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Paperback. Tells the story of John F. Kinney - hero, POW escapee, and aviation pioneer. It contains the first full-length account of a successful escape by a Marine captured in one of the great battles of World War II. Series: Memories of War. Num Pages: 220 pages, 17ill.M. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BTM; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574887365
ISBN
9781574887365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.33

Hardcover. How the smile and fortitude of a child actress revived a nation. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 243 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393240795
ISBN
9780393240795
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.70

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Prospect Books United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
130
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903018293
ISBN
9781903018293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.52

Hardcover. Evelyn was a scholar, a scientific amateur, a garden designer and architect, and a founder member of the Royal Society who published a magisterial book about trees, Sylva, and many pamphlets on assorted subjects. This work is a vivid portrait of the social, personal and political life of a society in ferment by one of its major players. Num Pages: 1050 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 137 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1012.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
1050
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152913
ISBN
9781857152913
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.09

Paperback. Henry Brown had himself sealed in a three-foot-by-two-foot box and shipped from Richmond, Virginia, to Philadelphia, a twenty-seven-hour journey to freedom. This work tells the story of his famed escape, but also recounts his later life as a black man making his way through white American and British culture. Editor(s): Ernest, John. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8 illustrations, notes. BIC Classification: BG; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 218 x 14. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807858905
ISBN
9780807858905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.29

Paperback. "Begun in ignorance of the military reality, the War of 1812 was fought catch-as-catch-can with raw troops, incompetent officers, and appallingly inadequate logistics. The odds against the American fig" Num Pages: 372 pages, 19 photographs, 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 462. "Begun in ignorance of the military reality, the War of 1812 was fought catch-as-catch-can with raw troops, incompetent officers, and appallingly inadequate logistics. The odds against the American fig" Num Pages: 372 pages, 19 photographs, 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Hachette Books
Condition
New
SKU
9780306806537
ISBN
9780306806537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.58

Hardback. 1st Edition. Scarce. 204pp. Green cloth, gilt titles on spine; some wear with corners bumped. Previous owner's inscription on ffep
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Putman. The Knickerbocker Press New York
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1887
SKU
KEX0065005
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 95.00

Hardcover. A combination of environmental history, travel writing, literary criticism, and memoir, this book features a pivotal figure who is the nineteenth-century diplomat and writer George Perkins Marsh, generally regarded as America's first environmentalist. Series: Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBTB; RNA; WTLC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925769
ISBN
9780813925769
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.60

paperback. This is the concluding volume of a three-volume, widely acclaimed biography of William Pitt the Younger, who was Prime Minister of England from 1783 to 1801 and from 1804 to his death in 1806. The present volume covers the years from 1797 to his death, a period filled with momentous events. Num Pages: 720 pages, illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1088. Clean copy with some tearing to front cover. Tear has been repaired with tape. Remains a good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Constable and Company Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0023900
ISBN
9780094659902
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 6.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 16 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385239547
ISBN
9780385239547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.71

Paperback. In 1903, Frank Sherman photographed a cattle roundup, including a surprise visit from President Theodore Roosevelt, to make postcards for his souvenir shop in Colorado Springs. Here are his images preserved on glass negatives all these years later. Enjoy authentic views of the cowboys. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; FA; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 279 x 12. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887404368
ISBN
9780887404368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.12

Paperback. The saga of the Ledfords of Lancaster, Kentucky, this book transcends family biogrpahy to become a social history of a national experience, a metaphor for America. This 20th anniversary edition brings the Ledford's remarkable story up to date. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; BG; HBTB; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Edition
20th Anniversary ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813190594
ISBN
9780813190594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.00

Paperback. What was it like to be a slave in colonial South Africa? What difference did freedom make? John Edwin Mason presents complex answers after delving into the slaves' experience within the slaveholding patriarchal household, primarily during the period from 1820 to 1850. Series: Reconsiderations in Southern African History. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813921792
ISBN
9780813921792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.28

Hardcover. What was it like to be a slave in colonial South Africa? What difference did freedom make? John Edwin Mason presents complex answers after delving into the slaves' experience within the slaveholding patriarchal household, primarily during the period from 1820 to 1850. Series: Reconsiderations in Southern African History. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813921785
ISBN
9780813921785
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.73

paperback. A new appraisal of the first Tudor queen, her European connections, her ambitions and intentions, and the religious violence that stained her short reign Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 pp-section of b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300194166
ISBN
9780300194166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 19.30

Paperback. This book provides a comprehensive and compelling history of the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella form the origins and upbringing of the two rulers, through the events and circumstances of their rule, to the consequences for the following generations. Series: A History of Spain. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631221432
ISBN
9780631221432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.12

Paperback. The "Venona" secret US army project of the 1940's was a monumental achievement in this history of American code breaking and one of the America's most closely guarded secrets. This book exposes the greatest domestic counter-espionage operation that has ever been launched against the Soviet Union. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 504 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPSH; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300084627
ISBN
9780300084627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.59

Hardback. This book, first published in 2006, is a review of the major spy cases of the early Cold War. Series Editor(s): Critchlow, Donald T. Series: Cambridge Essential Histories. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521857383
ISBN
9780521857383
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.80

Hardcover. A reappraisal of American communism and anticommunism in the cold war era, focusing on episodes, personalities, and institutions, and based upon fresh evidence that overturns a great deal of received wisdom. Series: American Ways Series. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPFC; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
223
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566630900
ISBN
9781566630900
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.88

Hardback. some light wearing on the cover - E. & E. Publishing Co. Melbourne,
Publisher
E. & E. Publishing Co. Melbourne
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
SKU
KTK0101640
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.00

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