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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
€ 4.82
Paperback. What caused the Russian Revolution? Did it succeed or fail? Do we still live with its consequences? This book deals with these questions. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 117 x 185 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pelican / Penguin Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141043678
- ISBN
- 9780141043678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.37
€ 14.99
€ 12.37
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
€ 19.99
€ 12.37
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
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 4 (English): The Swiss...
Albert; Anna Beck (Transl.) Einstein
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
€ 50.00
The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 3 (English): The Swiss...
Albert; Anna Beck (Transl.) Einstein
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
€ 40.00
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
€ 46.00
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
€ 21.99€ 19.57
€ 21.99
€ 19.57
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
€ 38.05
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
€ 50.51€ 40.00
€ 50.51
€ 40.00
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
€ 19.99
€ 11.01
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
€ 19.99
€ 13.91
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
€ 79.72
€ 79.72
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
€ 19.99
€ 10.33
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
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
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
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 618 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BG; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 37. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 618
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375754210
- ISBN
- 9780375754210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.01
€ 25.01
hardcover. Opening with a character-study of the period, followed by ten chapters of narrative history, this sixth volume presents a study of Ireland in 1914. It includes chapters on the economy, Literature, the Irish language, music, arts, education, administration and public service, and emigration, and concludes with a bibliography covering 1800-1921. Series: New History of Ireland. Num Pages: 1016 pages, 40 pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1306. Opening with a character-study of the period, followed by ten chapters of narrative history, this sixth volume presents a study of Ireland in 1914. It includes chapters on the economy, Literature, the Irish language, music, arts, education, administration and public service, and emigration, and concludes with a bibliography covering 1800-1921. Series: New History of Ireland. Num Pages: 1016 pages, 40 pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1306. [Vol VI only]. Scarce. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light age and shelfwear. Light markings on page edges, tight binding, text is crisp and clear and remains a fine copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press Oxford
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0030154
- ISBN
- 9780198217510
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 85.00
€ 85.00
Hardcover. Presents a multimedia, interdisciplinary study of Chinese modernity in the context of globalization since the late nineteenth century. This book draws on Chinese literature, film, art, photography, and video to broadly map the emergence of modern China in relation to the capitalist world-system in the economic, social, and political realms. Num Pages: 264 pages, 43 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; AB; DSBH; JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824831110
- ISBN
- 9780824831110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.39
€ 85.39
Hardcover. Shedding light on the American campaign to democratize Western Germany after World War II, this book covers the importance of cultural policy and visual propaganda to the US occupation. It evokes Germany's political climate between 1945 and 1949, adding an unexpected dimension to the confrontation between the United States and the USSR. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJPG; JFC; JPVN. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226301693
- ISBN
- 9780226301693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 45.92
€ 53.48
€ 45.92