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Hardback. Drawing on political and social history as well as art history, this book includes essays that take a cultural measure of the region's great technological milestones, including San Diego's Panama-California Exposition, the building of the Hetch Hetchy Dam in the Sierras, and traffic planning in Los Angeles. Editor(s): Janssen, Volker. Series: Western Histories. Num Pages: 400 pages, 35 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBW; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520289109
ISBN
9780520289109
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.07
€ 64.99

Paperback. Where Men Win Glory is a profoundly eloquent and affecting account of heroism - a millionaire sports star who gave it all up after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, to fight for his country with the US Army in Afghanistan: only to be killed by one of his own platoon. The gripping story of the life and death of a true American hero. Num Pages: 400 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; BGH; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 338. The Odyssey of Pat Tillman. 400 pages, maps. Where Men Win Glory is a profoundly eloquent and affecting account of heroism - a millionaire sports star who gave it all up after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, to fight for his country with the US Army in Afghanistan: only to be killed by one of his own platoon. The gripping story of the life and death of a true American hero. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; BGH; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight: 389.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848873025
ISBN
9781848873025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. Water and land interrelate in surprising and ambiguous ways, and riparian zones, where land and water meet, have effects far outside their boundaries. Using the Malheur Basin as a case study, this book explores the ways people envisioned boundaries between water and land, the ways they have altered these places, and the often unintended results. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 photos. BIC Classification: HBJK; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295984995
ISBN
9780295984995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. A memoir of land, family and perseverance from one of the most influential writers in America. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; BGA; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007178872
ISBN
9780007178872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBW; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 31. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750968508
ISBN
9780750968508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.68

Paperback. China and India have always been separated not only by the Himalayas, but also by the impenetrable jungle and remote areas that once stretched across Burma. Now this last great frontier will likely vanish leaving China and India exposed to each other as never before. In this book, the author explores the new strategic centrality of Burma. Num Pages: 384 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FMB; 1FPC; HBJF; JPSL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571239641
ISBN
9780571239641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.01

Paperback. Tells what it was like to be a Green Beret in the jungle in Vietnam Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; BM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803264809
ISBN
9780803264809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.98

Paperback. Beginning with an account of the blitz in Wales, and ending with more than fifty personal stories from Welsh people who were touched by the war both at home and abroad, this book offers a portrait of the principality between 1939 and 1945. Series: In Old Photographs. Num Pages: 150 pages, 100 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 248 x 11. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
150
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750938372
ISBN
9780750938372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.45

Paperback. The fascinating and heartwarming true story of two young children evacuated from Newcastle to the remote Lake District village of Bampton during the Second World War. Num Pages: 352 pages, B&W integrated pics. BIC Classification: 1DBKENM; 3JJH; BM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751561395
ISBN
9780751561395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. The seventies encompass strikes that brought down governments, shock general election results, the rise of Margaret Thatcher and the fall of Edward Heath, the IMF crisis, the Winter of Discontent and the three-day week. This title goes in search of what really happened, what it felt like at the time, and where it was all leading. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 39. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571221370
ISBN
9780571221370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.06

Hardback. Presents a surprising, immediate, sometimes humbling, sometimes uplifting insight into what British society was reading about, and thinking, during the Great War. Editor(s): Fountain, Nigel. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 550. Dustwrapper torn otherwise aVery good copy.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Guardian Faber Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
SKU
KEX0270438
ISBN
9781783350414
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 6 April 1994: In the skies above Rwanda the president's plane is shot down in flames. Near Kigali, Jean-Pierre holds his family close, fearing for their lives as the violence escalates. This book sheds light on this incident. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JJPR; BGH; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552775335
ISBN
9780552775335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. We know about the leaders of the 1916 Rising. But what about the men and women who fought on the streets of Dublin? What did they go through during those brutal days after the clock struck on 24 April 1916? For them, the conflict was a mix of bloody fighting and energy-sapping waiting. These are their stories. Num Pages: 344 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Gill
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848892132
ISBN
9781848892132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.44

Paperback. A moving and revealing insight into the real experiences of children evacuated during the Second World War and the families they left behind Num Pages: 368 pages, 8pp b-w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847398765
ISBN
9781847398765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Hardback. For decades before World War II, New York's tenants had organized to secure renters' rights. This title shows that New York City's tenant movement made a significant claim to citizenship rights that came to accrue, both ideologically and legally, to homeownership in postwar America. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 328 pages, 22 black & white photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 712.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252038181
ISBN
9780252038181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.64

Paperback. The Occupation of Paris told in a new light; the effects on its citizens as well as on the city itself. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848547391
ISBN
9781848547391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardback. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; JPA; JPHF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691164694
ISBN
9780691164694
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.94
€ 83.50

Paperback. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; JPA; JPHF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691164700
ISBN
9780691164700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.52

Hardback. Drawing on over 25 years of experience, the author makes the case for a less intrusive international presence with a long-term timeframe for reconstruction in Afghanistan. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849041645
ISBN
9781849041645
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.43

Paperback. Benjamin Franklin secretly loved London more than Philadelphia: it was simply the most exciting place to be in the British Empire. Offering a portrait of eighteenth-century London as the capital of America, this title recreates the famous city's heyday as the centre of an empire that encompassed North America and the West Indies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 36 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300178135
ISBN
9780300178135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.90

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