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paperback. Only a few years after Britain defeated fascism came the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya - a mass armed rebellion by the Kikuyu people, demanding the return of their land and freedom. Unearthing reams of documents, the author reveals the full savagery of the Mau Mau war and the ruthless determination with which Britain sought to control its empire. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 1QDB; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bodley Head
Condition
New
SKU
9781847922946
ISBN
9781847922946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

paperback. No empire has been larger or more diverse than the British Empire. At its apogee in the 1930s, 42 million Britons governed 500 million foreign subjects. Britannia ruled the waves and a quarter of the earth's surface was painted red on the map. Yet no empire (except the Russian) disappeared more swiftly. This title tells this history. Num Pages: 816 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780712668460
ISBN
9780712668460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

paperback. Muhammad Ali met George Foreman in the ring. Foreman's genius employed silence, serenity and cunning. He had never been defeated. His hands were his instrument, and 'he kept them in his pockets the way a hunter lays his rifle back into its velvet case'. This book focuses on the 1975 World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in Kinshasa, Zaire. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JJPL; DNF; FA; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141184142
ISBN
9780141184142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. Beginning with Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, this volume draws upon eye-witness German accounts supplemented with German archival and detailed Soviet materials. Series: Soviet Russian Military Experience. Num Pages: 528 pages, figures, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 790.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714642987
ISBN
9780714642987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.02

paperback. What were the secret plans for Britain if World War Three had erupted and 'breakdown' had occurred? When would the Queen have been informed and where would she have gone? How does the contingency planning for a national emergency work today? This book gives the detailed answers to these questions. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141044699
ISBN
9780141044699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.91

paperback. At 6 am on 21 April 1940 John the 9th Duke of Rutland, and one of Britain's wealthiest men, ended his days, virtually alone, lying on a makeshift bed in a dank cramped suite of rooms in the servants' quarters of his own home, Belvoir Castle, in Leicestershire. Num Pages: 480 pages, 24pp b/w photo inset. BIC Classification: 1DBKEML; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 38. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141035673
ISBN
9780141035673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 11.01

Hardcover. This text explores Churchill's predilection for direct diplomatic action, from his first tentative involvement in diplomacy in 1908 until his retirement as Prime Minister in 1955. Based on a scrutiny of official documents and private archives, its principal focus is the period 1945 to 1955. Num Pages: 384 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JPHL; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1194.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300094381
ISBN
9780300094381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.39
€ 40.11

paperback. Drawing on official records, contemporary writing and oral history, the author examines the myth and reality of women's "experience of war" and argues that the effect of war-work has changed but not improved their working lives. Series: Social and Cultural History Today. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBJD; HBWN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
I.B.Tauris United Kingdom
Edition
New
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860644771
ISBN
9781860644771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.05

Paperback. In early May 1940, the fortress of Eben Emael was a potent sentinel over the Belgian-Dutch borderlands. The fortress covered 75 hectares on the surface, had 5km of tunnels underground and was studded with bunkers, gun turrets and casemates. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter; Stacey, Mark; Gilliland, Alan. Series: Raid. Num Pages: 80 pages, 30 b/w; 20 col. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 187 x 6. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780962610
ISBN
9781780962610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.57

hardcover. Over the course of more than 1000 alphabetically arranged, biographical entries, Who's Who in World War One builds up a complete and vivid picture of the major figures involved in the Great War. Num Pages: 336 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 3JJF; GBCB; HBG; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 240 x 24. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415141796
ISBN
9780415141796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.00

paperback. Presents Einstein's writings for the two-year period starting in October 1909. This volume concludes with the report that Einstein, by then a full professor at the German-language university in Prague, gave to the original Solvay Congress, the first international meeting devoted to the problems of radiation and the quantum theory. Editor(s): Klein, Martin J. (Professor of History of Science, Yale University, USA); Kox, A. J.; Renn, Juergen; Schulmann, Robert. Translator(s): Beck, Anna. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 447 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3JJC; BGA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 32. Weight in Grams: 885. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0021479
ISBN
9780691102504
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 40.00

paperback. Presents Einstein's writings from the final period of his work in Switzerland. The material in this volume documents Einstein's search for a relativistic theory of gravitation, a search that ended in Berlin in the fall of 1915 with the completion of the general theory of relativity. Translator(s): Beck, Anna; Howard, Don. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 3JJC; BGA; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
KMK0021478
ISBN
9780691026107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.00

paperback. Gallipoli remains one of the most poignant battlefronts of World War I and this account of that campaign brings this epic tragedy to life and stands as both a landmark chapter in the history of the war and a salutary reminder of all that is fine and all that is foolish in the human condition. Num Pages: 768 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJF; HBG; HBJD; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 148 x 50. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780553815061
ISBN
9780553815061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

paperback. Explores one of the unresearched subjects of the First World War: the German bid for world power - and the destruction of the British Empire - through the harnessing of the Ottoman Empire. Num Pages: 480 pages, 2 x 8 b&w inset. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FB; 3JJF; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141047652
ISBN
9780141047652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 12.37

paperback. From 1970, things were changing in Ireland - the Celtic Tiger had finally woken, and the rules for everything from gender roles and religion to international relations were being entirely rewritten. This title examines how the country has weathered thirty years of rapid transformation, and what these changes may mean in the long run. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 195 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184 227pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141017655
ISBN
9780141017655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.82

Paperback. Editor(s): Jensen, Frede P.; Beukel, Erik. Num Pages: 480 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1MTNG; 3JJPG; HBJQ; HBTQ; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 169 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1016.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763525879
ISBN
9788763525879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.60
€ 53.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House Israel
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652297433
ISBN
9789652297433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.35

Hardcover. Dr. Avraham Albert Ticho was a Viennese-trained ophthalmologist who immigrated to Ottoman-ruled Jerusalem in 1912. There he married his cousin, the artist Anna Ticho, and together they made their mark on the history of the Land of Israel. In Days of Ticho, the Tichos' story is told in all its fascinating detail. Num Pages: 512 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJ; BGH; BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 184 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1132.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652296658
ISBN
9789652296658
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 35.51

Hardcover. Rabbi Fishman has resurrected painful memories to soberly evaluate for history the barbaric acts that resulted in the near annihilation of the Jewish population of Europe. The story of his extraordinary tenacity and faith in the face of stark suffering while still a teen will inspire the reader to keep faith no matter how difficult the situation. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652296467
ISBN
9789652296467
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 27.61

Paperback. This detailed book begins with the period immediately following the death of the father of Zionism, Theodore Herzl. Rape of Palestine covers and explores fluctuations and changes in policy during the 20th Century and the consequences. Num Pages: 312 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 169 x 19. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Gefen Books
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652292971
ISBN
9789652292971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.35

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