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Regional & national history
Paperback. During the 2004 presidential election, Congress and the president remade the post-World War II national security infrastructure in less than five months, creating the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC).. Num Pages: 282 pages, 10 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLX; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612348230
- ISBN
- 9781612348230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.92
€ 20.92
Paperback. It's May 1941: over 43,000 civilians had been killed, and over a million houses destroyed following endless nights of bombing raids. Yet London, and other cities that had been targeted survived, their spirit undaunted, their people resilient. This title offers an introduction to this dark episode in British history. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 148 x 5. Weight in Grams: 132. New.
- Publisher
- Shire
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747808046
- ISBN
- 9780747808046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.89
€ 8.89
Hardcover. This volume covers September 3rd, 1939 to September 6th, 1940 of World War II. The book uses extracts from a log compiled by the Ministry of Home Security, which provides a contemporary diary of events. There are also articles by historians and eyewitnesses which interspace the daily happenings. Editor(s): Ramsey, Winston G. Series: After the Battle S. Num Pages: 336 pages, 856 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWL; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 299 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1606.
- Publisher
- After the Battle United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780900913457
- ISBN
- 9780900913457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 32.65
€ 40.99
€ 32.65
Hardcover. Documented with facts, figures and eyewitness accounts, the period in question began quietly with the Luftwaffe busy elsewhere through the 1944 "Baby Blitz" and the fearsome V1 and V2 robot bombs. The three volumes of this series are dedicated to those British civilians who died or were injured. Editor(s): Ramsey, Winston G. Series: After the Battle S. Num Pages: 592 pages, 1452 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWL; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 308 x 223 x 39. Weight in Grams: 2458. Series: After the Battle S. 592 pages, 1452 illustrations. Editor(s): Ramsey, Winston G. Documented with facts, figures and eyewitness accounts, the period in question began quietly with the Luftwaffe busy elsewhere through the 1944 "Baby Blitz" and the fearsome V1 and V2 robot bombs. The three volumes of this series are dedicated to those British civilians who died or were injured. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWL; TBX; WGM. Dimension: 302 x 218 x 37. Weight: 2448.
- Publisher
- After the Battle
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- First Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780900913587
- ISBN
- 9780900913587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.42€ 51.12
€ 53.42
€ 51.12
Paperback. Translator(s): Whiteside, Shaun. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141983165
- ISBN
- 9780141983165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.78
€ 15.99
€ 11.78
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848843356
- ISBN
- 9781848843356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- After the Battle
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780900913686
- ISBN
- 9780900913686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.42€ 49.72
€ 59.42
€ 49.72
Paperback. Seligman's careful and evenhanded account will be essential to understanding that the "flight" of whites to the suburbs was the eventual result of a series of responses to transformations in Chicago's physical and social landscape, occurring one block at a time. Num Pages: 320 pages, 19 halftones, 8 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSG; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226746654
- ISBN
- 9780226746654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.51
€ 43.99
€ 33.51
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764302961
- ISBN
- 9780764302961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Hardcover. Blood awakens associations with ancient ideas. But we know very little about the historical representations of blood in Western cultures. The contributors attempt to follow the use of blood in mapping family and kinship relations in European culture from the ancient world to the present. Editor(s): Johnson, Christopher H.; Jussen, Bernhard; Sabean, David Warren; Teuscher, Simon. Num Pages: 372 pages, 6 ills, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 610. Matter and Metaphor from Ancient Rome to the Present. 372 pages, 6 ills, 1 table. Editor(s): Johnson, Christopher H.; Jussen, Bernhard; Sabean, David Warren; Teuscher, Simon. Blood awakens associations with ancient ideas. But we know very little about the historical representations of blood in Western cultures. The contributors attempt to follow the use of blood in mapping family and kinship relations in European culture from the ancient world to the present. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; JHMC. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 23. Weight: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457493
- ISBN
- 9780857457493
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.22
€ 167.22
Paperback. Presents the inside story of Kurdish guerrilla movement. This book combines reportage and scholarship to give an account of PKK, the Kurdistan Workers' Party. Num Pages: 363 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX; JPWS; JWDG. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814795873
- ISBN
- 9780814795873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. A riveting and richly detailed chronicle of what was, by 1614, the largest act of ethnic cleansing in European history. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTZ; HRAM9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 38. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849048019
- ISBN
- 9781849048019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.63
€ 19.99
€ 19.63
Paperback. How America's bomber boys and girls in England won their war, and how their English allies responded to them. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBJK; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474601634
- ISBN
- 9781474601634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. The vital, definitive account of the lives and work of the Jesuit community of the University of Central America, their commitment to the poor, and the price they paid. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HRAM2; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Orbis Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626980631
- ISBN
- 9781626980631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.00
€ 42.99
€ 36.00
Paperback. Former Guardian and Observer journalist explores the real reasons behind the Gaza pullout -- arguing demography is the heart of the issue. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; JPS; JWKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745325552
- ISBN
- 9780745325552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 24.34
€ 36.99
€ 24.34
Paperback. The Wars of the Roses turned England upside down. Between 1455 and 1485, four kings, including Richard III, lost their thrones, more than forty noblemen lost their lives on the battlefield, and thousands of the men who followed them met violent deaths. This title tells how a family survived one of the tempestuous periods in English History. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571216710
- ISBN
- 9780571216710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.28
€ 17.99
€ 14.28
Hardcover. The 1944 Normandy campaign in original German documents Drawn from the previously untapped archives of the Canadian Army Intelligence Corps A treasure-trove of information for historians, wargamers, re-enactors and modellers Num Pages: 227 pages, 16pp of plates. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848326835
- ISBN
- 9781848326835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.23
€ 42.99
€ 35.23
Paperback. A chronicle of one of the most pivotal eras in American history by the author of the international bestseller GHOST SOLDIERS Num Pages: 576 pages, Section: 16, b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 38. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- ABACUS
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349120317
- ISBN
- 9780349120317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Hardback. The Indus basin was once an arid pastoral watershed, but by the second half of the twentieth century, it had become one of the world's most heavily irrigated and populated river basins. This book explores how environmental transformation is tied to the creation of communities and nations, focusing on the intersection of politics, and more. Num Pages: 376 pages, 9 maps, 1 black and white. BIC Classification: 1FKP; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 238 x 31. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285293
- ISBN
- 9780520285293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.87€ 57.69
€ 74.87
€ 57.69
Hardcover. A gripping tale of racial cleansing in the American South and a harrowing testament to the deep roots of racial violence in America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 36 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 31. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393293012
- ISBN
- 9780393293012
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.57
€ 27.99
€ 24.57