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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Acutely sensitive to rhythms of the countryside, Edward Thomas's lyrical, passionate, and sometimes political writing merges natural history with folk culture, and gives us a free-form record of the feelings and observations of one of the great poets of the English language. First published 1909 by J.M. Dent & Sons Illustrator(s): Daglish, Eric Fitch. Series: Nature Classics Library. Num Pages: 240 pages, b/w wood engravings + line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKES; 3JJC; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Little Toller Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956254511
ISBN
9780956254511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.11

Paperback. The first explorer to reach the South Pole recounts the rigors of his expedition. Num Pages: 896 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 1QMP; 3JJC; BTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 63. Weight in Grams: 1574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
896
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815411277
ISBN
9780815411277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.07

Hardback. Series: Studies of the Harriman Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691649573
ISBN
9780691649573
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.26

Hardcover. This is the first systematic study of the Sovietization of northern Transylvania, ceded to Hungary by the Vienna Diktat of 1940. This historiography of that transitional period fills an imortant gap in the existing research. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 1DVWR; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880334969
ISBN
9780880334969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Hardback. "Sergo Mikoyan, who died in 2010, was a historian specializing in Latin America and in Soviet-Latin American relations. Svetlana Savranskaya is a research fellow at the National Security Archive at George Washington University." Editor(s): Savranskaya, Svetlana. Series: Cold War International History Project. Num Pages: 616 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 975.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804762014
ISBN
9780804762014
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.16

Hardcover. In the early 1930s Soviet authorities launched a campaign to create "socialist" retailing and also endorsed Soviet consumerism. How did the Stalinist regime reconcile retailing and consumption with socialism? This book examines the discourses that the Stalinist regime's new approach to retailing and consumption engendered. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; KNPR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230573963
ISBN
9780230573963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.47

Paperback. Comprises over 270 documents and is organised into four chronologically distinct parts, subdivided thematically. This book runs from the fraught diplomatic and military preamble of the Great Patriotic War to the final fracturing of the USSR along the national fault-lines of its 15 Union Republics. Translator(s): Stableford, Tom. Series: Exeter Studies in History S. Num Pages: 576 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 862.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895828
ISBN
9780859895828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.16

Paperback. The Soviet story - the revolution, Lenin, Stalinism, the Great Patriotic War, the era of Khrushchev, Brezhnev and Cold War, and the collapse under Gorbachev - looms in history syllabuses across the world. This book provides a entree to debate over humanity's momentous and tragic experiment. Series: Exeter Studies in History S. Num Pages: 448 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 756.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895811
ISBN
9780859895811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.16

Hardback. These essays on the Cold War between 1945 and 1953 use Soviet and Western sources to shed new light on: Stalin's aims, objectives and actions; Moscow's relations with both the Soviet Bloc and the West European Communist Parties; and the USSR's relations with Britain, France and Italy. Editor(s): Gori, Francesca; Pons, Silvio. Num Pages: 473 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 40. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
473
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333653166
ISBN
9780333653166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.03

Hardback. This collection of essays present a wide and varied picture of the period. The authors use new materials to investigate different aspects of Soviet-East European relations - party affairs, military and political co-ordination, cultural and mass media policies. Editor(s): Westad, Odd Arne; etc.; Holtsmark, Sven G. (Senior Research Associate, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, Norway); Neumann, Iver B. (Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, Oslo, Norway). Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJD; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333602300
ISBN
9780333602300
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.17

Paperback. Instigator of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and author of the Brezhnev Doctrine, which governed Soviet relations with the rest of Eastern Europe, Brezhnev was the last of the Cold War warriors. This "Seminar Study" provides an introduction to a key period in the history of the USSR. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 198 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJD; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Longman
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582327191
ISBN
9780582327191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.29

Hardback. A history of how the Russians, ever since the Six Day War, were involved in planning, instigating and supporting further Arab military action against Israel. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FBH; 3JJPL; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849048194
ISBN
9781849048194
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.18

Paperback. This authoritative chronicle of the 1950s gestation and modern reanimation of the Soyuz launcher details innumerable aspects of the history, including the measures taken by the Soviets to disguise their work on rocketry and the system's recent commercial use. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 500 pages, 122 black & white illustrations, 111 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJP; 3JM; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 19. Weight in Grams: 782.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461454588
ISBN
9781461454588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrated in full colour. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; BG; HBTB; JFC; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Primavera Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955789205
ISBN
9780955789205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.68

Paperback. This book provides a comprehensive and compelling history of the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella form the origins and upbringing of the two rulers, through the events and circumstances of their rule, to the consequences for the following generations. Series: A History of Spain. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631221432
ISBN
9780631221432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.08

Paperback. A dramatic blow-by-blow account of the defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English fleet - a tale of derring-do and disaster on the high seas by one of our best narrative historians. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780220888
ISBN
9781780220888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Beginning with an account of the historical antecedents to the war, this book traces the history of the Second Republic, which culminated in the electoral victory of the Popular Front in 1936. It goes on to chart and analyze the dramatic chain of events of the Civil War itself. Num Pages: 112 pages, 1M. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631166177
ISBN
9780631166177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.34

paperback. This book is a general history of the Spanish Civil War, providing a clear and objective account of its origins in Spanish domestic affairs. Series: Cambridge Essential Histories. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780521174701
ISBN
9780521174701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 26.81

Paperback. Illustrates how diverse the Republican forces were, drawn from loyal elements of the Spanish army that rejected the appeal of rebel generals, a range of volunteer regional units and political militias, and supported by volunteers from many other countries, including Great Britain, France and Germany, in units known as the International Brigades. Illustrator(s): Walsh, Stephen. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 246 x 2. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782007852
ISBN
9781782007852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. The Spanish Civil War, 1936-39, was the curtain-raiser to World War II, and the major international event of the 1930s. Featuring specially commissioned full-color artwork, this book depicts the fighting men of the Nationalist forces that strove to take control of Spain alongside their German and Italian allies. Illustrator(s): Walsh, Stephen. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 124 x 3. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782007821
ISBN
9781782007821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.50

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