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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. Up the Creek - Holiday reads and travel literature describing John Harrison's Amazon adventure, canoeing up a remote tributary to Brazil's Jari River. The book follows the author's desire to reach the upper limits of the Jari and across the border to French Guiana, describing Amazonian wildlife, bouts of sickness and unexpected encounters. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature). Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp colour & 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; 3JJPN; WSSN5; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 338. An Amazon Adventure. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature). 288 pages, 8pp colour & 2 maps. Deals with the author's Amazon adventure, an extremely hazardous canoe trip taken just for the hell of it up one of the more obscure tributaries of the Amazon. In this title, the author's tale is full of suspense, humour and descriptions of Amazon wildlife. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; 3JJPN; WSSN5; WTL. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 22. Weight: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bradt Travel Guides
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841623849
ISBN
9781841623849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.96

Paperback.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571289011
ISBN
9780571289011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. By foot, in buses, prison vans and trains, a steady stream of refugees traveled from the Greek island of Lesbos into Europe. In the autumn of 2015, award-winning writer Navid Kermani decided to accompany them on the "Balkan route. Translator(s): Crawford, Tony. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: 3JMG; JFFD; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509518685
ISBN
9781509518685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.71

Hardback. By foot, in buses, prison vans and trains, a steady stream of refugees traveled from the Greek island of Lesbos into Europe. In the autumn of 2015, award-winning writer Navid Kermani decided to accompany them on the "Balkan route. Translator(s): Crawford, Tony. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: 3JMG; JFFD; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781509518678
ISBN
9781509518678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.12

Hardback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Moscow, Russia, 13-16 April 1997 Editor(s): Fuchs, Karl. Series: NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 1. Num Pages: 379 pages, 207 black & white illustrations, 17 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; RBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 813.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
379
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792348771
ISBN
9780792348771
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 251.83

Paperback. This book explores the economic, religious, political and personal forces that led to some 80,000 British children being sent to Canada between 1867 and 1915 and provides a vivid look at one aspect of the history of child welfare practices. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJC; JFFN; JKSB1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 175 x 21. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847426680
ISBN
9781847426680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.01

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJ; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 243 x 280 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1012.
Publisher
Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553509366
ISBN
9780553509366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 33.17

Hardback. Series: The Columbia History of Urban Life. Num Pages: 312 pages, B&W Photos: 28,. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; JFSL3; JFSL4; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231149402
ISBN
9780231149402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardcover. Focuses on the rise of New York as both a metropolis and a food capital, opening a new window onto the intersection of the cultural, social, political, and economic transformations of the nineteenth century. This book offers accounts of public markets and private food shops; and cake and coffee shops. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 288 pages, 31 halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 238 x 22. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226128757
ISBN
9780226128757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.06
€ 79.61

Paperback. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226322674
ISBN
9780226322674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.27

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; 3J; AM. Dimension: 220 x 269 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1082.
Publisher
Jysk Arkaeologisk Selskab
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9788793423060
ISBN
9788793423060
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 46.32

Paperback. A survey of a thousand years of urban architecture that identifies certain themes common to cities as different as Sienna and London, Munich and Venice. Most important is an architecture that expresses the city's personality and most particularly its political personality. Translator(s): Northcott, K.T. Num Pages: 422 pages, xiv, 408 p., 190 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; 3J; AMVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 19. Weight in Grams: 792.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
422
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226071794
ISBN
9780226071794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.41
€ 50.94

Paperback. The Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Haymarket bombing of 1886, and the making and unmaking of the model town of Pullman are remarkable events. This book explores the imaginative dimensions of these events and traces the evolution of interconnected beliefs and actions that increasingly linked city, disorder, and social reality in minds of Americans. Num Pages: 403 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
403
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226764245
ISBN
9780226764245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Hardback. Analyses the role of Lisbon as a capital city within the Portuguese urban system and its regional trends, focusing on economic history and on the study of the Lisbon labour market and its changes in the context of economic development in the 19th and 20th centuries, during which it remained the principal job market in the country. Editor(s): Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Mata, Maria Eugenia. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSG; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1050.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792398301
ISBN
9780792398301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.73

Hardcover. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3J; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804796118
ISBN
9780804796118
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.31

Hardcover. Drawing on the graphic and revealing evidence recorded by the different courts in early modern Saragossa, this book captures the spirit of an age when religious faith vied for people's hearts and minds with centuries-old beliefs in witchcraft and superstition. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137355874
ISBN
9781137355874
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.99

Paperback. This study describes the development of urban planning ideas since the end of World War II to the 1990s. It outlines the main theories of planning, from the traditional view of urban planning as an exercise in physical design, to more recent views of planning as a form of "communicative action". Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations facsimiles, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; AMVD; HBJD1; HBLW3; JFSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761960935
ISBN
9780761960935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.79

Hardcover. Interdisciplinary in nature, this project draws on fiction, non-fiction and archival material to theorize urban space and literary/cultural production in the context of the United States and New York City. Spanning from the mid-1970s fiscal crisis to the 1987 Market Crash, New York writing becomes akin to geographical fieldwork in this rich study. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; DSA; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137340191
ISBN
9781137340191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.64

Hardcover. Num Pages: 152 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 11 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPR; 3JM; APFA; JFD; JFFN; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137473981
ISBN
9781137473981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.81

Hardback. This book explores the lives of Indigenous peoples and settlers and compares the emergence of racial boundaries in two Pacific Rim cities - Victoria, British Columbia, and Melbourne, Australia. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 1MBF; 3JH; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 4217. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774816212
ISBN
9780774816212
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.37

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