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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. Explores the mysterious world of the tools Special Operations Executive used for their missions of subversion and sabotage. From high explosive technology to chemical and biological devices; from the techniques of air supply to incendiarism; this book reveals about the tools that allowed the world of spying and spies to operate during wartime. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752453293
ISBN
9780752453293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.50

Hardback. Helps to understand the intellectual and social transformation of China. This title distills the author's reflections on modern China and details change in Chinese historical studies in the 20th century. It assesses the work of historians prior to 1950 and the domination of China by the Communist Chinese. Num Pages: 312 pages, 25 halftones. 22 color illus. 3 color maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBAH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 766.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144634
ISBN
9780691144634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. The astonishing drama of Cold War nuclear poker that divided humanity - reissued with a new preface to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the wall. Num Pages: 528 pages, B&W Inserts. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JPFC; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 139 x 43. Weight in Grams: 388. 13 August 1961 - 9 November 1989. 528 pages, B&W Inserts. The astonishing drama of Cold War nuclear poker that divided humanity - reissued with a new preface to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the wall. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JPFC; JPSL. Dimension: 197 x 139 x 43. Weight: 390.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408802564
ISBN
9781408802564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.31

Paperback. The first major history of what happened in Germany immediately after World War Two Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408822128
ISBN
9781408822128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HRC; JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801483868
ISBN
9780801483868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.36

Paperback. A guide to British siege craft in the Napoleonic period. It provides a comprehensive explanation of the various aspects of siege craft, including weaponry, fortifications, engineering and tactics. Illustrated with large pictures, maps and plans, it also details all ten of the sieges by Wellington's army in the Penisular War 1811-13. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, maps and plans. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 170 x 10. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862274273
ISBN
9781862274273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.65

Paperback. Napoleon, not wishing to fall into the hands of French royalists and other enemies, surrendered to the British on HMS Bellerophon. This details the events between 24 May and 8 August 1815. Admiral Maitland placed his cabin at Napoleon's disposal and sailed for England where he was removed to HMS Northumberland, which conveyed him to St Helena. Num Pages: 160 pages, 40 black and white paintings, drawingd, engravings and maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 9. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781551769
ISBN
9781781551769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.47

Paperback. Written in 1931, this new instalment in the 'Wiley Investment Classics' series offers a well-written historical and anecdotal account of the volatile stock market of the 1920s. Series: Wiley Investment Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; KFFK; KFFM1; KFFM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Wiley
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471189527
ISBN
9780471189527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.57

Paperback. Antiquity: Greeks and Romans in Context provides a chronological introduction to the history of ancient Mediterranean civilizations within the larger context of its contemporary Eurasian world. . Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 195 x 22. Weight in Grams: 794.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444351392
ISBN
9781444351392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.85

Paperback. The Nigerian civil war of the late 1960s was one of the first occasions when Western consciences became aware of the suffering and atrocity being played out in the African Continent. This book talks about this incident. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 3JJPK; HBJH; HBLW3; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844155231
ISBN
9781844155231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Paperback. In his wrenching, classic autobiography--one of the most important documents in American history--Douglass describes himself as a man who became a slave and, later, a slave who became a man. Reissue. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 105 x 11. Weight in Grams: 83.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Signet Classics
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780451529947
ISBN
9780451529947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.97

Paperback. In addition to a thoughtful selection of the essays, speeches, and autobiographical writings of Frederick Douglass, this anthology provides an illuminating Introduction; a timeline of Douglass' life; footnotes that introduce individuals, quotations, and events; and a selected bibliography. Editor(s): Buccola, Nicholas. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 227 x 24. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624664533
ISBN
9781624664533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801489310
ISBN
9780801489310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

paperback. Challenges readers to alter their conceptual frameworks about Africans by looking at them as workers who, through the course of the Atlantic slave trade and plantation labor, shaped the development of the Americas Series: Culture, Labor, History. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814763698
ISBN
9780814763698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. This is the third edition of a near standard survey of the intellectual life of the age of faith. Num Pages: 586 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3D; 3F; 3H; HBG; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
3rd
Number of pages
586
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226028408
ISBN
9780226028408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 38.41

Hardback. The most feared man in China, Dai Li, was chief of Chiang Kai-shek's secret service during WWII. This work traces Dai's rise from obscurity as a rural hooligan and Green Gang blood-brother to commander of the paramilitary units of the Blue Shirts and of the Military Statistics Bureau: the world's largest spy and counterespionage organization. Num Pages: 672 pages, 25 b/w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJH; GTB; HBJF; HBLW; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1092.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520234079
ISBN
9780520234079
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.99
€ 64.99

Paperback. Investigates how regimes in the Maghreb have kept dissent at bay, and the means by which their authority has been challenged. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3JMG; HBJH; HBLX; HBTV; JPB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849046961
ISBN
9781849046961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.85

Paperback. .
Publisher
Alphascript Publishing Mauritius
Number of pages
212
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9786130247966
ISBN
9786130247966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 7.43

Hardback. Series: Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231165129
ISBN
9780231165129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 51.02

Hardback. Examines the Jewish acquisition of civic equality from the perspective of the 'paradigm of liberal inclusiveness' as formulated by Alexis de Tocqueville and Louis Hartz. This book argues that the liberal paradigm worked for American Jews but that France's illiberal impulses hindered its Jewish population in acquiring full civic rights. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691096490
ISBN
9780691096490
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.11
€ 79.73

Hardcover. Editor(s): Greenspahn, Frederick E. Series: Jewish Studies in the Twenty-First Century Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479896806
ISBN
9781479896806
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.82

Paperback. Editor(s): Greenspahn, Frederick E. Series: Jewish Studies in the Twenty-First Century Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479828944
ISBN
9781479828944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Hardback. What was it like to grow up German during Hitler's Third Reich? This book interviews average Germans who came of age between 1933 and 1945. It provides insights into Germany's tragic years, offering a nuanced response to the abiding question of how a nation made the quantum leap from anti-Semitism to systematic genocide. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520269644
ISBN
9780520269644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.47

Hardcover. Major transformations in society are always accompanied by parallel transformations in systems of social communication D what we call the media. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745672571
ISBN
9780745672571
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.77

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