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Biography: historical, political & military

Hardback. Virginia d'Albert-Lake risked her life saving downed airmen along the Comet escape line that stretched from Belgium to Gibraltar. What distinguished her from other resisters was that she was an American citizen who had the option to return to the safety. This work tells the story of an ordinary American woman's heroism in the French Resistance. Editor(s): Litoff, Judy Barrett. Series: World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 322 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
322
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823225811
ISBN
9780823225811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.59

Paperback. This fascinating book tells the remarkable story of an ordinary American woman's heroism in the French Resistance. Editor(s): Litoff, Judy Barrett. Series: World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 322 pages, 16 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823225828
ISBN
9780823225828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 40.07

Paperback. An American labor leader's eyewitness perspective on the rise of Nazi power in Weimar-era Berlin Editor(s): Collomp, Catherine; Groppo, Bruno. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252075599
ISBN
9780252075599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 494 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 148 x 32. Weight in Grams: 709.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
494
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823215218
ISBN
9780823215218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.03

Paperback. Gandhi's non-violent struggles against racism, violence, and colonialism in South Africa and India had brought him to such a level of notoriety, adulation that when asked to write an autobiography midway through his career, he took it as an opportunity to explain himself. This book features his life story. Translator(s): Desai, Mahadev. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGHA; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 330.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186863
ISBN
9780141186863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.60

Hardcover. Custer's narration takes us from just after the Civil War to just before he embarks upon the campaign that would lead to the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Custer's Last Stand. In the evenings, Custer would sit down with his beloved wife, Libby, and they would compose the stories of his exploits that became the book "My Life on the Plains". Num Pages: 256 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620870754
ISBN
9781620870754
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.54

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 246 x 28. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750962612
ISBN
9780750962612
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.42

Paperback. From the outbreak of war in September 1939 all the way to the smouldering ruins of Berlin in 1945, via Palestine, Tobruk, El Alamein, D-Day, Nijmegen and the crossing of the Rhine, this book offers an account of the Second World War. Editor(s): Holland, James. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBG; HBLW; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Corgi
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552165655
ISBN
9780552165655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.44

Hardcover. Num Pages: 150 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865972629
ISBN
9780865972629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 149 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
149
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865972636
ISBN
9780865972636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.52

paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; HBJD; HBLW3; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Open Gate Pr United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871871258
ISBN
9781871871258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. The turbulent story of the radical Left in the eloquent words of one of its foremost leaders Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Verso Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781781688182
ISBN
9781781688182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. How a typical Irish emigrant rose to a position of influence at the highest levels of US and Irish politics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 314. Paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear. DOWD
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
O'Brien Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KRF0022459
ISBN
9781847172235
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. 17-year-old James P. Sullivan was among the first to answer Lincoln's call for volunteers in 1861. This is a collection of his writings about his days in President Lincoln's army, including accounts of the battles of Brawner Farm, Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Series: Irish in the Civil War. Num Pages: 189 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
189
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823215003
ISBN
9780823215003
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.14

Paperback. James P. Sullivan was among the first to answer Lincoln's call for volunteers in 1861. This is a collection of the 17-year-old's writings about his days in President Lincoln's army, including accounts of the battles of Brawner Farm, Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Series: Irish in the Civil War. Num Pages: 189 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 325.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
189
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823215010
ISBN
9780823215010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.59

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Edition
10.2.2007 edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813545004
ISBN
9780813545004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 42.35

Hardback. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 41.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493007516
ISBN
9781493007516
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.96

Paperback. Storytelling kept alive the myths, legends, and history of the Blasket Islands, which are three miles off Irelands Dingle Peninsula. In her old age, Peig Sayers, 'the Queen of Gaelic storytellers', recounted her life to her son, who recorded the tale in this book. She recalls the events of her life and her simple philosophy. Translator(s): Ennis, Seamus. Num Pages: 160 pages, endpaper map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124 131pp. 2000 reprint. Translated from the Irish by Seamus Ennis
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1961
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780192812391
ISBN
9780192812391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Paperback. Storytelling kept alive the myths, legends, and history of the Blasket Islands, which are three miles off Irelands Dingle Peninsula. In her old age, Peig Sayers, 'the Queen of Gaelic storytellers', recounted her life to her son, who recorded the tale in this book. She recalls the events of her life and her simple philosophy. Translator(s): Ennis, Seamus. Num Pages: 160 pages, endpaper map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124. Some light shelf wear, otherwise a very good copy.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1961
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF2232752
ISBN
9780192812391
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Storytelling kept alive the myths, legends, and history of the Blasket Islands, which are three miles off Irelands Dingle Peninsula. In her old age, Peig Sayers, 'the Queen of Gaelic storytellers', recounted her life to her son, who recorded the tale in this book. She recalls the events of her life and her simple philosophy. Translator(s): Ennis, Seamus. Num Pages: 160 pages, endpaper map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124. Clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1961
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KOG0006448
ISBN
9780192812391
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

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