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Regional & national history
Paperback. Major Mark Hammond was awarded the DFC, which ranks third after the VC, for remarkable feats in Afghanistan in his Chinook helicopter. Three times on the night of 6 September 2006 he flew into hostile zones to pick up injured soldiers. This title presents an account of the combat and provides readers with insights on the brutal realities of war. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp colour photographic inset. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS4; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141039046
- ISBN
- 9780141039046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.17
€ 11.99
€ 10.17
Paperback. A powerful new portrait of the second and last - and much-maligned - Nazi leader Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785780547
- ISBN
- 9781785780547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.77
€ 11.99
€ 9.77
Paperback. At the height of the debate about the slave trade and its abolition in the 1780s and '90s, each side issued pamphlets in support of its position. This valuable source-book reproduces a selection of representative pamphlets encompassing the arguments for and against. Issues discussed include humanitarianism and the Rights of Man. Num Pages: 400 pages, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243167
- ISBN
- 9781851243167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 48 pages, 52 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 242 x 5. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Stenlake Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840330816
- ISBN
- 9781840330816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.27
€ 16.27
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 1056
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199765539
- ISBN
- 9780199765539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.65
€ 20.99
€ 16.65
Paperback. The photos in this book are taken from an unpublished album belonging to a member of the elite German Paratroopers. First Sgt Wilhelm Plieschen served with Fallschirmjager Machine Gun Battalion 7. The books shows how they suffered very heavy losses in the invasion of Crete. Num Pages: 176 pages, 120 B&W Photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 190 x 10. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848843189
- ISBN
- 9781848843189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.22
€ 25.99
€ 23.22
Paperback. The former Northern Lighthouse Board tender Fingal was in service for some 37 years and was party to many operational and technical changes in the provision of aids to navigation in Scottish waters. Num Pages: 176 pages, 150. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 248 x 14. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445648064
- ISBN
- 9781445648064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.09
€ 34.09
Hardback. Series: Religion, Culture and Public Life. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; HRAX; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231175500
- ISBN
- 9780231175500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.40€ 46.12
€ 58.40
€ 46.12
Paperback. Analyzing the ways US culture has been formed and transformed in the 80s and 90s by its response to the Vietnam War and the AIDS epidemic, this book argues that each has disrupted our conventional notions of community, nation, consensus, and 'American culture.' Num Pages: 375 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206205
- ISBN
- 9780520206205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.84
€ 37.99
€ 27.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; 3JJH; HBJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750956659
- ISBN
- 9780750956659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.35
€ 17.99
€ 16.35
Paperback. With 200 images, selected from the archives, portraying the city in a bygone age, this title takes you on an intriguing pictorial journey around Newcastle upon Tyne. It comes with 200 images, selected from the archives, portraying the Newcastle in a bygone age. Series: Archive Photographs: Images of England. Num Pages: 192 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYN; HBJD1; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 166 x 9. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752415987
- ISBN
- 9780752415987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.42
€ 24.99
€ 21.42
Paperback. Focuses on the conflicts that traces the progress of the wars in Chechnya, from the initial Russian advance through to urban battles such as Grozny, and the prolonged guerrilla warfare in the mountainous regions. This book assesses how the wars have torn apart the fabric of Chechen society and their impact on Russia itself. Series: Essential Histories. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1DVUAC; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLW3; HBWS; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 249 x 4. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782002772
- ISBN
- 9781782002772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.72
€ 24.99
€ 20.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 640 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLX; HBW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 48. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062262097
- ISBN
- 9780062262097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.50
€ 13.99
€ 10.50
Hardback. This study of Eleftherios Venizelos, a towering figure in European diplomacy and Greece's greatest statesman in the twentieth century, brings together a narrative of the drama of high politics with critical political analysis and judgement. Num Pages: 384 pages, 24 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748624782
- ISBN
- 9780748624782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.80€ 112.54
€ 116.80
€ 112.54
Paperback. This volume examines the social history of the Korean War and includes material on the newly racially integrated US fighting forces, war and disease, women and war and life in the Prisoner of War camps. The book carries the story through to the Geneva Conference in the spring of 1954. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582319882
- ISBN
- 9780582319882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 46.92
€ 48.99
€ 46.92
Hardback. A well-rounded, well-informed critique of the Pacific island nation of Japan, its society, economy, demography, and politics Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 black-&-white illustration. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 167 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300186079
- ISBN
- 9780300186079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.94
€ 40.99
€ 28.94
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198140986
- ISBN
- 9780198140986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.42
€ 92.42
Paperback. Madini and T'hami El Glaoui, sons of a Moroccan by an Ethiopian concubine, rose meteorically to power in the medieval state of Morocco at the end of the 19th century. This is the epic story of the more than 50 years in which they governed the country in barbaric, ostentatious splendor, until their spectacular downfall in 1956. Full-color photos. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1HBM; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406. The Rise and Fall of the House of Glaoua 1893-1956. 320 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). Madini and T'hami El Glaoui, sons of a Moroccan by an Ethiopian concubine, rose meteorically to power in the medieval state of Morocco at the end of the 19th century. This is the epic story of the more than 50 years in which they governed the country in barbaric, ostentatious splendor, until their spectacular downfall in 1956. Full-color photos. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HBM; HBJH; HBLW. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 20. Weight: 406.
- Publisher
- Eland Books
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907871149
- ISBN
- 9780907871149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.00
€ 17.99
€ 13.00
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBBW; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 215 x 31. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848405127
- ISBN
- 9781848405127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.54
€ 15.99
€ 12.54
Hardcover. Num Pages: 500 pages, 280 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JFSR1; JKSW2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Vallentine Mitchell
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910383070
- ISBN
- 9781910383070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.96
€ 76.96