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Biography: historical, political & military
Paperback. The dramatic saga of a remarkable woman who was deeply involved in the political culture of her time. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386. An excellent, clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Press of New England
- Edition
- 874th ed.
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KRS0018833
- ISBN
- 9780874518832
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. According to legend, born and brought up in Elderslie, Wallace's courage and heroism during Scotland's darkest days were instrumental in creating a sense of national identity. The brutality of his end is a testament to the fear and humiliation his name inspired in Edward I. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 b&w photographs, battle plans. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 133. An excellent, clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- CAN
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KRS0019206
- ISBN
- 9780862416072
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. In this unique study, the authors go deep into the world of the Palestinian group Hamas, in an effort to understand what motivates the young men of the movement to lay down their lives in suicidal act of murder. Num Pages: 304 pages, 85 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJF; HBLW3; HRA; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 434. Fine copy showing minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0016655
- ISBN
- 9780195305593
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Argentine by birth, Ernesto Che Guevara came to embody the spirit of the Cuban revolution led by Fidel Castro. Guevara spent two years fighting in the sierras of Cuba, and after the revolutionaries victory became one of the most important members of the government as well as one of Castros closest and most controversial associates. Series: Caribbean Lives. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJPG; BGH; HBJK; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 124 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174. Che Guevara
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KST0002249
- ISBN
- 9781904955559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.28
€ 7.28
Paperback. DIASPORA. Henry Stratford Persse was a customs official and distiller in the town of Galway whose sons emigrated to Boston then New York. His letters provide a striking account of Galway life, Irish misgovernment and American democracy by a lively, unconventional observer. Editor(s): Roy, J.C. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 190 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781859181416
- ISBN
- 9781859181416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.25
€ 10.25
Paperback. The recollections of Joseph Prost, an Austrian priest who initiated the Redemptorist Parish Missionary Campaign in Ireland in 1851, provide a chronicle of the "devotional revolution" by one of its most earnest organisers. Editor(s): Freudenberger, Herman. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; BGHA; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 8. Weight in Grams: 87.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- 9781859181607
- ISBN
- 9781859181607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.64
€ 10.64
Hardcover. An account of the life and early career of John Edward Redmond (1856-1918), the Irish constitutional nationalist leader in the UK Parliament who won Home Rule for his country in 1914. Num Pages: 472 pages, Illustrations, ports., facsims. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JPHC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 41. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cork University Press Dublin
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781859184233
- ISBN
- 9781859184233
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.10
€ 21.99
€ 17.10
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
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Memoirs of the Iraq war hero whose stirring pre-battle speech so inspired his troops - and the world Num Pages: 512 pages, 3 x 8pp colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; BGHA; HBWS5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 366. Good copy with some shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Headline Review
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Printing
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KTG0009815
- ISBN
- 9780755313754
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Some people's lives are entirely their own creations. James Rebanks' isn't. The first son of a shepherd, who was the first son of a shepherd himself, he and his family have lived and worked in and around the Lake District for generations. Their way of life is ordered by the seasons and the work they demand, and has been for hundreds of years. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENM; BGH; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 248 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141979366
- ISBN
- 9780141979366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Tells the story of innocence betrayed, of passion and curiosity about the world of machines turned nightmarish and punished by the cruelty of which only humans are capable. Series: Vintage War. Num Pages: 336 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; BGH; HBG; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 111 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099597551
- ISBN
- 9780099597551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.99€ 4.99
€ 7.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A book about the 1st Duke of Wellington that explores the life of this complex man through portraits of Wellington himself, his friends, family and associates, as well as his political and military allies and opponents. Num Pages: 128 pages, 85 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 187 x 14. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- National Portrait Gallery
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781855144996
- ISBN
- 9781855144996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. In 1815, the young Dublin doctor Barry O'Meara accepted the opportunity of a lifetime to look after Napoleon Bonaparte in his banishment on St Helena. In one of the most isolated places on earth, doctor and patient became intimate friends. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTASH; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- O´Brien Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847178916
- ISBN
- 9781847178916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.51
€ 16.99
€ 14.51
Paperback. Biography of John MacBride, husband of Maude Gonne, who was executed as part of the 1916 Rising. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The O'Brien Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847172709
- ISBN
- 9781847172709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 10.85
€ 15.99
€ 10.85
Paperback. Traces the life of Britain's only female Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, from her upbringing in Grantham to her unexpected challenge to Edward Heath for leadership of the Conservative party and her eventual removal from power. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 137 x 36. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099575160
- ISBN
- 9780099575160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.88
€ 17.99
€ 14.88
Hardback. The riveting story of the sex scandal that threatened the life of the young Elizabeth Tudor, and whose outcome was pivotal to the creation of the public persona of Elizabeth I. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 35. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784081720
- ISBN
- 9781784081720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.64
€ 18.64
Paperback. The untold story of Leon Crane, the only surviving crew member of a World War II B-24 crash on a remote mountain near the Arctic Circle Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 pages black-&-white photos. BIC Classification: BGH; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306824524
- ISBN
- 9780306824524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.79
€ 20.99
€ 15.79
Paperback. * 'This is a truly astonishing book. Frances Osborne has not just brought to life a dizzyingly rich and scandalous slice of social history, she has produced a tragic and deeply moving tale as well. It is far more gripping than any novel I have read for years' Antony Beevor Num Pages: 336 pages, Section: 16, b/w pix. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFGK; 3JJG; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781844084807
- ISBN
- 9781844084807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.08
€ 11.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 24 pages, 65 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; BGH; WMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 173 x 11. Weight in Grams: 106.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Pitkin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781841656908
- ISBN
- 9781841656908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.92
€ 8.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBG; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 172. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTG0004426
- ISBN
- 9781583226148
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99