Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. Virginia Cowles's 'The Phantom Major' is a classic account of the SAS raids of the Second World War, an amazing tale of courage, impudence and daring, packed with action and high adventure. Her narrative, based on the eyewitness testimony of the men who took part, gives a fascinating insight into the early years of the SAS. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848843868
- ISBN
- 9781848843868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.39
€ 19.99
€ 15.39
Paperback. Tells the story of the women who were left alone after World War I - a remarkable generation of women who were changed by war; and in their turn helped change society. This title is about those women, and about how they were forced, to stop depending on men for their income. Num Pages: 432 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141020624
- ISBN
- 9780141020624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.46
€ 14.99
€ 11.46
Paperback. Tells the story of women in the 1950s: a time before the Pill, when divorce spelled scandal and two-piece swimsuits caused mass alarm. This book illustrates how the women of the 1950s yearned for the innovative technology of the era to liberate them from repetitive drudgery. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241958049
- ISBN
- 9780241958049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.97
€ 16.99
€ 12.97
Paperback. Subversive, eccentric and flamboyant - the Bohemians ate garlic and didn't always wash; they painted and danced and didn't care what people thought. They sent their children to co-ed schools; explored homosexuality and Free Love. They were often drunk, broke and hungry but they were rebels. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; AGB; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140289787
- ISBN
- 9780140289787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.22
€ 20.99
€ 16.22
Paperback. We tend to see the Second World War as a man's war, featuring Spitfire crews and brave deeds on the Normandy beaches. But in conditions of "Total War" millions of women demonstrated that they were cleverer, more broad-minded and altogether more complex than anyone had ever guessed. This title tells the story of the women's Second World War. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141037899
- ISBN
- 9780141037899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.60
€ 12.99
€ 9.60
Paperback. While it is true that Catherine the Great shocked the Russian court with the number and age of her lovers, there is no truth in the rumour of her death by stallion. Unhappily married to the Grand Duke Peter, she turned her attentions to a certain Sergey Saltykov who fathered the future Tsar Paul I. This biography reveals this extraordinary woman. Num Pages: 592 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JF; BGR; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 38. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099462347
- ISBN
- 9780099462347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.99
€ 21.99
€ 15.99
Hardcover. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJG; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
- Publisher
- Macmillan Collector's Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509843312
- ISBN
- 9781509843312
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.58
€ 11.99
€ 11.58
Hardcover. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKSHQ; 3JJG; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
- Publisher
- Macmillan Collector's Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509844548
- ISBN
- 9781509844548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.58
€ 11.99
€ 11.58
Hardcover. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; 3JJG; DNF; DSK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
- Publisher
- Macmillan Collector's Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509843183
- ISBN
- 9781509843183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.82
€ 10.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. Vita Sackville-West was an extraordinary woman from a long line of extraordinary women. Her grandmother, daughter of an old-clothes pedlar, made her fortune as a dancer and had a scandalous affair with an English diplomat. Their illegitimate daughter Victoria, Vita's mother, spent her childhood hidden in a convent. This book tells their stories. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784871161
- ISBN
- 9781784871161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.46
€ 14.99
€ 11.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; BM; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Daunt Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781907970658
- ISBN
- 9781907970658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.49
€ 12.99
€ 9.49
Paperback. A cultural and political interpretation of the portraits, reliefs, allegories and historical paintings commissioned for the US Capital between 1815 and 1860. It seeks to give the reader an enhanced appreciation for the racial and ethnic implications of these works. Series: Perspectives on the Art & Architectural History of the United States Capitol. Num Pages: 292 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; ACV; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press Ohio
- Number of pages
- 292
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KEX0212660
- ISBN
- 9780821413425
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and accessibility. Access to History is the most popular, trusted and wide-ranging series for A-level History students. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJP; 4KL; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 195 x 246 x 13. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Hodder Education
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471838798
- ISBN
- 9781471838798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.05
€ 32.05
Paperback. Series: Access to History for the IB Diploma. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. .
- Publisher
- Hodder Education United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471841316
- ISBN
- 9781471841316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.93
€ 38.93
Paperback. Ensure your students have access to the authoritative and in-depth content of this popular and trusted A Level History series. Series: Access to History. Num Pages: 216 pages, black and white photos and diagrams. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 4KL; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 12. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Hodder Education United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340929308
- ISBN
- 9780340929308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.05
€ 32.05
Paperback. Series: Access to History for the IB Diploma. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 246 x 14. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Hodder Education
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471841378
- ISBN
- 9781471841378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.52
€ 48.52
Paperback. Ensure your students have access to the authoritative and in-depth content of this popular and trusted A Level History series. Series: Access to History. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 4KL; HBJK; HBLW3; JPVH1. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 243 x 170 x 10. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Hodder Education United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Rev. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340965832
- ISBN
- 9780340965832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.32
€ 33.32
Hardcover. Describes the ties between the political regime and the intellectuals of the Soviet state. The book examines such topics as the role of literature and film in political opposition, and the attempts by the KGB to sow the seeds of mental disturbance among the opponents of the state. Num Pages: 300 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; JFCX; JPFC; JPQ; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- I B Tauris & Co Ltd
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850432845
- ISBN
- 9781850432845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.94
€ 123.94
Hardcover. The extraordinary story of Frederick Thomas, a black man born to former slaves in Mississippi who became a rich and successful nightclub owner in two European capitals. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781855195
- ISBN
- 9781781855195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.81
€ 19.99
€ 16.81
Hardcover. The first comprehensive survey of Czech avant-garde photography of the first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 311 pages, 328 illus., 15 color. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 3JJG; 3JJH; AJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1754.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262025164
- ISBN
- 9780262025164
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 26.84
€ 34.99
€ 26.84
Paperback. This detailed volume offers a comprehensive guide to the uniforms and equipment of the little known Croatian units that fought alongside Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front of World War II. Illustrator(s): Aralica, Viseslav. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, 45 b/w; 8 col. BIC Classification: 1DVWYC; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 272 x 7. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472817679
- ISBN
- 9781472817679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.26
€ 13.99
€ 12.26
Paperback. Presents the history of Catholic armies of the Hapsburg Empire that fought in the Thirty Years War. This book explores the role of infantry and artillery during the last major religious war in mainland Europe. Illustrator(s): Pavlovic, Darko. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 186 x 4. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846034473
- ISBN
- 9781846034473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.01
€ 14.99
€ 13.01
Hardcover. An autobiographical volume covering Nabokov's first 40 years up to his departure from Europe for America at the outset of World War II, telling of his emergence as a writer, his early loves and his marriage, his passion for butterflies and his lost homeland. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; 3JJ; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151886
- ISBN
- 9781857151886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.97
€ 16.99
€ 12.97
Paperback. An autobiography of Vladimir Nabokov. It presents recollections - of his comfortable childhood and adolescence, of his rich, liberal-minded father, his beautiful mother, an army of relations and family hangers - on and of grand old houses in St Petersburg and the surrounding countryside in pre-Revolutionary Russia. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 2ADT; 3JH; 3JJ; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183220
- ISBN
- 9780141183220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71