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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. In The Day Lincoln Was Almost Shot: The Fort Stevens Story, historian B.F. Cooling documents the story of President Abraham Lincoln and the Battle of Fort Stevens in July 1864. Num Pages: 366 pages, 66 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442252783
ISBN
9781442252783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.07

Paperback. The second volume of Rick Atkinson's monumental trilogy about the Liberation of Europe in the Second World War. Series: Liberation Trilogy. Num Pages: 816 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 40. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
816
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349116358
ISBN
9780349116358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Hardback. A fascinating account of the era of live television. Compiled from the first-hand accounts of 21 members of the Directors Guild of America who were instrumental in shaping the medium during this formative phase, the book covers the development of network programming, technical advances, sponsor relations, and the blacklist. Series: Directors Guild of America Oral History S. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; APT; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810834910
ISBN
9780810834910
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.91

Paperback. A fascinating account of the era of live television. Compiled from the first-hand accounts of 21 members of the Directors Guild of America who were instrumental in shaping the medium during this formative phase, the book covers the development of network programming, technical advances, sponsor relations, and the blacklist. Series: Directors Guild of America Oral History S. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; APT; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810834927
ISBN
9780810834927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 118.29

Hardcover. This title explores the relationship between de Gaulle and the media during his presidency. The author examines de Gaulle's communications strategy and broadcasting policy, comparing his approach to public communications with that of past French leaders and contemporary American presidents. Series: French Politics, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JPHL; JPV; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333751381
ISBN
9780333751381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.85

Paperback. The inside pilot's story of one of the most remarkable aircraft of the Second World War Num Pages: 96 pages, 70. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445663128
ISBN
9781445663128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
NAL
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780451415301
ISBN
9780451415301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Hardback. Explores the turbulent election of 1968 and its significance in the larger context of American history. Looking through the eyes of the year's most important players including Robert Kennedy, Eugene McCarthy, Martin Luther King, Hubert Humphrey, and more, the author shows the importance of domestic upheaval on the election. Series: Vietnam: America in the War Years. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742543911
ISBN
9780742543911
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.69

paperback. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 77 x 77. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Condition
New
SKU
9780393306514
ISBN
9780393306514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 34.52

Paperback. Who was Jean Moulin? The official answer is that he was General de Gaulle's emissary to occupied France and became the political head of the Resistance in 1943. However, Marnham searches for the key to Moulin's political convictions and suggests that he may have been working to a private agenda. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16pp b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWKW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. Weight in Grams: 426. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Pimlico
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0002902
ISBN
9780712665841
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

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

€ 46.99
€ 42.18

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
€ 20.68

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

€ 131.02

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
€ 13.71

Hardcover. This study of Pestel focuses on his highly original manifesto and analyses his ideological contribution to the Russian revolutionary movement and re-appraises his controversial role in the Decembrist secret societies. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333984550
ISBN
9780333984550
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

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
€ 14.33

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

€ 31.99
€ 26.92

Moving from the birth of Europe to the current crisis, this irreverent and topical book questions the relevance of the European Union today, addressing issues ranging from immigration and Turkish integration to the sovereign debt crisis, and whether this will prove to be merely the beginning of intractable economic challenges. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QFE; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW3; JPSN2; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 422.
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230368910
ISBN
9780230368910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.21

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

Hardcover. Using newly declassified archives and interviews with practitioners, Nicholas J. Cull has pieced together the story of the final decade in the life of the United States Information Agency, revealing the decisions and actions that brought the United States' apparatus for public diplomacy into disarray. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; JPP; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230340725
ISBN
9780230340725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.04

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

€ 43.99
€ 38.84

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

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

Hardcover. This book illustrates the battles by the western Allies to liberate western Europe during the Second World War and follows the fighting, month by month, beginning with D-Day in Normandy until signatures on a document in Berlin eleven months later denoted the final defeat of Nazi Germany. Editor(s): Ramsey, Winston G. Num Pages: 544 pages, Over 1500 colour, black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 223 x 41. Weight in Grams: 2526.
Publisher
After the Battle
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781870067843
ISBN
9781870067843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.41
€ 51.13

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