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Paperback. An academic but accessible study of espionage and its impact, this is the first in a series of studies in early modern European history edited by leading historians. Editor(s): Preto, Paolo; Storrs, Christopher; Szechi, Daniel. Num Pages: 213 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Discovery Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- New ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845860608
- ISBN
- 9781845860608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.53
€ 41.99
€ 37.53
Paperback. Series: Difference Incorporated. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; ASDX; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816679942
- ISBN
- 9780816679942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Hardback. This work is an autobiography of a young girl growing up in Iran. The daughter of an English Christian mother and an Iranian Zoroastrian father, Nesta Ramazani sketches her personal life story against the backdrop of a society marked by the fusion of Iranian, Islamic, and Western cultures. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; ASD; BGA; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607274
- ISBN
- 9780815607274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.59
€ 29.99
€ 26.59
Hardcover. The story of the attack on the Mohne and Eder dams in the Ruhr has been recounted many times before but not from the German side. The author has spent over a third of a century studying the raid and its consequences, and this book collects an archive of documents and photographs. Translator(s): Ockenden, Michael. Series: Through the Lens. Num Pages: 240 pages, 400 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AJC; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 297 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1334. Series: Through the Lens. 240 pages, 400 photographs. The story of the attack on the Mohne and Eder dams in the Ruhr has been recounted many times before but not from the German side. The author has spent over a third of a century studying the raid and its consequences, and this book collects an archive of documents and photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; AJC; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Dimension: 215 x 297 x 25. Weight: 1328. Translator(s): Ockenden, Michael.
- Publisher
- After the Battle
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781870067270
- ISBN
- 9781870067270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.64
€ 40.99
€ 28.64
Paperback. A comprehensive account of the most audacious bombing raid of the Second World War. Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 320 pages, 90, 10 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Edition
- New Ed
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicholson
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780304351732
- ISBN
- 9780304351732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. The story of the legendary bouncing-bomb attack on Germany's dams. Num Pages: 336 pages, 66. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 324. In the Words of the Bomber Crews. 336 pages, 66 illustrations (32 in colour). The story of the legendary bouncing-bomb attack on Germany's dams. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Dimension: 200 x 129 x 25. Weight: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445611938
- ISBN
- 9781445611938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.38
€ 17.99
€ 16.38
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620875865
- ISBN
- 9781620875865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.30
€ 18.99
€ 16.30
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPCT; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; HRAM2; HRAX; HREX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231168526
- ISBN
- 9780231168526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 50.63
€ 65.36
€ 50.63
Paperback. Introduces the history, culture, and politics of the Czech people through more than 150 primary texts and images. Editor(s): Bazant, Jan; Bazantova, Nina; Starn, Frances. Series: The World Readers. Num Pages: 568 pages, 64 b&w photos, 8 page color insert, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; GTB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822347941
- ISBN
- 9780822347941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Hardcover. The essays in the book compare the Czech Republic and Slovakia since the breakup of Czechoslovakia in 1993. The papers deal with the causes of the divorce and discuss the political, economic and social developments in the new countries. Editor(s): Stolarik, Mark. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 1DVKS; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJD; JHB; JPH; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Publisher
- Central European University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789633861530
- ISBN
- 9789633861530
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.26€ 60.59
€ 96.26
€ 60.59
Hardcover. The Cyrus Cylinder is one of the most famous objects to have survived from the ancient world. The Cylinder was inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform on the orders of the Persian King Cyrus the Great (559ae'530BC) after he captured Babylon in 539BC. Translator(s): Finkel, Irving L. Num Pages: 144 pages, 110 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; HBJF1; HBLA; HDDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1002.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714111872
- ISBN
- 9780714111872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.57
€ 46.57
Paperback. A concise guide to one of the most confounding and seemingly irresolvable international conflicts for almost half a century. Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVC; 1DVG; 1DVT; HBJD; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199757152
- ISBN
- 9780199757152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.75
€ 16.75
Paperback. Henry Kissinger claimed that, because of the Watergate crisis, he could do nothing to stop the Greek colonels' coup on the island of Cyprus in 1975. This book argues that the coup was, in fact, no failure of American foreign policy, but the realization of a long-term Washington plot. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVC; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV; JPS; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860647376
- ISBN
- 9781860647376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.05
€ 38.05
Paperback. The story of three generations of Iranian women - Kamin, her mother and her grandmother - which portrays the history of twentieth century Iran Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJP; 3JMC; BGHA; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 238. 288 pages, map. The story of three generations of Iranian women - Kamin, her mother and her grandmother - which portrays the history of twentieth century Iran. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJP; 3JMC; BGHA; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight: 200.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408822333
- ISBN
- 9781408822333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
Hardcover. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 239 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226210919
- ISBN
- 9780226210919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.50
€ 46.99
€ 36.50
Cursillo Movement in America: Catholics, Protestants, and Fourth-Day Spirituality Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC7; HRCS; HRCV; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469607160
- ISBN
- 9781469607160
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.65
€ 47.65
Paperback. Siegfried Kracauer is today considered one of the key thinkers of the twentieth century. During the Weimar Republic, he established himself as a trenchant theorist of film, culture, and modernity, now often ranked alongside his friends Walter Benjamin and Theodor W Adorno. This book deals with his life. Num Pages: 300 pages, 13 b/w. BIC Classification: 1D; APFA; HBJD; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520290945
- ISBN
- 9780520290945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. Perfect for fans of Kate Summerscale, this is the chilling true tale of Dr John Bodkin Adams, the family doctor suspected of murdering 160 of his patients in 1950s Eastbourne. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESX; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW3; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848544727
- ISBN
- 9781848544727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Hardback. The Cup of Song explores the symbiotic relationship of the symposion and poetry across Greek literary history. Each chapter discusses one aspect of sympotic engagement by key authors across the major genres of Greek poetry, leading to a characterization of the full spectrum of sympotic poetry from its beginnings through to the Hellenistic age. Editor(s): Cazzato, Vanessa; Obbink, Dirk; Prodi, Enrico Emanuele. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSC; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199687688
- ISBN
- 9780199687688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 208.29
€ 208.29
hardcover. Up to now the culture of the Stalin period has been studied mainly from a political or ideological point of view. This book, however, approaches the problem from within, and deals with various aspects of Stalinist culture such as art, literature, architecture, film and popular culture. Editor(s): Gunther, Hans. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1990th Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333491263
- ISBN
- 9780333491263
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 239.00
€ 239.00
Paperback. His new epilogue is partly a guide for new historians to tackle the complexities of Cold War studies. Series: The American Moment. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801851957
- ISBN
- 9780801851957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.89
€ 30.99
€ 26.89
Paperback. This book documents the emergence of the culture of sensibility that transformed British society of the eighteenth century. It focuses on the rise of new moral and spiritual values and the struggle to redefine the group identities of men and women. Num Pages: 554 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 231 x 29. Weight in Grams: 870. Sex and Society in Eighteenth-Century Britain. 554 pages, 11 halftones. This book documents the emergence of the culture of sensibility that transformed British society of the eighteenth century. It focuses on the rise of new moral and spiritual values and the struggle to redefine the group identities of men and women. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ. Dimension: 146 x 231 x 29. Weight: 756.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 554
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226037141
- ISBN
- 9780226037141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.04€ 48.76
€ 57.04
€ 48.76
Paperback. Focusing on Ottoman Lebanon, this title shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular country. It challenges those who have viewed sectarian violence as an Islamic response to westernization or simply as a product of social and economic inequities among religious groups. Num Pages: 274 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 1QDT; 3JH; GTB; HBJF1; HBLL; HRAM9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520218468
- ISBN
- 9780520218468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.47
€ 36.99
€ 26.47
Paperback. Traversing a range of discourse and imagery about kitharoidia - poetic and prose texts, iconography, inscriptions - this book offers an account of the aesthetic and socio-cultural complexities of citharodic song and examines the iconic role of the song makers in the popular imagination. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 230 pages, 5 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; AS; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1084.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021389
- ISBN
- 9780674021389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.44
€ 20.99
€ 19.44