Biography: historical, political & military
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Biography: historical, political & military
paperback. This richly detailed 1981 biography captures both the personal life and the scientific career of Isaac Newton. Num Pages: 928 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: BGH; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1366.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 928
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521274357
- ISBN
- 9780521274357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 52.53
€ 54.99
€ 52.53
Paperback. Provides us the lives of the twelve men, from Franklin D Roosevelt to George W Bush, who presided over America's imperial fortunes - the good, the bad and the truly awful. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099520412
- ISBN
- 9780099520412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.78
€ 21.99
€ 19.78
Paperback. Adam Nicolson tells the story of England through the history of fourteen gentry families - from the 15th century to the present day. This sparkling work of history reads like a real-life Downton Abbey, as the loves, hatreds and many times of grief of his chosen cast illuminate the grand events of history. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGH; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 196 x 36. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007335503
- ISBN
- 9780007335503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.64
€ 17.99
€ 12.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 30. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910745670
- ISBN
- 9781910745670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.12
€ 17.99
€ 13.12
Paperback. Far from the bloated memoirs of a former government insider, this is the story of a courageous, campaigning life that is intrinsically bound up with the destiny of South Africa. Num Pages: 480 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFMS; BGHA; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 462. 480 pages, ill. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFMS; BGHA; JPQ. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 36. Weight: 462.
- Publisher
- Biteback Publishing
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849544108
- ISBN
- 9781849544108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.01
€ 17.99
€ 14.01
Paperback. Faced with cancer and financial ruin, the Civil War's greatest general and former president, Ulysses S Grant wrote his personal memoirs to secure his family's future. In doing so, he won himself a unique place in American letters. This title deals with his life as a soldier. Num Pages: 704 pages, 48 pp b&w illustrations & maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGHA; DSBF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 195 x 33. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140437010
- ISBN
- 9780140437010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.13
€ 17.99
€ 13.13
Paperback. At Close Quarters reveals the truth behind Grant-Taylor and his shooting method. It details for the first time why Grant-Taylor kept his true identity secret, his actual origins, his secret wartime service and how he went onto influence the Commanding Officer of the post war SAS regiment in the area of close quarter battle and special operations. Num Pages: 160 pages, 20 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 170 x 11. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781553206
- ISBN
- 9781781553206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.58
€ 25.99
€ 18.58
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 266 x 25. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750967150
- ISBN
- 9780750967150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.27
€ 26.99
€ 23.27
paperback. This portrait of Christopher Wren (1632-1723), the great British architect, aims to show us the man behind the legend - a man who was the Surveyor of the King's Works, a pioneering anatomist and mathematician, who devised new navigational instruments and lectured on planetary motion. Num Pages: 480 pages, 24pp halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; AMB; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712673648
- ISBN
- 9780712673648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.04
€ 38.99
€ 28.04
Hardcover. When Adeline Yen Mah's mother dies giving birth to her, the family rejects Adeline. In this vivid autobiography, the author describes her, life, struggles and how she comes to be accepted by her family at the time of the Cultural Revolution in China. Series: New Longman Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; BGH. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 207 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Longman
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582848887
- ISBN
- 9780582848887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.90
€ 21.90
Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; BGH; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428. Clean copy .
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Appletree Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- SKU
- KEX0202606
- ISBN
- 9780862819781
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. The first ever personal account of the family at the heart of the Profumo Affair Num Pages: 304 pages, 24pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- John Murray Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719566097
- ISBN
- 9780719566097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.58
€ 14.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, 20 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Ronsdale Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781553802273
- ISBN
- 9781553802273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.25
€ 21.99
€ 16.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House Israel
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652295873
- ISBN
- 9789652295873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 27.03
€ 40.99
€ 27.03
Hardcover. A biography of Britain's centre of power and royal ceremony, evoking place, people and time. Num Pages: 440 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; HBJD1; HBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 822. From Earliest Times to the Present. 440 pages, 10. A biography of Britain's centre of power and royal ceremony, evoking place, people and time. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; HBJD1; HBL. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 28. Weight: 822.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826423801
- ISBN
- 9780826423801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.96€ 44.75
€ 57.96
€ 44.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 659 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 32. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Publisher
- Progressive Press United States
- Number of pages
- 659
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780930852924
- ISBN
- 9780930852924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.75
€ 19.99
€ 14.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNN; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816678273
- ISBN
- 9780816678273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.57
€ 20.57
Hardback. A fantastically readable biography of a 19th-century Parisian courtesan who harbours an incredible secret Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 171 x 35. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848319264
- ISBN
- 9781848319264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 17.58
€ 26.99
€ 17.58
Paperback. From costermongers to ex-convicts, from chimney-sweeps to vagrants, the underprivileged of London are brought to life in this book, where their plight is expressed through a blend of first person accounts and statistics. It originated in a series of newspaper articles that grew into a four volume account of the working-classes of London. Editor(s): Neuburg, Victor. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 508
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140432411
- ISBN
- 9780140432411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.67
€ 19.99
€ 15.67
Paperback. An eagerly anticipated biography of one of the greatest statesmen of the Victorian age. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444792454
- ISBN
- 9781444792454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.67
€ 19.99
€ 14.67