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Paperback. Peter Tunstall's unforgettable memoir of his days in the RAF and as one of the most celebrated of all British POWs. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BM; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780715650219
ISBN
9780715650219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardback. First constructed in Nevada in 1924, the gas chamber, a method of killing sealed off and removed from the sight and hearing of witnesses, was originally touted as a 'humane' method of execution. Delving into science, war, industry, medicine, law, and politics, the author overturns this mythology for good. Num Pages: 344 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520255623
ISBN
9780520255623
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.19
€ 49.59

Paperback. First constructed in Nevada in 1924, the gas chamber, a method of killing sealed off and removed from the sight and hearing of witnesses, was originally touted as a 'humane' method of execution. This title takes us to the dark side of human history in the first full chronicle of the gas chamber in the United States. Num Pages: 344 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFMC; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520271210
ISBN
9780520271210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. In 1945, the author was the first Allied officer to enter Bergen-Belsen - the concentration camp that would reveal the horrors of the Holocaust to the world. This true story, partly based on previously unpublished diaries, presents a different slant on that mighty war through the eyes of a restless young man eager for action and adventure. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 x 8pp col. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGHA; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780575278
ISBN
9781780575278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

paperback. This biography of General Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970) provides insight into 20th-century political and military history, from World Wars I and II, through the 1960s and the Vietnam War. It also details de Gaulle's relationships with other 20th-century figures, including Churchill and Roosevelt. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 856.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Wiley
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780471180715
ISBN
9780471180715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 22.66

Paperback. In May 1937, seventy thousand workers walked off their jobs at four large steel companies known collectively as "Little Steel." The strikers sought to make the companies retreat from decades of antiunion repression, abide by the newly enacted federal labor law, and recognize their union. This book tells a different story about the conflict. Num Pages: 416 pages, 31 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; KNXB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520285613
ISBN
9780520285613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. In Jew Town in India's Cochin, two small communities descended from 'a lost tribe of Israel' are living side by side, on the brink of extinction. When their last two members of child-bearing age refuse to marry, their fate is sealed. This book presents their story. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Portobello Books London
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846270994
ISBN
9781846270994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 110+ b/w photos, illus & maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BG; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 770.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764305887
ISBN
9780764305887
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.13

Paperback. The author travels across Russia, from crowded Moscow train to empty windswept villages, following in the footsteps of one extraordinary man, the dissident Orthodox priest Father Dmitry. In this book, he tells the story of a nation: famine, war, the frozen wastes of the Gulag, the collapse of communism and now, a people seeking oblivion. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW3; HBLX; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 133 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141399492
ISBN
9780141399492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1MBN; BGH; BJ; HBWN; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 172 x 11. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oratia Media
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877514661
ISBN
9781877514661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 24.65

paperback. A stunning and bloody history of nineteenth-century India and the reign of the Last Mughal by the bestselling author of White Mughals Num Pages: 608 pages, Colour Inserts. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781408800928
ISBN
9781408800928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.54

Paperback. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471156519
ISBN
9781471156519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. A magisterial reevaluation of long-held assumptions about pagan and Christian culture in the late antique West. Num Pages: 896 pages, 18 illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1; HRKP4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 181 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1386.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Number of pages
896
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199959709
ISBN
9780199959709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 85.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 40 b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Caitlin Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927575208
ISBN
9781927575208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.51

Hardcover. Illustrated 8vo.Good copy in original cloth. World War 2.20th Century History
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1946
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KEX0251709
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Braughing Local History Society
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954690137
ISBN
9780954690137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.49

Hardcover. The dramatic arc of Saigo Takamori's life, from his humble origins as a lowly samurai, to national leadership, to his death as a rebel leader, has captivated generations of Japanese readers and now Americans as well - his life is the inspiration for a major Hollywood film, The Last Samurai, starring Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJC; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471089704
ISBN
9780471089704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.96

Paperback. The extraordinary story of John Kirk, the Scottish botanist who single-handedly ended the East African slave trade. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780336572
ISBN
9781780336572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 32pp plates. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 232 x 25. Weight in Grams: 755.
Publisher
Bantam USA
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553381481
ISBN
9780553381481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.22

Paperback. Tells the story of the American West. Whether it is cast as a tale of unmatched bravery in the face of impossible odds or of insane arrogance receiving its rightful comeuppance, this title continues to captivate the imagination. It reconstructs the build-up to the Battle of the Little Big Horn through to the final eruption of violence. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099521242
ISBN
9780099521242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.58

Paperback. Tells the story of the world's elite and legendary investment bank - and the men who reigned over it all. In this title, the author himself a former high-level Wall Street banker, takes us into their mysterious and secretive world, telling a story of ruthless ambition, whispered advice, explosive feuds, decadent excesses and unimaginable wealth. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; KFFK; KFFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Paper Back
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141036892
ISBN
9780141036892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.28

Paperback. This moving and timely book explores the way the First World War has been thought about and commemorated, and how it has affected its own, and later, generations. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
9780007357963
ISBN
9780007357963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. A brilliant new interpretation of one of the most dramatic periods of British history: The Tudors and their Dynasty. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8pp B&W plates. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLC; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 358. The Secret Wars of the Tudors. 384 pages, 2 x 8pp B&W plates. "The Wars of the Roses" didn't end at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. In this fresh interpretation of this turning point in history, the author reviews the story of the Tudors' seizure of the throne and shows that for many years they were far from secure. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLC; HBW. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight: 358.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849019804
ISBN
9781849019804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Bernard looks at the structure of the church, the nature of royal control over it, the clergy and bishops, the intense devotion and deep-rooted practices of the laity, anti-clerical sentiment, and the prevalence of heresy. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300197129
ISBN
9780300197129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.75

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