Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. Kathy was eight years old when her father forced her mother into prostitution. When their mother fled, she and her sisters stuck together passing from children's homes to boarding schools. On a trip home, she realises that her mother's lover was shot by her father. As an adult, she travels to London to find out who her gangster father really was. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJP; BGA; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KTG0010688
- ISBN
- 9780091921507
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Provides an exploration of how and why Scottish Highlanders, Punjabi Sikhs and Nepalese Gurkhas became linked as the British Empire's fiercest, most manly soldiers in nineteenth century discourses of 'martial races'. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTQ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719069635
- ISBN
- 9780719069635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.49
€ 26.99
€ 26.49
paperback. Tells the history of the past two centuries, showing how a disparate group of thinkers, journalists, radicals and charismatics emerged from the ruins of empire to create an unstoppable Asian renaissance, one whose ideas lie behind everything from the Chinese Communist Party to the Muslim Brotherhood, and have made our world what it is today. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241954669
- ISBN
- 9780241954669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.70
€ 14.99
€ 11.70
Paperback. The New York Times bestselling history of the Comanches in the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849017039
- ISBN
- 9781849017039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.27
€ 17.99
€ 13.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 174 x 7. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750954525
- ISBN
- 9780750954525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.25
€ 10.25
Hardcover. James VI & I had a series of notorious male favourites. These affairs were almost certainly sexual. They diminished the majesty of the monarchy and raised the spectre of a sodomitical court and effeminized nation. It is a story of political intrigue coloured by sodomy, pederasty, and gender instability as backdrop to the English Civil War. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781555439
- ISBN
- 9781781555439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.38
€ 33.99
€ 23.38
Paperback. In order to survive, the university would have to institutionalize a new order of knowledge, one that was self-organizing, internally coherent, and embodied in the very character of the modern, critical scholar. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; JNB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421419886
- ISBN
- 9781421419886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.20
€ 40.99
€ 34.20
Paperback. Part of a five-volume series to coincide with the 300th anniversary of The Union, this work contains articles by leading historians, and aims to inspire investigations of the Scottish past. Editor(s): Harris, Bob; MacDonald, Alan R. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 pp. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Dundee University Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845860288
- ISBN
- 9781845860288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.86
€ 25.99
€ 23.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 366 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875807300
- ISBN
- 9780875807300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 40.40
€ 44.99
€ 40.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 80 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JJF; HBWN; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 9. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750960038
- ISBN
- 9780750960038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.29
€ 17.99
€ 16.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 41. BIC Classification: 1KJW; 3JF; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801475283
- ISBN
- 9780801475283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 45.88
€ 50.99
€ 45.88
Paperback. Thetis: Submarine Disaster, is the story of loss of HMS Thetis which sank in Liverpool Bay on 1st June 1939 - her maiden dive, with the loss of ninety-nine lives; the worst peacetime submarine tragedy to be suffered by the Royal Navy. A massive rescue operation was mounted, but the operation ended in failure, with only four crew being rescued. Num Pages: 240 pages, 38. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 1QSE; 3JJH; HBTM; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781552711
- ISBN
- 9781781552711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.90
€ 21.99
€ 16.90
Paperback. Beginning with the Zealots of the first century CE, this book features contributors who go on to discuss the Assassins of the Middle Ages, the 1789 Terror movement in Europe, Bolshevik terrorism during the Russian Revolution, Stalinism, "resistance" terrorism during World War II, and Latin American revolutionary movements of the late 1960s. Editor(s): Chaliand, Gerard; Blin, Arnaud. Num Pages: 536 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBTV; JFFE; JPWL; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 33. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520292505
- ISBN
- 9780520292505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.98
€ 40.99
€ 28.98
Hardcover. A major new volume on the life of Pierre Gouthiere (1732-1813), the celebrated Parisian gilder to the French kings. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 375 x 41. Weight in Grams: 2544.
- Publisher
- GILES
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907804618
- ISBN
- 9781907804618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.44
€ 76.44
Paperback. The Democratic Republic of Congo has become one of the world's bloodiest hot spots. 2003 saw the end of a five-year war in which millions lost their lives - one of the deadliest conflicts since World War II. Despite recent peace agreements and democratic elections, the country is still plagued by army and militia violence. Series: Hot Spots in Global Politics Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJZ; 3JM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 169 x 21. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648446
- ISBN
- 9780745648446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.18
€ 23.18
Hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages, 24 color illus., 25 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JM; ACBP; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 15. .
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262035958
- ISBN
- 9780262035958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.10
€ 31.99
€ 28.10
Paperback. The story of the great post-war era of liner travel across continents and companies from Cunard to P & O - from luxury liners to 100-berth transport ships. Num Pages: 96 pages, 150 colour and black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 248 x 11. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781553596
- ISBN
- 9781781553596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.53
€ 25.99
€ 18.53
Paperback. This book explores the tensions underlying British imperialism in Cyprus, explaining how the Union Jack came to fly over the island and why after thirty-five years the British wanted it lowered. Cyprus' importance was always more imagined than real and was enmeshed within widely held cultural signifiers and myths. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DVC; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 473.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719086403
- ISBN
- 9780719086403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.20
€ 48.20
Hardback. Illustrated with images and photographs, this book traces the architecture of the synagogue in Britain and Ireland from its discreet Georgian- and Regency-era beginnings to the golden age of the grand 'cathedral synagogues' of the High Victorian period. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 398 pages, 80 colour images + 170 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; AMN; HBTB; HRJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 227 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1970.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 398
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300170511
- ISBN
- 9780300170511
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.78€ 45.55
€ 52.78
€ 45.55
Hardback. How did Quakers reconcile their belief in plain living with their appreciation of fine material goods? Editor(s): Lapsansky, Emma Jones; Verplanck, Anne A. Num Pages: 424 pages, 90 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HPN; HRCC97. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812236927
- ISBN
- 9780812236927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.04
€ 82.04