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Hardcover. Part reference, part gripping narrative this is the complete history of prisoner of war (POW) camp, Luft 7, and its airmen told in full detail for the first time, a camp that existed for barely thirty-two weeks from its opening in early June 1944 to its closure in mid January 1945. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16pp black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 170 x 39. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Grub Street United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909166202
- ISBN
- 9781909166202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.69€ 51.03
€ 53.69
€ 51.03
paperback. Once America's capitalist dream town, the Silicon Valley of the Jazz Age, Detroit became the country's greatest urban failure, having fallen the longest and the furthest. The city of Henry Ford, modernity, and Motown found itself blighted by riots, arson, unemployment, crime and corruption. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099553885
- ISBN
- 9780099553885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 11.01
€ 19.99
€ 11.01
paperback. Written as an official report for MI5 in 1945, this title details the Allied handling of enemy agents and the British infiltration of Nazi spy-rings. It tells the story of a triumphant operation in the Second World War's intelligence effort. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099578239
- ISBN
- 9780099578239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 11.01
€ 19.99
€ 11.01
paperback. Tells the history of the Blitz in the Second World War. This book examines the well-known parts of the campaign, and the significance of bombing on many other fronts - the German use of bombers on the Eastern Front for example (and discovered material on the more familiar 'Blitz' on Britain), or the Allied campaigns against Italian cities. Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141003214
- ISBN
- 9780141003214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.13
€ 19.99
€ 17.13
paperback. The 1950s was the decade in which Roger Bannister ran the four-minute mile, Bill Haley released "Rock Around the Clock", rationing ended and Britain embarked on the traumatic, disastrous Suez War. This book captures Britain in a decade, emerging from the shadow of war into growing affluence. Num Pages: 768 pages, 32 pp b/w/ inset. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141004099
- ISBN
- 9780141004099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 16.68
€ 26.99
€ 16.68
paperback. Part of the trilogy on the rise and fall of Nazi Germany, this final book shows how Germany rushed headlong into destroying itself, shattering an entire continent. It is a history that conjures up a whole society plunged into conflict - tracing events from the invasion of Poland to Hitler's plans for genocide and his eventual suicide. Num Pages: 944 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141015484
- ISBN
- 9780141015484
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.46
€ 19.99
€ 16.46
paperback. Features the story of Siegmund Warburg: the refugee from Nazi Germany who restored the Blitz-shattered City of London as the world's pre-eminent international financial centre. It shows how this scholarly man brought wit, passion and high ethical standards to the world of finance, and more. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; BGB; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141022017
- ISBN
- 9780141022017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
paperback. Num Pages: 848 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141026916
- ISBN
- 9780141026916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.46
€ 19.99
€ 16.46
paperback. The late 1970s were Britain's years of strife and the good life. They saw inflation, riots, the peak of trade union power - and also the birth of home computers, the rise of the ready meal and the triumph of a Grantham grocer's daughter who would change everything. This title is an account of the late 1970s in Britain. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 46. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141032160
- ISBN
- 9780141032160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.13
€ 19.99
€ 17.13
paperback. When the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945, killing 100,000 men, women and children, it was the beginning of a terrifying new episode in human history. This title presents the event with an account of six men and women who survived despite all the odds. Series: Penguin Magnum Collection. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141041865
- ISBN
- 9780141041865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 12.37
€ 19.99
€ 12.37
paperback. Relates the author's childhood in Palestine, the flight to Britain after the catastrophe of 1948, and coming of age in the coffee-bars of Golders Green, the middle-class Jewish quarter in North London. Num Pages: 452 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJP; BGA; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781844673681
- ISBN
- 9781844673681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.44
€ 38.44
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307475213
- ISBN
- 9780307475213
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.61
€ 18.99
€ 16.61
paperback. Now hailed as a classic, one of the most unforgettable and heartbreaking books ever written about the Vietnam War. Num Pages: 512 pages, 16 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- WW Norton
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 463
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393342819
- ISBN
- 9780393342819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.35
€ 17.99
€ 17.35
paperback. The New York Times Bestseller Superb Lash has reached the highest level of the biographer s art. Wall Street Journal" Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393349764
- ISBN
- 9780393349764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.43
€ 16.99
€ 16.43
Three Who Made a Revolution: A Biographical History of Lenin, Trotsky,...
Three Who Made A Revolution
paperback. This monumental triple biography weaves together the personal and public lives of the triumvirate behind the 1917 Russian Revolution. Num Pages: 680 pages, 54. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPHL; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1094.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815411772
- ISBN
- 9780815411772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.69
€ 26.69
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887409561
- ISBN
- 9780887409561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 24.89
€ 36.99
€ 24.89
hardcover. Searching for Sarah Rector brings to light the mystery of Sarah Rector. At the age of eleven, Sarah was famously hailed as "the wealthiest coloured girl in the world.". Even so, she was powerless and in the whirlwind of drama--and danger--she had disappeared. Out of a trove of primary documents, Bolden pieces together the events of Sarah's life. Num Pages: 80 pages, black-and-white and colour archival images throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBSH; 3JJP; 5AL; YNH; YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 260 x 260 x 14. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harry N. Abrams United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781419708466
- ISBN
- 9781419708466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.09
€ 25.99
€ 24.09
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583227015
- ISBN
- 9781583227015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.97
€ 14.99
€ 13.97
hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609801380
- ISBN
- 9781609801380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.50
€ 24.99
€ 21.50
paperback. Hitler's Master Strategist. 320 pages, 16-pg photo section. To many students of World War II, von Manstein is already considered to be the greatest commander of the conflict, if not the entire 20th century. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWD. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 31. Weight: 740.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Casemate
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612000596
- ISBN
- 9781612000596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.78
€ 30.99
€ 28.78
hardcover. Vital Stepping Stone in America's War Against Japan. 264 pages, Illustrated section. The pivotal Battle of Tinian island, later to become the site of the biggest airport in the world and the base from which the the United States launched their atomic bomb attacks on Japan. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1MKP; 3JJH; HBJM; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 21. Weight: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Casemate
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612000947
- ISBN
- 9781612000947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.30
€ 33.99
€ 29.30
hardcover. 288 pages, 16 pages of photos. A thorough exploration of the desperate fight for Moscow in 1941 including numerous archival records, personal diaries and letters. The battle, not fought in isolation, had a crucial role in the overall German strategy in the East, and its outcome reveals why the failure of the German assault may well have been true turning point of the war. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWD; JWLF. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 26. Weight: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Casemate Ipm
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612001203
- ISBN
- 9781612001203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 42.10
€ 49.99
€ 42.10
hardcover. The Story of the U.S. Navy Submarine Force in the Words of the Men Who Lived it. 336 pages, 16 pages of photos. Tells the story of America's intrepid underwater warriors. From early war patrols in obsolescent, unreliable S-boats to new, modern fleet submarines roving the Pacific, the forty-six stories in this anthology give you a full understanding of what it was like to be a U.S. Navy submariner in combat. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWMV2; JWTR. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 23. Weight: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Casemate Ipm
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612001258
- ISBN
- 9781612001258
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.04
€ 40.99
€ 35.04
hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Casemate United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612001487
- ISBN
- 9781612001487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.94
€ 30.99
€ 25.94