Biography: historical, political & military
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Biography: historical, political & military
Hardback. Palmiro Togliatti could not have become leader of the Italian Communist Party at a more difficult time in the Party's history. This is the biography of this Communist politician and intellectual. It explores Togliatti's intellectual development, his achievements and his sometimes criminal mistakes as the leading member of the Comintern. Series: Communist Lives. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BGH; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 167 x 32. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845117269
- ISBN
- 9781845117269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.13
€ 135.13
Hardback. The slave and gladiator Spartacus has been the subject of myth-making in his own time and of movie-making in ours. Aldo Schiavone brings him squarely into the arena of serious history. Spartacus emerges here as the commander of an army, whose aim was to incite Italy to revolt against Rome and to strike at the very heart of the imperial system. Translator(s): Carden, Jeremy. Series: Revealing Antiquity. Num Pages: 218 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 123 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 218
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674057784
- ISBN
- 9780674057784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.81
€ 21.99
€ 19.81
Hardback. A world-renowned classicist presents a thrilling revisionist biography of the Bible's most controversial figure. Translator(s): Carden, Jeremy. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; BGH; HBJF1; HBLA; HRCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631492358
- ISBN
- 9781631492358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.00€ 22.79
€ 23.00
€ 22.79
Paperback. Father Joseph was an aspirant to sainthood and a practising mystic, yet his ruthless exercise of power succeeded in prolonging the unspeakable horrors of the Thirty Years War. This title explores how an intensely religious man could lead such a life and how he could reconcile the seemingly opposing moral systems of religion and politics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; DSK; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099477822
- ISBN
- 9780099477822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.83
€ 13.99
€ 10.83
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1DVU; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739172704
- ISBN
- 9780739172704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.90
€ 140.90
Hardback. Translator(s): Cameron, Allan. Num Pages: 426 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 151 x 32. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 426
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520239432
- ISBN
- 9780520239432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.98
€ 46.99
€ 32.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 500 pages, illustrations port. BIC Classification: BGHA; JKVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 500
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780940322349
- ISBN
- 9780940322349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 21.99
€ 30.99
€ 21.99
Hardcover. Through confrontations with Israel and Palestinians, under watchful eye of United States, the King managed to create a Middle Eastern nation-state: the Jordanian country and its people. This book focuses on Hussein's concern for the future of the last Hashemite monarchy, together with his own set of personal and ideological convictions. Num Pages: 257 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902210728
- ISBN
- 9781902210728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.22
€ 124.22
Paperback. A roller coaster ride through the ruins of modern America from the most influential journalist of his generation. Num Pages: 599 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 34. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Verso
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781682951
- ISBN
- 9781781682951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.88
€ 16.99
€ 15.88
Paperback. An iconoclastic exploration of the life of Lord Byron, viewed through the prism of the lives of nine women with whom he was intimately associated. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8pp colour illus. BIC Classification: BGH; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784082048
- ISBN
- 9781784082048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.29
€ 13.99
€ 11.29
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190623678
- ISBN
- 9780190623678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.76
€ 25.99
€ 19.76
Paperback. The true story of a one-handed pianist and the fall of his aristocratic family Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JJ; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 342. A Family At War. 384 pages. The true story of a one-handed pianist and the fall of his aristocratic family. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JJ; BGH. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight: 290.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747596738
- ISBN
- 9780747596738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.11
€ 14.99
€ 13.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- AK Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902593685
- ISBN
- 9781902593685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.70
€ 26.99
€ 24.70
Hardback. The first full-scale biography of Robert Willis, the "founding father" of architectural history. Series: History of the University of Cambridge. Num Pages: 470 pages, 83, 49 black & white illustrations, 34 black & white line drawings, 49 black and white, 3. BIC Classification: 3JH; AM; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 183 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 470
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838005
- ISBN
- 9781843838005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.48
€ 99.48
Paperback. Editor(s): Barratt Brown, Alfred. Num Pages: 724 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JPL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 211 x 142 x 40. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Spokesman Books
- Number of pages
- 724
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851248271
- ISBN
- 9780851248271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.59
€ 32.99
€ 27.59
Paperback. Like all great men in history, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881-1938) can be viewed in a number of ways: as the founder of a state, a nation-builder, creator of political institutions, and a moderniser of his society. This title emphasises Ataturk's role as the founder of a modern state, secular and republican. Editor(s): Kazancigil, Ali; Ozbudun, Ergun. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co (Publishers)Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850651437
- ISBN
- 9781850651437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.64
€ 20.64
Paperback. Translator(s): Benabid, Nadia. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Translation
- SKU
- V9780801473081
- ISBN
- 9780801473081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 43.41
€ 48.99
€ 43.41
Paperback. Tells the story of the hard life in an Irish village, looking at characters such as the local tailor, the blacksmith and the farm-wife. The book combines laughter, pathos and innocence with the gossip of a closely-knit community. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 0. Weight in Grams: 204. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Brandon
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKW0001171
- ISBN
- 9780863221422
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Tells the story of the hard life in an Irish village, looking at characters such as the local tailor, the blacksmith and the farm-wife. The book combines laughter, pathos and innocence with the gossip of a closely-knit community. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 0. Weight in Grams: 204. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Brandon
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0003874
- ISBN
- 9780863221422
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Tells the story of the hard life in an Irish village, looking at characters such as the local tailor, the blacksmith and the farm-wife. The book combines laughter, pathos and innocence with the gossip of a closely-knit community. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 0. Weight in Grams: 204. Good clean copy showing some shelf wear, nicks and bumps to cover but remains a good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Brandon
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0016347
- ISBN
- 9780863221422
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Tells the story of the hard life in an Irish village, looking at characters such as the local tailor, the blacksmith and the farm-wife. The book combines laughter, pathos and innocence with the gossip of a closely-knit community. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 0. Weight in Grams: 204. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Brandon
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAK0006904
- ISBN
- 9780863221422
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; BGH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 231 x 27. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613745366
- ISBN
- 9781613745366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.66
€ 32.99
€ 28.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226065465
- ISBN
- 9780226065465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.17
€ 41.99
€ 32.17
Hardcover. Henrietta Barnett is known for her role as the founder of Hampstead Garden Suburb, an innovative and imaginative housing development planned to provide attractive and affordable accommodation for all, regardless of income or social class. This book presents an account of Henrietta's life and work. Num Pages: 160 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 181 x 20. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860774300
- ISBN
- 9781860774300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.53
€ 23.53