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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. The fascinating true story of four generations of Chinese women, FORGED FROM SILVER DOLLAR transports you to the world of tumultuous twentieth-century China - from the very top of society to the very bottom and back again. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; BG; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Hachette Australia
Condition
New
SKU
V9780733632310
ISBN
9780733632310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.21

Paperback. Written by the author who was raised in a desperately poor village during the height of China's Cultural Revolution, this book tells the story of how he came to be Mao's last dancer. Num Pages: 448 pages, Black and white inset. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPL; ASD; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141040226
ISBN
9780141040226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.58

Hardback. The mythologising of Tibet in the West and the Himalyan state's subsequent abandonment to China are recounted in this briskly-paced and revealing new history. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 232 x 36. Weight in Grams: 846.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849043595
ISBN
9781849043595
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.01

Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; APT; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719086786
ISBN
9780719086786
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.89

hardcover. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; JPFC; JPFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 159. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Merlin Pr United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850364729
ISBN
9780850364729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.64

Hardcover. Gives a new impulse to the revival of forgotten songs and dances from the Italian golden age of the baroque guitar. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 266 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 123 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; AVGC3; AVRL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580465335
ISBN
9781580465335
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.08

Paperback. Reveals the flow of political events in the state of Alabama, and the people behind them, during the critical decade preceding the American Civil War. This study explains sectional rivalries and factional politics, as well as offering statistical data, election maps and tables of election results. Series: Library of Alabama Classics Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 halftone, 13 maps and tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417. Large format paperback. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press Alabama
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KEX0211626
ISBN
9780817307806
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. Part memoir and part sociology, this is a study of American street gangs during the second half of the 20th century. Included in the text are autobiographical excerpts from the author's extensive files on his experience of working with gangs. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780814796887
ISBN
9780814796887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.55

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 482 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; JPA; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
482
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691625256
ISBN
9780691625256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 85.07

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 482 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; JPA; JPF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691651729
ISBN
9780691651729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.82
€ 141.67

Paperback. Now available for the first time in paperback, Boats Against the Current offers a brilliant portrait of a society in the midst of change, expansion, and reflection about its own future and past. Written by one of our leading intellectual historians, it makes a major contribution to our understanding of the emergence of modern American culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742522503
ISBN
9780742522503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.03

Hardcover. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719090684
ISBN
9780719090684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.38

Hardback. Num Pages: 472 pages, 26 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD1; HBJK; HBW; HBWQ; JPS; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 758.
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811718981
ISBN
9780811718981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.38

Hardback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; AJB; AJCR; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 230. .
Publisher
Steidl Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783958291898
ISBN
9783958291898
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.16

Hardback. Num Pages: 440 pages, 24, 9 black & white halftones, 4 tables, 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 168 x 28. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801453335
ISBN
9780801453335
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 43. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801477218
ISBN
9780801477218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages, 24, 9 black & white halftones, 4 tables, 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801479991
ISBN
9780801479991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 40.71

Hardback. America's leading essayist on the frantic retreat of democracy, in the fire and smoke of the war on terror Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMG; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 225 x 39. Weight in Grams: 770.
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784787110
ISBN
9781784787110
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.89

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JH; HBJH; HBTQ; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691631813
ISBN
9780691631813
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.66

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JMG; JPFF; JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 159. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
9780008226695
ISBN
9780008226695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 15.36

Paperback. Edith Somerville and Violet Martin Ross were cousins who entered a literary partnership that produced the 19th century Irish novel, "The Real Charlotte" and a series of comic stories, "Some Experiences of an Irish RM". This book looks at a selection of their letters. Editor(s): Lewis, Gifford. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16ill. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 340. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KKD0005338
ISBN
9780571153497
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. A biography of the composer Arnold Bax (1883-1953). Documenting his life and times, it informs of the revival of Bax's music and reputation. It also discusses his music from first hand acquaintance with the revivals and recordings. Num Pages: 618 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1080. A Composer and His Times. 618 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. A biography of the composer Arnold Bax (1883-1953). Documenting his life and times, it informs of the revival of Bax's music and reputation. It also discusses his music from first hand acquaintance with the revivals and recordings. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 38. Weight: 1044.
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
618
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843832096
ISBN
9781843832096
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.78
€ 47.52

Paperback / so. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; AJB; AMG; HBJK; HBLL; JHMC; WBV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 251 x 13. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Trinity University Press,U.S. United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595346728
ISBN
9781595346728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.48

Paperback. Exploring 1930s swing bands, this book looks at the racial mixing-up and musical swinging-out that shook the American nation and has kept people dancing ever since. Studying the big band era, Lewis A. Erenberg places the music within a larger context and makes his case for its importance. Num Pages: 340 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; AVGF; AVGJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226215174
ISBN
9780226215174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.92

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