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Paperback. Presents diaries and correspondence left by kamikaze pilots and other Japanese student soldiers who perished during the war. These kamikaze pilots were considered unbridled fanatics who willingly sacrificed their lives for the emperor. This work is useful for those interested in the history of Japan and World War II. Num Pages: 246 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; BTM; HBJF; HBWQ; JWG; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226619514
ISBN
9780226619514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.22

Paperback. Why did almost 1000 highly educated "student soldiers" volunteer to serve in Japan's kamikaze operations at the end of World War II, even though Japan was losing the war? This study of the role of the state in pushing imperial ideology shows the power of symbolic communication. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBWQ; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226620916
ISBN
9780226620916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, 236 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEC; AJCR; HBJK; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 304. Weight in Grams: 1778.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764349300
ISBN
9780764349300
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 35.44

Hardback. This fascinating account of the Salem Witch Trials explores their religious, social, and political dimensions, their origins, their critics, and their aftermath, as well as their influence on the American cultural imagination to the present day. Series: Pivotal Moments in American History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HRQX5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 174 x 32. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199890347
ISBN
9780199890347
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.48

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190627805
ISBN
9780190627805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.96

Paperback. A new interpretation of Celtic Christianity, supported by images of Christ taken from manuscripts, metalwork and sculpture, and showing how it departed from continental practice largely due to a differing perception and application of Pelagianism. Series: Studies in Celtic History. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530. Britain and Ireland from the Fifth to the Tenth Century. Series: Studies in Celtic History. 350 pages, black & white illustrations. A new interpretation of Celtic Christianity, supported by images of Christ taken from manuscripts, metalwork and sculpture, and showing how it departed from continental practice largely due to a differing perception and application of Pelagianism. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HRCC2. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 20. Weight: 514.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
350
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843837138
ISBN
9781843837138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.04

Hardcover. Focusing on Japan's Kwantung Leasehold and Railway Zone in China's northeastern provinces, Emer O'Dwyer traces the history of Japan's prewar Manchurian empire over four decades to show how South Manchuria was naturalized as a Japanese space and how this process contributed to the success of the Japanese army's early 1930s takeover of Manchuria. Num Pages: 526 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 238 x 41. Weight in Grams: 864.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504332
ISBN
9780674504332
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.36
€ 54.57

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781681771632
ISBN
9781681771632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.16

Hardback. Series: History of Military Occupation. Num Pages: 312 pages, 20 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252039850
ISBN
9780252039850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 43.49

Hardback. The illuminating intellectual biography of one of the most controversial Italian figures of the twentieth century. Series: World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823245642
ISBN
9780823245642
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.21

Paperback. The illuminating intellectual biography of one of the most controversial Italian figures of the twentieth century. Series: World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823267293
ISBN
9780823267293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

paperback. Num Pages: 398 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; BG; HBJD; HBTD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; HRC; JFSJ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
William B Eerdmans Publishing Co United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
398
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802847478
ISBN
9780802847478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.84

"Examines the historical debate surrounding Texas's identity: investigates whether Texas, with its heritage of slavery, segregation, and cotton production, is 'Southern' or, with its cowboys, cattle drives, mountains, and desert, is 'Western'"--Provided by publisher. Num Pages: 228 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896727243
ISBN
9780896727243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HRAX; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474412131
ISBN
9781474412131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.11

Hardback. The first comprehensive survey of the Irish literary elite in the early middle ages. Series: Studies in Celtic History. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3F; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838555
ISBN
9781843838555
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.32

Hardcover. Series: Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations. 354 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Iran is a vast country with a storied, ancient past, a great diversity of cultures and ethnicities, and a location in arguably the most unstable area of the world. Iran's history over the last two centuries has been particularly fascinating. This title gives an overview of Iranian history written for a general audience. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 29. Weight: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Greenwood
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313375095
ISBN
9780313375095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.29

Paperback. A sequel to "The Flame of Thika" that takes up the author's story after the family returns to Kenya after the First World War. It describes her family and friends, their home and their travels, and the glorious wildlife and scenery. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; BGA; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712674553
ISBN
9780712674553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.77

Paperback. When Elspeth Huxley's pioneer father buys a remote plot of land in Kenya, the family sets off to discover their new home: five hundred acres of Kenyan scrubland, infested with ticks and white ants, and quavering with heat. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; BGA; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099577263
ISBN
9780099577263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894384261
ISBN
9781894384261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. To many Americans, the 1970s seem a "lost" period, a pale and undistinguished decade compared with the 1960s and the 1980s. This issue demonstrates that while the 1970s were indeed rather grey in many respects, they were also a time of reassessment and dynamism in many fields of popular American culture. Editor(s): Hurup, Elisabeth. Series: Dolphin S. Num Pages: 217 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
217
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772883779
ISBN
9788772883779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3F; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141984766
ISBN
9780141984766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Translator(s): Jackson, Beverley. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780877277361
ISBN
9780877277361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.81

Hardback. A timely interdisciplinary, comparative and historical perspective on African childhood migration that draws on the experience of children themselves to look at where, why and how they move - within and beyond the continent - and the impact of African child migration globally. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; JFFN; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
James Currey
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011381
ISBN
9781847011381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 110 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 1FPK; GM; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 281 x 10. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Kit Pub
Condition
New
SKU
V9789460223594
ISBN
9789460223594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 29.04

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