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Paperback. The night of July 26, 1942 saw one of the most audacious raids of World War II, just as the outcome of that conflict hung in the balance. Featuring full-colour artwork, and incisive analysis, this study recounts the origins, planning, execution and aftermath of the daring raid that made the name of the SAS at the height of World War II. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter; Shumate, Johnny; Gilliland, Alan. Series: Raid. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HBE; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 184 x 7. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472807632
ISBN
9781472807632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.57

Hardback. Written by the foremost expert on British wartime special forces and illustrated with images that have not been seen in seventy years, this is a new history of the Long Range Desert Group. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 b/w; 50 col. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 190. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472819338
ISBN
9781472819338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.60

Paperback. When the mighty Endurance becomes trapped in the Weddell Sea, Ernest Shackleton's dream to cross the Antarctic becomes a fight to save the thirty-one souls that set sail with him. The first illustrated retelling of the greatest feat of leadership and survival ever recorded. Illustrator(s): Butler, David. Num Pages: 96 pages, Full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 3JJF; BGH; FZG; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 240 x 7. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
The Collins Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848892811
ISBN
9781848892811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. Covers topics from the summer nonchalance of 1940 to the grim, anonymous exhaustion of the bomber crews delivering the infernos of Hamburg and Dresden. This title includes all the great dramas of the air war, described by the men in the British and Commonwealth Air Forces who did the fighting. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16pp b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 35. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vintage Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099565345
ISBN
9780099565345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Hardback. Developed in the context of a radical arithmetization of mathematics and logic, this book covers the many-faceted heritage of Kronecker's work, which includes Hilbert and also Frege, Cantor, Husserl and Brouwer. It is useful for those interested in the foundations of mathematics and the philosophical implications of constructivist mathematics. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJF; 3JJG; PBCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402006890
ISBN
9781402006890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.12

Hardcover. Tells the true story of their three-decade long love affair and its aftermath, a sweeping saga of passion, adventure, danger, betrayal and tragedy. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 36. Weight in Grams: 698.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Ecco
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062219718
ISBN
9780062219718
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.60

Hardback. A skinny preacher from rural Pennsylvania armed with only a cross and his faith took on the New York city slum world and its drug lords. David Wilkerson brought to the streets of America's most crime-infested city a combination of tough love and the Gospel shown in his story The Cross and the Switchblade and now told fully within his life's story Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; 3JM; BGX; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Zondervan United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310326274
ISBN
9780310326274
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.36

Paperback. The new edition of this highly successful text will once again provide the ideal introduction to free will. This volume brings together some of the most influential contributions to the topic of free will during the past 50 years, as well as some notable recent work. Editor(s): Watson, Gary. Series: Oxford Readings in Philosophy. Num Pages: 472 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HPM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
472
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199254941
ISBN
9780199254941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.78

Paperback. Series: American History S. Num Pages: 213 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harlan Davidson
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780882952260
ISBN
9780882952260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.03

Hardback. This text aims to provide a complete picture of social Christianity, a movement which worked to address various social issues. This analysis presents a case that argues social Christianity was the most widespread and influential religious social reform movement in American history. Num Pages: 560 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 35. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739101964
ISBN
9780739101964
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 209.13

Hardback. Offers a treatment of the professionalization and institutionalization of the academic discipline of geography in Europe and North America, with emphasis on the 20th century and the last quarter of the 19th. This book contains essays. It is intended for geographers, as well as practitioners of the social sciences, and historians of science. Editor(s): Dunbar, Gary S. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; PDX; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402000195
ISBN
9781402000195
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.62

Paperback. Dundee, like most cities throughout Britain, saw massive developmental changes when war ended in 1945. By the 1970s, the gangs ruled the streets of Dundee. This book features a former gang member who takes you into the dark past of the Dundee street gangs of the 1970s, exposing their violence, loyalty, humour and terrible territorial battles. Num Pages: 192 pages, 8pp black & white section. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; 3JJPL; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906307028
ISBN
9781906307028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Fully revised and featuring an examination of how each of the presidents learned from history and juggled the demands on diplomacy, this comparative study of presidential war-making elucidates how effective executive leadership-or its absence-directly affects the outcome of wars. Series: The American Moment. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQB; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801891236
ISBN
9780801891236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.50

Paperback. Fully revised and featuring an examination of how each of the presidents learned from history and juggled the demands on diplomacy, this comparative study of presidential war-making elucidates how effective executive leadership-or its absence-directly affects the outcome of wars. Series: The American Moment. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQB; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
second edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801891243
ISBN
9780801891243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPN; WSBT; WSBX; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Triumph Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600789335
ISBN
9781600789335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.27

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 378 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; JPQB; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691640310
ISBN
9780691640310
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 197.11

Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764353321
ISBN
9780764353321
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Focuses on the impact of Sean Lemass - who sought to modernize Irish society - on Irish politics and society between 1945 and 1973. Although Lemass had been active in Irish politics from 1916 and became Minister for Industry and Commerce in 1932 in the first de Valera government, the essays here suggest that his influence was greatest after 1945. Editor(s): Girvin, Brian; Murphy, Gary. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Univ College Dublin Pr Dublin
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904558293
ISBN
9781904558293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.86

Paperback. This major new account of the politics of modern Ireland offers a rigorous analysis of the forces which shaped both how the Irish state governed itself from the period since 1987 and how it lost its economic sovereignty in 2010. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719097669
ISBN
9780719097669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.46

Paperback. At the centenary of the commencement of the First World War, Atlantic re-issue this evocative biography of Douglas Haig - one of the most controversial commanders of the Great War. Num Pages: 528 pages, 3x4pp b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; BGH; HBWN; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 40. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782392248
ISBN
9781782392248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.26

Historians of technology, communication, and media will welcome this important reexamination of the canonic story of early FM radio. Num Pages: 208 pages, 23, 23 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; TBX; TJKR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894404
ISBN
9780801894404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.56

Hardback. Delves into the myths associated with the Vietnam veteran's experience and looks at them through the war stories they told and continue to tell. Kulik conducts an extremely thorough review of the Vietnam literature and interviews participants wherever possible, poking holes in the war myths of people throughout the political spectrum. Num Pages: 304 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597973045
ISBN
9781597973045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.99

Paperback. A sensational history of love, politics and corruption in the Jazz Age Num Pages: 416 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JJG; AVGJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 124. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445651231
ISBN
9781445651231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 205 x 27. Weight in Grams: 331.
Publisher
Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307454300
ISBN
9780307454300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.06

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