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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardback. Cover slightly stained. Keywords: "20th Century, Folklore, History & Criticism, Classic, The Classics, Scottish, Criticism, English" This study examines how various conventions from Irish folklore have been subsumed in 12 Irish novels published between 1912 and 1948, including works by James Joyce, Flann O'Brien, Mervyn Wall, Darrell Figgis, Eimar O'Duffy and James Stephens. black & white illustrations. Series: Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Number of pages
176
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KHS0069877
ISBN
9780313304903
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 30.99
€ 4.99

Hardback. More than a century's worth of atrocities culled from the city's police blotter, told through startling, rarely seen images and incisive text written by two NYPD officers and a NYC crime reporter. Num Pages: 320 pages, 500 b&w and colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJ; BTC; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 318 x 32. Weight in Grams: 2180. Fine copy in fine dustwrappers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0014254
ISBN
9780316391238
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 11.94

Paperback. The eighteenth century saw the creation of a number of remarkable mechanical androids. The author investigates two such automata - both depicting piano-playing women. She demonstrates that only in a later age of industrial factory production did mechanical androids instill the fear that societies had become indistinguishable from machines. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JF; PDX; TBX; TJFM1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226034164
ISBN
9780226034164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.44

Hardback. Why is the world orderly, and how does order occur? Humans inhabit many systems - natural, social, political, economic, cognitive, and others - with seemingly obscure origins. In this book, the authors trace the versatile language of self-organization in the eighteenth-century West. Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226752051
ISBN
9780226752051
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 39.32

Hardback. Editor(s): Gjessing, Oda Wildhagen. Num Pages: 240 pages, 150 color + b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DND; 1DNN; 3JH; 3JJ; ACXD7; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 280 x 2. Weight in Grams: 1432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300226584
ISBN
9780300226584
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 37.49

Paperback. Contemporary Britain is often held to be in decline and yet the nature of this decline is elusive. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JP; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631150848
ISBN
9780631150848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.04

Paperback. An account of the political history of Bourbon France under the influence of Richelieu which discusses the rise of the Empire and its fall from grace under the reign of Louis XVI. Series: History of France S. Num Pages: 608 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 172 x 32. Weight in Grams: 960.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Oxford
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631211969
ISBN
9780631211969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.22

Paperback. In the history of post-colonial Latin America no person has held power so firmly and for so long as did Pedro II as emperor of Brazil. This is the first full-length biography in 60 years, and the first in any language to make close use of Pedro II's diaries and family papers. Num Pages: 576 pages, 60 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 34. Weight in Grams: 814.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
569
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744003
ISBN
9780804744003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, b/w photos & drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 169 x 11. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Edition
Pap/DVD
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845195397
ISBN
9781845195397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.90

Hardback. No nation in history has placed greater emphasis on the role of technology in planning and waging war than the United States. Drawing on six decades of debate on the subject of US military affairs, this book suggests how the armed forces might exploit the opportunities of the information revolution in the future. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; JW; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780231123365
ISBN
9780231123365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.19
€ 78.42

Paperback. This important new book takes a fascinating thematic approach, providing a useful survey of the position and role of the nobility in the government of states in early modern Europe. Series: Historical Connections. Num Pages: 172 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3J; HBJD1; HBTG; JPHC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415150446
ISBN
9780415150446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.56

Paperback. This collection of 14 essays examines selected issues in the 1000 years of Ukranian economic history prior to World War I. Topics covered include: population change; industrialization; urbanization; and the developments of the Southern and Western (within the Austrian-Hungarian Empire) regions. Series: Harvard series in Ukranian studies. Num Pages: 393 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3F; 3H; 3J; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Harvard University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
393
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916458638
ISBN
9780916458638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.18

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Dore, Gustave. Series: Anthem Travel Classics. Num Pages: 280 pages, 180+ halftone engravings. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 266. A Pilgrimage. Series: Anthem Travel Classics. 280 pages, 180+ halftone engravings. Illustrator(s): Dore, Gustave. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 20. Weight: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Anthem Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843311935
ISBN
9781843311935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Adventures Unlimited Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935487401
ISBN
9781935487401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.89

Paperback. Paints seven scenes from a boyhood and early adolescence in Korea at the height of the Japanese occupation, 1932 to 1945. This title presents a memory of family and a vivid portrayal of life in a time of anguish. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
40 Anv
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520268128
ISBN
9780520268128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.29

Paperback. Helps a detective to tell whether the victim had suffocated, drowned, been shot, stabbed, or struck by lightning, spontaneously combusted, frozen to death or expired due to starvation. This book contains suggestions which include examining the face of the deceased for an 'expression of angry resistance', and a clear indication of murder. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
New ed.
SKU
V9780752455136
ISBN
9780752455136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.40

Hardback. This book reconstructs American consular activity in Ireland from 1790 to 1913 and elucidates the interconnectedness of America's foreign interests, Irish nationalism and British imperialism Num Pages: 320 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLL; JPSD. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 32. Weight in Grams: 698 299pp
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
9780719083013
ISBN
9780719083013
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.84

Hardcover. Fine copy, with fine D.J
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Irish Academic Press Ltd
Number of pages
304
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KST0011473
ISBN
9780716528883
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 55.00
€ 36.04

Paperback. Between the early 1930s and his death in 1953, Joseph Stalin had more than a million of his own citizens executed. Millions more fell victim to forced labor, deportation, famine, bloody massacres, and detention and interrogation by Stalin's henchmen. This book tells the story of these crimes. Series: Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 171 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152387
ISBN
9780691152387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.07

Paperback. The Mexican War of 1846 to 1848 set the stage for America's development as a new world power. This text covers the full course of the war, ending with General Winfield Scott's march from the captured port of Vera Cruz to Mexico City, fighting all the way. Series: Essential Histories. Num Pages: 96 pages, 25 colour & 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JWD; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 171 x 8. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841764726
ISBN
9781841764726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.35

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