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Biography: historical, political & military

Paperback. A global story of passion, espionage and double-crossing that saw a woman born to indulgence and selfishness sacrifice everything for love, only to be betrayed Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. .
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780747972
ISBN
9781780747972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.04

Paperback. Classic account of an idyllic childhood in Italy, under the shadow of approaching war. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJF; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780228648
ISBN
9781780228648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Hardback. Louisa Catherine Adams was daughter-in-law and wife of presidents, assisted diplomat J. Q. Adams at three European capitals, and served as a D.C. hostess for three decades. Yet she is barely remembered today. A Traveled First Lady (with Foreword by Laura Bush) corrects this oversight, by sharing Adams's remarkable story in her own words. Num Pages: 375 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 158 x 33. Weight in Grams: 800.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674048010
ISBN
9780674048010
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.83

Paperback. An as-told-to political autobiography of Phuntso Wangye (Phunwang), one of the most important Tibetan revolutionary figures of the twentieth century. It illuminates one of the world's most tragic and dangerous ethnic conflicts at the same time that it relates the details of a stormy life spent in the quest for a new Tibet. Num Pages: 400 pages, 25 b/w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 264 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520249929
ISBN
9780520249929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.87

paperback. Takes us on a seductive journey through author's childhood and adolescence, along Jerusalem's war-torn streets in the 1940s and '50s, and into the infernal marriage of two kind, well-meaning people: his fussy, logical father, and his dreamy, romantic mother. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099450030
ISBN
9780099450030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.14

Hardcover.

I lived the same life as everyone else, the life of ordinary people, the masses. Sitting in a prison cell in the autumn of 1944, Hans Fallada sums up his life under the National Socialist dictatorship, the time of inward emigration . Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BJ; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745669885
ISBN
9780745669885
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.99

Paperback. On the 16th of August 1628, five battle-scarred English ships sailed into the harbour of the Greek island of Milos. Dropping anchor, the 25-year-old captain banqueted with the local lord before sitting down to write an account of his journey. This is the story of an extraordinary life, and of a journey that helped to shape a nation. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DVG; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 48. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099591764
ISBN
9780099591764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1 port.,. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 29. Weight in Grams: 548. A Jewish Childhood in Wartime Poland. 432 pages, 1 port.,. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGHA; HBG; HBWQ. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 29. Weight: 540.
Publisher
Eland Books
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907871736
ISBN
9780907871736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JFH; VXFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Trine Day
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634240000
ISBN
9781634240000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.04

Hardcover. A Soldier in Arabia reveals the behind-the-scenes story of the events which lead up to and followed the creation of the present day United Arab Emirates in December 1971, followed, a few months later, with Ras Al Khaimah joining the Federation. Num Pages: 196 pages, 16 Colour plates. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165. .
Publisher
Medina Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909339637
ISBN
9781909339637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.42

Paperback. "Originally published 2009"--T.p. verso. Num Pages: 552 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 231 x 39. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harper
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062026675
ISBN
9780062026675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.19

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230341982
ISBN
9780230341982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.61

Hardcover. An unparalleled insight into the personal life of Sir Vernon Kell, founder of MI5, from the one person with whom he was most intimate, his wife Lady Constance Kell. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8-page colour plate section of beautiful photographs from the era, taken by Constance and. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 144 x 27. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Conway
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844864355
ISBN
9781844864355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.27

Paperback. The biography of Jane Digby, an 'enthralling tale of a nineteenth-century beauty whose heart - and hormones - ruled her head.' Harpers and Queen Num Pages: 384 pages, (16 page section). BIC Classification: BGH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
Edition
8th reprint
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857024692
ISBN
9781857024692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.36

Hardback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473863422
ISBN
9781473863422
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.21

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

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bookmarks
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910885123
ISBN
9781910885123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.57

Paperback. Translator(s): Zelnik, Reginald E. Num Pages: 508 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; BGHA; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 28. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804713313
ISBN
9780804713313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.32

Hardcover. Using various sources, including diaries and letters, this book contributes to the study of Gertrude Bell's colourful life - exploring the personal passions, desires and relationships that drove her - and to an understanding of the background behind the creation of modern Iraq. Num Pages: 320 pages, b&w plates. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJ; BGH; GTB; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 617.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850434153
ISBN
9781850434153
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 59.81

Paperback. Queen on trial Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 21. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750937719
ISBN
9780750937719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.17

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