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paperback. At 6 am on 21 April 1940 John the 9th Duke of Rutland, and one of Britain's wealthiest men, ended his days, virtually alone, lying on a makeshift bed in a dank cramped suite of rooms in the servants' quarters of his own home, Belvoir Castle, in Leicestershire. Num Pages: 480 pages, 24pp b/w photo inset. BIC Classification: 1DBKEML; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 38. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141035673
- ISBN
- 9780141035673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 11.01
€ 19.99
€ 11.01
paperback. What were the secret plans for Britain if World War Three had erupted and 'breakdown' had occurred? When would the Queen have been informed and where would she have gone? How does the contingency planning for a national emergency work today? This book gives the detailed answers to these questions. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141044699
- ISBN
- 9780141044699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.91
€ 19.99
€ 13.91
paperback. Presents an expose of the CIA in which the author accuses the organization of using brutal tactics to maintain security during the Cold War, including sabotaging the Eisenhower-Khrushchev talks and assassinating President Kennedy to keep the United States in Vietnam. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BTC; HBJK; HBLW; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 32. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781616082840
- ISBN
- 9781616082840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.60
€ 32.99
€ 24.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007503902
- ISBN
- 9780007503902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.96
€ 17.99
€ 12.96
Hardback. Translator(s): Scott-Stokes, Charity. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 324 x 34. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801451096
- ISBN
- 9780801451096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.01
€ 44.01
Hardback. "Commissioning organisation: Senator Henry M. Jackson [editor] 12mo - over 6" - 7" tall Paperback Copy. Fair Paperback Copy. 1st Edition".
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Praeger
- Publication date
- 1964
- SKU
- KON0519566
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 71.70€ 4.99
€ 71.70
€ 4.99
Hardback. On April 28, 2004, 60 Minutes II broadcast the now-infamous photos of prisoner abuse by American soldiers at Abu Ghraib. The news quickly spread worldwide, undermining the U.S. presence in Iraq. Despite several Department of Defense investigations and eleven courts-martial convictions, important questions remain about the events at Abu Ghraib. Num Pages: 334 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS5; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597974417
- ISBN
- 9781597974417
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.60
€ 42.99
€ 42.60
The Secrets of Generation. Reproduction in the Long Eighteenth Century...
. Ed(S): Stephanson, Raymond; Wagner, Darren
Reproduction in the Long Eighteenth Century. Num Pages: 544 pages. .
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442646964
- ISBN
- 9781442646964
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.61
€ 95.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Brown, Paul; Herbert, Edward. Num Pages: 320 pages, 111 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESD; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750960724
- ISBN
- 9780750960724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.79
€ 26.99
€ 23.79
Hardback. The Secrets of the Kingdom is the first book to critically examine the complex relationship between faith and concealment in the Bush White House. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742552463
- ISBN
- 9780742552463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.60
€ 156.60
Paperback. This volume, written in both English and Arabic, tells the story of the Sphinx from ancient times to the present, focusing particularly on the task - first addressed in the second millennium BC - of preserving it. Num Pages: 64 pages, 47 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDA; HBJH; HBLA; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 6. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774244926
- ISBN
- 9789774244926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.10
€ 19.10
Hardback. Central to the Enlightenment is the ideal of the Secular City, in militant reply to the Civitas Dei of St Augustine. The essays in this volume illustrate the elaboration of that vision, both in the planning and depiction of actual cities and in the speculation on social justice to which Voltaire in particular devoted himself. Editor(s): Hemming, T. D.; Freeman, Ted; Meakin, David. Num Pages: 259 pages, 6 half-tones. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HRAB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859894166
- ISBN
- 9780859894166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.08
€ 143.08
Paperback. An examination of power struggles and ideological shifts in various social sectors where the public authority of religion has diminished, in particular, education, science, law and journalism. Together the essays depict a cultural and institutional revolution. Editor(s): Smith, Christian. Num Pages: 496 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBTB; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Printing
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520235618
- ISBN
- 9780520235618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.23
€ 42.99
€ 30.23
Paperback. Owen Chadwick's acclaimed lectures on the secularisation of the European mind trace the declining hold of the Church and its doctrines on European society in the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- Canto Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521398299
- ISBN
- 9780521398299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.55
€ 34.55
Hardcover. Num Pages: 338 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611483437
- ISBN
- 9781611483437
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.97
€ 159.97
Hardcover. Clean copy in fine Dustwrapper
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1968
- SKU
- KEX0200607
- ISBN
- 9780575000421
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Clean copy in fine Dustwrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KEX0200605
- ISBN
- 9780575000421
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The seer (mantis), an expert in the art of divination, operated in ancient Greek society through a combination of charismatic inspiration and diverse skills. This book enters into the socioreligious world of ancient Greece to explore what seers did, why they were widely employed, and how their craft served as a viable and useful social practice. Num Pages: 326 pages, 19 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HBLA; HD; HRAX; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259935
- ISBN
- 9780520259935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.48
€ 40.99
€ 29.48
Hardback. 471pp. Bound in original decorative covering. Discolouration and some minor foxing as expected. First 34 pages have loosened slightly from the spine. Background: Henry Grattan (July 3, 1746 – June 6, 1821) was a member of the Irish House of Commons and a campaigner for legislative freedom for the Irish Parliament in the late 18th century. He opposed the Act of Union 1800 that merged the Kingdoms of Ireland and Great Britain. Keywords: Revolutionary Ireland.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Henry G. Bohn
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1847
- SKU
- KLN0000070
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 265.00
€ 265.00
Hardback. From Quaker beginnings to the excitement and challenges of life as the First Lady, Dolley Payne Todd Madison (1768-1849) led an extraordinary life. This selection of her letters illuminates the story of the women widely credited with setting the standard for successive political Washington women. Num Pages: 480 pages, 15 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 835.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921525
- ISBN
- 9780813921525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.21
€ 73.21
Hardcover. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813523170
- ISBN
- 9780813523170
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.31
€ 111.31
Hardcover. A leading representative of New York in the Continental Congress, John Jay (1745-1829) became one of the American commissioners who negotiated peace with Great Britain. This work consists of a wide-ranging selection of some of the most significant and interesting public and private documents and letters, written or received by Jay. Editor(s): Nuxoll, Elizabeth Miles. Num Pages: 912 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928043
- ISBN
- 9780813928043
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.78
€ 118.78
Hardcover. Editor(s): Jay, John. Series: Selected Papers of John Jay. Num Pages: 960 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, maps, figures. BIC Classification: HBT; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813931234
- ISBN
- 9780813931234
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.47
€ 152.47
Hardcover. Editor(s): Nuxoll, Elizabeth Miles. Num Pages: 768 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBTV; JFSL3; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1247.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813932804
- ISBN
- 9780813932804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.26
€ 151.26