surrounded it. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; GBCS; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739104736
- ISBN
- 9780739104736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
Paperback. The Debs of Bletchley Park will tell the stories of the women who worked at Bletchley, how they came to be there, the lives they gave up to do 'their bit' for the war effort, and the part they played in the vital work of 'Station X'. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Aurum Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781313886
- ISBN
- 9781781313886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
Paperback. In the Battle of Britain, when the Spitfire and Messerschmitt Bf 109 met in decisive combat, they proved to be like two champion boxers. This is their story, from the men who designed them to the teams that built them and the pilots who flew them. Num Pages: 576 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 198 x 38. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349123653
- ISBN
- 9780349123653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.35
€ 17.99
€ 13.35
Paperback. Looking at the American Declaration of Independence, this book reveals the document through the eyes of the rest of the world. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 177 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674030329
- ISBN
- 9780674030329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.21
€ 30.99
€ 26.21
Paperback. Shows how the institutional dynamics of the last half-century have transformed the American presidency into a potential platform for political extremism and lawlessness. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725843
- ISBN
- 9780674725843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.51
€ 35.99
€ 30.51
paperback. No empire has been larger or more diverse than the British Empire. At its apogee in the 1930s, 42 million Britons governed 500 million foreign subjects. Britannia ruled the waves and a quarter of the earth's surface was painted red on the map. Yet no empire (except the Russian) disappeared more swiftly. This title tells this history. Num Pages: 816 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780712668460
- ISBN
- 9780712668460
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
Paperback. This ambitious, wide-ranging work shows how national economic prosperity and government expansion in Mexico during the 1970's transformed a relatively closed peasant community into a more outwardly connected, socially differentiated society marked by dissension and overt conflict. Num Pages: 324 pages, 19 half-tones 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; JFSF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9780804723626
- ISBN
- 9780804723626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.10
€ 42.99
€ 42.10
Paperback. Seeks to characterize the radical shifts in taste that transformed American film in the jazz age. This book documents the films and film genres that were considered old-fashioned, as well as those dubbed innovative, and looks closely at the works of filmmakers such as Erich von Stroheim, Charlie Chaplin, Ernst Lubitsch, and Monta Bell. Num Pages: 374 pages, 40 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254572
- ISBN
- 9780520254572
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; 3JM; HRCC99. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199959884
- ISBN
- 9780199959884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 105.93
€ 105.93
Hardback. Front-line despatches on the global crisis - China to Cyprus, Madrid to Moscow, Iraq to Iceland - from Channel Four's prize-winning Economics Editor. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; KCBM; KCLF; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 650. Fine in fine dustwrapper
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- SKU
- KRA0011300
- ISBN
- 9781781854105
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 19.99€ 4.99
€ 19.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages, 42 black and white photographs, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 3JJH; HBW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 228 x 39. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Monsoon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814423885
- ISBN
- 9789814423885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
Paperback. Helps draw the road map for counterinsurgency in the postmodern world. This book is suitable for cadets and junior military leaders - as well as general readers seeking a deeper understanding of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Num Pages: 178 pages, 8 halftones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS5; JWKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226080932
- ISBN
- 9780226080932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.14
€ 20.99
€ 18.14
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781590706
- ISBN
- 9781781590706
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.23
€ 33.99
€ 30.23
Hardback. Born in 1852 in the last years of serfdom, Vera Figner came of age as Imperial Russian society was being rocked by the massive upheaval that culminated in the Bolshevik revolution of 1917. At first champion of populist causes and champion of women's higher education, Figner later became a leader of the terrorist party The People's Will. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 362 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253012845
- ISBN
- 9780253012845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.27
€ 40.27
The Definitive Journals of Lewis and Clark, 7-volume set
Lewis, Meriwether; Clark, William. Ed(S): Mou...
bundle. Features the seven core volumes-those written by Lewis and Clark-and incorporates a wide range of new scholarship dealing with all aspects of the expedition, including geography, Indian languages, plants, and animals, in order to recreate the expedition within its historical context. Editor(s): Moulton, Gary E. Num Pages: 3404 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; BG; BJ; GBCS; HBJK; HBLL; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 218 x 170. Weight in Grams: 4917.
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 3404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803280168
- ISBN
- 9780803280168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.14
€ 178.14
Paperback. Details how the two men and several recruits camped near the mouth of the Missouri River for five months of training, acquiring supplies and equipment, and gaining information from travellers about the trip upriver. Editor(s): Moulton, Gary E. Num Pages: 612 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; BG; BJ; GBCS; HBJK; HBLL; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- new edition
- Number of pages
- 612
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803280090
- ISBN
- 9780803280090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
Paperback. Consists of journals, primarily by Clark, which cover the expedition's route up the Missouri River to Fort Mandan in present-day North Dakota and its frigid winter encampment there. Editor(s): Moulton, Gary E. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; BG; BJ; GBCS; HBJK; HBLL; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 749.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- new edition
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803280106
- ISBN
- 9780803280106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.27
€ 32.99
€ 31.27