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Paperback. Larger than life, and a legend in his own lifetime - an incredible true story, told in this, the first full biography of Seasick Steve. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; AVGK; AVGL; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204. Larger than life, and a legend in his own lifetime - an incredible true story, told in this, the first full biography of Seasick Steve. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; AVGK; AVGL; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0004393
- ISBN
- 9781784189884
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. The late 1970s were Britain's years of strife and the good life. They saw inflation, riots, the peak of trade union power - and also the birth of home computers, the rise of the ready meal and the triumph of a Grantham grocer's daughter who would change everything. This title is an account of the late 1970s in Britain. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 46. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141032160
- ISBN
- 9780141032160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.13
€ 19.99
€ 17.13
paperback. SECDEF offers an expert's insights into one of the most difficult jobs in Washington. Of the twenty-one men who have held the post of secretary of defense since it was created in 1947, only half served more than eighteen months. The first, James Forrestal, committed suicide soon after leaving the Pentagon. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JW. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Potomac Books, Inc. United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574887952
- ISBN
- 9781574887952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.63
€ 21.63
Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16-page b&w insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 717.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The Lyons Press Connecticut
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592289424
- ISBN
- 9781592289424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.83
€ 25.99
€ 20.83
Paperback. From 1945 to 1960, the University of Chicago was home to a group of students whose work has come to define a second "Chicago School" of sociology. In this book, sociologists critically confront this legacy and discuss the internal conflicts that call into question the idea of a unified "school". Num Pages: 436 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226249391
- ISBN
- 9780226249391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.97€ 44.94
€ 52.97
€ 44.94
Hardcover. Editor(s): Dutta, Arindam. Num Pages: 928 pages, 81 color illus., 286 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJP; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 180 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1958.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 928
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262019859
- ISBN
- 9780262019859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.88
€ 64.88
Paperback. Portland Place is the diary of then-BBC Secretary Sarah Shaw for the year of 1971, a humorous and charming perspective of life at the BBC and for a woman at the time. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPL; APT; BJ; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472124692
- ISBN
- 9781472124692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
€ 13.99
€ 10.86
Hardback. A highly evocative memoir, penned by a former member of the top-secret Special Duties service. It tells the story of her war in covert intelligence, intercepting traffic from German surface craft in the English Channel and reporting her findings back to Bletchley Park. Num Pages: 224 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BM; HBWQ; JPSH; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 28. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473887121
- ISBN
- 9781473887121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.05
€ 26.99
€ 25.05
Paperback. As the fall of France took place, almost the entire coastline of Western Europe was in German hands. Clandestine sea transport operations provided lines of vital intelligence for wartime Britain. These secret flotillas" landed and picked up agents in and from France Num Pages: 372 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTM; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 166 x 31. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781590805
- ISBN
- 9781781590805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.00€ 17.53
€ 20.00
€ 17.53
Hardback. * Vividly describes and analyses the naval operations during World War II. * The author uses many primary sources as well as his own wartime experiences. * This second volume also includes descriptions of operations in the Adriatic around Italy. Num Pages: 484 pages, 16 pages of plates. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 44. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 484
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781593035
- ISBN
- 9781781593035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.70
€ 30.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. Offers a comparative history of European girlhood from 1750 to 1960, with a focus on Britain, France, and Germany. This volume covers diverse issues in the lives of girls, from sexuality and leisure to social roles in the family and the economy. Editor(s): Maynes, Mary Jo; Soland, Birgitte; Benninghaus, Christina. Num Pages: 328 pages, 20 b&w photos, 2 figures, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217103
- ISBN
- 9780253217103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
Paperback. This series looks at the secret campaigns and operations of the major conflicts of the past 100 years Series: Secret History. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; 4KHN; 5AK; YNH; YNJ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 270 x 219 x 4. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Hachette Children´s Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445130910
- ISBN
- 9781445130910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.11
€ 11.99
€ 10.11
Paperback. When the new landlord is stabbed to death in his pub, and Scotland Yard are called to the scene, it seems that the veil dividing High Eldersham from the outside world is about to be lifted. Series: British Library Crime Classics. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEA; 2AB; 3JJG; FFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 130. .
- Publisher
- The British Library Publishing Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712356091
- ISBN
- 9780712356091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.18
€ 11.99
€ 10.18
Hardcover. New essays exploring the tension between the versions of the past in secret police files and the subjects' own personal memories-and creative workings-through-of events. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 2ACG; 3JJP; DSBH; HBTW; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139269
- ISBN
- 9781571139269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.96
€ 95.96
Hardback. Editor(s): Laudani, Raffaele. Num Pages: 704 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 239 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1108.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691134130
- ISBN
- 9780691134130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.86€ 45.66
€ 58.86
€ 45.66
Paperback. "The paradise of adventurers", Shanghai during World War II was suffused with dangerous glamour. Racketeers, cutthroats and con-men jostled for advantage as secret agents of the great powers waged a complex and sinister struggle for power. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784537647
- ISBN
- 9781784537647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.27
€ 16.99
€ 13.27
Hardcover. By failing to develop effective programs weapon development, Japan increased the probability that it could not triumph over its more advanced enemies. Walter Grunden underscores the dramatic scientific and technological disparities that left Japan vulnerable and ultimately led to its defeat in World War II. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 21 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ; JWM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 1st.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700613830
- ISBN
- 9780700613830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.19
€ 74.19
Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, over 150 b/w photographs, line drawings, color profiles, charts. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HB; JWM; TTMW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 914. German Missiles 1934-1945. 144 pages, 150 b/w photographs, line drawings, colour profiles, charts. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HB; JWM; TTMW. Dimension: 287 x 218 x 16. Weight: 912.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764300868
- ISBN
- 9780764300868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 28.00
€ 42.99
€ 28.00
Hardcover. Drawing on the words of many of the spies themselves, 'Secrets in a Dead Fish' is a fascinating compendium of clever and original ruses that casts new light into the murky world of espionage during the First World War. Num Pages: 128 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBLW; HBWN; JWKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 124 x 18. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851242603
- ISBN
- 9781851242603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 7.44
€ 7.44
Hardcover. This magnificent new volume gives you exclusive access to the Churchill War Rooms, bringing you closer than ever before to where Churchill not only ran the war - but won it. Num Pages: 288 pages, 300 full colour and black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 292 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1436.
- Publisher
- Imperial War Museums
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904897491
- ISBN
- 9781904897491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.66
€ 46.99
€ 38.66
Paperback. The definitive history of Bletchley Park by one of the world's leading experts on British spies Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 344. 256 pages, Illustrations. The definitive history of Bletchley Park by one of the world's leading experts on British spies. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Dimension: 200 x 161 x 25. Weight: 356.
- Publisher
- Biteback Publishing
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849540957
- ISBN
- 9781849540957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.42
€ 14.99
€ 12.42
Paperback. Secrets of the Cold War focuses on a dark period of a silent war and offers a new perspective on the struggle between the superpowers of the world told in the words of those who were there. Num Pages: 200 pages, c 70 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTW; HBWS; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Helion & Company
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908916914
- ISBN
- 9781908916914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.04
€ 26.99
€ 20.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Three Rivers Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781400079230
- ISBN
- 9781400079230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.00€ 17.47
€ 20.00
€ 17.47
Paperback. This is a critical look at how we compartmentalise Iraqis into Shi'as and Sunnis. It is the first comprehensive analysis of sectarian relations and identities in Iraq. The focus is on the uprisings in March 1911 and fall of the Ba'ath in 2003. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HRAM9; JFSR; JPWS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- New ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849041287
- ISBN
- 9781849041287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 47.03
€ 52.99
€ 47.03