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paperback. From the bestselling author of "Operation Mincemeat" and "Agent Zigzag" comes the fascinating story of Elisabeth Nietzsche--sister of the famed philosopher--and her insane attempt to found a utopian colony in the jungles of Paraguay in the late 19th century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16pp black and white. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KLSP; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264. The Search for Elisabeth Nietzsche. 320 pages, 16pp black and white. From the bestselling author of "Operation Mincemeat" and "Agent Zigzag" comes the fascinating story of Elisabeth Nietzsche--sister of the famed philosopher--and her insane attempt to found a utopian colony in the jungles of Paraguay in the late 19th century. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KLSP; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL. Dimension: 200 x 132 x 20. Weight: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408838150
- ISBN
- 9781408838150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
Hardcover. Num Pages: 432 pages, 5 B/W. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 149 x 36. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198089223
- ISBN
- 9780198089223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.11
€ 71.11
Paperback. * An extraordinary and moving tale by an ex-POW and last surviving member of the Gordon Highlanders regiment that was captured by the Japanese in Singapore, out now in paperback Num Pages: 320 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 1FPJ; 3JJH; BM; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Abacus Software
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349122571
- ISBN
- 9780349122571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 358 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Third
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780781813020
- ISBN
- 9780781813020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.54
€ 19.99
€ 18.54
Paperback. Following his highly successful life of Sassoon, Max Egremont turns his attention to a world that has vanished into history. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 1DVUA; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Picador USA
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprints
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330456609
- ISBN
- 9780330456609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801453571
- ISBN
- 9780801453571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.31
€ 60.31
paperback. 'It had been a busy few days for Adolf Hitler, but Douglas Hyde had not slipped his mind ..' Hyde's values stood in stark contrast to those of a continental dictator. As a Protestant nationalist and a leading figure in the language revival, he made the office an inclusive one and determined to be a president for all the people of Ireland. Num Pages: 328 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 394 x 27. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The Collins Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848892903
- ISBN
- 9781848892903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.63
€ 17.99
€ 14.63
Paperback. Examines Colombian society's attempt to move beyond the Western Hemisphere's worst mid-century conflict and how that effort molded notions of belonging and understandings of the past. In this book, the author reconstructs encounters between government officials, rural peoples, provincial elites, and more. Series: Violence in Latin American History. Num Pages: 344 pages, 11 b/w photos, 3 charts, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520293939
- ISBN
- 9780520293939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.22
€ 40.99
€ 29.22
Hardback. Examines Colombian society's attempt to move beyond the Western Hemisphere's worst mid-century conflict and how that effort molded notions of belonging and understandings of the past. In this book, the author reconstructs encounters between government officials, rural peoples, provincial elites, and more. Series: Violence in Latin American History. Num Pages: 344 pages, 11 b/w photos, 3 charts, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520293922
- ISBN
- 9780520293922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.74€ 72.48
€ 94.74
€ 72.48
Paperback. Series: Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HB; 1HBM; BGH; HBJD; HBJH; HRAX; HRH; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674035393
- ISBN
- 9780674035393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.45
€ 23.99
€ 20.45
Paperback. The devastating true story of a young Franco-German soldier trapped in the lethal machinery of total war on the Eastern Front in the Second World War. Translator(s): Emmet, L. Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 560 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 37. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780304352401
- ISBN
- 9780304352401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Hardcover. Addressing a historical period so far mostly ignored, this new work provides some examples of the many interesting and talented officers who exercised command during the Victorian Era. Editor(s): Brice, Christopher. Series: Wolverhampton Military Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, 40 b/w ills. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBW; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910777206
- ISBN
- 9781910777206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. The Fourteenth Army in Burma became one of the largest and most diverse armies of the Second World War. British, West African, Ghurkha and Indian regiments fought alongside one another and became comrades. Taken from Imperial War Museum's Sound Archive - this title tells stories of this epic conflict. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091932374
- ISBN
- 9780091932374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.63
€ 23.99
€ 16.63
Paperback. 6 June 1944: the day Allied forces crossed the Channel and began fighting their way into Nazi-occupied Northwest Europe. Drawing on thousands of hours of eyewitness testimony recorded by the Imperial War Museum, this book tells the story of this turning point in World War 2. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091930691
- ISBN
- 9780091930691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.91
€ 19.99
€ 14.91
Paperback. Drawing on the wealth of material from the Imperial War Museum Sound Archive, this title presents in the words of both rescued and rescuers an intimate and dramatic account of what Winston Churchill described as a 'miracle of deliverance'. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 181 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091932213
- ISBN
- 9780091932213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
Paperback. With first-hand testimonies from those involved in Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain, Black Saturday on 7th September 1940 when the Luftwaffe began the Blitz, to its climax on the 10th May 1941, this work present the oral history of a period when Britain came closer to being overwhelmed by the enemy than at any other time in modern history. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 36. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091910044
- ISBN
- 9780091910044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.63
€ 23.99
€ 16.63
Paperback. Offers accounts from ordinary men and women who were there. This book features personal experiences of these soldiers, civilians, marines and medics from both sides tell us what it was really like to live through what was supposed to be the war to end all wars. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BG; HBJD1; HBWN; JHMP; JWX. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 234. Clean copy with some shelf wear. Minor stains on some pages
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KCW0000116
- ISBN
- 9780091888879
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Following the success of "Forgotten Voices of the Great War", this book chronicles one of human histories darkest hours - the Holocaust. This book draws on the recorded evidence of the experiences of Holocaust survivors for the Imperial War Museum sound archive - one of the most important archives of its kind in the world. Num Pages: 368 pages, 50. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 124 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780091898267
- ISBN
- 9780091898267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.73
€ 19.99
€ 13.73
Paperback. The Imperial War Museum holds a vast archive of interviews with soldiers, sailors, airmen and civilians of most nationalities who saw action during WW2. Continuing through from D-Day, to the Rhine Crossing and the dropping of the Atom Bomb in August 1945, this book is a testimony to one of the world's dreadful conflicts. Num Pages: 496 pages, 75. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091897352
- ISBN
- 9780091897352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British organisation created early in the Second World War to encourage resistance and carry out sabotage behind enemy lines. This title tells the stories of SOE agents, HQ staff, diplomats, aircrew and naval personnel in their own words. Num Pages: 400 pages, approx 60 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UNKNOWN
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091918514
- ISBN
- 9780091918514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.63
€ 23.99
€ 16.63
Paperback. Drawing on a wealth of material from the vast Imperial War Museum Sound Archive, this book offers insight into life on the front line: from the day-to-day struggle of circumstances to the white heat of battle and the constant threat of injury or death. It features contributions from soldiers of both sides and of differing backgrounds. Num Pages: 304 pages, bw pics throughout. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTD; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091926281
- ISBN
- 9780091926281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. Tells the story of the unsung heroes of the Korean War the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade. This remarkable air-ground unit shipped out only six days after its creation and activation and yet won every one of its engagements and helped secure the Pusan Perimeter." Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 258 pages, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBWS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618927
- ISBN
- 9780700618927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.93
€ 40.93
Paperback. Provides an account of the creation of an Asia after the Second World War - an unstoppable wave of nationalism that swept the British Empire aside. This book tells the story of how India, Pakistan, Burma and Malaysia came into existence and how British interference in Vietnam and Indonesia fatally shaped those countries' futures. Num Pages: 720 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QDB; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 45. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141017389
- ISBN
- 9780141017389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
Paperback. The last great untold story of the Russian Revolution Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 33. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprints
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330520294
- ISBN
- 9780330520294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29