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Paperback. Before the Second World War the Hollywood box office was booming, but the business was accused of being too foreign, too Jewish, too 'un-American'. Then the war changed everything. With characteristic insight and expert knowledge, the author tells the untold story of how Hollywood changed World War II, and how World War II changed Hollywood. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 40. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847678560
- ISBN
- 9781847678560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.01
€ 26.99
€ 18.01
Paperback. This book focuses on the role of government in organizing the nation's transportation industries. As the authors show, over the course of the twentieth century transportation in the United States was as much a product of hard-fought politics, lobbying, and litigation as it was a naturally evolving system of engineering and available technology. Num Pages: 344 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; RPT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221169
- ISBN
- 9780812221169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.59
€ 36.99
€ 35.59
Paperback. Enable your students to develop high-level skills in their Edexcel A level History breadth and depth studies through expert narrative and extended reading, including bespoke essays from leading academics. Series: History+ for Edexcel A Level. Num Pages: 456 pages, simple diagrams. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; 4KL; HBJD; HBLW; JPF; JPH. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 276 x 213. .
- Publisher
- Hodder Education
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471837630
- ISBN
- 9781471837630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.97
€ 46.97
Hardback. Investigates Hollywood's ability to appeal to British filmgoers, as well as its ability to alienate, enrage and amuse them across films ranging from The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1922) to The Patriot (2000). Series: Cinema and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages, 24. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; APF; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848854079
- ISBN
- 9781848854079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.89€ 135.20
€ 152.89
€ 135.20
Paperback. Britain in the early years of the twenty-first century seems a very different and much quieter place, but is it as 'apathetic' as the political commentators argue? And were the 1970s really as 'angry' as people believed? This title charts the changes in British politics, society and culture since 1975. Num Pages: 432 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844135325
- ISBN
- 9781844135325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
Paperback. Featuring rare photographs, and detailed colour plates of uniforms, insignia and equipment, this book explores the Putin regime's shadowy special-forces apparatus, active in an array of counter-terrorist and counter-mafia wars since 1991. Illustrator(s): Shumate, Johnny. Series: Elite. Num Pages: 64 pages, 45 b/w; 13 col. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJD; HBW; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 186 x 6. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780961057
- ISBN
- 9781780961057
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.50
€ 19.99
€ 14.50
Paperback. Offers the secrets of the Spetsnaz, their missions and personalities. This book is also packed with details such as orders-of-battle, equipment and operational doctrine. Illustrator(s): Shumate, Johnny. Series: Elite. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW; HBLX; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 184 x 7. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472807229
- ISBN
- 9781472807229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.63
€ 19.99
€ 14.63
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
Hardback. High in the Tuscan hills above Florence, the menacing Vincigliata Castle - a very special prisoner-of-war camp converted on Mussolini's personal orders - held thirteen of the most senior British and Commonwealth officers captured during the campaign in North Africa. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 32. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781785781186
- ISBN
- 9781785781186
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 9.50
€ 19.99
€ 9.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 8pp b+w plates. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848845503
- ISBN
- 9781848845503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.44
€ 25.99
€ 22.44
Hardcover. This volume covers all aspects of sound (including dialogue) and music as they have been utilised in comedy film. The volume looks at various subsets of the 'comedy film' from the post-War period, including black comedy, romantic comedy, slapstick, dialogue comedy, parody and spoofs. Editor(s): Evans, Mark; Hayward, Philip. Series: Genre, Music & Sound. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; APFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 852.
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781790991
- ISBN
- 9781781790991
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.28
€ 41.28
Hardback. This is a social history of seven anti-poverty "Community Action Programmes" (CAPs) in Milwaukee's inner city that were started in the 1960s. The book aims to dispel the notion that CAPs were a categorical failure and also to provide solutions to social problems in America's inner cities. Series: Studies in Modern American History. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; JFFA; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739101995
- ISBN
- 9780739101995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.36
€ 156.36
Paperback. A major rethinking of Japanese imperialism in Asia using subaltern postcolonial studies and Marxism to focus attention on the role of human life and labor in colonial expansion. Num Pages: 384 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822347613
- ISBN
- 9780822347613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.53
€ 32.99
€ 32.53
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Mark Davison United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 76
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780954375904
- ISBN
- 9780954375904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.63
€ 15.63
Paperback. Examining the ideal of wilderness preservation in the USA, the author shows how the early (antebellum era) conceptions of the wilderness as the place where Indians lived gave way to the idealization of uninhabited wilderness. The policies of Indian removal at Yosemite and other parks are explored. Num Pages: 200 pages, 12 halftones, 1 line figure, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JFSL9; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 287.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195142433
- ISBN
- 9780195142433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.51
€ 56.51
Hardback. Compares the distinctive collective narratives that emerged within Britain and the Dominions in response to World War I. This book illuminates the differences as well as the similarities between different memories of war and offers insights into what this reveals about developing concepts of national identity in the aftermath of World War I. Series: International Library of War Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 169 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845118839
- ISBN
- 9781845118839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.13€ 125.03
€ 141.13
€ 125.03
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Folly Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956440587
- ISBN
- 9780956440587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.28
€ 40.99
€ 38.28
Paperback. Including letters from individuals to newspapers, institutions or leaders, this collection gives voice to the experiences, thoughts and feelings of ordinary Russian people - workers, peasants, soldiers - as expressed in their own words during the vast upheavals of 1917. Translator(s): Schwartz, Marian. Series: Annals of Communism. Num Pages: 342 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJF; DQ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 342
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300101690
- ISBN
- 9780300101690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.86
€ 40.99
€ 28.86
Hardback. Num Pages: 218 pages, 25 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTD; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780823273522
- ISBN
- 9780823273522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.45
€ 112.45
Hardback. An examination of the first true combined arms unit of World War I, including the pivotal role the German Flanders flotilla played in the war at sea. It examines the role of the MarineKorps in both land and naval wars and reaffirms the important role played by aircraft in the Flanders theatre. Series: Contributions in Military Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, maps, tables, figures, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 1DFG; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWLF; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313324758
- ISBN
- 9780313324758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.96€ 89.48
€ 99.96
€ 89.48
Paperback. An original and radically revised view of British and US foreign policy, exposing the extent to which Anglo-American interests have shaped and damaged the current world order. Num Pages: 272 pages, notes, references, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FB; 1KBB; 1QFG; 3JJPR; GTF; JPQB; JPSN1; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745312347
- ISBN
- 9780745312347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 24.25
€ 35.99
€ 24.25
Hardback. James Stirling (1924-1992) is acclaimed as the most influential and controversial modern British architect. His partnership with James Gowan (b 1923) between 1956 and 1963 put postwar British architecture on the international map. This book studies Stirling and Gowan's partnership. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 288 pages, 60 colour images + 140 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 215 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300177282
- ISBN
- 9780300177282
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.21
€ 52.99
€ 37.21
Hardback. Heinz Rutha, pioneer of a youth movement that emphasized male bonding in its quest to reassert German dominance over Czechoslovakia, was arrested in 1937 for corrupting male adolescents. This led to an international scandal. Cornwall's biography is the first to tackle the long-taboo intersection of youth, homosexuality, and fascist nationalism. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 242 x 30. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674046160
- ISBN
- 9780674046160
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.36
€ 54.99
€ 45.36
Paperback. This detailed case study of a part of London shows how both the survivors and the bereaved sought to come to terms with the losses and implications of the Great War. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series. Num Pages: 271 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JWTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 233 x 12. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Royal Historical Society
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861933273
- ISBN
- 9780861933273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.57
€ 34.99
€ 33.57