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Paperback. National Geographic magazine is an American popular culture icon that, since its founding in 1888, has been on a nonstop tour classifying and cataloguing the peoples of the world. This title provides an insightful and alternative interpretation of National Geographic. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3JJ; GTB; JFC; JFSL; WT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781566397520
ISBN
9781566397520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.41

Paperback. Shown are the various caliber mortars used by the German infantry during World Wars I & II. Num Pages: 48 pages, over 100 b/w photographs, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWN; HBWQ; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 219 x 3. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764302640
ISBN
9780764302640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.16

From My Recent Past is a memoir written by Russian revolutionary Grigory Gershuni (1870-1908). The book depicts his revolutionary activities, arrest, tribunal, and years of imprisonment. It is presented here in English translation by Katya Vladimirov, with an introduction by Katya Vladimirov and an afterword by Jack Moran. Translator(s): Vladimirov, Katya. Num Pages: 116 pages, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJC; BM; JPWL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Lexington Books
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9781498522175
ISBN
9781498522175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.26

Paperback. In 1940 the Chinese writer Chiang Yee arrived in Oxford as a refugee from the London Blitz, his lodgings having been bombed. He paints a revealing picture of Oxford's particular atmosphere, its rituals and traditions. He explores the colleges and other student haunts, but also the city's surrounds. Series: Lost & Found S. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; 3JJH; DNF; HBJD1; HBWQ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902669694
ISBN
9781902669694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.96

Paperback. An examination of the events of 1913, the biggest labour dispute in Ireland's history. Num Pages: 176 pages, 60 black & white halftones, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 276. New
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
O´Brien Press Ltd
Edition
Revised, Updated
Condition
New
SKU
9781847173614
ISBN
9781847173614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSU; 3JJG; BGH; JFSL4; JPFF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845197896
ISBN
9781845197896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 33.04

Paperback. Covers the events of the 1916 rising on a day-by-day basis, starting on Easter Sunday - the date originally set for the start - and continuing through to the surrender the following Saturday. This book locates the rising in the Irish historical memory, contrasting its high ideals with the reality of the new state to which it helped give birth. Num Pages: 143 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 125 x 11. Weight in Grams: 180 129pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Gill and Macmillan Dublin
Number of pages
143
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
9780717144167
ISBN
9780717144167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. Following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, chronicled in Homage to Catalonia, the author brings the force of his humanity, passion and clarity, describing with bitter intensity the bright hopes and cynical betrayals of that chaotic episode: the revolutionary euphoria of Barcelona, and more. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; BM; HBWP; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 113 x 15. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
9780141393025
ISBN
9780141393025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Paperback. Beate Sirota Gordon was born in Vienna, but in 1929 her family moved to Japan so that her father, a noted pianist, could teach, and she grew up speaking German, English, and Japanese. In 1946, at age twenty-two, she helped to draft the new postwar Japanese constitution. This title chronicles the unlikely string of events that led her to that role. Num Pages: 176 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; BM; HBJF; HBLW3; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 162 x 10. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226132518
ISBN
9780226132518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.20

Paperback. Moving chronologically and thematically through the complex history of the conflict, the author interweaves his own vivid memories of soldiering in the Pacific - from the look on a Japanese fighter pilot's face as he bombed Pearl Harbor, so close that Jones could see him smile and wave, to hitting the beach under fire in Guadalcanal. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 halftones, 3 maps, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 171 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226180939
ISBN
9780226180939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.15

Paperback. Explains the most unusual, obscure, and curious words and expressions from vintage blues music. This book unravels the nuances of more than twelve hundred idioms and proper or place names found on oft-overlooked 'race records' recorded between 1923 and 1949. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KB; 3JJG; AVGK; GBC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252076602
ISBN
9780252076602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.72

Paperback. From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Monuments Men "An astonishing account of a little-known American effort to save Italy's..art during World War II."-Tom Brokaw Num Pages: 496 pages, 61 illustrations; 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJH; ABK; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393348804
ISBN
9780393348804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.02

Paperback. The Go-Go Years "The Go-Go Years is not to be read in the usual manner of Wall Street classics. You do not read this book to see our present situation reenacted in the past, with only the names changed. You read it because it is a wonderful description of the way things were in a different time and place. Series: Wiley Investment Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; KCZ; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471357544
ISBN
9780471357544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.44

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750956277
ISBN
9780750956277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.32

Paperback. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; AFTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822340003
ISBN
9780822340003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.99

Hardcover. Each 96 page, hard cover book in the series is 10 1/2" x 7 5/8" and contains color and black and white photos, drawings, charts, and catalog facsimiles. Each classic model is presented in its historic and developmental aspects. Num Pages: 96 pages, colour and b&w photos, drawings, charts, catalogue facsimiles. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; WGCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 263 x 15. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887402104
ISBN
9780887402104
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.10

Paperback. 'An admirably coherent and clearly written account .. which has long been needed .. sure to serve as the standard text on the subject for years to come.' David Vital, Times Literary Supplement Num Pages: 450 pages, map, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 141 x 217 x 28. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
New in paperback
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9781874774389
ISBN
9781874774389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.64

How to Think Like Churchill looks at defining moments in Churchill's life and reveals the key principles, philosophies and decisions that made him the man we remember him as. Studying how he accomplished what he did, how he overcame adversity and stood strong in the face of overwhelming odds, you too can learn to think like Churchill. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Michael O´Mara Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
KHN0002483
ISBN
9781782433217
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. A memoir about the author's father, whose courageous defense of a black man accused of rape calls to mind To Kill a Mockingbird. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393285826
ISBN
9780393285826
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.98

Paperback. "The cumulative effect is overwhelming. Eleanor Roosevelt was right: Hoover's FBI was an American gestapo."-Newsweek Num Pages: 848 pages, 32 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; JKVF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 36. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
848
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393321289
ISBN
9780393321289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.10

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