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20th century

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Helion & Company United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909384040
ISBN
9781909384040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.14
€ 54.16

Paperback. Ronald Tritton was recruited in 1940 for the position of War Office Publicity Officer by Major-General Beith, Director of Public Relations at the War Office, to transform the dysfunctional department. Editor(s): McGlade, Frederick. Num Pages: 672 pages, 64 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 866.
Publisher
Helion & Company United Kingdom
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907677441
ISBN
9781907677441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.93

Paperback. With anecdotes and descriptions, this is an account of daily life at Government Communications Headquarters, Bletchley Park, the most successful intelligence agency in history. Editor(s): Hinsley, F. H.; Stripp, Alan. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 pp black and white plates, 23 figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192801326
ISBN
9780192801326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231125086
ISBN
9780231125086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.83

Paperback. Frank A Worsley was the Captain of the H M S Endurance, the ship used by the legendary explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton in his 1914-16 expedition to the Antarctic. On its way to the Antarctic continent the Endurance became trapped and then crushed by ice, and the ship's party of twenty-eight drifted in an ice floe for five months. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8pp b&w plates. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 3JJF; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712665742
ISBN
9780712665742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

Paperback. No one in the twentieth century had a greater impact on world history than Deng Xiaoping. The author intends to disentangle the contradictions embodied in the life and legacy of China's boldest strategist - the pragmatic, disciplined force behind China's radical economic, technological, and social transformation. Num Pages: 928 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1212.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
928
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725867
ISBN
9780674725867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.74

Hardback. New insight on the fall of the Ottoman Empire that considers the first Balkan War and its legacy in detail. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVW; 1QDT; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW; HBW; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 750.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849045414
ISBN
9781849045414
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.33
€ 58.62

Paperback. Uncovers the true story behind three daring but unsuccessful British SF operations to destroy Argentina's Exocets. Num Pages: 314 pages, 16pp B & W plates. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; HBWS; JWH; JWLF; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473872103
ISBN
9781473872103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.02

Hardback. Contrary to the assumption that Western and Eastern European economies and cinemas were very different from each other, they actually had much in common. After the Second World War both the East and the West adopted a mixed system, containing elements of both socialism and capitalism, and from the 1980s on the whole of Europe.. Num Pages: 324 pages, 19 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; 3JM; APFA; JHBL; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782384861
ISBN
9781782384861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.72

Hardback. Polish cinema has inescapably been shaped by the nation's succession of different economic and ideological regimes over the last century. This volume is the first to analyze the entirety of the nation's film history-from independence in 1918 to today-through the lenses of political economy and social class. Num Pages: 378 pages, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJ; APF; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785335365
ISBN
9781785335365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.09

Hardback. A unique study of Stalinist cinema and its role in the production of history. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; APF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748634453
ISBN
9780748634453
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.73
€ 108.53

Paperback. In 1935 Italy declared war on Abyssinia and Evelyn Waugh was sent to Addis Ababa to cover the conflict. This title captures the dilemmas and complexities of a feudal society caught up in twentieth-century politics and confrontation. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 3JJG; BGB; HBJH; HBLW; KNTJ; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185057
ISBN
9780141185057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, Integrated b&w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BJ; BM; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751567021
ISBN
9780751567021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Hardback. The story of Arthur Farwell (1872-1952) reveals the human side of a composer caught up in a passionate love for his country and its 'common people' and shows how he made music a community experience. Series: Composers of North America. Num Pages: 885 pages, 63ill.70mus.exs. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC5; AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1157.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
885
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810825802
ISBN
9780810825802
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 265.51

Paperback. A collection of memories that follows a Warwickshire girl as she grows up during an era of huge transformation in Britain. Illustrated with family photographs, it presents a picture of day-to-day life in Nuneaton in the 1920s and '30s, including time spent in school, family holidays and the changes in the town itself. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations, facsim., ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; 3JJG; BM; HBJD1; HBLW; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 166 x 6. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752451626
ISBN
9780752451626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Vernon and Irene Castle popularized ragtime dancing in the years just before World War I and made dancing a respectable pastime in America. The whisper-thin, elegant Castles were trendsetters in many ways. This work tells the story of a couple who reinvented dance and its place in twentieth-century culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 64 photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ASDT; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 649.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813124599
ISBN
9780813124599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Helion and Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910777381
ISBN
9781910777381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.34

Paperback. In far-flung locations around the globe, an unparalleled sequence of international events took place between December 1 and December 12, 1941. This book explores how the story unfolded. It demonstrates how these dramatic events marked a turning point not only in the course of World War II but also in the direction of the entire century. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16-page black-&-white section of illustrations + 6 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300187878
ISBN
9780300187878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.67

Paperback. The second edition of an incisive account of one of the most dramatic aspects of 20th-century history. The collapse of the USSR, the end of the Cold War and the opening of the Soviet archives have transformed what is known about the events of the Stalin period and the historian's perspective. Series: New Frontiers in History. Num Pages: 166 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
166
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719063770
ISBN
9780719063770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.73

Hardback. This, the first volume of a major work, describes the establishment of the United Nations, the controversies and debates within the organization and the political factors surrounding these during the first ten years of its life. Num Pages: 412 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; HBTB; JPSN1; LBBU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333243893
ISBN
9780333243893
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 239.46

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