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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British organisation created early in the Second World War to encourage resistance and carry out sabotage behind enemy lines. This title tells the stories of SOE agents, HQ staff, diplomats, aircrew and naval personnel in their own words. Num Pages: 400 pages, approx 60 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Ebury Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
UNKNOWN
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091918514
ISBN
9780091918514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.63

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 26, 26 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501704635
ISBN
9781501704635
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.15

Paperback. Draws connections between a range of subjects, from the history of the neglect and recovery of the Holocaust to the challenge of 'evil' in understanding the European past. This book shows how much of our history has been sacrificed in the triumph of myth-making over understanding and denial over memory. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099532330
ISBN
9780099532330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.73

Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3D; 3F; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 232 x 21. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472585240
ISBN
9781472585240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.86

Hardback. A comprehensive English-language biography of Emperor Huizong that corrects the prevailing view of this ruler as a decadent political failure who lost the throne to invaders. It recasts the artistically gifted emperor as passionate and paradoxical, yet genuinely ambitious - if too much so - in pursuing glory for his flourishing realm. Num Pages: 656 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; BGH; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 235 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1244.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
656
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725256
ISBN
9780674725256
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.27
€ 55.74

Paperback. .
Publisher
Orpington Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993537820
ISBN
9780993537820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.55

paperback. The incredible story of the opening of the American West, by the #1 bestselling author of BAND OF BROTHERS. Num Pages: 592 pages, 8pp b-w plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 277 x 41. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471160783
ISBN
9781471160783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. 'A letter is handed to you. In broken English, it tells you that you must now vacate your farm; that this is no longer your home, for it now belongs to the crowd on your doorstep. Then the drums begin to beat.' Num Pages: 288 pages, (1x8pp plate section). BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJPN; BM; HBJH; HBLW3; WNGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007477562
ISBN
9780007477562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.73

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752448046
ISBN
9780752448046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.49

Paperback. Traces the shift in the Japanese national psyche - from the civil and reasoned treatment of captured German prisoners in the First World War to the rejection of Western values and brutalization of the armed forces in the years that followed. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJM; HBLW; HBWQ; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849901673
ISBN
9781849901673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. Upending the conventional wisdom that Bretton Woods was the product of an amiable Anglo-American collaboration, this book shows that it was in reality part of a much more ambitious geopolitical agenda hatched within President Franklin D Roosevelt's Treasury and aimed at eliminating Britain as an economic and political rival. Num Pages: 464 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: HBLW; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New in Paper
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691162379
ISBN
9780691162379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.86

Paperback. Walking straight out of Edwardian drawing rooms into the manifest horrors of the First World War, the volunteer nurses rose magnificently to the occasion. In leaking tents they fought another war, a war against agony and death. This book captures a panorama of hardship, disillusion and despair, and also of endurance and supreme courage. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241952405
ISBN
9780241952405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. An account of the rise of the Zulu nation in southern Africa, and its fall under Cetshwayo in the Zulu war of 1879. This work sets out to be not only a history of the Zulus but also a full-scale study of the British colonial and military policy in relation to southern Africa, and of those involved. Num Pages: 672 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1HFM; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSL9; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 149 x 49. Weight in Grams: 908.
Publisher
Pimlico London
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712661058
ISBN
9780712661058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.83

Paperback. Presents an account of the great Ottoman Empire in the early nineteenth century, a key period often seen as the eve of Tanzimat westernizing reforms and the beginning of three distinct histories - ethnic nationalism in the Balkans, imperial modernization from Istanbul, and European colonialism in the Middle East. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 b/w photos, 5 maps, 2 line drawings, and 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JF; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520266353
ISBN
9780520266353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Paperback. This fascinating book shows how the later years of the British Empire were characterised by accidental oversights, irresponsible opportunism and uncertain pragmatism Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations (some col.), map. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBLX; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 416. Britain's Legacies in the Modern World. 480 pages, Illustrations (some col.), map. This fascinating book shows how the later years of the British Empire were characterised by accidental oversights, irresponsible opportunism and uncertain pragmatism. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBLX; HBTQ. Dimension: 145 x 197 x 31. Weight: 350.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408829004
ISBN
9781408829004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.31

paperback. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JB; HBJF; HBLH; HBWC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241298770
ISBN
9780241298770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.82

Paperback. The first five books of Livy's history of Rome record the city's foundations through the Republic to Rome's recovery after the Gallic invasion of the 4th century BC. Translator(s): De Selincourt, Aubrey. Num Pages: 496 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140448092
ISBN
9780140448092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226335339
ISBN
9780226335339
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.50

Paperback.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
460
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804723282
ISBN
9780804723282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; HBLC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 371.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691022581
ISBN
9780691022581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.70

Hardcover. Livy (Titus Livius, 64 or 59 BC AD 12 or 17), the great Roman historian, presents a vivid narrative of Rome's rise from the traditional foundation of the city in 753 or 751 BC to 9 BC and illustrates the collective and individual virtues necessary to maintain such greatness. The fourth decad (31 40) focuses on Rome's growing hegemony in the East. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 710 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 16 x 10. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674997059
ISBN
9780674997059
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.91

Paperback. Explores high and popular culture; family, race, gender and class relations; sexual attitudes and material conditions; science and technology - the diversity of social developments in Britain from 1945 to 2002. This book moves dexterously through a wide variety of sources, ranging from poetry through film and novels to opinion polls. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141005270
ISBN
9780141005270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.96

Hardcover. Num Pages: 333 pages, over 400 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 227 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1948. Germany's U-boat Sailors in World War II. 333 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF; JWMV2. Dimension: 288 x 227 x 32. Weight: 1956.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
333
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764333569
ISBN
9780764333569
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.70
€ 57.69

Paperback. The author explains the truth behind odd tales of horses that sweat blood, defaced statues and missing frescoes, and Marco Polo's stories of black gold that seeps from the earth. BIC Classification: 1FC; 1FPC; HBJF; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909961371
ISBN
9781909961371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

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