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Paperback. The B-25 Mitchell was the most successful and most prolific USAAF bomber of World War II. This book features first-hand accounts from them men who flew the machine that represented the backbone of the USAAF's medium bombing force in the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations. Illustrator(s): Tullis, Tom. Series: Osprey Combat Aircraft. Num Pages: 96 pages, 100 b&w and 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JWG; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 190 x 8. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841762845
ISBN
9781841762845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.00

Paperback. This work focuses on the Japanese bomber killers of World War II. Responsible for shooting B-29s out of the skies of Japan, these pilots used a range of tactics, including ramming. This book includes first-hand accounts, archival Japanese material, and scale plans of all major fighter variants. Illustrator(s): Tullis, Tom; Laurier, Jim. Series: Osprey Aviation Elite S. Num Pages: 128 pages, 40 colour & 100 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBWQ; JWG; JWH; JWL; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 185 x 10. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841761619
ISBN
9781841761619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.43

Hardback. Arranged chronologically, this study takes the reader through Traven's career, from his arrival in Mexico to his final writings in 1940. Detailed discussions of all his novels are provided, showing how Mexican history inspired him and shaped his work. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KLCM; 2ACG; 2ADF; 3JJG; 3JJH; DSBH; DSK; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842023924
ISBN
9780842023924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJG; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762787876
ISBN
9780762787876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.07

Hardback. Featuring a collection of comic book stories, this book chronicles the work of various Golden Age artists. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; DQ; FX. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 260 x 197 x 25. .
Publisher
Hermes Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613450956
ISBN
9781613450956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.88
€ 42.44

Paperback. Presents a cultural history of the African American women who performed in variety shows - chorus lines, burlesque revues, cabaret acts, and the like - between 1890 and 1945. This book describes the strange phenomenon of blackface performances by women, both black and white, and considers how black expressive artists navigated racial segregation. Num Pages: 360 pages, 49 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; ASZH; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341574
ISBN
9780822341574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.45

Paperback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 440 pages, 95 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1QFH; 3JH; 3JJ; ACBP; ACV; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231175753
ISBN
9780231175753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.78

Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 440 pages, 95 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1QFH; 3JH; 3JJ; ACBP; ACV; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231175746
ISBN
9780231175746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.79
€ 88.69

Paperback. Carefully considers the complicated relationships between the modern queer bachelor and interior design, material culture and aesthetics in Britain between 1885 and 1957 Series: Studies in Design & Material Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 65 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFCD; JFSK2; WJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 240 x 26. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784991098
ISBN
9781784991098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 169 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJ; 3JM; BGA; JFSL9; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
Edition
Edition Unstated
Publisher
Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780855756772
ISBN
9780855756772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.67

paperback. Published in 1929, Robert Lynd and Helen Merrell Lynd's "Middletown: A Study in Modern American Culture" was destined to become a sociological point of reference for the quality of life in an average American town in the 1920s. This study sheds new light on the Middletown project. Num Pages: 176 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; 3JJG; HBTB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804738460
ISBN
9780804738460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Hardcover. This collection of essays aims to reassess the activities and legacy of the Italian Futurist movement from an international and interdisciplinary perspective. Editor(s): Adamowicz, Elza; Storchi, Simona. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJC; AB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 652.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719090530
ISBN
9780719090530
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.92

Hardcover. Francis Bacon possessed the rare ability to transform unconscious compulsions into figurative, human-like forms that seem to evoke the raw emotions that bore them. Mixing realism and abstraction, Bacon delves beneath the surfaces of things, opening up the human body to reveal the chaos that lies within and struggling with all that is inexplicable. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; ACXD7; ACXD9; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 218 x 14. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
Taschen
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836559690
ISBN
9783836559690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.82

Paperback. From a childhood of gothic proportions in a vicarage on the Welsh borders, through adolescence, leaving herself teetering on the brink of the 1960's, Lorna Sage vividly and wittily brings to life a vanished time and place and illuminates the lives of three generations of women. Num Pages: 288 pages, (integrated b&w photos). BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 3JJP; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Edition
20th Anniversary Edition edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841150437
ISBN
9781841150437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.32

Hardcover. A definitive biography of the aviator Bert Hall of the Lafayette Escadrille, a French fighter squadron during World War 1. Hall was variously labelled as: rogue, card cheat, forger, human cannonball, criminal, bigamist, deserter, filmmaker, author, Chinese General, arms smuggler, Foreign Legionnaire, salesman, aerial racer amd aviation pioneer. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; BGH; HBJK; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781551301
ISBN
9781781551301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.57

Paperback. Tells the story of one of history's despicable villains and conmen - Louis Darquier, Nazi collaborator and 'Commissioner for Jewish Affairs', who dissembled his way to power in the Vichy government and was responsible for sending thousands of children to the gas chambers. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 46. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099498285
ISBN
9780099498285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.38

Paperback. Examines how comic books played an important role in the development of a stable, legitimate state. This book investigates the complex dynamics of the politics of censorship occasioned by Mexican comic books. It is useful to those with an interest in Mexican history, Latin American studies, cultural studies, and popular culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; AKLC; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; JPA; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822321415
ISBN
9780822321415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.08

Paperback. Considers the mother-blaming theories of psychological and medical "experts," bad mothers in the popular media, the scapegoating of mothers in politics, and the punitive approach to "bad" mothers by social service and legal authorities Editor(s): Umansky, Lauri; Ladd-Taylor, Molly. Num Pages: 422 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
422
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814751206
ISBN
9780814751206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.63

Hardback. As the 2000 presidential campaign has once again demonstrated, political journalism is empowered to do good and also harm. Now a journalist offers a manual of self-defense against the excesses and distortions of presidential politics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFD; JPHF; JPV; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 631.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566633468
ISBN
9781566633468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 172 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; BTH; KNTJ; KNXB1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 209 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Spokesman Books
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851247960
ISBN
9780851247960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.24

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