Biography: general
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Biography: general
Hardback. Situating Tocqueville in the context of the crisis of authority in post revolutionary France, this title shows that Tocqueville was an ambivalent promoter of democracy, a man who tried to reconcile himself to the coming wave, but who was also nostalgic for the aristocratic world in which he was rooted. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGA; HBJD; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 232 x 34. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Translation
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152042
- ISBN
- 9780691152042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.24
€ 62.24
Paperback. Alexis de Tocqueville may be the most influential political thinker in American history. He also led an unusually active and ambitious career in French politics. This book presents interpretations of Tocqueville's major works and of his place in intellectual history. Num Pages: 664 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 37. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 664
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691114545
- ISBN
- 9780691114545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.87
€ 87.87
Paperback. A biography of the great 18th-century novelist, Tobias Smollett, by the author of "Cyril Connolly: A Life". It is filled with curious details from the worlds of publishing, medicine, politics and literary life. Num Pages: 316 pages, 8 pp b/w plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 245.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780712667784
- ISBN
- 9780712667784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 6.23
€ 13.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. The story of one of the world's greatest soldiers - and the men who fought with him. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848541047
- ISBN
- 9781848541047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.66
€ 19.99
€ 14.66
Paperback. The true story of a couple who, in their late fifties, traded modern conveniences for life in a tent and trailer without electricity or indoor plumbing. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oregon State University Press
- Edition
- Presumed First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870715815
- ISBN
- 9780870715815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.04
€ 18.99
€ 18.04
Hardback. Num Pages: 211 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1; RGR; RNK; WNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611493405
- ISBN
- 9781611493405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.79
€ 116.79
Paperback. For the first time in paperback, and fully updated-the definitive history of the most popular rock-and-roll band of all time, the Eagles. Num Pages: 418 pages, 34 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 592. The Untold Story of the Eagles. 420 pages, 34 b&w photos. For the first time in paperback, and fully updated-the definitive history of the most popular rock-and-roll band of all time, the Eagles. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP; BGF. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 29. Weight: 586.
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306813986
- ISBN
- 9780306813986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.75
€ 21.99
€ 19.75
Hardcover. Helicopter pilots in Vietnam kidded one another about being nothing but glorified bus drivers. But these "rotor heads" saved thousands of American lives while performing what the Army classified as the most dangerous job it had to offer. One in eighteen did not return home. Tom A. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18 b+w photographs. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 37. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597970013
- ISBN
- 9781597970013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.27
€ 44.27
Paperback. Describes life as captain of Austro-Hungarian U-boats in the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas, emerging by turn as the Imperial Austrian naval officer, the witty observer of international politics, and indefatigable and heartbroken patriot opposing the Allied enemy. This title offers a combination of human interest, and life-and-death adventure. Translator(s): Campbell, Elizabeth M. Num Pages: 224 pages, 33 photographs, map, figure. BIC Classification: BG; HBG; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803213500
- ISBN
- 9780803213500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.36
€ 21.99
€ 20.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGF. Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group GB
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408705124
- ISBN
- 9781408705124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.71
€ 19.99
€ 14.71
Paperback. To the Arctic by Canoe records the experiences of a remarkable young adventurer during the first overland Arctic expedition led by Sir John Franklin. This expedition was the first to travel the northern coast of North America's Arctic; in two birch-bark canoes the party surveyed no less than 675 miles of Arctic coastline. Num Pages: 280 pages, 24 colour illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 1MTN; 3JH; BG; BJ; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773512221
- ISBN
- 9780773512221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.60
€ 39.60
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 474 pages, 46 halftones 12 line illus. 23 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGT; MBG; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 474
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691635644
- ISBN
- 9780691635644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 283.32
€ 283.32
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 474 pages, 46 halftones 12 line illus. 23 tables. BIC Classification: BGT; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 474
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691606965
- ISBN
- 9780691606965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 135.09
€ 135.09
Paperback. An intimate exploration of the complexity of a bicultural immigrant experience, this text traces three generations of an Iranian (and Iranian-American) family undergoing a century of change - from the author's grandfather to her father, to Bahrampour herself. Num Pages: 357 pages, 4 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; 3JJ; BGA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 171 x 27. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520223547
- ISBN
- 9780520223547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.70
€ 41.70
Hardback. If ever a voice has captured the colors, the rhythms, the rich, bittersweet emotions of a time gone by, it is Alice Taylor's. This classic account of growing up in the Irish countryside became the biggest selling book ever published in Ireland. Num Pages: 240 pages, 65 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 145 x 29. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- O´Brien Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 25th Anniversary ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847175878
- ISBN
- 9781847175878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.21
€ 14.99
€ 13.21
Paperback. With humble beginnings as an RAF apprentice, Johnny Wells progressed to pilot and rose to the higher echelons of command at the Air Ministry. This title provides a testimony of what was required of air pilots during the Second World War. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752463537
- ISBN
- 9780752463537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.23
€ 17.99
€ 16.23
Paperback. Editor(s): Fleming, Lee. Num Pages: 244 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JFSK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781875559480
- ISBN
- 9781875559480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.62
€ 19.99
€ 14.62
paperback. Son of an American journalist and a Russian writer, Victor Fischer grew up in the shadow of Hitler and Stalin. After Eleanor Roosevelt personally engineered his family's escape from Russia, Fischer went on to fight for the Allied forces in World War II, and serve as a delegate to the Alaska Constitutional Convention. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 425 pages, 31 colour plates, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVU; BGH; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 26. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Alaska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 425
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781602231405
- ISBN
- 9781602231405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.90
€ 22.90
Hardback. "Rachel Van Dyke's journal helps us to see just how porous were the boundaries of literary culture, aesthetics, sociability, and self-fashioning. . . . Above all, it reminds us of the willful and determined self-creation demanded of any young woman, however privileged, who harbored intellectual ambitions in the early republic."-- Editor(s): McMahon, Lucia; Schriver, Deborah. Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812235494
- ISBN
- 9780812235494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.70
€ 98.70
Paperback. With the growth of English cities during the Industrial Revolution came a booming population too vast for churchyards. Beckett Street Cemetery in Leeds was to become the first municipal cemetery in the country. This study relates how the cemetery was started and run, and describes the developing feuds between denominations. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750950602
- ISBN
- 9780750950602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.27
€ 24.99
€ 21.27