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Hardback. The third volume in this series returns to November 1942 to explain the background to the first major Anglo-American venture - Operation Torch, the invasion of French North Africa. It deals with the fratricidal combats which followed the initial landings in Morocco and Algeria for several days. Num Pages: 680 pages. BIC Classification: 1QRM; 3JJH; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 306 x 52. Weight in Grams: 2096.
Publisher
Grub Street
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910690000
ISBN
9781910690000
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.29
€ 60.40

Hardcover. Leuchars was one of the oldest airfields in the UK, its links with military aviation go back to 1911. Following the outbreak of war in 1939 the station was identified as an ideal location to launch maritime operations under Coastal Command. From 1950-2015 Leuchars was on permanent guard with every type of operational interceptor in RAF service. Num Pages: 208 pages, 80 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; 3JJ; JWG; JWJ; JWL; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 459.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781556092
ISBN
9781781556092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

Hardcover. The opening photograph is of the gun that fired the first shot of the war. The final photograph is of an audio recording showing the arrival of silence on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918. This book offers a chronology of events and a historical summary, together with detailed captions for every picture. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 296 x 296 x 40. Weight in Grams: 3254.
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Number of pages
504
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224096553
ISBN
9780224096553
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.54

Paperback. First edition of a group of previously unknown and unpublished letters by one of the world's most famous Christians. Throws light on Bonhoeffer's character and relationships, his practice as a pastor, and his theological and political thought, in a crucially important phase of his life. Editor(s): Plant, Stephen; Burrowes-Cromwell, Toni. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJG; BJ; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
SPCK
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780281066698
ISBN
9780281066698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Cultural Revolution Culture, often denigrated as pure propaganda, was liked not only in its heyday but continues to be enjoyed today. Considering this art music, stage works, posters, comics, literature in its longue duree, Barbara Mittler suggests it builds on a tradition of earlier works, allowing for proliferation in contemporary China. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 502 pages, 14 halftones, 113 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 254 x 38. Weight in Grams: 936.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674970533
ISBN
9780674970533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Paperback. Describes the events surrounding the Soviet invasion in 1979 and the encounter between the military superpower and the poorly armed Afghans. Num Pages: 392 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1FCA; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJD; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS; JPVR; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 228 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520208933
ISBN
9780520208933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

paperback. .
Publisher
Profile Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846682735
ISBN
9781846682735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Hardback. Between September 1939 and June 1940, the British Expeditionary Force confronted the German threat to France and Flanders with a confused mind-set, an uncertain skills-set and an uncompetitive capability. This book explores the formation's origins, the scale of defeat in France and the campaign's considerable legacy. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWD; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137494191
ISBN
9781137494191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.91

Paperback. Growing is a portrait of a young man sent straight out from university to help govern Ceylon. It is doubtful that any Empire at any time has been served by such an intelligent, dutiful, hardworking and incorruptible civil servant as the young Leonard Wool Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKS; 3JJC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780600710
ISBN
9781780600710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. Learning to live by the seasons and to fall asleep to the rumble of his father's tractor, braving snowstorms to sell hogs or to visit an ailing grandmother, playing basketball, listening to baseball games, and stealing records, the author endures the anger and shame that haunt his family. This memoir tells his tale. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 11. Weight in Grams: 227. 8vo.Good copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KEX0297953
ISBN
9780803222908
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The story of how a Belfast schoolgirl was expelled from St Dominics on the Falls Road in Belfast in 1959, and how that event went on to shape the rest of her life. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPG; BT; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Blackstaff Pr
Number of pages
230
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856408083
ISBN
9780856408083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; HPS; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226324159
ISBN
9780226324159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.64

Paperback. An invaluable collection of Jung's writings on psychosis which together contain the seeds of his theoretical divergence from psychoanalysis and provide insights into the development of his later concepts such as the collective unconscious. Translator(s): Hull, R. F. C. Series: Collected Works of C. G. Jung. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415071758
ISBN
9780415071758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.82

Paperback. Those seriously interested in the emergence of mass higher education, and the debates surrounding it, will appreciate finding many of Trow's groundbreaking works-including three articles never before published-in a single volume. Editor(s): Burrage, Michael. Num Pages: 640 pages, 2, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 862.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894428
ISBN
9780801894428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Austin Macauley Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786291448
ISBN
9781786291448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Hardback. This book provides an exceptional introduction to Polish theatre since the fall of communism, exploring how theatre goes beyond norms and nationalistic concepts to intersect with politics, feminism, queer identities, the rise in anti-Semitism, ethnicities and history. Series Editor(s): Delgado, Maria M.; Gale, Maggie B. Series: Theatre: Theory - Practice - Performance. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJPR; 3JM; AN; APT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784992958
ISBN
9781784992958
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.32

paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 92 color & b/w images. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; WCW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd (US)
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Revised 3rd Edition with Updated Price Guide
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764341885
ISBN
9780764341885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.03

Paperback. Uncovers the voices of working-class women, active in the Communist Party, USA, in order to examine how these individuals confronted the tensions between their roles as workers, wives, mothers, and consumers. This work details the strategies used by women to argue for their rights as workers in the paid labor force and as caregivers in the home. Num Pages: 200 pages, 9 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 277.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252073915
ISBN
9780252073915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1HFG; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750958363
ISBN
9780750958363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.86

Paperback. On D-Day, Dick Winters took off with 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment and prepared to parachute into German-held north France. Starting with an account of the gruelling training designed to make the 506th the elite unit in the US Army, this is an account of one man's experience of commanding 'Easy Company from D-Day', to the Battle of the Bulge. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091941581
ISBN
9780091941581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

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