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Biography: historical, political & military
Paperback. For George Mallory as for all of his generation, death was but 'a frail barrier that men crossed, smiling and gallant, every day'. As climbers they accepted a degree of risk unimaginable before the war. What mattered now was how one lived, and the moments of being alive. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 43. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Vintage London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099563839
- ISBN
- 9780099563839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.50
€ 24.99
€ 17.50
Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QFM; 3H; BGH; HBJF; HBLC; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 201 x 33. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375761379
- ISBN
- 9780375761379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 16.79
€ 24.99
€ 16.79
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781900621779
- ISBN
- 9781900621779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.95
€ 24.99
€ 17.95
Hardcover. Dublin Burning is a vivid, clear-eyed account of the 1916 Rising and is the most complete account we have from a senior participant. No other senior Volunteer figure has left a similar memoir of Easter Week. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGHA; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 412. Good copy in dustwrapper. Minor water stain on DW, else as new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KTG0021890
- ISBN
- 9780717159307
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 23.99€ 4.99
€ 23.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Dublin Burning is a vivid, clear-eyed account of the 1916 Rising and is the most complete account we have from a senior participant. No other senior Volunteer figure has left a similar memoir of Easter Week. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGHA; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780717159307
- ISBN
- 9780717159307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 4.99
€ 23.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A landmark biography of the charismatic king beloved of fourteenth-century England Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 752 pages, 28 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1192.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300194081
- ISBN
- 9780300194081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.62
€ 32.99
€ 29.62
Paperback. This biography provides a comprehensive reappraisal of Henry II, the man and king. W.L. Warren explores a whole range of contemporary sources to illuminate the king's policy and personality, as well as the events of his reign. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 730 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1188.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300084740
- ISBN
- 9780300084740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.44
€ 29.99
€ 26.44
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
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: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; BGH; JPFM; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- John Blake
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0015852
- ISBN
- 9781786062642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Tells the tale of the authors childhood spent in the city of Caliphs, Scheherazade and the land of the Garden of Eden, of traditions passed down over the generations, and captures the elusive quality of a scene totally at odds with our image of Iraq. Editor(s): Rocca, Tony; Rocca, Mira. Num Pages: 320 pages, 50-55 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJ; BGHA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 225 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- Forum Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955709500
- ISBN
- 9780955709500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.82
€ 25.99
€ 22.82
Paperback. A biography of Karl Marx that tells about his everyday life and personal circumstances as well as his political ideology. It tells the life story of a man of ideas, showing how his political and economic thought developed alongside his life and practical work. Series: Routledge Historical Biographies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: BGH; JPFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 197 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415435925
- ISBN
- 9780415435925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 46.21
€ 47.99
€ 46.21
Paperback. The candid autobiography from Britain's most trusted politician, now available in paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBLX; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 29. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848870475
- ISBN
- 9781848870475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.58
€ 16.99
€ 12.58
Hardcover. A major new volume on the life of Pierre Gouthiere (1732-1813), the celebrated Parisian gilder to the French kings. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 375 x 41. Weight in Grams: 2544.
- Publisher
- GILES
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907804618
- ISBN
- 9781907804618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.48
€ 60.48
Hardcover. As Milosevic faces trial in The Hague for war crimes, this biography by one of Serbia's greatest writers presents a story of tragic, near-Shakespearean proportions. Stevanovic, with the knowledge of an insider, tells how a fractured country and a shattered society could raise such a man to such power. Translator(s): Filipovic, Zlata. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVWYS; BGH; HBJD; HBLW3; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860648427
- ISBN
- 9781860648427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 48.46
€ 49.99
€ 48.46
Hardcover. A biography of Richard Crossman, the dedicated radical Labour politician, which offers a picture of his colourful life and demonstrates many connections between his political thinking and the formation of New Labour. It explores the connections between his personal history and his political convictions. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 integrated halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGH; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 57. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845115531
- ISBN
- 9781845115531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 53.71
€ 54.99
€ 53.71
Paperback. This biography of David Norris, politician, gay rights campaigner, historian and academic, paints a full portrait of the highs and lows of the life of this colourful and extraordinary man. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: AGB; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200. Weight in Grams: 271. Good, clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Attic Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0006855
- ISBN
- 9781855941618
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 8.68
€ 8.68
Paperback. Translator(s): Sedgwick, Peter; Paizis, George. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 205 x 31. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590174517
- ISBN
- 9781590174517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.58
€ 18.99
€ 14.58
Hardcover. Michelle Obama is unlike any other First Lady in American History. While many books have looked at Michelle Obama from a fashion perspective, no book has fully explored what Michelle Obama means to our culture. The Meaning of Michelle does just that, while offering a parting gift to a landmark moment in American history. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; BGH; HBJK; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 222 x 26. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250114969
- ISBN
- 9781250114969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 16.75
€ 25.99
€ 16.75
Hardcover. This classic memoir of the First World War is now a major motion picture starring Alicia Vikander and Kit Harington. Includes an afterword by Kate Mosse OBE. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJC; 3JJF; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 140 x 48. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- W&N
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781780226590
- ISBN
- 9781780226590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.20
€ 15.20