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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

paperback. Mahler was born in 1860 in an outpost of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and became one of the greatest conductors and composers of his time, acclaimed throughout Europe and America. This biography assembles a wealth of contemporary material from letters, diaries, concert programmes and reviews. Num Pages: 256 pages, 49 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC5; AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 732.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Thames and Hudson
Condition
New
SKU
9780500281970
ISBN
9780500281970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 5.96

Paperback. Offers an analysis of both visual and textual representations of the commodity and the ritual that was tea in nineteenth-century England. This book demonstrates how tea functions within the literature as an arbiter of taste and middle-class respectability, aiding in the determination of class status and moral position. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821418291
ISBN
9780821418291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.18

hardcover. Editor(s): Jones, Anna Maria; Mitchell, Rebecca N. Series: Series in Victorian Studies. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; 3JM; ACV; DSBF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821422472
ISBN
9780821422472
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.05

Hardback. If George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are the saints in America's civil religion, then the twenty-ninth president, Warren G Harding, is our sinner. This title explores how Harding's name became synonymous with corruption, cronyism, and incompetence and how it is used as an example of what a president should not be. Num Pages: 296 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL; JPZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821418185
ISBN
9780821418185
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.53

hardcover. This rhetorical and historical analysis of sermons in the reign of James I argues that the official polemic of Jacobean government belies its claim to religious consensus and political moderation in pre-Civil War England. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HRCC91. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732215
ISBN
9780804732215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.87

Paperback. Britons may very well never be slaves, but British rule certainly meant slavery for others. This book explores the personalities and the issues behind the movement to abolish first the slave trade and later the condition of slavery. It reveals the passionate arguments on both sides of the abolition debate. Num Pages: 252 pages, 12 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750934916
ISBN
9780750934916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.16

Paperback. Winner of the 2011 Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical Book and Shortlisted for the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography: "An ingenious and absorbing book..It will permanently change the way we tell this troubled yet gripping story." -Jonathan Spence Num Pages: 384 pages, 35 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APFG; JKVF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393340396
ISBN
9780393340396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.97

Paperback. A veteran writer on Russia and the Soviet Union explains why Russia refuses to draw the lessons of its past and what this portends for the future Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300192377
ISBN
9780300192377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.23

paperback. During the 20th century, two generations of Canadians crossed the Atlantic to offer their support to threatened democracy in Europe, united with Britain through Commonwealth association. These soldiers distinguished themselves at Vimy during the Great War, then at Dieppe, Sicily, Normandy and later, Holland, during World War II. Num Pages: 112 pages, Fully illustrated throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 200 x 0. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
OREP France
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9782815100298
ISBN
9782815100298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.11

Hardback. One hundred years after the Russian Revolution, Zizek shows why Lenin's thought is still important today Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Verso Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781786631886
ISBN
9781786631886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 6.07

Paperback. The era between empire and communism is routinely portrayed as a catastrophic interlude in China's modern history. This book shows instead that the first half of the twentieth century witnessed a qualitatively unprecedented trend towards openness. Series: Understanding China - New Viewpoints on History and Culture. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9789622099203
ISBN
9789622099203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; 3J; 5AG; YNH; YNJ; YNM. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 270 x 210. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Hungry Tomato Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910684726
ISBN
9781910684726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.82

paperback. Translator(s): Tranviet, Thuy. Num Pages: 74 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 4. Weight in Grams: 199.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
74
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877271406
ISBN
9780877271406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.17

Medina Lasansky, Cornell University; Luca Marcozzi, Roma Tre University; Ronald L. Martinez, Brown University; Katharine Park, Harvard University; Sandra Schmidt, Free University of Berlin; Bette Talvacchia, University of Connecticut Editor(s): Hairston, Julia L.; Stephens, Walter. Num Pages: 448 pages, 40, 40 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 766.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894145
ISBN
9780801894145
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.41
€ 65.18

Paperback. Discusses the revolutionary transformation of track and field. This book details the efforts of athletes to reorder labour relations in track and field and to end their decades-long power struggle with governing bodies. It shows how the athletes thoroughly transformed their sport to end the amateur system in the early 1990s. Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JMC; WSBG; WSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252077074
ISBN
9780252077074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.58

hardcover. Nothing is considered more natural than the connection between Isaac Newton's science and the modernity that came into being during the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. This study challenges the claim that Isaac Newton's solitary genius is the reason for his iconic status as the father of modern physics and the philosophe movement. Num Pages: 464 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 167 x 41. Weight in Grams: 928.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226749457
ISBN
9780226749457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.04

paperback. This study focuses on the contribution that studies of the post-war 'welfare state' can make to debates about welfare. Drawing on community care debates from 1971 to 1993, it illuminates contemporary concerns about issues as rationing care, the health and social care divide, residential care and growing emphasis on provider competition. Num Pages: 212 pages, 14figs.9tabs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFSP31; JHBC; JKSB; JKSG; JPRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861342652
ISBN
9781861342652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.41

Paperback. This reader provides two centuries of historical context to debates on health inequality. Extracts from classic texts, information about authors and an introduction draw together important themes of change and continuity. It is a key text for students on a range of policy courses and an excellent resource for anyone interested in poverty. Editor(s): Davey-Smith, George; Dorling, Daniel; Shaw, Mary. Series: Studies in Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion Series. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations facsim., maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; JFFA; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 173 x 26. Weight in Grams: 778.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861342119
ISBN
9781861342119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.00

Paperback. The first anthology of modern Middle Eastern Jewish thought Editor(s): Behar, Moshe; Ben-Dor Benite, Zvi. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
EUROSPAN
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584658856
ISBN
9781584658856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.14

Paperback. In the spring of 1919, two British solar eclipse expeditions confirmed the correctness of general relativity theory and propelled Albert Einstein to instant celebrity. This work include a collection of papers of Einstien. Translator(s): Engel, Alfred. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJG; DSBH; DSK; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691057187
ISBN
9780691057187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 99.78

Paperback. Presents Einstein's writings from the final period of his work in Switzerland. The material in this volume documents Einstein's search for a relativistic theory of gravitation, a search that ended in Berlin in the fall of 1915 with the completion of the general theory of relativity. Translator(s): Beck, Anna; Howard, Don. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 3JJC; BGA; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Thus
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691026107
ISBN
9780691026107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.84
€ 55.22

Paperback. Documents Albert Einstein's scientific activity: his concentration for years on the unfathomable problems of quanta and radiation, his knowledge of experimental physics, his many fruitful interactions with experimentalists, and his struggle to generalize the 1905 theory of relativity to include gravitation and accelerated frames of reference. Editor(s): Klein, Martin J. (Professor of History of Science, Yale University, USA); Kox, A. J.; Schulmann, Robert. Translator(s): Beck, Anna. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 384 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3JJC; BGA; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691000992
ISBN
9780691000992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.84
€ 55.22

Paperback. In February 1941, Henry Luce announced the arrival of "The American Century." But that century - extending from World War II to the recent economic collapse - has now ended, victim of strategic miscalculation, military misadventures, and economic decline. This book features American historians who place the century in historical perspective. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 212 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725690
ISBN
9780674725690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. In 1963, West Germany was gripped by a dramatic trial of former guards who had worked at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz. It was the largest and most public trial to take place in the country and attracted international attention. This title offers a reinterpretation of Germany's first major attempt to confront its past. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6 halftones, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 207 x 22. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674063877
ISBN
9780674063877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.90

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