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Paperback. The SOE (Special Operations Executive) was one of the most innovative British creations of the Second World War. This book looks at the men and women who made up the SOE, the rigorous training to which they were subjected, and their lives during and after the war. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, 55 b/w; 5 col. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 211 x 9. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Shire Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784420406
- ISBN
- 9781784420406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.13
€ 11.99
€ 10.13
Paperback. Explores the mysterious world of the tools Special Operations Executive used for their missions of subversion and sabotage. From high explosive technology to chemical and biological devices; from the techniques of air supply to incendiarism; this book reveals about the tools that allowed the world of spying and spies to operate during wartime. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752453293
- ISBN
- 9780752453293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.55
€ 17.99
€ 16.55
Paperback. Drawing on both literary and historical evidence, Puff shows that speakers of German associated sodomy with Italy, and increasingly, the Catholic Church. This study will interest historians of gender, sexuality and religion, as well as scholars of medieval history and culture. Series: Chicago Series on Sexuality, History & Society. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DFH; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226685069
- ISBN
- 9780226685069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.66
€ 40.99
€ 31.66
Paperback. Investigates the social and sexual world of these sea rovers Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBLH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814712368
- ISBN
- 9780814712368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.67
€ 32.99
€ 29.67
When Rob Amberg first met Dellie Norton, she was 76 years old and had lived most of her life in the mountain community of Sodom Laurel, North Carolina. This work traces the relationship between them, years marked by the seasons of raising and harvesting food and by the gatherings of family. Num Pages: 192 pages, 134 duotones. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 3JJP; BG; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1170.
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807827420
- ISBN
- 9780807827420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.97€ 51.06
€ 51.97
€ 51.06
Paperback. Based on contemporary accounts, settlers' reminiscences, and the work of other historians, Sod Busting dives deeply into the practical realities of how things worked to make vivid one of the quintessentially American experiences, breaking new land. Series: How Things Worked. Num Pages: 144 pages, 12, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; TV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781421414515
- ISBN
- 9781421414515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.26
€ 24.99
€ 22.26
Hardback. Based on contemporary accounts, settlers' reminiscences, and the work of other historians, Sod Busting dives deeply into the practical realities of how things worked to make vivid one of the quintessentially American experiences, breaking new land. Series: How Things Worked. Num Pages: 144 pages, 12, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; TV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421414508
- ISBN
- 9781421414508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.27
€ 51.99
€ 43.27
Paperback. This classic work marks the culmination of a definite stage in the socio-economic historiography from the late Middle Ages to the rise of the haute bourgeoisie in the early Renaissance. Alfred von Martin attempts to discover and define the spirit or essence of the Renaissance, and with it the spirit of early capitalism as it arose in Florence. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBAH; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781412856867
- ISBN
- 9781412856867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.83€ 52.30
€ 56.83
€ 52.30
Paperback. The trauma of the Jewish Holocaust has had the effect in scholarship of marginalizing it as a special case within the study of diaspora, ethnicity, and collection memory, yet as the contributors to this collection argue, the Holocaust and its aftermath ha Editor(s): Gerson, Judith Madeleine; Wolf, Diane L. Num Pages: 424 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; JFFN; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822339991
- ISBN
- 9780822339991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries have traditionally been regarded by historians as a period of intense and formative historical change, so much so that they have often been described as early modern' - an epoch separate from the medieval' and the modern'. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745641300
- ISBN
- 9780745641300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.01
€ 26.01
Hardback. The work of a number of prominent British researchers has been brought together in this collection which focuses on the connections between politics, social aspirations and economics in explaining why the Bolsheviks were able to seize control and establish a communist regime. Editor(s): Service, Robert. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333469101
- ISBN
- 9780333469101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.87
€ 121.87
Paperback. This text surveys the social and economic development of the German speaking lands from the age of the Black Death to the eve of the Thirty Years War. Series: European Studies. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333585320
- ISBN
- 9780333585320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.34
€ 52.99
€ 44.34
Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 100 x 20. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804708685
- ISBN
- 9780804708685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.12
€ 161.12
paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804709729
- ISBN
- 9780804709729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Hardcover. The essays in this volume examine sites of socialist escapes, such as beaches, camp sites, nightclubs, concerts, castles, cars, and soccer matches. The chapters explore the effectiveness of state efforts to engineer society through leisure, entertainment, and related forms of cultural programming and consumption.. Editor(s): Giustino, Cathleen M.; Plum, Catherine J.; Vari, Alexander. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 figs. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857456694
- ISBN
- 9780857456694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.60
€ 155.60
Hardcover. By paying special attention to the shadow cast by Lenin throughout the entire Soviet era, this text attempts to answer three fundamental questions about the socialist experiment in 20th-century Russia. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333964262
- ISBN
- 9780333964262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.20
€ 133.20
Paperback. A reinterpretation of the early years of Marxist socialism in France. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, frontispiece, figures. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814743546
- ISBN
- 9780814743546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; JPFC; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916458072
- ISBN
- 9780916458072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.57
€ 20.99
€ 19.57
Hardback. Editor(s): Egbert, Donald Drew; Persons, Stow. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 590 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 999.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 590
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691653358
- ISBN
- 9780691653358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 290.61
€ 290.61
Hardcover. Editor(s): Bassett, Thomas D. Series: Princeton Studies in American Civilization. Num Pages: 824 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 824
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691653341
- ISBN
- 9780691653341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 355.28€ 263.01
€ 355.28
€ 263.01
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 430 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691651736
- ISBN
- 9780691651736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 208.69
€ 208.69
paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 430 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691625263
- ISBN
- 9780691625263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.14€ 50.82
€ 65.14
€ 50.82
Editor(s): Blau, Joseph Leon. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 28. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 383
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872206908
- ISBN
- 9780872206908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.21€ 46.48
€ 59.21
€ 46.48
Paperback. Editor(s): Blau, Joseph Leon. Series: American Heritage S. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 383
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872206892
- ISBN
- 9780872206892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.42
€ 17.99
€ 14.42