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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. World War II marked the zenith of railway gun development. This book provides an overview of the types of railway guns in service during World War II, with a special focus on the German railway artillery used in France, Italy and on the Eastern Front, and analyzes why railway guns largely disappeared from use following the end of the war. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWD; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 5. Weight in Grams: 185.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472810687
ISBN
9781472810687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.17

Paperback. The familiar image of Los Angeles as a metropolis built for the automobile is crumbling. This title presents the history of this system by drawing on archival documents, contemporary news accounts, and interviews with many of the key players to provide critical behind-the-scenes accounts of the people and forces that shaped the system. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 b/w photographs, 19 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX; KNGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
313
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520278271
ISBN
9780520278271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.86

Paperback. Rails Under the Mighty Hudson tells a story that begins in the final years of the nineteenth century and reaches fulfillment in the first decade of the twentieth: namely, the building of rail tunnels under the Hudson River linking New Jersey and New York. Series: Hudson Valley Heritage. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; TRF; WGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 9. Weight in Grams: 137.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
Edition
2nd ed.
SKU
V9780823221905
ISBN
9780823221905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 33.05

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 378 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KNGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 857.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691640723
ISBN
9780691640723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.99
€ 126.73

Paperback. Classic memoir of fighting in Ireland's War of Independence and the Civil War that followed. Series: The Ernie O'Malley Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
The Mercier Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
REV ed.
Condition
New
SKU
9781856357159
ISBN
9781856357159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.29

Hardback. Provides a unique photographic portrait of the Royal Air Force during one of the most significant and interesting decades in aviation history. This is the second volume in a major new series that seeks to explore a wide variety of aspects of the Royal Air Force's history over the course of the 20th and 21st centuries. Num Pages: 320 pages, 250 black and white illustrations & colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; HBJD1; HBLL; HBW; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 286 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1440.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473837768
ISBN
9781473837768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.00

Hardback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473827950
ISBN
9781473827950
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.00

Paperback. Losses were high on both sides, but the determined RAF fighter force began to take its toll on the overextended, under-protected Kampfgruppen of Heinkel He 111s, Ju 87s and 88s, and Dornier Do 17s. This book offers a study which dissects the tactics and technology of the duels in this new kind of war. Illustrator(s): Hector, Gareth; Laurier, Jim. Series: Duel. Num Pages: 80 pages, 68 col. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 8. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472808523
ISBN
9781472808523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.99

Paperback. Offers an innovative study of early radio technologies and the Mexican Revolution, examining the foundational relationship between electronic wireless technologies, single-party rule, and authoritarian practices in Mexican media. J. Justin Castro bridges the Porfiriato and the Mexican Revolution, discussing technological continuities and change. Series: The Mexican Experience. Num Pages: 288 pages, 21 images, 1 map, 4 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; APW; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803286788
ISBN
9780803286788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Hardback. Offers an innovative study of early radio technologies and the Mexican Revolution, examining the foundational relationship between electronic wireless technologies, single-party rule, and authoritarian practices in Mexican media. J. Justin Castro bridges the Porfiriato and the Mexican Revolution, discussing technological continuities and change. Series: The Mexican Experience. Num Pages: 288 pages, 21 images, 1 map, 4 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; APW; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803268449
ISBN
9780803268449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.58

Paperback. Brash hustlers, sinister colonels, resilient refugees, and intrepid radio hosts: meet the future of Congo Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJZ; HBJH; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851689651
ISBN
9781851689651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.38

Paperback. Series: The United States in the World. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801478901
ISBN
9780801478901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252067433
ISBN
9780252067433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Aims to guide A-level students and undergraduates through the area of religious separatism in the century before the English Civil War. It also attempts to show where the religious tensions that came to the fore during the Civil War and Interregnum had their roots. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; 3JD; 4KL; HBJD1; HBLH; HRCC9. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582355156
ISBN
9780582355156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.98

Paperback. A groundbreaking approach to late Byzantine intellectual history and the philosophy of visionary reformer Gemistos Plethon. Series: Cambridge Classical Studies. Num Pages: 472 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 3H; HBLA; HPCA; HRC; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 29. Weight in Grams: 582.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
472
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781316629598
ISBN
9781316629598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.20

Hardback. Radical Pacifism in Modern America illuminates the complex relationships between gender, race, activism, and political culture, identifying critical factors that simultaneously hindered and facilitated grassroots efforts at social and political change. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; JPW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 547.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812239522
ISBN
9780812239522
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.45

Paperback. For anyone interested in the past - or the future - of the Irish political system Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBLX; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480. 8vo. Very good Copy. First edition. Politics and politicians in 20th century Ireland.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0310179
ISBN
9781845887445
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.00

Hardcover. The Chinese Communist welfare state was established with the goal of eradicating income inequality. Paradoxically, it widened that gap, undermining a primary objective of Mao Zedong's revolution. Nara Dillon traces the origins of the Chinese welfare state from the 1940s to the 1960s to uncover the reasons why the state failed to achieve this goal. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504318
ISBN
9780674504318
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.30

Paperback. "The Radical Enlightenment" was a set of ideas which helped lay the foundations of the modern world on the basis of equality, democracy, secularism, and universality. This study by cultural historian, Jonathan Israel, shows how Spinoza and his thought set the intellectual current towards the political revolutions of the later 18th century. Num Pages: 832 pages, 16pp halftone plates and 1 map. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLH; HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1118.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
832
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199254569
ISBN
9780199254569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 470 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DST; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Helion & Company United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909384392
ISBN
9781909384392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.04

Hardcover. Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479868001
ISBN
9781479868001
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674976030
ISBN
9780674976030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.97

Paperback. An examination of the changes in American racial attitudes over the last 50 years. The book explores racial attitudes in principles of equality, government implementation of those principles and social distance, and deals with the impact of income, education and gender. Num Pages: 274 pages, 15 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 608. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0004238
ISBN
9780674745698
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813570709
ISBN
9780813570709
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.10

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