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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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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 This true story, partly based on previously unpublished diaries, presents a different slant on that mighty war through the eyes of a restless young man eager for action and adventure.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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 4.99
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Braughing Local History Society
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780954690137
- ISBN
- 9780954690137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.49
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 23.99
€ 20.75