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Hardcover. Though an undoubtedly brilliant military leader-whose achievements, considering the forces at his disposal, cast those of Patton, Rommel, MacArthur, and Montgomery in the pale-surprisingly little is known about Manstein himself, save for his own memoir and the accolades of his contemporaries. In this book we finally have a full portrait of the man. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 pages of b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 874.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Edition
- 1st American Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935149262
- ISBN
- 9781935149262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.71€ 50.03
€ 52.71
€ 50.03
Hardback. This book takes a thematic approach that analyses a broad range of military and social aspects of Greek warfare in the period from the Late Bronze Age to Alexander the Great. Topics include: the causes of war, land battles, sieges and naval warfare, as well as the economic, religious, political, and cultural impact of war. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 163 x 241 x 27. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719056574
- ISBN
- 9780719056574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.88€ 91.15
€ 100.88
€ 91.15
Hardback. The premier practitioner of the Nahuatl annals form was a writer of the early seventeenth century now known as Chimalpahin. This volume is the first English edition of Chimalpahin's largest work, written during the first two decades of the seventeenth century. Editor(s): Lockhart, James; Schroeder, Susan; Namala, Doris. Translator(s): Lockhart, James; Schroeder, Susan; Namala, Doris. Num Pages: 340 pages, 2 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804754545
- ISBN
- 9780804754545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
Paperback. A magisterial history of South Africa, from the earliest known human inhabitation of the region to the present. It also includes a chapter chronicling the first presidential term of Mbeki and ending with the celebrations of the centenary of South Africa's ruling African National Congress in January 2012. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white halftones, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300189353
- ISBN
- 9780300189353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.57
€ 21.99
€ 17.57
Paperback. A fast-paced, character-filled history that brings the unique American saga to life for readers of all ages Series: Little Histories. Num Pages: 344 pages, 11 maps + 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 33. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300223484
- ISBN
- 9780300223484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 12.58
€ 12.99
€ 12.58
hardcover. WEXFORD This illustrated volume examines the environmental and historical influences that contributed to the development of the rich natural and cultural landscapes on the Hook peninsula, county Wexford. The diverse elements of the modern landscape and its inhabitants are identified, analysed and placed in their historical context. Series: Irish Rural Landscape S. Num Pages: 260 pages, 400 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTP; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 309 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781859183786
- ISBN
- 9781859183786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.00€ 42.31
€ 59.00
€ 42.31
Hardcover. Brings the particular perspective of the geographer to the theme of 'colonial/early modern' (c. 1550 - c.1750) Ireland. Num Pages: 760 pages, maps (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 253 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781859183977
- ISBN
- 9781859183977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.00€ 50.07
€ 69.00
€ 50.07
Hardcover. KERRY The Iveragh Peninsula, often referred to as the 'Ring of Kerry', is one of Ireland's most dramatic and beautiful landscapes. This cultural atlas provides readers with a broad range of perspectives on the peninsula and the human interactions with it. It explores the physical and environmental setting of the peninsula. Editor(s): Crowley, John; Sheehan, John. Num Pages: 400 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 244 x 37. Weight in Grams: 2682 495pp Another extraordinary volume in the Cultural Atlas Series published by Cork University Press, this one is on the Iveragh Peninsula, popularly known as the Ring of Kerry
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781859184301
- ISBN
- 9781859184301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.00€ 45.48
€ 59.00
€ 45.48
Paperback. A visceral history of Pompeii - the living city brought back to life. Num Pages: 432 pages, 28, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 344. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0001983
- ISBN
- 9780753820766
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The Victorian suburbs, now such a familiar element of the British townscape, were once building sites where armies of workmen converged to cover open land with streets of modest, comfortable houses. This title celebrates the work of the men who, plot by plot, translated surveyors' drawings and piles of materials into streets of dwellings. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, 60 b/w; 40 col. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; AMK; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 211 x 4. Weight in Grams: 130. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Shire Publications
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0002805
- ISBN
- 9780747810957
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. A Warrior Dynasty spans the period from the late sixteenth to the early eighteenth centuries. It deals with northern and Eastern Europe, overlooked by military writers in favor of areas viewed as having greater importance for military history. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16pp illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 231 x 24. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612002422
- ISBN
- 9781612002422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.49
€ 35.99
€ 31.49
Paperback. To the Bitter End is a penetrating and detailed account of the climactic battles of the German forces in Slovakia, the Carpathians, parts of Poland, Silesia and Saxony, from autumn 1944 until the end of the war. These were desperate times for the German forces as they fought frantically against overwhelming odds to prevent Soviet forces usurping. Num Pages: 232 pages, 16-pg photo section. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935149316
- ISBN
- 9781935149316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.71
€ 26.99
€ 23.71
Paperback. Malaita traces the history and culture of a Pacific island from the 19th to 21st centuries through over 600 images drawn from the archives of the British Museum and public and private photographic collections around the world. Num Pages: 296 pages, 300 colour, 300 black and white. BIC Classification: 1MKLS; HBJM; HDD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- British Museum Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861592012
- ISBN
- 9780861592012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.67
€ 83.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 215 x 16. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1900
- Publisher
- Stanton Atkins & Dosil Canada
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780980930436
- ISBN
- 9780980930436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.88
€ 27.99
€ 19.88
Paperback. Details the history, weapons and tactics of the Japanese destroyers that was built before the war. This book includes the famous Fubuki class called Special Type by the Japanese, which were, when completed in the late 1920's, the most powerful class of destroyers in the world. Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBTM; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 186 x 6. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849089845
- ISBN
- 9781849089845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Paperback. A thoroughly updated and expanded edition of Lovell's classic account of the violence that has wracked Guatemala, from its roots in the colonial past to its aftermath in the twenty-first century Series: The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies. Num Pages: 221 pages, 27 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLCM; HBJK; JFC; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292721838
- ISBN
- 9780292721838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.45
€ 26.99
€ 25.45
Paperback. Part of the 'Men and Battles' series, this book details Operation Goodwood. Num Pages: 84 pages, full colour plates and maps, 50 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 199 x 9. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Histoire & Collections France
- Number of pages
- 84
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782352500391
- ISBN
- 9782352500391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.43
€ 21.99
€ 20.43
Paperback. A masterly synthesis and summary of the present state of knowledge and debates on various aspects of warfare in medieval Catholic Europe between 300 and 1500 AD. It provides a general overview of the subject, with chapters on the theory of warfare, military personnel, buildings and equipment, and the practice of warfare by land and sea. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- SKU
- V9780333763315
- ISBN
- 9780333763315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.59
€ 57.59
Hardback. This collection explores the questions of whether, how, and why the histories of German Nazism and Soviet Communism could and should be situated within a single coherent narrative. The contributors examine ideology, terror, secular religion, museum exhibits, and denial in order to critically analyze these complex, entangled historical phenomena. Editor(s): Karlsson, Klas-Goran; Zander, Ulf. Num Pages: 210 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBWQ; JPFC; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781498518703
- ISBN
- 9781498518703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.25
€ 114.25
Paperback. In the second of his two-volume analysis of the Yom Kippur War, Simon Dunstan details the fighting in the Sinai, culminating in Operation Gazelle, the Israeli attack on the Suez Canal. Although defeated militarily, Egypt did ultimately succeed in forcing the Israelis back to the negotiating table. Illustrator(s): Lyles, Kevin. Series: Osprey Campaign S. Num Pages: 96 pages, 48 colour & 48 b&w photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJPL; HBJF1; HBLW3; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 178 x 8. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841762210
- ISBN
- 9781841762210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.41
€ 23.99
€ 16.41