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Paperback. Highly-trained and immensely skilled, the SAS are widely regarded as one of the best Special Forces units in the world. This book sheds light on the SAS's involvement in the Troubles of Northern Ireland, their operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and the widespread use of the SAS in counter terrorism and counterinsurgency operations since 9/11. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter. Series: Elite. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJD1; HBWS; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 7. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472814036
- ISBN
- 9781472814036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.71
€ 19.99
€ 14.71
Hardcover. Sarkozy came to power promising radical political and social change while simultaneously developing a presidential persona that melded the public and the personal under the glare of media attention, unparalleled in the French Fifth Republic. This volume provides a detailed analysis of the fit between his ambitions and the outcomes of his presidency Editor(s): Raymond, Gino G. Series: French Politics, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JMC; 3JMG; HBJD; JPF; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137025319
- ISBN
- 9781137025319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
paperback. Series: Societas. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BGH; HBJD; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 212 x 12. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Societas United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845402396
- ISBN
- 9781845402396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.54
€ 14.54
The Sarashina Diary: A Woman´s Life in Eleventh-Century Japan
Sugawara No Takasue No Musume Sugawara No Tak...
Hardback. Translator(s): Arntzen, Sonja; Ito, Moriyuki. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 3 maps, 2 recorded music items. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; BM; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231167185
- ISBN
- 9780231167185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.85
€ 54.99
€ 39.85
Paperback. Drawing from letters, diaries, reports, and first-hand reminiscences, one of the foremost historians of the Old West flushes out the story of the men and women who opened commerce with Spanish America along the Santa Fe Trail between Missouri and New Mexico. 110 photos, maps, & drawings. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618705
- ISBN
- 9780700618705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.37
€ 27.99
€ 26.37
Hardback. The true story of John Duval Gluck, Jr., who in 1913 founded the Santa Claus Association, which had the sole authority to answer Santa's mail in New York City. He made the myth of Santa a reality to poor children, until a crusading charity commissioner exposed Gluck as a fraud. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 58 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; 5HC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493008445
- ISBN
- 9781493008445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.75
€ 29.99
€ 22.75
Hardback. Translator(s): Whitty, Diane Grosklaus. Series: Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JP; MBNH2; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Translation
- SKU
- V9780252040610
- ISBN
- 9780252040610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.70
€ 117.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 42 halftones, 45 figures, 13 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226514253
- ISBN
- 9780226514253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.09
€ 25.99
€ 21.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 232 x 9. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750955898
- ISBN
- 9780750955898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.53
€ 21.99
€ 20.53
Hardback. This invaluable comprehensive index provides a key to the Gompers volumes. Editor(s): Albert, Peter J.; Palladino, Grace. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252037429
- ISBN
- 9780252037429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.99
€ 56.99
Paperback. Presents evidence that the saloon, played an important role in the working-class community life. Focusing on public drinking in Chicago and Boston, this book offers a discussion of the saloon, as a social institution and a locus of the struggle between middle-class notions of privacy and working-class uses of public space. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 31. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252067815
- ISBN
- 9780252067815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.71
€ 41.71
Hardcover. In 1995, remains of walls and mosaic floors dating to Hellenistic and Roman times were found, and on one of the walls there was a Greek inscription, known as "The Salmakis Inscription". An international symposium was held where scholars offered their views on the inscription. This book contains the contributions to that symposium. Num Pages: 237 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1222.
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Number of pages
- 237
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788778388230
- ISBN
- 9788778388230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.57
€ 31.99
€ 23.57
Paperback. A real-life story of archaeological detection, leading to a unique prehistoric hoard Series: Tempus History & Archaeology. Num Pages: 176 pages, 23 col pls, 13 figs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLA; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- F First Edition Used
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752414720
- ISBN
- 9780752414720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.69
€ 21.99
€ 20.69
Paperback. Ypres today is an international 'Town of Peace'. But in 1914 the town, and the Salient, the 35-mile bulge in the Western Front, of which it is part, saw a 1500 day military campaign of mud and blood at the heart of the First World War that turned it into the devil's nursery. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp b+w plate section. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472124807
- ISBN
- 9781472124807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
Paperback. In late 17th-century Salem, Massachusetts, neighbours turned against neighbours and children against parents with accusations of witchcraft. This text examines what created an epidemic of accusations that resulted in the investigation of nearly 200 colonists and, for many, trial and incarceration. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; HRQX5; HRQX9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700608591
- ISBN
- 9780700608591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.30
€ 37.30
Paperback. Presenting the events of Salem's witch hysteria in 1692 and 1693 in a chronological format, this authorative book makes use of previously unknown court records and documents. Num Pages: 752 pages, 35 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK; HBLH; HRQX; VXW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1148.
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589791329
- ISBN
- 9781589791329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.31
€ 26.99
€ 20.31
Hardcover. Drawing on a wealth of archival evidence, Sudhir Hazareesingh vividly reconstructs the symbolic richness and political complexity of the Saint-Napoleon festivities in a work that opens up broader questions about the nature of the French state, unity and lines of fracture in society. Num Pages: 322 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674013414
- ISBN
- 9780674013414
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.98€ 80.84
€ 88.98
€ 80.84
The Saga of Leon Trotsky. His Clandestine Operations and His Assassina...
Mahoney, Harry Thayer; Mahoney, Marjorie Lock...
Hardback. This historical study focuses on Leon Trotsky's efforts to create a military intelligence operation of global significance and his subsequent efforts to recreate earlier success. It features material on Mexican sources and the players in the various assassination plots against him. Num Pages: 450 pages, graphs, maps, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KLCM; BGH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; JPSH; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1048.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Austin & Winfield,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572921245
- ISBN
- 9781572921245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.46
€ 130.46
Hardcover. For 250 years the Turkic Muslims of Tibet, who call themselves Uyghurs today, have cultivated a sense of history and identity that challenges Beijing's national narrative. The roots of this history run deeper than recent conflicts, Rian Thum says, to a time when manuscripts and pilgrimage along the Silk Road dominated understandings of the past. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJF; HRAX; HRH; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674598553
- ISBN
- 9780674598553
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 45.05
€ 52.99
€ 45.05
Hardcover. This study ranges across the 19th century to chronicle the evolution of the institutions, theology and social attitudes of Georgia Methodists. These are examined in the context of such phenomena as: slavery; class prejudice; republicanism; population growth; war; emancipation; and urban growth. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HRCC95; HRCM; J. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820319636
- ISBN
- 9780820319636
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.29
€ 74.29