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Paperback. Drawing on a wealth of evidence to account for the Soviet Union's victory against invading forces, this book offers an account of the epic struggle that turned the tide of the Second World War. It re-creates the Soviet Union's apocalyptic struggle against Nazi Germany, from the point of view both of the troops and of the ordinary civilians. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141049175
ISBN
9780141049175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 11.62

Paperback. Details how Britain stealthily stole the war from under the Germans' noses by outsmarting their intelligence at every turn. This book talks about the 'battle of the beams'; detecting and defeating flying bombs; using chaff to confuse radar; and, many other ingenious ideas and devices. Series: Penguin World War II Collection. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 30. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141042824
ISBN
9780141042824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. In the 1920s, hard-line Zionists developed the doctrine of the 'Iron Wall': negotiations with the Arabs must always be from a position of military strength, and only when sufficiently strong Israel would be able to make peace with her Arab neighbours. This book focuses on Israeli foreign policy. Num Pages: 944 pages, 16 b/w inset. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBX; 3JJP; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 163 x 50. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141033228
ISBN
9780141033228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. On the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, this book offers an explanation of why the war's legacy continues to shape our world. It tells a radical, new story of the struggle for global mastery from the battles of the Western Front in 1916 to the Great Depression of the 1930s. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; 3JJG; HBG; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141032184
ISBN
9780141032184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. The remarkable story of Britain's part in the nuclear arms race during the Cold War Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 173 x 18. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752450179
ISBN
9780752450179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.22

Paperback. On 1st May 1915, the luxury ocean liner Lusitania sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool. Her passengers were anxious. Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone and its submarines were bringing terror to the Atlantic. Num Pages: 448 pages, B & W photo & map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 1QSAN; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 179 x 30. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552779340
ISBN
9780552779340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

Hardback. A narrative of a Buddhist nun's training and spiritual awakening. In this book, the author relays the challenges a new ordinand faces in adapting to Buddhist monastic life: the spicy food, the rigorous daily schedule, the distinctive clothes and undergarments, and the misunderstandings inevitable between a French woman and her Korean colleagues. Series: Women in Religion. Num Pages: 136 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HREZ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
F First Edition Used
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608424
ISBN
9780815608424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99

Paperback. Tells the story of contemporary Ireland, from the clash between Catholic nationalist and socialist republicanism in the 1960s and '70s through the Workers' Party's eventual rejection of irredentism. Num Pages: 688 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJD1; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 470 658pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780141028453
ISBN
9780141028453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.36

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Helion and Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909982062
ISBN
9781909982062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.50

Paperback. When Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay stepped onto the summit of Mount Everest on 29 May 1953 they caught the imagination of the world in a way that was to be unmatched until man stood on the surface of the Moon. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2x8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; 3JJPG; WSBX; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444760897
ISBN
9781444760897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.87

Paperback. Germany's role as a major military and imperial power, industrialiastion and the economy, the crucial effects of the war years and the disturbing evidence that Germany's response to Hitler is to be found in the Wilhelmine era. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; 4KL; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Routledge
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582034969
ISBN
9780582034969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 47.01

Paperback. Eyewitness stories from eighty years of British flying in war and peace. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; BGH; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 132 x 33. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340838136
ISBN
9780340838136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.87

Paperback. The epic story of the German fighting machines and the men of the Panzerwaffe Num Pages: 320 pages, maps, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 434. Clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Robinson
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0000040
ISBN
9781841198002
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The Sturmgeschutz was one of the most numerously produced and effectively deployed of the German armoured vehicles. Total production of the Ausf G alone was close to 7000 vehicles. This book reveals how they provided the backbone of Germany's armoured forces in every theatre and on every front. Illustrator(s): Sarson, Peter. Series: Osprey New Vanguard S. Num Pages: 48 pages, 40 b&w and 8 colour illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 186 x 4. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Edition
1st
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841761824
ISBN
9781841761824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.35

Paperback. Captain Stanley Lord and his vessel, the Californian, were accused of ignoring the Titanic's distress calls. This book offers an evidence which prompted the British Government to re-open the case surrounding Captain Lord and the Californian and proved that the captain and his ship could not have been the ship seen from the decks of the Titanic. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJC; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752442785
ISBN
9780752442785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, B&W Photos: 99,. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JJPN; JKVP; LNFJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231167239
ISBN
9780231167239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.00
€ 21.88

Paperback. Reveals the significance of War Plan Orange - the US Navy's strategy to defeat Japan. This title recounts the struggles between the 'thrusting' and 'cautionary' schools of strategy, the roles of outspoken leaders such as Dewey, Mahan, King, and MacArthur, and the adaptation of aviation and other technologies to the plan. Num Pages: 560 pages, 32 photographs, 32 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JWF; JWK; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591145004
ISBN
9781591145004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.92

Paperback. This volume restores the lost and concealed to the historical record. Exploiting newly-released Russian archival materials, it reveals the unbounded ambitions that shaped the Stavka's winter offensive and the full scope and scale of the Red Army's many offensive operations Num Pages: 536 pages, c 50 photos, 117 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 146 x 40. Weight in Grams: 774.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Helion & Company United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907677052
ISBN
9781907677052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.72

Paperback. Explores in detail the world of commercial art, its illustrators, publishers, art directors, photographers and painters. This study examines the historical implications of 20th-century artists in commerce, and reveals how they ultimately facilitated the consolidation of high culture in the USA. Num Pages: 440 pages, 93 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AC; AKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 24. Weight in Grams: 728.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226063089
ISBN
9780226063089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 33.80

Paperback. In the tradition of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, an extraordinary Dickensian story of wealth and eccentricity. Num Pages: 496 pages, 73 b&w integrated and 3x8pp colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JMC; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 39. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781782394761
ISBN
9781782394761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.47

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