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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardcover. On March 31, 1929, seventy-seven men left New York City on an epic 3,554-mile footrace to Los Angeles nicknamed the Bunion Derby. For seventy-eight consecutive days, the men pushed their bodies and spirits to the breaking point as they chased a $25,000 first prize in what is arguably the greatest long distance footrace in history. Series: Sports and Entertainment. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; WSBX; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610366
ISBN
9780815610366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.35

Hardcover. The year 1919 in Jerusalem marked the conclusion of hundreds of years of Ottoman rule and the beginning of British occupation, a period of great change that would transform the city. This memoir presents a portrait of life in post-WWI Jerusalem as seen through the eyes of a spirited young English girl. Num Pages: 176 pages, 45 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJG; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608721
ISBN
9780815608721
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.23

This work traces the history of Soviet Catholicism from its rich life in 1914 through its tentative fate in the first sixty years of the USSR. It tells of the faithful men and women shackled by dictatorship, doomed to deportation, and abandoned by their own church in the west. Num Pages: 440 pages, 22 photographs, 4 maps, glossary, notes, bibliography, tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HRCC2; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 37. Weight in Grams: 988.
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815606796
ISBN
9780815606796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.41

Paperback. This book looks at the U.S. Middle District Court of Florida, which represents about 1/2 of Florida's population and is one of the busiest courts in the state, interpreting and applying Supreme Court decisions in cases such as the Terry Schaivo "right to die" case. Series: A Florida Quincentennial Book. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JJ; 3JM; LAZ; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813060491
ISBN
9780813060491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.76

Paperback. Considers why the Confederacy never received foreign aid and traces the Civil War's impact on European and Latin nations and dependencies. Editor(s): May, Robert E. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations (black and white), 1 map (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Edition
Rev ed
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813049229
ISBN
9780813049229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.49

Paperback. Editor(s): Smith, Gene Allen. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 1KBBSL; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Edition
Rev ed
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813033358
ISBN
9780813033358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.63

Hardcover. This biography, with its informative backmatter and splendid illustrations, gives readers an in-depth look at the Reconstruction period through the life of one of the first African-American congressmen. Illustrator(s): Tate, Don. Num Pages: 50 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; YNH; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 224 x 282 x 11. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802853790
ISBN
9780802853790
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.44

Hardcover. This book synthesizes the wartime experiences of American combat soldiers, from the doughboys of World War I to the grunts of Vietnam. The author looks at what motivated these men to serve and how they were turned into soldiers. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 472 pages, 30 photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FMV; 1FPK; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700612291
ISBN
9780700612291
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.97

Hardcover. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJP; BGH; HBJM; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 865.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Melbourne University Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780522853346
ISBN
9780522853346
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.47

Hardcover. Explores the traditions represented in the cultural and musical practices of the late Sixties San Francisco counterculture. This book examines primary source material to demonstrate that the San Francisco counterculture in 1966-67 displayed no interest in commitment to a cause - embracing everything in general, but nothing in particular. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; AVG; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472115587
ISBN
9780472115587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.11

Hardcover. In her autobiography, Alice Salomon describes how she became involved in social work and devoted her life to social activism and education, became a prolific author and leading feminist of her time. Her account ends with her expulsion from Germany and emigration to America in 1937. Series: Social History, Popular Culture and Politics in Germany. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472113675
ISBN
9780472113675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.30

Hardcover. What "Black Beauty" and other books by women of this period reveal about their notions of nation, identity, and empire Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSB; JFFZ; JFSJ1; WNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472108749
ISBN
9780472108749
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.82

Paperback. The first Great Lakes history to expose the heroism, villainy, courage, and confusion surrounding the tragedy of the freighter "Cedarville" Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; 3JJPK; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472030637
ISBN
9780472030637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.33

Paperback. This text explores the relationship between dancing bodies and sexual identity on the concert stage, in nightclubs, in film, in the courts and on the streets and tracks the intersections of dance and human sexuality in the twentieth century as the definition of each has shifted and expanded. Editor(s): Desmond, Jane C. Series: Studies in Dance History. Num Pages: 360 pages, 21 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ASD; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299170547
ISBN
9780299170547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 130 pages, b/w illus & maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, US United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
130
Condition
New
SKU
V9780939923779
ISBN
9780939923779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.90

hardcover. Based on an major recent discovery-the Civil War as seen from the front ranks of a legendary fighting unit Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 742.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Da Capo Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306811197
ISBN
9780306811197
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.00
€ 33.19

Paperback. A story of two very different men whose lives catastrophically interweaved over the course of some nine months in the late 1960s: one was a thief and con man called James Earl Ray, the other one of the greatest American figures of the twentieth century, Martin Luther King Jr Hampton Sides follows in Ray's footsteps as he escapes from prison. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; BTC; HBJK; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
9780718192068
ISBN
9780718192068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.45

paperback. Examines the representation of blackness on television at the height of the southern civil rights movement and again in the aftermath of the Reagan-Bush years. This book looks at how television's ideological projects with respect to race have supported or conflicted with the industry's incentive to maximize profits or consolidate power. Num Pages: 168 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFD; JFSL3; JPVH1; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780691016573
ISBN
9780691016573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 28.53

paperback. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 77 x 77. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Condition
New
SKU
9780393306514
ISBN
9780393306514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 34.52

paperback. The sixty-year reign of George III (1760-1820) witnessed and participated in some of the most critical events of modern world history. This biography deals comprehensively with the politics, the wars, and the domestic issues, and harnesses the richest range of unpublished sources in Britain, Germany, and the United States. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300136210
ISBN
9780300136210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.47

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