Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Hardcover. A piano attachment for camp concerts is just one of the absurd inventions to be found in this book of cartoons designed to keep spirits up during the Second World War. These intricate comic drawings poke gentle fun at both the instruments of war and the indignity of the air-raid shelter in Heath Robinson's inimitable style. Num Pages: 160 pages, 104 duotone halftones, 46 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ; WHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 194. .
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851244430
- ISBN
- 9781851244430
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.81
€ 13.99
€ 11.81
Hardback. The story of Joe Singleton, a Mosquito night fighter pilot in World War II, who shot down three German Junkers planes over Hull in 1944. Traces his journey from beginner to celebrated expert, and the early days of radar technology with which he learned to excel. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBWQ; JWG; JWMV3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612004402
- ISBN
- 9781612004402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.85
€ 34.99
€ 29.85
Hardback. Discusses the famous of theories, and brings to light discovered information, which together shows that the United States government not only was behind this egregious plot, but took every step to make sure that the truth would not come out. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFHC; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626361393
- ISBN
- 9781626361393
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.48
€ 26.99
€ 22.48
Paperback. Receive Our Memories consists of a rare set of correspondence from a poor, uneducated Mexican in the mid-20th century to his daughter who moves to the United States, putting a human face on the experience of both the immigrant and the family left behind, as well as the histories of both countries. Num Pages: 288 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJPG; BJ; HBJK; HBLW3; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199340439
- ISBN
- 9780199340439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.95
€ 43.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910777381
- ISBN
- 9781910777381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.34
€ 33.99
€ 24.34
Paperback. Situates the controversial Thatcher era in the political, social, cultural and economic history of modern Britain. Editor(s): Jackson, Dr. Ben; Saunders, Robert. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 580. 368 pages. Editor(s): Jackson, Benjamin; Saunders, Robert. Situates the controversial Thatcher era in the political, social, cultural and economic history of modern Britain. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; HBJD1; HBLW3. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 18. Weight: 594.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107683372
- ISBN
- 9781107683372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.09
€ 37.09
Hardcover. Many people know that Claude Monet was a founder of French Impressionism, a master of landscape painting whose works include Sunrise and Water Lilies. Biographic: Monet presents an instant impression of his life, work and fame, with an array of irresistible facts and figures convered into infographics to reveal the artist behind the pictures. Num Pages: 96 pages, full colour photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; ACVT; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 242 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781452899
- ISBN
- 9781781452899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Hardcover. Num Pages: 143 pages, over 200 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1050.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764339493
- ISBN
- 9780764339493
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.51€ 39.25
€ 54.51
€ 39.25
Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170. .
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652297365
- ISBN
- 9789652297365
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 27.57
€ 41.99
€ 27.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrated in full colour. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; BG; HBTB; JFC; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Primavera Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955789205
- ISBN
- 9780955789205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.45
€ 19.99
€ 18.45
Paperback. Presents the history of British evacuation during the Second World War, including the unimaginable upheaval suffered by the inhabitants of the Channel Islands and Gibraltar, who were evacuated to mainland Britain. This book looks at the experience of evacuation up to the homecomings of 1945 and the aftermath. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 145 x 6. Weight in Grams: 146. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747807452
- ISBN
- 9780747807452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.21
€ 8.21
Paperback. Explains why Mao launched the Cultural Revolution, and shows his Machiavellian role in masterminding it. This book documents the Hobbesian state that ensued. Power struggles raged among Lin Biao, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, and Jiang Qing - Mao's wife and leader of the Gang of Four - while Mao often played one against the other. Num Pages: 752 pages, 57 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 37. Weight in Grams: 948.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674027480
- ISBN
- 9780674027480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 29.26
€ 35.99
€ 29.26
Paperback. Weak or failed states - where no government is in control - are the source of many of the world's most serious problems, from poverty, AIDS and drugs to terrorism. This book explains the concept of state-building and discusses the problems and causes of state weakness and its national and international effects. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations,. BIC Classification: 3JM; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 14. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861977045
- ISBN
- 9781861977045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.85
€ 13.99
€ 10.85
Paperback. This volume pays tribute to those soldiers whose courage earned them the VC during the actions at Arras and Messines during the First World War. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JWTY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 121 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752466040
- ISBN
- 9780752466040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.31
€ 13.99
€ 13.31
Hardback. With unprecedented access to a closed culture, Lacroix offers an account of Islamism in Saudi Arabia. Tracing the last half-century of the Sahwa, or "Islamic Awakening," he explains the brand of Islam that gave birth to Osama bin Laden--one that has been exported, and dangerously misunderstood, around the world. Translator(s): Holoch, George. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 3JJ; HRAM2; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674049642
- ISBN
- 9780674049642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.68
€ 47.99
€ 39.68
Paperback. The author, fast train fireman worked on the footplate from the late 1940s to 1960, experiencing firing some of the greatest locomotives from the Flying Scotsman to Coltimore and Blink Bonney. This title describes what life on the footplate was like across the last years of steam. Illustrator(s): Bates, Chris. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; KNGT; TRF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752480435
- ISBN
- 9780752480435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.31
€ 13.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 140
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853036364
- ISBN
- 9780853036364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.82
€ 25.82
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472815620
- ISBN
- 9781472815620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.79
€ 33.99
€ 26.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 9. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750959148
- ISBN
- 9780750959148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.43
€ 13.99
€ 13.43
Hardcover.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Little, Brown London
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- SKU
- KNW0007616
- ISBN
- 9781408702079
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, 275. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBWN; JWG; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 239 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1294.
- Publisher
- Crecy Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859791816
- ISBN
- 9780859791816
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 39.65
€ 41.99
€ 39.65
Paperback. This book is about the global crisis and the right to resistance, about neoliberal biopolitics and direct democracy, about the responsibility of intellectuals and the poetry of the multitude. Using Greece as an example, Douzinas argues that the persistent sequence of protests, uprisings and revolutions has radically changed the political landscape. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JMG; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745665443
- ISBN
- 9780745665443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.11
€ 22.11
Hardback. Egypt's democratic experiment has been derailed, but will her people remain committed to progressive change, and at what cost? Hellyer's first-hand knowledge of the country suggests the price will be high. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JMG; HBJH; HBLX; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 223 x 30. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849046848
- ISBN
- 9781849046848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.70
€ 33.99
€ 30.70
Paperback. Undiscovered gem of the UK Beat scene - West London's Eel Pie Hotel - unearthed for rock fans everywhere. Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of music in the UK. With interviews, photographs and contributions from musicians, fans, critics and the original Eel Pie clubbers. Editor(s): Wheatley, J. C. Num Pages: 144 pages, b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Aurora Metro Publications
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906582470
- ISBN
- 9781906582470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.39
€ 13.99
€ 13.39