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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Paperback. At the end of the Second World War, some of the highest ranking members of the Nazi party escaped from justice. The attempts to bring them to justice are no less dramatic. This title presents the real account of how the Nazis escaped at the end of the war, the attempts to bring them to justice, and what really happened to those that got away. Num Pages: 720 pages, 16pp. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 40. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Bantam
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553819397
ISBN
9780553819397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.08

Paperback. HUNTER KILLER: a submarine designed to pursue and attack enemy submarines and surface ships using torpedoes. Num Pages: 496 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBLW3; HBTW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409139010
ISBN
9781409139010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.53

Paperback. One of WWII's pivotal events was the capture of U-505 on June 4, 1944. The top secret seizure of this massive Type IX submarine provided the Allies with priceless information on German technology and innovation. Editor(s): Savas, Theodore P. Num Pages: 312 pages, 62 photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472. U-505 and the U-boat War in the Atlantic. 312 pages, 62 photos, 3 maps. Editor(s): Savas, Theodore P. The first definitive study of U-505. Chapters include her construction, crew and commanders, combat history, an assessment of Type IX operations, naval intelligence, the eight fatal German mistakes that doomed the ill-fated boat, her capture, and final transportation and restoration for posterity. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ; JWMV2. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 17. Weight: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Savas Beatie United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611211283
ISBN
9781611211283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.04

Paperback. Millions of immigrants were drawn to American shores, not by the mythic streets paved with gold, but rather by its tables heaped with food. This work tells the stories of three distinctive groups and their unique culinary dramas: the Italian, Irish, and East European Jewish immigrants. Num Pages: 320 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFFN; JFSL; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674011113
ISBN
9780674011113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJPN; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 231 x 39. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Irish Academic Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780716531760
ISBN
9780716531760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Aspekt,The Netherlands Netherlands
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9789075323108
ISBN
9789075323108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.13

Paperback. Series: World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 740.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823233441
ISBN
9780823233441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 18 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JFSR1; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271017396
ISBN
9780271017396
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.67
€ 57.58

Hardcover. This volume of essays traces the historical-sociological background of minority policies in Hungary, along with nation's changing image and its immigration problems in the 20th century. Num Pages: 320 pages, charts. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 166. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335560
ISBN
9780880335560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.95

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333673430
ISBN
9780333673430
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.53

Hardcover. "Originally published as Magyar-jugoszlaav diplomaaciai kapcsolatok 1918-1927"--Title page verso. Num Pages: 300 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 1DVWY; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 29. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880337014
ISBN
9780880337014
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.47
€ 42.58

Hardcover. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 1DVU; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 37. Weight in Grams: 818.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880336758
ISBN
9780880336758
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.80
€ 62.72

Hardcover. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 1DVUA; 3JJG; 3JJH; KCL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880336925
ISBN
9780880336925
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.47
€ 42.58

hardcover. While most studies of the Holocaust stop in 1945, the year of the liberation and the official end of the Holocaust, Tamas Stark follows the fate of the Hungarian Jews until the Communist takeover in the late 1940s. The author goes on to cover the enlarged, war-years territory of Hungary, and then to a detailed comparison of the destruction of Jewish communities and the emigration of the survivors. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880334495
ISBN
9780880334495
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.20

Hardback. Specialists focus on Hungary's outstanding achievments in various fields, notably technology, literature and the arts, and sport. The volume includes a biographical dictionary, map, and illustrations. Editor(s): Somlyody, Laszlo; Somlyody, Nora. Num Pages: 720 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JH; 3JJ; AC; JFC; PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
720
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335331
ISBN
9780880335331
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.35
€ 51.34

Paperback. Explores the brutal, heroic and extraordinary final days of the First World War. In this study, the author examines the last days of the war and asks the question: how did it end? Beginning at the heralded turning-point on the Marne in July 1918, it traces the story of the next four months, which included some of the bloodiest battles of the war. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241953815
ISBN
9780241953815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

hardcover. An examination of the career and work of Humphrey Repton, landscape gardener of later Georgian England. It charts Repton's vision of England, how his style changed and persisted over time and from place to place, how he influenced his profession, and how he fashioned his social identity. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 318 pages, 30 colour plates, 200 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; AMV; BG; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 275 x 245 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1610.
Publisher
Paul Mellon Centre
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Trade
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300079647
ISBN
9780300079647
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.41
€ 46.96

Hardcover. Sir Humphrey Gibbs settled in Southern Rhodesia soon after it became a self-governing colony. He was a leading farmer and churchman, an MP, and eventually Governor of the country. After the Rhodesian Front declared UDI in 1964, he was a conduit between the British Government and the rebel regime. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 1HFMZ; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGH; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333721582
ISBN
9780333721582
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.00

Hardcover. This text, based on a manuscript of 2000 jokes, sheds light on the lost laughter of the "Golden Age" in the Netherlands, and provides insight on their attitudes towards sexuality and religion and other aspects of life, before religious treatises and books of manners warned against laughter. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333746745
ISBN
9780333746745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.92

Hardback. Humor and entertainment were vital to the war effort during World War I. While entertainment provided relief to soldiers in the trenches, it also built up support for the war effort on the home front. This book looks at transnational war culture by examining seemingly light-hearted discourses on the Great War. Editor(s): Ritzenhoff, Karen A.; Tholas-Disset, Clementine. Num Pages: 308 pages, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137449092
ISBN
9781137449092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.53

Hardcover. The Scottish philosopher and historian David Hume (1711-1776) has often been regarded as a key Enlightenment thinker. This book offers a new interpretation for such diverse images and demonstrates the uniqueness of Hume as an Enlightenment thinker, illustrating how his 'spirit of scepticism' often leads him into seemingly paradoxical positions. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; HPCD; HPK; HPM; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 25. Weight in Grams: 710.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748699803
ISBN
9780748699803
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.76
€ 120.22

Hardback. Presents a comprehensive interpretation of Hume's 'serious reflection' on religion from the perspective afforded by his philosophical project and its Enlightened ends. This title is intended for both scholars and general readers who are intrigued or troubled by religion and the issues 'of the utmost importance' which it raises. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 349 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 827.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
349
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792370246
ISBN
9780792370246
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.63

Paperback. Life of the eccentric landlord who founded the movement for the protection of animals Num Pages: 317 pages, 27ill. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 414. Good clean copy. Showing light age, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0028822
ISBN
9780946640362
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 11.00

Paperback. This work is a study of history and morality in the 20th century. It examines the psychology which made possible Hiroshima, the Nazi genocide, Rwanda and Bosnia. It draws on accounts of participants, victims and observers and suggests that different atrocities have common patterns. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 638.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712665414
ISBN
9780712665414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.73

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