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Hardback. High in the Tuscan hills above Florence, the menacing Vincigliata Castle - a very special prisoner-of-war camp converted on Mussolini's personal orders - held thirteen of the most senior British and Commonwealth officers captured during the campaign in North Africa. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 32. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Icon Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781785781186
ISBN
9781785781186
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 8pp b+w plates. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848845503
ISBN
9781848845503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.44

Hardback. Parisian theatrical, artistic, social, and political life is explored in this history of the Paris Odeon, an opera house that flourished during the Bourbon Restoration. The book traces the complete arc of the Odeon's short but highly successful life from ascent to triumph, decline, and closure. Num Pages: 348 pages, 28 b/w photographs, 11 tables, 13 music examples. BIC Classification: 3JH; AVGC9; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520234451
ISBN
9780520234451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.73
€ 64.94

Paperback. Surrounded, abandoned and fighting overwhelming odds in Afghanistan - one true man's story. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; BTM; HBJF; HBWS4; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444784435
ISBN
9781444784435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.81

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; PSVW7; WB; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 151 x 34. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Basic Books
Condition
New
SKU
9780465052745
ISBN
9780465052745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 17.75

Paperback. Presenting an environmental history of China, this book is based on literary, political, aesthetic, scientific, and religious sources that reveal the views of the Chinese people toward their environment and landscape. Num Pages: 592 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 35. Weight in Grams: 858.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300119930
ISBN
9780300119930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.53

Paperback. Religion is commonly imagined as a timeless component of human inheritance, but in the Western Himalayas the community of Himachal Pradesh discovered their religion only after India became an independent secular state. This title shows that modern secularity is not so much the eradication of religion as the very condition for its emergence. Num Pages: 305 pages, 25 images. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HRAM2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520290549
ISBN
9780520290549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. Keywords: "Subjects - Travel & Holiday - Countries & Regions - Europe - Spain,Subjects - Travel & Holiday - Guidebook Series - Rough Guide,Travel - Travel Guides & Books - Guidebook Series - Rough Guide,Travel -"
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Harrap Columbus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
4th Revised edition
SKU
KHS0048936
ISBN
9780747101512
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In 221 bc the First Emperor of Qin unified the lands that would become the heart of a Chinese empire. This book highlights the key challenges faced by the court officials and scholars who set about governing an empire of such scale and diversity of people. It illuminates many formative events in China's long history of imperialism. Series: History of Imperial China. Num Pages: 336 pages, 23 halftones, 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057340
ISBN
9780674057340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.46

Paperback. After the collapse of the Han dynasty in the third century CE, China divided along a north-south line. This title traces the changes that both underlay and resulted from this split in a period that saw the geographic redefinition of China, engagement with the outside world, significant changes to family life, and the introduction of religions. Series: History of Imperial China. Num Pages: 352 pages, 25 halftones, 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674060357
ISBN
9780674060357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.45

Paperback. The Tang dynasty is often called China's golden age, a period of commercial, religious, and cultural connections from Korea and Japan to the Persian Gulf, and a time of unsurpassed literary creativity. This title captures a dynamic era in which the empire reached its greatest geographical extent under Chinese rule. Series: History of Imperial China. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24 illustrations, 17 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674064010
ISBN
9780674064010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.44

Hardback. This is a social history of seven anti-poverty "Community Action Programmes" (CAPs) in Milwaukee's inner city that were started in the 1960s. The book aims to dispel the notion that CAPs were a categorical failure and also to provide solutions to social problems in America's inner cities. Series: Studies in Modern American History. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; JFFA; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739101995
ISBN
9780739101995
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.64

Paperback. Anyone who lives in Derbyshire or has walked in the Peak District will have marvelled at the rich variety of prehistoric remains: how and why did our remote ancestors choose to live in this seemingly wild and inhospitable area? Num Pages: 176 pages, colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLA; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752414836
ISBN
9780752414836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.43

Paperback. This text provides insights into early prehistory to students of archaeology and landscape history, and all those interested in what life in prehistoric Britain might really have been like. Num Pages: 186 pages, 39 line figures, 22 b&w photographs, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLA; HDDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
188
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415204323
ISBN
9780415204323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.02

Paperback. In 1812 the Jeffersonian-dominated Massachusetts legislature split Essex County to dilute the strength of the Federalists. Its outcome - in the ensuing election, the Federalists won the district anyway. This work discusses this controversy and analyzes the redistricting process. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739101926
ISBN
9780739101926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.33

Hardback. Highlighting an important aspect of American historic architecture, this handsome volume is illustrated with nearly 150 photographs, more than 60 line drawings, and two color galleries. Num Pages: 464 pages, 230, 62 black & white line drawings, 142 black & white illustrations, 20 colour illustrat. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; AMKH; AMX; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 31. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411637
ISBN
9781421411637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.31

Paperback. A new series of bespoke, full-coverage resources developed for the AQA 2015 A/AS Level History. Editor(s): Fordham, Michael; Smith, David. Series: A Level (AS) History AQA. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; 4KL; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (XS) Student text. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Student
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107531208
ISBN
9781107531208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 42.86

Paperback. An analysis of the writings and speeches of the American founders. Kann (political science, U. of Southern Calif.) looks at how the founders deployed a "grammar of manhood" that provided informal rules for stigmatizing disorderly men, justifying citizenship for deserving men, and elevating exceptio Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814747148
ISBN
9780814747148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Hardback. Argues that despite the American Revolution's rhetoric of classical liberalism, the founding generation did not trust ordinary citizens with extensive liberty Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814770191
ISBN
9780814770191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.25

Hardback. During Japan's colonial rule over Korea from 1910 until the end of World War II, Japan adopted assimilation as its administrative policy but was unable to integrate the Korean people as Japanese. This book traces the history of this policy to determine why Japan failed to attain its stated goals. Series: Korean Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1FPK; GTB; HBJF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295989006
ISBN
9780295989006
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.15

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