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Hardback. The senior Canadian officers of the Second World War learned how to fight a war on the job; for all of them, the weight of command was a burden to be borne. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 624 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774832991
ISBN
9780774832991
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.37

Paperback. Provides a re-examination of the role of the German army, the Wehrmacht, in World War II. This book explodes the myth of a "clean" Wehrmacht. Translator(s): Schneider, Deborah Lucas. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 27. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674025776
ISBN
9780674025776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 600 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWD; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 774.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Aspekt,The Netherlands Netherlands
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9789075323382
ISBN
9789075323382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.64

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804750776
ISBN
9780804750776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.10

Hardcover. With eccentric characters (including her father, "The Wee Wild One") and rich stories, Schwertfeger has painted a fresh picture of Northern Ireland as she lived it and as it remains today as a touchstone for all who have roots in this storied country. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear, remains fine
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0027004
ISBN
9780299198800
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Hardcover. Num Pages: 492 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHC; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 38. Weight in Grams: 966.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
492
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865972728
ISBN
9780865972728
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 494 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHC; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 820.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
494
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865972735
ISBN
9780865972735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.63

Paperback. The Webley .455in service revolver is among the most powerful top-break revolvers ever produced. First adopted in 1887, in various marques it was the standard-issue service pistol for British and Commonwealth armed forces for nearly fifty years. This title presents the story of the Webley revolver. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter. Series: Weapon. Num Pages: 80 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBW; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 184 x 6. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849088039
ISBN
9781849088039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.91

Paperback. A diary recording the authors' extended tour of the Far East. It focuses on their impressions as the ancient civilizations of Japan, China and India, each in their separate ways, came to terms with the modern world. Editor(s): Feaver, George. Num Pages: 385 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 597.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
385
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349123308
ISBN
9781349123308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.96

Paperback. Christian Jacob presents a completely fresh and unique reading of Athenaeus's Sophists at Dinner (ca. 200 ce), a text long mined merely for its testimonies to lost classical poets. Connecting the world of Hellenistic erudition with its legacy among Hellenized Romans, Jacob helps the reader navigate the many intersecting paths in this enormous work. Editor(s): Johnson, Dr. Scott Fitzgerald. Translator(s): Papaconstantinou, Dr. Arietta. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073289
ISBN
9780674073289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.71

Paperback. Presents a study of a controversy in Britain at the turn of the twentieth century. This book explains how England's rulers failed to understand and respond to the initial evidence of erosion in their country's industrial, financial, naval, and military power. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBLL; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148007
ISBN
9780691148007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Naval & Military Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
New ed of 1929 ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843421290
ISBN
9781843421290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 11.70

Paperback. Antonia Fraser's bestselling account of the lives of women in seventeenth-century England. Series: Women in History. Num Pages: 704 pages, 32. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBG; HBLH; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Edition
Ted Smart edition
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842126356
ISBN
9781842126356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. Presenting the biography of Matsuo Taseko, a peasant woman of the Tokugawa period, honoured and then adopted as a patron saint by rightist nationalists, this text gives perspectives on the practices and intellectual concerns of rural entrepreneurs and their role in the Meiji Restoration. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 424 pages, 20 halftones, 2 maps, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226872377
ISBN
9780226872377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.69

paperback. The customary picture of the World War II era in California has been dominated by accounts of the Japanese American concentration camps, African Americans, and women on the home front. This title examines significant wartime changes in the circumstances of immigrant groups that have been largely overlooked by historians. Editor(s): Lotchin, Roger W. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252068195
ISBN
9780252068195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.10

Paperback. This volume covers the author's life in the years 1944-1988. Born into privilege immediately before World War II, the author lived through the turbulent years of early Communism and later the Ceausescu-era dictatorship. Changes in government policy regarding class-warfare affected her family both professionally and personally.

Num Pages: 450 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880336796
ISBN
9780880336796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JMG; HBJF1; HBLX; HRAM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 311.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783783113
ISBN
9781783783113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Hillwalking is Ireland's most widely practised leisure activity today. Rock climbing has developed to a level of technical excellence with crags in almost every county. This history recounts the adventures, dangers, successes and failures of these multifaceted activities. Num Pages: 344 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD1; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Gill
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848892422
ISBN
9781848892422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 18.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JHMC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 211 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP
Condition
New
SKU
V9786162151163
ISBN
9786162151163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Lama Anagarika Govinda was among the last to journey through Tibet before its invasion by the Chinese. This account is a story of exploration and discovery. It tells of terrible journeys, of men masked against the sun (riding through regions with their feet frozen), and of welcoming fog-girt monasteries lit by butter lamps at the journey's end. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBG; HRK; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
40th Anniversary Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846040115
ISBN
9781846040115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.06

hardcover. The story of the bitter political struggles within a factionalized military elite, released in the 1920's from the constraints of the informal but unified system of Imperial leadership which had characterized the military in the Meiji era. Num Pages: 268 pages, 5 line diagrams 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; JWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804723756
ISBN
9780804723756
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.16

Paperback. .
Publisher
Book on Demand Pod
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9785874873202
ISBN
9785874873202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.55

Hardback. This book documents the religious beliefs and cultural practices that helped sustain and lend meaning to Chinese bachelors in smaller towns and cities of Manitoba. Series: Asian Religions and Society Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, facsims., music, ports. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774819152
ISBN
9780774819152
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.01

Hardback. Used paperback in good to very good condition. May have some light shelf wear.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
M.G. Marks
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publication date
2007
SKU
KRF0041019
ISBN
9780979532603
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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