Biography: historical, political & military
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Biography: historical, political & military
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, approx 130 mostly colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- Lasse Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993306914
- ISBN
- 9780993306914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.14
€ 24.99
€ 22.14
Paperback. The classic story of four nineteenth-century women who, for different reasons, gravitated to the wildness of the Middle East and North Africa. Num Pages: 336 pages, ill. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753827918
- ISBN
- 9780753827918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.83
€ 13.99
€ 10.83
Hardcover. The only president to later serve as chief justice of the United States, William Howard Taft remarked in the 1920s that 'I don't remember that I ever was President'. This title presents an assessment of Taft's accomplishments and setbacks in office. It shows why Taft's presidency is very much worth remembering on its own terms. Series: American Presidency Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BGH; HBJK; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700616749
- ISBN
- 9780700616749
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.24
€ 65.24
Paperback. * an intriguing exploration of the life of Francis Bacon Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844080748
- ISBN
- 9781844080748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.44
€ 14.99
€ 11.44
Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 ft, 1 map, 13 bw images throughout. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; BGH; BGR; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 557.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465066995
- ISBN
- 9780465066995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 22.38
€ 32.99
€ 22.38
Hardcover. What happens when a father asks his son to lie for the greater good? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393239805
- ISBN
- 9780393239805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.65
€ 27.99
€ 26.65
Paperback. Growing up, Johnson always suspected that his father was different. Only as a teenager did he discover the truth: his father was a spy, one of the CIA's most trusted officers. At first the secret was thrilling. But over time he began to have doubts. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393349436
- ISBN
- 9780393349436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.37
€ 16.99
€ 16.37
Paperback. Frances Benjamin Johnston was a significant figure in early 20th-century photography. Illustrated with 40 examples of her work, this biography explores her talent and her controversial character. Num Pages: 212 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: AJB; BGF; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 203 x 10. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920092
- ISBN
- 9780813920092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.80
€ 47.80
Hardback. A singular narrative woven from the biographies of four generations of women in southwestern Utah" Num Pages: 480 pages, 51 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BGH; HBTB; HBTG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 975.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607815167
- ISBN
- 9781607815167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.82
€ 41.99
€ 37.82
Paperback. Tells the story about the tangle of race, talk, and identity in the life of Martin Luther King Jr. This title delves into the intricacies of his sermons, speeches, storytelling, exhortations, jokes, jeremiads, taunts, repartee, eulogies, confessions, lamentation, and gallows humor. It explores his performances. Num Pages: 408 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; CFG; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JPH; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674046986
- ISBN
- 9780674046986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.63
€ 34.99
€ 29.63
Hardcover. How did young American women construct and express their emotions between 1780 and 1830? This work looks to the often spirited diaries written by young women in America's early republic, arguing that the continuous, demanding, and often unnoticed emotional labor of women exemplified their uneasy position within society. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925974
- ISBN
- 9780813925974
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.30
€ 57.30
Paperback. This is an oral history of a second-generation, urban-born woman who struggles to survive in the poor, Andean city of La Paz. It shows how her identity shifts over time, shaped by the major events in her life. Topics range fron social networks to magical interventions and clairvoyant dreaming. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; BGHA; HBTD; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231104678
- ISBN
- 9780231104678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.16
€ 45.99
€ 32.16
The Yankee Comandante. The Untold Story of Courage, Passion, and One A...
Sallah, Michael; Weiss, Mitch
hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; BGH; HBJK; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 30.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780762792870
- ISBN
- 9780762792870
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.97
€ 27.99
€ 22.97
Hardcover. This work re-examines the young adult life of America's 16th president. By profiling 3000 of Lincoln's Springfield, Illinois, contemporaries, this work creates a historical backdrop to explain how one of America's greatest leaders could be simultaneously typical and extraordinary. Num Pages: 400 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878332557
- ISBN
- 9780878332557
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.14
€ 30.99
€ 29.14
Paperback. Written as a character study, Young Hamilton, explores the first twenty-six years of Alexander Hamilton's life and is designed to reveal how Hamilton's early years shaped him into the statesman he became. Num Pages: 497 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 497
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823217908
- ISBN
- 9780823217908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.66
€ 57.66
Hardback. Written as a character study, Young Hamilton, explores the first twenty-six years of Alexander Hamilton's life and is designed to reveal how Hamilton's early years shaped him into the statesman he became. Num Pages: 497 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 40. Weight in Grams: 978.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 497
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823217892
- ISBN
- 9780823217892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.32
€ 122.32
Hardback. An intimate biography of the years that turned T. E. Lawrence into Lawrence of Arabia. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 pages of illustrations; 3 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGH; HBG; HBLW; HBW; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393242669
- ISBN
- 9780393242669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.43
€ 30.99
€ 28.43
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750978576
- ISBN
- 9780750978576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.09
€ 16.09
Hardback. Ian Buruma's moving and powerful story of his grandparents' enduring love through the terror and separation of two world wars. Num Pages: 320 pages, 42 integrated b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGH; BJ; HBW; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 219 x 31. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848879386
- ISBN
- 9781848879386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.15
€ 24.99
€ 17.15
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€ 26.51
€ 40.99
€ 26.51
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; BGL; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Univ Tennessee Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572330085
- ISBN
- 9781572330085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.16
€ 42.16
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780679767336
- ISBN
- 9780679767336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.39
€ 20.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594546563
- ISBN
- 9781594546563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.26€ 50.90
€ 71.26
€ 50.90
Paperback. A searching examination of TR's political thought, especially in relation to the ideas of Washington, Hamilton, and Lincoln the statesmen TR claimed most to admire. Sheds new light on his place in the American political tradition, while enhancing our understanding of the roots of progressivism and its transformation of the Founders' Constitution." Series: American Political Thought (University Press of Kansas). Num Pages: 337 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; HPS; JPA; JPFM; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619689
- ISBN
- 9780700619689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.24
€ 45.24