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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. If Barack Obama had not won in Iowa, most commentators believe that he would not have been able to go on to capture the Democratic nomination for president. This title offers an account of those early weeks of the campaign season: from how the Iowa caucuses work to the lingering effects that the campaigning had on Iowa voters. Num Pages: 296 pages, 53 line drawings, 40 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JPHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226706962
ISBN
9780226706962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Hardcover. Why is English synonymous with literature in the United States? Bonfiglio contextualizes the rising hegemony of English within the anti-labor, anti-immigration, xenophobic, mercantile, militarist, and technocratic ideologies that arose in the US in the first half of twentieth century. Num Pages: 172 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3J; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137379870
ISBN
9781137379870
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.40

Paperback. An eyewitness account of the exceptional, non-sovereign, politics that developed during the occupation of Tahrir Square Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JMG; HBJH; HBLX; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 213 x 24. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849042659
ISBN
9781849042659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.61

Paperback. Provides a reinterpretation of the war through an account of the decisive military campaigns that created the astonishing revival in Allied fortunes. This title explores the factors that determined success and failure: industrial stength, fighting ability, the skills of leaders and the moral contrasts between the two sides. Num Pages: 512 pages, 16pp b/w plates. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845950651
ISBN
9781845950651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. Exploring the struggles of the American elites as they tried to maintain a democratic, modern mass society, this text reveals the limits of a system ultimately benefiting an abstract "average" consumer. It exposes the internal contradictions that would undermine Americans' belief in their ideology. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
270
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226994628
ISBN
9780226994628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.14

Hardcover. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403948809
ISBN
9781403948809
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.40

Paperback. In December 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a brilliant French artillery officer and a Jew of Alsatian descent, was court-martialed for selling secrets to the German military attache in Paris based on perjured testimony and trumped-up evidence. This title presents an account of the famously complex case. Series: Why X Matters Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBT; JPZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300168143
ISBN
9780300168143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.93

Paperback. In this collection of essays on the Vietnam War, eminent scholars of the second Indo-China conflict consider several key factors that led to the defeat of the United States and its allies. Editor(s): Gilbert, Marc Jason. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312295271
ISBN
9780312295271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 93.88

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 90 pages, 3 colour illustrations, 3 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QFE; 3JM; JPF; JPP; JPS; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 221 x 12. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137590008
ISBN
9781137590008
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.03

Paperback. The execution of Charles I in 1649, followed by the proclamation of a Commonwealth, was an extraordinary political event. It followed a bitter Civil War between parliament and the king. This book answers to eight key questions about the period, from why the king had to summon the Parliament to whether there was really an English Revolution at all. Num Pages: 262 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847250247
ISBN
9781847250247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 42.56

Hardback. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; JPA; JPFK; JPHL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 270 x 30. Weight in Grams: 638.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691171678
ISBN
9780691171678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 28.24

Paperback. Find out all the really important things about the Second World War with this brilliant book of questions and answers in association with Imperial War Museums. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 5AK; YNH; YNJ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 131 x 196 x 10. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447226185
ISBN
9781447226185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.31

paperback. Revelatory investigation into the police handling of the Yorkshire Ripper Case which spanned over 14 years. Newly updated to include Sutcliffe's bid for freedom in 2008, and the verdict from court in 2010. Num Pages: 382 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JJPN; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 54. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
William Collins
Condition
New
SKU
9780007450732
ISBN
9780007450732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. Dazzling recreation of the world of radical free-thinkers in 18th-century France. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 215 x 29. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780220109
ISBN
9781780220109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.14

Hardcover. In late seventeenth-century London, the most provocative images were produced not by artists, but by scientists. This book reveals that these natural philosophers shaped Restoration London's emergent artistic cultures by forging collaborations with court painters, penning art theory, and designing triumphs of baroque architecture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 colour plates, 66 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JD; ACQ; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 261 x 189 x 25. Weight in Grams: 840.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226017297
ISBN
9780226017297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.60
€ 51.90

Paperback. The history of the Tudors and Stewarts interpreted and illustrated in an exciting way for children. Illustrator(s): Howells, Graham. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; 3JD; YNH. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 178.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Gomer Press
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848511682
ISBN
9781848511682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.79

Paperback. This fascinating study delves into the lives of six Tudor women celebrated for their reputed wickedness. Collected here are accounts of Anne Boleyn, Katherine Howard, Anne Seymour, Lettice Dudley, and Jane and Alice More. Warnicke rescues these women from historical misrepresentations and helps us to rediscover the complex world of Tudor society. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 282 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
282
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137032379
ISBN
9781137032379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Hardcover. This fascinating study delves into the lives of six Tudor women celebrated for their reputed wickedness. Collected here are accounts of Anne Boleyn, Katherine Howard, Anne Seymour, Lettice Dudley, and Jane and Alice More. Warnicke rescues these women from historical misrepresentations and helps us to rediscover the complex world of Tudor society. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 282 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 557.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230391925
ISBN
9780230391925
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.63

The memoir of the late Lita Grey Chaplin (1908-1995), the only one of Chaplin's wives to have written an account of life with Chaplin. Her memoir is an extraordinary Hollywood story of someone who was there from the very beginning. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810834323
ISBN
9780810834323
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.54

Hardback. The diversity of women's lives as wives then as widows negotiating the law, patriarchy, family relationships, and the economy in 19th-century Montreal come alive in this first major study of widows in Canada. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774819510
ISBN
9780774819510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; 3JJH; BG; HBJK; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781896300511
ISBN
9781896300511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 15.90

Paperback. Wild Frenchmen and Frenchified Indians offers a distinctive and original reading of racialization in early America. Focusing on cultural cross-dressing from a wide range of sources, Sophie White shows that material culture-especially dress-was central to discourses about race, as colonization was built on encounters mediated by appearance. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 360 pages, 33 color, 17 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812223088
ISBN
9780812223088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
656
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230619791
ISBN
9780230619791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 43.59

Paperback. Few books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a popular bestseller which has sold more than 13 million copies and a critically acclaimed history of China; a tragic tale of nightmarish cruelty and an uplifting story of bravery and survival. Num Pages: 720 pages, Illustrations, geneal tables, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 47. Weight in Grams: 518.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007463404
ISBN
9780007463404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

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