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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. Reveals, through the eyes of a conscripted soldier, the day-to-day lives of British soldiers in British West Africa during World War II Looks at the strange cultures, the landscape and wildlife, the unusual situations that were encountered in an alien and often frightening location known as The White Man's Grave Num Pages: 144 pages, +8pp colour section. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3JJH; HBJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Whittles Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849951265
- ISBN
- 9781849951265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.75
€ 23.99
€ 20.75
Hardback. Mark Halfon looks at life in the major leagues in the early 1900s, the careers of John McGraw, Ty Cobb, and Walter Johnson, and the events that brought about the end of the Deadball Era. He highlights the strategies, underhand tactics, and bitter battles that defined this storied time in baseball history. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612346489
- ISBN
- 9781612346489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.27
€ 36.27
Paperback. An absolutely unique book, this is the Second World War in Burma as seen through the eyes of ordinary Japanese soldiers Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 1FPJ; 3JJH; BG; HBJF; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- W&N LOndon
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780304359783
- ISBN
- 9780304359783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
A commoner's presentation to the emperor of a lucky omen from his garden, the repercussions for his family, and several retellings of the incident provide the background for this introduction to Ming society, culture, and politics. This work includes discussions of the founding of the Ming dynasty; the character of the first emperor; and more. Num Pages: 176 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBJF; HBLC; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 141
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208254
- ISBN
- 9780872208254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.93
€ 45.99
€ 32.93
hardcover. Nineteen sixty-two-it's been called "the end of innocence," as America witnessed the Cuban Missile Crisis and the following year saw the Kennedy assassination and the early stirrings of Vietnam. In baseball, 1962 was a thrilling season. Num Pages: 274 pages, 10 b&w photos, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597974318
- ISBN
- 9781597974318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.21
€ 40.21
Hardback. Taking to the Streets will be used in courses on Middle East politics and will be relevant to scholars and the general public interested in democratization, political change, and activism. Editor(s): Khatib, Lina; Lust, Ellen. Num Pages: 368 pages, 10, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JMG; JPW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421413112
- ISBN
- 9781421413112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.45€ 54.92
€ 59.45
€ 54.92
Paperback. Taking to the Streets will be used in courses on Middle East politics and will be relevant to scholars and the general public interested in democratization, political change, and activism. Editor(s): Khatib, Lina; Lust, Ellen. Num Pages: 368 pages, 10, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 3JMG; JPW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421413129
- ISBN
- 9781421413129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.61
€ 35.99
€ 30.61
Hardcover. Explores culture and intellectual life in Lexington, Kentucky, at the turn of the twentieth century. This book reveals Lexington to be a city of contradictions: known as a cultural 'Athens of the West,' it also struggled with the poverty, ignorance, and bigotry characteristic of southern communities after the Civil War. Series: Thomas D. Clark Studies in Education, Public Policy and Social Change. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813125046
- ISBN
- 9780813125046
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.20
€ 52.20
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526. C. Wright Mills and the Making of Political Intellectuals. 288 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JHB; JPA. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 24. Weight: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231135405
- ISBN
- 9780231135405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.38€ 83.75
€ 109.38
€ 83.75
Paperback. The outspoken autobiography of one of Britain's best known, and respected, Generals. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JMC; BGHA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472220875
- ISBN
- 9781472220875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardcover. This study focuses upon how service in China changed Alabama missionaries, and the respect they gained for this ancient culture. The emphasis moves away from the failure of Christianity to change China and towards a new synthesis, neither entirely Southern nor Chinese, as the two cultures blended. Num Pages: 384 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; HRCX7; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 921. Fine copy
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KST0010470
- ISBN
- 9780817308339
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardcover. Series: State & Society in East Asia. Num Pages: 306 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 34 black & white halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442223523
- ISBN
- 9781442223523
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.45
€ 70.45
Hardcover. This work offers an account of the 1998 merger between Chrysler - a resurgent, deeply American company famous for its minivans, and Daimler - maker of Mercedes-Benz cars; a merger that created a global mega-company with $130 billion in annual revenue. Num Pages: 382 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; KJF; KJM; KJVB; KNDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471497325
- ISBN
- 9780471497325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.79
€ 75.79
Paperback. The contrasting lives of the Mitford sisters - stylish, scandalous and tragic by turns - hold up a mirror to upper-class life before and after the Second World War. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16pp illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784970895
- ISBN
- 9781784970895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.34
€ 13.99
€ 11.34
During the Civil War, Confederate John Singleton Mosby led the Forty-third Battalion, Virginia Cavalry. Following the war, Mosby stayed in touch with several of his closest confidants, one of whom was former captain and Baptist minister Samuel Forrer Chapman. This is a collection of more than eighty letters written by Mosby to Chapman. Editor(s): Brown, Peter A. Num Pages: 220 pages, 17 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124278
- ISBN
- 9780813124278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.74
€ 38.74
Hardback. Num Pages: 634 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JJH; DCQ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 40. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 634
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810828780
- ISBN
- 9780810828780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.05
€ 186.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 247 x 2. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752466316
- ISBN
- 9780752466316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.79
€ 26.99
€ 23.79
Paperback. By viewing Taiwan-China relations as a product of the history of Qing expansionism, the author contributes to our understanding of several political events in the region. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, 17 colour illustrations, 1 halftone, 21 line illustrations, 18 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021198
- ISBN
- 9780674021198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.85
€ 27.99
€ 24.85
Hardback. Brings together 17 essays by leading scholars to construct a comprehensive cultural history of Taiwan under Japanese rule. This book explores a number of topics through a variety of theoretical, comparative, and postcolonial perspectives, painting a complex and nuanced portrait of a pivotal time in the formation of Taiwanese national identity. Editor(s): Liao, Ping-hui; Wang, David Der-Wei. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 432 pages, 14 illustrations, 16 tables, 2 diagrams. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231137980
- ISBN
- 9780231137980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.71€ 57.47
€ 73.71
€ 57.47
Paperback. Li Hsiu-ch'eng - the Loyal Prince - was the most important military leader on the rebel side during the last years of the Taiping Rebellion in China (1851-64). Series: Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature & Institutions. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521104869
- ISBN
- 9780521104869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.29
€ 50.29