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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. Joseph 'Tommy' Lapid (1931-2008) survived the horrors of the Holocaust to become Israel's notorious yet beloved 'big mouth': a journalist, playwright, TV star, and finally deputy prime minister and leader of the anti-Orthodox movement. His is a very personal story as well as the breathtaking saga of a nation that emerged from the ashes. Translator(s): Fallenberg, Evan. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Elliott & Thompson Limited
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908739445
- ISBN
- 9781908739445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. A memoir that shares the true story behind "The Sound of Music". Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JJG; 3JJH; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061998812
- ISBN
- 9780061998812
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Hardcover. Editor(s): Noel-Clarke, Michael. Translator(s): Noel-Clarke, Michael. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JH; BM; HBJF1; HBLL; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 167 x 374 x 25. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Publisher
- Gingko Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909942868
- ISBN
- 9781909942868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.39
€ 41.39
Hardback. Born in 1941, Tubten Khetsun is a nephew of the Gyatso Tashi Khendrung, one of the senior government officials taken prisoner after the Tibetan peoples' uprising of March 10, 1959. This autobiography talks of his prison experiences as well as the state of civil society following his release. Translator(s): Akester, Matthew. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJP; BGHA; HBJF; HBLW3; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231142861
- ISBN
- 9780231142861
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Condition: New
€ 104.56€ 80.25
€ 104.56
€ 80.25
Hardcover. As a first-time visitor to London, De Amicis was awestruck by the bustle and magnificence of the Victorian metropolis and wrote a number of sketches in his trademark witty, observational style, which made him one of the best-selling travel writers of his age. First ever translation into English. Translator(s): Parkin, Stephen. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847493262
- ISBN
- 9781847493262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.49
€ 13.99
€ 13.49
paperback. Memories of my Life, first published in 1908, is an autobiography by the psychologist, anthropologist, geographer, and inventor Sir Francis Galton. This book contains a detailed account of Galton s life, and will be of interest to students of Victorian history. " Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; BM; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138911444
- ISBN
- 9781138911444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.66
€ 56.66
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137028143
- ISBN
- 9781137028143
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76
Paperback. Though America did not join rebellious Cuban forces against the Spanish empire until 1898, Frederick Funston (1865-1917) was so moved by a speech by Gen Daniel Sickles that he went to Cuba as a filibuster in the battle for Cuban independence. This title presents an account of his adventures in the Cuban Revolution and the Philippine-American war. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; 1KJC; 3JJC; 3JJPG; BM; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 25. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803222892
- ISBN
- 9780803222892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Presenting a view of working-class life in an enclosed community during the period, this book covers the decline of the docks, family life, work, housing and leisure as well as tackling more esoteric subjects such as health, gender roles and attitudes towards Jews. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; BM; WQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 12. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752447094
- ISBN
- 9780752447094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.78
€ 24.99
€ 21.78
Hardcover. This book recounts the massacre at Sant'Anna di Stazzema and examines its after effects. During the Nazi occupation of Italy, SS officers were charged with destroying anti-Fascist and anti-Nazi partisans. Paolo Pezzino not only reconstructs the events, but deals with the "forgetting" of the massacre. Translator(s): Giovanni Mazhar, Noor. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 209 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWXK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340787
- ISBN
- 9780230340787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
Hardcover. The aim of this book is not to seek the effects war has had on the 20th century, but rather to explore how societies chose to remember wars and maniplulate this memory for political and cultural purposes. Num Pages: 296 pages, Includes 18 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754607359
- ISBN
- 9780754607359
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.80
€ 168.80
Hardback. The twentieth century witnessed genocides, ethnic cleansing, forced population expulsions, shifting borders, and other disruptions on an unprecedented scale. This book examines the work of memory and the ethics of healing in post authoritarian societies that have experienced state-perpetrated violence. Editor(s): Silberman, Marc; Vatan, Florence. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 270 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; JFFE; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137343512
- ISBN
- 9781137343512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.09
€ 128.09
Paperback. Combines anthropology and history, anecdote and theory to portray the encounter between the Tlingit Indians and the Russian Orthodox Church in Alaska in the late 1700s and to analyze the indigenous Orthodoxy that developed over the next 200 years. Num Pages: 696 pages, 26 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; 3JH; 3JJ; HRCC8; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 43. Weight in Grams: 946.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295993867
- ISBN
- 9780295993867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Hardcover. Editor(s): Rothenberg, Daniel. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 615.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403964472
- ISBN
- 9781403964472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.93€ 48.23
€ 52.93
€ 48.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; 3JH; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816667093
- ISBN
- 9780816667093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.87
€ 19.99
€ 19.87
Hardcover. Memory of War in France examines France in the era of world war through the unconventional eyes of the veteran, activist and novelist, Cesar Fauxbras. It encompasses the French navy at war, the naval mutinies of 1919, the experience of unemployment, interwar pacifism, French defeat in 1940 and Paris under the heel of German occupation. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230594418
- ISBN
- 9780230594418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. This book surveys the genesis of the modern conception of memory where gender becomes crucial to the processes of memorialization and suggests ways in which technology opens a new chapter in the history of memory. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 577.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230607910
- ISBN
- 9780230607910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.75
€ 67.75
Hardback. Considering the two-hundred-year period between 1431, which saw the foundation of Duke Humfrey's famous library, and 1631, when the great antiquarian Sir Robert Cotton died, this book revises the history of the modern library by focusing on its origins in medieval and early modern England. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; GLM; HBT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 33. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226781716
- ISBN
- 9780226781716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.06€ 79.85
€ 95.06
€ 79.85
Paperback. Series: Insider's Guides. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; 3JMC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- GPP Travel United States
- Edition
- 4 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762748662
- ISBN
- 9780762748662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.73
€ 19.99
€ 16.73
Paperback. Individually and collectively, the Fellows of the Royal Society were involved in many wartime activities. For example, prior to the outbreak of World War Two Her Majesty's Government decided to establish a Central Register of persons with 'professional, scientific, technical or higher administrative qualifications', for use in time of War. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWM; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909982086
- ISBN
- 9781909982086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.32
€ 26.99
€ 20.32
Hardcover. In mid-nineteenth-century Britain, there existed a dominant discourse on what it meant to be a man -denoted by the term 'manliness'. Based on the sociological work of R.W. Connell and others who argue that gender is performative, Robert Hogg asks how British men performed manliness on the colonial frontiers of Queensland and British Columbia. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 1MBFQ; 1QDB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230250178
- ISBN
- 9780230250178
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Men and the Emergence of Polite Society, Britain 1660-1800
Carter, Philip (Research Editor, New Dictiona...
paperback. A vivid account of the changing status of men and masculinity as Britain moved into the modern period reveals the significance of social over sexual conduct for eighteenth century definitions of masculinity, using personal stories and diverse public statements drawn from conduct books, magazines, sermons and novels. Series: Women & Men in History. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780582319875
- ISBN
- 9780582319875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.95
€ 71.95
Paperback. Captures the character of rural life before modern agriculture altered the landscape and changed forever they way we eat and live. Series: Nature Classics Library. Num Pages: 160 pages, B/w line drawings and colour lithographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKEA; 3JJG; TV; WND; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Little Toller Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 70th Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956254528
- ISBN
- 9780956254528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.31
€ 18.99
€ 14.31
hardcover. Men and the Making of Modern British Feminism calls fresh attention to the forgotten but foundational contributions of men to the creation of modern British feminism. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804763110
- ISBN
- 9780804763110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16