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Paperback. Meet the girl from MI5 who had the gravy browning licked from her legs by Dylan Thomas; the barman who was appointed the keeper of Winston Churchill's private bottle of whisky; the East End Communist who marched with his comrades into the air-raid shelter of the Savoy; the throneless prince born in a suite at Claridge's declared.. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571234783
ISBN
9780571234783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. Welcome to the lost worlds of British cinema. This book features a secret history of British movies that includes the scandals, the suicides, the immolations and the contract killings - the product of thousands of conversations with veteran film-makers. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DB; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571212989
ISBN
9780571212989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.51

Paperback. Suppose that everything we think we know about 'The Victorians' is wrong? That we have persistently misrepresented the culture of the Victorian era, perhaps to make ourselves feel more satisfyingly liberal and sophisticated? What if they were much more fun than we ever suspected? This book provides the answers for us. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571206636
ISBN
9780571206636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.48

Hardback. This book tells the forgotten story of four to five thousand British civilians who were interned at the Ruhleben camp near Berlin during the First World War. Together they formed a unique community in the heart of enemy territory, based on a diverse and extremely rich culture of enduring significance. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWXR. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719070846
ISBN
9780719070846
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.08

Hardcover. Explores the overlap and shift between theistic and naturalistic science through a parallel study of two major scientific figures: James Clerk Maxwell, a devout Christian physicist, and Thomas Henry Huxley, the iconoclast biologist who coined the word agnostic. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HRAM3; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226164878
ISBN
9780226164878
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.09
€ 79.17

Hardback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
F First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848842106
ISBN
9781848842106
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, Colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408807521
ISBN
9781408807521
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.81

Hardback. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137544162
ISBN
9781137544162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; ACV; ACXD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781784993757
ISBN
9781784993757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 7.28

Paperback. Heard the one about the Spanish Ambassador who arrived in the scorching Saharan desert fully suited and with a mysteriously enormous suitcase? Or the horse they gave Prime Minister John Major in Turkmenistan - which hapless embassy officials had to rescue from the clutches of the Moscow railway? This title deals with these questions. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8pp inset. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPSD; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Michael Joseph
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241957080
ISBN
9780241957080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Combining gems from the archives with despatches obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, this title is a treasure trove of wit, venom and serious analysis. It sheds light on Britain's place in the world, and reveal the curious cocktail of privilege and privation which make up the life of an ambassador. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8pp inset. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPSD; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780670919291
ISBN
9780670919291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. With a First from Cambridge and the possibility of working for the Foreign Office, the author decided instead to apply to be an apprentice diesel-fitter with London Transport. He was rejected and so turned to a life in politics. This title offers an account of a young life already well lived. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGHA; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 35. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241968291
ISBN
9780241968291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.50

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838159
ISBN
9781843838159
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.97

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719070556
ISBN
9780719070556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.53

paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 109 x 15. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
A.& A.Farmar Ireland
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781899047758
ISBN
9781899047758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.31

Paperback. Explores the events of the Wars of the Roses through the eyes of the key players. Discover the personalities behind the fight for the throne. Num Pages: 304 pages, 40. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 328 x 20. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445660233
ISBN
9781445660233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.53

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; CF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801448478
ISBN
9780801448478
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.48

Hardback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKEY; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 848.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748632787
ISBN
9780748632787
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.69
€ 130.72

Paperback. What is modern Dartmoor and what should it be? Did druids officiate here? Can the bog be drained and crops grown? Is it the place for a prison? And what of its people's future, and the fate of its ponies, cows and sheep? This book provides answers to these questions. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWD; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 40. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099552550
ISBN
9780099552550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Hardback. A clothier and a deeply religious man, Joseph Ryder faithfully kept a diary from 1733 until his death in 1768. The author interprets Ryder's diary, which provides a real-life perspective on the relationship between capitalism and Protestantism at a time when Britain was rapidly changing from a traditional to a modern society. Series: The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 26. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300169614
ISBN
9780300169614
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.26
€ 59.26

Hardback. Militarism has traditionally been regarded as a phenomenon of the political right. As this book demonstrates, however, various groups on the political left in Britain during the years before the Great War were able to accommodate, and even assimilate, militaristic ideas, sentiments, and policies to a remarkable degree. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLW; HBW; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137274120
ISBN
9781137274120
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.23

Hardback. Brings together the historic counties of Cumberland and Westmorland with the old Furness division of Lancashire, in a comprehensive architectural guide to one of England's most varied and rewarding regions. Series: Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England. Num Pages: 800 pages, 120 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 220 x 42. Weight in Grams: 880.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
800
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300126631
ISBN
9780300126631
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.32
€ 55.32

Hardback. Examines the Society of Artists of Great Britain from its origins to its demise in 1791. This book looks at the politics and personalities behind the public exhibitions to uncover the profound impact on the history of British art. It analyses the motivations behind the exhibitions and explores the competing interests that shaped their development. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 280 pages, 80 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ACQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 190 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1070.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300110043
ISBN
9780300110043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.38
€ 50.98

Hardback. Essays consider the changes and development of Scotland at a time of considerable flux in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Editor(s): Hammond, Matthew. Series: Studies in Celtic History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10, 8 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white line drawings, 8 black and white, 2 li. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838531
ISBN
9781843838531
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.32

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