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hardcover. Tells the story of Wuhan's defense and fall, and how the siege's aftermath led to new directions in the history of modern Chinese culture, society, and politics. Num Pages: 204 pages, 24 b/w photographs, 3 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780520254459
- ISBN
- 9780520254459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.99€ 61.58
€ 79.99
€ 61.58
Paperback. In an age before TV and radio the impact and importance of cartoon art was immense, especially when the only sources of information were silent cinema newsreels, posters, newspapers and books - all largely black and white. This book examines cartoons from both sides of the conflict, both in colour and black-and-white. Num Pages: 160 pages, B&W and colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 3JJF; AKLC; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 306 x 222 x 13. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Publisher
- Grub Street Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909808096
- ISBN
- 9781909808096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.33
€ 16.99
€ 13.33
Paperback. The cartoon has a special place in the history of World War II, and the power of its message was felt by all sides of the conflict. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrated throughout in colour and b&w. BIC Classification: 3JJH; AKLC; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 230 x 10. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Publisher
- Grub Street Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909808119
- ISBN
- 9781909808119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.80
€ 26.99
€ 26.80
Paperback. Moving chronologically and thematically through the complex history of the conflict, the author interweaves his own vivid memories of soldiering in the Pacific - from the look on a Japanese fighter pilot's face as he bombed Pearl Harbor, so close that Jones could see him smile and wave, to hitting the beach under fire in Guadalcanal. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 halftones, 3 maps, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 171 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226180939
- ISBN
- 9780226180939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.41
€ 23.99
€ 19.41
Paperback. Editor(s): Bass, Richard. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: HRLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Alban Institute, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566992664
- ISBN
- 9781566992664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.86
€ 37.86
Hardcover. "Quite impressive. I doubt if there has been or will be a more deeply researched and convincing account. " --Evan Connell, author Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn "The book to end all Earp books--the most complete, and most meticulously researched. Num Pages: 416 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 167 x 40. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471189671
- ISBN
- 9780471189671
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.19
€ 46.99
€ 36.19
Paperback. "Quite impressive. I doubt if there has been or will be a more deeply researched and convincing account. " --Evan Connell, author Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn "The book to end all Earp books--the most complete, and most meticulously researched. Num Pages: 416 pages, map, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471283621
- ISBN
- 9780471283621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.36
€ 26.99
€ 20.36
Hardback. The tenth of twelve treatises Wycliff wrote between 1374 and 1382, On Simony forms an integral part of his summa. Translator(s): McVeigh, Terrance A. Num Pages: 179 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRAM7; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823213498
- ISBN
- 9780823213498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.59
€ 70.59
Paperback. Examining excavated underwater "treasure sites" and terrestrial pirate lairs found off the coast of Madagascar, throughout the Caribbean, and within the United States, this book explores the romanticized "Golden Age of Piracy," and the "gentleman pirate" Jean Lafitte. Editor(s): Skowronek, Russell K.; Ewen, Charles R. Series: New Perspectives on Maritime History & Nautical Archaeology S. Num Pages: 368 pages, 153 b&w illustrations, 20 tables, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1K; HBTM; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813030791
- ISBN
- 9780813030791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.02
€ 33.02
Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages, 425. BIC Classification: 1D; HBW; JWG; TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 308 x 220 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1466.
- Publisher
- Hikoki Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902109480
- ISBN
- 9781902109480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.58
€ 46.99
€ 32.58
Hardcover. Secret Research Aircraft of the Cold War. 160 pages, 100 colour and 250 b/w photos plus 50 illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBWS; JWG. Dimension: 215 x 304 x 27. Weight: 1536.
- Publisher
- Hikoki Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902109213
- ISBN
- 9781902109213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.62
€ 46.99
€ 32.62
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Frontline Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848328495
- ISBN
- 9781848328495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Hardback. Xenocracy offers a much-needed account of the islands of the Ionian Sea during their half-century of oversight by Great Britain. It recounts how, despite Britain's liberal reforms, the Ionian State's economic deterioration anticipated the "neocolonial" condition with which the Greek nation struggles even today. Num Pages: 388 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVGS; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332616
- ISBN
- 9781785332616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.21
€ 174.21
Hardcover. The writing of Spartan history for long involved gliding - sometimes seamlessly - between the evidence of very different ancient sources. Now, a short series conceived by The Classical Press of Wales will examine closely and individually each of the principal sources and its relationship with classical Sparta. Editor(s): Powell, Anton; Richer, Nicolas. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Publisher
- Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905125371
- ISBN
- 9781905125371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.77
€ 85.77
Paperback. Editor(s): Miller, Andrew M. BIC Classification: 2AHA; HPCA. Dimension: 216 x 158 x 9. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bryn Mawr Commentaries, Inc.
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9781931019026
- ISBN
- 9781931019026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.13
€ 19.99
€ 16.13
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856687129
- ISBN
- 9780856687129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.75
€ 33.99
€ 30.75
Paperback. This Symposium has lived so much in the shadow of the famous one by Plato, that it has not received a full commentary in English for well over a hundred years. Yet it gives the only alternative view of Socrates and has a wit and vigour of its own which paints a picture of a Greek society that makes it a document of prime historical importance. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 160 pages, commentary, notes. BIC Classification: 2AHA; HPCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 211 x 9. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856686825
- ISBN
- 9780856686825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.98
€ 36.98
Hardback. The first full-scale account of a Persian king vilified by history Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; 3D; BGH; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 33. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300180077
- ISBN
- 9780300180077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.68
€ 33.99
€ 24.68
Paperback. The author reveals the spirit of classical Chinese martial arts through instruction of hitherto secret internal practices from the Dai Family Style XinYi Martial Arts in this ground-breaking book. Exploring the connection between Daoist numerology, internal alchemy and the spirit of martial power, it offers guidance to strengthen inner cultivation. Num Pages: 144 pages, 85 black and white. BIC Classification: HRKN5; WSTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848192065
- ISBN
- 9781848192065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.10
€ 32.10
Paperback. In the most complete, well-ordered philosophical society of his day, Xunzi advocated the counteraction of man's evil through self-improvement, the pursuit of learning, the avoidance of obsession and observance or ritual in life. And his ideas are still close to those of ours today. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 132 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129657
- ISBN
- 9780231129657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.06
€ 29.99
€ 22.06