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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. 'The White Cities collects fifteen years of incomparable reportage.. What Roth sees is always arresting, often atrocious, usually absurd.. A "journalism" which is equal parts Baudelaire, Dickens and Kafka' Scotland on Sunday Translator(s): Hofmann, Michael. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; DNJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847086204
ISBN
9781847086204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.10

Mass Market Paperback. The author's family, menaced by the V-bombs and rockets that were the last stage of London's war, were re-settled in a anonymous London suburb where later his adolescence was to began amidst post war privation, sexual yearning and first love. This autobiography tells of his quest for new experiences that took him all around Britain and France. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPG; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 113 x 24. Weight in Grams: 217. 387pp. Keywords: Donald Wheal, World War II
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
400
Publication date
2008
SKU
KNW0006531
ISBN
9780099499688
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. * The sequel to NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD, this completes Dominic Sandbrook's groundbreaking history of Britain in the 1960s Num Pages: 976 pages, Section: 24, b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 49. Weight in Grams: 714.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
976
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349118208
ISBN
9780349118208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.95

Hardcover. Editor(s): Prados, John. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 165 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1166. Good copy in slipcase with edge wear to corners. Includes nine CD's in paper slip, hardcover book in fine dustwrapper
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The New Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0012161
ISBN
9781565848528
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 30.00

Paperback. "When I go, I want to go doing what I do best. If I died tomorrow, I couldn't complain. It's been good!". The updated autobiography of the greatest frontman of the loudest rock band there has ever been. Accept no other story from journalists. This is Lemmy's story from his own mouth. Num Pages: 352 pages, 3 x 8pp 4-4 plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JMG; AVGT; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471157653
ISBN
9781471157653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.39

Paperback. From the author of the Samuel Johnson prize-shortlisted 'Return of a King', the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time. Num Pages: 640 pages, 24 b/w, 24 col illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 41. Weight in Grams: 478. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harper Perennial London
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
KKD0008677
ISBN
9780006550969
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Combining archival research and oral history, Bush examines Virginia Key Beach as a window into local activism and forms of black-white dialogue in multicultural Miami from 1915 to 2012. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12 black & white photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 685.
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813062648
ISBN
9780813062648
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.19

Paperback. William Johnson began life as a poor Irish Catholic peasant. After converting to Protestantism, he emigrated to America where he became the leading fur trader in the British colony and one of its richest men. He also 'went native', marrying an Indian woman and adopting the religion of her tribe, the Iroquois. Num Pages: 432 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 337.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571218417
ISBN
9780571218417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.56

Paperback. White servitude was one of the major institutions in the economy and society of early colonial British America. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521273794
ISBN
9780521273794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.14

Map. Series: Old Ordnance Survey Maps of London. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; WQH; WTRM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 110 x 206 x 2. Weight in Grams: 26. London Sheet 063.1. Series: Old Ordnance Survey Maps of London. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; WQH; WTRM. Dimension: 110 x 206 x 2. Weight: 24.
Publisher
Alan Godfrey Maps
Publication date
1988
Edition
Facsimile of 1873 ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850541601
ISBN
9780850541601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.85

Paperback. A collection of over 200 photographs and picture postcards spanning the last one hundred years. It illustrates the many changes that have taken place in both Whitstable and Tankerton as well as in neighbouring villages such as Swalecliffe and Seasalter. Series: Archive Photographs. Num Pages: 128 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; 3JH; 3JJ; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 241 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752411125
ISBN
9780752411125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.91

Hardcover. The prehistory of modern passport and identification technologies: the documents, seals, and stamps, that could document and transform their owner's identity. Translator(s): Kyburz, Mark; Peck, John. Num Pages: 352 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781890951726
ISBN
9781890951726
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.84

Paperback. Based on unprecedented access to private correspondence, unpublished manuscripts and attuned to a musically inclined poet's skill in close listening, Who Can Afford to Improvise? retraces the full arc of James Baldwin's passage across the pages and stages of his career amplifying our sense of his contemporary relevance. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823276837
ISBN
9780823276837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.35

Paperback. First Lady, Liberal, Conservative, President? Editor(s): Kreitner, Richard. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; BGH; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 129 x 25. .
Publisher
I.B.Tauris
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784536350
ISBN
9781784536350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.83

Paperback. A shocking expose of the true story behind the death of the much-beloved UN Secretary General, Dag Hammarskjold Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JJPK; HBJH; HBTW; JFHC; JPSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 34. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
C. Hurst & Co Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849048026
ISBN
9781849048026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.12

Paperback. BBC Business Editor Robert Peston lifts the lid on credit crunch Britain and the rise of the super-rich. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JMC; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264. Clean copy in good to very good condition. Some light shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HODDER PAPERBACKS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Paperback Edit
SKU
KRF0006669
ISBN
9780340839447
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Born into wealth in 1860's London, Beatrix Potter always had a vivid imagination. Her early interests included natural history and archaeology, and Potter delighted in sketching fossils and fungi. Potter wrote and illustrated her well-known book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Peter Rabbit and his animal friends have become cultural touchstones. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 137 x 194 x 8. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Dgs
Condition
New
SKU
V9780448483054
ISBN
9780448483054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.21

Paperback. He spent twenty seven years in prison and emerged as the inspiring leader of the new South Africa. He became the country's first black president and went on to live his dream of change. This is an important and exciting addition to the Who was..? Series. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJ; YNH; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 195 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780448479330
ISBN
9780448479330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.21

Paperback. Her reign of 63 years and seven months is known as the Victorian Era, a period of industrial, cultural, scientific, and political change that was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. But Victoria was raised under close supervision until she became Queen of the United Kingdom at the young age of 18. This book tells her story. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; YNH; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 195 x 136 x 4. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
DGS
Condition
New
SKU
V9780448481821
ISBN
9780448481821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.21

Hardcover. Series: Who's Who. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; GBCB; HBG; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 169 x 243 x 37. Weight in Grams: 984.
Publisher
Yearbooks
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472924322
ISBN
9781472924322
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.20

Paperback. Born into aristocracy, Churchill cut his teeth as a young army officer in British lndia, the Sudan, and the Second Boer War. He rose in the ranks to First Lord of the Admiralty and was a staunch opponent of the encroaching German Nazis. Churchill served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; 5AJ; YNJ; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 136 x 195 x 13. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Dgs
Condition
New
SKU
V9780448483009
ISBN
9780448483009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.21

Paperback. A comprehensive modern biographical survey of homosexuality in the modern world, containing more than 500 entries. Editor(s): Aldrich, Robert; Wotherspoon, Garry. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJP; 3JM; GBCB; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 36. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415291613
ISBN
9780415291613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.91

Hardcover. The 'whores' and 'highwaymen' of the title are just some of the dubious characters met within this absorbing work, including thief-takers, trading justices, an upstart legal profession whose lower orders developed various ways to line their own pockets and magistrates and clerks who often preferred dealing with those cases which attracted fees. Num Pages: 672 pages, 8 page section. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBLL; JKV; LAZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 166 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1176.
Publisher
Waterside Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
672
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904380757
ISBN
9781904380757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.01
€ 61.15

Mass Market Paperback. Gives an account of why Britain went to war with Germany. In simple terms, this book describes the stages of Adolf Hitler's ruthless pursuit for power, identifies his methods of deception and false diplomacy, and details his terrifying use of force that rendered peaceful negotiation increasingly difficult, and finally impossible. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 111 x 12. Weight in Grams: 90.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141048963
ISBN
9780141048963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.19