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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

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

€ 20.72

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

€ 26.99
€ 20.97

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

€ 53.48
€ 45.53

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

€ 65.91

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
€ 11.02

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
€ 25.26

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

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

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

€ 32.99
€ 29.08

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

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Hardback. Chronicles an early example of "regime change" that was based on a flawed interpretation of intelligence and proclaimed a success even as its mistakes were becoming clear. Here, the author has selected and annotated twenty documents for a documentary Appendix, culminating with President Clinton's apology to the people of Guatemala. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations port. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCG; 3JJPG; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804754675
ISBN
9780804754675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.20

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
€ 10.26

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
€ 10.30

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

€ 97.99

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

€ 59.42
€ 46.76

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
€ 13.35

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

€ 75.47

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

€ 43.99
€ 28.26

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

€ 7.49

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
€ 39.21

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