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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. The resolution of the civil war in El Salvador coincided with the end of the Cold War. After two years of negotiations and a decade-long effort to implement the peace accords, this work questions how peace was made and whether it has endured. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; GTJ; HBJK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 403.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137353573
ISBN
9781137353573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.46

Hardcover. The resolution of the civil war in El Salvador coincided with the end of the Cold War. After two years of negotiations and a decade-long effort to implement the peace accords, this work questions how peace was made and whether it has endured. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; GTJ; HBJK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230120945
ISBN
9780230120945
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.43

Paperback. The political upheaval in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala had a devastating human toll at the end of the twentieth century. Many of those who survived the wars chose temporary refuge in neighboring countries such as Honduras and Costa Rica. This book tells the story of that migration. Num Pages: 289 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBTB; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 63.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
289
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520247017
ISBN
9780520247017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

hardcover. In premodern English law, felons had the right to seek sanctuary in a church or ecclesiastical precinct. It is commonly held that this practice virtually died out after the medieval period, but Shannon McSheffrey highlights its resurgence under the Tudor regime and shows how the issue lay at the intersection between law, religion, and culture. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBLH; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Academic United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780198798149
ISBN
9780198798149
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.11

Paperback. Over the years, Democrats and Republicans each have received about fifty percent of the votes and controlled about half of the government, but this has not resulted in policy deadlock. This title analyzes policy outcomes in light of the frequent alternation in power among evenly divided parties. Editor(s): Levin, Martin A.; Landy, Marc Karnis; Shapiro, Martin. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878408672
ISBN
9780878408672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.29

Paperback. Blues recording artist and critic Adam Gussow begins his story in the 1890s, when the spectacle lynching of blacks became an insidious part of Southern life. Gussow identifies veiled references to real life incidents of these lynchings within the words of Blues songs and literature. Num Pages: 336 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; 2ABM; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGK; DSBF; DSBH; GTB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226310985
ISBN
9780226310985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.37

Hardcover. Under the patronage of two south German nobles, Johann Lorenz Schmidt published an annotated translation of the Bible opening books in 1735. This work focuses on the controversy it aroused and of its eventual suppression, and sheds light on aspects of the 18th century and issues of censorship. Num Pages: 312 pages, photographs, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; HRA; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557531162
ISBN
9781557531162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.38

Hardback. In his close analysis of ten coups in Ghana from 1967 to 1981, Singh identifies three distinct points of coup origination: coups from top military officers, coups from the middle ranks, and mutinous coups from low-level soldiers. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; JPHC; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421413365
ISBN
9781421413365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.71

Paperback. Focuses on the means employed by former slaves in Charleston, South Carolina to adjust to their status as a free people and to battle attempts by whites to regain control over them. This study attempts to understand how the freedmen saw themselves in the new order and to shed light on their hopes and aspirations. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253216090
ISBN
9780253216090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.87

Hardback. Provides a cross-section of contemporary American film criticism from 1896-1960. The volumes reprint reviews in their entirety from periodicals such as Photoplay, Film Reports, The Moving Picture World, Variety, and The New York Times. Of immense value for gauging contemporary reaction_both popular and serious_to the best-known films of the past. Num Pages: 325 pages, 1ill. BIC Classification: 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810815254
ISBN
9780810815254
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.63

Hardback. Provides a cross-section of contemporary American film criticism from 1896-1960. The volumes reprint reviews in their entirety from periodicals such as Photoplay, Film Reports, The Moving Picture World, Variety, and The New York Times. Of immense value for gauging contemporary reaction_both popular and serious_to the best-known films of the past. Num Pages: 335 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJG; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810815513
ISBN
9780810815513
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.37

Hardback. Provides a cross-section of contemporary American film criticism from 1896-1960. The volumes reprint reviews in their entirety from periodicals such as Photoplay, Film Reports, The Moving Picture World, Variety, and The New York Times. Of immense value for gauging contemporary reaction_both popular and serious_to the best-known films of the past. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 226 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810815704
ISBN
9780810815704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.26

Hardback. Provides a cross-section of contemporary American film criticism from 1896-1960. The volumes reprint reviews in their entirety from periodicals such as Photoplay, Film Reports, The Moving Picture World, Variety, and The New York Times. Of immense value for gauging contemporary reaction-both popular and serious-to the best-known films of the past. Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
134
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810815759
ISBN
9780810815759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.37

Hardback. Provides a cross-section of contemporary American film criticism from 1896-1960. The volumes reprint reviews in their entirety from periodicals such as Photoplay, Film Reports, The Moving Picture World, Variety, and The New York Times. Of immense value for gauging contemporary reaction_both popular and serious_to the best-known films of the past. Num Pages: 280 pages, Plans, transparencies, bibliography. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJP; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810815933
ISBN
9780810815933
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.37

Hardback. Provides a cross-section of contemporary American film criticism from 1896-1960. The volumes reprint reviews in their entirety from periodicals such as Photoplay, Film Reports, The Moving Picture World, Variety, and The New York Times. Of immense value for gauging contemporary reaction_both popular and serious_to the best-known films of the past. Num Pages: 198 pages, Plans, transparencies, index. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810817630
ISBN
9780810817630
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.86

Hardcover. Offers an extensive selection of author's letters, arranged by subject so that you can choose from themes including social life, the Court, politics, literature, and the evolution of his Gothic castle and art and book collections at Strawberry Hill. Editor(s): Hadley, William. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; BGL; BJ; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6 x 3. .
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593500
ISBN
9781841593500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.42

Paperback. Keats's letters are 'the most notable and most important ever written by any English poet' (T. S. Eliot). This new edition revises and updates Robert Gittings's selection and includes 170 letters, a new introduction and notes, list of correspondents and full index Editor(s): Gittings, Robert. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Critical ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555734
ISBN
9780199555734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.44

Hardcover. This selection of letters represents every major private and public event in Adams's life from 1858 to 1918 and confirms his reputation as one of the greatest letter writers of his time. The letters are to an array of correspondents including American presidents, Henry James and young children. Num Pages: 608 pages, 16 halftones and 2 line drawings on a 12-page black & white insert. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JH; 3JJ; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1044.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674387577
ISBN
9780674387577
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.64
€ 75.54

Paperback. A collection of letters written by Robert Louis Stevenson throughout his remarkable life. Selected from the eight critically-acclaimed volumes of Stevenson's letters, the letters have been annotated and put in context by the editor, an authority on Stevenson's life and work. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 640 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JH; BG; BJ; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 41. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
1st Edition Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300091243
ISBN
9780300091243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Translator(s): Sprinchorn, Evert. Num Pages: 468 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3JH; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
468
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816679744
ISBN
9780816679744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.48

hardcover. A poet who 'began as a prodigy and has gone on to become a virtuoso' (Michael Hofmann) and hailed by Seamus Heaney as 'one of the era's true originals', Paul Muldoon seems almost to defy definition in his work. This selection, chosen by the poet himself, will serve new readers as an introduction to his work. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 224 x 26. Weight in Grams: 436. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap, otherwise as new
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
First edition
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSG0031164
ISBN
9780571327959
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 35.00

Hardcover.
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843510116
ISBN
9781843510116
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 20.49

Paperback. Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is one of the leading poets of European Modernism, whose poetry explores themes of death, love, and loss. This bilingual edition fully reflects Rilke's poetic development and includes the full text of the Duino Elegies and the Sonnets to Orpheus in accurate and sensitive new translations. Editor(s): Vilain, Robert. Translator(s): Ranson, Susan; Sutherland, Marielle. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199569410
ISBN
9780199569410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.66

Paperback. Lorca's poetry is steeped in the land and folklore of his native Andalusia, and he evokes a world of intense feelings. This selection balances his early poems with better-known later work to give a clear vision of his poetic development, in excellent translations and with an astute Introduction. Translator(s): Sorrell, Martin. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 3JJ; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199556014
ISBN
9780199556014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

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