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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardback. The term Brutalism is used to describe a form of architecture that appeared, mainly in Europe, from around 1945 - 1975. Uncompromisingly modern, this trend in architecture was both striking and arresting and, perhaps like no other style before or since, aroused extremes of emotion and debate. Num Pages: 160 pages, 150 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 195 x 15. Weight in Grams: 638. Post-War British Architecture. 160 pages, 150 colour photographs. The term Brutalism is used to describe a form of architecture that appeared, mainly in Europe, from around 1945 - 1975. Uncompromisingly modern, this trend in architecture was both striking and arresting and, perhaps like no other style before or since, aroused extremes of emotion and debate. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; AMC. Dimension: 251 x 197 x 16. Weight: 636.
Publisher
The Crowood Press Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847972309
ISBN
9781847972309
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.81

paperback. .
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472810656
ISBN
9781472810656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. An excellent, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
illustrated edition
Publisher
Sanctuary London
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KRS0019203
ISBN
9781860745126
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. An excellent, clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Sanctuary London
Number of pages
224
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
illustrated edition
SKU
KRS0019204
ISBN
9781860745126
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Hardback. Bubbles and Bonanzas is the first detailed study of British investments and investors in Mexico in the first four decades after independence. Costeloe gives economic history a human face that offers fascinating detail and new information about the origins and scope of British interest in independent Mexico. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBCM; 3JH; KCL; KJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739151198
ISBN
9780739151198
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.21

Hardback. This book takes a fresh look at English buccaneering and privateering literature from the Golden Age of Piracy and includes discussion of well-known figures such as Sir Henry Morgan as well as more obscure figures like Captain George Cusack. Num Pages: 202 pages, 14 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611493870
ISBN
9781611493870
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Paperback. Takes the reader on a journey of Buck Whaley's many adventures far and wide. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845885410
ISBN
9781845885410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.21

paperback. This study aims to be an accessible and comprehensive account of the role Ohio women have assumed in the history of the state, and a narrative of their hardships and the victories that have been won over 200 years. Series: Ohio Bicentennial S. Num Pages: 253 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5436 x 3556 x 458. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780821413913
ISBN
9780821413913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.72

Hardcover. A lively chronicle of the 1960s through the surprisingly close and incredibly contentious friendship of its two most colorful characters. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 169 x 35. Weight in Grams: 738.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393088717
ISBN
9780393088717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 454 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JB; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
454
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691611822
ISBN
9780691611822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.58
€ 59.29

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 454 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JB; HRAM2; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
454
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691639796
ISBN
9780691639796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 234.38

Hardback. In the late 1800s, Japanese leaders invited Unitarian missionaries to Japan to further modernization. Mohr looks at the debates sparked by the encounter between Unitarianism and Buddhism and considers how the idea of "universal truth" was used by both missionaries and by Japanese intellectuals and religious leaders to promote their own agendas. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 250 pages, 10 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HRAF; HRCC9; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
250
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066946
ISBN
9780674066946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.00
€ 37.89

Hardback. Comparing eighteenth-century Sri Lankan Buddhist monastic education to medieval Christian and other contexts, this book examines such issues as bilingual commentarial practice, the relationship between clerical and "popular" religious cultures, and the place of preaching in the constitution of "textual communities". Series: Buddhisms: A Princeton University Press Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 3 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKS; 3JF; HRAX; HRE; HRLP7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070445
ISBN
9780691070445
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.14
€ 76.56

Hardcover. Taking the lives of three key Sangha activists as the modern framework of a Sinhala Buddhist worldview, this book examines the limitations of Western theories of peacebuilding and such solutions as federalism and multinationalism. Series: Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies Monographs. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1FKS; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; HRE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 1569.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Equinox Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781790786
ISBN
9781781790786
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.79

Paperback. Tells the story of both German and Czech-speaking Budweis/Budajovice, which belonged to the Habsburg Monarchy until 1918, and then to Czechoslovakia, Hitler's Third Reich, and Czechoslovakia again. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVK; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691122342
ISBN
9780691122342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.50

Paperback. Geoffrey Baker traces the trajectory of the Havana hip hop scene from the late 1980s to the present and analyzes its partial eclipse by reggaeton. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 424 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; AVGR; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349594
ISBN
9780822349594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 31.02

Hardback. Geoffrey Baker traces the trajectory of the Havana hip hop scene from the late 1980s to the present and analyzes its partial eclipse by reggaeton. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 424 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; AVGR; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5690 x 3963 x 30. Weight in Grams: 717.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822349402
ISBN
9780822349402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.51
€ 128.97

Paperback. A new, definitive edition of the biography of William Cody or Buffalo Bill includes the full text and all the photographs and line drawings of Burke's original Editor(s): Dixon, Chris. Series: The Papers of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody. Num Pages: 400 pages, 15 photographs, 58 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803240728
ISBN
9780803240728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.13

Paperback. Reveals that the globalization of American mass culture that seems unstoppable today began as early as the mid-nineteenth century. This book narrates how the circuses, amusement parks, vaudeville, mail-order catalogs, dime novels, and movies that developed after the Civil War actually doubled as agents of American cultural diplomacy abroad. Num Pages: 232 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBTB; JFCA; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226007120
ISBN
9780226007120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.70

Hardback. The travel journal of the wealthy young Englishman, Evelyn Booth, weaves a factual, enthralling, and entertaining narrative that follows his escapades throughout the United States of the late nineteenth century. Num Pages: 160 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 381.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442246591
ISBN
9781442246591
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.79

Paperback. In the tradition of Black Elk's Vision, this is the only children's book about Buffalo Bird Woman, a Native American gardener Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNR; 3JH; 5AG; YNH; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 255 x 257 x 7. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Abrams United States
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
SKU
V9781419718380
ISBN
9781419718380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.29

paperback. African-American soldiers played a decisive role in the US Army on the western frontier during the Plains Wars. Nicknamed the 'buffalo soldiers' by their Cheyenne and Comanche enemies, these brave soldiers fought many enemies over the years, including Sitting Bull and Geronimo. Illustrator(s): Hook, Richard. Series: Elite. Num Pages: 64 pages, 55 b&w and 8 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 185 x 7. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781841767567
ISBN
9781841767567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.46

paperback. Born in a small village in the Everglades in 1920, Buffalo Tiger grew up immersed in the traditional customs and language of the Miccosukees. As the modern world encroached on the Miccosukees and the Everglades shrank around them, he became an energetic and outspoken leader of the community. This is the biography of a tireless leader. Series: Indians of the Southeast. Num Pages: 208 pages, 14 photographs, map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JJ; BGA; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803218857
ISBN
9780803218857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.38

Explores how science became increasingly important in nineteenth-century British culture and how the systematic study of insects permitted entomologists to engage with the most pressing questions of Victorian times: the nature of God, mind, and governance, and the origins of life. Num Pages: 384 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTB; JFCX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 34. Weight in Grams: 672.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300150919
ISBN
9780300150919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.58

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