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Paperback. The light cruiser was a natural development of the sailing frigate - a fast multi-purpose warship that could patrol the sea lanes, protect convoys and scout for enemy battle fleets. While the battleships and carriers grabbed the headlines, these warships quietly got on with the job of securing control of the seas. This book deals with these ships. Illustrator(s): Wright, Paul. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 40 b/w; 7 col. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWF; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 186 x 7. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849086844
ISBN
9781849086844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.25

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822333494
ISBN
9780822333494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.45

Paperback. The mountain paths are as treacherous as they are steep - the more so in the dark and in winter. Hundreds of those who climbed through the Pyrenees during the Second World War were malnourished and exhausted after weeks on the run hiding in barns and attics. This book deals with the history of this little-known aspect of the Second World War. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSEP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 31. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552777896
ISBN
9780552777896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.30

Paperback. The moments that it took Gavrilo Princip to step forward to the stalled car and shoot dead Franz Ferdinand and his wife were perhaps the most fateful of the modern era. An act of terrorism of staggering efficiency, it fulfilled its every aim: it would liberate Bosnia from Habsburg rule and it created a powerful new Serbia, but it also brought.. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 43. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141027821
ISBN
9780141027821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.87

Hardcover. An unprecedented look at the life of Rose Kennedy reveals the private woman who became a political legend. Num Pages: 416 pages, 16 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 33. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Co.
Edition
First
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393068955
ISBN
9780393068955
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.77

Paperback. Primary source engravings, drawings and paintings with 100 images from the Great War period. Num Pages: 128 pages, 250 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781473837812
ISBN
9781473837812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. A vivid account of one of the greatest British military victories Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
9781472136428
ISBN
9781472136428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.23

Paperback. A very readable history of the British Army that manages to be objective yet sympathetic, and concise while never being superficial Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBW; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
9781472136206
ISBN
9781472136206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.23

Paperback. Agripping account of the Battle of Waterloo drawing on extensive unpublished letters and diaries of the ordinary soldiers who took part Num Pages: 496 pages, 2 x 8pp plate section. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 33. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781471102936
ISBN
9781471102936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.99

Paperback. Sex, greed and treachery at the heart of a Tudor regime. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Condition
New
SKU
9780753826904
ISBN
9780753826904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.23

Paperback. The discovery of Bronze, an alloy of copper and tin, was a remarkable technological development, permitting the casting of much stronger tools and weapons. In this text, the authors explore the story of the Bronze Age in Europe, tracing it back beyond the borders of history. Series: New Horizons S. Num Pages: 160 pages, 180 illustrations, 139 in colour. BIC Classification: 1D; 3B; HBJD; HBLA; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 126 x 10. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500301012
ISBN
9780500301012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Beneath the waters of Abukir Bay, lie the submerged remains of the ancient Egyptian cities Canopus and Thonis-Heracleion, which sank over 1,000 years ago but were brought to the surface by in the 1990s. These ancient artefacts are to be exhibited in Britain in 2016. This book tells the story of these two ancient civilizations. Series: British Museum. Num Pages: 272 pages, 272 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBJH; HBLA; HDDG; HDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 258 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1604.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500292372
ISBN
9780500292372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 7.28

Hardcover. Helps the reader by providing steps over the threshold of gladiator school, and training to become a man of the sword. Num Pages: 200 pages, 114 illustrations, 22 in colour. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 200 x 24. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500051672
ISBN
9780500051672
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 5.70

Hardback. A collection of essays that traces the post-cold-war transformation of Eastern Europe. Composed of history, memoir, and political critique, it shines a spotlight on the changes in Poland and the Eastern Bloc in the post-1989 years. Editor(s): Gross, Irena Grudzinska. Translator(s): Czarny, Roman S. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520269231
ISBN
9780520269231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.14

Paperback. A brilliant new history of the First World War by the bestselling and prizewinning author of King Leopold's Ghost and Bury the Chains Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 197 x 32. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pan
Edition
Unabridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780330447447
ISBN
9780330447447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. Tells the stories of the Russians, exploring the vast expanses of the empire and the lives of the rural peasants, describing the ways in which Russia took on, or rejected, Western influences, and recounting how the empire was built and maintained. Series: History Files. Num Pages: 144 pages, 133 illustrations, 89 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 211 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Condition
New
SKU
9780500289297
ISBN
9780500289297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. How the paramilitary Freikorps blazed a trail for Hitler Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Robinson
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781841199252
ISBN
9781841199252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. Series: First Peoples: New Directions in Indegenous Studies. Num Pages: 260 pages, 1 black & white illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816677917
ISBN
9780816677917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.53

Paperback. The River Rhine is Europe's important commercial waterway, channeling the flow of trade among Switzerland, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. This study focuses on the river from the moment when the Congress of Vienna established a multinational commission charged with making the river more efficient for purposes of trade and commerce in 1815. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 280 pages, 43 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; GTB; HBJD; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 169 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295985008
ISBN
9780295985008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTV; HBWE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 287 x 40. Weight in Grams: 754.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
9781447267546
ISBN
9781447267546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 5.80

Paperback. The craze for photography ripped through Scotland like a whirlwind following its invention in 1839. This book is the story of the rural and urban poor, and the Clearances that drove people from the land to seek work in the cities or new hope in emigration to the New World. Num Pages: 224 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; 3JJ; AJC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 860.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500290781
ISBN
9780500290781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Fitzroy Maclean's classic work has been updated with a new chapter by Magnus Linklater, examining how Scottish identity is faring in the wake of the first Scottish Parliament for nearly 300 years. Series: Illustrated National Histories. Num Pages: 248 pages, 238 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 181 x 15. Weight in Grams: 732.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500282335
ISBN
9780500282335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 5.70

Hardcover. Tells the story of China through 96 short biographies. This book includes a colourful array of very different men and women: emperors and empresses, concubines, officials and political figures, rebels, exiles, philosophers, writers and poets, artists, musicians, scientists, military leaders and committed pacifists. Num Pages: 232 pages, 83 illustrations, 52 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500251928
ISBN
9780500251928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. The Nazi Blitzkrieg was unlike any invasion the world had ever seen. It hit Europe with a force and aggression that no-one could counter. Within weeks the German armies were at the French coast and looking across at Britain, a country still reeling from the opening salvoes of the war. This book tells epic stories from a 360 perspective. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWG; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 54. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
New
SKU
9780552156103
ISBN
9780552156103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.06

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