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Paperback. The SOE (Special Operations Executive) was one of the most innovative British creations of the Second World War. This book looks at the men and women who made up the SOE, the rigorous training to which they were subjected, and their lives during and after the war. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, 55 b/w; 5 col. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 211 x 9. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Shire Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784420406
ISBN
9781784420406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. Explores the mysterious world of the tools Special Operations Executive used for their missions of subversion and sabotage. From high explosive technology to chemical and biological devices; from the techniques of air supply to incendiarism; this book reveals about the tools that allowed the world of spying and spies to operate during wartime. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752453293
ISBN
9780752453293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.57

Hardcover. The actual course given to all secret agents in SOE before working behind enemy lines. It includes everything you needed to know to go undercover - from documents, cover stories and how to live off the land to how to get through an interrogation. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 112 x 15. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
William Collins
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008103613
ISBN
9780008103613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Hardback. Bob Maloubier was undoubtedly one of the Second World War's most remarkable, courageous and flamboyant characters. His simply and uniquely told personal account of wartime spent as an SOE agent and with the French Resistance is poignant, brutally truthful, and is told here for the first time in English. Translator(s): Szabo, Tania. Num Pages: 224 pages, 40 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: BGH; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750966078
ISBN
9780750966078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.83

Paperback. On average a Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent would be dead within three months of being parachuted into action. This work features the story of these agents, some of whom were women as young as 22, following them through their experiences beginning with their recruitment and their unorthodox training methods. Illustrator(s): Noon, Steve. Series: Warrior. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 187 x 6. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846032769
ISBN
9781846032769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 19, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801477928
ISBN
9780801477928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.74

When Rob Amberg first met Dellie Norton, she was 76 years old and had lived most of her life in the mountain community of Sodom Laurel, North Carolina. This work traces the relationship between them, years marked by the seasons of raising and harvesting food and by the gatherings of family. Num Pages: 192 pages, 134 duotones. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 3JJP; BG; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1170.
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807827420
ISBN
9780807827420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.39

Paperback. Based on contemporary accounts, settlers' reminiscences, and the work of other historians, Sod Busting dives deeply into the practical realities of how things worked to make vivid one of the quintessentially American experiences, breaking new land. Series: How Things Worked. Num Pages: 144 pages, 12, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; TV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781421414515
ISBN
9781421414515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.30

Hardback. Based on contemporary accounts, settlers' reminiscences, and the work of other historians, Sod Busting dives deeply into the practical realities of how things worked to make vivid one of the quintessentially American experiences, breaking new land. Series: How Things Worked. Num Pages: 144 pages, 12, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; TV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421414508
ISBN
9781421414508
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.99

Paperback. Takes issue with those who would reduce citizenship to community involvement or to political participation for its own sake. This book argues that we need to place more value on a form of conscientious, moderately alienated citizenship invented by Socrates. one that is critical in orientation and dissident in practice. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; JPA; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691086934
ISBN
9780691086934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.77
€ 42.66

Paperback. Somewhere between a historical account and work of philosophy, this book details the final plea of author's beloved mentor. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 111 x 7. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141397641
ISBN
9780141397641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.52

Paperback. This long-awaited study of the most enigmatic figure of Greek philosophy reclaims Socrates' originality. Num Pages: 348 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521314503
ISBN
9780521314503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.89

hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Prometheus
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032843
ISBN
9781591025016
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
American School of Classical Studies at Athens United States
Edition
Volume XVII
Number of pages
32
Condition
New
SKU
V9780876616178
ISBN
9780876616178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.54

Hardback. When Peter J. Vernezze took a leave of absence from his position as a philosophy professor to serve as a Peace Corps volunteer in China, he supplemented his main task-teaching English-with leading a weekly philosophical discussion group with Chinese undergraduate and graduate students at Sichuan Normal University in Chengdu. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597976725
ISBN
9781597976725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.92

Paperback. "[Phillips takes] philosophy out of the ivory tower and into the street."-Los Angeles Times Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780393330670
ISBN
9780393330670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.58

hardcover. Contending that Plato's "Crito" does not show an allegiance between Socrates and the state that condemned him, Weiss argues that he considers the laws of the state to be more concerned with creating deference than justice - that, by submitting to his judgement, Socrates acts from a personal sense of justice rather than a set of imposed rules. Num Pages: 200 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HPCA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 476. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033212
ISBN
9780195116847
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Pearson United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780205948079
ISBN
9780205948079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 162.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co United States
Number of pages
230
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585103621
ISBN
9781585103621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.77

Paperback. "What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?" Posed by the early Christian Tertullian, the question was vigorously debated in the nineteenth century. Taking on the question of how the glories of the classical world could be reconciled with the Bible, this book explains how Judaism played a vital role in defining modern philhellenism. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226213347
ISBN
9780226213347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.99

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