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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. In 1942, with a black-market chicken under his arm, Leo Marks left his father's famous bookshop, 84 charing cross road, and went to war. Num Pages: 480 pages, black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BTM; HBJD; HBWQ; JWKF; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 49. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
625
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750948357
ISBN
9780750948357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173597
ISBN
9780691173597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.63

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742551145
ISBN
9780742551145
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.09

Hardback. An investigation of English writing in seventeenth-century Ireland, and its connections to Shakespeare, Sidney and Milton. Num Pages: 310 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JD; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 635. Fine in fine dust wrapper, showing light shelf and reading wear. Remains a fine copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSG0024930
ISBN
9780521843027
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 30.00

Hardcover. Focusing on the marginal region of Toyama, this book explores the interplay of central and regional authorities, local and national perceptions of rights, and the emerging political practices in Toyama and Tokyo that became part of the new political culture in Japan following the Meiji Restoration. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 376 pages, 36 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674002425
ISBN
9780674002425
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.53

Hardcover. The wave of anti-authoritarian political activity associated with the term 1968A" can by no means be confined under the rubric of protest,A" understood narrowly in terms of street marches and other reactions to state initiatives. Indeed, the actions generated in response to 1968A" frequently involved attempts of elaborate resistance within.. Editor(s): Brown, Timothy; Anton, Lorena. Series: Protest, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 308 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLW3; JPWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857450784
ISBN
9780857450784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.19

Paperback. Today, the moving image is ubiquitous in global contemporary art. This book tells the story of the postwar expanded cinema. It travels back to the 1950s and 1960s when the rise of television caused movie theaters to lose their monopoly over the moving image, leading cinema to be installed directly alongside other forms of modern art. Num Pages: 288 pages, 100 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJP; ACXJ; AFKV; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226842998
ISBN
9780226842998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Hardcover. Today, the moving image is ubiquitous in global contemporary art. This book tells the story of the postwar expanded cinema. It travels back to the 1950s and 1960s when the rise of television caused movie theaters to lose their monopoly over the moving image, leading cinema to be installed directly alongside other forms of modern art. Num Pages: 288 pages, 100 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJP; ACXJ; AFKV; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 70 x 100 x 23. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226842981
ISBN
9780226842981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.93
€ 83.43

Paperback. The second great Patrick Leigh Fermor classic - and the sequel to A Time of Gifts - in John Murray B-format for the first time. Num Pages: 256 pages, frontispiece and map. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
John Murray
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719566967
ISBN
9780719566967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

paperback. A compelling study of a Jewish religious leader whose life exemplifies the dilemmas that Europe's Jews have faced over the past century. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization United Kingdom
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781874774914
ISBN
9781874774914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.41

In Between Threats and War: U.S. Discrete Military Operations in the Post-Cold War World, author Micah Zenko presents a new concept to capture and illuminate the phenomenon: "Discrete Military Operations." Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 table, 2 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX; HBWS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804771900
ISBN
9780804771900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 108.92

Paperback. Challenging the views of human rights activists, Stoll argues that the Ixils who supported Guatemalan rebels in the early 1980's did so because they were caught in the crossfire between the guerillas and the army, not because revolutionary violence expressed community aspirations. Num Pages: 383 pages, 25 photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV; JFSL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
383
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231081832
ISBN
9780231081832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.19

Hardback. Challenging the views of human rights activists, Stoll argues that the Ixils who supported Guatemalan rebels in the early 1980's did so because they were caught in the crossfire between the guerillas and the army, not because revolutionary violence expressed community aspirations. Num Pages: 383 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV; JFSL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
383
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231081825
ISBN
9780231081825
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.02

paperback. The incarceration of Japanese Americans has been discredited as a major blemish in American democratic tradition. This book probes the complexities of pre-war Japanese America to show how Japanese in America held an in-between space between the United States and the empire of Japan, between American nationality and Japanese racial identity. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780195159417
ISBN
9780195159417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.87

Paperback. Since Tsarist times, Roma in Russia (known to others as Gypsies) have been portrayed as rebels, isolated from society and excluded from mainstream history. This book examines how Roma themselves have negotiated such dualities, in both everyday interactions and in stage performances. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 b&w photographs, 1 table, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; AN; HBTB; JFC; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822324935
ISBN
9780822324935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.79

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1DVWB; 3JJG; HBJD; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801449451
ISBN
9780801449451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Paperback. Abel Herzberg, a Dutch lawyer and writer - managed, in the hell of Bergen-Belsen, to keep a diary which chronicles the horrific reality of daily existence in the camp. This title, based on his diary, provides an eyewitness account of life in one of the most notorious Nazi concentration camps. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BTP; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
9781845117504
ISBN
9781845117504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99

Paperback. This volume looks at the rise of the Ottoman Empire - the longest-lived political entity in human history - showing the transformation of a tiny frontier enterprise into a centralized imperial state that saw itself as both leader of the world's Muslims and heir to the the Eastern Empire. Num Pages: 205 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3H; 3JB; HBG; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206007
ISBN
9780520206007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.81

Paperback. Women in Victorian England wore jewelry made from each other's hair and wrote poems celebrating decades of friendship. They pored over magazines that described the dangerous pleasures of corporal punishment. This book offers a paradigm for theorizing gender and sexuality - not just in the Victorian period, but in our own. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18 halftones. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
370
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128351
ISBN
9780691128351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 324 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; JPL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 135 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Spokesman Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
324
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851248127
ISBN
9780851248127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.69

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