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Biography: general
Hardback. A collection of twenty-five new essays by Shakespeare scholars dealing especially with Shakespeare and his predecessors, Shakespeare and his contemporaries, Shakespeare in performance (including film) and Shakespeare in relation to later literature from the eighteenth century to the present. Editor(s): Batchelor, John; Cain, Tom; Lamont, Claire. Num Pages: 411 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 781.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 411
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333648278
- ISBN
- 9780333648278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.69
€ 124.69
Hardback. Between 1957-1961, Eisenhower and Macmillan restored the "special relationship" between the United States and Great Britain after the Suex Crisis threatened to divide these longime allies. In this study, Geelhoed and Edmonds explore the most important diplomatic partnership of the 1950's. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KBB; 3JJPG; BGH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 407.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333642276
- ISBN
- 9780333642276
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.26
€ 64.26
Paperback. Evelyn Waugh was an autobiographical novelist whose literary life and personal life were closely linked. This study argues that the complex ideas Waugh held about himself as a writer are essential for an understanding of his work. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333611388
- ISBN
- 9780333611388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.72
€ 121.72
Hardcover. Series: Studies in Russian and East European History and Society. Num Pages: 396 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333585887
- ISBN
- 9780333585887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.25
€ 188.25
Hardback. Presents a portrait of King Juan Carlos. This text covers the period from his childhood, his years as Franco's chosen successor as the Head of State of an authoritarian regime, to his achievements in promoting and defending the new democracy after Franco's death in 1975. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGH; BGR; HBJD; HBLW; HBTG; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333547267
- ISBN
- 9780333547267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.84
€ 122.84
Hardcover. The women in the family which ruled 13th-century Castile used various means, strategies and patronages to secure their personal power as well as to promote their lineage. This study focuses on Berenguela of Castile, Queen of Leon through marriage and of Castile by right of inheritance. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; BGH; HBJD; HBLC; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312234737
- ISBN
- 9780312234737
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.91
€ 111.91
Hardback. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; BG; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312225605
- ISBN
- 9780312225605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Bevan, Bryan. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312116972
- ISBN
- 9780312116972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.61
€ 121.61
Hardback. This book tells the story of the woman whose marriage to King Henry VII ended the Wars of the Roses and inaugurated the 118-year Tudor dynasty. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230618275
- ISBN
- 9780230618275
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.55
€ 64.55
Hardback. The first biography of Ernst Julius Rohm; German military officer, commander of the Nazi Stormtroopers, and homosexual. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230604025
- ISBN
- 9780230604025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.55
€ 64.55
Paperback. Sarah Gamble's compelling study, now available in paperback, disentangles the cult of Angela Carter as 'the fairy godmother of magical realism' from her own claims to be a materialist and a 'demythologiser' by placing her within the social, political and theoretical context in which she wrote. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DNF; DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580985
- ISBN
- 9780230580985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.74
€ 63.74
Hardback. At the heart of this 'Literary Life' are fresh interpretations of Keats's most loved poems, alongside other neglected but rich poems. The readings are placed in the context of his letters to family and friends, his medical training, radical politics of the time, his love for Fanny Brawne, his coterie of literary figures and his tragic early death. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230572638
- ISBN
- 9780230572638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.43
€ 64.43
Hardcover. Sir Arthur Lewis was the first development economist, the first Afro-Caribbean to hold a professorial chair at a British university and the first black man to win the Nobel prize for economics. However, he believed his contributions to the well-being of the poor through social and political activism were as important as his economics. Series: Great Thinkers in Economics. Num Pages: 352 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGB; KCM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 26. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553583
- ISBN
- 9780230553583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.67
€ 144.67
Paperback. This volume on Blake follows the writer's life and combines biography and critical analysis. Covering Blake's early career, his major works and his work as a visual artist, this new study will be a must for all Blake scholars and enthusiasts. Recent discoveries concerning Blake's forebears and their religion make this new study additionally timely. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BG; CF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230546820
- ISBN
- 9780230546820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.63
€ 63.63
Hardback. This book is the first complete biography of Raphael Lemkin, the father of the United Nations Genocide Convention, based on his papers; and shows how his campaign for an international treaty succeeded. In addition, the book covers Lemkin's inauguration of the historical study of past genocides. Num Pages: 345 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTZ; JPVH; LBBZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 591.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 345
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230516915
- ISBN
- 9780230516915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.48
€ 123.48
Hardcover. Margaret, saint and 11th-century Queen of the Scots, remains an often-cited yet little-understood historical figure. Keene's analysis of sources in terms of both time and place - including her Life of Saint Margaret, translated for the first time - allows for an informed understanding of the forces that shaped this captivating woman. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340480
- ISBN
- 9780230340480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.88
€ 176.88
Hardcover. The British economist Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877-59) reconceptualized economics as a theory of economic welfare and a logic of policy analysis. Misconceptions of his work abound. This book, an essay in demystification and the first reading of the entire Pigouvian oeuvre, stresses his pragmatic and historicist premises. Series: Great Thinkers in Economics. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 3JH; 3JJ; BGB; KCA; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252714
- ISBN
- 9780230252714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.02
€ 123.02
Hardback. Patrick Pearse was not only leader of the 1916 Easter Rising but also one of the main ideologues of the IRA. Based on new material on his childhood and underground activities, this book places him in a European context and provides an intimate account of the development of his ideas on cultural regeneration, education, patriotism and militarism. Num Pages: 438 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 438
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230248717
- ISBN
- 9780230248717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.06
€ 124.06
paperback. This detailed reference guide, based on a vast amount of source data, traces every known detail of Hitler's career, with extensive quotation both from Hitler's own speeches and writings and from those of his contemporaries. This second edition features an enlarged and updated bibliography and introduction. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230202849
- ISBN
- 9780230202849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.82
€ 52.82
Hardcover. This latest volume in the definitive six-volume biography of Herbert Hoover tracks Hoover's life and career from 1918 to 1928 - a period defined largely by his role as United States Secretary of Commerce and leading directly to his election as the thirty-first President of the United States. Num Pages: 607 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JPHL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 165 x 45. Weight in Grams: 982.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103085
- ISBN
- 9780230103085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.41
€ 126.41
Paperback. Provides an account of life of the author's first tour of duty in Vietnam - the blood, fear, camaraderie, and tedium of combat and maneuver. First published in 1987, this book shows an eager young recruit growing before the reader's eyes into a proud but bloodied combat veteran. Series: Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; BGHA; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585446049
- ISBN
- 9781585446049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.74
€ 30.74
hardcover. Dramatic changes have taken place in the last decade with respect to the views of the American Jewish community toward Israel and Zionism. However, anti-Zionism in America has a long history. Jack Ross places liberal Jewish anti-Zionism (as opposed to that of Orthodox or revolutionary socialist Jews) in historical perspective. Num Pages: 258 pages, 24 b notes; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGX; HRAM; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Potomac Books (2011-06-01) United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597976978
- ISBN
- 9781597976978
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.46
€ 43.46
Hardback. Gun ownership has long been a hot-button topic in the United States, and the National Rifle Association has the reputation of being an organisation of primarily politically conservative members. Num Pages: 300 pages, 16 b notes; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; WSXS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597976909
- ISBN
- 9781597976909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.57
€ 29.99
€ 26.57
paperback. Charles George Gordon was the preeminent military hero of the late-Victorian British Empire. A lifetime officer in the Royal Engineers, he served in several theaters of war and imperial contest, most notably China and the Sudan. Series: Military Profiles. Num Pages: 140 pages, 11 b+w photos & maps. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Potomac Books United States
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781597971454
- ISBN
- 9781597971454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.43
€ 15.99
€ 14.43