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Hardcover. A detailed insight into the exploits of a Royal Air Force fighter pilot straight from the cockpit. The exploits range from intercepting Soviet bombers off Iceland to defending Saudi Arabia in Gulf War One; from flying off the deck of Ark Royal to displays with the Red Arrows; and flying a desk in the UK MoD and NATO HQs. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 colour and 10 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: BGHA; JWMV3; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 172 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781555842
ISBN
9781781555842
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.88

Paperback. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 10 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 115 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195367805
ISBN
9780195367805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. An omnibus edition of Finlay J. Macdonald's nostalgic and often comic accounts of growing up on the Hebridean island of Harris between the wars. They were first published individually in the 1980s as "Crowdie and Cream", "Crotal and White" and "The Corncrake and the Lysander". Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; 2AB; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 36. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751513486
ISBN
9780751513486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141039190
ISBN
9780141039190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.28

Paperback. Published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, this landmark publication establishes Burlingame as the most assiduous Lincoln biographer of recent memory and brings Lincoln alive to modern readers as never before. Num Pages: 960 pages, 32, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 177 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1504. Volume 1
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
960
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421409733
ISBN
9781421409733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.19

Paperback. A history of Brunel in South Wales Num Pages: 240 pages, 100ill (30 colour). BIC Classification: 1DBKWS; BGH; TNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752432366
ISBN
9780752432366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.04

Hardback. Tells the story of the author's time as Britain's most senior representative in Southern Iraq, trying to keep the region together as the rest of the country descended in to murderous violence. This book provides a portrait of the absurdities of life inside the occupying coalition. Num Pages: 240 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; BGHA; HBJF1; HBLX; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845117061
ISBN
9781845117061
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.57

Paperback. A collection of speeches from Churchill, one of the great modern orators. It includes Churchill's famous words on the declaration of war with Germany, as well as his rousing call to the British in June 1940 after Dunkirk, and his immortal tribute to the young men fighting in the Battle of Britain. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 114 x 8. Weight in Grams: 92.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192536
ISBN
9780141192536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.51

Paperback. A new biography of the iconic US civil rights leader. Num Pages: 272 pages, 48 photographs. BIC Classification: BGH; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849162623
ISBN
9781849162623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; BGH; DSBH; DSC; HBJD1; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 134 x 32. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780953478095
ISBN
9780953478095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.47

Paperback. The untold story of Winston Churchill's precarious finances. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784081829
ISBN
9781784081829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415319362
ISBN
9780415319362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.02

Hardback. This study of Eleftherios Venizelos, a towering figure in European diplomacy and Greece's greatest statesman in the twentieth century, brings together a narrative of the drama of high politics with critical political analysis and judgement. Num Pages: 384 pages, 24 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 810.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748624782
ISBN
9780748624782
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.82
€ 114.65

paperback. When the author wrote it in the immediate aftermath of World War II, most scholars outside Germany viewed Nietzsche as part madman, part proto-Nazi, and almost wholly unphilosophical. This title offers an account of his life and works, and of the uses and abuses to which subsequent generations had put his ideas. Series: Princeton Classics. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HPCD; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 207 x 146 x 38. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
With a New foreword by Alexander Nehamas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160269
ISBN
9780691160269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.99

Hardback. The story of how Nathan Mayer Rothschild financed Wellington's victory over Napoleon at Waterloo. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 table, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; BGH; KCZ; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804751650
ISBN
9780804751650
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 130 b/w photos & documents. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764311697
ISBN
9780764311697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.47

Hardback. This new biography of Noel Field suggests he may have spied both for the Soviet Union and for the United States. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; HBTW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 143 x 31. Weight in Grams: 652.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849043441
ISBN
9781849043441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.03

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12 pp. b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; BGH; HBJD; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300217452
ISBN
9780300217452
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

paperback. Bringing together a range of historians, anthropologists and political theorists, this volume celebrates and analyses the influence of Colin Ward and his uniquely approachable and creative form of anarchism. Editor(s): Levy, Carl. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; JPFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Lawrence and Wishart Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907103735
ISBN
9781907103735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.88

Paperback. In this new critical biography Frida Beckman traces Gilles Deleuze's remarkable intellectual journey, mapping the encounters from which his life and work emerged. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 35 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; BGH; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130. .
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780237312
ISBN
9781780237312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. .
Publisher
Christian Focus
Number of pages
207
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845507831
ISBN
9781845507831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. A story of wartime intelligence, super-power relations and spies and their handlers - seen through the experience of Melita Norwood. Series: History of British Intelligence. Num Pages: 232 pages, 16, 16 black & white illustrations, 16 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBTW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838876
ISBN
9781843838876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.91

Paperback. Published in 1994, this is a paperback edition edition of a study of the life and writings of literary pioneer, Lydia Maria Child. Her writing made and impact on American life as she addressed the issues of her time: slavery, women's rights, treatm Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 832 pages, 10 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 254 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1429.
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
Revised ed.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
832
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
SKU
KEX0212593
ISBN
9780822321637
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Paperback. The fascinating story of the decadent and thrilling world of Oscar Wilde's wife Constance, and the world of scandal which would betray her Num Pages: 384 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848541641
ISBN
9781848541641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

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