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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. "The Only Thing Worth Dying For" is not only brilliant, it's the one book you must read if you have any hope of understanding what our fine American soldiers are up against in Afghanistan.--former Congressman Charlie Wilson. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 204 x 27. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061661235
ISBN
9780061661235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.63

Paperback. Provides an account of life of the author's first tour of duty in Vietnam - the blood, fear, camaraderie, and tedium of combat and maneuver. First published in 1987, this book shows an eager young recruit growing before the reader's eyes into a proud but bloodied combat veteran. Series: Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; BGHA; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585446049
ISBN
9781585446049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.45

Paperback. Beate Sirota Gordon was born in Vienna, but in 1929 her family moved to Japan so that her father, a noted pianist, could teach, and she grew up speaking German, English, and Japanese. In 1946, at age twenty-two, she helped to draft the new postwar Japanese constitution. This title chronicles the unlikely string of events that led her to that role. Num Pages: 176 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; BM; HBJF; HBLW3; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 162 x 10. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226132518
ISBN
9780226132518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.22

Hardcover. A compelling acount of Rita Lankin's time working in Hollywood during the male dominated industry of the early 1960s Num Pages: 304 pages, Two 8-page photo inserts. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; APT; BGF; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781495014055
ISBN
9781495014055
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

hardcover. A study of literary influence at work in English writing from Hardy to Woolf. Margaret Jensen re-imagines the links between text and context as palimpsest historicizes literary influence, by taking Bloomian "anxiety" and Kristevan "intertextuality" into fields of actual history and biography. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSA; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Edition
2002nd Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293536
ISBN
9780312293536
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 405 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JMR; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226361901
ISBN
9780226361901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 941 color photos. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JJPR; WCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 41.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764315930
ISBN
9780764315930
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.32
€ 67.91

Hardcover. The commercial success and formal perfection of melodrama is central to the re-establishment of the post-war Italian film industry, ensuring cinema's position at the forefront of 20th century mass culture. This title provides an analysis of cineopera or opera film. Num Pages: 240 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJP; APFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 237 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748656424
ISBN
9780748656424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.81
€ 102.74

Paperback. Six rollercoaster weeks that brought down America's top general by the ROLLING STONE journalist who broke the story. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JM; HBJF; HBJK; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753829387
ISBN
9780753829387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.81

Hardback. Caleb Smith explores the confessions, trial reports, maledictions, and martyr narratives that juxtaposed law and conscience in antebellum America's court of public opinion and shows how writers portrayed struggles for justice as clashes between human law and higher authority, giving voice to a moral protest that transformed American literature. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; DSB; HBJK; JPA; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073081
ISBN
9780674073081
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.93

Paperback. Looks at the concentration camp from the inside as a laboratory of cruelty and a system of absolute power built on extreme violence, starvation, "terror labor," and the business-like extermination of human beings. Based on historical documents and the reports of survivors, this book details how the resistance of prisoners was broken down. Translator(s): Templer, William. Num Pages: 368 pages, 3 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554. The Concentration Camp. 370 pages, black & white illustrations. Looks at the concentration camp from the inside as a laboratory of cruelty and a system of absolute power built on extreme violence, starvation, "terror labor," and the business-like extermination of human beings. Based on historical documents and the reports of survivors, this book details how the resistance of prisoners was broken down. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight: 530. Translator(s): Templer, William.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
370
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691006857
ISBN
9780691006857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Hardback. Series: Anthropology of Policy. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JM; JHMC; JNF; KCM; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804797979
ISBN
9780804797979
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.11

Paperback. Series: Anthropology of Policy. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JM; JHMC; JNF; KCM; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804799850
ISBN
9780804799850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.69

Paperback. The Oregon Trail is the gripping account of Francis Parkman's journey west across North America in 1846. His detailed description of the journey, set against the vast majesty of the Great Plains, has emerged through the generations as a classic narrative of one man's exploration of the American Wilderness. Editor(s): Rosenthal, Bernard. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199553921
ISBN
9780199553921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

Hardback. This is a lavishly illustrated history of the Oregon-American Lumber Company, one of the most important lumber firms in the Pacific Northwest from 1922 to 1957. The book shows in text and 285 illustrations how the lumbering industry was pivotal to America's settlement and development, reaching its zenith in the period covered by this book. Num Pages: 384 pages, 285 illustrations, 17 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBT; KNAL; KND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 6782 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1501.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744812
ISBN
9780804744812
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.37
€ 69.48

Hardcover. The so-called Seven Weeks' War of 1866 between Prussia and Italy and Austria was notable not only for its effect on future German history but also because it was the last time the armies of the smaller German states fought as independent contingents. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Helion & Company United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909384026
ISBN
9781909384026
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.72
€ 45.65

Hardback. Mining rich archival resources of play-texts, censorship reports, critical reviews, and contemporary writings on performance practice, Angela C. Pao reveals the complex processes by which the institutions of popular culture helped shape nineteenth-century notions of race, ethnicity, and nationality. Series: New Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 3JH; AN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812234251
ISBN
9780812234251
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1DVWB; 3JJ; HBJD; JFSL1; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801477201
ISBN
9780801477201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.70

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1DVWB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFSR2; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801441325
ISBN
9780801441325
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.82

Paperback. A critique of the Victorian nuclear family. It argues that the traditional monogamous household was in fact a recent construct, closely bound up with capitalist societies. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; JFCX; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141191119
ISBN
9780141191119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

Hardback. * Eastern Europea s foremost historian writes on the distinguishing characteristic of the West* Offers unusual perspective on a fascinating, yet under--researched aspect of European social and cultural history* Draws on a wide range of literary and cultural evidence. . Series: Making of Europe. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3J; HBJD; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 169 x 299 x 22. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631179634
ISBN
9780631179634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.26

Paperback. The Origins of Italian Fashion examines the history of Italian fashion from the beginning of the twentieth century, when the Lombard tailor Rosa Genoni created the first Italian fashion house independent from the prevailing French style, to World War II, when the Fascist regime co-opted fashion as a propaganda tool. Num Pages: 112 pages, 80 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; AKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 203 x 11. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
V & A Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851777914
ISBN
9781851777914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.70

Hardback. This pioneering collection of 15 essays argues that Japan's medieval age began in the 14th century rather than the 12th, and marks the beginning of a fundamentally new debate about how Japan's lengthy classical period finally ended. Editor(s): Mass, Jeffrey P. Num Pages: 524 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; 3JB; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 35. Weight in Grams: 832.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
524
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804728942
ISBN
9780804728942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.45

Paperback. This pioneering collection of 15 essays argues that Japan's medieval age began in the 14th century rather than the 12th, and marks the beginning of a fundamentally new debate about how Japan's lengthy classical period finally ended. Editor(s): Mass, Jeffrey P. Num Pages: 524 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; 3JB; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
524
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804743792
ISBN
9780804743792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.23

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