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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. A major work setting out the inextricable link between politics and religion over the past two centuries, from the French Revolution to the present day's War on Terror. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007195732
- ISBN
- 9780007195732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Hardback. Accelerating seismic activity in late Meiji Japan climaxed in the legendary Great Nobi Earthquake of 1891, which rocked the main island from Tokyo to Osaka, killing thousands. This book presents the history of modern Japanese earthquakes and earthquake science. Num Pages: 346 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; RBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246072
- ISBN
- 9780520246072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.42€ 65.36
€ 84.42
€ 65.36
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences. Num Pages: 136 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 63 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JMG; RBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 237.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814585132
- ISBN
- 9789814585132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.53
€ 65.53
Hardback. East Germany's film monopoly, Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft, produced a films ranging beyond simple propaganda to westerns, musicals, and children's films, among others. This book equips scholars with the historical background to understand East German cinema and guides the readers through the DEFA archive via examinations of twelve films. Num Pages: 196 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJP; APF; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137322302
- ISBN
- 9781137322302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
Paperback. East Germany's film monopoly, Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft, produced a films ranging beyond simple propaganda to westerns, musicals, and children's films, among others. This book equips scholars with the historical background to understand East German cinema and guides the readers through the DEFA archive via examinations of twelve films. Num Pages: 196 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJP; APF; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137322319
- ISBN
- 9781137322319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.92
€ 65.92
Hardcover. Num Pages: 329 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1DFGE; 3JJP; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 158 x 31. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719090738
- ISBN
- 9780719090738
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.76
€ 157.76
Paperback. East of Acre Lane is the fast-paced and razor sharp story of a young man trying to do the right thing and establishes Alex Wheatle as the exciting new voice of the urban experience. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPN; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007225620
- ISBN
- 9780007225620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Hardback. An important reconsideration of landscape photography in 19th-century America, exploring crucial but neglected geographies, practitioners, and themes Num Pages: 288 pages, 222 color + b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AGN; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 241. Weight in Grams: 1770.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300224016
- ISBN
- 9780300224016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.54€ 40.40
€ 50.54
€ 40.40
Hardcover. Re-examines notions of East and West in contemporary European cinema. This book presents a comprehensive investigation of Central European cinema in the early 21st century. Editor(s): Gott, Michael; Herzog, Todd. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJPR; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748694150
- ISBN
- 9780748694150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.02€ 103.50
€ 107.02
€ 103.50
Paperback. Ireland's Easter Rising of 1916 is one of the handful of modern historical events that instantly created its own mythology and changed millions of lives forever. Charles Townshend's remarkable new book vividly re-creates this extraordinary time when a powerful narrative was born and Ireland was launched into a new world. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 35. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566639651
- ISBN
- 9781566639651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.85
€ 45.85
Paperback. Before Easter 1916 Dublin had been a city much like any other British city, comparable to Bristol or Liverpool and part of a complex, deep-rooted British world. The devastating events of that Easter changed everything. This book focuses on these events. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141982472
- ISBN
- 9780141982472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.91
€ 19.99
€ 13.91
paperback. After adventures in Soviet Russia before the war, Fitztroy Maclean fought with the SAS in North Africa in 1942. This book presents his adventures in the Western Desert and later fighting alongside Tito's partisans in Yugoslavia. Series: Penguin World War II Collection. Num Pages: 576 pages, B&W. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141042848
- ISBN
- 9780141042848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
paperback. Addresses the emergence of uncertain pluralism in the region following the disintegrations of the communist regimes in 1989. This book considers issues and challenges that have marked Eastern Europe from 1939, through World War II and the era of socialism. Editor(s): Ramet, Sabrina Petra. Num Pages: 440 pages, 4 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW; JP; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 231 x 29. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780253212566
- ISBN
- 9780253212566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.33
€ 25.99
€ 24.33
Paperback. Series: Stackpole Military History Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, 25 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 305
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811734424
- ISBN
- 9780811734424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.28
€ 21.99
€ 18.28
Paperback. This is a guide to the Eastern Question, the problem that faced the European states of how to react to the decline of the Ottoman Empire. The book examines the impact of the Napoleonic wars, the Greek War of Independence, the Crimean War and the Eastern Crisis of 1876-8. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 150 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582291959
- ISBN
- 9780582291959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.43
€ 50.43
hardcover. Established in 1968 to improve conditions in the barrio of East Los Angeles, the East Los Angeles Community Union has had a pronounced impact on the area, providing social services, helping increase political representation, and, most notably, promoting economic development. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 half-tones 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBTB; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804733335
- ISBN
- 9780804733335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.46
€ 99.46
This book is based on the World War II diaries of Royal Australian Air Force Flying Officer Reg Heffron. The reader follows Heffron through initial training, his wartime posting to No.622 Squadron, and the fear and trials of operational flying, off duty antics, training rookie crews, and finally, the joyous return home to his family in Australia. Num Pages: 224 pages, 89 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 189 x 22. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764347894
- ISBN
- 9780764347894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 28.63
€ 43.99
€ 28.63
Paperback. Based on hundreds of interviews with directors such as Coppola, Scorsese, Hopper and Spielberg, as well as producers, stars, studio executives, writers, spouses, ex-spouses, and girlfriends, this is the story of the crazy world that the directors ruled. Num Pages: 512 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; APFB; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 440. How the Sex-drugs-and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Changed Hollywood. 512 pages, portraits. Based on hundreds of interviews with directors such as Coppola, Scorsese, Hopper and Spielberg, as well as producers, stars, studio executives, writers, spouses, ex-spouses, and girlfriends, this is the story of the crazy world that the directors ruled. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JJPL; APFB; KNTC. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 34. Weight: 374.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Printing UK
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747544210
- ISBN
- 9780747544210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Hardback. More than new chapters in automobile history, these stories locate women motorists within twentieth-century debates about class, gender, sexuality, race, and nation. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 216 pages, 18, 16 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1H; 1KBB; 1MBF; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSJ1; PDR; TBX; WGCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801884658
- ISBN
- 9780801884658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardback. Every year over 200 million peasants flock to China's urban centers, providing a profusion of cheap labor that helps fuel the country's staggering economic growth. This title follows the trials and triumphs of eight such migrants - including a vegetable vendor, an itinerant knife sharpener, a free-spirited recycler, and a cash-strapped mother. Num Pages: 280 pages, 17 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; JFFN; KCF; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266506
- ISBN
- 9780520266506
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardback. The process of transforming bamboo into paper involves production-related and social skills, as well as the everyday skills that allowed Sichuan papermakers to survive in an era of tumultuous change. This book charts the vicissitudes of a rural community of papermakers in Sichuan. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 425 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBLW; HBTB; JFSF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 425
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032880
- ISBN
- 9780674032880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.46
€ 50.99
€ 42.46
Hardback. Offers a perspective on the history of food, looking at writings about cuisine, diet, and food chemistry as a key to larger debates over the state of the nation in Old Regime France. This title demonstrates how public discussions of eating and drinking were used to articulate concerns about the state of civilization versus that of nature and more. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBTB; JFCV; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226768861
- ISBN
- 9780226768861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 79.61
€ 95.12
€ 79.61
Paperback. A revealing, spirited and fascinating account of what life was really like in Jane Austen's England. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349138602
- ISBN
- 9780349138602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
paperback. Clean copy in good to very good condition. Some light shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1900
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KRF0005325
- ISBN
- 9780349109442
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99