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Hardback. Based on previously unavailable sources, this book reveals the Anglo-American intelligence effort to penetrate the most secret domain of the Soviet government--its nuclear weapons program. Series: Stanford Nuclear Age Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 tables, 2 figures, 14 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVUA; 1KBB; HBG; HBLW; JPS; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804755856
ISBN
9780804755856
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.30

Paperback. Shows that without effective church leadership under Pius XII, Catholics acted ambiguously during the Holocaust--some saving Jews, others helping Hitler murder them, the majority simply standing by Num Pages: 328 pages, 17 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HRCC7; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253214713
ISBN
9780253214713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810850095
ISBN
9780810850095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 164.50

Hardback. The Ballets Russes was perhaps the most iconic, yet at the same time mysterious, ballet company of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 288 pages, 150 bw in 3x32pp plates. BIC Classification: 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; ASDL; HBG; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780768595
ISBN
9781780768595
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.92
€ 44.81

Paperback. Depicts the shocking apathy and antipathy of the international community toward the homeless. This book examines the impact of refugee movements on Great Power diplomacy and considers the evolution of agencies designed to assist refugees, noting outstanding successes and failures. Series: Politics, History, & Social Change. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; JFFD; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 228 x 34. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566399555
ISBN
9781566399555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.72

Paperback. A study of fascism in Europe, focusing on the six countries in which it became most dominant. Num Pages: 440 pages, 6 maps 18 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; JFF; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521538558
ISBN
9780521538558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.86

Paperback. One of America's leading foreign policy thinkers provides an "important and compelling" look at today's new power realities Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times Num Pages: 528 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 32. Weight in Grams: 724.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Condition
New
SKU
V9781586482060
ISBN
9781586482060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.40

Hardback. This first full-length treatment of the Barons' Crusade examines the call for holy war and its consequences in Hungary, France, England, Constantinople, and the Holy Land. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812238730
ISBN
9780812238730
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.78

Paperback. .
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872207585
ISBN
9780872207585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.13

Hardback. In the years of revolution between 1776 and 1848, stress and transition produced some fundamental reflections on politics and society. This introductory text considers how a cluster of key European thinkers, including Burke, Hegel, Tocqueville and Marx, viewed the global political upheavals and social changes of their times. Series: European Culture & Society Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; HBTV; JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230272101
ISBN
9780230272101
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.42
€ 113.44

Hardcover. How did the dominant Imperial Ideology of the Roman world power affect the everyday life of Jewish and Christian religious minority communities? Editor(s): Labahn, Michael; Lehtipuu, Outi. Series: Early Christianity in the Roman World. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0 black and white; 5 full color. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBG; HBLA; HDDH; HRC; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 242 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789089645890
ISBN
9789089645890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.75

hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 maps, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBG; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 229. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
1. Ausgabe.
SKU
V9780801425554
ISBN
9780801425554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.72

Paperback. Did we "know" the gas chambers were there? Could we have destroyed them? For decades, debate has raged over whether the Allies could have intervened to save thousands of lives at Auschwitz. In this volume, a number of historians address these questions, revealing a complex dilemma. Editor(s): Neufeld, Michael J. (Curator and Historian, National Air and Space Museum, USA); Berenbaum, Michael. Num Pages: 376 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700612802
ISBN
9780700612802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.59

hardcover. A Byzantine Government in Exile Government and Society under the Laskarids of Nicaea (1204-1261) Series: Oxford Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3H; HBG; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198218548
ISBN
9780198218548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 286.84

Paperback. By the time the First World War ended in 1918, eight million people had died in what had been perhaps the most apocalyptic episode the world had known. This Very Short Introduction provides a concise and insightful history of 'the Great War', focusing on why it happened, how it was fought, and why it had the consequences it did. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 156 pages, numerous maps and halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 116 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
156
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199205592
ISBN
9780199205592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.62

Paperback. Other Middle Ages serves as an important balance to the many source collections that reflect the ideology of the dominant classes and neglect the voices that bring us insights from the edge of society. "Goodich's anthology opens a new chapter in medieval studies, focusing on the margins and the people living there."-The Medieval Review Editor(s): Goodich, Michael. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812216547
ISBN
9780812216547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.78

Hardcover. Contains work by 20 contributors, representing six nations on three continents, reflecting the most recent research on a crusade which mobilized Europe on a larger scale than any expedition undertaken since the Roman Empire. Particular attention is paid to the role played by St Bernard. Editor(s): Gervers, Michael. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3H; HBG; HBLA; HBLC; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UA) A / AS level; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312056070
ISBN
9780312056070
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.04

Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of International Organizations. Num Pages: 396 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; HBG; JPSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 605.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810858275
ISBN
9780810858275
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 176.56

Paperback. Best-selling author of A Treasury of Royal Scandals Michael Farquhar uncovers an instance of bad luck, epic misfortune, and unadulterated mayhem tied to every day of the year in this engrossing compendium of history's worst moments. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 207. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781426218071
ISBN
9781426218071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.35

Paperback. As war, pestilence and famine spread through Europe in the Middle Ages, so did reports of victims wondrously saved from disaster. These "rescue miracles", recorded by over 100 14th-century cults, are the basis of this account of the miraculous in everyday medieval life. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBG; HBJD; HBLC; HRCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226302959
ISBN
9780226302959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.28

Paperback. Two interviews have been added to this second edition, in which Wiesel discusses religious faith in the face of evil and love, the moral responsibilities of Jews and non-Jews, the plight of the exiled, Jewish-Christian relations, antisemitism, and mystery and the ineffable. Translator(s): Rothschild, Jon; Gladding, Jody. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; HRAB; HRAF; HRC; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Univ of Notre Dame Pr
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268027582
ISBN
9780268027582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.02

Paperback. Compares the impact of the League of Nations mandates system on British and French rule in African mandated territories. Num Pages: 297 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
297
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845192976
ISBN
9781845192976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.73

This work argues that living history, even if it is an incomplete depiction of the past, plays a vital role in stimulating the historical imagination. It examines how one of the most popular fields of history is portrayed, embraced, and shaped by mainstream culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK; JFCA; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813122403
ISBN
9780813122403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.82

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330529488
ISBN
9780330529488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.06

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