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Paperback. A magnificent account of one American platoon's tour of duty in Baghdad. It is simply one of the most powerful, nerve-shredding pieces of war writing ever. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS5; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848873278
- ISBN
- 9781848873278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 25.62
€ 35.99
€ 25.62
Hardback. On September 6, 1848, Abraham Ber Pilpel entered the kitchen of Rabbi Abraham Kohn and his family and poured arsenic in the soup that was being prepared for their dinner. Within hours, the rabbi and his infant daughter were dead. This book tells the story of the murder, the trial that followed, and the political and religious fallout of both. Num Pages: 160 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128436
- ISBN
- 9780691128436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.10
€ 38.99
€ 28.10
Editor(s): Moore, Timothy J. Translator(s): Parker, Douglass. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: ANF; DD; DSBB; HBLA1. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624661860
- ISBN
- 9781624661860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.38€ 43.75
€ 56.38
€ 43.75
Paperback. Series: Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DS; HBTB; JFCA; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252082351
- ISBN
- 9780252082351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.74
€ 33.99
€ 30.74
Hardcover. Examining rents and taxes in 19th- and 20th-century China, this text shows how in real terms, tax burdens on landlords rose due to higher state levies. Simultaneously, rents earned by landlords fell due to state interference and peasant resistance, csusing a progressive weakening of landlord power. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804718806
- ISBN
- 9780804718806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.08
€ 107.08
Hardback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611491005
- ISBN
- 9781611491005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.05
€ 126.05
Hardcover. Exploring the wider implications about the nature of liberalism, the author of this book aims to show how state constitutions not only remade the states but also expressed careful deliberation about citizenship, popular sovereignty, individual rights and America's political identity. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPA; JPHC; JPR; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875802442
- ISBN
- 9780875802442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.14
€ 55.14
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BGR; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 37.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762791538
- ISBN
- 9780762791538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.70
€ 29.99
€ 22.70
Editor(s): Resek, Carl. Translator(s): Resek, Carl. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSB; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872205017
- ISBN
- 9780872205017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.31
€ 44.99
€ 31.31
Paperback. Postmodernist theory has heavily influenced the study of history over the years. Willie Thompson offers a clear, jargon-free introduction to the theory by presenting its key ideas and by showing how it has influenced the study of history. Series: Theory & History. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2004th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333963395
- ISBN
- 9780333963395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.54
€ 31.99
€ 31.54
Paperback. Describes the formation of a masculine ideology in the decades prior to the war, and shows how it thrived - on the job, and through union politics. This title provides a context for our ideas of postwar masculinity and whiteness and finally returns the men of the home front to our reckoning of the Greatest Generation and the New Deal era. Num Pages: 360 pages, 29 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBBWM; 3JJH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226044194
- ISBN
- 9780226044194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.58
€ 36.99
€ 28.58
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859893077
- ISBN
- 9780859893077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.33
€ 24.33
mass_market. In 1952, overriding political objectives compelled UN forces to abandon the pursuit of decisive victory in Korea. The Outpost War tells the story of the First Marine Division's move to western Korea, where these assault-trained troops were ordered to dig in and fight a defensive war. Series: History of War. Num Pages: 316 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 1KBB; HBJF; HBLW3; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 245.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574887396
- ISBN
- 9781574887396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.90
€ 16.99
€ 16.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 179 x 111 x 33. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Random House UK
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099574330
- ISBN
- 9780099574330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.60
€ 15.99
€ 14.60
Paperback. The social, political, and cultural significance of refugeedom. Series: Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian & East European Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19 b&w photos, 3 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBWN; JFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780253213464
- ISBN
- 9780253213464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.52
€ 31.99
€ 28.52
Hardback. The French Revolution invented the notion of the citizen, but it also invented the noncitizen--the person whose rights were nonexistent. The South American outpost of Guiana became a depository for these outcasts of the new French citizenry, and an experimental space for the exercise of new kinds of power and violence against marginal groups. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674057548
- ISBN
- 9780674057548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.63€ 53.05
€ 58.63
€ 53.05
Paperback. Suitable for students and scholars of France, the early modern period, and the history of religion, this book offers interpretations of what it meant to be French during a period of profound transition, from the outbreak of the Hundred Years War in the mid-fourteenth century to the consolidation of the Bourbon monarchy in the seventeenth century. Editor(s): Wolfe, Michael. Num Pages: 424 pages, 10 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822319139
- ISBN
- 9780822319139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.70
€ 35.99
€ 31.70
Hardback. Twentieth-century French philosopher Simone Weil's complete writings on colonialism are collected and translated into English in this volume. Translator(s): Little, J. P. Series: After the Empire: The Francophone World & Postcolonial France. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742522824
- ISBN
- 9780742522824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.85
€ 182.85
Paperback. Contains three stories from Sallust: "Catiline's War" - tells of the conspiracy in 63 bc; "The Jugurthine War" - describes Rome's fight in Africa against the king of the Numidians; and Histories" - depicts Rome after the death of the dictator Sulla. Editor(s): Woodman, A. J. Translator(s): Woodman, A. J. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140449488
- ISBN
- 9780140449488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.60
€ 12.99
€ 9.60
hardcover. An important new study of the information systems of the British empire and of how knowledge was used to maintain empire. Series: Critical Perspectives on Empire. Num Pages: 312 pages, 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QDB; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 614. British Colonial Knowledge and Empire-building in Asia. Series: Critical Perspectives on Empire. 312 pages, 20 b/w illus. An important new study of the information systems of the British empire and of how knowledge was used to maintain empire. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QDB; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ. Dimension: 232 x 150 x 19. Weight: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780521896085
- ISBN
- 9780521896085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.18
€ 79.18
Paperback. The true story of hardship and horror in the blood and mud seen through the eyes of a teenage volunteer and his comrades in the forgotten conflicts of Salonika and Palestine, during the Great War, fighting for the freedom of small nations and in particular, Home Rule for Ireland. Then the Irish War of Independence, which helped establish a nation. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BTM; FJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Memoirs Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909304307
- ISBN
- 9781909304307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.77
€ 16.99
€ 13.77
Hardback. Account of the terrible experiences of members of this Scottish Regiment at the hands of the Japanese. Includes many personal accounts of brutal slave labour on the Railway of Death and in the mines. Num Pages: 208 pages, 16pp B & W plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKSB; 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWTR; JWTY; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781781591697
- ISBN
- 9781781591697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 5.99
€ 35.99
€ 5.99
Hardback. A Companion to 20th-Century America is an authoritative survey of the most important topics and themes of twentieth-century American history and historiography. Editor(s): Whitfield, Stephen J. Series: Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 584 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1004.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631211006
- ISBN
- 9780631211006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 211.00
€ 211.00
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904558651
- ISBN
- 9781904558651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.09€ 49.18
€ 54.09
€ 49.18