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Paperback. Investigates the response of President Bush and the US military, and the failure to intercept the hijacked airliners. This book documents the inaccurate official stories told afterwards, considers the contentions of the '9/11 Truth' movement, and notes how the Bush administration tried groundlessly to link Iraq to 9/11. Num Pages: 864 pages, col. Illustrations, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLX; JPWL2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 40. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552156189
ISBN
9780552156189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.34

Paperback. The most significant account of being a soldier at war since Michael Herr's DISPATCHES. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; BGA; HBJF1; HBLW3; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 190. Good copy with some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KTG0007967
ISBN
9780743239196
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Updated edition of a popular text, covering the complex period of 'The Wars of the Roses'. Reveals how the personalities of individual rulers affected the political development of late medieval England. Includes revisions to text and bibliography and a new epilogue discussing recent historiographical developments. Series: Blackwell Classic Histories of England. Num Pages: 376 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631214663
ISBN
9780631214663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.04

Hardback. This work traces the development of the relationship between kings and nobles in late medieval England. It shows how the differing abilities and personalities of the late medieval English kings powerfully affected their relationship with the nobility. Series: Blackwell Classic Histories of England. Num Pages: 376 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631214618
ISBN
9780631214618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.22

Paperback. Over 150 wartime photographs of the Japanese, American, British and Russian armoured vehicles that fought in the Far East between 1937 and 1945. Num Pages: 160 pages, 160 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 190 x 13. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473851672
ISBN
9781473851672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.34

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781591659
ISBN
9781781591659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. * Photographic history of the Arab and Israeli armoured vehicles from 1948 to the present day * Includes dramatic photographs of the fighting in 1948, at Suez, during the Six Day War, the Yom Kippur War * Features many of the Russian, British and American main battle tanks of the late twentieth century * Insight into modern tank warfare Num Pages: 118 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBWS; JWMV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 194 x 9. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848848054
ISBN
9781848848054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.86

Paperback. Comprehensive illustrated history of the most effective German tank of the Second World War Num Pages: 144 pages, 150 illustrations & colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWD; JWMV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 247 x 11. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473833609
ISBN
9781473833609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.05

Paperback. Soon after Alexander Gardner's "Photographic Sketch Book" was published, in 1866, it became the Civil War's best-known visual record and helped define how viewers would come to know the war. This study of a pivotal American historical document, approaching it from the perspective of visual studies as well as American literature and history. Series: Defining Moments in American Photography. Num Pages: 128 pages, 27 duotones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AJCR; HBAH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 49.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520253315
ISBN
9780520253315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.89

Hardback. On a June morning in 1870, seventy-five Chinese immigrants stepped off a train in New England. They threaded their way through a hostile mob and then their new employer lined them up and had them photographed. This work seeks to understand the social forces that brought this photograph into being, and the events it subsequently spawned. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 color illus. 136 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; AJCR; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 971.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
illustrated edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691133256
ISBN
9780691133256
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.92
€ 53.22

Hardback. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Edition
3 Rev ed
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761854944
ISBN
9780761854944
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.72

Paperback. Examines how and why the East India Company was transformed from a commercial trading company to an institution of government, and then abolished. Series: Worlds of the East India Company. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 3JH; HBJD1; HBJF; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
214
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838227
ISBN
9781843838227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.68

hardcover. John Palmer was the most influential and wealthiest British merchant in British India for the first three decades of the nineteenth century. This book presents an account of both of Palmer's business and personal life, showing how his personal relations and circumstances shaped his commercial strategies. Series: Worlds of the East India Company. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5 black and white,. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QDB; 3JH; BGB; HBJF; HBLL; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Boydell Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781843833031
ISBN
9781843833031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.49

Hardcover. Makes the social practice and the existing textual specimens of personal Chinese letter-writing fully visible for the first time Num Pages: 268 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JB; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 531.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992778
ISBN
9780295992778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.71

Paperback. Makes the social practice and the existing textual specimens of personal Chinese letter-writing fully visible for the first time Series: Modern Language Initiative Books. Num Pages: 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JB; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992785
ISBN
9780295992785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Hardback. When apartheid ended in 1994, a radiant national optimism suggested a bright future for the new, unified South Africa. Using the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission as a starting point, this book includes essays that explore texts from every corner of South Africa in an attempt to remap the borders of her country's communities. Series: The Africa List. Num Pages: 264 pages, 18 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 135 x 30. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857421746
ISBN
9780857421746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.41

Paperback. A sampling of hundreds of manuscripts, interviews, and transcripts that were collected from students and other residents who were willing to share their personal stories of the Katrina disaster. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 401.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of New Orleans Publishing United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780972814362
ISBN
9780972814362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.78

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474230162
ISBN
9781474230162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.51

Paperback. Essays written by Antoinette Burton since the mid-1990s trace her thinking about modern British history and engage debates about how to think about British imperialism in light of contemporary events. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349020
ISBN
9780822349020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Hardback. Designed for classroom use, this book gathers in one volume primary source materials related to the first two wars that Great Britain launched against native leaders of the Afghan region. It is a cautionary tale, unheeded by Western powers in the post-9/11 era. Editor(s): Burton, Antoinette. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 photograph. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1FCA; 3JH; HBJF1; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 23. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356509
ISBN
9780822356509
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.26

Hardcover. "This book considers the complex religious tensions in seventeenth-century Maryland in relation to colonial sovereignty under the English crown"-- Series: Early American Histories. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813937472
ISBN
9780813937472
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.65

Paperback. Focusing on the agency of enslaved Africans and their descendants in the South, this work argues for the systematic recovery of subjugated knowledge, histories, and cultural practices of those traditionally silenced and overlooked by national heritage projects and national public memories. Num Pages: 178 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Left Coast Press Inc United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781598745498
ISBN
9781598745498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.51

Paperback. This ground-breaking, work is both a reference collection of 27 new essays by leading specialists in their own fields, and also a collective demonstration of major new directions in the study of ancient Greece. Editor(s): Powell, Anton. Series: Routledge Worlds. Num Pages: 640 pages, 10 line drawings, 17 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 997.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415170420
ISBN
9780415170420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 109.48

Paperback. A comprehensive documentation of Weimar culture, history and politics. It explores Germany's relationship to democracy, ideologies of 'reactionary modernism', the rise of the 'New Woman', Bauhaus architecture, the tradition of cabaret and urban entertainment, and the situation of Jews, intellectuals and workers during the emergence of fascism. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 806 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 165 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1458. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. 806 pages, Ill. A comprehensive documentation of Weimar culture, history and politics. It explores Germany's relationship to democracy, ideologies of 'reactionary modernism', the rise of the 'New Woman', Bauhaus architecture, the tradition of cabaret and urban entertainment, and the situation of Jews, intellectuals and workers during the emergence of fascism. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFC; JP. Dimension: 246 x 165 x 48. Weight: 1540.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
806
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520067752
ISBN
9780520067752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.15

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