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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardback. From the pogroms of czarist Russia to the shores of Palestine, Leo Pinsker, Max Nordau, Theodor Herzl, Israel Zangwill and Ze'ev Jabotinsky dreamed, advocated, hoped and devoted themselves to the Zionist cause. All passed from the scene before the watershed moment on May 14, 1948, when Israel was born. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJ; G; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 221 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Blue Channel Media, LLC Israel
Number of pages
230
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2022
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933267159
ISBN
9781933267159
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.07

Paperback. Henry Morton Stanley was a cruel imperialist - a bad man of Africa. This book shows the reality of Stanley's life - his trans-Africa journey, a human endurance which solved virtually every one of the continent's remaining geographical puzzles. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1HF; 3JH; BGH; RGR; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 39. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571221035
ISBN
9780571221035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.67

Paperback. A Hollywood book. Num Pages: 512 pages, 16pp b&w illustrations on text paper. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 352. The Birth of the New Hollywood. 496 pages, ill. A Hollywood book. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; APF. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 34. Weight: 354.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847671219
ISBN
9781847671219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. 'A definitive history of Napoleon's last victorious war' - First Empire Lively accounts of major and minor combat actions from Italy to Holland, Germany to Poland Analyzes the intersection of political goals and military operations Num Pages: 512 pages, 16pp B&W Illustrations - plus maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 39. Weight in Grams: 704.
Publisher
Frontline Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848327573
ISBN
9781848327573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 32 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJH; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750961578
ISBN
9780750961578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.61

Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 599.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691161242
ISBN
9780691161242
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.47
€ 42.58

Paperback. In 1961 South Korea was mired in poverty. By 1979, it had a powerful industrial economy and a vibrant civil society that led to democracy eight years later. This volume examines the transformation as a study in the politics of modernization, contextualizing many historical ambiguities in South Korea's trajectory toward sustainable economic growth. Editor(s): Kim, Byung-Kook; Vogel, Ezra F. Num Pages: 744 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 40. Weight in Grams: 898.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
744
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072312
ISBN
9780674072312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.03

Paperback. Editor(s): Rudrum, David; Stavris, Nicholas. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501306860
ISBN
9781501306860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.91

Paperback. One of the few women Impressionists, Mary Cassatt was American born but lived and worked in France. A classically trained artist, she painted portraits of mothers and children. This book provides insight into her personal life and artistic endeavours. Num Pages: 390 pages, 133 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; ACVT; AFC; AGB; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 800.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
390
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Trade
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300077544
ISBN
9780300077544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.87

Paperback. Shows the significant contributions of people of African descent to London's rich social and cultural history, masterfully weaving together the stories of many famous historical figures and presenting their quests for personal, professional, and political recognition against the backdrop of a declining British Empire. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 440 pages, 15 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 606.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520284302
ISBN
9780520284302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.23

Paperback. This Very Short Introduction examines the Spanish conquistadors who invaded the Americas in the sixteenth century, as well as the Native American Kingdoms they invaded. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 114 x 8. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195392296
ISBN
9780195392296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.32

Paperback. "Manx Murders" is a mysterious collection of murder cases committed on the island over the last 150 years, from the brutal murder of a spinster one dark night on a lonely track near Ramsey to an equally savage attack on a widow in her garden in the busy centre of Douglas. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBKZ; 3JH; 3JJ; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Mainstream Publishing Edinburgh
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840186925
ISBN
9781840186925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 15.88

Hardback. Explores a watershed moment in American anthropology, when an unprecedented number of historians and anthropologists of all subfields gathered on the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition fairgrounds, drawn together by the fair's focus on indigenous peoples. At the fair they set the foundation for anthropological inquiry and redefined the field. Editor(s): Hinsley, Curtis M.; Wilcox, David R. Num Pages: 616 pages, 54 b&w illustrations, 18 color illustrations, 3 tables, 2 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 237 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1058.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803268388
ISBN
9780803268388
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.97

Paperback. First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew's Very Short Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Britain is a sharp but subtle account of remarkable economic and social change and an even more remarkable political stability. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 14 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 115 x 10. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192853981
ISBN
9780192853981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Handley Page was the major bomber manufacturing company in Britain during the First and Second World wars. This is the first modern edition of what was originally the 1949 Handley Page corporate marketing book. Num Pages: 112 pages, 145 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; KNDV; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 9. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781550076
ISBN
9781781550076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. Before the Second World War the Hollywood box office was booming, but the business was accused of being too foreign, too Jewish, too 'un-American'. Then the war changed everything. With characteristic insight and expert knowledge, the author tells the untold story of how Hollywood changed World War II, and how World War II changed Hollywood. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 40. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847678560
ISBN
9781847678560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

Paperback. Brian Barton's incisive commentary explains the context of the trials and the motivations of the leaders, providing an invaluable insight into what went on behind closed doors at a defining moment in Irish history. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 448.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750950633
ISBN
9780750950633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 35.55

Hardcover. Suffolk, became home for many American airmen during the War. They brought with them chewing gum and coke. In return the British taught the GIs the art of darts and dominos when the newcomers ventured into English pubs. This book examines the meeting of cultures. USAAF Missions are included to show what desperate times these were for the airmen. Num Pages: 224 pages, 80 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAS; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBTB; HBWQ; JWG; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 630.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781553466
ISBN
9781781553466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.27

Paperback. In this ground-breaking memoir set in Ramallah during the aftermath of the 1967 Six-Day War, lbtisam Barakat captures what it is like to be a child whose world is shattered by war. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJP; YNH; YNJ; YNM; YXZW. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 141 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Palgrave USA
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781250097187
ISBN
9781250097187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.98

Hardback. A dissection of the 'special relationship' that reveals how the British perennially delude themselves about their place in America's strategic order. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 225 x 24. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849043281
ISBN
9781849043281
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.61

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