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Paperback. Shrouded in secrecy until recently, Colossus was the world's first fully-functioning electronic computer, built during the Second World War and used at Bletchley Park to crack the codes of high-level Nazi communications. This collection of essays delves into code-breaking, personal recollections, and declassified information. Num Pages: 480 pages, various line drawings and 16pp black and white plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199578146
- ISBN
- 9780199578146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.69
€ 23.99
€ 17.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC7; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 3rd edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801485688
- ISBN
- 9780801485688
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.39
€ 38.99
€ 35.39
Paperback. Investigates the social and sexual world of these sea rovers Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBLH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814712368
- ISBN
- 9780814712368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.59
€ 34.99
€ 29.59
Hardcover. The Practice of the Law in Lincolnshire, 1787-1838. Part I: the Justice Books of Thomas Dixon of Riby, 1787-1798; Part II: Papers in the Case of Thorold V. Catton, 1830-1838. Series: Publications of the Lincoln Record Society. 208 pages, 12, 12 black and white. Editor(s): Davey, B.J.; Wheeler, R. C. Legal documents from eighteenth and nineteenth-century Lincolnshire provide fascinating insights into life at the time. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAL; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 21. Weight: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Lincoln Record Society
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780901503947
- ISBN
- 9780901503947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.97
€ 40.99
€ 38.97
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 346 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691652313
- ISBN
- 9780691652313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.69
€ 186.69
Hardback. The volume is concerned with the pontificates of two bishops: Jocelin of Wells, 1206-42 and Roger of Salisbury, 1244-7. Jocelin was a supporter of King John and a witness to Magna Carta. His successor, Roger, was pre-eminently a scholar and theologian. The volume contains a scholarly introduction, edited texts, full critical apparatus, and indexes. Editor(s): Kemp, B. R. Series: English Episcopal Acta. Num Pages: 378 pages, 4 B&W plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWS; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 255 x 27. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197266113
- ISBN
- 9780197266113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.79
€ 142.79
Paperback.
- Publisher
- James Currey United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780852557860
- ISBN
- 9780852557860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.98
€ 33.99
€ 32.98
Paperback. For a million soldiers, sailors and marines, Hawaii was the "first strange place" on a journey to war - and to the new American post-war society. Drawing on documents, diaries, memoirs and interviews, this book shows how these changes were tested and explored in the environment of wartime Hawaii. Num Pages: 296 pages, 37 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HBJM; HBTB; HBTD; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801848674
- ISBN
- 9780801848674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.38
€ 37.38
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 542 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 542
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691632315
- ISBN
- 9780691632315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 277.97
€ 277.97
Num Pages: 224 pages, over 240 color and b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBT; HBWQ; JWKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 286 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1486.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764302220
- ISBN
- 9780764302220
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.75€ 39.46
€ 54.75
€ 39.46
Hardback. In a quixotic episode in nineteenth-century Hungary's attempts to spread nationalist sentiments, monuments were erected near small towns commemorating the medieval conquest of the Carpathian Basin-the supposed origin of the Hungarian nation. Series: Austrian and Habsburg Studies. Num Pages: 334 pages, 19 illustrations, 11 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JPFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785333132
- ISBN
- 9781785333132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.11
€ 164.11
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Central European University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9786155513541
- ISBN
- 9786155513541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 34.03
€ 34.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. Nine of America's top legal experts rewrite the landmark desegregation decision as they would like it to have been written. Editor(s): Balkin, Jack M. Num Pages: 257 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPVH1; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814798904
- ISBN
- 9780814798904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.86
€ 32.99
€ 29.86
Hardback. The period between 1870 and 1920 witnessed the invention of the automobile, the establishment of women's suffrage, and the opening of the Panama Canal. This volume looks at the experiences of 13 people who contributed to the shaping of American culture and thought during this period. It is suitable for courses in American studies. Series: The Human Tradition in America. Num Pages: 231 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; GBCB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842027342
- ISBN
- 9780842027342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.58
€ 163.58
Paperback. The period between 1870 and 1920 witnessed the invention of the automobile, the establishment of women's suffrage, and the opening of the Panama Canal. This volume looks at the experiences of 13 people who contributed to the shaping of American culture and thought during this period. It is suitable for courses in American studies. Series: The Human Tradition in America. Num Pages: 231 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; GBCB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842027359
- ISBN
- 9780842027359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.32
€ 54.32
Paperback. The story of India's great flowering of wealth and cultural splendour Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 304 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841195339
- ISBN
- 9781841195339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.74
€ 15.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. By focusing on the key colourful characters of the eight major dynasties, Bamber Gascoigne brings to life 3500 years of Chinese civilization. Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 x 8pp of Colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1QD; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841197913
- ISBN
- 9781841197913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
Hardback. This book offers a cultural history of modern China by looking at the tension between memory and history, examining how Chinese intellectuals and artists experienced trauma, social upheavals, and transformations. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804749466
- ISBN
- 9780804749466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.62
€ 167.62
Hardback. Series: Anthem-Iseas India-China Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789380601175
- ISBN
- 9789380601175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.75
€ 139.75
Hardback. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 512 pages, 4. BIC Classification: HBJF1; HPS; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 36. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231163408
- ISBN
- 9780231163408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.95€ 62.64
€ 80.95
€ 62.64
Paperback. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 512 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JMC; HBJF1; HPS; JPA; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 39. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231163415
- ISBN
- 9780231163415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691172743
- ISBN
- 9780691172743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.57€ 42.47
€ 53.57
€ 42.47
Paperback. When the Ayatollah Khomeini burst onto the international scene in the late 1970s, radical Islam became a factor of political life that would change the world. And with the Iranian Revolution that Khomeini led in 1978/79, religion once more moved centre stage in world politics. This is a biography of the Iranian leader. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFSR2; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845117900
- ISBN
- 9781845117900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.13
€ 38.13
The Emperor's Old Clothes: Constitutional History and the Symbolic Lan...
Barabara Stollberg-Rilinger
Hardcover. For many years, scholars struggled to write the history of the constitution and political structure of the Holy Roman Empire. This book argues that this was because the political and social order could not be understood without considering the rituals and symbols that held the Empire together. Translator(s): Dunlap, Thomas. Series: Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association. Num Pages: 396 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3H; 3J; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782388050
- ISBN
- 9781782388050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.18
€ 165.18