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Paperback. Audley End House in Essex - or Station 43 as it was known during the Second World War - was used as the principal training school for SOE's Polish Section between 1942 and 1944. This book examines the comprehensive training of agents at Audley End and describes the work undertaken by Station 43's agents in Europe. Num Pages: 160 pages, 16 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAX; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWKF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750942553
ISBN
9780750942553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.49

Paperback. The full story of Aston House in the Second World War has never been told before. Its activities were top secret and as important to the Allied war effort as those of Bletchley Park, but in a different way. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEST; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752459448
ISBN
9780752459448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.50

Hardback. Num Pages: 590 pages, 8 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGH; GTJ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 921.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
590
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608933976
ISBN
9781608933976
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.99

Paperback. Documents in chilling detail how the British government turned to violent and illegal measures in its fight against Irish Republicanism. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJP; JKSW1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pluto Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745331478
ISBN
9780745331478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.92

Paperback. State Secularism and Lived Religion in Soviet Russia and Ukraine is a collection of essays written by a broad cross-section of scholars from around the world that explores the myriad forms religious expression and religious practice took in Soviet society in conjunction with the Soviet government's commitment to secularization. Editor(s): Wanner, Catherine. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HRAM; HRAX; HRCC8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199937639
ISBN
9780199937639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.40

Paperback. Examines how trade unionism has waxed and waned in the nation's political and moral imagination, among both devoted partisans and intransigent foes. This book takes us all the way to the organizing fever of Los Angeles, where the labor movement stands at the center of the effort to transform millions of new immigrants into alert citizen unionists. Series: Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America. Num Pages: 400 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Revised and Expanded edition with a New preface an
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160276
ISBN
9780691160276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.30

Paperback. This collected volume, edited by Roy Suny and Terry Martin, looks at how Soviet state managed to create a multiethnic empire in its earlt years, from the end of the Russian Revolution to the end of World WAr II. It brings together the newest research on a wide geographic range, from Russia to central Asia. Editor(s): Suny, Ronald Grigor; Martin, Terry. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195144239
ISBN
9780195144239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.93

Hardback. A comprehensive history of the social and political aspects of vaccination in the United States, this work tells the story of how vaccination became a widely accepted public health measure over the course of the twentieth century. It examines the strategies that health officials have used to gain public acceptance of vaccines. Series: California/ Milbank Books on Health & the Public. Num Pages: 349 pages, 22 b&w illlustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; MBN; MBX; MJCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 820.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
349
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520247499
ISBN
9780520247499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.39
€ 64.45

paperback. The early 1970s were the age of gloom and glam. Under Edward Heath, the optimism of the Sixties had become a distant memory. Now the headlines were dominated by social unrest, fuel shortages, unemployment and inflation. This book tells the history of the gaudy, schizophrenic atmosphere of the early Seventies. Num Pages: 768 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141032153
ISBN
9780141032153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 16.46

Hardcover. A history of Nazi propaganda based on never-before-published posters, rare photographs, and historical artifacts from the USHMM's groundbreaking exhibition. Num Pages: 288 pages, 230 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; JPFQ; JPL; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 305 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1574.
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896047143
ISBN
9780896047143
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.01

Hardback. Election 2000: aberration or paradigm? The essays in this innovative volume, combining scholarly and journalistic views, seek to place the extraordinary events of the 2000 presidential election into context with the trends of electoral politics before and after. Editor(s): Shafer, Byron E. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; 3JM; JPA; JPHF; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742517639
ISBN
9780742517639
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.52

Hardback. An examination of the formation of Argentina's formidable nation-state in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. It studies three political movements: "Mitrismo", led by Bartolome Mitre; "Roquismo", under General Julio A. Roca; and "Radicalismo", led by Leandro N. Alem and Hipolito Irogoyen. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 24. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744669
ISBN
9780804744669
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.73

Paperback. State and Society in Post--War Japan integrates the previous work of disciplinary specialists into a coherent account of how Japanese society has changed since the war. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; JP; KCB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745601663
ISBN
9780745601663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.09

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333540589
ISBN
9780333540589
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 189.21

Hardback. Based on interviews and the voluminous materials in the archives of the SED, the Stasi and central and regional authorities, this volume focuses on several contrasting minorities (Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, guestA" workers from Vietnam and Mozambique, football fans, punks, and skinheads)and their interaction with state and party bodies.. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857451958
ISBN
9780857451958
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.05

Hardback. An ideology of African ignorance arose in South Africa during the first half of the 20th century: Africans were hungry because they didn't know how to feed themselves properly. This work tells of the foods Africans ate, the maladies they suffered, and how the doctors and politicians reacted. Series: Reconsiderations in Southern African History. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 b&w photographs, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTB; JFFA; JFFJ; JFSL; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813920474
ISBN
9780813920474
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.61

Hardcover. The persecution and suffering of the Armenian people, a religious and cultural minority in the Ottoman Empire, reached a peak in the era of World War I. This text explores the American response to these atrocities, beginning with the initial reports to President Wilson from his Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Henry Morgenthau. Num Pages: 216 pages, 22 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUR; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813922676
ISBN
9780813922676
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.73

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Trent Editions United Kingdom
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842330869
ISBN
9781842330869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Hardback. A contagious passion pervades the pages of this volume. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 180 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 3JJ; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810819924
ISBN
9780810819924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.30

Hardback. Here are brief biographies of 176 people who won leading roles plus more dramatic reports on 33 of them-how they reached fame and fortune, 'some sad and happy endings,' analyses of the images of America they presented. Series: American Movies: The First Thirty Years S. Num Pages: 339 pages, 15ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; APF; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
339
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810825277
ISBN
9780810825277
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.00

Paperback. During the worst years of apartheid, the most popular show on television in South Africa - among both blacks and whites - was "The Cosby Show". Combining South Africa's political history and a social history of television, this title challenges conventional understandings of globalization. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTB; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226451893
ISBN
9780226451893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Hardcover. During the worst years of apartheid, the most popular show on television in South Africa - among both blacks and whites - was "The Cosby Show". Combining South Africa's political history and a social history of television, this title challenges conventional understandings of globalization. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTB; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226451886
ISBN
9780226451886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.09
€ 78.49

Hardcover. Featuring previously unpublished photographs from the press agency Sabel & Daniels, this is an overview of all the celebrities who visited Amsterdam in the 1960's, 70's and 80's. Num Pages: 248 pages, 50 colour, 350 b&w. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 287 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1262.
Publisher
Lannoo Publishers (Acc)
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9789089896940
ISBN
9789089896940
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.17

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752459585
ISBN
9780752459585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.60

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