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Hardback. From 1930-62 the idea of race was studied across a range of academic disciplines. This book explores expert thinkings on race in the period and explains the relationship between scientific racial research, social policy and attitudes regarding immigration, ultimately offering new insight into the evolving understanding of the idea of race. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230008922
- ISBN
- 9780230008922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.59
€ 62.59
Paperback. Telling the stories behind television's approaches to race relations, multiculturalism and immigration in the 'Golden Age' of British television, the book focuses on the 1960s and 1970s and argues that the makers of television worked tirelessly to shape multiculturalism and undermine racist extremism. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; APT; HBTB; JFD; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230292987
- ISBN
- 9780230292987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.46
€ 62.46
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780857202253
- ISBN
- 9780857202253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 7.28
€ 16.99
€ 7.28
Paperback. The moving and gripping First World War diary of Chaplain Kenneth Best, who accompanied the East Lancastrians at Gallipoli and the Western Front. Editor(s): Roynon, Gavin. Num Pages: 304 pages, B-W integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849833677
- ISBN
- 9781849833677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.48
€ 5.48
Paperback. Editor(s): Hambly, Gavin R. G. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 580 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJF; JFSJ; JFSR; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 36. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 580
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312224516
- ISBN
- 9780312224516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 110.58
€ 110.58
Paperback. The Special Boat Squadron was Britain's most exclusive Special Forces unit during World War II. Highly trained, and totally secretive, the SBS was established as an entity in its own right in early 1943. With the interviews of the surviving members of the unit, this title gathers the forgotten dramatic exploits of this fighting force. Num Pages: 320 pages, 120 b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472811134
- ISBN
- 9781472811134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. The night of July 26, 1942 saw one of the most audacious raids of World War II, just as the outcome of that conflict hung in the balance. Featuring full-colour artwork, and incisive analysis, this study recounts the origins, planning, execution and aftermath of the daring raid that made the name of the SAS at the height of World War II. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter; Shumate, Johnny; Gilliland, Alan. Series: Raid. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HBE; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 184 x 7. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472807632
- ISBN
- 9781472807632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.49
€ 20.99
€ 19.49
Hardback. Written by the foremost expert on British wartime special forces and illustrated with images that have not been seen in seventy years, this is a new history of the Long Range Desert Group. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 b/w; 50 col. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 190. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472819338
- ISBN
- 9781472819338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.30
€ 33.99
€ 22.30
Paperback. From one of the foremost experts on wartime British special forces, a new volume exploring the Long Range Desert Group Num Pages: 288 pages, 16pp B&Wpic section. BIC Classification: 1D; 1HB; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472122094
- ISBN
- 9781472122094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.52
€ 16.99
€ 12.52
Paperback. With a wealth of photographs, many from the SAS Regimental Archives, this book captures the danger and excitement of the initial SAS raids against Axis airfields during the Desert War, the battles in Italy and those following the D-Day landings, the dramatic final push into Germany itself and the discovery of such Nazi horrors as Belsen. Series: General Military. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HBW; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Abridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472808752
- ISBN
- 9781472808752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
€ 17.99
€ 13.09
Paperback. In 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China under the command of Emperor Zhu Di's loyal eunuch admirals. But by the time they returned home, Zhu Di had lost control and China was turning inwards, leaving the records of their discoveries to be forgotten for centuries. Num Pages: 656 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HBTM; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 43. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780553815221
- ISBN
- 9780553815221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.53
€ 17.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. The bestselling author of 1421: THE YEAR THE CHINESE DISCOVERED THE WORLD uncovers the truth behind the mystery of Atlantis. Updated with thrilling new discoveries for the paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; HBLA; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753828854
- ISBN
- 9780753828854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.19
€ 17.99
€ 13.19
Paperback. In his bestselling book 1421:The Year China Discovered the World, Gavin Menzies revealed that it was the Chinese that discovered America, not Columbus. Now he presents further astonishing evidence that it was also Chinese advances in science, art, and technology that formed the basis of the European Renaissance and our modern world. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1FPC; 3H; HBG; HBLC; HBTM; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007269556
- ISBN
- 9780007269556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.22
€ 12.99
€ 11.22
Paperback. Madini and T'hami El Glaoui, sons of a Moroccan by an Ethiopian concubine, rose meteorically to power in the medieval state of Morocco at the end of the 19th century. This is the epic story of the more than 50 years in which they governed the country in barbaric, ostentatious splendor, until their spectacular downfall in 1956. Full-color photos. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1HBM; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406. The Rise and Fall of the House of Glaoua 1893-1956. 320 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). Madini and T'hami El Glaoui, sons of a Moroccan by an Ethiopian concubine, rose meteorically to power in the medieval state of Morocco at the end of the 19th century. This is the epic story of the more than 50 years in which they governed the country in barbaric, ostentatious splendor, until their spectacular downfall in 1956. Full-color photos. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HBM; HBJH; HBLW. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 20. Weight: 406.
- Publisher
- Eland Books
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907871149
- ISBN
- 9780907871149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.00
€ 17.99
€ 13.00
Hardback. The Irish Civil War and Society sheds new light on the social currents shaping the Irish Civil War, from the 'politics of respectability' behind animosities and discourses; to the intersection of social conflicts with political violence; to the social dimensions of the war's messy aftermath. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137425683
- ISBN
- 9781137425683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.68
€ 119.68
Paperback. Covers topics from the summer nonchalance of 1940 to the grim, anonymous exhaustion of the bomber crews delivering the infernos of Hamburg and Dresden. This title includes all the great dramas of the air war, described by the men in the British and Commonwealth Air Forces who did the fighting. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16pp b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 35. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099565345
- ISBN
- 9780099565345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.47
€ 23.99
€ 17.47
Paperback. Examines how colonial identities were constructed in the Cape Colony of South Africa since its establishment in the 17th century up to the 20th century. This work takes an archaeological approach, which also draws on documentary material to examine how different people in the colony constructed identities through material culture. Series: Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306485381
- ISBN
- 9780306485381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.89
€ 120.89
Hardback. Examines how colonial identities were constructed in the Cape Colony of South Africa since its establishment in the 17th century up to the 20th century. This title takes an archaeological approach, which also draws on documentary material to examine how different people in the colony constructed identities through material culture. Series: Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1140.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306485374
- ISBN
- 9780306485374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.35
€ 123.35
Hardback. Editor(s): Budge, Gavin. Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611483079
- ISBN
- 9781611483079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.74
€ 119.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH5; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 12. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Anniversary
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231171694
- ISBN
- 9780231171694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.36
€ 37.99
€ 27.36