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Paperback. In the two decades after World War II, New York was shaken by struggles over urban renewal. Manhattan Projects offers a fresh look at the history of those conflicts, showing how the idea of urban renewal was made and unmade as the state of the art technique for remaking cities. Num Pages: 496 pages, 76 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; HBJK; HBTB; JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199874057
- ISBN
- 9780199874057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.81
€ 61.81
Paperback. Samuel Waters served as an officer in the Irish Constabulary in all four provinces. His recollections encompass the Fenian Rising, the Land War and the 1916 insurrection. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGHA; DNF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JKSW1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 0. Weight in Grams: 135.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859181898
- ISBN
- 9781859181898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.64
€ 10.64
Paperback. The Allied landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944, marked the beginning of the German defeat in the West. This book presents the desperation of the Wehrmacht as the survivors fled the Allied steamroller in a dash back to the Reich. It includes informative details and recounts the German retreat and the erosion of Germany's stronghold on Europe. Series: Stackpole Military History S. Num Pages: 277 pages, 25 b/w photos & 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494. The German Defeat in France, 1944. Series: Stackpole Military History S. 277 pages, 25 b/w photos & 12 maps. The Allied landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944, marked the beginning of the German defeat in the West. This book presents the desperation of the Wehrmacht as the survivors fled the Allied steamroller in a dash back to the Reich. It includes informative details and recounts the German retreat and the erosion of Germany's stronghold on Europe. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811733847
- ISBN
- 9780811733847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.71
€ 19.99
€ 16.71
Paperback. In a series of battles marked by raids and thrusts against Erwin Rommel, the Desert Fox, and his Afrika Korps waged one of World War II's toughest campaigns in the North African desert in 1942. The Axis campaign climaxed in June with the recapture of Tobruk, a triumph that netted 33,000 prisoners and earned Rommel a field marshal's baton. Series: Stackpole Military History S. Num Pages: 251 pages, b/w photos & maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1H; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811734134
- ISBN
- 9780811734134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.47
€ 20.99
€ 17.47
Paperback. Discusses the battles for the Germans' last line of defence in World War II, including Arnhem, Aachen, the Huertgen Forest, and Metz. Built as a series of forts, bunkers, and tank traps, the West Wall - known as the Siegfried Line to the Allies - stretched along Germany's western border. Num Pages: 230 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWN; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811736022
- ISBN
- 9780811736022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.47
€ 20.99
€ 17.47
Paperback. Dealing with the German ground forces in World War II, this work covers the 291st through 999th Infantry Divisions; named infantry divisions (Division von Manteuffel and Division Sicily); jaeger, light, and mountain divisions; security divisions; and Luftwaffe ground divisions, including parachute, flak, and field troops. Series: Stackpole Military History S. Num Pages: 375 pages, b/w photos & maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811734370
- ISBN
- 9780811734370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.34
€ 21.99
€ 18.34
Paperback. States that from its secret post-World War I beginnings to its virtual destruction by the Allied air forces, the story of the German air force is best told by examining its leaders. This book profiles the leaders, describing the Luftwaffe's battles - both in the skies and behind the scenes - and explaining why it was so decisively defeated. Series: Stackpole Military History S. Num Pages: 346 pages, 51 b/w photos & 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 592. Men of the Luftwaffe in WWII. Series: Stackpole Military History S. 346 pages, 51 b/w photos & 8 maps. States that from its secret post-World War I beginnings to its virtual destruction by the Allied air forces, the story of the German air force is best told by examining its leaders. This book profiles the leaders, describing the Luftwaffe's battles - both in the skies and behind the scenes - and explaining why it was so decisively defeated. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight: 594.
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Number of pages
- 346
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811734059
- ISBN
- 9780811734059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.30
€ 21.99
€ 18.30
Hardback. This study covers the battles on the Western Front from the collapse of the Normandy line in France in the summer of 1944 until the Germans were able to bring the Allied army to a halt on the borders of the Reich itself. However, this only delayed the inevitable. Num Pages: 304 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275968571
- ISBN
- 9780275968571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.64€ 47.56
€ 50.64
€ 47.56
paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226304687
- ISBN
- 9780226304687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.09
€ 25.99
€ 21.09
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226304540
- ISBN
- 9780226304540
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.55€ 65.28
€ 76.55
€ 65.28
Paperback. Series: Border Hispanisms. Num Pages: 266 pages, 14 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJP; AJC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477307489
- ISBN
- 9781477307489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. A bestseller in 1859, Self-Help became one of Victorian Britain's most important statements on the allied virtues of hard work, thrift, and perseverance. Smiles's book is the precursor of today's motivational and self-improvement literature and encapsulated the aspirational Victorian desire for social advancement. Editor(s): Sinnema, Peter W. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199552450
- ISBN
- 9780199552450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.64
€ 13.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. Herod was Rome's most important and powerful ally at the end of the Republic. This book offers a look at the ancient army of Herod the Great which uses the Israeli archaeological reports and finds, including weapons and armour fragments. Illustrator(s): Hook, Christa. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1QDAL; HBJF; HBLA; HBW; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 172 x 3. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846032066
- ISBN
- 9781846032066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.26
€ 21.99
€ 18.26
Paperback. Series: The World of the Roosevelt's. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; HBW; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349606764
- ISBN
- 9781349606764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. The 1660s represent a turning point in English history, and for the main events - the Restoration, the Dutch War, the Great Plague, the Fire of London. This book offers an eyewitness account along with lively descriptions of the author's socializing, his amorous entanglements, his theater-going & music-making. Editor(s): Latham, Robert. Num Pages: 1152 pages, 6 maps, 2 family trees. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; BGH; BJ; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 48. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141439938
- ISBN
- 9780141439938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 16.68
€ 22.99
€ 16.68
Paperback. Offers a selection from author's startlingly vivid and candid diary, including his famous account of the Great Fire. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; DNF; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 161 x 7. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141397542
- ISBN
- 9780141397542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.52
€ 5.52
CD-Audio. When the Great Fire of 1666 was finally extinguished, little remained of London but smouldering rubble. Following on from the acclaimed radio dramatisation of Pepys' complete diaries, this instalment of his chronicles focuses on events following the cataclysmic inferno that destroyed much of the capital four hundred years ago. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; APWD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 88.
- Publisher
- BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785293290
- ISBN
- 9781785293290
CD
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.78
€ 17.99
€ 14.78
Paperback. A major thirteenth-century Spanish law code whose tenets can still be found in the state laws of California, Texas, and Louisiana. Editor(s): Burns, Robert I. Translator(s): Scott, Samuel Parsons. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1QFE; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; LN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 659.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812217421
- ISBN
- 9780812217421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.73
€ 41.99
€ 37.73
Hardcover. Series: The Chicago History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 275.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1957
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press Chicago
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226321646
- ISBN
- 9780226321646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.21
€ 31.99
€ 25.21
Paperback. This book evaluates the legacy of James Madison as a politician who thought carefully about institutions in the context of action. It brings together responses to Madison and his theory from a cross-section of modern political science, and views Madison not as an icon or mouthpiece of an era, but as a "modern" political scientist . Editor(s): Kernell, Samuel. Series: Social Science History. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752305
- ISBN
- 9780804752305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.59
€ 40.99
€ 36.59
Hardback. During the interwar years France experienced severe political polarization. At the time many observers, particularly on the left, feared that the French right had embraced fascism, generating a fierce debate that has engaged scholars for decades, but has also obscured critical changes in French society and culture during the 1920s and 1930s. Editor(s): Kalman, Samuel; Kennedy, Sean. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 232 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382409
- ISBN
- 9781782382409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.92
€ 162.92
Paperback. This study investigates the various extreme-rightist leagues in Algeria, with particular attention to certain key themes, among them the rabid xenophobia directed at the Jewish population and local Muslims. It demonstrates that fascism helped to construct a racial hierarchy to preserve European hegemony and a pool of cheap labor. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJH; HBL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349455416
- ISBN
- 9781349455416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. This study investigates the various extreme-rightist leagues in Algeria, with particular attention to certain key themes, among them the rabid xenophobia directed at the Jewish population and local Muslims. It demonstrates that fascism helped to construct a racial hierarchy to preserve European hegemony and a pool of cheap labor. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JJG; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137307088
- ISBN
- 9781137307088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Paperback. Editor(s): Kelley, Lesley J. H. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTD; HBTZ1; HDDH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403965769
- ISBN
- 9781403965769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.32
€ 39.32