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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardback. See the past with new eyes as you dive into the no-holds-barred humour of Vulgar Victorians. This comical compilation of vintage drawings and engravings paired with rude and cheeky captions reveals a world that is both hysterical and historical. Time travel has never been so much fun! Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
summersdale publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9781849537919
ISBN
9781849537919
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. First published in 1988, this book offers an impassioned account of what the author observed on the West Bank in early 1987: not only the misery of the Palestinian refugees and their deep-seated hatred of the Israelis, but also the moral cost of occupation for both occupier and occupied. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; 3JJPN; HBJF1; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099583691
ISBN
9780099583691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473886629
ISBN
9781473886629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.36

Hardback. In the wake of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Iranian society and culture underwent massive changes. The author presents a comparative analysis of post-revolutionary Iranian cinema as an offshoot of Iranian modernity, and explains its connections with the themes present in traditional Persian poetry and conventional visual arts. Series: International Library of Iranian Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 2BXF; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; APFA; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848857414
ISBN
9781848857414
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.08
€ 125.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JJ; 3JM; BGR; HBJF; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 43. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300228304
ISBN
9780300228304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.59

Hardback. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSA; DSB; HBTQ; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 217 x 2. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319387666
ISBN
9783319387666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.57

Paperback. Volume 1 of this series of documents with commentary covers the period from the founding of the Nazi Party in 1919 to Hitler's assumption of the office of Fuhrer and Reich Chancellor of 1 August 1934. Editor(s): Noakes, Jeremy; Pridham, Geoffrey. Series: Exeter Studies in History S. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFQ; JPL. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
N.e.of 2r.e.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895989
ISBN
9780859895989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.60

Paperback. Explores the rich heritage of Bowie's productive and inspired decade, and traces the way in which his music reflected and influenced the world around him. This book examines in detail Bowie's audacious creation of an 'alien' rock star, Ziggy Stardust, and his increasingly perilous explorations of the nature of identity and the meaning of fame. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; AVGP; AVH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099548874
ISBN
9780099548874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.81

Hardback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801446290
ISBN
9780801446290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.65

Paperback. .
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583675465
ISBN
9781583675465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007503902
ISBN
9780007503902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.96

Hardback. In Japan, as elsewhere, cities became the staging ground for wide ranging social, cultural, economic, and political transformations. This title looks at the emergence of urbanism in the interwar period, a global moment when the material and ideological structures that constitute "the city" took their characteristic modern shape. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 326 pages, 4 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 227 x 30. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
326
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520275201
ISBN
9780520275201
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.47
€ 64.66

Paperback. Historian and broadcaster Tessa Dunlop tells the story of the women of Bletchley Park, through exclusive and unprecedented access to the women themselves. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 x 8 page colour inset. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 225 x 25. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444795745
ISBN
9781444795745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. Japanese woodblock prints of the Edo period (1615-1868) were the products of a highly commercialised and competitive publishing industry. Their content was inspired by the vibrant popular culture that flourished in Edo (Tokyo). This book explains how those who first purchased these prints would have read them. Num Pages: 144 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; ACBP; AFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 630. Ukiyo-E in Edo, 1700-1900. 144 pages, 100 colour illustrations. Japanese woodblock prints of the Edo period (1615-1868) were the products of a highly commercialised and competitive publishing industry. Their content was inspired by the vibrant popular culture that flourished in Edo (Tokyo). This book explains how those who first purchased these prints would have read them. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; ACBP; AFH. Dimension: 229 x 228 x 17. Weight: 620.
Publisher
British Museum Press
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714124537
ISBN
9780714124537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.94

Paperback. As an RAF medical officer, Aidan had served in France, survived Dunkirk, and was plunged into adventures in the Japanese-American arena. Interned by the Japanese in Java, he helped his fellow prisoners in awful conditions. His life was literally saved by the dropping of the Nagasaki atom bomb. This title presents his account. Num Pages: 260 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; BGH; HBG; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Grub Street
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904943402
ISBN
9781904943402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.86

Hardcover. Under the Ancestors' Eyes elucidates the role of Neo-Confucianism as an ideological and political device by which the elite in Korea regained and maintained dominance during the Choson period. Using historical and social anthropological methodology, Martina Deuchler highlights Korea's distinctive elevation of the social over the political. Num Pages: 629 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HPDF; HRAM2; HRKN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 173 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1293.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
629
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504301
ISBN
9780674504301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.71
€ 71.46

Hardback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848859906
ISBN
9781848859906
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.90
€ 49.51

Paperback. Genre meets gender in films from around the world Editor(s): Gledhill, Christine. Num Pages: 288 pages, 18 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJP; APF; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252078316
ISBN
9780252078316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.81

Hardcover. An autobiographical volume covering Nabokov's first 40 years up to his departure from Europe for America at the outset of World War II, telling of his emergence as a writer, his early loves and his marriage, his passion for butterflies and his lost homeland. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; 3JJ; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151886
ISBN
9781857151886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.78

Hardback. Anti-apartheid was one of the most significant international causes of the late twentieth century. The book provides the first detailed history of the emergence of anti-apartheid activism in Britain and the USA, tracing the network of individuals and groups who shaped the moral and political character of the movement. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFMS; 1KBB; 3JJ; JFSL3; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2010th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230203662
ISBN
9780230203662
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.18

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, over 450 color and b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBWS2; JWM; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 313 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1828.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764311833
ISBN
9780764311833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.65
€ 45.69

Paperback. In 1940, almost a year after the outbreak of the Second World War, Allied radio operators at an interception station in South London began picking up messages in a strange new code. They invented a machine called Colossus to decipher what turned out to be the secrets of Nazi high command. This book talks about this event. Num Pages: 588 pages, 8pp b&w plates. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 556. Bletchley Park's Last Secret. 588 pages, 8pp b&w plates. In 1940, almost a year after the outbreak of the Second World War, Allied radio operators at an interception station in South London began picking up messages in a strange new code. They invented a machine called Colossus to decipher what turned out to be the secrets of Nazi high command. This book talks about this event. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWKF. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 42. Weight: 556.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
588
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843543312
ISBN
9781843543312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJ; 3JM; AGH; AJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 310 x 297. .
Publisher
Steidl Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783958291805
ISBN
9783958291805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.07

Paperback. An exploration of one of the important sites in British history, Churchill's bunker. Drawing on a range of material, including first-hand accounts of the people who lived there, it reveals how and why the bunker and its war machine developed; how the inhabitants' lives were transformed; and, how their work led to victory over Nazis. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 page mono plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846682315
ISBN
9781846682315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.68

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