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Paperback. The M1 Garand gave the US infantryman a marked edge during World War II. It shot faster and further than enemy infantry rifles and hit harder. No less an authority on killing the enemy than General George S Patton called the Garand, The greatest battle implement ever devised. This book deals with this rifle. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter; Gilliland, Alan. Series: Weapon. Num Pages: 80 pages, 40 b/w; 15 col. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 186 x 7. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849086219
- ISBN
- 9781849086219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.72
€ 19.99
€ 14.72
Hardcover. Contains nine affirmative action proposals aimed at eliminating religious discrimination in the employment practices of United States corporations with subsidiaries in Northern Ireland. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 612. 301pp
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press Liverpool
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781846312175
- ISBN
- 9781846312175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.00€ 6.12
€ 50.00
€ 6.12
Hardcover. In the aftermath of the Kosovo Crisis, it is said that Macedonia will be next. This volume provides an in-depth, interdisciplinary analysis of the Macedonian Question. The essays included illustrate the intimate connections between culture and ethnic politics in Macedonia Editor(s): Roudometof, Victor. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWYM; HBAH; HBJD; JPA; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880334518
- ISBN
- 9780880334518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.78
€ 52.99
€ 37.78
Hardback. Renowned photographer Valerie O'Sullivan captures the rich heritage and traditions of the untamed hills of the MacGillycuddy's Reeks, as well as the resilience of the people who have braved the elements and carved out a life here. Num Pages: 240 pages, 200 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AJB; AJC; HBTB; RGBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 258 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1326.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The Collins Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848892941
- ISBN
- 9781848892941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.97
€ 26.99
€ 20.97
Hardback. Warfare truly entered the industrial age with the invention and adoption of the machine gun. Armed with a machine gun, one or two men could potentially hold off a whole company of enemy soldiers, and inflict terrible losses while doing so. This book describes how this invention went on to transform the ways that armies and also air forces fought. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 192 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752452340
- ISBN
- 9780752452340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.36
€ 12.36
Paperback. In the second edition of The Machine in America, Pursell brings this classic history up to date with a revised chapter on war technology and new discussions on information technology, globalization, and the environment. Num Pages: 416 pages, 88, 87 black & white illustrations, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: HBTB; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801885792
- ISBN
- 9780801885792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.27
€ 35.99
€ 30.27
Paperback. This new edition marks the 35th anniversary of Marx's classic text on the relationship between technology and culture in 19th- and 20th-century America. It features a new afterword by the author on the process of writing this pioneering book, a work that all but founded the discipline now called American Studies. Num Pages: 430 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195133516
- ISBN
- 9780195133516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.08
€ 33.08
Paperback. Boxed paperback, red spine. 454pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Macmillan London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Edition
- Main Market
- SKU
- KON0819453
- ISBN
- 9780333365441
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Editor(s): Jones, Barry Owen; Dixon, Meredith Vibart. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 236 x 205 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1286. Very nice copy in very good DJ.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Edition
- Main Market
- SKU
- KTJ0000142
- ISBN
- 9780333272749
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 38.00
€ 38.00
Hardback. Engagingly written and soundly argued, this study clarifies and highlights the political origins of the nation's foundational document and argues that American constitutionalism is primarily about countervailing power not legal limits enforced by courts. Series: The Johns Hopkins Series in Constitutional Thought. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHC; LND. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801888526
- ISBN
- 9780801888526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.50
€ 65.50
Paperback. Tells the story of the great and mad Cambyses, King of Persia. This title take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 111 x 8. Weight in Grams: 56.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141398778
- ISBN
- 9780141398778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.52
€ 5.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HBJK; HBTB; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 235.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Trine Day United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937584511
- ISBN
- 9781937584511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.65
€ 20.99
€ 18.65
Paperback. The twentieth century was the magazine century in many ways. Between 1900 and 2000, the number of magazines grew from about 3,000 to 17,815 - a 593 percent increase, which exceeded population growth by 95 percent. This book shows how the growth of advertising enabled the cost of magazines to steadily decline. Series: Mediating American History. Num Pages: 242 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CBWJ; GTC; HB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 225 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Peter Lang Publishing Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781433104930
- ISBN
- 9781433104930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.14
€ 51.14
Paperback. This short history of the Maghreb surveys its development from the coming of Islam to the present day, but with greatest emphasis on the modern period from the early nineteenth century onwards. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849042017
- ISBN
- 9781849042017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. Rebecca E. Karl interrogates the concept and practice of "the economic" as it was understood in China in the 1930s and the 1980s and 90s, showing how the use of Eurocentric philosophies, narratives, and conceptions of the economic that exist outside lived experiences fail to capture modern China's complex history. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBAH; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363217
- ISBN
- 9780822363217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Hardback. Rebecca E. Karl interrogates the concept and practice of "the economic" as it was understood in China in the 1930s and the 1980s and 90s, showing how the use of Eurocentric philosophies, narratives, and conceptions of the economic that exist outside lived experiences fail to capture modern China's complex history. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBAH; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363101
- ISBN
- 9780822363101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.87
€ 109.87
Paperback. History of the conception, design, construction of the line, lavishly illustrated with photographs and plans. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; AMKL; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 170. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526711519
- ISBN
- 9781526711519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.66
€ 28.66
Paperback. Focuses on the state of liberty and shows how longstanding restraints against tyranny - and the rights of habeas corpus, trial by jury, and due process of law, and the prohibition of torture - are abridged. This book demonstrates how these ancient rights are laid aside when the greed of privatization and the ambition of empire seize a state. Num Pages: 376 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 400. Liberties and Commons for All. 376 pages, Illustrations. Focuses on the state of liberty and shows how longstanding restraints against tyranny - and the rights of habeas corpus, trial by jury, and due process of law, and the prohibition of torture - are abridged. This book demonstrates how these ancient rights are laid aside when the greed of privatization and the ambition of empire seize a state. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; LND. Dimension: 201 x 131 x 23. Weight: 384.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Abridged edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260009
- ISBN
- 9780520260009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.82
€ 33.99
€ 24.82
Paperback. Culzean Castle on the Ayrshire coast is the most visited property of the National Trust for Scotland. This lavishly illustrated book tells the whole history of the castle. Num Pages: 288 pages, 124 color photos, 24 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; AMKL; HBJD1; HBTB; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 184 x 21. Weight in Grams: 946.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748617234
- ISBN
- 9780748617234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.34
€ 41.99
€ 37.34
Paperback. Since the Pikes Peak gold rush in the mid-nineteenth century, women have gone into the mountains of Colorado to hike, climb, ski, homestead, botanize, act as guides, practice medicine, and meet a variety of other challenges, whether for sport or for livelihood. This book recounts their exploits. Num Pages: 276 pages, 2 maps, 65 photographs, chronology, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803289956
- ISBN
- 9780803289956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.42
€ 17.99
€ 17.42
Paperback. Gertrude Tennant's life was remarkable for its length (1819-1918), but even more so for the influence she achieved as an unsurpassed London hostess. This title presents her life, placing her not only at the heart of a multi-generational, matriarchal family epic but also at centre of European social and literary life for the best part of a century. Num Pages: 308 pages, 40 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBTB; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300168976
- ISBN
- 9780300168976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.95
€ 20.99
€ 16.95
Paperback. A fascinating history of seven Victorian London cemeteries - 'works of art', created as much for the living as they were for the dead. Num Pages: 160 pages, 195 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 164 x 11. Weight in Grams: 454. London's First Landscaped Cemeteries. 160 pages, 195 b&w illustrations. A fascinating history of seven Victorian London cemeteries - 'works of art', created as much for the living as they were for the dead. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; RNP. Dimension: 232 x 164 x 11. Weight: 376.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445600383
- ISBN
- 9781445600383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.67
€ 23.99
€ 17.67
Hardcover. The story of the Indian soldiery in the Great War needs a new telling and one important chapter of it will be about the Maharajah of Bikaner: Dashing, autocratic and a formidable public speaker, commander his own camel corps, he fought on the Western Front and in Egypt, became the first Indian general in the British Indian army. Series Editor(s): Sharp, Alan. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps, black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905791804
- ISBN
- 9781905791804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
Hardcover. 8vo. A good copy in original dustwrapper slightly worn at edges.History of India in the twentieth century.The Commomwealth.Indian Literature
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- PEOPLES PUBLISHING HOUSE
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1969
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- SKU
- KEX0269715
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 26.00
€ 26.00