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Paperback. A superb piece of maritime history. The Arctic Convoy campaign, immortalised in The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Montserrat, strikes a particular cord with readers. The Arctic Convoy Medal has brought the brutal nature of the campaign to wider attention. Num Pages: 224 pages, 18 B&W pics. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1MTN; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473827677
ISBN
9781473827677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.18

Paperback.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848842908
ISBN
9781848842908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.34

Hardcover. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of social welfare and social policy in Britain before the modern welfare state. It examines the role played by voluntary social provision (including self-help and mutual aid), as well as the growth of state intervention, in meeting welfare needs. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 753. "Includes bibliographical references (p. 376-382) and index. Commissioning organisation: Bernard Harris. xii, 402 p. ill. 24 cm. Paperback. As new." Keywords: "Business, Finance & Law - Careers - Community Services,History - Other Historical Subjects - General,His"
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2004th Edition
SKU
KEX0166456
ISBN
9780333649978
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 60.75

hardcover. Laying out the history of the struggle for democracy in the early years of transition, the author addresses the problem of competence in party politics and democratization and the consequences of amateurism and inexperience. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880336055
ISBN
9780880336055
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.08

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Merrion
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9781908928047
ISBN
9781908928047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.00
€ 24.99

Paperback. With invasion a very real threat, in 1940 Great Britain began a huge military construction programme designed to stop an invading army in its tracks. This book guides the inquiring reader in identifying these remaining defensive structures and explains their seemingly 'random' placement across the British landscape. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, 63 col. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWKW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 4. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747813569
ISBN
9780747813569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

Hardcover. Illuminates our inevitable obsession with weather - as both physical reality and evocative metaphor - in all of its myriad forms, focusing on the ways in which it is perceived, feared, embraced, managed, and even marketed. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 448 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFC; WNWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 739.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
1st edition,
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700616114
ISBN
9780700616114
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.05

Hardback. Num Pages: 354 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231059503
ISBN
9780231059503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.53
€ 98.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
140
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853036364
ISBN
9780853036364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.82

Paperback. The true story of the Agent Fifi, whose mere identity was only disclosed in September 2014 as Marie Chilver. Num Pages: 232 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 245 x 18. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445660189
ISBN
9781445660189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.80

Paperback. The fascinating story of the mysterious Tempsford airfield used to ferry secret agents into occupied Europe. Num Pages: 256 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESD; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445606903
ISBN
9781445606903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. The secret life of Brickendonbury Manor & the WW2 assassins & saboteurs who set occupied Europe alight. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKEST; 3JJH; HBWQ; JPSH; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445642277
ISBN
9781445642277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.02

Paperback. The first ever complete history of Britain's Second World War female secret agents, including many of the women's accounts of their experiences working with resistance movements before and after D-Day. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445634319
ISBN
9781445634319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.89

Hardcover. The top-secret agreement between Britain and the Soviet Union whereby the British Special Operations Executive, the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force arranged the transport of 34 Soviet agents from Archangel and Murmansk to be infiltrated into France, Holland, Italy, Austria and Germany. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKESD; 3JJH; HBWQ; JPSH; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781550021
ISBN
9781781550021
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.75

Hardcover. Offices were set up in London and establishments for the training and deployment of US secret agents into occupied Europe as well as assisting the SOE in supplying the resistance. Until an airfield was built for their clandestine operations, OSS agents were flown out from RAF Tempsford, Churchill's Most Secret Airfield. Num Pages: 160 pages, 20 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKESD; 3JJH; JPSH; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781550038
ISBN
9781781550038
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.80

Paperback. The life and poignant death of one of Britain's bravest women. Eileen Nearne, or Agent Rose, was one of forty women sent into France by the Special Operations Executive (SOE), Churchill's top secret wartime 'spooks' organisation. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BGH; BT; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 268. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0016814
ISBN
9781445641454
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A new edition of a book formerly known as "So This is Ecstacy?", this is the true story of the rise of one of the most violent and successful criminal gangs of the 90s. The author of the book was a key member of that gang, and this is his inside account of their violent ways. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JJPR; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Mainstream Publishing
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840182859
ISBN
9781840182859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. This collection brings together the essays of avant-garde theorist and architect, Bernard Tschumi, from 1975-1990. These essays develop themes in contemporary theory as they relate the actual making of architecture, attempting to realign the discipline with late-20th-century world culture. Num Pages: 278 pages, 59. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; AMA; DNF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
278
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262700603
ISBN
9780262700603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.45

Paperback. Tells how presidents and other prominent figures have shaped public memory of the turbulent 1960s. This book shows how four presidents - Ronald Reagan, George H W Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W Bush - each sought to advance his political agenda by consciously shaping public understanding of the meaning of 'the Sixties'. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558497320
ISBN
9781558497320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761818458
ISBN
9780761818458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 112.21

Paperback. A vibrant new history of twentieth-century Europe - covering everything from war and politics to social, cultural, and economic developments in a period of convulsive and dramatic change. Num Pages: 928 pages, 16pp b&w plates, 18 maps, 12 figures. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW3; HBWN; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1286.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
928
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198730736
ISBN
9780198730736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 32.50

Paperback. "The paradise of adventurers", Shanghai during World War II was suffused with dangerous glamour. Racketeers, cutthroats and con-men jostled for advantage as secret agents of the great powers waged a complex and sinister struggle for power. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784537647
ISBN
9781784537647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Examines the realities of Jewish life across Europe up to the very eve of World War Two. In this book, the author presents a disturbing interpretation of the collapse of European Jewish civilization even before the Nazi onslaught. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 45. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846681905
ISBN
9781846681905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.80

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