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Paperback. .
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
735
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872207059
ISBN
9780872207059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.93

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198707523
ISBN
9780198707523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Showing the lessons that can be learned from the past, the author explores twelve universal topics, from work and love to money and creativity, and reveals the wisdom that we've been missing. It stepping into the territory of Alain de Botton and Theodore Zeldin, is 'practical history' - using the past to think about our day to day lives. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Profile Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846683947
ISBN
9781846683947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Combining fresh approaches with a historical synthesis, this work presents general history of French Indochina. Focusing on economic, social, intellectual, and cultural dimensions, it treats Indochina's history from its inception in Cochinchina in 1858 to its crumbling at Dien Bien Ph in 1954 and on to decolonization. Editor(s): Goscha, Christopher E. Translator(s): Dill-Klein, Ly Lan. Series: From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective. Num Pages: 508 pages, 14 line illustrations, 10 maps, 37 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 720. An Ambiguous Colonization, 1858-1954. Series: From Indochina to Vietnam: Revolution and War in a Global Perspective. 508 pages, Illustrations, maps. Combining fresh approaches with a historical synthesis, this work presents general history of French Indochina. Focusing on economic, social, intellectual, and cultural dimensions, it treats Indochina's history from its inception in Cochinchina in 1858 to its crumbling at Dien Bien Ph in 1954 and on to decolonization. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 30. Weight: 706. Translator(s): Dill-Klein, Ly Lan.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
508
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520269743
ISBN
9780520269743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.52

Hardcover. 8vo Very good copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Littlehampton Book Services Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1969
Edition
1969 First Edition
SKU
KEX0277031
ISBN
9780213179113
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.00

Paperback. The dagger was first used during early Commando raids into occupied Europe but saw action in every theatre of World War II. US Rangers and Marines who had trained with the Commandos took their Fairbairn-Sykes daggers home which also influenced the development of American Special Forces daggers. Illustrator(s): Gerrard, Howard. Series: Weapon. Num Pages: 80 pages, 21 b/w; 23 col. BIC Classification: HBW; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 7. Weight in Grams: 260.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849084314
ISBN
9781849084314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.91

Hardcover. Traditionally known as the Father of History, the Greek writer Herodotus(c 484-420 BC), was the first man to tell a story in prose on the scale of the ILIAD and the ODYSSEY. This book deals with his work. Editor(s): Blakeney, E.H. Translator(s): Rawlinson, George; Thomas, Rosalind. Num Pages: 772 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB; HBG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 44. Weight in Grams: 852.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
800
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152340
ISBN
9781857152340
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

Paperback. On the night of 28 March 1942 the Royal Navy and British commandos assaulted the German-held French Atlantic port of Saint-Nazaire. This is the true story behind 'The Greatest Raid of All'. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWF; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Quercus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782064473
ISBN
9781782064473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. As the threat of conflict again overshadowed Britain in the 1930s, the nation began to take measures to prepare itself for the possibility of war. This title offers a glimpse into the general public's experience of wartime Britain. Series: Old House. Num Pages: 36 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 122 x 3. Weight in Grams: 40.
Publisher
Old House Books
Number of pages
36
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
9781908402158
ISBN
9781908402158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.51

Paperback. Somewhere in the jungles of Uganda, there hides a rebel-leader: he is said to take his orders direct from the spirit world and, together with his ragged army of brutalised child soldiers, he has left a bloody trail of devastation across his country. Intrigued by the myths, Matthew green heads off into the war zone. Num Pages: 352 pages, 30 b&w integrated half-tones. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Portobello
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846270314
ISBN
9781846270314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBWQ; JHMC; LB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361695
ISBN
9780822361695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 31.02

Hardcover. Discusses models of gesture and non-verbal communication and apply them to Greek and Roman culture, literature and art. This title covers such topics as dress and costume in the Homeric poems; the importance of looking, eye-contact, and face-to-face orientation in Greek society; and, the construction of facial expression in Greek and Roman epic. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; GTC; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905125012
ISBN
9781905125012
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.73

Paperback. Entertaining, popular but also serious account of pirates and pirate life by the acknowledged expert on the subject. Num Pages: 368 pages, Section: 16, B&W. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349113142
ISBN
9780349113142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. Following in the wake of Call the Midwife, the BBC's most successful drama series in a decade, this is an updated second edition of The Midwife's Tale. This title was a best-seller for the Scarlet Press when originally published in 1993, and secondhand copies are now sought after. Num Pages: 214 pages, 15-20 Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; MQD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781593745
ISBN
9781781593745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. .
Publisher
Lang Syne Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852170981
ISBN
9781852170981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.79

Hardcover. First edition. Clean copy. Fine in dustjacket. DJ has some wear and tear to edges but remains very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KOC0020286
ISBN
9780241126103
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 14.00

Hardback. The mythologising of Tibet in the West and the Himalyan state's subsequent abandonment to China are recounted in this briskly-paced and revealing new history. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 232 x 36. Weight in Grams: 846.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849043595
ISBN
9781849043595
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.46

Hardback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473887817
ISBN
9781473887817
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.35

Paperback. .
Publisher
Orpington Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993537868
ISBN
9780993537868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.59

Hardcover. Drawing on an array of artworks and chroniclers' accounts, to reassess the medieval visual culture in which banquets were staged, this book shows the ways of appreciating artistic skill and attending to their own processes of perception, thereby forging a court culture that delighted in the exercise of fine aesthetic judgment. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 colour plates, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; ACK; AS; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226242200
ISBN
9780226242200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.03
€ 49.03

Paperback. The former mining town of Stanley lies only twenty minutes drive from the beautiful cathedral city of Durham. Yet the two are worlds apart. Marilyn Hardy recounts in touching detail the trials of growing up in this impoverished mining town and her life-long struggle to find happiness, from her troubled relationship with her undemonstrative mother. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYD; 3JJ; BGA; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 112 x 19. Weight in Grams: 139.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Virgin Books
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KLN0017901
ISBN
9780753513965
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
SKU
KMR0004909
ISBN
9781557506672
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Provides a comprehensive study of the German occupation of France between 1940 and 1944. The author examines the nature and extent of collaboration and resistance, different experiences of Occupation, the persecution of the Jews, intellectual and cultural life under Occupation, and the purge trials that followed. Num Pages: 688 pages, 2 Maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1026.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199254576
ISBN
9780199254576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 22.94

Paperback. Millions of immigrants entered America's "golden door" in the years after 1880. This book offers a guide to the USA, including everything from the pay-rates of various trades to statistics about what Americans ate, drank, and manufactured. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 190 x 13. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Old House
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9781908402646
ISBN
9781908402646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.55

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