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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

paperback. Jurgen Herbst's account of growing up in Nazi Germany from 1928 to 1948 is an understated tale of moral awakening. He illustrates how easy it was for a German boy without strong convictions to climb into a position of leadership in the Nazi Jungvolk. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGA; HBJD; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299164140
ISBN
9780299164140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.29

paperback. Mixing film history with social history, "Reel Patriotism" examines the role played by the American film industry during World War I and the effects of the industry's pragmatic patriotism after the war. It looks at such films as "Joan the Woman" and "Wings" and at the stars of the time. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Film. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; 3JJG; APF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299154042
ISBN
9780299154042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.43

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Lyles, Kevin. Series: Warrior S. Num Pages: 64 pages, 53ill.(21col.). BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 185 x 5. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841768878
ISBN
9781841768878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.46

Paperback. A controversial Marxist, Luxemburg here opposes the Bolsheviks' quest for power Series: Ann Arbor Paperbacks. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 155.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1961
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press Ann Arbor
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472060573
ISBN
9780472060573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.97

Paperback. Investigates the pervasive and persistent commitment to "rough justice" that characterized rural and working class areas of most of the United States in the late nineteenth century. This work examines the influence of race, gender, and class on understandings of criminal justice and shows how they varied across regions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252074059
ISBN
9780252074059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.06

paperback. Thousands of Irish peasants fled the country in the famine winter of 1847-48 to make the dangerous passage across the Atlantic. This book tells of the lives of the emigrants on each stage of their journey to New York and offers insights into the character and mentality of the immigrants. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBG; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFC1; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 231 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Oxford University Press USA
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0039286
ISBN
9780195106596
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 7.43

paperback. Tomi Reichental, who lost 35 members of his family in the Holocaust and was the subject of the documentary "Till The Tenth Generation", gives his account of being imprisoned as a child at Belsen concentration camp. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVKS; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 412. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
O'Brien Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0039274
ISBN
9781847172273
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.47

paperback. Presents stories which are based on the author's own experiences surviving Auschwitz and Dachau. This title describes a world where the will to survive overrides compassion and prisoners eat, work and sleep a few yards from where others are murdered; and, where the difference between human beings is reduced to a second bowl of soup. Translator(s): Kandel, Michael; Vedder, Barbara. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 156. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0039249
ISBN
9780140186246
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 7.43

paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Pan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0038704
ISBN
9781509848621
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.38

paperback. The Second World War was a German war like no other. The Nazi regime, having started the conflict, turned it into the most horrific war in European history. Yet we still do not know what Germans thought they were fighting for and how they experienced the war. This book looks at how the German people experienced the Second World War. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 51. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0038691
ISBN
9780099539872
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 8.70

paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1HF; 3JF; BTP; HBJH; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 310. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0038821
ISBN
9780571210725
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 7.43

paperback. A remarkable true story of bravery and sanctuary during World War II - for fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and The Postmistress. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 124 x 24. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Headline
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAM0001568
ISBN
9780755365036
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 8.02

hardcover. Takes a comparative perspective on family life and childhood in the past half century in Russia and Eastern Europe, highlighting similarities and differences. Editor(s): Carlback, Helene; Gradskova, Yulia. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPR; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 166 x 232 x 24. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Central European University Press Hungary
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9786155053573
ISBN
9786155053573
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 202.30

Paperback. This collection presents 122 top-level Soviet, European and American records on the superpowers' role in the annus mirabilis of 1989. Editor(s): Savranskaya, Svetlana; Blanton, Thomas; Zubok, Vladislav M. Series: National Security Archive Cold War Readers. Num Pages: 782 pages, black-andwhite photos. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 237 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Central European University Press Hungary
Number of pages
782
Condition
New
SKU
V9786155053405
ISBN
9786155053405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 157.11

Hardback. A state of the art reassessment of the importance and consequences of the events associated with the year 1968 in Europe and in North America. Promises of 1968 goes beyond the East-West divide in the process of identifying the common features of the sixties. Editor(s): Tismaneanu, Vladimir. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 163 x 233 x 31. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Central European University Press Hungary
Edition
first
Number of pages
460
Condition
New
SKU
V9786155053047
ISBN
9786155053047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 238.08

Hardback. This study illuminates the problems connected with Hungary's transition to a civil society, while providing insights into the development of political culture and the rise of civic and national consciousness in Hungary over the last 150 years. Translator(s): Patterson, James; Koncz, Eniko. Num Pages: 292 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVH; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Central European University Press Hungary
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9781858660233
ISBN
9781858660233
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.97

Paperback. Hungarian art historian Eva Forgacs examines the development of the Bauhaus School of architecture and applied design by focusing on the idea of the Bauhaus, rather than its artefacts. She reinterprets that idea in the light of the antagonisms marring the first year of the German Republic. Translator(s): Batki, John. Num Pages: 246 pages, 10 black and white halftones, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; ACXD1; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Central European University Press Hungary
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781858660127
ISBN
9781858660127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.20

paperback. * A revealing - amusing and sad - biography of a unique family Num Pages: 624 pages, Section: 24, B&W. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 38. Weight in Grams: 526. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Abacus
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0039112
ISBN
9780349115054
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 7.43

paperback. Marina Benjamin grew up in London, feeling estranged from her family's Middle Eastern ways. But when Benjamin had her child she realized that she was losing her link to the past, inspiring a journey to Baghdad. This story reminds us that behind the headlines are real people whose lives are caught in the crossfire of prejudice and ambition. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 388. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0039015
ISBN
9780747593287
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 7.43

paperback. A sensual Calvinist, a Tory radical, a consumptive celebrant of action, a Passionate Scot who chose to live anywhere but Scotland. Not for nothing was Robert Louis Stevenson the author of "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde". This study marks the centenery of Stevenson's death at the age of forty-four. Num Pages: 576 pages, 16pp b&w plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AFS; 3JH; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 176 x 38. Weight in Grams: 582. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is clear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Pimlico
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0038947
ISBN
9780712658935
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 7.43

paperback. Chronicles the destruction of Indonesian island of Krakatoa in 1883. This book describes how one island and its inhabitants were blasted out of existence and how colonial society was turned upside-down in a cataclysm. Illustrator(s): Vannithone, Soun. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, facsims., maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; JFFC; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0038941
ISBN
9780141005171
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 7.43

paperback. From the bestselling author of "Operation Mincemeat" and "Agent Zigzag" comes the fascinating story of Elisabeth Nietzsche--sister of the famed philosopher--and her insane attempt to found a utopian colony in the jungles of Paraguay in the late 19th century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16pp black and white. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KLSP; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0038876
ISBN
9781408838150
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 7.43

Paperback. Offers a way to think about the history of the body by focusing on women's bodies, showing how ideas about conception, pregnancy, and childbirth were also ways of talking about gender relations and thus all relations of power. This study provides ways to understand how ordinary people experienced political conflicts and social change. Num Pages: 296 pages, 40 in-text black and white half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199202706
ISBN
9780199202706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 88.39

paperback. This is a very thorough account of the experience of the Jews of Europe during World War II. It is virtually a day-by-day account, in men and women's own words, of the horrifying events of the Holocaust - the Nazi attempt to exterminate the Jewish race. Num Pages: 960 pages, 25 maps; portraits. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 54. Weight in Grams: 912. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Toned, with a little spotting. Covers with a little wear, remains good-very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
HarperCollins
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0038684
ISBN
9780006371946
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 7.43