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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

paperback. The story of what happened at the colonial fortified town of Louisbourg between 1749 and 1758 is one of the great dramas of the history of Canada, indeed North America. This book presents the dramatic military and social history of this short-lived and significant fortress, seaport, and community, and the citizens who made it their home. Series: France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization Series. Num Pages: 382 pages, 13 photos, 3 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803260092
ISBN
9780803260092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.75

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Gilgamesh Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908531230
ISBN
9781908531230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.60

Hardcover. A landmark book that will be vital to historians of Oman and analysts of the geopolitics of the Persian Gulf. Num Pages: 350 pages, Photographic plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FBXM; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJF1; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Gilgamesh Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
1st
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908531070
ISBN
9781908531070
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.64

paperback. The Cold War continues to shape international relations almost twenty years after being acknowledged as the central event of the last half of the twentieth century. Interpretations of how it ended thus remain crucial to an accurate understanding of global events and foreign policy. Series: Issues in the History of American Foreign Relations. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBA; HBTW; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597971751
ISBN
9781597971751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.19

hardcover. Examining World War II, the Holocaust, and their aftermath through the lens of Central and Eastern European Jewish families Editor(s): Michlic, Joanna Beata. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781512600094
ISBN
9781512600094
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.12
€ 74.60

Hardcover. Brings to light the profound social, legal, and cultural changes that attended the growth of the erotica sector. This title includes readings of government and industry records, oral histories, and erotica industry's products uncover the roots of sexual marketplace and reveal the indelible ways in which sexual expression have become intertwined. Num Pages: 320 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226325217
ISBN
9780226325217
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.42
€ 43.46

Hardcover. William Hyde Wollaston made an astonishing number of discoveries in an astonishingly varied number of fields. This book features length study of Wollaston, his science, and the environment in which he thrived. It will help to reinstate Wollaston in the history of science and the pantheon of its great innovators. Series: Synthesis. Num Pages: 424 pages, 37 halftones, 32 line drawings, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; BGT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 37. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226245737
ISBN
9780226245737
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.20

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTK; KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226123097
ISBN
9780226123097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.65

Hardcover. In 1941, philosopher and poet Gendun Chopel (1903-51) sent a large manuscript by ship, train, and yak across mountains and deserts to his homeland in the northeastern corner of Tibet. He would follow it five years later, returning to his native land after twelve years in India and Sri Lanka. Translator(s): Jinpa, Thupten; Lopez, Donald S. Series: Buddhism and Modernity. Num Pages: 456 pages, 74 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HRE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226091976
ISBN
9780226091976
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 42.52

Hardback. Presents drawings, poems, letters, and oral histories by ten of the most celebrated Viet Cong war artists. This title features battles and events from Operation Junction City to Khe Sanh to the Tet Offensive. It presents a historical and artistic document of people at war. Num Pages: 288 pages, 230 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; AG; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226078304
ISBN
9780226078304
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.54

Paperback. A history of the postwar avant-garde in America. The book integrates diverse moments in American culture, such as bebop jazz, gestalt therapy, beat poetry, Jungian psychology and Zen Buddhism and argues that all of these movements have a unifying theme: spontaneous improvization. Num Pages: 356 pages, 8 colour plates, 30 halftones, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; ABA; ACX; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226041902
ISBN
9780226041902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.40

hardcover. A cultural and social history of Egypt from 1870 to 1930 that examines the way in which men and women began reading, writing, and perceiving the Arabic language in ever more public ways. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804797115
ISBN
9780804797115
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.49

hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804796453
ISBN
9780804796453
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.59

paperback. This volume examines the present and future of balance of power dynamics in international politics and examines theoretical and historical criticisms of balance of power theory while empirically assessing its validity at both global and regional levels. Italso looks at systemic factors favoring or hindering a return to balance of power politics. Editor(s): Paul, T. V.; Wirtz, James J.; Fortmann, Michel. Num Pages: 400 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 3JM; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804750172
ISBN
9780804750172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.12

Paperback. Focusing on the city girl in the metropolitan scene, the 'Screen Struck Girl' in the cinematic scene, the beauty contestant in the photographic scene, the 'primitive' woman in the late colonial scene, and the flapper in the heterosexual leisure scene, this title shows how women's roles were intimately tied to the visual culture of the day. Num Pages: 360 pages, 60 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 3JJG; JFD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253216700
ISBN
9780253216700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.10

hardcover. Studying the years from 1880 to 1930, this text traces the origins, evolution and implications of the fruit industry in California, the creation of America's first industrial countryside and its repercussions. The text examines the growers' corporations and their political influence. Num Pages: 302 pages, 9 b/w illustrations and 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; KCZ; KNAC; KNDF; RN; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
Edition
New
SKU
V9780520211728
ISBN
9780520211728
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.15
€ 48.20

Paperback. In June 1862 Fyodor Dostoevsky left Petersburg on his first excursion to Western Europe. Over the course of his journey he visited a number of major cities, including Berlin, Paris, London, Florence, Milan and Vienna. This volume details the impressions of everthing he saw. Num Pages: 78 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 7. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
78
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810115187
ISBN
9780810115187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.15

hardcover. This volume opens our eyes to a dynamic world of Jewish literature in nineteenth-century Europe. Editor(s): Hess, Jonathan M.; Samuels, Maurice; Valman, Nadia. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; DSBF; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804775465
ISBN
9780804775465
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.82

Hardcover. An assessment of the life and work of renowned composer, Sergey Prokofiev, in which David Nice draws on a range of sources. He follows Prokofiev's personal and musical progression from his childhood on a Ukrainian country estate to the years he spent travelling in America and Europe. Num Pages: 408 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 162 x 243 x 38. Weight in Grams: 872.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300099140
ISBN
9780300099140
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 35.00

Paperback. In the 16th century, Elizabethan London was uneasy: would France side with Protestant England or with Catholic Europe? This volume describes the espionage operation that was devised to find the answer, and speculates on the identity of the mole in the French ambassador's household. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 208 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300094503
ISBN
9780300094503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.03

paperback. Traces the series of events which culminated in the 1802 and 1804 Battles of Sitka, a turning point in the history of the Tlingit people of southeast Alaska and, ultimately, in the history of America. Editor(s): Dauenhauer, Nora Marks; Dauenhauer, Richard; Black, Lydia T. Series: Classics of Tlingit Oral Literature. Num Pages: 560 pages, 55 illus., 20 in color. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295986012
ISBN
9780295986012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.74
€ 52.94

paperback. Looks at the politics behind child care legislation. Identifying junctures at which child care bills were introduced and debated, this book examines the politics surrounding each of these events and identifies the political structures and negotiations that evolved. It also looks at how child care legislation became part of other issues. Series: Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics into the 21st Century. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JKSB1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231112376
ISBN
9780231112376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.86

Paperback. This book tracks the rise and fall of an underworld culture that bred some of America's greatest racketeers, bootleggers, gamblers, and professional killers, examining the careers of such high-profile figures as Meyer Lansky and Benjamin Bugsy Siegel. Num Pages: 351 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBTB; JFSR1; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
351
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231096836
ISBN
9780231096836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.05

paperback. Editor(s): Milner, Stephen J. Series: Medieval Cultures S. Num Pages: 312 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816638215
ISBN
9780816638215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.12

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