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Paperback. The complete story of how the German Enigma codes were broken, reissued for the 70th anniversary of the event. Perfect for fans of THE IMITATION GAME, the new film on Alan Turing's Enigma code, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. Num Pages: 576 pages, 55. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JPSH; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 446. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
W&N
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KTJ0049534
ISBN
9780304366620
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.00

Paperback. Tells the story of the rescue in May 1940 of British soldiers fleeing capture and defeat by the Nazis at Dunkirk. Num Pages: 672 pages, 24pp b&w inset. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 48. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Viking
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241972267
ISBN
9780241972267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Hardback. A detailed study of American public radio's early history Series: The History of Communication. Num Pages: 344 pages, 32 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: GTC; HBJK; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252034473
ISBN
9780252034473
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.80

Hardback. Science, medicine, and technology have become increasingly important to the average individual in modern society. The importance of these three fields is in many ways one of the defining characteristics of modernity. Understanding their history is essential for educated individuals. Editor(s): Slotten, Hugh Richard. Series: Oxford Encyclopedias of American History. Num Pages: 1456 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; MBX; PDX; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 275 x 119. Weight in Grams: 3550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
1456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199766666
ISBN
9780199766666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 528.97

Hardcover. The story of the Indian soldiery in the Great War needs a new telling and one important chapter of it will be about the Maharajah of Bikaner: Dashing, autocratic and a formidable public speaker, commander his own camel corps, he fought on the Western Front and in Egypt, became the first Indian general in the British Indian army. Series Editor(s): Sharp, Alan. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps, black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905791804
ISBN
9781905791804
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJM; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 405 x 183 x 23. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Otago University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927322178
ISBN
9781927322178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.64

Hardcover. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 301 x 217 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1654.
Publisher
Tommies Guides United Kingdom
Number of pages
552
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908336309
ISBN
9781908336309
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.39

Paperback. In this first up-do-date, single volume history of the Czechs, Agnew provides an introduction to the major themes and contours of Czech history for the general reader--from prehistory and the first Slavs to the Czech Republic's entry into the European Union. Num Pages: 442 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 228 x 34. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817944926
ISBN
9780817944926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.79

Paperback. A new edition of a classic book, thoroughly updated to take into account social, political and cultural changes within Britain. Series: Canto Classics. Num Pages: 377 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 540. A History of Four Nations. Series: Canto Classics. 380 pages, illustrations. A new edition of a classic book, thoroughly updated to take into account social, political and cultural changes within Britain. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 19. Weight: 542.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
380
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107623897
ISBN
9781107623897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.57

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Edition
Exp Rev
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774825481
ISBN
9780774825481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.29

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803236271
ISBN
9780803236271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.63

Hardcover. The 14th Canadian Army Tank Regiment, one of the first Canadian armoured regiments to be formed, was the first to be committed to battle. Every one of the regiment's tanks that landed at Dieppe is described and annotated aerial photographs identify vehicle postitions together with full crew lists. Series: After the Battle S. Num Pages: 64 pages, 71 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; AJC; HBJD; HBJK; HBWQ; JWL; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 305 x 14. Weight in Grams: 618. Series: After the Battle S. 64 pages, 71 illustrations. The 14th Canadian Army Tank Regiment, one of the first Canadian armoured regiments to be formed, was the first to be committed to battle. Every one of the regiment's tanks that landed at Dieppe is described and annotated aerial photographs identify vehicle postitions together with full crew lists. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBC; AJC; HBJD; HBJK; HBWQ; JWL; JWM. Dimension: 216 x 305 x 14. Weight: 606.
Publisher
After the Battle
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900913761
ISBN
9780900913761
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.02

Hardcover. What is the Irish nation? Who is included in it? Are its borders delimited by religion, ethnicity, language, or civic commitment? And how should we teach its history? These and other questions are carefully considered by distinguished historian Hugh F. Kearney in Ireland: Contested Ideas of Nationalism and History. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLW; JPFN. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 227 x 156. .
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859184219
ISBN
9781859184219
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.00
€ 50.57

hardcover. Editor(s): Sharf, Frederic A. Num Pages: 265 pages, 17ill.2M. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 3JJF; HBJH; HBWN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Tsehai Publishers United States
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9780974819808
ISBN
9780974819808
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.49

Paperback. There has been a strong interest in Roman roads in Britain for centuries and a vast amount of information has been accumulated from observation and excavation. This title provides an account of the road system built by the Romans in Britain. Num Pages: 192 pages, maps, plans. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLA; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 171 x 12. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
191
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752425030
ISBN
9780752425030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.45

Paperback. The networks of roads throughout the Roman Empire were vital to the expansion of Roman culture, power and influence across the world. This book details the planning, construction and maintenance of these road networks, and discusses the different types of Roman road found in areas of Britain, and their uses. Series: Shire Archaeology. Num Pages: 72 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 212 x 149 x 4. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
72
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747806905
ISBN
9780747806905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.15

Hardcover. Identifying key events, practices, stakeholders and institutions in the history of French cycling, this volume presents an interdisciplinary analysis of how cycling has been significant in French society and culture since the late Nineteenth century. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTB; WSBX; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
290
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846318351
ISBN
9781846318351
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.16

Hardcover. This book combines social and institutional histories of Russia, focusing on the secret police and their evolving relationship with the peasantry. Based on an analysis of Cheka/OGPU reports, it argues that the police did not initially respond to peasant resistance to Bolshevik demands simply with the gun-rather, they listened to peasant voices. Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230338869
ISBN
9780230338869
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.41

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784993559
ISBN
9781784993559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.08

Hardcover. Hugh Crow was the captain of a slave-trading vessel which made one of the last legal journeys across the Atlantic with its 'human cargo'. This is a highly engaging, rare, first-hand account written by a staunch defender of the slave trade. Crow depicts himself as an enlightened practitioner of the trade, concerned with the welfare of his 'negroes'. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 231 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851243211
ISBN
9781851243211
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 10. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Trine Day
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634240932
ISBN
9781634240932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.12

Paperback. From early British colonisation to the Reagan years, this title captures an array of dynamic personalities and events. In a broad sweep of America's triumphant progress, it explores the period leading to Independence from the American and the British points of view, touching on permanent features of 'the American character' - the good and the bad. Num Pages: 752 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140252552
ISBN
9780140252552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.28

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198706151
ISBN
9780198706151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. The lives and loves of the great condottieri Num Pages: 320 pages, 28, 30 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 25. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753825723
ISBN
9780753825723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.51

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