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Paperback. One of the most feared weapons of WWII, the Tiger gained an aura of invincibility that was shattered by the introduction of the Sherman Firefly. This book describes the design and development of these two opponents, while also analyzing their strengths and weaknesses, assessing their tactics, weaponry and training. Series: Duel. Num Pages: 80 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 184 x 7. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846031502
ISBN
9781846031502
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.26

Paperback. Through an analysis of criminal case files, administrative records, and prisoner biographies, this book reconstructs life in the penal colonies and examines how the social sciences, tropical medicine, and sensational journalism evaluated and exploited the inmates' experiences. Series: France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; GTB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803217980
ISBN
9780803217980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.54

Hardback. Rather than simply tracing the rise of Modernism in the 19th century, this book reconstitutes the period's cultural milieu through a series of case studies written with an eye to overarching forces at play. It surveys the field as a whole and discusses the relationships between the various media in the context of an overall "visual economy". Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 colour images + 95 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; ACV; AFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 201 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1154.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300177275
ISBN
9780300177275
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.61
€ 43.79

Paperback. If Napoleon lost on 18 June 1815 (and that's a big 'if'), then whoever rules the universe got it wrong. As soon as the cannons stopped firing, French historians began re-writing history. The Duke of Wellington was beaten, they say, and then the Prussians jumped into the boxing ring, breaking all the rules of battle. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 23. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099594987
ISBN
9780099594987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. Was the Battle of Hastings a French victory? Non! William the Conqueror was Norman and hated the French. This title features new annoyances inflicted on the French, including Napoleon's banned chamber pot, Louis XIV's painful operation, Anglo-French jibes during the 2012 London Olympics, and, French niggles about William and Kate's royal wedding. Num Pages: 768 pages, Line. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 38. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552779937
ISBN
9780552779937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.72

Hardback. This innovative microhistory of a fascinating yet neglected city shows how its loyalty to Venice was tested by military attack, economic downturn, and demographic collapse. Despite these trials, Brescia experienced cultural revival and political transformation, which Bowd uses to explain state formation in a powerful region of Renaissance Italy. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 374 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1DST; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
374
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674051201
ISBN
9780674051201
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.79
€ 49.83

Paperback. Drawing from extensive historical research into how economic and environmental dynamics interacted in the extraction of different materials in the Amazon, especially in the development of the iron mine of Carajas, the authors illustrate the profound connection between global dominance and control of natural resources. Series: Themes in Global Social Change. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DD; 1FPJ; 1KBB; JFFS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801882432
ISBN
9780801882432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.31

Paperback. An extraordinary wartime memoir, combining the best kind of adventure story with a coming of age testimony of unforgettable resonance and poignancy. Num Pages: 448 pages, 2 x 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444760620
ISBN
9781444760620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.31

hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWLF; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 34. Weight in Grams: 600. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light age and shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a fine copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Berkley Caliber New York
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031858
ISBN
9780425275566
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.23

Paperback. In 1300 a great orator emerged who brought together the currents of resistance. Three years later the terrible prisons were stormed and the inmates set free. The orator was a Franciscan friar, Bernard Delicieux. This book, which forms a kind of sequel to the bestselling "The Perfect Heresy", tells his inspiring life and tragic story. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HRAM9; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846683206
ISBN
9781846683206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.04

Hardcover. Did portraits exist in the medieval era? This title challenges the canonical account of the invention of modern portrait practices, offering a case against the tendency of the scholarship to identify late medieval likenesses of historical personages as 'the first modern portraits'. Num Pages: 400 pages, 96 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; ACK; AGHF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226658797
ISBN
9780226658797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.24
€ 58.86

Paperback. This newly translated selection of 36 of the best decadent tales from the French fin-de-siecle brings together some the most exotic, stylized, and cerebral literature in the French language. Hilarious and horrifying, these extraordinary, corrosive little tales cast a cold eye on the modern world. Superbly translated and introduced by Stephen Romer. Editor(s): Romer, Stephen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; DQ; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199569274
ISBN
9780199569274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.75

Paperback. Poet and musician, Lady Anne Barnard lived at the heart of Georgian society. High-born yet egalitarian, she travelled to France to observe the Revolution, rejected numerous suitors, and lived independently. Her curious ways attracted gossip right into her final years when she raised an illegitimate child at her home in Berkeley Square. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1DDF; 3JF; BGH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571311125
ISBN
9780571311125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 5.70

paperback. The Indian Ocean, 1809. At stake: Britain's commercial lifeline to India and naval supremacy. In one fatal season, the natural order of maritime power since Trafalgar was destroyed. This book brings together the terrifying ordeal of men, women and children caught at sea in hurricanes, and those who survived to drive the French from Eastern seas. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1DDF; 1QSN; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Edition
Main
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571224678
ISBN
9780571224678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.91

Paperback. Alps Mountain Biking is a guide to the western Alps with everything you need to plan a great trip. Written by Samoens guide Steve Mallett, it gives you the local riders' knowledge on trails, and information on accommodation, lifts and travel. Packed with great photography, it will inspire you to explore this huge mountain bike playground. Num Pages: 256 pages, colour photographs and maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFH; 1DFHA; 1DST; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Vertebrate Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910240366
ISBN
9781910240366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.39

Paperback. Editor(s): Muhlberger, Steven. Translator(s): Muhlberger, Steven. Series: Deeds of Arms Series. Num Pages: 110 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 255 x 179 x 12. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
FreeLance Academy Press United States
Number of pages
110
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937439170
ISBN
9781937439170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.26

Paperback. A remarkable analysis to add to the study of modern history's most famous general and statesman. Englund charts Napoleon's dramatic rise and fall, from his Corsican boyhood, his French education, his military victories and acts of reform as First Consul (1799-1804) to his controversial record as emperor, and finally, to his exile and death. Num Pages: 600 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 39. Weight in Grams: 652.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
600
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674018037
ISBN
9780674018037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.27

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Shumate, Johnny; Noon, Steve. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, 50 b/w; 8 col. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 8. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472816931
ISBN
9781472816931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.43

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782002871
ISBN
9781782002871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.02

Paperback. A sequel to French Tanks of World War II (1), this title focuses primarily on France's cavalry armored vehicles, including the light reconnaissance tanks such as the AMR and AMC families, the famous Somua S.35 cavalry tanks and the extensive array of armored half-track and armored cars used by the French cavalry. Illustrator(s): Palmer, Ian. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWMV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 185 x 8. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782003922
ISBN
9781782003922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.35

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