Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. A classic autobiography by the best known Second World War Fleet Air Arm pilot. A story of real life adventure, action and heroism. Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BG; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Cassell military pbk. ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780304358410
- ISBN
- 9780304358410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.78
€ 15.99
€ 11.78
Paperback. This books links the stories of 18th Century courtesans into the way it was perceived at the time and uses satirical illustrations and contemporary quotations. Num Pages: 166 pages, Integrated images with colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 174 x 15. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473837744
- ISBN
- 9781473837744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.99
€ 26.99
€ 23.99
Paperback. Published to coincide the with 50th anniversary of the Israel occupation of the West Bank, an anthology that explores the human cost of the conflict there as witnessed by such notable writers as Colum McCann, Colm Toibin, Dave Eggers, Madeleine Thien, Eimear McBride, Taiye Selasi and editors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman. Editor(s): Chabon, Michael; Waldman, Ayelet. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJP; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008229191
- ISBN
- 9780008229191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.06
€ 18.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. Shrouded in secrecy until recently, Colossus was the world's first fully-functioning electronic computer, built during the Second World War and used at Bletchley Park to crack the codes of high-level Nazi communications. This collection of essays delves into code-breaking, personal recollections, and declassified information. Num Pages: 480 pages, various line drawings and 16pp black and white plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199578146
- ISBN
- 9780199578146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Frontline Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848328495
- ISBN
- 9781848328495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
Paperback. As America descended into Civil War, British loyalties were torn between support for the North, which was against slavery, and defending the South, which portrayed itself as bravely fighting for its independence. This book gives fresh accounts of Civil War battles by seeing them through the eyes of British journalists and myriad soldiers. Num Pages: 1040 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 197 x 48. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 1040
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141040585
- ISBN
- 9780141040585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.45
€ 30.99
€ 20.45
Paperback. This title on black social movements outside the South reveals distinctive forms of US racism according to place, the varieties of tactics that community members used to attack these inequalities, and the prevalence of integrationist and nationalist thinking between the 1940s and the 1970s. Editor(s): Theoharis, Jeanne; Woodard, Komozi; Countryman, Matthew J. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 141 x 218 x 28. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312294687
- ISBN
- 9780312294687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.44
€ 65.44
Paperback. Looks at photograph collections of four Black German families taken between 1900 and the end of World War II and a set of portraits of Afro-Caribbean migrants to Britain taken at a photographic studio in Birmingham between 1948 and 1960. Num Pages: 256 pages, 118 photographs, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AJC; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 14. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350743
- ISBN
- 9780822350743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.29
€ 27.99
€ 26.29
Hardcover. Dina Rezk analyses 8 case studies, culminating in the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar el Sadat on live television, Drawing on declassified documents, interviews and multi-archival research, she explores how the most powerful intelligence agencies in the world have been so notoriously caught off guard in post-WWII Middle East. Series: Intelligence, Surveillance and Secret Warfare. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJP; HBJF1; JPS; JWKF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748698912
- ISBN
- 9780748698912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.89€ 107.92
€ 112.89
€ 107.92
Paperback. On 21 July, 1942, the Nazis took control of the small Polish town of Zolkiew, life for Jewish 15-year-old Clara Kramer was never to be the same again. While those around her were either slaughtered or transported, Clara and her family hid perilously in a hand-dug bunker. Living in the house above and protecting them were the Becks. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091924416
- ISBN
- 9780091924416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.35
€ 17.99
€ 13.35
Paperback. Editor(s): Wood, Mara-Helen. Num Pages: 192 pages, 161 one colour images, 10 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 3JJP; 3JM; ACXJ; AFF; AGB; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 285 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1276.
- Publisher
- MHW Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993522802
- ISBN
- 9780993522802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 31.82
€ 46.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198354628
- ISBN
- 9780198354628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.02
€ 53.02
Paperback. Meet the dogs who searched for life amongst the ruins of the Twin Towers. Series: HarperTrue Friend - A Short Read. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JMC; BTM; JPWL2; WNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 116 x 178 x 4. Weight in Grams: 64.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008105099
- ISBN
- 9780008105099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.30
€ 8.99
€ 8.30
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764352546
- ISBN
- 9780764352546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.51
€ 36.99
€ 33.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 3JJ; BGH; HBWS2; JFFD; KNTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Blacksmith Books Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 140
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789881376435
- ISBN
- 9789881376435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Hardback. The history of this remarkable aircraft in service with UK armed forces is illustrated through personal reminiscences of the people who worked with it. The book begins has explorations of the mature concept of operations with the Harrier GR3 in the Cold War and progresses through the evolution of Harrier II. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 colour pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJD1; HBWS; JWG; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 31. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Publisher
- Grub Street
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910690178
- ISBN
- 9781910690178
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.17
€ 26.99
€ 20.17
Hardback. This new biography of George Eliot is not just the story of her life. It gives an account of what it means to become a novelist, and to think like a novelist. Philip Davis enables you not only to see through George Eliot's eyes, but also feel what it is like to be seen by her, in the imaginative involvement of her readers with her characters. Num Pages: 432 pages, With 42 illustrations, including a 16-page colour plate section. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 163 x 40. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199577378
- ISBN
- 9780199577378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.33
€ 53.33
Paperback. Presents a magisterial narrative of the most turbulent decade in Anglo-Irish history: a decade of unleashed passions that came close to destroying the parliamentary system and to causing civil war in the United Kingdom. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571297405
- ISBN
- 9780571297405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. A reference guide to astrology. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; GBCY; PGT; VXFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 121. Weight in Grams: 50.
- Publisher
- W Foulsham & Co Ltd
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780572005405
- ISBN
- 9780572005405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.31
€ 8.31
Paperback. Modern travel memoir spans history in trailing the ghost of Archduke Ferdinand's assassin and WWI's primary catalyst, Gavrilo Princip. Series: Wayfarer. Num Pages: 264 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 226
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888645197
- ISBN
- 9780888645197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.60
€ 34.99
€ 25.60
Hardback. Of the many medical specializations to have been transformed by the rise of National Socialism, anatomy has received little attention. As historian & physician Sabine Hildebrandt reveals, anatomists progressed through gradual stages of ethical transgression. Num Pages: 388 pages, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785330674
- ISBN
- 9781785330674
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.27
€ 146.27
Paperback. This text examines how the French nation has dealt with "les annees noires" of defeat, occupation and repression, specifically studying what this proud nation has chosen to remember and what it has chosen to conceal. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 400 pages, 7 halftones , 7 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674935396
- ISBN
- 9780674935396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.75
€ 42.99
€ 35.75
Paperback. Presents a theoretical analysis of Japanese thinkers and activists' efforts to reintegrate the natural environment into Japan's social and political thought in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 table, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356998
- ISBN
- 9780822356998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. Having left Gotenhafen July 3, 1940 for a campaign that will last 516 days, the Komet is one of the cargos transformed by the Kriegsmarine to operate as an auxiliary warship for the allied commercial ships. Series: Russian Army. Num Pages: 176 pages, 200 photos. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 506 x 494 x 12. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publisher
- Histoire and Collections
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782352504559
- ISBN
- 9782352504559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.86
€ 36.99
€ 32.86