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Paperback. Madini and T'hami El Glaoui, sons of a Moroccan by an Ethiopian concubine, rose meteorically to power in the medieval state of Morocco at the end of the 19th century. This is the epic story of the more than 50 years in which they governed the country in barbaric, ostentatious splendor, until their spectacular downfall in 1956. Full-color photos. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1HBM; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406. The Rise and Fall of the House of Glaoua 1893-1956. 320 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). Madini and T'hami El Glaoui, sons of a Moroccan by an Ethiopian concubine, rose meteorically to power in the medieval state of Morocco at the end of the 19th century. This is the epic story of the more than 50 years in which they governed the country in barbaric, ostentatious splendor, until their spectacular downfall in 1956. Full-color photos. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HBM; HBJH; HBLW. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 20. Weight: 406.
- Publisher
- Eland Books
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907871149
- ISBN
- 9780907871149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.92
€ 17.99
€ 12.92
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198140986
- ISBN
- 9780198140986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.03
€ 30.99
€ 22.03
Hardback. A well-rounded, well-informed critique of the Pacific island nation of Japan, its society, economy, demography, and politics Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 black-&-white illustration. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 167 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300186079
- ISBN
- 9780300186079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.12
€ 40.12
Paperback. This volume examines the social history of the Korean War and includes material on the newly racially integrated US fighting forces, war and disease, women and war and life in the Prisoner of War camps. The book carries the story through to the Geneva Conference in the spring of 1954. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582319882
- ISBN
- 9780582319882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.21
€ 51.21
Hardback. This study of Eleftherios Venizelos, a towering figure in European diplomacy and Greece's greatest statesman in the twentieth century, brings together a narrative of the drama of high politics with critical political analysis and judgement. Num Pages: 384 pages, 24 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748624782
- ISBN
- 9780748624782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.99€ 116.63
€ 121.99
€ 116.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 640 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLX; HBW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 48. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062262097
- ISBN
- 9780062262097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.36
€ 13.99
€ 11.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; 3JJH; HBJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750956659
- ISBN
- 9780750956659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.19
€ 17.99
€ 16.19
Paperback. Analyzing the ways US culture has been formed and transformed in the 80s and 90s by its response to the Vietnam War and the AIDS epidemic, this book argues that each has disrupted our conventional notions of community, nation, consensus, and 'American culture.' Num Pages: 375 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206205
- ISBN
- 9780520206205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.25
€ 47.25
Hardback. Series: Religion, Culture and Public Life. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; HRAX; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231175500
- ISBN
- 9780231175500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.72
€ 73.72
Paperback. The former Northern Lighthouse Board tender Fingal was in service for some 37 years and was party to many operational and technical changes in the provision of aids to navigation in Scottish waters. Num Pages: 176 pages, 150. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 248 x 14. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445648064
- ISBN
- 9781445648064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.81
€ 33.81
Paperback. The photos in this book are taken from an unpublished album belonging to a member of the elite German Paratroopers. First Sgt Wilhelm Plieschen served with Fallschirmjager Machine Gun Battalion 7. The books shows how they suffered very heavy losses in the invasion of Crete. Num Pages: 176 pages, 120 B&W Photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 190 x 10. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848843189
- ISBN
- 9781848843189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.71
€ 25.99
€ 22.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 48 pages, 52 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 242 x 5. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Stenlake Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840330816
- ISBN
- 9781840330816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.98
€ 15.99
€ 15.98
Paperback. At the height of the debate about the slave trade and its abolition in the 1780s and '90s, each side issued pamphlets in support of its position. This valuable source-book reproduces a selection of representative pamphlets encompassing the arguments for and against. Issues discussed include humanitarianism and the Rights of Man. Num Pages: 400 pages, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243167
- ISBN
- 9781851243167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.07
€ 23.07
Paperback. A powerful new portrait of the second and last - and much-maligned - Nazi leader Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785780547
- ISBN
- 9781785780547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.82
€ 11.99
€ 9.82
Paperback. Major Mark Hammond was awarded the DFC, which ranks third after the VC, for remarkable feats in Afghanistan in his Chinook helicopter. Three times on the night of 6 September 2006 he flew into hostile zones to pick up injured soldiers. This title presents an account of the combat and provides readers with insights on the brutal realities of war. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp colour photographic inset. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS4; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141039046
- ISBN
- 9780141039046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.71
€ 19.99
€ 14.71
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps, appendices, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBLW3; JPVH; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 140. . "Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1987. Commissioning organisation: Richard Manning. xv, 255 p. maps 23 cm. Publishers cloth. Fine clean copy with bright gilt title on spine, tight binding, very slightly buffed and rubbed dw." Keywords: "Subjects - History - General,Subjects - History - Countries & Regions - Africa - 20th Century,Subjects - Society, Politics & Philosophy - Government & Politics - Civil Liberties & Political Activism -"
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- SKU
- KEX0109288
- ISBN
- 9781850431022
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 19.99€ 4.99
€ 19.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Offering a researched history of Czechoslovakia, this title tells the story of the country from its founding in 1918 to partition in 1992 - from fledgling democracy through Nazi occupation, Communist rule, invasion by the Soviet Union to - at last - democracy again. Num Pages: 432 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVK; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300172423
- ISBN
- 9780300172423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.16
€ 34.16
Radical Enlightenment: Philosophy and the Making of Modernity 1650-175...
Professor Jonathan I. Israel
Paperback. "The Radical Enlightenment" was a set of ideas which helped lay the foundations of the modern world on the basis of equality, democracy, secularism, and universality. This study by cultural historian, Jonathan Israel, shows how Spinoza and his thought set the intellectual current towards the political revolutions of the later 18th century. Num Pages: 832 pages, 16pp halftone plates and 1 map. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLH; HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1118.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 832
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199254569
- ISBN
- 9780199254569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.61
€ 70.61
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764351150
- ISBN
- 9780764351150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.35€ 56.04
€ 74.35
€ 56.04
paperback. Timothy Snyder traces the emergence of four rival modern nationalist ideologies from common medieval notions of citizenship. Num Pages: 384 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300105865
- ISBN
- 9780300105865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.80
€ 33.80
Hardback. A highly illustrated history of the development and operation of the first British tanks, published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of their introduction, during World War I. Num Pages: 236 pages, 200 b/w; 40 col. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWMV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 251 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1000.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472817556
- ISBN
- 9781472817556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 25.69
€ 38.99
€ 25.69
Hardcover. Three battles for the control of the key fortress-city of Gaza took place in 1917 between the 'British' force and the Turks. The Allies were repulsed twice but on their third attempt captured southern Palestine and, as instructed by Lloyd George, took Jerusalem in time for Christmas. This book talks about the Battle of Palestine in 1947. Series: Warfare in History. Num Pages: 302 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJF; HBJF1; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843832638
- ISBN
- 9781843832638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.14
€ 59.14
Hardcover. Mingling fact and fiction, science and personal record, history and anecdote, the author uses his training as an industrial chemist and the terrible years he spent as a prisoner in Auschwitz to illuminate the human condition. Translator(s): Rosenthal, Raymond. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; BG; FA; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152180
- ISBN
- 9781857152180
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.20
€ 17.99
€ 13.20
Paperback. From the Pan Military Classics Series comes the best general's book of World War II Series: Pan Military Classics. Num Pages: 594 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 44. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Edition
- Reprints
- Publisher
- Pan
- Number of pages
- 594
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330509978
- ISBN
- 9780330509978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.14
€ 21.99
€ 16.14