Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. The Oregon Trail is the gripping account of Francis Parkman's journey west across North America in 1846. His detailed description of the journey, set against the vast majesty of the Great Plains, has emerged through the generations as a classic narrative of one man's exploration of the American Wilderness. Editor(s): Rosenthal, Bernard. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199553921
- ISBN
- 9780199553921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.68
€ 13.99
€ 11.68
Paperback. Che Guevara's dream was an epic one - to unite Latin America and the rest of the developing world through armed revolution, and to end once and for all the poverty, injustice and petty nationalisms that had bled it for centuries. This work tells the tale of revolution, international intrigue and covert operations. Num Pages: 832 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJPG; BGH; HBJK; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1072.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553406641
- ISBN
- 9780553406641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.61
€ 30.99
€ 20.61
Hardback. In the years following the invention of photography in 1839, practitioners in France gave shape to this intriguing new medium through experimental printing techniques and innovative compositions. Num Pages: 240 pages, 212 Colour. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; AJC; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 304 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1708.
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606065105
- ISBN
- 9781606065105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.21€ 46.32
€ 59.21
€ 46.32
Paperback. Tells the story of the American West. Whether it is cast as a tale of unmatched bravery in the face of impossible odds or of insane arrogance receiving its rightful comeuppance, this title continues to captivate the imagination. It reconstructs the build-up to the Battle of the Little Big Horn through to the final eruption of violence. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099521242
- ISBN
- 9780099521242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.61
€ 23.99
€ 16.61
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138643482
- ISBN
- 9781138643482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.56
€ 53.56
Hardback. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801449437
- ISBN
- 9780801449437
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.43
€ 84.43
Paperback. Roads Were Not Built for Cars is a history book, focussing on a time when cyclists had political clout, in Britain and especially in America. The book researches the Roads Improvement Association - a lobbying group created by the Cyclists' Touring Club in 1886 - and the Good Roads movement organised by the League of American Wheelmen. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; RPC; RPT; WGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 205 x 21. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Publisher
- Island Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd None ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610916899
- ISBN
- 9781610916899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 37.42
€ 40.99
€ 37.42
Paperback. Demonstrates that Japan is not a declining economy and will compete with China for political and economic power in the years to come Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 214 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849042154
- ISBN
- 9781849042154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.43
€ 40.99
€ 36.43
Hardcover. Over the last few years, there has been a noticeable increase in studies on the postwar period of Germany, reflecting the crucial importance of these years for an understanding of the developments in the two Germanys. This is a study of U.S. occupation policy and its effects on German social and political developments in the major cities. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJD; HBWQ; JP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571810359
- ISBN
- 9781571810359
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.32
€ 155.32
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, over 270 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 189 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1182.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764342714
- ISBN
- 9780764342714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 35.32
€ 53.99
€ 35.32
Paperback. At the end of the Second World War, some of the highest ranking members of the Nazi party escaped from justice. The attempts to bring them to justice are no less dramatic. This title presents the real account of how the Nazis escaped at the end of the war, the attempts to bring them to justice, and what really happened to those that got away. Num Pages: 720 pages, 16pp. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 40. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553819397
- ISBN
- 9780553819397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.04
€ 19.99
€ 15.04
Paperback. An invaluable compendium of sources relating to the Great Exhibition Series: Interventions: Rethinking the Nineteenth Century. Num Pages: 248 pages, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719099137
- ISBN
- 9780719099137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.96
€ 26.99
€ 26.96
Hardcover. This attractive series reveals the V&A's spectacular and extensive pattern collections. Each title in the series includes a free CD of high resolution images. Spitalfields Silks displays delightful floral designs alongside quirky, stikingly modern silks, all produced in eighteenth-century London. Series: V&A Pattern. Num Pages: 80 pages, 80 colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; AFW; AKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- V & A Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Har/Cdr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851776351
- ISBN
- 9781851776351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.15
€ 14.99
€ 13.15
Paperback. This fascinating book studies Katherine Knollys' life and times, including her intriguing relationship with Elizabeth I. Num Pages: 132 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 149 x 8. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782795858
- ISBN
- 9781782795858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.47
€ 13.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Tells the story of a journey: from injury on the battlefield to recovery in Britain. This title presents the story of the soldiers themselves, from the aid post in the trenches to the casualty clearing station in the rear, from the base hospital to the ambulance train returning them to Blighty. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; BTM; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099584186
- ISBN
- 9780099584186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. In this account of Emmeline Pankhurst's life both before and after the campaign for women's suffrage, historian June Purvis documents her early political work, her active role within the suffrage movement and her role as a wife and mother. Num Pages: 480 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415325936
- ISBN
- 9780415325936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.97
€ 39.97
Paperback. Series: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLL; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801478345
- ISBN
- 9780801478345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Paperback. Julian Thompson presents a complete insider's story of the campaign and victory of the Falklands War with personal touches. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16pp B & W Photos. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; HBJQ; HBLW3; HBWS; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844158799
- ISBN
- 9781844158799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.77
€ 20.99
€ 16.77
Hardback. In this in-depth study, Felix Boecking challenges the widely accepted idea that the key to Communist seizure of power in China lay in the incompetence of Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government. It argues instead that international trade, government tariff revenues, and hence China's fiscal policy and state-making project all collapsed. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 260 pages, 13 line illustrations, 5 maps, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; JP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 229. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674970601
- ISBN
- 9780674970601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.79
€ 45.99
€ 37.79
Paperback. During the Second World War the master strategy of the West was shaped by four titanic figures: Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt, and their respective military commanders - General Sir Alan Brooke and General George C Marshall. This title tells the story of how four great leaders fought each other over how best to fight Hitler. Num Pages: 720 pages, 16 pp b/w inset. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141029269
- ISBN
- 9780141029269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.26
€ 31.99
€ 21.26
Paperback. Retaining all the well-loved features, this book explores in depth the key political, economic, social and international changes which helped to mould Britain in the second half of the twentieth century. It focuses on key concepts such as government and opposition, class and cultural change, and covers events and developments with precision. Num Pages: 240 pages, Colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 4KL; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 198 x 264 x 12. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198354642
- ISBN
- 9780198354642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.50
€ 49.50
Paperback. Why were some countries able to build developmental states after World War II while others were not? This book argues that the critical factor was the reaction of domestic capitalists to the state-building project. It shows that the insufficient state capacity stemmed mainly from Indian industrialists' campaign against a developmental state. Num Pages: 360 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; KCM; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126234
- ISBN
- 9780691126234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.41
€ 54.99
€ 39.41
paperback. Surveys the lives and beliefs of the people who made the Irish Revolution: linked together by youth, radicalism, subversive activities, enthusiasm and love. This title deals with argumentative, exciting, subversive and original lives of people who made a revolution, as well as the disillusionment in which it ended. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241954249
- ISBN
- 9780241954249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.53
€ 15.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. Brian Cockerill has ruled his world with an iron fist. Using nothing but his hands as weapons, he has patrolled the streets, clubs and raves of Britain in order to keep order and to 'tax' those whose ill-gotten gains he sees fit to take a share of. Yet despite his appalling record of aggression, Brian is a man who lives by rules and respect. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp mono illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGA; JFFE; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 196. 288 pages, 8pp mono illustrations. Brian Cockerill has ruled his world with an iron fist. Using nothing but his hands as weapons, he has patrolled the streets, clubs and raves of Britain in order to keep order and to 'tax' those whose ill-gotten gains he sees fit to take a share of. Yet despite his appalling record of aggression, Brian is a man who lives by rules and respect. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGA; JFFE; JKV. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight: 196.
- Publisher
- John Blake
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844544882
- ISBN
- 9781844544882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87