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Paperback. The Navajo Code was the only battlefield code that Japan never deciphered. This book details the history of the men who created this secret code and used it on the battlefield to help the United States win World War II in the Pacific. Num Pages: 144 pages, 17 images, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JFSL9; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 167 x 7. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803224568
ISBN
9780803224568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.53

Hardcover. The Wisden Book of Test Cricket, first published in 1979, is well established as an invaluable and unique source of reference essential to any cricket library. This new volume includes full scorecards and match reports from 1877 to 1977. Editor(s): Frindall, Bill. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 66. Weight in Grams: 1432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
SKU
9781408127568
ISBN
9781408127568
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.99
€ 52.66

Hardback. This book, the first to study women's historical involvement in postwar reconciliation, examines how patriarchy and the international relations system operated simultaneously to ensure postwar male privilege. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2008th Edition
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230602816
ISBN
9780230602816
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.74

Paperback. Showcasing the twentieth century's best writing on the topic of air combat from World War I through the Gulf War, Brassey's Air Combat Reader examines the evolution of air combat strategy and tactics. Series: History of War. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 199 x 21. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574887525
ISBN
9781574887525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.94

Paperback. This is the only general history of Britain's travelling communities in the twentieth century and covers state and legal developments affecting Travellers as well as their experiences of missions, education, warand welfare. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719091261
ISBN
9780719091261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.04

Hardcover. While headline writers in the ETO were naturally focused on events in Normandy and the Bulge in the north, equally ferocious combats were taking place in southern France and Germany during 1944-45, which are now finally getting their due. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16-pg photo section. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWMV1; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Casemate Publishers United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935149446
ISBN
9781935149446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 40.83

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408801062
ISBN
9781408801062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Buttressed by historical documentary sources, and by painstaking linguistic researches, Maureen Warner-Lewis offers a re-issue and thematic expansion of her classic collection of essays on the forced and voluntary migration to Trinidad of West and West-Central Africans during the 1800s, extending through both the slavery and post-emancipation eras. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWWT; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; HBTS; JFC; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9789766405052
ISBN
9789766405052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.60

Paperback. The Allies' M10 Tank Destroyer and the Germans' Sturmgeschutz (StuG) lll were the unsung workhorses of the northwest European battlefields of 1944-45. Fully illustrated with specially commissioned artwork, this title tells the story of their confrontation at the height of World War ll. Illustrator(s): Chasemore, Richard. Series: Duel. Num Pages: 80 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWMV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 189 x 7. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780960999
ISBN
9781780960999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.72

Paperback. When the revolutionary Messerschmitt Me 262 jet first appeared as a bomber in the skies over north-west Europe in late 1944, it represented both a new dawn in aeronautical development and a great shock to the Allied air forces and armies. This book covers the complete history of the Me 262 bomber and reconnaissance units during World War 2. Illustrator(s): Laurier, Jim. Series: Osprey Combat Aircraft. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 182 x 7. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849087490
ISBN
9781849087490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.75

paperback. The second volume in a series of five books on the German army of World War II. It looks at the units that fought in North Africa and the Mediterranian with details of unit strengths, equipment and uniforms. Illustrator(s): Andrew, Stephen. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 56 pages, 8 colour and 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWD; JWM; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 184 x 5. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781855326408
ISBN
9781855326408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.61

Paperback. Jewish life in late imperial Kiev Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 424 pages, 33 b&w illus., 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 610. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253222077
ISBN
9780253222077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardcover. Num Pages: 303 pages, over 600 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 239 x 35. Weight in Grams: 2380. Tropical Uniforms, Headgear, and Insignia of the Fallschirmjager in World War II. 303 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWT. Dimension: 311 x 239 x 35. Weight: 2372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764329395
ISBN
9780764329395
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.14
€ 79.12

Paperback. Written with the assistance, of those involved, including Bryan Ferry, Brian Eno, Andy Mackay and Phil Manzanera, this book gives an account of how pop art, the avant garde underground of the 1960s, and the heady slipstream of London in the sixties was transformed into the fashion cults of revivalism, nostalgia and pop futurism in the early 1970s. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; ACXJ1; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571229864
ISBN
9780571229864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. From a childhood of gothic proportions in a vicarage on the Welsh borders, through adolescence, leaving herself teetering on the brink of the 1960's, Lorna Sage vividly and wittily brings to life a vanished time and place and illuminates the lives of three generations of women. Num Pages: 288 pages, (integrated b&w photos). BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 3JJP; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Edition
20th Anniversary Edition edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841150437
ISBN
9781841150437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. How does a city and a nation deal with a legacy of perpetrating atrocity? How are contemporary identities negotiated and shaped in the face of concrete reminders of a past that most wish they did not have? This book focuses on the case of Nuremberg - a city whose name is linked with Nazism - to explore these questions and their implications. Num Pages: 240 pages, 40 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415419925
ISBN
9780415419925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.12

Paperback. Bletchley Park, known to those who worked there as Station X, was the scene of one of the greatest Allied triumphs of the Second World War. This book contains photographs showing them at work and play. It explains how their work influenced the battle against Nazi Germany and its Italian and Japanese allies. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, 70 col. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 5. Weight in Grams: 134.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747812159
ISBN
9780747812159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.39

Paperback. A highly original theoretical intervention into the causes of genocide, combining Marxism and psychoanalysis. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JPFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 151 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745326535
ISBN
9780745326535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Gerrard, Howard. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DSTC; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 186 x 8. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780961262
ISBN
9781780961262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.75

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Morshead, Henry. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; 3JJH; HBWN; HBWQ; JWMV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 186 x 3. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849085809
ISBN
9781849085809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.57

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