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20th century

Paperback. Documenting four painful years in the life of German writer Christa Wolf, this volume of essays, letters and diary entries portrays the cultural and political situation in the former German Democratic Republic. An admired writer, Wolf was reviled after the publication of her novel "What Remains". Editor(s): Heurck, Jan Van. Translator(s): Heurck, Jan Van; Heurck, J.V. Num Pages: 324 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPR; BG; DNF; HBG; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press Chicago
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226905037
ISBN
9780226905037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.27

Paperback. Christabel Bielenberg, a niece of Lord Northcliffe, married a German lawyer in 1934. She lived through the war in Germany, as a German citizen under the horrors of Nazi rule and Allied bombings. This title tells her story with the outbreak of peace - a time of struggle for reconciliation with, and the rebuilding of, a defeated nation. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 40. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Corgi
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
9780552165143
ISBN
9780552165143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 16.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 285 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803261518
ISBN
9780803261518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.90

Hardback. A major new benchmark study of Operation Barbarossa by Christer Bergstrom, renowned WWII historian and author of the critically acclaimed The Ardennes 1944-1945: Hitler's Winter Offensive and The Battle of Britain: An Epic Conflict Revisited. Num Pages: 300 pages, 300. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 307 x 220 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1506.
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612004013
ISBN
9781612004013
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 47.44

Paperback. Christian Axboe Nielsen uses extensive archival research to explain the failure of King Aleksandar's dictatorship's program of forced nationalization in the interwar era. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1, 1 figure, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 169 x 23. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442627505
ISBN
9781442627505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 40.32

Paperback. An account of the five dramatic counterrevolutions that occurred in 1979, showing how the combined forces unleashed by Deng Xiaopeng, Margaret Thatcher, the Pope, the Iranian Ayatollah, and the Afghan mujahedin set the stage for the 21st century. It offers a new argument about the hinge on which the twentieth century turned. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Basic Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465065677
ISBN
9780465065677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.55

Paperback. Suitable for anyone with even a passing interest in one of the 20th century's defining conflicts, this title offers an accounts of 135 men and women that span the entire history of the Vietnam conflict from its murky origins in the 1940s to the chaotic fall of Saigon in 1975. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 778.
Publisher
Ebury Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091910129
ISBN
9780091910129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 20.32

Hardback. Translator(s): Brooks, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 176 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750966979
ISBN
9780750966979
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.47

Paperback. There were eighty of them. They were young, clever and cultivated; they were barely in their thirties when Adolf Hitler came to power. Their university studies in law, economics, linguistics, philosophy and history marked them out for brilliant careers. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBWQ; JFSC; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 269 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745660271
ISBN
9780745660271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.11

Paperback. The Dirlewanger Brigade was an anti-partisan unit of the Nazi army, reporting directly to Heinrich Himmler. The first members of the brigade were mostly poachers who were released from prisons and concentration camps. This title offers an unprecedented look at one of the darkest chapters of World War II. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620876312
ISBN
9781620876312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.23

Hardcover. Num Pages: 456 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JFSL4; JWMV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 228. .
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764352508
ISBN
9780764352508
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.72
€ 64.01

Paperback. The opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830 marked the beginning of the railways' vital role in changing the face of Britain. This work celebrates the vision and determination of the Victorian pioneers who developed this transport system and the navvies who cut through the land to enable a countrywide network to emerge. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2x 8 & 1x 4 pages of colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTK; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 388. A New History of the Railways in Britain. 384 pages, 2x 8 & 1x 4 pages of colour plates. The opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830 marked the beginning of the railways' vital role in changing the face of Britain. This work celebrates the vision and determination of the Victorian pioneers who developed this transport system and the navvies who cut through the land to enable a countrywide network to emerge. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTK; WGF. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 30. Weight: 394.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843546306
ISBN
9781843546306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.43

Hardback. A Christmas hardback with tremendous sales potential. Blood, Iron and Gold tells the dramatic story of the people and events that shaped the world's railways, stimulating economic growth and social change on an unprecedented scale. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2x8 colour, 1x4 colour. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBTK; KNGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 809. Good copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper with minor edge wear but remains good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
SKU
KKD0008858
ISBN
9781848871700
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Now available in a new edition, this chronologically arranged volume covers a century and a half of masterpieces which beautifully capture the development of art in the modern age. Series: The 50s Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, 145 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; ACX; AFJ; AFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 193. .
Publisher
Prestel
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783791383385
ISBN
9783791383385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.32

Hardcover. Provides the first comprehensive analysis of the history of returning German POWs after the Second World War, explored as a history of memory both during Germany's division and after unification. Num Pages: 368 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139047
ISBN
9781571139047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJC; FRH; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008220099
ISBN
9780008220099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; HBJK; HBLW; JPA; LNDA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816674732
ISBN
9780816674732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.14

Hardback. .
Publisher
Lexington Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781498516006
ISBN
9781498516006
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.73
€ 40.37

Paperback. First detailed account in English of this vital period of the Battle of Verdun. Num Pages: 176 pages, 75 integrated pictures. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473827035
ISBN
9781473827035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.15

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848843578
ISBN
9781848843578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.94

Paperback. Wartime Britain through the eyes of children who were there. Num Pages: 192 pages, 83 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 188. 192 pages, 83 Illustrations. Wartime Britain through the eyes of children who were there. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Dimension: 200 x 128 x 12. Weight: 188.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445607023
ISBN
9781445607023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.15

Paperback. Wartime Britain through the eyes of children who were there. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BM; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 24. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Amberley
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445647203
ISBN
9781445647203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; APT; JFSL3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816644322
ISBN
9780816644322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.01

Hardcover. Horrockses was one of most respected ready-to-wear labels of the late 40s and 50s. This title tells the story of this iconic label and its role in the history of the British high street, while also exploring the connections between couture and ready-to-wear fashions in the post-war decades. Num Pages: 192 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; AKTH; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1100.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
V & A Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851776016
ISBN
9781851776016
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 39.48

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