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Hardcover. Despite a long history of involvement in the design and production of firearms, the Birmingham firm of Webley & Scott is probably better known to the general public for its manufacture of airguns than for any other product. This book offers a history and development of Webley air pistols as well as the traditional British craftsmanship. Num Pages: 224 pages, 226 b&w photos, 70line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HB; TTMW; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 286 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1138.
- Publisher
- Robert Hale
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780709066194
- ISBN
- 9780709066194
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.53€ 49.75
€ 53.53
€ 49.75
Paperback. A collection of memories that follows a Warwickshire girl as she grows up during an era of huge transformation in Britain. Illustrated with family photographs, it presents a picture of day-to-day life in Nuneaton in the 1920s and '30s, including time spent in school, family holidays and the changes in the town itself. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations, facsim., ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; 3JJG; BM; HBJD1; HBLW; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 166 x 6. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752451626
- ISBN
- 9780752451626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.57
€ 17.99
€ 16.57
Paperback. Collects essays that offer an introduction to the author's work through an investigation of Foucault's notion of the apparatus, a meditation on the intimate link of philosophy to friendship, and a reflection on contemporariness, or the singular relation one may have to one's own time. Translator(s): Kishik, David; Pedatella, Stefan. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 116 x 6. Weight in Grams: 80.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762304
- ISBN
- 9780804762304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.99
€ 21.99
€ 20.99
Paperback. On 26 April 1986, at 1.23am, a series of explosions shook the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. While officials tried to hush up the accident, the author spent years collecting testimonies from survivors. A chronicle of the past and a warning for our nuclear future, this book shows what it is like to remember in a world that wants you to forget. Translator(s): Gunin, Anna; Tait, Arch. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241270530
- ISBN
- 9780241270530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. During World War II, there seemed to be a gap between the reality and what could be called the "myth of the Blitz". The author shows that this myth was not purely propaganda but was a deep-rooted, common conception of pastoral England and the perfect gentleman. Num Pages: 320 pages, 41 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712698207
- ISBN
- 9780712698207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.06
€ 33.99
€ 23.06
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007160297
- ISBN
- 9780007160297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 5.80
€ 5.80
Paperback. The twentieth century experienced by over 75% of Britons had little to do with the one we've been taught. The People tells OUR story for the first time. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848548824
- ISBN
- 9781848548824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470673027
- ISBN
- 9780470673027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.13
€ 31.13
Paperback. Since the time of the Vikings, the Atlantic has shaped the lives of people who depend on it for survival, and people have shaped the Atlantic. In his account of this interdependency, Bolster, a historian and professional seafarer, takes us through a millennium-long environmental history of our impact on one of the largest ecosystems in the world. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBTP; KNAF; RGR; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 26. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674283961
- ISBN
- 9780674283961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.89
€ 30.99
€ 25.89
Hardback. Based on a body of information and data, this volume recounts the history of five continents over a long stretch of time and in a comparative approach. It gives a range of views of the construction and collapse of the modern colonial empires of Europe, the United States of America and Japan. Translator(s): Everson, Andrene. Series: European Expansion & Global Interaction. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453381
- ISBN
- 9781845453381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.19
€ 162.19
Paperback. Born into poverty in Ballinasloe in 1846, O'Connor Power spent much of his childhood in the workhouse. From here he rose rapidly through the ranks of the Fenian Movement to become a leading member of the Supreme Council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd Dublin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845886981
- ISBN
- 9781845886981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.80
€ 18.99
€ 15.80
paperback. Offers an analysis of the descent of the Nazi persecution of the Jews into mass murder. Arguing that genocide was not a preconceived plan, this book explains how the decision to murder the Jews en masse emerged in stages and by a process of elimination that gradually foreclosed plans for their expulsion from Europe. Num Pages: 640 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099454823
- ISBN
- 9780099454823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AMX; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Shire Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784422288
- ISBN
- 9781784422288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.17
€ 11.99
€ 10.17
Paperback. The crew of the HMS Enterprise, searching for the missing Franklin expedition, sees steadily worsening relations between captain and officers. Num Pages: 332 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1MTN; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 332
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888644725
- ISBN
- 9780888644725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.43
€ 40.99
€ 29.43
Hardback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752442938
- ISBN
- 9780752442938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.86
€ 26.99
€ 23.86
Hardback. Long interested in Nazi Germany, Dixon, now an investigator for the London police, presents his first book on it, emphasizing what is most important to him: the personalities of the people involved. He profiles 162 SS officers who served at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, of whom some served during the entire time the camp was in operation, Num Pages: 256 pages, over 130 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1426. The SS Officers Who Ran the Largest Nazi Concentration Camp, 1940-1945. 256 pages, Illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JWD. Dimension: 287 x 228 x 24. Weight: 1420.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764321757
- ISBN
- 9780764321757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.42€ 46.95
€ 65.42
€ 46.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 337
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Second Edition,2
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872204263
- ISBN
- 9780872204263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.85
€ 25.99
€ 19.85
Paperback. Will help the sick, the dying and those who care for them. Num Pages: 109 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 203 x 9. Weight in Grams: 146. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Paulist Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- SKU
- KI20003142
- ISBN
- 9780809122127
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Christian Focus Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845501181
- ISBN
- 9781845501181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.02
€ 10.99
€ 10.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 608 pages, BW images throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408867648
- ISBN
- 9781408867648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.82
€ 19.99
€ 14.82