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Paperback. Reveals the impact of political decisions on the people of Burma, from the terrible cost to the children of imprisoned dissidents - allowed to see their parents for only fifteen minutes every fortnight - to the effect of inflation on the national diet and of state repression on traditions of hospitality. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJPR; 3JMC; BJ; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141041445
ISBN
9780141041445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.80

Paperback. Why do some democratic governments succeed and others fail? This book offers empirical evidence for the importance of 'civic community' in developing successful institutions. It focuses on an experiment begun in 1970 when Italy created new governments for each of its regions. Num Pages: 280 pages, map, 38 figures. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; JPA; JPHV; JPQ; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691037387
ISBN
9780691037387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.86

Paperback. A revealing memoir of life below stairs Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJG; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444735864
ISBN
9781444735864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. Target success in Edexcel AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam preparation activities and exam-style questions to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, strengthen and test their knowledge. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 4KLR; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 214 x 319 x 8. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Hodder Education
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471876431
ISBN
9781471876431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.52

Paperback. Following his first three successful books, describing his long career as a military pilot, Mike Brooke completes the story with more tales of test flying during the 1980s and '90s. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; 3JJPR; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750969857
ISBN
9780750969857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.37

Paperback. An abridged edition of Saul Friedlander's definitive two-volume history of the Holocaust: THE YEARS OF PERSECUTION and THE YEARS OF EXTERMINATION. Num Pages: 512 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Phoenix
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753827567
ISBN
9780753827567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.90

Paperback. In the summer of 1944, plans began for a complex operation to seize a Rhine river bridge at Arnhem in the Netherlands. This title features photographs, maps and color artwork that complement extensive archival research revealing the successes of those American airborne missions, largely overshadowed by the failure of the operation as a whole. Illustrator(s): Noon, Steve. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 184 x 7. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782008163
ISBN
9781782008163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.35

Paperback. Provides encyclopedic coverage of communism and its impact throughout the world in the 20th century. This book explains what communism was, the forms it took, and the enormous role it played in world history from the Russian Revolution through the collapse of the Soviet Union and beyond. Editor(s): Pons, Silvio; Service, Robert. Num Pages: 960 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; GBC; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 214 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1772.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
960
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154299
ISBN
9780691154299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.56
€ 54.23

Paperback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ABA; ACXJ; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231152938
ISBN
9780231152938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.88

Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, 629 colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 228. .
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764348297
ISBN
9780764348297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.26
€ 56.76

Hardback. The story of Saatchi & Saatchi as it has never been told before: as a multiple eyewitness account - by the people who were really there. Num Pages: 208 pages, Colour photographs, illustrations and advertisements. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; KNTY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 240 x 25. Weight in Grams: 706.
Publisher
Michael O´Mara Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782436584
ISBN
9781782436584
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.89

Hardback. Superb color photographs, including multiple full-views and detail shots, depict over 150 helmets of Germany, Britain, France, United States, Austria, Turkey, and others from World War I. Previously unpublished World War I photographs show the helmets as they were worn. Num Pages: 240 pages, over 500 color and b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJF; JWTU; WCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 309 x 238 x 30. Weight in Grams: 2060.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764310201
ISBN
9780764310201
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.14
€ 60.97

Hardcover. Drawing from the Bodleian Library's collections, this richly-illustrated book features extracts from letters, journals, diaries and memoirs written by a diverse cast of onlookers. Put into context with introductory notes, these first-hand accounts give a fascinating insight into the tumultuous year of 1917. Num Pages: 304 pages, 32 colour plates, 44 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BJ; HBTV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851244607
ISBN
9781851244607
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.43

Paperback. Having established laws removing many children from the marketplace, turn-of-the-century America was discovering new, sentimental criteria to determine a child's monetary worth. This book traces the emergence of the modern child, at once economically 'useless' and emotionally 'priceless,' from the late 1800s to the 1930s. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
294
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691034591
ISBN
9780691034591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.94

Hardback. The first truly transnational history of cinema's role in decolonization, this powerful book weaves a unified historical narrative out of the experiences of three colonial powers in diverse geographic settings. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; APFA; HBLW3; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421416410
ISBN
9781421416410
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.53

Hardcover. This is presidential power in its rawest form, revealed alongside the private vulnerabilities of the world's most public man. Editor(s): Coleman, David. Num Pages: 1728 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Box
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393081244
ISBN
9780393081244
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.94
€ 128.44

Paperback. 'The Sketchbook War' is not a book about art but the story of war artists, how men who had previously made a comfortable living painting in studios were transformed by military uniforms and experiences that were to shape the rest of their lives and the way in which we view war today. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 30 colour illustrations, 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; ACXD; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750956154
ISBN
9780750956154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.17

Paperback. Part of the "Flashbacks Oral History" series, this title offers an introduction to the Women's Land Army in the First and Second World Wars that is followed by reminiscences, recorded by the editor, of ten ex-Land Girls. Series: Flashbacks. Num Pages: 144 pages, black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJF; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
NMSE - Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905267323
ISBN
9781905267323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.32

Hardcover. Chronological history of the German Panzer Corps, and it role in modern warfare in photos, charts, maps and documents. Num Pages: 208 pages, Photographs, charts, maps, and documents. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 275 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 902. Fine in fine dustjacket
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KTJ0042400
ISBN
9780887402449
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 25.00

Hardback. The period immediately after World War II was a vital one for diplomatic relations and, with the Soviet Union emerging as a new superpower, it was particularly important for Britain's relations with America. This book focuses on the role of the British Embassy in Washington during this period. Series: International Library of Twentieth Century History. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBLW3; HBTW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 29. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848859807
ISBN
9781848859807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.89
€ 135.20

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