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Paperback. Written in 1857, this is the autobiography of a Jamaican woman whose fame rivalled Florence Nightingale's during the Crimean War. Seacole travelled widely before eventually arriving in London, where her offer to volunteer as a nurse in the war met with racism and refusal. Editor(s): Salih, Sara. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HBWL; JFSL3; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140439021
- ISBN
- 9780140439021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. With anecdotes and descriptions, this is an account of daily life at Government Communications Headquarters, Bletchley Park, the most successful intelligence agency in history. Editor(s): Hinsley, F. H.; Stripp, Alan. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 pp black and white plates, 23 figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192801326
- ISBN
- 9780192801326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
Paperback. Ray Mears shows how the success of a vital World War II mission depended on survival skills. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 x 8pp b/w & colour photos. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340830161
- ISBN
- 9780340830161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Focuses on large and problematic groups from Western Europe's past (the Irish in the United Kingdom, the Poles in Germany, and the Italians in France) and demonstrates a number of structural similarities in the way migrants and their descendants integrated into these nation states. Series: Studies of World Migrations. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; HBJD1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072949
- ISBN
- 9780252072949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Hardback. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 424 pages, 44 illus. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 169 x 33. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231144704
- ISBN
- 9780231144704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.43€ 79.12
€ 104.43
€ 79.12
Paperback. Reveals one of the most remarkable but unreported facts of the Second World War: that key Wall Street banks and American businesses supported Hitler's rise to power by financing and trading with Nazi Germany. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JPFQ; KNST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414. The Astonishing True Story of the American Financiers Who Bankrolled the Nazis. 224 pages, illustrations. Reveals one of the most remarkable but unreported facts of the Second World War: that key Wall Street banks and American businesses supported Hitler's rise to power by financing and trading with Nazi Germany. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JPFQ; KNST. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 19. Weight: 406.
- Publisher
- Clairview Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905570270
- ISBN
- 9781905570270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
Paperback. In Books 6 to 10 of his monumental history of Rome, Livy deals with the period in which Rome recovered from its Gallic disaster to impose mastery over almost the entire Italian peninsula in a series of ever greater wars. Vivid portrayals of personalities, politics, warfare, and religion bring 4th-century Italy vividly alive in this new translation. Translator(s): Yardley, J. C. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199564859
- ISBN
- 9780199564859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.24
€ 17.99
€ 14.24
Hardcover. First edition. Clean copy. Fine in dustjacket. DJ has minor wear and discolouring to edges but remains very good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Open Books Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- SKU
- KOC0020293
- ISBN
- 9780729101288
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Birlinn General
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780273709
- ISBN
- 9781780273709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.33
€ 10.33
Hardback. Fifty years later, the murky circumstances and tragic symbolism of Patrice Lumumba's assassination trouble many people around the world. Emmanuel Gerard and Bruce Kuklick reveal a tangled web of international politics in which many people--black and white, well-meaning and ruthless, African, European, and American--bear responsibility for this crime. Num Pages: 252 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTB; HBJH; HBLW; HBTR; JPHC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725270
- ISBN
- 9780674725270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 36.90
€ 44.99
€ 36.90
Paperback. For more than thirty years, Timothy Garton Ash has traveled among truth tellers and political charlatans to record, with scalpel-sharp precision, what he has found. This book collects his writings since the millennium, that addresses some of the crucial questions of our time. It is history of the present on a scale by turns panoramic and human. Num Pages: 496 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 3JMC; HBG; HBLX; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 424. 496 pages, maps. For more than thirty years, Timothy Garton Ash has traveled among truth tellers and political charlatans to record, with scalpel-sharp precision, what he has found. This book collects his writings since the millennium, that addresses some of the crucial questions of our time. It is history of the present on a scale by turns panoramic and human. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JMC; HBG; HBLX; JP. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 35. Weight: 424.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848870918
- ISBN
- 9781848870918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.42
€ 33.99
€ 24.42
Paperback. Series: Modern Wars. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780938080
- ISBN
- 9781780938080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.01
€ 38.99
€ 33.01
Paperback. The first dual biography of the most remarkable political friendship of the twentieth century Num Pages: 480 pages, 2 x 8 B&W. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340923467
- ISBN
- 9780340923467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. An invitation to discover the two most enduring and exciting stories ever to have been told Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780742298
- ISBN
- 9781780742298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. * As is an anthropologist, Barfield succeeds in testing abstract models of society against the detailed historical record* The author has an accessible, narrative style. . Series: Studies in Social Discontinuity. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLA; HBLC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Basil Blackwell Inc, US United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557863249
- ISBN
- 9781557863249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.78
€ 45.99
€ 45.78
Paperback. Active in the Polish campaign of 1939, the conquest of France, the Balkans, the desert with Rommel, as well as in Russia, at Stalingrad and Kursk, the author was present at every major panzer campaign. In 1944, he was moved to the Western Front under Field Marshall von Rundstedt. Num Pages: 256 pages, 32 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862274594
- ISBN
- 9781862274594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.45
€ 19.99
€ 18.45
Paperback. An essential book for the 21st-century citizen who seeks a lively guided tour of the ancient Greek Olympics Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 black & white illustrations + 8-pages of colour images. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; WSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300159073
- ISBN
- 9780300159073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.90
€ 23.99
€ 17.90
Hardback. Required by custom to be "entirely passive" during the presidential campaign, Jefferson, at Monticello during the summer of 1800, refrains from answering attacks on his character, responds privately to Benjamin Rush's queries about religion, and learns of rumors of his own death. Editor(s): Oberg, Barbara B. Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Num Pages: 712 pages, 8 halftones. 4 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1142.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 712
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691124896
- ISBN
- 9780691124896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.51€ 126.61
€ 168.51
€ 126.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195334753
- ISBN
- 9780195334753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 111.54
€ 111.54
Paperback. The Wallasey area can boast a continuous recorded history of more than 1500 years, from being 'Welshman's Island', through the years of its manorial estates, its more recent renown as a leading holiday centre, to a group of thriving communities within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. This title provides a visual record of Wallasey. Series: Archive Photographs. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752401560
- ISBN
- 9780752401560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.54
€ 17.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. The lives of soldiers shell shocked in the First World War help us understand the trauma of contemporary military conflicts. Peter Leese's Shell Shock narrates the story of British servicemen to reveal how their medical conditions were caused by emerging industrial technologies, to examine how the Great War is remembered. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBWN; JMJ; MMKB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 218 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137453372
- ISBN
- 9781137453372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.20
€ 69.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 428 pages, illustrations maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBLH; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780002727464
- ISBN
- 9780002727464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.47
€ 25.99
€ 17.47
Hardback. Editor(s): Gugliotta, Guy; Yeoman, John; Sullaway, Neva. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 27 black & white halftones, 41 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBLW3; HBWS2; JWF; JWMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811719599
- ISBN
- 9780811719599
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.39
€ 31.99
€ 28.39
Paperback. Ambushes. Hidden bombs. Snipers. The point man is the first to encounter these signs of danger. He's the soldier who leads the patrol into battle. Few survive for long. Between 2007 and 2008, 20-year-old Kenny Meighan was the longest-serving point man in Helmand province. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; BGHA; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0007641
- ISBN
- 9780571272433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99