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Biography: historical, political & military

Paperback. Sharon Bown's remarkable 16-year career with the RAAF saw her deployed to East Timor, Bali and Afghanistan. From barely surviving a helicopter crash to commanding a combat surgical team, her story is a confronting, but ultimately inspirational, account of what our men and women in the military experience, and the price they pay for their service. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BTM; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 283 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Exisle Publishing Australia
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781925335316
ISBN
9781925335316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 13.57

Hardcover. Before his death in 1832, Charles Carroll of Carrollton - the last living signer of the Declaration of Independence - was widely regarded as one of the most important founders. This is his biography. Series Editor(s): Bunting, Josiah. Series: Lives of the Founders. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933859897
ISBN
9781933859897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.64

Paperback. A book about Margaret Thatcher by award-winning biographer Brenda Maddox. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 x 8 pages colour and b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; BGH; JPFM; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340825464
ISBN
9780340825464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 x b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; BGH; BGT; MMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Irish Academic Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780716532699
ISBN
9780716532699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.27

Paperback. W.B. Yeats is widely regarded as the greatest English-language poet of the twentieth century. This new critical biography seeks to tell the story of his life as it unfolded in the various contexts in which Yeats worked as an artist and as public figure. Series: Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 432 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631228516
ISBN
9780631228516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.07

Hardcover. Num Pages: 466 pages, 15 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 338 x 241 x 44. Weight in Grams: 812. Good clean copy in dustjacket with minor shelf wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Irish Academic Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0002204
ISBN
9780716532996
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJC; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845887964
ISBN
9781845887964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.47

Hardcover. This text offers a chronological survey of the history of the Sidney family of Penshurst Place, Kent. As royal servants, courtiers, diplomats, soldiers, writers and patrons of numerous other authors, the Sidneys occupied a central position in the development of early Modern English literature. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 365 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; BGH; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333964002
ISBN
9780333964002
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.68

Paperback. The John Charles Story Num Pages: 288 pages, 70 b&w illustrations, 25 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; BGR; BGS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752425702
ISBN
9780752425702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.42

Paperback. An accessible biography about Sean MacDiarmada, a leader in the 1916 Rising. Book six in the '16 Lives' series. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 352 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, 1 biography, 1 index, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The O'Brien Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781847172631
ISBN
9781847172631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.09

Paperback. Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty was an Irish Oskar Schindler who saved over 6,500 lives during the German occupation of Rome in the Second World War. He was immortalised in the film The Scarlet and the Black with Gregory Peck as O'Flaherty and was awarded high honours. Num Pages: 236 pages, Black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1DST; 3JJH; BGH; BGX; HBWQ; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Gill
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
9781848892095
ISBN
9781848892095
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 12.99
€ 9.86

Paperback. Sir William Hamilton Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 mono. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 598.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845880422
ISBN
9781845880422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.43

Paperback. Born in slavery, Charles Young was the third black graduate of West Point, the first black US military attache and the highest-ranking black officer in the Regular Army until his death. This biography of Young's years at West Point chronicles the challenges that Young faced, and provides a window into life at West Point in the 1880s. Num Pages: 258 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: BGH; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 273.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803293151
ISBN
9780803293151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.98

Paperback. Michael Mallin was a devout Catholic, a temperance advocate, father of four young children and husband to a pregnant wife when he was executed for his part in the Easter Rising. In this revealing new book, the first ever biography of Mallin, Brian Hughes asks what led such a man, with so much to lose, to wage war against the British in 1916? Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 196 x 20. Weight in Grams: 284. Good clean copy, as new
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The O'Brien Press
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSG0026126
ISBN
9781847172662
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 10.00

Paperback. Michael Mallin was a devout Catholic, a temperance advocate, father of four young children and husband to a pregnant wife when he was executed for his part in the Easter Rising. In this revealing new book, the first ever biography of Mallin, Brian Hughes asks what led such a man, with so much to lose, to wage war against the British in 1916? Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 196 x 20. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The O'Brien Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781847172662
ISBN
9781847172662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.81

Paperback. .
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752440248
ISBN
9780752440248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.98

Paperback. An analysis of Wagner, his music, stage directions, prose and his influence on the culture of our age, with a discussion of the reasons for the reactions his work has provoked. Magee sheds light on Wagner's anti-semitic ideas and the way these were used by the Nazis for their own ends. Num Pages: 112 pages, index. BIC Classification: AVGC9; BGF; BGH; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 173 x 7. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
Revised & enlarged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192840127
ISBN
9780192840127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.34

Hardback. Mixing idealism with violence, abolitionist John Brown cut a wide swath across the United States before winding up in Virginia, where he led an attack on the US armory and arsenal at Harpers Ferry. But he was quickly captured and, after a short but stormy trial, hanged on December 2, 1859. This book provides an account of the trial. Num Pages: 384 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBWJ; JFSL3; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674035171
ISBN
9780674035171
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.60

hardcover. This is biography of Agoston Haraszthy, an immigrant who apart from his efforts to establish a wine industry in California, holds other important distinctions: he was the first Hungarian to permanently settle in the United States and author of only the second Hungarian-language book about the USA. Num Pages: 596 pages, 36 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; TVSW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1000.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
596
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804731454
ISBN
9780804731454
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 176.01

Hardcover. Presents the life of Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), from his early years during the American Civil War, through his academic and political career and US' involvement in the First World War, to Wilson's role at Versailles, including the construction of his 14 Points, his principles for the reformation of Europe, and the consequences of Versailles. Series Editor(s): Sharp, Alan. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 tables, 3 black & white halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905791620
ISBN
9781905791620
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.31

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