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Paperback. Weaving together official documents, new research and veterans' own accounts, 'Commando' reveals the exhilarating full story of World War II's most formidable fighting force. Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 124 x 29. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349123622
ISBN
9780349123622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardcover. The war in the Far East between 1941 and 1945 is occasionally referred to as the 'Forgotten War' and this description extends to the way the campaign's air war has been analysed. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 1FMB; 1FMM; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Helion and Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910294444
ISBN
9781910294444
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 41.56

Hardback. Commander A.F.C. Layard, RN, wrote almost daily in his diary from 1913 until 1947. The pivotal 1943-45 years of this edited volume offer an extraordinarily full and honest chronicle, revealing Layard's preoccupations, both with the daily details and with the strain and responsibility of wartime command at sea. Editor(s): Whitby, Michael. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30 b/w photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGX; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774811934
ISBN
9780774811934
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.58

Hardback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781590218
ISBN
9781781590218
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.51

hardcover. A riveting memoir from Lady Trumpington, doyenne of the House of Lords, taking her from 1920s London to the beginning of her political career in the early 1960s Num Pages: 256 pages, 16pp b/w bound as 2 x 8. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
PAN Macmillan Adult
Condition
New
SKU
9781447256779
ISBN
9781447256779
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. Now a Top 10 Sunday Times bestseller. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGHA; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447256786
ISBN
9781447256786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. Tells the global history of comics from 1968 through to the present day. This book contextualizes the crucial modern period within the art forms broader history and offers a description of the more fluid, international and digital scene that is the mediums likely future. Num Pages: 320 pages, 250 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; ACXJ; AKLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 185 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1118.
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500290965
ISBN
9780500290965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.27

Paperback. Yoshimi provides a wealth of documentation and testimony to prove the existence of some 2,000 "comfort stations" where as many as 200,000 women of varying nationalities, euphemistically known as "comfort women," were imprisoned and forced to engage in sexual activity with Japanese military personnel. Translator(s): O'Brien, Suzanne. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 262 pages, 4 halftones, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJF; HBWQ; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231120333
ISBN
9780231120333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.28

Paperback. Formed in 1868, and possessors of a proud history by the outbreak of the First World War, the men of the 9th (Glasgow Highland) Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry, were right at the heart of the cataclysmic events that unfolded between 1914 and 1918 on the Western Front. This title presents the history of the Glasgow Highlanders in the WWI. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 710.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752452012
ISBN
9780752452012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; ASDL; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 384. 8vo. Nice copy. Ireland in the 20th century
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
SKU
KEX0292075
ISBN
9780946640621
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. Using archival sources and private documents recently unearthed, Come Back to Portofino chronicles the journey taken by volunteers in the 6th South African Armoured Division. From training camps in Egypt through to the blissful summer of 1945 the 'Div' left its mark on towns and villages across Italy. Num Pages: 544 pages, 120 b/w photos, maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1HFMS; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 243 x 35. Weight in Grams: 972.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
30 Degrees South Publishers South Africa
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9781920143565
ISBN
9781920143565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.49

Hardback. A museum survey to historicize art made in the United States during the pivotal decade. This book includes installations, paintings, sculptures, drawings, video, sound, and digital art. It offers an overview of art made in the United States between 1989 and 2001, a period bookended by two indelible events: the fall of the Berlin Wall and 9/11. Num Pages: 176 pages, 84 color. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 257 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1170.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282889
ISBN
9780520282889
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 36.22

Hardcover. Num Pages: 136 pages, over 120 bw images, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWL; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 970.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764336591
ISBN
9780764336591
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 39.10

Paperback. Their dispatches, which reported the war with the immediacy of real time, make up the core of this book. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; DNJ; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 231 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Maryland Historical Society United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780938420149
ISBN
9780938420149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.01

hardcover. A well-researched history of combat bi-planes during WWII penned by respected aviation historian, Peter C. Smith. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16pp mono plates. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 242 x 35. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Pen & Sword Aviation
Condition
New
SKU
9781783400546
ISBN
9781783400546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 8.29

Paperback. Sir Seretse Khama, the first President of Botswana and heir to the kingship of the Bangwato people, brought independence and prosperity to his nation after colonial rule. But for six long years from 1950, Seretse had been forced into exile in England, banned from his own country. His crime? Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 page black and white inset. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; 3JJPG; BGH; BGR; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141026138
ISBN
9780141026138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. Shrouded in secrecy until recently, Colossus was the world's first fully-functioning electronic computer, built during the Second World War and used at Bletchley Park to crack the codes of high-level Nazi communications. This collection of essays delves into code-breaking, personal recollections, and declassified information. Num Pages: 480 pages, various line drawings and 16pp black and white plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 748.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199578146
ISBN
9780199578146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.67

Paperback. In 1940, almost a year after the outbreak of the Second World War, Allied radio operators at an interception station in South London began picking up messages in a strange new code. They invented a machine called Colossus to decipher what turned out to be the secrets of Nazi high command. This book talks about this event. Num Pages: 588 pages, 8pp b&w plates. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 556. Bletchley Park's Last Secret. 588 pages, 8pp b&w plates. In 1940, almost a year after the outbreak of the Second World War, Allied radio operators at an interception station in South London began picking up messages in a strange new code. They invented a machine called Colossus to decipher what turned out to be the secrets of Nazi high command. This book talks about this event. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWKF. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 42. Weight: 556.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
588
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843543312
ISBN
9781843543312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. Shows how federal intervention spurred a dramatic shift in the language and logic of racial integration in residential neighborhoods after World War II - away from invocations of a mythical racial hierarchy and toward talk of markets, property, and citizenship. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 496 pages, 13 halftones, 4 maps, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFSL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226262765
ISBN
9780226262765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

Hardback. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252041020
ISBN
9780252041020
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.34

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