Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
paperback. Outlandish alchemist and magician, political intelligencer, apocalyptic prophet, and converser with angels, John Dee (1527 - 1609) was one of the most colourful and controversial figures of the Tudor world. In this book, the author explores Dee's vast array of political, magical, and scientific writings. Num Pages: 352 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300194098
- ISBN
- 9780300194098
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.15
€ 17.99
€ 15.15
paperback. Moving from the thousand-year-old Prague Castle to the bomb shelters of London, from the desolate prison ghetto of Terezin to the war councils of Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt and Hitler, the author reflects on her discovery of her family's Jewish heritage decades after the war, and her Czech homeland's tangled history. Num Pages: 480 pages, 16-Page Color Insert. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 29. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780062030344
- ISBN
- 9780062030344
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.05
€ 13.99
€ 12.05
Paperback. An examination of the White and Allied forces of the Russian Civil War, and the armour they had at their disposal throughout the course of the war. It was a varied collection including British and French vehicles and the armoured trains that enabled the Whites to dominate much of Siberia. Illustrator(s): Aksenov, Andrei. Series: Osprey New Vanguard S. Num Pages: 48 pages, 7 colour & 40 b&w illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBW; JWD; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 185 x 4. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841765440
- ISBN
- 9781841765440
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.03
€ 17.99
€ 13.03
hardcover. Through case studies on the news magazine, Hollywood film, brand advertising and movie colourization, this text examines the resurgence of black and white images in the US in the 1990s. The black and white image was used to visualize a sense of American memory, heritage and identity. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; AJR; HBJK; HBLW3; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Praeger (UK) United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275976187
- ISBN
- 9780275976187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.96€ 77.75
€ 85.96
€ 77.75
Paperback. This textbook adopts an interdisciplinary approach in its wide-ranging study of German culture and society since 1871. Sections on Imperial Germany, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic chart the growth of German modernism. Editor(s): Burns, Rob. Num Pages: 388 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198715030
- ISBN
- 9780198715030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.48
€ 67.48
Hardcover. Series: Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650-1850. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; DSK; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611487091
- ISBN
- 9781611487091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.92
€ 141.92
hardcover. This book examines the role of the novelists and historians of the eighteenth century in developing a vision of political modernity that questions traditional narratives about the rise of liberalism and the decline of sovereign power. Series: Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650-1850. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBD; DSK; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611486964
- ISBN
- 9781611486964
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.02
€ 113.02
hardcover. Making Love closely reexamines the literary history of sentimentalism in order to open up new ways of understanding the history of sexuality. Series: Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650-1850. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611486933
- ISBN
- 9781611486933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.11
€ 143.11
hardcover. Series: Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650-1850. Num Pages: 348 pages, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611486780
- ISBN
- 9781611486780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.78
€ 158.78
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611486148
- ISBN
- 9781611486148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.29
€ 147.29
Hardcover. Ravishment of Reason presents a new contextual framework for the study of Restoration drama, demonstrating the important cultural work performed by the restored theaters in offering versions of political theory that mediated between older notions of thaumaturgic authority and proto-modern forms of government premised upon autonomy and contract. Series: Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650-1850. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JD; AN; DSBD; DSG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611485820
- ISBN
- 9781611485820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.75
€ 141.75
hardcover. The first scholarly study of the only religion which England has ever given the world; modern pagan witchcraft. It tells the story of its development and nature, and uses that story as a microhistory for a general consideration of attitudes to paganism, witchcraft, and magic in British society since 1800. Num Pages: 502 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; JFC; VXWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 34. Weight in Grams: 862. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0038142
- ISBN
- 9780198207443
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. This collection of essays offers an original interpretation of the tradition of German Idealist thought. Series: Modern European Philosophy. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; DSA; HP; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 600. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0037984
- ISBN
- 9780521662628
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. An experimental biography of Sir Thomas Browne, the 17th century physician, philospher and writer Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; BGH; BGL; HBTB; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 241 x 34. Weight in Grams: 686. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Granta
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0037933
- ISBN
- 9781847089007
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. The discovery of hundreds of botanical and zoological drawings at Windsor Castle led to a trail that led across Europe to a little-known scientific organization from 17th century Italy called the academy of Linceans (or Lynxes). This volume documents the history of their work. Num Pages: 528 pages, 83 colour plates, 89 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; ACQ; AGN; HBJD; HBLH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 254 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1386. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0038421
- ISBN
- 9780226261485
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
hardcover. Presents an account of the reconstruction of prehuman history of the earth. This title takes readers from the post-Napoleonic Restoration in Europe to the early years of Britain's Victorian age, chronicling the staggering discoveries geologists made during the period. Num Pages: 648 pages, 125 halftones, 40 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; PDX; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 70 x 100 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1936. Review copy. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0038400
- ISBN
- 9780226731285
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 72.00
€ 72.00
hardcover. A printer, inventor, scientist, diplomat and statesman, Benjamin Franklin was also a brilliant writer whose wit and wisdom shine on every page. Franklin was a remarkably prolific author, well known in his lifetime for his humorous, philosophical, parodic and satirical writings. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 213 x 28. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781841593661
- ISBN
- 9781841593661
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.60
€ 13.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 35 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BTM; HBWN; JWTY; WS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 225 x 26. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Merrion Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781785370182
- ISBN
- 9781785370182
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.22
€ 19.99
€ 17.22
paperback. * Vivid, panoramic history of life in Palestine under the British Mandate (1917-1948) - when the seeds of today's conflicts were sown. Num Pages: 624 pages, Section: 16, B&W. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780349112862
- ISBN
- 9780349112862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.70
€ 19.99
€ 16.70
Paperback. Originally published: London: Pimlico, 2003. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 472 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472520852
- ISBN
- 9781472520852
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.34
€ 33.99
€ 28.34
Paperback. In fine detail, Hanna explores economic influences on culture during periods of plenty and poverty during the first three centuries of Ottoman rule. She unveils a fully-fledged Cairene middle-class culture that bridges the gap between the salons (majalis) of the elite and the common people. Series: Middle East Beyond Dominant Paradigms S. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 tables, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630364
- ISBN
- 9780815630364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.32
€ 29.32
paperback. Through an exploration of the dynamics of war and peace in Northern Ireland, this book sets out to uncover the true significance of the principles of democracy and imperialism, in order to chart the dangers which accompany their misapplication in political conflicts which threaten the world. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1DBR; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 509. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0037683
- ISBN
- 9781844133161
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Natural Heritage Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 142
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781896219554
- ISBN
- 9781896219554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.04
€ 23.99
€ 20.04
Hardcover. Shows how, in pre-industrial England, horses were bred and trained, what they ate, how much they were worth, how long they lived, and what their owners thought of them. While they were named individually, and sometimes became favourites, many were worked hard and poorly treated, leading to their early deaths. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 166 x 32. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852854805
- ISBN
- 9781852854805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.77€ 94.21
€ 127.77
€ 94.21