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Biography: historical, political & military

Paperback. A biography of Joseph Phelps, one of the architects of Saskatchewan's socialist revolution, Fiery Joe gives us the inside story of the man who lit up the west. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889774858
ISBN
9780889774858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.58

Hardback. Documents Edmond Charles Genet's dramatic challenges to American neutrality and Jefferson's diplomatic and political responses. Editor(s): Boyd, Julian P. Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Num Pages: 800 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 278 x 153 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1285.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
792
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
First edition.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691046860
ISBN
9780691046860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.26
€ 123.12

Hardback. Brings Jefferson into retirement after his tenure as Secretary of State and returns him to private life at Monticello. He professes his desire to be free of public responsibilities and live the life of a farmer, spending his time tending to his estates. This volume also covers his friends, especially James Madison, with whom he exchanges letters. Editor(s): Catanzariti, John. Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Num Pages: 688 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGHA; DN; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 51. Weight in Grams: 942.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
688
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691047805
ISBN
9780691047805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.26
€ 123.12

Hardback. The 2008 recession restored Keynes to prominence. This account elaborates the misinformation that led to his repeated resurrection and interment since his death in 1946. Keynes was more open-minded about capitalism than is commonly believed, and his nuanced views offer an alternative to the polarized rhetoric evoked by the word "capitalism" today. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057753
ISBN
9780674057753
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.05

Paperback. A unique insider's view of the dark heart of the Third Reich, The Auschwitz Kommandant is also the tragic tale of a family torn apart, and will open the eyes of even the most well-read historian. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 124 x 21. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752457550
ISBN
9780752457550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.14

Hardback. Editor(s): Cullen, Charles T. Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Num Pages: 560 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 248 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1057.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
560
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691047287
ISBN
9780691047287
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.26
€ 123.23

Hardback. A biography of Abraham Lincoln. It covers Lincoln's early childhood, his experiences as a farm boy in Indiana and Illinois, his legal training, and the political ambition that led to a term in Congress in the 1840s. It examines Lincoln's life during his presidency and the Civil War. Num Pages: 2008 pages, 32, 32 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 190 x 125. Weight in Grams: 4188.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
2008
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1ST
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801889936
ISBN
9780801889936
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.39
€ 128.19

Paperback. Presents a comprehensive analysis of one of the significant thinkers of modern Europe. This book combines social and military history and psychological interpretation with a study of Clausewitz's military theories and of his unduly neglected historical and political writing. It is useful for anyone interested in Clausewitz and his theories. Num Pages: 496 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; HBJD; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 696.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691131306
ISBN
9780691131306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.29

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817919849
ISBN
9780817919849
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.95

Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; BGHA; HRAM9; HRH; JPVH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628726756
ISBN
9781628726756
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.08

Hardcover. Abraham Lincoln projects a larger-than-life image across American history owing to his role as the Great Emancipator. Yet this noble aspect of Lincoln s identity is the dimension that some historians have cast into doubt. The award-winning historian and Lincoln scholar Allen Guelzo offers a vigorous defense of America s sixteenth president." Series: The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBTS; HBWJ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674286115
ISBN
9780674286115
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.05

Hardback. On a freezing winter's night, a few hours before dawn on May 12, 1969, South African security police stormed the Soweto home of activist and wife of the imprisoned Nelson Mandela, and arrested her in the presence of her two young daughters, then aged nine and ten. This title tells her story. Series: Modern African Writing Series. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; GTB; HBJH; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 463.
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821421024
ISBN
9780821421024
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; BGH; HBJD; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845198527
ISBN
9781845198527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.90

Paperback. Early nineteenth-century insights into Cairo life from the sister of famed Orientalist Edward Lane Editor(s): Kararah, Azza. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; BGHA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150. .
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774167621
ISBN
9789774167621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.87

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; JPHL; JPSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781681773285
ISBN
9781681773285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.92

Hardcover. The diaries of Pius II give us an intimate glimpse of the life and thought of one of the greatest of the Renaissance popes. This edition contains a fresh Latin text based on the last manuscript written in Pius's lifetime. Editor(s): Meserve, Margaret; Simonetta, Marcello (Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, Wesleyan University, USA). Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: BGH; DNF; HRCX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Edition Unstated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674011649
ISBN
9780674011649
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 400 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; BGH; HBJH; HBLA1; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 285 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1414.
Publisher
Skira
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Spanish Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857230788
ISBN
9788857230788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.47

Paperback. Lilo was a child during the Holocaust. Now that the older generation of Holocaust survivors, such as her parents, are just about gone, she and others like her are the last survivors of the Holocaust the final witnesses to the horrors that Hitler perpetrated on the Jewish people. Num Pages: 117 pages, illus. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House Israel
Number of pages
117
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652296207
ISBN
9789652296207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.95

Hardback. Provides an original account of Gandhi's beliefs, their origins, and their expression in his political views and personal behaviour. This work examines Gandhi's ideas about the relationship between sexual temptation and spiritual power, and the bizarre and scandalous behaviour that resulted. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 248 x 36. Weight in Grams: 770.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845111663
ISBN
9781845111663
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 48.84

Paperback. Beautiful and talented, versatile and charismatic, Elizabeth Robins was one of the foremost actresses of her day. Yet, this enduring character was also an active and lifelong feminist. This biography examines Elizabeth's historical identity and provides a study of the social culture surrounding a woman who lived a life in the spotlight. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; BGF; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752440286
ISBN
9780752440286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.16

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