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Regional & national history
Paperback. A memoir that intends to revisit Bulgaria and the author's own muddled relationship to it, travelling back to the scenes of her childhood, sampling its bizarre tourist sites, uncovering its centuries' old history of bloodshed and blurred borders, and capturing the absurdities and idiosyncrasies of her own and her country's. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 b&w integrated photos. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846271243
- ISBN
- 9781846271243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.50
€ 15.99
€ 11.50
Paperback. Originally published in 1961, this book offered a warning about what American forces would face in the jungles of Southeast Asia; a war fought without fronts against a mobile enemy. This book describes the brutality of the Indochina War, in which French forces suffered a staggering defeat at the hands of Communist-led Vietnamese nationalists. Num Pages: 416 pages, 48 b/w photos, 7 drawings, 29 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; HBJF; HBWS2; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844153183
- ISBN
- 9781844153183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 142 pages, 57 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; HBJD1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 169 x 10. Weight in Grams: 374. 142 pages, 57 b&w illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; HBJD1; WQH. Dimension: 238 x 169 x 10. Weight: 372.
- Publisher
- Brewin Books
- Number of pages
- 142
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781858582627
- ISBN
- 9781858582627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.79
€ 20.79
Paperback. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 339 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 339
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226378084
- ISBN
- 9780226378084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
€ 32.99
€ 25.76
Hardback. Strike-action has long been a notable phenomenon in Israeli society, despite forces that have weakened its recurrence, such as the Arab-Jewish conflict, the decline of organized labor, and the increase of precarious workers. This book unravels the trajectory of the strikes in the first half of the 20th century.. Num Pages: 196 pages, 11 illustrations, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; KNXB1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782388098
- ISBN
- 9781782388098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.00
€ 157.00
Paperback. The thrilling story of what goes on behind the scenes with the RAF's fighter-bomber pilots - the 'top guns' - including many first-hand accounts of dramatic air operations Num Pages: 448 pages, 16pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW; JWG; JWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 112 x 30. Weight in Grams: 250. Book already read but a good clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Headline Book Publishing
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KDK0010509
- ISBN
- 9780755310593
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The thrilling story of what goes on behind the scenes with the RAF's fighter-bomber pilots - the 'top guns' - including many first-hand accounts of dramatic air operations Num Pages: 448 pages, 16pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW; JWG; JWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 112 x 30. Weight in Grams: 250. 440pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Headline Book Publishing
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KON0833530
- ISBN
- 9780755310593
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The thrilling story of what goes on behind the scenes with the RAF's fighter-bomber pilots - the 'top guns' - including many first-hand accounts of dramatic air operations Num Pages: 448 pages, 16pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW; JWG; JWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 112 x 30. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Headline Book Publishing
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KT00002110
- ISBN
- 9780755310593
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Written by a pilot for the non-aviator, Strike Eagle puts the reader inside the cockpit of one of the world's most advanced fighters - the F-15E. It is a human-scale account of men at war. Series: Warriors S. Num Pages: 230 pages, 32 b&w photographs, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJPR; HBJF1; HBLW3; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- V9781574888850
- ISBN
- 9781574888850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.21
€ 17.99
€ 17.21
Paperback. For sixteen days the armies had grappled-a grueling horror-show of nonstop battle, march, and maneuver that stretched through May of 1864. Federal commander Ulysses S. Grant had resolved to destroy his Confederate adversaries through attrition if by no other means. He would just keep at them until he used them up. Series: Emerging Civil War Series. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Savas Beatie United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611212549
- ISBN
- 9781611212549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.30
€ 17.99
€ 17.30
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 422 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBTV; JPWQ; KNXB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691633961
- ISBN
- 9780691633961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.25€ 133.13
€ 178.25
€ 133.13
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906033415
- ISBN
- 9781906033415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.64
€ 40.99
€ 28.64
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.04
€ 52.04
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
€ 34.99€ 33.91
€ 34.99
€ 33.91
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
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
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
€ 122.85
€ 122.85
Paperback. The definitive biography of the legendary conservative Senator from South Carolina, with new revelations about his life and career. Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; BGH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781586483920
- ISBN
- 9781586483920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.01
€ 26.99
€ 19.01
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
€ 53.48€ 42.14
€ 53.48
€ 42.14
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
€ 32.99€ 26.85
€ 32.99
€ 26.85
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
€ 73.68€ 57.15
€ 73.68
€ 57.15
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€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
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€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
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
€ 30.99€ 30.82
€ 30.99
€ 30.82
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€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51