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Paperback. During the Nazi occupation, the inhabitants of the Plateau Vivarais Lignon saved several thousand people from the concentration camps. This book tells a story of courage and determination, of a small number of heroic individuals who risked their lives to save others, and of what can be done when people come together to oppose tyranny. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099554646
ISBN
9780099554646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAX; 3JJH; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750961523
ISBN
9780750961523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. A unique document offering unrivalled insight into women's minds and lives during the Second World War. Editor(s): Sheridan, Dorothy. Series: Women in History. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BG; DN; HBJD1; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842126172
ISBN
9781842126172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. The adventurous young women who sailed to India during the Raj in search of husbands. Perfect for fans of SINGLED OUT - a great book club option. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 27. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Phoenix
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753828960
ISBN
9780753828960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Hardback. The history of black Freemasonry from Boston and Philadelphia in the late 1700s through the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement. Num Pages: 320 pages, 29 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 1KBBES; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL3; JFSV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620554876
ISBN
9781620554876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.31

Paperback. Retaining all the well-loved features, this book is now matched to the new AQA specification and covers AS and A Level content together. With a strong focus on history skills, exam practice and specially selected sources and extracts, this book covers the period in depth, to help students understand key ideas, events and developments. Series Editor(s): Waller, Sally. Num Pages: 240 pages, Colour. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 4KL; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 198 x 266 x 12. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198354611
ISBN
9780198354611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.50

Paperback. During WWII, on one raid alone, Nuremburg March 1944, more Bomber Command airmen lost their lives than were lost in the Battle of Britain. These were ordinary men who became part of extraordinary events. One such was Arthur Darlow, the author's grandfather - a pilot of a Lancaster crew in 405 RCAF crew. In this title, their story is recreated. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16pp b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Grub Street United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908117267
ISBN
9781908117267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.89

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 254 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750964814
ISBN
9780750964814
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.63

Paperback.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First Edition Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674011298
ISBN
9780674011298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.12

Paperback. In this volume of original essays, scholars from around the world address the history of British colonial cinema stretching from the emergence of cinema at the height of imperialism, to moments of decolonization and the ending of formal imperialism in the post-Second World War. Editor(s): Grieveson, Lee; MacCabe, Colin. Series: Cultural Histories of Cinema. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JJ; APF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 174 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 630.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844574216
ISBN
9781844574216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.17

Paperback. In the late-19th and early-20th centuries, thousands of black and white southerners left farms and rural towns to try their fate in the region's cities. Focusing on Nashville and its Middle Tennessee hinterland, this work explores the impetus for this migration and illuminates its effects. Num Pages: 280 pages, 18 illustrations, 18 tables, 4 maps, 14 figures, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0228275
ISBN
9780807854846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardback. A comprehensive history of the social and political aspects of vaccination in the United States, this work tells the story of how vaccination became a widely accepted public health measure over the course of the twentieth century. It examines the strategies that health officials have used to gain public acceptance of vaccines. Series: California/ Milbank Books on Health & the Public. Num Pages: 349 pages, 22 b&w illlustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; MBN; MBX; MJCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 820.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
349
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520247499
ISBN
9780520247499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.37
€ 64.45

Paperback. Writing for a wide audience, Harvey here tells the political-economic story of where neoliberalization came from and how it proliferated on the world stage. He constructs a framework, not only for analyzing the political and economic dangers that now surround us, but also for assessing the prospects for more socially just alternatives. Num Pages: 256 pages, numerous graphs, 3 line drawings, 5 maps and 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJP; JPA; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199283279
ISBN
9780199283279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.88

Paperback. Few ceramic tiles are more popular with collectors than those modernist products of mid-twentieth century potteries. This book is the perfect introduction to them. Num Pages: 96 pages, 180. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; AFPC; WCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 234 x 11. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445665665
ISBN
9781445665665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.75

Paperback. An omnibus edition of Finlay J. Macdonald's nostalgic and often comic accounts of growing up on the Hebridean island of Harris between the wars. They were first published individually in the 1980s as "Crowdie and Cream", "Crotal and White" and "The Corncrake and the Lysander". Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; 2AB; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 36. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751513486
ISBN
9780751513486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. "In December 1937, in what was then the capital of China, one of the most brutal massacres in the long annals of wartime barbarity occurred. The Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking (Na" Num Pages: 304 pages, 40pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBTZ; HBWQ. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 145 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465068364
ISBN
9780465068364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 18.60

Paperback. At the end of World War II, working mothers in the USA protested vigorously at the termination of child care subsidies. This text traces grassroots activism and national and local policy debates concerning public funding of children's day care in the two decades after the end of the war. Series: Gender and American Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8 illustrations, 5 tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSP1; JPQB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476. Good copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press North Carolina
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KEX0241225
ISBN
9780807854853
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Series: Old O.S. Maps of Lancashire. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJC; WQH; WTRM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 122 x 210 x 8. Weight in Grams: 24. Lancashire Sheet 106.10. Series: Old O.S. Maps of Lancashire. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJC; WQH; WTR. Dimension: 129 x 213 x 1. Weight: 26.
Publisher
The Godfrey Edition
Publication date
1990
Edition
Facsimile of 1906 ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850542950
ISBN
9780850542950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; HBLW3; HRAM2; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300223637
ISBN
9780300223637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.31

Paperback. From the brutal murder of John Paas in 1832 and the poisoning of a 70-year-old widow by two young men, to the fatal shooting of a young woman in 1919, and was to become one of the fascinating murder cases in legal history, this title presents a collection of the criminal cases that have taken place in Leicester between the mid-1800s and 1950s. Series: Sutton True Crime History. Num Pages: 150 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEML; 3JH; 3JJ; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 173 x 11. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750948104
ISBN
9780750948104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.60

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