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Paperback. The harrowing, and inspiring, story of the capture of one of Britain's top SOE agents in World War Two, his refusal to crack under the most horrific torture, and his final imprisonment in a concentration camp. Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWKF; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
W&N
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780304356973
ISBN
9780304356973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Presents a gripping account of the Rwandan genocide, one of the most appalling events of the twentieth century. This indictment of almost all the key figures and institutions involved amounts to a catalogue of failures that only serves to sharpen the horror of a tragedy that could have been avoided. Num Pages: 380 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JJPR; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
380
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844675425
ISBN
9781844675425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.26

Paperback. Brings alive some of the major events in British history. Series: Great Events. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; 4KHF; 4KHJ; 5AG; YNH. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 4. Weight in Grams: 56.
Publisher
Hachette Children´s Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445131214
ISBN
9781445131214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9781845888350
ISBN
9781845888350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 17.31

Paperback. Re-evaluates the events and personalities of the War of Independence in Tipperary. This book looks back on Ireland's struggle for freedom. It is a journey into a turbulent period in Ireland's past - the past of charismatic guerrilla leader Sean Treacy, Tipperary's Flying Columns and the horrors of Croke Park's 'Bloody Sunday'. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, map, photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Mercier Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
9781856355544
ISBN
9781856355544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 6.75

Paperback. Drawing on a cache of personal documents, the author retraces Bruno Langbehn's journey from disillusioned adolescent to SS Officer to mysterious grandfather. He tries to understand how Langbehn and millions of others like him were seduced by Hitler's regime, and attempts to come to terms with this devastating revelation. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 254.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Viking
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141024998
ISBN
9780141024998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.72

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Vertebrate Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910240434
ISBN
9781910240434
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.21

Paperback. An account of what Stalinism meant to the masses of ordinary people who lived it. It argues that Stalinism offered itself as an opportunity for enlightenment. It depicts a whole range of life: from the blast furnace workers who labored in the iron and steel plant, to the families who struggled with the shortage of housing and services. Num Pages: 728 pages, 73 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; HBJD; HBTB; JFSG; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1034.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
728
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520208230
ISBN
9780520208230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.69

Paperback. A moving tribute to Wigston and the people who were affacted by the Great War and its aftermath. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBKEML; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 7. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
The History Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752488356
ISBN
9780752488356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.22

Hardcover. Series: Library of Modern Russian History. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784539481
ISBN
9781784539481
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.22
€ 133.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, 200. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBTB; HBTQ; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 211 x 31. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Dexter Haven
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903660218
ISBN
9781903660218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.78

Paperback. In almost every major war there comes a point where defeat looms for one side and its rulers cut a deal with the victors, if only in an attempt to save their own skins. This title offers an account of the final months of the Nazi war machine, from the failed attempt to assassinate Hitler in July 1944 to the German surrender in May 1945. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141014210
ISBN
9780141014210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.29

Paperback. Illustrated with photographs of the sites, the personnel involved and the aircraft originally flown during the Dambuster Raids, this book takes the reader to the coast off Texel, Rees, Marbeck, Emmerich, Hamm, Ostonnen, just north of the Mohne Dam, the former airfield at Gilze-Rijen in Holland and Castricum-aan-Zee, also Holland, and more. Num Pages: 192 pages, 75 B&W Photos. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; JWL; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 9. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844155682
ISBN
9781844155682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.01

Paperback. .
Publisher
Colourpoint Creative Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780730417
ISBN
9781780730417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.97

Paperback. A new critical biography of Joseph Beuys, arguably the most important and controversial German artist of the late twentieth century. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 192 pages, 25 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; ACXJ; AFKP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130. .
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780237350
ISBN
9781780237350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; BM; JKVP; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 143 x 28. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155967
ISBN
9781903155967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.02

Paperback. Drawing on a vast range of sources, this is a study of how war wounds men's minds and of medicine's efforts to heal the damage done. At once a historical narrative and intellectual detective story, it tells the full story of "shell-shock", explaining the aftermath of wars such as Vietnam. Num Pages: 512 pages, 8 pages of b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; HBT; JWT; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 64. Weight in Grams: 722.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712667838
ISBN
9780712667838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.49

Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, 105 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 694.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764347900
ISBN
9780764347900
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 27.93

Paperback. 'Moving - at times almost unbearably so - and fascinating' Antonia Fraser A family's story of human tenacity, faith and a race for survival in the face of unspeakable horror and cruelty perpetrated by the Nazi regime against the Jewish people. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BM; BTP; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008158064
ISBN
9780008158064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.77

Paperback. A survey of avant-garde cultural and political magazines and journals. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AKC; AKL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 250 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1548.
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714865942
ISBN
9780714865942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.86

Paperback. Informative, pithy, and lucidly written, Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, 3rd edition, is the best compact reference on Cuba's internal politics, its often fraught relationship with the United States, and its shifting relationship with the global community. Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190620370
ISBN
9780190620370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.36

Hardcover. The First World War touched every family in the country. 'The Country House at War' presents a history of the war, as seen through the houses and estates maintained by the National Trust. Num Pages: 224 pages, 200. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 252 x 27. Weight in Grams: 998.
Publisher
National Trust
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907892776
ISBN
9781907892776
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172. .
Publisher
Pitkin Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
3Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841651453
ISBN
9781841651453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 7.84

Paperback. Retaining well-loved features, this book covers in breadth issues of change, continuity, and cause and consequence in this period of American history through key questions such as how did the role of the USA in world affairs change, and how united was the USA during this period? Series Editor(s): Waller, Sally. Num Pages: 272 pages, Colour. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; 4KL; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 267 x 195 x 14. Weight in Grams: 652.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198354697
ISBN
9780198354697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.69

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