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Hardback. Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo-awarded the Nobel Peace Prize while serving an eleven-year prison sentence-has helped shatter longstanding barriers to freedom of organization and expression in China. This biography, written by one of his closest friends, retraces Liu Xiaobo's inspiring life, from his childhood years to his current imprisonment. Translator(s): Hsu, H.C. Num Pages: 260 pages, 11 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; 3JM; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442237131
- ISBN
- 9781442237131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.07
€ 108.07
Paperback. This is the diary of Lady Murasaki, the Japanese prose writer. It describes the Heian court at its apogee and offers an intimate picture of the author's life as tutor and companion to the timid Empress Shoshi. It reveals the underside of imperial splendour from a female point of view. Translator(s): Bowring, Richard John. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations, geneal. table,map,plans. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; BGA; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435764
- ISBN
- 9780140435764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
€ 11.99
€ 10.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; HPS; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 232 x 20. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691176116
- ISBN
- 9780691176116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.88
€ 29.99
€ 21.88
Paperback. The horrific series of conflicts known as the Thirty Years War (1618-48) tore the heart out of Europe, killing perhaps a quarter of all Germans and laying waste to whole areas of Central Europe to such a degree that many towns and regions never recovered. This title explains a compelling series of events. Num Pages: 1024 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 45. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 1024
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141006147
- ISBN
- 9780141006147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.98
€ 25.99
€ 17.98
Paperback. Explores the brutal, heroic and extraordinary final days of the First World War. In this study, the author examines the last days of the war and asks the question: how did it end? Beginning at the heralded turning-point on the Marne in July 1918, it traces the story of the next four months, which included some of the bloodiest battles of the war. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241953815
- ISBN
- 9780241953815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.36
€ 17.99
€ 13.36
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Hodder Education
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471836695
- ISBN
- 9781471836695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.97
€ 37.97
Paperback. A plain-English guide to Britons in battle, from the Roman invasion to the ongoing Iraqi war Charging through the Britain's military past, this accessible guide brings to life the battles and wars that shaped the history of Britain-and the world. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 187 x 27. Weight in Grams: 852.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470032138
- ISBN
- 9780470032138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.00
€ 20.99
€ 18.00
Paperback. Editor(s): Bengio, Ofra. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 b&w photos, 5 b&w maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 231 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477309896
- ISBN
- 9781477309896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.12
€ 36.99
€ 34.12
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 250+ b/w and color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; AJC; HBJK; HBWQ; JWD; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 288 x 225 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1574.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764316821
- ISBN
- 9780764316821
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.77€ 45.85
€ 64.77
€ 45.85
Paperback. The extraordinary true story of the 'Red Queen'. Num Pages: 272 pages, 39 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408. Mother of the Tudor Dynasty. 272 pages, 63 illustrations, 39 in colour. The extraordinary true story of the 'Red Queen'. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Dimension: 127 x 198 x 21. Weight: 208.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445605784
- ISBN
- 9781445605784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.44
€ 14.99
€ 12.44
Paperback. With first-hand testimonies from those involved in Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain, Black Saturday on 7th September 1940 when the Luftwaffe began the Blitz, to its climax on the 10th May 1941, this work present the oral history of a period when Britain came closer to being overwhelmed by the enemy than at any other time in modern history. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 36. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091910044
- ISBN
- 9780091910044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.42
€ 21.99
€ 16.42
Paperback. Gitta Sereny is one of the world's most respected journalists and historians. This book gathers together her writing on Germany. It amounts to a portrait of the country and its people, how they have come to terms with their Nazi past, both collectively and in specific instances - and how the burden of their guilt has altered the national identity. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; 3JJP; DN; HBJD; HBLW; JFC; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140292633
- ISBN
- 9780140292633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.00
€ 19.99
€ 15.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 98 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 211 x 10. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607811633
- ISBN
- 9781607811633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.43
€ 49.43
Hardcover. In comparison with other occupied countries Danish sport had the most widespread collaboration with the Germans during World War II. This book shows that the first years of the German occupation of Denmark became a 'golden age' of Danish-German collaborative sports that was far more intense than any period before or since. Num Pages: 269 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1DND; HBJD; HBWQ; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 183 x 22. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Number of pages
- 269
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Text in English
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788776741792
- ISBN
- 9788776741792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.07
€ 36.99
€ 27.07
Paperback. A dramatic history of human experiences, sights, sounds, emotions and fears as ordinary people struggle to cope as their street in Arnhem is overwhelmed in a savage and bloody battle, written by best-selling author, Robert Kershaw Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Ian Allan Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780711038288
- ISBN
- 9780711038288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.98
€ 15.99
€ 15.98
Paperback. What is intellectual history? Those who practice intellectual history have described themselves as eavesdroppers upon the conversations of the past, explorers of alien ideological worlds, and translators between historic societies and our own, while their critics have often derided them as narrow-mindedly studying the ideas of dead white men. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644936
- ISBN
- 9780745644936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.42
€ 21.42
Hardcover. 8vo.Very good copy in dustwrapper. Northern Ireland, Ulster. First edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Edition
- FIRST
- SKU
- KEX0296615
- ISBN
- 9780717102747
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Paperback. Introduces the homes that people fell in love with in the 1930s, and the fixtures and fittings that went in them. This book features illustrations and informative chapters on architectural styles, gardens, furnishings and technology in the home. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; AMX; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 149 x 6. Weight in Grams: 130. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747807117
- ISBN
- 9780747807117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.89
€ 8.89
Paperback. "A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2003 by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers."--T.p. verso. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 204 x 22. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062118851
- ISBN
- 9780062118851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.57
€ 13.99
€ 10.57
Hardback. "The Journal of Medieval Military History continues to consolidate its now assured position as the leading academic vehicle for scholarly publication in the field of medieval warfare." Medieval Warfare Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; HBLC1; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 241 x 18. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783271306
- ISBN
- 9781783271306
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.99
€ 97.99
Paperback. A story of the extraordinary enterprise, the investigators, the lawyers and the perpetrators and asks the question: was justice done? It reassesses the value and flaws of the attempt to do justice in clear, engaging prose, bringing it to life for a new generation and demonstrating its contemporary relevance in responding to 'evil'. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ; JWXK; LBBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Random House UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099593263
- ISBN
- 9780099593263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.80
€ 14.99
€ 11.80
Paperback. Children of the 1950s have much to look back on with fondness: Muffin the Mule, Andy Pandy, and Dennis the Menace became part of the family for many, while for others the freedom of the riverbank or railway platform was a haven away from the watchful eyes of parents. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 149 x 5. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747812357
- ISBN
- 9780747812357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.27
€ 10.99
€ 9.27
Hardcover. Transforming citizen-soldiers into an effective combat unit Num Pages: 384 pages, 17 b&w illus., 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBBEP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253355218
- ISBN
- 9780253355218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.41
€ 40.41
Paperback. Altera Roma explores the confrontation of two cultures, European and Amerindian, and two empires, Spanish and Aztec. Editor(s): Pohl, John M.D.; Lyons, Claire L. Num Pages: 368 pages, 129 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KLCM; 1QDAR; HBG; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 177 x 29. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Publisher
- Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781938770012
- ISBN
- 9781938770012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.86
€ 75.86