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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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 34.99
€ 27.99