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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. .
Publisher
Kestrel Railway Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905505326
ISBN
9781905505326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.88

Paperback. Lucy McDiarmid creates a new kind of literary history, telling an illimuntating tale of the curious occasion of the 'peacock dinner,' when W. B. Yeats and Ezra Pound led four lesser-known poets to the home of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt to eat a peacock. Num Pages: 240 pages, Numerous black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198788331
ISBN
9780198788331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.91

Paperback. An excellent reference source for modellers and war gamers. Num Pages: 128 pages, Approximately 200 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWMV3; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848324879
ISBN
9781848324879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.83

Paperback. This book is a richly detailed exploration of the complex and cosmopolitan urban culture inhabited by the Presbyterian elite of late-Georgian Belfast, which will prove to be of interest to a wide range of scholars working on the political, cultural and intellectual histories of both Ireland and Britain during the age of reform. Series: Reappraisals in Irish History. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786940124
ISBN
9781786940124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.93

Hardcover. The films made by the British Instructional Films (BIF) company in the decade following the end of the First World War helped to shape the way in which that war was remembered. This is both a work of cinema history and a study of the public's memory of WW1. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; APF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859899987
ISBN
9780859899987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.97

Hardback. This book focuses on the city of St Petersburg, the capital of the Russian empire from the early eighteenth century until the fall of the Romanov dynasty in 1917. It uses the Russian court as a prism through which to view the various cultural changes that were introduced in the city during the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137311597
ISBN
9781137311597
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.30

Hardback. In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's 'prevailing taste for deformity'. This work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528. Freak Shows and Modern British Culture. 288 pages, ill. In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's 'prevailing taste for deformity'. This work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZW; HBTB. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight: 528.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257689
ISBN
9780520257689
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.25
€ 64.66

Hardback. Explores Anglo-American economic diplomacy in South America during the Second World War. This title also explores how relations between Britain and the US in South America were related to the development of the economic landscape of the post-war world - the economic world that we are, to a large extent, living in. Series Editor(s): Marsh, Steve; Dobson, Alan. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Anglo-American Relations. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1KLS; 3JJH; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594. Anglo-American Economic Diplomacy in South America, 1939-1945. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Anglo-American Relations. 256 pages. Explores Anglo-American economic diplomacy in South America during the Second World War. This title also explores how relations between Britain and the US in South America were related to the development of the economic landscape of the post-war world - the economic world that we are, to a large extent, living in. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1KLS; 3JJH; JPS. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 22. Weight: 592. Series Editor(s) :Marsh, Steve; Dobson, Alan.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748643882
ISBN
9780748643882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.80
€ 102.03

Paperback. Guides us through a world of Traveller's Fare, concrete concourses and peak-capped porters, a difficult period that began with the aftershock of Beeching but ended with BR becoming the first nationalised passenger network in the world to make a profit. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9780747812517
ISBN
9780747812517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.89

Paperback. A highly accessible overview of German Artillery in WW1 with technical data, facts and pictures as used by German Wehrmacht. Num Pages: 128 pages, 151 b/w photographs, 7 colour images and 42 drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473823983
ISBN
9781473823983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.13

paperback. An updated edition of Tim Pat Coogan's account of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, covering 30 years of violence and the search for peace. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJD1; HBLW; JPFN; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 132 x 197 x 47. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Revised & Updated Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099465713
ISBN
9780099465713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. Life in the West Bank, the nature of pedagogy and the role of a university under occupation. Num Pages: 157 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JMG; BM; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782796374
ISBN
9781782796374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Full-colour guide to the many places in Wales associated with this famous dynasty Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 165 x 9. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445617732
ISBN
9781445617732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.86

Paperback. .
Publisher
Froglets Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9781872337654
ISBN
9781872337654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.79

Paperback. Michael Palin's bestselling diaries before, during and after Monty Python. Num Pages: 752 pages, 61. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; APB; BGFA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 156 x 45. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780229010
ISBN
9781780229010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. For a century, Nietzsche has been among the most controversial of modern writers. Since his death in 1900, he has been appropriated as an icon by a diverse spectrum of people, whose interpretation of his philosophy have been equally varied. This work examines the ambiguities in is writings, traces his development, and explodes many misconceptions. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 128 pages, b&w halftones, line drawings, glossary, further reading, index. BIC Classification: 3JH; HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 115 x 32. Weight in Grams: 118.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192854148
ISBN
9780192854148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Hardcover. Examines how the demands of western settlers, the potential of western disunion, and local, popular politics determined the fate of slavery and freedom in the West between 1790 and 1820. This book demonstrates that local political contests and geopolitical realities were responsible for determining slavery's fate in the West. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 862.
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition first Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813926698
ISBN
9780813926698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.23

Hardback. In this brilliant and widely acclaimed work, Peter Burke presents a social and cultural history of the Italian Renaissance. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648255
ISBN
9780745648255
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 151 x 29. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583674451
ISBN
9781583674451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.57

Hardcover. Introduces the history and people of West Papua, tracing the origins of the international conflict surrounding their struggle for self-determination following the Second World War. This title focuses on the sham referendum of 1969, which Indonesia dubbed 'The Act of Free Choice', an election rigged to legitimize Indonesian control over West Papua. Num Pages: 928 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 1MKLP; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLW; HBLX; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1520.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
928
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851687152
ISBN
9781851687152
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.61

Hardcover. This visually rich volume presents, for the first time, stories of deaf soldiers and civilians who lived during the Civil War. Num Pages: 248 pages, 160 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 216. .
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563686801
ISBN
9781563686801
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages, 87. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; 3JM; AJB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 313 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1192.
Publisher
Damiani
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788862084864
ISBN
9788862084864
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.84

Paperback. A beautifully weighted memoir of political success and failure, and the passing of an era. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 pp b/w plates, 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGHA; BM; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472119773
ISBN
9781472119773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.86

Paperback. The name Lancelot 'Capability' Brown has become synonymous with the eighteenth-century English landscape garden: between 1751 and 1783 his consultancy handled over 170 major commissions. Ruthlessly efficient, he could stake out the 'capabilities' of a particular terrain within an hour on horseback. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; AMB; AMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 204 x 5. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Shire Publications
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747810490
ISBN
9780747810490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.09

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