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Paperback. Unlike previous books on Ploesti, Jay Stout goes well beyond the famous big and bloody raid of August 1943 and depicts the entire 1944 strategic campaign of twenty-plus missions that all but knocked Ploesti out of the war and denied the German war machine the fuel and lubricants it so desperately needed. Num Pages: 224 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935149392
ISBN
9781935149392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.53

Paperback. The nearly half-million American airmen who served during World War II have almost disappeared. And so have their stories. In Unsung Eagles, award-winning writer and former fighter pilot Jay Stout has saved an exciting collection of those accounts from oblivion. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32pp photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BTM; HBJK; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Casemate Books United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612003948
ISBN
9781612003948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.01

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813564135
ISBN
9780813564135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Hardback. Explores a critical period of space history when humans dared an expansive leap into the inner solar system. With an irreverent and engaging style, Jay Gallentine conveys the trials and triumphs of the people on the ground who conceived and engineered the missions that put robotic spacecraft on the heavenly bodies nearest our own. Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight. Num Pages: 496 pages, 52 photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 39. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803234468
ISBN
9780803234468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 36.03

Series: Schiffer Military History Book. Num Pages: 320 pages, over 700 black and white and color photos, color aircraft profiles. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWH; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 225 x 37. Weight in Grams: 2398.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764317798
ISBN
9780764317798
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.35
€ 49.39

Hardcover. Chiang Ching-kuo, son and political heir of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, died in 1988 as the leader of Taiwan, a budding democracy. This book examines his role in the struggles of 20th century China as well as his integral part in Taiwan's transition from dictatorship to democracy. Num Pages: 544 pages, 20 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 34. Weight in Grams: 889.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674002876
ISBN
9780674002876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.82
€ 84.01

Paperback. Jay Winik brings to life in gripping detail the year 1944, which determined the outcome of World War II and put more pressure than any other on an ailing yet determined President Roosevelt. Num Pages: 656 pages, 1x16pg b 6 b&w chap opener photos; 7 b&w maps thru-out. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBG; HBJK; HBLW; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 679.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Number of pages
656
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501125362
ISBN
9781501125362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.06

Hardback. This book examines the vibrant twentieth-century political history of rural Ayacucho, the region where Shining Path militants launched a bloody armed struggle in 1980. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804770941
ISBN
9780804770941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.31

Paperback. Presents a cultural history of the African American women who performed in variety shows - chorus lines, burlesque revues, cabaret acts, and the like - between 1890 and 1945. This book describes the strange phenomenon of blackface performances by women, both black and white, and considers how black expressive artists navigated racial segregation. Num Pages: 360 pages, 49 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; ASZH; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341574
ISBN
9780822341574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardcover. This engaging biography brings light to the life, art, and extraordinary contributions of Olive Rush (1873 1966), artist, illustrator, muralist, Native American art educator, and social reformer." Num Pages: 292 pages, 95 colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; 3JH; 3JJ; ACX; AFC; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 235 x 2. Weight in Grams: 1778.
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890136201
ISBN
9780890136201
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.68

Paperback. Reveals the impact of wartime and austerity on British fashion and tells the story of how a spirit of patriotism and make-do-and-mend unleashed a wave of new creativity among women who were starved of high fashion by shortages and rationing. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 72 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJP; AKTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 150 x 5. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747813538
ISBN
9780747813538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.09

Hardback. Provides a detailed analysis of the path of anti-Semitism that led to the unspeakable horrors of the Holocaust in Romania Editor(s): Caloianu, Miriam; Volovici, Leon. Translator(s): Murciano, Yaffah. Series: Comprehensive History of the Holocaust. Num Pages: 720 pages, 1 map, 28 tables, 4 charts. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1216.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
720
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803220645
ISBN
9780803220645
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.32

Paperback. Drawing from an exhaustive collection of original Jewish accounts and sources not available until the fall of Nicolae Ceausescu in the late 1980s, Jean Ancel provides a detailed analysis of the path of antisemitism that led to the unspeakable horrors of the Holocaust in Romania. Translator(s): Murciano, Yaffah. Series: Comprehensive History of the Holocaust. Num Pages: 720 pages, 1 map, 28 tables, 4 charts. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 48. Weight in Grams: 930.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
720
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803290617
ISBN
9780803290617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.72

hardcover. Born in 1877 on the British Columbia frontier, Constance Lindsay Skinner died in New York City in 1939, a successful and prolific writer. In contrast to her reputation in the United States, she remains virtually unknown in the country of her birth. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; DSBF; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 701.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802036780
ISBN
9780802036780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.84

Paperback. Seminal essays written by Baudrillard for a journal devoted to a radical leftist critique of architecture, urbanism, and everyday life. Translator(s): Kendall, Stuart. Series: Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents. Num Pages: 300 pages, 2 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; AM; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 222 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Autonomedia
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584350330
ISBN
9781584350330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.60

Hardcover. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJF; HBWN; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Melbourne University Publishing
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780522870220
ISBN
9780522870220
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.41

Paperback. Henri Cartier-Bresson travelled across Europe, from the Scandinavian shield to the Irish bogs, in order to produce this collection of photographs. It brings together images spanning the years from the late 1920s to the early 1970s, and seeks to capture what it means to be European. Translator(s): Rudolf, Anthony. Num Pages: 232 pages, 187 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; AJC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 268 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1152.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500281222
ISBN
9780500281222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 26.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 40 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750965262
ISBN
9780750965262
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.63

paperback. Documenting the changes occurring since the 1984 study, this edition provides a collection of life histories from the women of Mutira. Two new introductory chapters frame the life histories within the context both of significant macro-level transitions in Kenya and current thinking on gender. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 3JJ; BG; JFSF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 216 x 32. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Lynne Rienner Publishers United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555876029
ISBN
9781555876029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.84

hardcover. In what is today Malaysia, the British established George Town on Penang Island in 1786 and encouraged Chinese merchants and laborers to settle there. This book analyzes the relations between the Chinese and British and between the Chinese and Malays, focusing on the role of temples and religion in organizing Chinese social life. Num Pages: 336 pages, 26 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744867
ISBN
9780804744867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.02

Paperback. Explores not only cruel acts but the discriminatory thinking that made them possible, their long-term effects, the precariousness of memory, and the pathos of survival Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJ; 3JM; AB; HBTB; JFFE; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354567
ISBN
9780822354567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Re-examining some of the most important western architecture of the twentieth century Num Pages: 168 pages, 67 photographs; 22 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252075612
ISBN
9780252075612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.32

Paperback. .
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612004556
ISBN
9781612004556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJD1; JFD; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781252727
ISBN
9781781252727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.23

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