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Paperback. * Offers a unique perspective on modern mechanized warfare * Fills a critical gap in World War II Literature In his rare behind the scenes story of an American armour division during World War II, Benton Y. Cooper provides surprising insight into what it took to keep Patton's tanks rolling across Europe. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 106 x 30. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Presidio Press
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780891418146
ISBN
9780891418146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.22

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774825689
ISBN
9780774825689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Paperback. Features cases such as: the notorious Victorian baby farmers who used waterways to dispose of unfortunate infants, the horrific murder of Christina Collins in 1839, the inspiration for Inspector Morse's "The Wench is Dead", and the nefarious deeds of the infamous Burke and Hare who both worked on the Union Canal. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752459660
ISBN
9780752459660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. Series: Critical American Studies. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816640812
ISBN
9780816640812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.48

Paperback. Editor(s): Cherewatuk, Karen; Wiethaus, Ulrike. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 347.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812214376
ISBN
9780812214376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.67

Paperback. The 50 defining events of world history. Num Pages: 272 pages, col. Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 181 x 24. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857383396
ISBN
9780857383396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Hardback. A study of Australia's attempt in the late 1980s and early 1990s to prosecute three individuals for crimes committed in German-occupied Ukraine Num Pages: 392 pages, 8 illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; LBBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803234123
ISBN
9780803234123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.65

Paperback. In this worldwide survey of the 1930s, Brendon examines the great powers and their leaders and investigates how, and how far, contemporary minds knew what they knew, and the extent to which our own view of the time is fogged by their uncertainty. He illuminates a period when the world was struggling with one crisis and hurtling towards another. Num Pages: 752 pages, 24pp b&w plates. BIC Classification: 3JJG; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 52. Weight in Grams: 856.
Publisher
Pimlico
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New e.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712667142
ISBN
9780712667142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.42

Paperback. Describing various aspects of life in complex historical eras - cultural, social, religious, and political, this work details such day-to-day activities as cooking, games, dress, and parenting. Num Pages: 336 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1QFM; 3F; HBG; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
299
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209343
ISBN
9780872209343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172. .
Publisher
Pitkin Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
3Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841651453
ISBN
9781841651453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 7.96

Hardback. Stories of the men who served the guns on the D-Day beaches Num Pages: 176 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD1; HBW; HBWQ; JWD; JWLF; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2022
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473834934
ISBN
9781473834934
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.47

Hardcover. This book deals with the role that World War I played in the life and literary imagination of the Italian author and solider Gabriele D'Annunzio. D'Annunzio believed war would not only solve the mystery of death, it would also provide him with a means of redemption. Num Pages: 176 pages, 14 ill. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSB; HBG; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 243 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838635872
ISBN
9780838635872
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.56

Paperback. In the ancient Graeco-Roman world, an enemy or rival was cursed by writing an incantation down, and dedicating it to a god or spirit. More than a thousand such texts are translated here. An introduction supplies the full cultural, social and historical context for the thematically arranged texts. Editor(s): Gager, John G. Num Pages: 296 pages, halftones, line figures. BIC Classification: 3D; HBG; HBLA; HBTB; HRKP; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195134827
ISBN
9780195134827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 93.69

Hardback. Offers conceptual vocabularies for understanding how cultures have trespassed across geography and social space. This title challenges the premise of fixed, stable cultural systems by showing that cultural practices have always been moving, crossing borders and locations with often surprising effect. Editor(s): Rodgers, Daniel T.; Raman, Bhavani; Reimitz, Helmut. Series: Publications in Partnership with the Shelby Cullom Davis Center at Princeton University. Num Pages: 384 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; JFC; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 170 x 28. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159096
ISBN
9780691159096
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.40
€ 42.00

Paperback. "Publication in partnership with the Shelby Cullom Davis Center at Princeton University." Editor(s): Rodgers, Daniel T.; Raman, Bhavani; Reimitz, Helmut. Series: Publications in Partnership with the Shelby Cullom Davis Center at Princeton University. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691176178
ISBN
9780691176178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.47

Paperback. In the early twentieth century, the Chinese state made strenuous efforts to broaden and deepen its authority over rural society. This book is an ambitious attempt to offer both a method and a framework for analyzing Chinese social history in the state-making era. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBG; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 25. Weight in Grams: 421.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804718882
ISBN
9780804718882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

Hardcover. A study of themes relating to memory, memorization, memorializing or commemorating in a variety of historical, legal, literary and architectural contexts, this text examines lists and maps as memory aids, the transmission of knowledge and traditions from medieval to early modern times and the application of medieval notions of law and statecraft. Editor(s): Daftary, Farhad; Meri, Josef W. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QFM; HBG; HBJF1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 144 x 44. Weight in Grams: 764.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris in Association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies
Number of pages
480
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860648595
ISBN
9781860648595
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.40
€ 49.23

Paperback. This Open University reader is a wide-ranging inter-disciplinary collection of material illustrating the relationship between cultural change and religious belief in 16th century Europe. Num Pages: 504 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBG; HBLH; JFC; JNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631169918
ISBN
9780631169918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.86

Hardcover. An overview of the history of the Atlantic Basin before 1830, describing interactions between the inhabitants of Africa, Europe and North and South America. Num Pages: 562 pages, 16 b/w illus. 11 maps. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1040.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
558
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521898751
ISBN
9780521898751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.87

Paperback. Probing beneath the apparent confusion of dozens of cuisines, this book shows how merchants, missionaries, and the military took cuisines over mountains, oceans, deserts, and across political frontiers. It emphasizes how cooking turns farm products into food. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 488 pages, 68 b/w photographs, 10 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBT; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520286313
ISBN
9780520286313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

Paperback. Postcolonial studies and composition studies appear to have little in common. However, they share a strikingly similar goal: to provide power to the words and actions of those who have been marginalized and oppressed. This study attempts to establish dialogue between the two disciplines. Editor(s): Lunsford, Andrea A. (Professor of English and Director, Writing and Rhetoric, Stanford University, USA); Ouzgane, Lahoucine (Associate Professor of English, University of Alberta, Canada). Series: Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy and Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; CJA; HBG; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822958376
ISBN
9780822958376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.80

Paperback. Papers presented at an international conference entitled "Perspectives on cross-cultural history," held at Saint Louis University, Saint. Louis, Mo., in March 2010. Editor(s): Rozbicki, Michal Jan; Ndege, George O. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349342501
ISBN
9781349342501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.63

Paperback. The notion of 'empire' has been at the forefront of world politics for over a century. This work traces the critical response to the British imperial project in the years leading up to WWI. It demonstrates the power and influence of major critics such as J A Hobson, E D Morel and Mary Kingsley, and organisations like the Congo Reform Association. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; HBTQ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 56. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845115074
ISBN
9781845115074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.95

Paperback. Attempting to provide a revitalized, self-aware vocabulary with which the religious diversity of the 20th century can be accurately described and responsibly discussed, this book contains contributions from scholars working in a variety of religious traditions. Num Pages: 426 pages, 5 illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 354 x 254 x 5. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226791579
ISBN
9780226791579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.75

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