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paperback. When the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945, killing 100,000 men, women and children, it was the beginning of a terrifying new episode in human history. This title presents the event with an account of six men and women who survived despite all the odds. Series: Penguin Magnum Collection. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141041865
- ISBN
- 9780141041865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 12.37
€ 19.99
€ 12.37
Hardback. Presents social history of migration from Hiroshima to Canada which tells the story of a community that was destroyed in 1942. This title describes the political, economic, and social circumstances that precipitated emigration from Hiroshima prefecture to Canada between 1891-1941, and examines the lives of those who settled in western Canada. Num Pages: 208 pages, approx. 14 b/w photos, 4 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBC; GTB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774814317
- ISBN
- 9780774814317
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.38
€ 112.38
Paperback. In one of the defining moments of twentieth century, more than 100,000 people were killed instantly by two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by US Air Force B29s. This title tells the story of the tragedy through eyes of the survivors, from twelve-year-olds forced to work in war factories to the wives and children who faced it alone. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 139 x 47. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552778503
- ISBN
- 9780552778503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.02
€ 26.99
€ 19.02
Paperback. Explores unconventional texts and dimensions of culture involved in constituting Hiroshima memories - including history textbook controversies, discourses on the city's tourism and urban renewal projects, campaigns to preserve atomic ruins, survivors' testimonial practices, ethnic Koreans' narratives on Japanese colonialism. Series: Twentieth-century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power S. Num Pages: 301 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DSBH; HBJF; HBLW3; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520085879
- ISBN
- 9780520085879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.26
€ 38.99
€ 28.26
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442207486
- ISBN
- 9781442207486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.22
€ 44.22
Paperback. The international history of the development of the atomic bomb, its first use against Japan, and the Cold War nuclear arms race that it gave rise to. Series: Making of the Modern World. Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 black and white plates. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199569762
- ISBN
- 9780199569762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.16
€ 26.99
€ 20.16
Paperback. This definitive biography of Subhas Chandra Bose, the revered and controversial Indian nationalist who struggled to liberate his country from British rule before and during World War II, moves beyond the legend to reveal the impassioned life and times of the private and public man. Num Pages: 448 pages, 68 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; HBTR; JPFN; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 228 x 319. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674065963
- ISBN
- 9780674065963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.66
€ 36.99
€ 30.66
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press Stanford, CA
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804729680
- ISBN
- 9780804729680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 78 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCS; 1FP; 3J; HBJF; HBTP1; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 261 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1328.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231160704
- ISBN
- 9780231160704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.50€ 129.17
€ 173.50
€ 129.17
Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of War, Revolution & Civil Unrest. Num Pages: 520 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; GBC; HBJF; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 37. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810849488
- ISBN
- 9780810849488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.45
€ 152.45
Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Ancient Civilizations & Historical Eras. Num Pages: 568 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 40. Weight in Grams: 889.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810855229
- ISBN
- 9780810855229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 234.37
€ 234.37
Hardback. The fourth edition of the Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh greatly expands on the previous edition through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 700 cross-referenced dictionary entries on important people, places, events, and institutions, as well as significant political, economic, social, and cultural aspects. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania and the Middle East. Num Pages: 510 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKB; GBC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 149 x 36. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- 4 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 510
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810867666
- ISBN
- 9780810867666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 224.00
€ 224.00
Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810867796
- ISBN
- 9780810867796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.27
€ 203.27
Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GBC; HBJF; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810868601
- ISBN
- 9780810868601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.79
€ 179.79
Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GBC; HBJF; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810871748
- ISBN
- 9780810871748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.99
€ 179.99
Hardback. The history of East Timor is related in this book through a chronology, an introductory essay, an expansive bibliography, and over 200 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, events, places, organizations, and other aspects of East Timor history from the earliest times to the present. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania and the Middle East. Num Pages: 300 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FMNT; GBC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810867543
- ISBN
- 9780810867543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.93
€ 132.93
hardcover. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; APF; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1003.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810855205
- ISBN
- 9780810855205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 217.64
€ 217.64
Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania and the Middle East. Num Pages: 552 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; GBC; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 151 x 33. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810853300
- ISBN
- 9780810853300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.64
€ 136.64
Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. Num Pages: 424 pages, diagrams. BIC Classification: 1FBH; GBC; JPSH; JWKF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810855816
- ISBN
- 9780810855816
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.14
€ 157.14
The Historical Dictionary of Kazakhstan contains a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and several hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania and the Middle East. Num Pages: 362 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FCZ; GBC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 158 x 31. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810867826
- ISBN
- 9780810867826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.74
€ 179.74
Hardback. When it became independent in 1991, Kyrgyzstan quickly resumed a position of strategic importance that it hadn't known since the Great Game of the 19th century. Abazov provides a detailed analysis of this new country and of the turbulent past that is the heritage of its people. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania and the Middle East. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FCK; GBC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810848689
- ISBN
- 9780810848689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.17
€ 170.17
Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania and the Middle East. Num Pages: 552 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FML; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 150 x 39. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810856240
- ISBN
- 9780810856240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 239.86
€ 239.86
This dictionary of Lebanese history and culture covers diverse subject areas such as political leaders, actors, writers, singers, militia groups and military aspects. Rarely discussed topics are also included: for example, AIDS and prostitution. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania and the Middle East. Num Pages: 296 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FBL; GBC; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810833951
- ISBN
- 9780810833951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.20
€ 163.20
Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Ancient Civilizations & Historical Eras. Num Pages: 200 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GBC; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810855038
- ISBN
- 9780810855038
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.09
€ 166.09