Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Hardcover. The cultural liberalization of communist Czechoslovakia in the 1960s produced many artistic accomplishments, not least the celebrated films of the Czech New Wave. This movement saw filmmakers use their new freedom to engage with traditions of the avant-garde, especially Surrealism. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVK; 3JJPK; APF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857451262
- ISBN
- 9780857451262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.88
€ 148.88
Paperback. This anthology places the works of such well-known figures as Captain James Cook and Robert Louis Stevenson alongside the writings of lesser-known explorers, missionaries, beachcombers, and literary travellers who roamed the South Seas from the late 17th through the late 19th centuries. Num Pages: 386 pages, 12 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MK; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJM; HBTM; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226468464
- ISBN
- 9780226468464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.30
€ 43.30
paperback. This volume charts the sensibilities of the lonely figures that encountered the new and exotic in terra incognita. Jonathan Lamb introduces us to the writings of South Seas explorers, and finds in them unexpected and poignant tales of selves alarmed and transformed. Num Pages: 358 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QSPS; 1QSS; 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; HBJD1; HBJM; HBLL; JFC; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226468495
- ISBN
- 9780226468495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.25
€ 50.25
Paperback. Traces how governments across Western Europe have responded to the presence of Muslim immigrants in their countries over the years. This title challenges the widespread notion that Europe's Muslim minorities represent a threat to liberal democracy. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 392 pages, 41 halftones. 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; 3JM; JFSL1; JFSR2; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691144221
- ISBN
- 9780691144221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.10
€ 58.10
Hardback. Traces how governments across Western Europe have responded to the presence of Muslim immigrants in their countries over the years. This title challenges the widespread notion that Europe's Muslim minorities represent a threat to liberal democracy. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 392 pages, 41 halftones. 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; 3JM; JFSL1; JFSR2; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- V9780691144214
- ISBN
- 9780691144214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.75
€ 123.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; 3JJH; HBJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750956659
- ISBN
- 9780750956659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.19
€ 17.99
€ 16.19
Paperback. This volume opens our eyes to a dynamic world of Jewish literature in nineteenth-century Europe. Editor(s): Hess, Jonathan M.; Samuels, Maurice; Valman, Nadia. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804775472
- ISBN
- 9780804775472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.37
€ 46.37
Hardback. Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist in History A dramatic work of historical detection illuminating one of the most significant-and long forgotten-Supreme Court cases in American history. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QSA; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTM; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 168 x 38. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871406750
- ISBN
- 9780871406750
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.60
€ 29.99
€ 27.60
Paperback. Jonathan Hansen tells the story of a group of American intellectuals who believed the solution to the crisis of American identity leading up to World War I lay in rethinking the meaning of liberalism. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; GTB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBT; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226315843
- ISBN
- 9780226315843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.11
€ 47.11
Paperback. This title covers among other things Desert Storm, the war in Chechnya, and the rise of "smart weapons" and related technologies. It traces the evolution of tactics, weapons, and organization in five major militaries, American, British, German, Russian, and French, over 100 years of warfare. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 372 pages, 12 photographs, 16 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700610983
- ISBN
- 9780700610983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.67
€ 50.67
Hardcover. This title covers among other things Desert Storm, the war in Chechnya, and the rise of "smart weapons" and related technologies. It traces the evolution of tactics, weapons, and organization in five major militaries, American, British, German, Russian, and French, over 100 years of warfare. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 372 pages, 12 photographs, 16 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700610815
- ISBN
- 9780700610815
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.20
€ 94.20
Paperback. In The Big Truck That Went By award-winning writer Jonathan Katz ties together the two crises that continue to cripple Haiti: the aftermath of the earthquake and government corruption. Asking the hard questions about Western aid, this is a vividly told narrative of how the affluent nations can help the less fortunate in a smarter way. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JM; JFFC; JKSR; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137278975
- ISBN
- 9781137278975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.12
€ 20.99
€ 19.12
Paperback. This text looks at design in the 20th century, and should be of interest to undergraduates studying design, 20th-century history, social anthropology, and women's studies, and also general readers with an interest in modern design. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 288 pages, colour and black and white halftones throughout. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AC; AK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192842046
- ISBN
- 9780192842046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.18
€ 30.99
€ 22.18
Hardback. Addresses the central problem of contemporary Spanish poetry: the attempt to preserve the scope and ambitiousness of modernist poetry at the end of the twentieth century. This book offers an analysis of the called 'poetry of experience' of Luis Garcia Montero. Series Editor(s): Shaw, Lisa; Delgado, L.Elena. Series: Contemporary Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846311833
- ISBN
- 9781846311833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.63
€ 51.63
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780722429
- ISBN
- 9781780722429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.36
€ 17.99
€ 13.36
Hardback. A lively and intriguing biography of Henry VIII, full of fascinating facts, famous paintings and photos of historical artefacts that bring history to life. Discover Henry's life as a young prince at Tudor court, the religious conflicts of his reign, the fates of each of his six wives and his lasting legacy as one of England's most famous kings. Series: Young Reading Series Three. Num Pages: 64 pages, full colour throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 4KHJ; 5AH; YNH; YNM; YQH. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 139 x 204 x 10. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Usborne Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409598862
- ISBN
- 9781409598862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.24
€ 8.99
€ 8.24
Paperback. In the late 19th century, the port of Massawa on the Red Sea was a thriving, vibrant, multiethnic commercial hub. This title tells the story of how Massawa rose to prominence as one of Northeast Africa's important shipping centres. It constructs the social, material, religious, and cultural history of this mercantile community. Num Pages: 400 pages, 35 b&w photos, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGE; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253220790
- ISBN
- 9780253220790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.04
€ 40.04
Hardcover. A guide to the uniforms of Britain, America, Germany, USSR and Japan, together with other Axis and Allied forces. With 600 images, including photographs and illustrations of uniforms, kit, weaponry and equipment, this book analyses the context of the conflict, and the ideology and politics that motivate the various national forces, and more. Num Pages: 256 pages, over 600 illustrations & photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJH; GBC; HBWQ; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 291 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1340.
- Publisher
- Lorenz Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Ill
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754829881
- ISBN
- 9780754829881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.60
€ 33.60
Paperback. This is a fascinating reinvestigation of the Haigh serial murders of 1944-9 based on fresh primary research into case files and Haigh's family background. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1x16 pages of b&w plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JJH; 3JJPG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473837935
- ISBN
- 9781473837935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.35
€ 25.99
€ 22.35
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845630751
- ISBN
- 9781845630751
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.28
€ 33.99
€ 29.28