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Hardcover. In September 1939, the tanks of Panzer-Regiment 5 swept into Poland, a devastating part of the German blitzkrieg that opened World War II with a terrifying display of military force. The following spring, the regiment rumbled across France, again showing the destructive power of the panzer. Num Pages: 320 pages, 300 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 215. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811707237
ISBN
9780811707237
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.22

Paperback. This is a study that examines United Nations' efforts against terrorism in the 1970s and how West Germany came to influence and lead them. It is also an account of several hostage and hijacking crises as well as a look at German domestic terrorism. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBL; HBW; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 298 x 21. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349483150
ISBN
9781349483150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.32

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 234 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 447.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137483218
ISBN
9781137483218
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.63

Hardback. Num Pages: 414 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 33. Weight in Grams: 754.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
414
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801448157
ISBN
9780801448157
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.48

Paperback. Southgate draws on ideas within history, philosophy, literature, psychology, and theology to explore two traditions: contentment with our situation as it is, and the aspiration to transcend it. He discusses the possibility ofescape from intellectual constraints, and advocates a positive 'duty of discontent', and its implications." Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; HBTB; HPC; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349346554
ISBN
9781349346554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.17

hardcover. Editor(s): Beyer, Jurgen. Num Pages: 386 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Weight in Grams: 213.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Germany
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
SKU
V9783525100639
ISBN
9783525100639
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.41
€ 45.20

Paperback. Presents a fascinating compilation of historical disasters, bad ideas, follies, and poor decisions, including the Trojan Horse, the construction of a community on Love Canal, the introduction of rabbits to Australia, and many more. Original. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; WDKX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
William Morrow Paperbacks
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition/ 1st Priniting
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060532505
ISBN
9780060532505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.33

Paperback. Includes a collection of essays that illuminate those problems we've faced over and over and the common threads that have stumped us for centuries. With more than 35 chapters of the Groundhog Days of world history, both infamous and obscure, this book is full of trivia, history, and looks at the world's repeated mistakes. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
William Morrow Paperbacks
Edition
Original
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062069061
ISBN
9780062069061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.90

Paperback. Features military blunder miscellany, from Ancient Greece to modern-day, including such ill-fated plans as: Xerxes' defeat in Greece at Marathon; Alexander's invasion of India; Napoloeon's occupation of Spain; the French humiliation by Prussia in 1870; and, Islanwanda, massacre of a British army by the spear armed Zulus. Series: How to Lose Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
William Morrow Paperbacks
Edition
Original
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061358449
ISBN
9780061358449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.46

Paperback. A selection of some of the most influential advisers from 400BC to the present day. Provides an insight into some of the most important and yet often unnoticed men and women in history from around the world. Explores the characteristics that make these the best fixers and manipulators Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Whittles Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849950480
ISBN
9781849950480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.90

Paperback. At the height of the debate about the slave trade and its abolition in the 1780s and '90s, each side issued pamphlets in support of its position. This valuable source-book reproduces a selection of representative pamphlets encompassing the arguments for and against. Issues discussed include humanitarianism and the Rights of Man. Num Pages: 400 pages, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851243167
ISBN
9781851243167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.54

Hardcover. Translator(s): Struminsky, Bohdan A. Series: Harvard Library of Early Ukrainian Literature. Num Pages: 1224 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 93. Weight in Grams: 2332.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Ukrainian Research Institute of Harvard University
Edition
1ST
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916458294
ISBN
9780916458294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.88
€ 59.72

Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804785310
ISBN
9780804785310
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Hardback. Based on a body of information and data, this volume recounts the history of five continents over a long stretch of time and in a comparative approach. It gives a range of views of the construction and collapse of the modern colonial empires of Europe, the United States of America and Japan. Translator(s): Everson, Andrene. Series: European Expansion & Global Interaction. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845453381
ISBN
9781845453381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.83

Hardback. Editor(s): Beaven, Brad; Bell, Karl; James, Robert. Num Pages: 289 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3J; HBG; HBTB; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 219 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137483157
ISBN
9781137483157
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.25

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415195263
ISBN
9780415195263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.29

Paperback. Series: Modernism and.. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 203 x 14. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349499731
ISBN
9781349499731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.10

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, over 480 color & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 237 x 29. Weight in Grams: 2198.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764314483
ISBN
9780764314483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.79
€ 65.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 34 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK; HBWQ; JFSJ1; JWD; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
New York University Press New York
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814755877
ISBN
9780814755877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.98

Hardcover. Brenda Ralph Lewis presents an informative overview of how kings and queens came about and of the many forces that have shaped the identity of monarchy and in many cases caused its downfall. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTG; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Sutton Pub Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750929738
ISBN
9780750929738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DS; HBG; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119249429
ISBN
9781119249429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; DCQ; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 184. Keywords: "Special Features - Used Books - History - Military History - Wars, Battles & Campaigns,Special Features - Used Books - History - Military History - World War II,Special Features - Used Books - History"
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Methuen Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
New
SKU
KHS0038713
ISBN
9780413150103
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.99
€ 15.02

Hardcover. 'The art of command is..to be the complete master, and yet the complete friend of every man on board; the temporal lord and yet the spiritual brother of every rating; to be detached and yet not dissociated.' "A Seaman's Pocket-Book", 1943, re-issued by Conway in September 2006, has found huge appeal with the British public. Num Pages: 120 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216. Good copy with some shelf wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Conway
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KKD0007289
ISBN
9781844860548
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 478 pages, 8 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 3B; HBG; HBLA; HDDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 319 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1146.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
9th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138190320
ISBN
9781138190320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 169.41

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