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Discusses about the Korean War. This work examines the fighting that occurred during the late winter and early spring of the war's first year. It provides battle narratives based on eyewitness accounts recorded by Army historians within days of the operations. Editor(s): Bowers, William T. Series: AN AUSA Title, Battles and Campaigns Series. Num Pages: 512 pages, 50 photos, 34 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 839.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813125640
ISBN
9780813125640
Condition: New

€ 50.15

Paperback. 176 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. Join 'The Terrible Ones' on clandestine operations and in conventional warfare during the harsh bush war that raged through southern Angola in the 1980s. This book presents an eyewitness account by a South African Defence Force Signals Officer. It describes how members lived and fought in the bush during 1983 under the most difficult conditions. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFMA; 3JJPN; HBJH; HBLW3; HBW. Dimension: 165 x 234 x 15. Weight: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Helion and Company
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907677779
ISBN
9781907677779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.74

Paperback. Combining personal memoir and historical narrative, this title argues for a reassessment of unionism in American life during the second half of the twentieth century and a recasting of "official memory." It traces the history of union steelworkers after World War II. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b&w photographs, 2 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; KCZ; KNJH; KNXB1; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781566397391
ISBN
9781566397391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.59

Paperback. An analysis of the career of Candido Rondon providing an avenue to deconstruct recent Brazilian historiography on nation building, indigenous people, and state action Num Pages: 248 pages, 23 illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBAH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5665 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822332497
ISBN
9780822332497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.18

Hardback. The Project on Vegas shows how the Las Vegas Strip concentrates and magnifies American culture's core truths. Among others, the Strip's buffets, surveillance, large scale branding and consumption, and transformation of nature reflects larger trends and practices throughout America. Includes over 100 photographs by Karen Klugman. Num Pages: 384 pages, 101 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822359487
ISBN
9780822359487
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.30

Paperback. Shows that concerns that China might be prone to violent conflict over territory are overstated. Developing theories of cooperation and escalation in territorial disputes, this book explains China's willingness to either compromise or use force. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 408 pages, 7 line illus. 7 tables. 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691136097
ISBN
9780691136097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 41.45

Hardback. Lee Brown was an African-American labour activist who was jailed in the 1950s for protesting against the House Un-American Activities Committee. This is the story of Brown's life from his political awakening as a youth from the rural South to his rise to leadership, time of imprisonment and beyond. Series: Voices and Visions: People & Events That Made a Dfference in American Life. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847691913
ISBN
9780847691913
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.67

Hardback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 figures, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; HBJF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622. The Rise of Public Opinion in China's Japan Policy. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. 352 pages, Illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; HBJF; JPS. Dimension: 168 x 236 x 27. Weight: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231158060
ISBN
9780231158060
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.92
€ 56.44

Paperback. Analyses texts drawn from the Bleek and Lloyd Archive - one of the important collections for the understanding of South African cultural heritage and in particular the traditions of the /Xam, South Africa's 'first people'. This book offers an analysis of the corpus of /Xam narratives found in the Bleek and Lloyd collection. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; DSB; HBJ; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Witwatersrand University Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868144709
ISBN
9781868144709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.57

Paperback. Structures of Memory turns to the landscape of contemporary Berlin, particularly places marked by the presence of the Nazi regime, in order to understand how some places of great cruelty or great heroism are forgotten by all but eyewitnesses, while others become the site of public ceremonies, museums, or commemorative monuments. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 304 pages, 31 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW3; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804752770
ISBN
9780804752770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.76

Paperback. America's origins are inextricably linked to warfare. In Struggle for a Continent, author John Ferling tells the complex story of conquest and survival not only in the encounters between European settlers and the native peoples of North America, but also the North American wars among the great powers of Europe to win dominance in America. Series: American History S. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Harlan Davidson
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780882958965
ISBN
9780882958965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.29

Paperback. Series: Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past. Num Pages: 416 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3F; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801475290
ISBN
9780801475290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 116 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DND; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 8. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Danmarks Paedagogiske Universitetsskole Denmark
Number of pages
116
Condition
New
SKU
V9788776842536
ISBN
9788776842536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.40

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JPA; JPHV; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231181105
ISBN
9780231181105
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.99

Paperback. Translation of the Hebrew title 'Masa Komta' Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House Israel
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652295767
ISBN
9789652295767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.93

Hardcover. Timothy J. Van Compernolle reconsiders the rise of the modern novel in Japan by connecting the genre to new discourses on ambition and social mobility, arguing that social mobility is the privileged lens through which Meiji novelists explored abstract concepts of national belonging, social hierarchy, and the new space of an industrializing nation. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DS; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674659797
ISBN
9780674659797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.43

Paperback. First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Morrill's Very Short Introduction to Stuart Britain shows how in the Stuart century, a century of Revolution, political, religious, social, and economic changes came together. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 112 pages, 10 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 110 x 7. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192854001
ISBN
9780192854001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.15

Paperback. This is a history of student protests in Shanghai from the turn of the century to 1949, showing how these students experienced and help shape the course of the Chinese Revolution. Num Pages: 444 pages, 19 half-tones 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
444
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804731669
ISBN
9780804731669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 7. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Condition
New
SKU
V9781882926459
ISBN
9781882926459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.06

Hardback. Basil Gray's publications on Chinese and Islamic art have done much to introduce these subjects to a European public. This first volume deals with Chinese painting and luxury art. Num Pages: 286 pages, 191 illus. BIC Classification: A; HBJF; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Pindar Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907132219
ISBN
9780907132219
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.70

Hardback. Editor(s): Bannet, Eve Tavor; Wheeler, Roxann. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421422145
ISBN
9781421422145
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.58

Hardcover. Spotlights the visual arts, vision, and blindness during the Enlightenment in France, Britain, and Germany. This volume includes essays that range from exploring the musical and cultural impact of an eighteenth-century virtuoso violinist to analyzing lotteries as romance in eighteenth-century England. Editor(s): Thomas, Professor Downing A.; Cody, Dr. Lisa Forman. Num Pages: 300 pages, 30, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; AB; DSBD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801899089
ISBN
9780801899089
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.36

Hardback. Kate C. Hamilton, "She 'Came up Stairs into the World:' Elizabeth Barry and Restoration Celebrity" Editor(s): Cody, Dr. Lisa Forman. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12, 12 figures. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; AB; DSBD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421409511
ISBN
9781421409511
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.32

Hardback. Pisano, and Yann Robert, this collection of essays highlights new research in disability studies, debates on slavery and literary history, and analyses of literary genre and form. Editor(s): Burnham, Michelle; Bannet, Eve Tavor. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Publication date
2015
SKU
V9781421418629
ISBN
9781421418629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.58

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