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Paperback. An exploration of the battles and tactics of the air war in the Pacific, including discussion of combatants, their morale, their planes, living conditions, and leadership. Num Pages: 752 pages, illustrations portraits, maps. BIC Classification: 1QSPS; 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 157 x 54. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Edition
- Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813338699
- ISBN
- 9780813338699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.50
€ 49.50
paperback. Winner of the 2001 Alf Andrew Heggoy Prize of the French Colonial Historical Society This book examines the role of the Vichy regime in bringing about profound changes in the French colonial empire. It argues that Vichy contributed to postwar decolonization by introducing an ideology based on a new, harsher, brand of colonization. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QD; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804750479
- ISBN
- 9780804750479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.37
€ 46.37
Hardcover. In this, his third volume on the history of political ideas, Vogelin continues his exploration of political thought, illuminating the great figures of the high Middle Ages and particulary focusing on the "civilizational schism" which resulted in the disappearance of the "sacrum imperium". Series: Collected Works of Eric Voegelin. Num Pages: 304 pages, index. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826211545
- ISBN
- 9780826211545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.18
€ 83.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 574 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 32. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780760320549
- ISBN
- 9780760320549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.12
€ 25.99
€ 18.12
Paperback. From a brutal Attila the Hun who went down to defeat on the Catalaunian Fienls, to an overbearing French artillery colonel at Dien Bien Phu; from the stout walls of Constantinople to a skimpy mealie-bag wall at Rorke's Drift; it was always an incident that decided the outcome of battle. This book discusses the hinges of battle. Num Pages: 448 pages, 11 b/w map diagrams. BIC Classification: HBG; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 323.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340819784
- ISBN
- 9780340819784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.40
€ 17.99
€ 13.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 367 pages, 163 illustrations. BIC Classification: AJC; AMX; HBG; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 264 x 223 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1710.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Power Publications Australia
- Number of pages
- 367
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780909952396
- ISBN
- 9780909952396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.28
€ 75.28
Hardback. Num Pages: 568 pages, 53 halftones. 7 tables. 3 maps. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 53.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691167114
- ISBN
- 9780691167114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.01
€ 65.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 line art illustrations, 1 figure. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816645169
- ISBN
- 9780816645169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.34
€ 35.34
Paperback. Islam has a powerful political appeal in the 20th century. It sustains some severely traditional and conservative regimes, but it is also capable of generating intense revolutionary ardour and of blending with extreme social radicalism. This book uses the past to explore the phenomenon. Series Editor(s): Fortes, Meyer; Leach, Edmund; Goody, Jack; Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja. Series: Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 284 pages, bibliography, index, notes. BIC Classification: 1Q; HBG; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780521274074
- ISBN
- 9780521274074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.40
€ 31.99
€ 31.40
Paperback. An impressively accessible narrative depicting the three-day battle for the pass at Thermopylae (the Hot Gates)--a critical contest in Xerxes's massive invasion of Greece. The bloody stand made there by Leonidas and his small Spartan army in 480 B.C. has been hailed ever since as an outstanding example of patriotism, courage, and sacrifice. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306813603
- ISBN
- 9780306813603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.10
€ 23.99
€ 18.10
The Luftwaffe in the North African Campaign 1941-1943 (Schiffer Milita...
Ernst Obermaier Werner Held
Hardcover. Num Pages: 238 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ; JWG; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 273 x 205 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1144.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887403439
- ISBN
- 9780887403439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 24.61
€ 36.99
€ 24.61
Paperback. The end of the nineteenth century in France was marked by political scandals, social unrest, dissension, and "decadence," yet also by great social and scientific progress. In this thoroughly engaging history, Weber describes ways of life, not as recorded by general history, but as contemporaries experienced them. Series: Studies in Cultural History. Num Pages: 308 pages, 21 halftones, 3 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674318137
- ISBN
- 9780674318137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.37
€ 51.37
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590333471
- ISBN
- 9781590333471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.16€ 62.18
€ 81.16
€ 62.18
Hardcover. Num Pages: 293 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 187 x 23. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560727590
- ISBN
- 9781560727590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24€ 52.05
€ 67.24
€ 52.05
paperback. Presents a historical record of the Church during its crucial first 300 years. Tracing the history of the Church from the time of Christ to the Great Persecution at the beginning of the fourth century, and ending with the conversion of the Emperor Constantine, this title shows the purity and continuity of the doctrinal tradition of Christianity. Editor(s): Louth, Andrew. Translator(s): Williamson, G.A. Num Pages: 480 pages, map. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HRCC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140445350
- ISBN
- 9780140445350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.11
€ 17.99
€ 13.11
Paperback. In far-flung locations around the globe, an unparalleled sequence of international events took place between December 1 and December 12, 1941. This book explores how the story unfolded. It demonstrates how these dramatic events marked a turning point not only in the course of World War II but also in the direction of the entire century. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16-page black-&-white section of illustrations + 6 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300187878
- ISBN
- 9780300187878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.30
€ 32.30
Paperback. The author of the bestselling "The Future of Freedom" describes a world in which the U.S. will no longer dominate the global economy. He sees the "rise of the rest" as the great story of modern times, and one that will reshape the world. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW3; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393340389
- ISBN
- 9780393340389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.98
€ 18.99
€ 17.98
Hardcover. A study of themes relating to memory, memorization, memorializing or commemorating in a variety of historical, legal, literary and architectural contexts, this text examines lists and maps as memory aids, the transmission of knowledge and traditions from medieval to early modern times and the application of medieval notions of law and statecraft. Editor(s): Daftary, Farhad; Meri, Josef W. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QFM; HBG; HBJF1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 144 x 44. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris in Association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860648595
- ISBN
- 9781860648595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.18€ 48.31
€ 52.18
€ 48.31
paperback. Dealing only with the most important historical developments, this is a comprehensive and accessible survey for all newcomers to the subject. Series: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748606870
- ISBN
- 9780748606870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.56
€ 38.99
€ 35.56
Hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465018758
- ISBN
- 9780465018758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.15
€ 26.99
€ 23.15