Regional & national history
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Regional & national history
Hardcover. Presents diaries and correspondence left by members of the tokkotai and other Japanese student soldiers who perished during the World War II. Outside of Japan, these kamikaze pilots were considered unbridled fanatics who willingly sacrificed their lives for the emperor. This book explores writings, which speak otherwise. Num Pages: 232 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; BTM; HBJF; HBWQ; JWG; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 181 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226619507
- ISBN
- 9780226619507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.34€ 45.21
€ 52.34
€ 45.21
Paperback. Why did almost 1000 highly educated "student soldiers" volunteer to serve in Japan's kamikaze operations at the end of World War II, even though Japan was losing the war? This study of the role of the state in pushing imperial ideology shows the power of symbolic communication. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBWQ; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226620916
- ISBN
- 9780226620916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. This is the previously untold story of one of the most ferocious and prolonged air/naval battles in history: the battle at the radar picket stations during the American assault on Okinawa in spring 1945. Num Pages: 448 pages, black and white photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 714. Okinawa 1945. 448 pages, black and white photos throughout. This is the untold story of one of the most ferocious and prolonged battles in history: the battle at the radar picket stations during the American assault on Okinawa. It weaves together the experiences of the ships and their crews, Navy, Army, and Marine Corps pilots, and Japanese kamikazes in an account which provides the complete story. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 28. Weight: 714.
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935149415
- ISBN
- 9781935149415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.57
€ 27.99
€ 26.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 739200 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DND; BJ; HBJD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 181 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1034.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 739200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772892450
- ISBN
- 9788772892450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 92.78€ 71.47
€ 92.78
€ 71.47
Paperback. Graphic account of the most famous episode in the Battle of the Bulge. Tells the story from German and American viewpoints. Full walking and driving tour of the area over which the battle was fought. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 209 x 12. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473827042
- ISBN
- 9781473827042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764350788
- ISBN
- 9780764350788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 50.77
€ 53.99
€ 50.77
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 155 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; ACBP; AGC; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 286 x 241. Weight in Grams: 155.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691176475
- ISBN
- 9780691176475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.53€ 42.58
€ 53.53
€ 42.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: HBJM; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 171 x 14. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781922059635
- ISBN
- 9781922059635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.18
€ 32.99
€ 24.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910294420
- ISBN
- 9781910294420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.86
€ 40.99
€ 28.86
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DD; CFG; GTC; HBJD; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penn State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271064208
- ISBN
- 9780271064208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.61
€ 43.99
€ 33.61
Paperback. A powerful new portrait of the second and last - and much-maligned - Nazi leader Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785780547
- ISBN
- 9781785780547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.90
€ 11.99
€ 9.90
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 462 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB; JPHL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 999.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 462
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691647135
- ISBN
- 9780691647135
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.91€ 145.57
€ 193.91
€ 145.57
Hardback. A collection of Karl Polanyi's Hungarian writings translated in English for the first time. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; JHB; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231176088
- ISBN
- 9780231176088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Hardcover. Austria is often overlooked as one of the successor states to the Habsburg Empire. The Socialist politician Karl Renner (1870 1950) was prime minister of the government that took power in Vienna after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The author gives an account of Karl Renner's adroit handling of a difficult situation. Series Editor(s): Sharp, Alan. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 tables, 3 black & white halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905791897
- ISBN
- 9781905791897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905791736
- ISBN
- 9781905791736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Editor(s): Cote, Joost. Translator(s): Cote, Joost. Num Pages: 910 pages. BIC Classification: D; HBJF; JFSJ1; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 234 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1362.
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781922235107
- ISBN
- 9781922235107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.95€ 90.75
€ 118.95
€ 90.75
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; HBJF; HBLW3; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470134009
- ISBN
- 9780470134009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.79
€ 31.99
€ 26.79
Paperback. In 2002, nuclear-armed adversaries India and Pakistan mobilised for war over the long-disputed territory of Kashmir, sparking panic around the world. Drawing on extensive firsthand experience in the contested region. Sumantra Bose reveals how the conflict became a grave threat to South Asia and the world and suggests feasible steps toward peace. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF; HBLW3; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674018174
- ISBN
- 9780674018174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.99
€ 36.99
€ 30.99
Hardcover. In 1828 a strange youth, barely able to speak or walk appeared in Nuremberg. The case excited widespread curiosity; was the "wild man", as many claimed, the rightful heir to the Grand Duchy of Baden, or simply an ingenious fraud? This book examines the many ramifications of this case. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333962145
- ISBN
- 9780333962145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
Paperback. To the extent that she is popularly known, Katherine Parr (1512-48) is the woman who survived King Henry VIII as his sixth and last wife. The author assembles the four publications attributed to her - Psalms or Prayers, Prayers or Meditations, The Lamentation of a Sinner, and a compilation of prayers and Biblical excerpts written in her hand. Editor(s): Mueller, Janel. Num Pages: 656 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DBKE; 3JB; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 179 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1138.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226213798
- ISBN
- 9780226213798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.34€ 45.21
€ 52.34
€ 45.21
Paperback. In this fascinating book, Jeanette Lucraft treats Katherine as a missing person and reconstructs her and her times to uncover the mystery of the 'other woman' in John of Gaunt's life. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 118 x 20. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752455976
- ISBN
- 9780752455976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.56
€ 16.99
€ 15.56
Paperback. Katherine Swynford was first the mistress, and later the wife, of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster. This book rescues Katherine from the footnotes of history, highlighting her key dynastic position within the English monarchy. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712641975
- ISBN
- 9780712641975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. A compelling and genuine first hand account of an activist during the most exciting and turbulent period of Irish history - the only first person account of 1916 ever published. Num Pages: 368 pages, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGA; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- O'Brien Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847170590
- ISBN
- 9781847170590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.21
€ 14.99
€ 13.21
Paperback. Kathmandu is the greatest city of the Himalaya; a place where unique cultural practices that died out in India a thousand years ago have survived. It is a carnival of sexual license and hypocrisy, a jewel of world art, a hotbed of communist revolution, a paradigm of failed democracy. Num Pages: 36. BIC Classification: HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910376775
- ISBN
- 9781910376775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33