Biography: historical, political & military
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Biography: historical, political & military
Paperback. Num Pages: 864 pages, 2 photo inserts + photos throughout; 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; BGH; HBJK; HBTB; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 246 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1136.
- Publisher
- Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812979473
- ISBN
- 9780812979473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.92
€ 21.99
€ 15.92
Paperback. The untold story of Gertrude Bell, a woman as vital to the history of the Middle East as her friend and colleague, Lawrence of Arabia. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; BGH; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 35. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 419
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753802472
- ISBN
- 9780753802472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.13
€ 17.99
€ 13.13
Paperback. A first-hand account of the war in Afghanistan, this novel presents a report of the events which led to the fiercest fighting faced by UK troops since the Korean War. Num Pages: 208 pages, col. Illustrations, maps, col. ports. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; BGHA; HBJF; HBLW3; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSG0009859
- ISBN
- 9780571236893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This text aims to reach beyond China's economic success of recent times in an attempt to understand the sources of Deng Xiaaoping's political power. It explores how his entire career has been shaped by both the party and the network of relationships and people within it. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1M. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415112536
- ISBN
- 9780415112536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 103.43
€ 103.43
Traces the early origins of organizing in the decades following the US-Mexican War, when Mexicans in the Southwest established mutualista associations for their protection. Further, she traces the ways in which these efforts have been invoked by contemporary Latino civil rights leaders. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BGH; JFFN; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781623491284
- ISBN
- 9781623491284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.66
€ 45.99
€ 38.66
Paperback. The so-called ivory tower is not and never has been isolated from real-world politics" Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; GTJ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472036295
- ISBN
- 9780472036295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.66
€ 45.99
€ 38.66
The story of a plantation heiress who threw aside convention, joined the Marines, and fought for civil rights Series: Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography. Num Pages: 144 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; 3JJ; BGH; JFFJ; JFFK; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781496806642
- ISBN
- 9781496806642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.44
€ 34.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House Israel
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652296429
- ISBN
- 9789652296429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.54
€ 20.99
€ 15.54
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611495010
- ISBN
- 9781611495010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.50€ 51.39
€ 52.50
€ 51.39
Paperback. Poet and musician, Lady Anne Barnard lived at the heart of Georgian society. High-born yet egalitarian, she travelled to France to observe the Revolution, rejected numerous suitors, and lived independently. Her curious ways attracted gossip right into her final years when she raised an illegitimate child at her home in Berkeley Square. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1DDF; 3JF; BGH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571311125
- ISBN
- 9780571311125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 5.70
€ 12.99
€ 5.70
Hardcover. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGHA; HBWS; JPWL; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 248 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1102.
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652298652
- ISBN
- 9789652298652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 27.28
€ 41.99
€ 27.28
Hardcover. The Lewinsky scandal provided President Clinton with a stern challenge to his political credibility in 1998-99. Robert Busby explains how and why Clinton survived the most serious Constitutional crisis since Watergate. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333912508
- ISBN
- 9780333912508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.81
€ 122.81
Hardcover. This intriguing odyssey, set on the edges of time, encompasses biography, memoir, detective story, travelogue and history to tell a remarkable tale of East-West connections and a mysterious love. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 173 x 30. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Publisher
- Medina Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909339538
- ISBN
- 9781909339538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.39
€ 25.99
€ 22.39
Paperback. Offers an account of a New Labour backbencher. This title features the diaries that provide a snapshot of life in the Westminster village. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JMC; BGHA; BJ; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846684005
- ISBN
- 9781846684005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Paperback. A memoir of George W Bush, America's 43rd president. It takes us on a journey through the defining decisions of his life. It describes his flaws and mistakes, as well as his accomplishments reforming education, treating HIV/AIDS in Africa, and safeguarding the country amid chilling warnings of additional terrorist attacks. Num Pages: 544 pages, col. Illustrations, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; BGHA; BM; HBJK; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Virgin Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753539965
- ISBN
- 9780753539965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.31
€ 21.99
€ 16.31
Hardback. For more than 300 years, questions have surrounded the death of Oliver Cromwell. In a wide ranging investigation that draws upon the fields of history, toxicology, medical forensics, and literature, McMains claims that Cromwell was poisoned and suggests possible poisoners. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813121338
- ISBN
- 9780813121338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.49
€ 47.49
Paperback. A revealing and dramatic chronicle of the twelve months leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316332774
- ISBN
- 9780316332774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.98
€ 17.99
€ 15.98
Paperback. Though they were acquitted, these same defendants were soon being ostracized by their own neighbors, and within four months of Till's death, Southern blacks were staging the historic Montgomery bus boycott-the first major battle in the coming war against racial injustice that would lead to the passage of civil rights legislation a decade later. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4ill. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; BGH; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801843266
- ISBN
- 9780801843266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.38
€ 31.38
Hardcover. The Harder's fighting spirit is legendary with its record of sinking a total of eighteen enemy ships. It played important roles in rescue missions, extracting secret operatives deep in enemy territory, and saving downed pilots. This book details several daring missions and puts the Harder's action in the context of the overall Pacific campaign. Num Pages: 252 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591148456
- ISBN
- 9781591148456
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.65
€ 44.99
€ 37.65
Hardcover. Offers a window into courtship during the early twentieth century through a collection of three hundred love letters exchanged between Gabrielle Drake and Hugh McColl from 1900 to 1901, illustrating the hopes and sacrifices of an upper-class couple forging a marriage in a small southern town. Editor(s): Hurley, Suzanne Cameron Linder. Num Pages: 232 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; 3JJC; BGH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Univ of South Carolina Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570037146
- ISBN
- 9781570037146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.59
€ 38.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. Bess was the other Duchess, Georgiana's best friend, who with Georgiana and her husband, William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, formed the infamous menage a trois at Devonshire house Num Pages: 256 pages, 24. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 18. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781550052
- ISBN
- 9781781550052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.73
€ 21.99
€ 16.73
Paperback. During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln received many letters that expressed the concerns, aspirations, and obsessions of the nation. This collection includes correspondence from ordinary Americans requesting autographs and favours, as well as pleas from the influential. It portrays a president eager to respond to the advice and criticism. Editor(s): Holzer, Harold. Num Pages: 400 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809326860
- ISBN
- 9780809326860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.54
€ 35.99
€ 30.54
Paperback. These letters tell the story of a young American woman of Japanese descent who, along with over 10,000 other Japanese Americans, was stranded in Japan during World War II. Editor(s): Lee, Robert G. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 416 pages, 32 half-tones 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804729673
- ISBN
- 9780804729673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.00€ 41.86
€ 42.00
€ 41.86
Hardcover. Taylor Peirce was 40 years old when he left his family to fight in the Civil War. During that time he saw his wife only twice, but stayed in touch through their intimate and dedicated exchange of letters. These letters provide a look at the war's impact on the common soldier and his family. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 448 pages, 12 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 925.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612055
- ISBN
- 9780700612055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.83€ 63.10
€ 68.83
€ 63.10