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paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; APFA; JFC; JFD; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816626250
ISBN
9780816626250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.13

Paperback. Investigates the circumstances behind the shooting down of one of the most famous Allied fighter pilots of the Second World War. Num Pages: 234 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473895409
ISBN
9781473895409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.10

Paperback. More than a quarter of a century after his death, Douglas Bader remains the most famous fighter pilot Britain has every known. While he had as many flaws as laudable qualities, Bader undeniably achieved great things, both during the Second World War and in his later work for the disabled. This title sheds light on various episodes in his life. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752455341
ISBN
9780752455341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Offers a rites of passage story that may appeal to both young and old. This title attempts to shed a largely humorous, but sometimes serious light, on the relations between an ethnic minority and the wider community. Its attitude to Judaism, in particular, and religions in general, is irreverent. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPG; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 165 x 8. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752458700
ISBN
9780752458700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.68

Paperback. To his fellow West Indians who assemble every weekend for the all-night poker game at Mrs Knight's, he is always known as Bageye. There aren't very many black men in Luton in 1972 and most of them gather at Mrs Knight's - Summer Wear, Pioneer, Anxious, Tidy Boots - each has his nickname. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESD; 3JJPL; BG; HBJD1; HBLW3; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099552390
ISBN
9780099552390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Taking readers inside the burlesque houses of Depression-era America, Davis explores the role of comedy in a show remembered mostly for strip-tease. It examines how burlesque comics, straightmen, and talking women approached the craft of comedy, working in a genre that relied on a remembered tradition of comedy bits that circulated orally. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 304 pages, Includes 21 pgs illus. BIC Classification: 3JJG; AN; ASZH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
United Kingdom
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137378729
ISBN
9781137378729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.90
€ 47.12

Paperback. .
Publisher
Markus Wiener Pub
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558763135
ISBN
9781558763135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.91

Paperback. Was it possible to achieve peace between Jews and Arabs in Palestine in the 1930s? This study discusses the Fifth Avenue muti-millionaires who believed they could bring peace to the Middle East through secret diplomacy and a generous dose of "Baksheesh" (the Arabic word for bribery). Num Pages: 216 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJG; GTB; HBJF1; HBLW; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739102046
ISBN
9780739102046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.25

Hardback. The first full analysis of the international thought of the British statesman A. J. Balfour (1848-1930). Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521581189
ISBN
9780521581189
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.83

Hardback. This is a rich yet succinct account of the consequences of the Great War for the region which ignited it. It explores the collapse of Empires, the birth of Turkey and Yugoslavia, Greece as both victor and loser, Bulgaria's humiliating defeat; bitter memories, forced migrations, territorial implications and collective national amnesias. Editor(s): Anastasakis, Othon; Madden, David; Roberts, Elizabeth. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 90 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 279.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
90
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137564139
ISBN
9781137564139
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 16, 15 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVWB; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501705724
ISBN
9781501705724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.10

Hardback. Demonstrates that no history of the birth control, suffrage, or peace movements in the United States is complete without analyzing the impact of Jewish women's presence Num Pages: 301 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFSJ1; JFSR1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
301
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814748947
ISBN
9780814748947
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.20

Paperback. Baltic Facades presents a new history of the Baltic area, one that dispels the myth of a single, coherent regional identity. Aldis Purs describes the unique character of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, whilst also examining the anxiety that these peoples feel about how others perceive them. Series: Contemporary Worlds. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUC; 1DVUE; 1DVUF; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 213 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861898968
ISBN
9781861898968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.17

Paperback. Documents a sector of Baltimore that has virtually disappeared due to substance abuse, AIDS, and, societal or familial neglect. This volume contains images of bar and street people - transvestites, strippers, drug addicts, drag queens, and hustlers - spanning a twenty-year period from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s. Num Pages: 112 pages, 80 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; AJCP; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 350 x 295 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1175.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822323686
ISBN
9780822323686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.83

Paperback. The first comprehensive study of one city, Baltimore, forty years after the unrest that swept across some 120 U.S. cities. Num Pages: 294 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSL; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439906620
ISBN
9781439906620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.13

Paperback. Baltinglass is the very heart of West Wicklow. Features over 50 images of the town and its surrounding, and chronicling the history of the town from 1851 right up to 2001. By building upon the base of street directories garnered from census returns and news articles, this book provides an insight into the life of a provincial town. Num Pages: 160 pages, 30 Black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 660. 8vo. Good copy .Irish Local History.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Illustrated edition
SKU
KEX0290151
ISBN
9781845885069
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJC; DSBF; DSG; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691638911
ISBN
9780691638911
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.07

Paperback. Caricatured while she lived as a figure of middle-brow reaction, Mary Whitehouse was held in contempt by the country's intellectual elite. But were some of the dangers she warned of more real than they imagined? The author's selection of material from her extraordinary archive shows Mary Whitehouse's legacy in a new light. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; JFDT; JFMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571281510
ISBN
9780571281510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. The dramatic story of the men who fought a new and terrifying kind of war amidst the carnage of the trenches in World War I: the British pioneer volunteers who were the first tank-men into battle. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JWD; JWMV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 386. Good copy with some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KTG0009804
ISBN
9780007214600
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An incredible true story of a young nurse working in the East End of London during the Second World War. Num Pages: 336 pages, No illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJH; BM; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751559910
ISBN
9780751559910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.53

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