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Paperback. African American writers have consistently drawn connections between hunger and illiteracy, and by extension between food and reading. This book investigates the juxtaposition of mulnutrition and spectacular food abundance as a key trope of African American writing. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325620
- ISBN
- 9780820325620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.48
€ 45.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 248 x 10. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752474793
- ISBN
- 9780752474793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.35
€ 26.99
€ 23.35
Paperback. Tells the story of Pompey during the Second World War. This book uses nearly 200 photographs to illustrate events in Portsmouth from 1939 to 1945, from the first days of war to the Blitz, from D-Day to VJ Day, also covering the post-war reconstruction of the city. Num Pages: 128 pages, around 200. BIC Classification: 1DBKESH; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 10. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 07th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752442969
- ISBN
- 9780752442969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.35
€ 17.99
€ 16.35
Paperback. Written by the bestselling author of The Boys of '67: Charlie Company's War in Vietnam, this title allows the reader a grunt's-eye-view of the conflict - from the steaming rice paddies and swamps of the Mekong Delta, to the triple-canopy rainforest of the Central Highlands and the forlorn Marine bases that dotted the DMZ. Series: General Military. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472807694
- ISBN
- 9781472807694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.56
€ 14.99
€ 11.56
Paperback. In the spring of 1966, while the war in Vietnam was still popular, the US military decided to reactivate the 9th Infantry Division as part of the military build-up. This title tells the story of young draftees who had done everything that their nation had asked of them and had received so little in return - lost faces of a distant war. Num Pages: 472 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBWS2; JWD; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 472
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472803337
- ISBN
- 9781472803337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.57
€ 14.99
€ 11.57
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Tate Publishing
- SKU
- V9781849763684
- ISBN
- 9781849763684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.94
€ 10.94
Paperback. A compelling and dramatic account of the sinking of the Titanic as seen through the eyes of those who survived Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 x 8pp b-w plates. BIC Classification: 1QSAN; 3JJC; BTP; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847398826
- ISBN
- 9781847398826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.41
€ 14.99
€ 11.41
Hardcover. By any measure, Andy Wiseman (born Weizman) is a lucky man. The only son of a Polish father and an American mother, Andy was born and grew up in Berlin, just as Adolf Hitler was coming to power. Num Pages: 196 pages, With Photo Inserts. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Grub Street Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909808256
- ISBN
- 9781909808256
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.49
€ 40.99
€ 34.49
Hardcover. A new and wide-ranging view of the confluence, since the 1990s, of the fields of contemporary literature and popular music in Germany. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 282 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; 3JJPR; 3JM; AVGN; DSBH; DSK; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139184
- ISBN
- 9781571139184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.34
€ 96.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 402 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 174 x 31. Weight in Grams: 984.
- Publisher
- Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789461536044
- ISBN
- 9789461536044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.94
€ 40.99
€ 28.94
Hardcover. Examines the 1980 Solidarity revolution in Poland, the government's subsequent establishment of martial law in response, in 1981, and the eventual transition to democracy in 1989. Translator(s): Manetti, Christina. Series: Rochester Studies in East and Central Europe. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJPN; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTV; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465366
- ISBN
- 9781580465366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.27
€ 131.27
hardcover. Translator(s): Cave, Jane. Num Pages: 528 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBWQ; JPFC; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1025.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780271023083
- ISBN
- 9780271023083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 8.29
€ 24.99
€ 8.29
paperback. Compounding history, investigation and travelogue, this outlines one of the bitterest political stories of our age. In 1973, Pinochet overthrew the Chilean democratic socialist government of Allende. In 1998, Spanish efforts to indict him for crimes against humanity revived the ideological divide. Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DSE; 1KLSH; 3JJP; HBTV; JPS; JPVH; JPWQ; LBBD; LBBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571215478
- ISBN
- 9780571215478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.30
€ 14.99
€ 11.30
Paperback. The early 1980s in Britain were a time of hope, and of dread: of Cold War tension and imminent conflict, when crowds in the street could mean an ecstatic national celebration or an inner-city riot. The author recreates this moment of transition, with all its potential and uncertainty: the first precarious years of Margaret Thatcher's government. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 327 x 24. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241956885
- ISBN
- 9780241956885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
Paperback. In the 1930s, as the world hurtled towards terrible global conflict, speed was all the rage. It was described by Aldous Huxley as 'the one genuinely modern pleasure', and one of the fastest and most thrilling ways to attain it was through the new sport of bobsledding. This book tells stories of the fastest men on ice. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; BGS; WSBB; WSBX; WSW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 200 x 27. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780857502650
- ISBN
- 9780857502650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.70
€ 10.99
€ 9.70
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841153193
- ISBN
- 9781841153193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.31
€ 16.99
€ 13.31
Hardcover. A dynamic tale of art and friendship, set between the World Wars, against the backdrop of a rapidly changing world Num Pages: 336 pages, 215 illustrations, 145 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; ACXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500239551
- ISBN
- 9780500239551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.21
€ 33.99
€ 24.21
Paperback. The Jazz Age. The phrase conjures images of Louis Armstrong holding court at the Sunset Cafe in Chicago. But the Jazz Age was every bit as much of a Paris phenomenon as it was a Chicago and New York scene. This book provides an alternative history of African American music and musicians in France. Num Pages: 304 pages, 39 halftones, 17 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; AVGJ; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226138817
- ISBN
- 9780226138817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.51
€ 34.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. Existentialism meets the philosophy of the Absurd. They should have been a dream-team. It turned into a duel to the death. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JJ; BGH; DSBH; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847394255
- ISBN
- 9781847394255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.60
€ 19.99
€ 19.60
Paperback. In January 1991, eight members of SAS regiment embarked upon a top secret mission that was to infiltrate them deep behind enemy lines. Under the command of Sergeant Andy McNab, they were to sever the underground communication link between Baghdad and north-west Iraq, and to seek and destroy mobile Scud launchers. Their call sign: Bravo Two Zero. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJPR; BTM; HBWS3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 30. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 20th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552168823
- ISBN
- 9780552168823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.33
€ 17.99
€ 13.33
Paperback. A highly praised new history of that most turbulent of decades: the 1980s. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 308. A History of Britain in the 1980s. 320 pages, Illustrations. The 1980s was the revolutionary decade of the twentieth century. To look back in 1990 at the Britain of ten years earlier was to look into another country. From the Falklands war and the miners' strike to Bobby Sands and the Guildford Four, this title uncovers the truth behind the decade that changed Britain forever. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JP. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 29. Weight: 306.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849019798
- ISBN
- 9781849019798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.77
€ 14.99
€ 11.77
Paperback. Editor(s): Robertshaw, Andrew. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752476650
- ISBN
- 9780752476650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.35
€ 17.99
€ 16.35
Paperback. Investigates the circumstances behind the shooting down of one of the most famous Allied fighter pilots of the Second World War. Num Pages: 234 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473895409
- ISBN
- 9781473895409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.43
€ 30.99
€ 27.43
Paperback. Large collection of rare photographs, many never previously published. A must for all aviation historians. Num Pages: 176 pages, 150 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 246 x 11. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783030224
- ISBN
- 9781783030224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.79
€ 25.99
€ 22.79