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Regional & national history
Paperback. On 27 May 1942 a Czech agent threw a bomb at a passing Mercedes Reinhard Heydrich was travelling in. The assassination sent a shock wave through the Nazi leadership and provoked ferocious reprisals against Czechs and Jews. This book is based on archive material and interviews with surviving members of SOE and Czech military intelligence. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JPWL1; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Birlinn Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843410362
- ISBN
- 9781843410362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.83
€ 15.99
€ 15.83
Paperback. On March 18, 1975, Herbert Chitepo, an African nationalist in exile and chairman of the war council that struggled to liberate Zimbabwe from white-ruled Rhodesia, was killed by a car bomb. This title uncovers what is at stake in the various confessions and why Chitepo's assassination incites conflict and controversy in Zimbabwe's politics. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; HBJH; HBLW3; JPWL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253216083
- ISBN
- 9780253216083
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.47
€ 17.99
€ 17.47
Paperback. In this fascinating volume, renowned historian Howard M. Sachar relates the tragedy of twentieth-century Europe through an innovative, riveting account of the continent's political assassinations between 1918 and 1939 and beyond. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442609181
- ISBN
- 9781442609181
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.26
€ 38.99
€ 35.26
Paperback. The true story of Mary Surratt, a shadowy figure behind the assassination of Abraham Lincoln-and the first woman executed by the federal government Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; JPWL1. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465024414
- ISBN
- 9780465024414
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.38
€ 17.99
€ 16.38
Paperback. Daftary traces the origins and early development of the legends of the Assassins of Northern Iran and Syria - as well as investigating the historical context in which they were fabricated and transmitted, culminating in Marco Polo's reports of the "Old Man of the Mountain". Num Pages: 220 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- I.B.Tauris
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850439509
- ISBN
- 9781850439509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.61
€ 32.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Van Hoa, Tran. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; JPS; KCP; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349654369
- ISBN
- 9781349654369
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Condition: New
€ 122.12
€ 122.12
Hardback. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843310563
- ISBN
- 9781843310563
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Condition: New
€ 132.83
€ 132.83
Paperback. Editor(s): Trautmann, Thomas R. Series: Debates in Indian History. Num Pages: 334 pages, 24 b/w. BIC Classification: HBJF; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 214 x 19. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195692006
- ISBN
- 9780195692006
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Condition: New
€ 39.12
€ 39.12
The Arts in Nazi Germany. Continuity, Conformity, Change.
. Ed(S): Huener, Jonathan; Nicosia, Francis R...
Hardback. Hitler, a failed painter, had retained his youthful passion for art, architecture, and Wagnerian music throughout his life. This book explores Hitler and his followers belief that art and culture were expressions of race, and that "Aryans" alone were capable of creating true art and preserving true German culture. Editor(s): Huener, Jonathan; Nicosia, Francis R. Num Pages: 226 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452094
- ISBN
- 9781845452094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.68
€ 154.68
paperback. In the autumn of 1502 three giants of the Renaissance period - Cesare Borgia, Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli - set out on one of the treacherous military campaigns of the period. This work focuses on this collusion of three iconic figures of the Italian Renaissance to unite three mighty strands of the period - war, politics and art. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; ACND; HBJD; HPCB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845951214
- ISBN
- 9781845951214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 466 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 466
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226317540
- ISBN
- 9780226317540
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.30
€ 47.99
€ 37.30
Paperback. Editor(s): Fash, William L.; Lujan, Leonardo Lopez. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia. Num Pages: 488 pages, 7 color photos, 6 color illustrations, 56 black and white photos, 187 black and white ill. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK; HBLC; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 187 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884023784
- ISBN
- 9780884023784
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.72
€ 40.99
€ 33.72
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1x 8pp photo insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGHA; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 327 x 29. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316311465
- ISBN
- 9780316311465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.59
€ 30.99
€ 20.59
Hardcover. Explores some of the major transitions, opportunities and false dawns of modern British political history. It engages with the scholarly legacy of Professor Duncan Tanner (1958-2010) whose work was focused on the political process and on politics in government. Editor(s): Williams, Chris; Edwards, Andrew. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 27. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719090714
- ISBN
- 9780719090714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 6.75
€ 29.99
€ 6.75
Paperback. The Art of The Possible is a new study of the ideas and achievements of Booker T. Washington, the most influential African American leader of the period 1881-1915. Series: Crosscurrents in African American History. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138001831
- ISBN
- 9781138001831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.57€ 50.26
€ 54.57
€ 50.26
Hardcover. Editor(s): Smith, Bernard; Wheeler, Alwyne. Series: Yale Center for British Art. Num Pages: 288 pages, 50 b/w + 200 color illus. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 330 x 254 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1988.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300041187
- ISBN
- 9780300041187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.67€ 94.24
€ 118.67
€ 94.24
Hardback. The first archive-based study of official corruption under Stalin and a compelling new look at the textures of everyday Soviet life after World War II Series: The Yale-Hoover Series on Authoritarian Regimes. Num Pages: 416 pages, 9 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW; JKV; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300175257
- ISBN
- 9780300175257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.68
€ 82.68
Hardback. A study of the entanglement of visual art with secularism in the wake of the rise of Hindu nationalism in India, tracking the emergence of the artist as an exemplary secular subject. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJP; 3JM; ACXJ; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849042956
- ISBN
- 9781849042956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.48
€ 36.99
€ 33.48
Paperback. For two thousand years the disparate groups that now reside in Zomia have fled the projects of the organized state societies that surround them - slavery, conscription, taxes, corvee labour, epidemics and warfare. This book presents an examination of the huge literature on state-making. Series: Yale Agrarian Studies Series. Num Pages: 464 pages, 2 b/w illus. + 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 32. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Yale Agrarian Studies Series
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300169171
- ISBN
- 9780300169171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.26
€ 30.99
€ 22.26
paperback. Draws on the intimate diaries and letters of leading social and political figures to look behind the scenes of the pageantry of the 1908 anniversary of the founding of Quebec City, disclosing the politics of memory and the theatrics of history. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 408 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802084316
- ISBN
- 9780802084316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 47.45
€ 52.99
€ 47.45