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Hardback. A history of broadcasting, and of its impact on modern life in Britain, from its origins in the 1920s to the outbreak of World War II. How the BBC emerged as a national service in the public interest, addressing all sectors of society in all parts of the country, is the book's central theme. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, facsims.,ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; GTC; HBTB; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 167 x 33. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631175438
- ISBN
- 9780631175438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.22
€ 146.22
Paperback. Hillwalking is Ireland's most widely practised leisure activity today. Rock climbing has developed to a level of technical excellence with crags in almost every county. This history recounts the adventures, dangers, successes and failures of these multifaceted activities. Num Pages: 344 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJD1; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Gill
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848892422
- ISBN
- 9781848892422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 18.38
€ 22.99
€ 18.38
Paperback. Many of the inventions that won both the First and Second World Wars including the first use of parachutes, Zeppelin-destroying ammunition, bouncing bombs, rockets, bombsights and missiles were created and tested at Orford Ness in Suffolk. This book uncovers the real military history behind its myths and legends. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 black & white plates, 60 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAS; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 195 x 25. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 3rd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752491592
- ISBN
- 9780752491592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.46
€ 17.99
€ 16.46
paperback. Portrays British participation in World War I as effective and skilful, arguing that the army's failed plans and technology during the first half of the war led to improved technique and self assurance by the time of its successful sustained offensive in the Autumn of 1918. Num Pages: 302 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DD; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBWN; JWD; JWK; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 302
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300066630
- ISBN
- 9780300066630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.82
€ 33.99
€ 24.82
Paperback.
- Publisher
- O´Brien Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847173041
- ISBN
- 9781847173041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.98
€ 9.99
€ 9.98
Paperback. From best-selling author of 'A Brilliant Little Operation', winner of the British Army Military History prize and the Royal marines History prize for 2013, comes the long neglected D-Day story of the Resistance uprising and subsequent massacre on the Vercors massif - the largest action by the French Resistance during the Second World War. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007520817
- ISBN
- 9780007520817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.96
€ 17.99
€ 12.96
Paperback. The complete story of the remarkable canoe raid on German ships in Bordeaux Harbour - by the man who himself served in the Special Boat Squadron. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 35. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Aurum Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- PB Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781311257
- ISBN
- 9781781311257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.25
€ 13.99
€ 11.25
Paperback. An analysis of the complex moral interpretations crime was given by Mexico's urban poor and of the evolving institutional responses to crime and punishment in modern Mexico. Num Pages: 376 pages, 7 b&w photographs, 17 tables, 1 map, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSG; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5741 x 3963 x 27. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822327479
- ISBN
- 9780822327479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Hardcover. Sex can be an oppressive force, a tool to shame, divide, and control a population. But it can also be a force for change, for the legal and physical challenge of inequity and injustice. The author uses court transcripts and criminal cases to provide a coherent picture of Mexican-American sexuality at the turn of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 176 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; JFSL4; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226532684
- ISBN
- 9780226532684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.49
€ 95.07
€ 78.49
Paperback. Sex can be an oppressive force, a tool to shame, divide, and control a population. But it can also be a force for change, for the legal and physical challenge of inequity and injustice. The author uses court transcripts and criminal cases to provide a coherent picture of Mexican-American sexuality at the turn of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 176 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; JFSL4; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226532691
- ISBN
- 9780226532691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.64
€ 34.99
€ 27.64
paperback. This text offers a reappraisal of the Irish Revival by focusing on the progressive energies of self-help movements such as the Abbey Theatre, Sinn Fein and the Co-operative Movement. Series: Critical Conditions: Field Day Essays. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781859183656
- ISBN
- 9781859183656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.00€ 24.15
€ 29.00
€ 24.15
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, over 170 b/w and color photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 283 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764323423
- ISBN
- 9780764323423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.35€ 46.65
€ 65.35
€ 46.65
Hardback. A fascinating study of the contribution of ordinary men and women to Spain's democratic transition of the 1970s. Radcliff argues that participants in neighbourhood and other associations experimented with new practices of civic participation that put pressure on the authoritarian state and made the building blocks of a future democratic citizenship Num Pages: 434 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 29. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241053
- ISBN
- 9780230241053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472524751
- ISBN
- 9781472524751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.63
€ 43.63
Hardcover. Lienhardt discusses the tribal structure, relations between men and women, the economics of pearl fishing, the growth of towns and the relationship between sheikhs and their subjects. His findings offer an understanding of the political system and the transition from the tribal to the class system. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3JJPG; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 521.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333948118
- ISBN
- 9780333948118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.54
€ 123.54
Paperback. The lives of soldiers shell shocked in the First World War help us understand the trauma of contemporary military conflicts. Peter Leese's Shell Shock narrates the story of British servicemen to reveal how their medical conditions were caused by emerging industrial technologies, to examine how the Great War is remembered. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBWN; JMJ; MMKB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 218 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137453372
- ISBN
- 9781137453372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.20
€ 69.20
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 1993rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792321347
- ISBN
- 9780792321347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 392.14€ 237.68
€ 392.14
€ 237.68
Paperback. Explores the politics of the most important Irish nationalist leader of his generation, and one of the most influential figures of twentieth-century Ireland, the Nobel Peace Prize winner, John Hume. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 434. *******THIS IS A PREORDER FOR DELIVERY ON OR ABOUT THE PUBLICATION DATE OF OCTOBER 2021********
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- 9780719086892
- ISBN
- 9780719086892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.16
€ 16.99
€ 15.16
Hardback. This volume challenges assumptions about the disintegration of Yugoslavia. Using an "ecological" or holistic perspective, the book addresses questions such as the role of military intervention as coercive diplomacy and the influence of post-Cold War European democratic and economic reform. Num Pages: 640 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 3JJPR; GTB; GTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 39. Weight in Grams: 944.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739102121
- ISBN
- 9780739102121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 231.44
€ 231.44
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Rizzoli
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847847419
- ISBN
- 9780847847419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.22€ 50.34
€ 52.22
€ 50.34