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Hardback. The Strong Gray Line profiles members of the West Point class of 2004 who fought and died in service to their country. Alongside these commemorative stories, surviving members describe some of the most brutal combat of the Iraq and Afghanistan war in vivid and stirring vignettes. Editor(s): Wallace, Cory. Num Pages: 332 pages, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBW; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442249752
ISBN
9781442249752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.46

paperback. Based on many original documents, this book surveys Iranian political history from 1941 through 1957, focusing on the Tudeh Party: the only substantial left-wing organization in Iran during this period. Num Pages: 450 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJF1; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 792.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The Merlin Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850366563
ISBN
9780850366563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.96

Hardback. Series: Sociology Transformed. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJP; HBJD; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137589408
ISBN
9781137589408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.85

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 28, 27 black & white halftones, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HBJK; JFSG; JP; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781501700477
ISBN
9781501700477
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.56

Paperback. Rising gas prices, sprawl and congestion, global warming, even obesity - driving is a factor in many contentious issues. This book looks at the period between 1895 and 1961 - from the founding of the first automobile factory in America to the creation of the Interstate Highway System - to find out how driving evolved into a symbol of freedom. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; WGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226745640
ISBN
9780226745640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Paperback. With rare archival illustrations, including over 150 prints and photographs, many in full color, the authors provide dramatic vignettes that capture the agony of this slave-holding state divided between North and South. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Maryland Historical Society United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780938420514
ISBN
9780938420514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.63

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Thomas, Andy. Num Pages: 112 pages, 22 illus. & 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Pelican Publishing Co United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781565541108
ISBN
9781565541108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.10

Paperback. Tracing the litigations, highlighting the pivotal role of the NAACP, and including incisive portraits of key players, this book simply but powerfully shows that "Brown" not only changed the national equation of race and caste, it also changed our view of the Court's role in American life. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; JPVH1; LNDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700612895
ISBN
9780700612895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.64

Hardback. As much historiography as reception history, Past Convictions analyzes and explicates the production of historical narratives, the subsequent contestation and appropriation of these narratives, and the insight such activities allows us into how people understand change and its remembrance. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 432 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3F; HBAH; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 36. Weight in Grams: 868.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812241686
ISBN
9780812241686
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.43

Courtney Weikle-Mills discusses such characters as Goody Two-Shoes, Ichabod Crane, and Tom Sawyer in terms of how they reflect these conflicting ideals. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSY; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421407210
ISBN
9781421407210
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.21

Hardback. Examines the life of Albert Coates (1896-1989), the founder and first director of the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina, and an exciting, transformative era in the history of UNC. Inspired by visionary President Edward Kidder, Coates adopted as his life mission his hero's dream of the university in service to the state. Num Pages: 368 pages, 49 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Edition
1 New ed
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807834534
ISBN
9780807834534
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.84

Hardback. Covering the period from the accession of James I to the death of Queen Anne, this Companion provides a magisterial overview of the 'long' seventeenth century in British history. The chapters, each written by a leading expert, guide readers through the maze of scholarly debates about Stuart Britain. Editor(s): Coward, Barry (Reader in History, Birkbeck College, London). Series: Blackwell Companions to British History. Num Pages: 592 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 258 x 186 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1254.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631218746
ISBN
9780631218746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 210.24

Paperback. Editor(s): Cozzens, Peter. Num Pages: 740 pages, 120 photographs, 40 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 168 x 38. Weight in Grams: 939.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252074509
ISBN
9780252074509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.82

Paperback. Sifting through reports from newspapers, magazines, personal memoirs, and letters, this work brings readers the first-person accounts of marches, encampments, skirmishes, and full-blown battles, as seen by participants on both sides of the civil war. It features illustrations, including maps of battlefields, troop movements, and fortifications. Editor(s): Cozzens, Peter. Num Pages: 632 pages, 120 Line Drawings. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 39. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
632
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252074516
ISBN
9780252074516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.32

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226335339
ISBN
9780226335339
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.35

Hardcover. Some nuns in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italy strayed far from the paradigms of monastic life. In this book, the author resurrects forgotten tales and restores to life the long-silent voices of these cloistered heroines. The nuns of early modern Italy, it shows, set the standard for religious transgression in their own age - and beyond. Num Pages: 264 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; HRCX8; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226534619
ISBN
9780226534619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 41.76

Paperback. When eight-year-old Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (1590-1662) entered one of the preeminent convents in Bologna in 1598, she had no idea what cloistered life had in store for her. This title retells the story of Vizzana and the nuns of Santa Cristina to elucidate the role that music played in the lives of these cloistered women. Num Pages: 280 pages, 32 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; AV; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408. Nuns, Music, and Defiance in Seventeenth-century Italy. 280 pages, 32 halftones, 3 line drawings. When eight-year-old Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (1590-1662) entered one of the preeminent convents in Bologna in 1598, she had no idea what cloistered life had in store for her. This title retells the story of Vizzana and the nuns of Santa Cristina to elucidate the role that music played in the lives of these cloistered women. Cateogry: (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; AV; HBJD; HBLH. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226535197
ISBN
9780226535197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; WGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780875807324
ISBN
9780875807324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.47

Hardcover. Contrary to 20th-century criticism that cast them as misguided dabblers, English virtuosi in 17th and early 18th centuries were erudite individuals with grounding in classics, appreciation for the arts, and sincere curiosity about the natural world. This title situates this group at the intersection of period's art, medicine, and antiquarianism. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 colour plates, 62 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; ACQ; HBJD1; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1034.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226315874
ISBN
9780226315874
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 54.95

Hardcover. Operation Big Ben was a Top Secret plan to dive-bomb V rocket installations with Mark IX and Mark XVI Spitfires. For the first time the whole story can be told, showing the work of the Crossbow Committee, intelligence Commandos under Commander Ian Fleming, the brave RAF pilots and the essential contribution of the French and Dutch Resistance. Num Pages: 176 pages, 30 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781554395
ISBN
9781781554395
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.64

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