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Paperback. In the West during the Cold War, freedom of expression was vaunted as liberal democracy's most cherised possession. This text documents a secret campaign in which some of the most vocal exponents of intellectual freedom were instruments - whether they knew it or not - of America's secret service. Num Pages: 544 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJH; HBLW3; JFC; JPA; JPFK; JPSH; JPVH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 133 x 35. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Granta
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862073272
- ISBN
- 9781862073272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.56
€ 19.99
€ 14.56
Hardback. Goldsmith examines how sectarian insecurity obstructs the emergence of genuine political pluralism in the Middle East, taking Syria's Alawites under the Asad dynasty as an example. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBS; HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 243 x 24. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044684
- ISBN
- 9781849044684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.94
€ 33.99
€ 30.94
Paperback. On 21 July, 1942, the Nazis took control of the small Polish town of Zolkiew, life for Jewish 15-year-old Clara Kramer was never to be the same again. While those around her were either slaughtered or transported, Clara and her family hid perilously in a hand-dug bunker. Living in the house above and protecting them were the Becks. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091924416
- ISBN
- 9780091924416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Hardcover. Dina Rezk analyses 8 case studies, culminating in the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar el Sadat on live television, Drawing on declassified documents, interviews and multi-archival research, she explores how the most powerful intelligence agencies in the world have been so notoriously caught off guard in post-WWII Middle East. Series: Intelligence, Surveillance and Secret Warfare. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJP; HBJF1; JPS; JWKF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748698912
- ISBN
- 9780748698912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.39€ 108.27
€ 112.39
€ 108.27
Paperback. Looks at photograph collections of four Black German families taken between 1900 and the end of World War II and a set of portraits of Afro-Caribbean migrants to Britain taken at a photographic studio in Birmingham between 1948 and 1960. Num Pages: 256 pages, 118 photographs, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AJC; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 14. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350743
- ISBN
- 9780822350743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.29
€ 27.99
€ 26.29
Paperback. As America descended into Civil War, British loyalties were torn between support for the North, which was against slavery, and defending the South, which portrayed itself as bravely fighting for its independence. This book gives fresh accounts of Civil War battles by seeing them through the eyes of British journalists and myriad soldiers. Num Pages: 1040 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 197 x 48. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 1040
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141040585
- ISBN
- 9780141040585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.61
€ 30.99
€ 20.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1MBFN; HBJM; JFSL9; JPVH3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781922059901
- ISBN
- 9781922059901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.59
€ 35.99
€ 26.59
Hardcover. The Greeks and Romans were not shy about sex. In classical Greece, statues of erect penises served as boundary-stones and signposts. In Rome, marble satyrs and nymphs grappled in gardens. How are we to make sense of this abundance of sexual imagery? Were these images seductive, shocking, humorous? This title answers these questions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 173 x 29. Weight in Grams: 952.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714122786
- ISBN
- 9780714122786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.47
€ 33.99
€ 24.47
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Frontline Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848328495
- ISBN
- 9781848328495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.63
€ 23.99
€ 17.63
Paperback. "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso. Series: The Routledge History of the Ancient World. Num Pages: 320 pages, 23 black & white halftones, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QRM; 3D; 3F; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415579612
- ISBN
- 9780415579612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.84
€ 58.84
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€ 17.67
€ 23.99
€ 17.67
Paperback. Published to coincide the with 50th anniversary of the Israel occupation of the West Bank, an anthology that explores the human cost of the conflict there as witnessed by such notable writers as Colum McCann, Colm Toibin, Dave Eggers, Madeleine Thien, Eimear McBride, Taiye Selasi and editors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman. Editor(s): Chabon, Michael; Waldman, Ayelet. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJP; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008229191
- ISBN
- 9780008229191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.11
€ 18.99
€ 15.11
Paperback. A classic autobiography by the best known Second World War Fleet Air Arm pilot. A story of real life adventure, action and heroism. Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BG; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Cassell military pbk. ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780304358410
- ISBN
- 9780304358410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 11.85
Hardcover. Witty and engaging biography of James Sadler, the first Englishman to fly - in 1784, he rose approximately 3,600 feet over Oxford in a self-built balloon powered by hydrogen Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; BGT; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909930018
- ISBN
- 9781909930018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.63
€ 19.99
€ 19.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 175. .
- Publisher
- British Museum Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714118253
- ISBN
- 9780714118253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.24
€ 17.99
€ 14.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 maps, 20 bw illus. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472567567
- ISBN
- 9781472567567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.04
€ 37.99
€ 32.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; BTC; HBJK; JPWQ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 347.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781258156
- ISBN
- 9781781258156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.23
€ 17.99
€ 13.23
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844158881
- ISBN
- 9781844158881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.63
€ 23.99
€ 17.63
Paperback. A surprising work of narrative history and detection that illuminates one of the most daring-and long-forgotten-heroes of the Civil War. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTS; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631493010
- ISBN
- 9781631493010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.07
€ 17.99
€ 16.07
Hardback. This book illustrates the impact of the Second World War on people on both sides of the border in Ireland. Series: Societies at War. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press Edinburgh
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748623273
- ISBN
- 9780748623273
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.05€ 130.52
€ 136.05
€ 130.52
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Reveille Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908336491
- ISBN
- 9781908336491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.39
€ 19.99
€ 17.39
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Rava, Giuseppe. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 8. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472817495
- ISBN
- 9781472817495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.63
€ 23.99
€ 20.63
Hardback. The military adventure that George W. Bush embarked on within months of his inauguration in 2001 was to eclipse everything else in his presidency. His name will forever be synonymous with the "war on terror. Num Pages: 200 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS4; HBWS5; JPS; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597975032
- ISBN
- 9781597975032
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.54
€ 28.54
Paperback. A fascinating and revealing exploration of Sir Winston Churchill's relationship with Israel, Jews and Jewishness, by his official biographer and one of the foremost historians of Judaism. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 pp b-w. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1ST
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781416522577
- ISBN
- 9781416522577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.03
€ 17.99
€ 13.03