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Paperback. A unique chronicle of an American navy family's life during the Vietnam war years. The book recounts the story of the Stockdale family, including Jim Stockdale's seven years as a prisoner-of-war after his plane was shot down over North Vietnam and his wife Sybil's work negotiating for POW's. Num Pages: 576 pages, 55 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BG; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 39. Weight in Grams: 792.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Edition
Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557507846
ISBN
9781557507846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.77

Hardcover. Chronicles the life of a young American Catholic priest, Father Leopold Braun, who, as pastor of a small Catholic church near the Lubianka political prison in the heart of Moscow, witnessed Stalin's purges, the Soviet government's campaign against organized religion, and the destruction of World War II. Editor(s): Hamburg, G. M. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16-page gallery. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGX; HBJD; HBLW; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 772.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268021993
ISBN
9780268021993
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; APT; JFCA; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 122 x 177 x 9. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
ECW Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781770413085
ISBN
9781770413085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.56

Hardcover. The much-anticipated memoir from the former Vice President of the United States Num Pages: 576 pages, 2 16-page b-w inserts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGHA; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 164 x 44. Weight in Grams: 838.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Threshold Editions
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439176191
ISBN
9781439176191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.68

Paperback. From the late 18th to the early 20th century, hundreds of British women wrote about, and drew from, nature. This anthology includes, essays, travel writing, poetry and fiction, along with a detailed chronology and biography of each author. Editor(s): Gates, Barbara T. Num Pages: 704 pages, 28 halftones, 37 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; AKLB; DN; DQ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 936.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226284460
ISBN
9780226284460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.37

Hardcover. Between 1928 and 1981, architectural and cultural critic Lewis Mumford exchanged nearly six hundred letters with Melville scholar and Harvard psychologist Henry A Murray. This book documents that interaction. It covers fifty years of devoted camaraderie between two exceptional minds, offering profound insights into their careers and lives. Editor(s): Novak, Frank G., Jr. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BG; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 31. Weight in Grams: 966.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631132
ISBN
9780815631132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.01

Hardback. Presents a detailed description of the operations to relieve Malta in 1942 and assesses the actual impact Malta had on the fight to deny supplies to Rommel's army in North Africa Illustrator(s): Zuber, Ted. Series: Twentieth-Century Battles. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 b&w illus., 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSM; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253006035
ISBN
9780253006035
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.70

Paperback. In this electrifying memoir, written with Kathryn Lee Johnson, Bernard LaFayette Jr. shares the inspiring story of his years in Selma. LaFayette was one of the primary organisers of the 1965 Selma voting rights movement and the Selma-to-Montgomery marches, and he relates his experiences of these historic initiatives in close detail. Series: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 240 pages, 38 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJPK; BM; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813165929
ISBN
9780813165929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.88

Hardback. This book explores how the Canadian Army prepared for the possibility of a Third World War and how its innovations and adaptations laid the groundwork for the evolution of our national army. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW; HBTW; HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774827027
ISBN
9780774827027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.48

Hardback. This work covers politics in Britain during the period of industrialization, focusing on how political meanings were sustained. It covers the goal of defining a middle ground between E.P. Thompson's concept of cultural materialism and the postmodern view of culture as a system of signs and codes. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804746625
ISBN
9780804746625
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.25

Paperback. This work covers politics in Britain during the period of industrialization, focusing on how political meanings were sustained. It covers the goal of defining a middle ground between E.P. Thompson's concept of cultural materialism and the postmodern view of culture as a system of signs and codes. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804747882
ISBN
9780804747882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. Through critical readings of key works of modern European literature, Victor Brombert shows how a new kind of hero - the antihero - has arisen to replace the toppled heroic model. The works of Buchner, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Flaubert, Svevo, Hasek, Frisch, Camus and Levi are examined. Num Pages: 168 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226075433
ISBN
9780226075433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.84

Paperback. A critique of how New Deal laws (and later policies in their spirit) ostensibly written to protect women, actually subjegated them financially in the following generations. Num Pages: 384 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780195158021
ISBN
9780195158021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.70

Hardback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 237 x 37. Weight in Grams: 816.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231172165
ISBN
9780231172165
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.64

Paperback. In mid to late March 1913 Edward Thomas took a bicycle ride from Clapham to the Quantock Hills. The poet recorded his journey; In Pursuit of Spring was published in 1914. One of his most important works, it stands as an elegy for a lost world. Thomas photographed much of what he saw. The prints are now published for the very first time. Series: Nature Classics. Num Pages: Photographs included taken by Edward Thomas. BIC Classification: 1DBKES; 3JJC; BM; DN; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Little Toller Books United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908213433
ISBN
9781908213433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.92

Hardback. A collection of essays, it presents a survey of the main aspects of Georg Henrik von Wright's philosophy. It covers the developments in Von Wright's thought up to the end of the 1990s. It focuses on the chief areas of Von Wright's interests that include: practical rationality; human action and determinism; and, philosophical logic. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HPC; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 527.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792358107
ISBN
9780792358107
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.95

Hardback. This is the first examination of the Israeli and Egyptian peace process between 1967-1973, which highlights the rise and fall of Soviet influence after the Six Day War and explores how the increasing importance of America's political leadership affected the region. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1HBE; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230375000
ISBN
9780230375000
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.55

paperback. Relates the author's childhood in Palestine, the flight to Britain after the catastrophe of 1948, and coming of age in the coffee-bars of Golders Green, the middle-class Jewish quarter in North London. Num Pages: 452 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJP; BGA; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Verso Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781844673681
ISBN
9781844673681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.44

Paperback. Presents the re-emerging sense of community within the German-speaking Jewish population of Germany and Austria in the two decades after World War I. This book shows that while Jews may have experienced a deepening sense of impending crisis and economic decline, a renewal of Jewish communal life took place as new groupings sprang up. Editor(s): Brenner, Michael; Penslar, Derek J. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212245
ISBN
9780253212245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.17

Hardback. A collection of essays that traces the post-cold-war transformation of Eastern Europe. Composed of history, memoir, and political critique, it shines a spotlight on the changes in Poland and the Eastern Bloc in the post-1989 years. Editor(s): Gross, Irena Grudzinska. Translator(s): Czarny, Roman S. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520269231
ISBN
9780520269231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.91

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