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Biography
Hardcover. America's rise from revolutionary colonies to a world power is often treated as inevitable. But Charles N. Edel's provocative biography of John Q. Adams argues that he served as the central architect of a grand strategy whose ideas and policies made him a critical link between the founding generation and the Civil War-era nation of Lincoln. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHC; JPHL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674368088
- ISBN
- 9780674368088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.05
€ 46.99
€ 39.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 728 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 40. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Random House Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 728
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307356451
- ISBN
- 9780307356451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.81
€ 24.99
€ 23.81
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- TROPZAM
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956059833
- ISBN
- 9780956059833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 21.54
€ 22.99
€ 21.54
Hardcover. A singular account of life in Viet Nam during half a century of war Num Pages: 616 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJP; BM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 42. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253356871
- ISBN
- 9780253356871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.59
€ 63.59
Scholars, students, and general readers interested in indigenous and military history in the early American republic will appreciate these important memoirs, along with Benn's helpful introductions and annotations. Series: Johns Hopkins Books on the War of 1812. Num Pages: 208 pages, 22, 17 black & white illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BM; HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 471 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421412184
- ISBN
- 9781421412184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.29
€ 71.29
Paperback. Scholars, students, and general readers interested in indigenous and military history in the early American republic will appreciate these important memoirs, along with Benn's helpful introductions and annotations. Series: Johns Hopkins Books on the War of 1812. Num Pages: 208 pages, 22, 17 black & white illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BM; HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 227 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421412191
- ISBN
- 9781421412191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.14
€ 37.99
€ 32.14
Paperback. After The Second World War, the author was exiled for many years from his home country of Poland. In this book, he evokes that homeland and his years away from it; how it nurtured him and how its divisions and destruction shaped a generation. Translator(s): Leach, Catherine S. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 1DVUF; BGLA; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141392288
- ISBN
- 9780141392288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.57
€ 14.99
€ 11.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; JFCA; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Paperback edition 2006
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226738697
- ISBN
- 9780226738697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.12
€ 33.99
€ 27.12
Paperback. Richard Mabey, Britain's foremost nature writer, fell into a severe depression. The natural world - which since childhood had been a source of joy and inspiration for him - became meaningless. Then, cared for by friends, he moved to East Anglia and he started to write again. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BG; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099531821
- ISBN
- 9780099531821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.83
€ 13.99
€ 10.83
Paperback. Tells the story of the farmer's son from Tyneside who revolutionised wood-engraving and influenced book illustration for a century to come. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; AFH; AGB; AGN; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 148 x 28. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571223756
- ISBN
- 9780571223756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.77
€ 12.77
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, 35 color & 128 b/w images. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 167 x 27. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764344459
- ISBN
- 9780764344459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.87
€ 30.99
€ 20.87
Paperback. Almost every woman worries about her weight. For the author, it became unavoidable - by the age of seventeen she weighed over twenty stone and had tried everything, from dieting to fat camp to wearing big t-shirts. This is a memoir of one woman's quest to accept her own body image - to feel normal. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustration (black and white). BIC Classification: BG; VFMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 348. Almost every woman worries about her weight. For the author, it became unavoidable - by the age of seventeen she weighed over twenty stone and had tried everything, from dieting to fat camp to wearing big t-shirts. This is a memoir of one woman's quest to accept her own body image - to feel normal. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustration (black and white). BIC Classification: BG; VFMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 348. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- SKU
- KHN0001661
- ISBN
- 9780571284443
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. In September 2008 Navi Pillay was appointed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Num Pages: 200 pages, ill. BIC Classification: BGH; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 113 x 17. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Arcadia Books
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906413453
- ISBN
- 9781906413453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.43
€ 9.99
€ 8.43
Paperback. Tells the true story of how Mike Ritland grew from a skinny, bullied child, to a member of our nation's most elite SEAL Teams, to the trainer of the world's most highly skilled K9 warriors. Num Pages: 208 pages, plus one 16-page black & white photograph insert. BIC Classification: BTM; JWH. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 141 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- St Martin´s Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250049698
- ISBN
- 9781250049698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.62
€ 13.99
€ 12.62
Paperback. "Nazi Gold" is the real-life story of the theft of a fabulous treasure - the German national gold and foreign currency reserves worth some #2,500,000,000 at the time of the original investigation - which disappeared in transit following the collapse of the Nazi regime in 1945. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BTC; BTM; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Mainstream Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840187854
- ISBN
- 9781840187854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.37
€ 15.99
€ 12.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 316 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGH; HBW; HBWQ; JPFQ. Dimension: 132 x 210 x 35. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789461538239
- ISBN
- 9789461538239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.69
€ 26.99
€ 19.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; PSAJ; PSAK; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 26. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465054954
- ISBN
- 9780465054954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.66
€ 19.99
€ 14.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 202 photos. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Publisher
- Jeske, Otger, u. Matthias Mader. I.P. Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783940822048
- ISBN
- 9783940822048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.48
€ 26.99
€ 20.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 50 b/w photos & 4 maps. BIC Classification: BG; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894974271
- ISBN
- 9781894974271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.75
€ 24.99
€ 17.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; BG; DNJ; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Seren
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Softback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854114761
- ISBN
- 9781854114761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.61
€ 26.61
Hardback. This demonstrates how the Doukhobors employed both "classic" and alternative forms of autobiography to communicate their views about communal living, vegetarianism, activism, and spiritual life, as well as to pass on traditions to successive generations. Num Pages: 184 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBC; BGA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774810302
- ISBN
- 9780774810302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.98
€ 118.98
Paperback. Memoir chronicling the activities of the Human Rights Commission of the World Congress of Free Ukrainians during the 1970s and 1980s. Num Pages: 427 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 33. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894865333
- ISBN
- 9781894865333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.74
€ 45.99
€ 32.74
Paperback. At one time during the first half of the twentieth century, Marcus Garvey was the most famous black man on the planet. This title chronicles Garvey's life, the failed business ventures, his misguided negotiations with the Ku Klux Klan, the two wives and the premature obituaries that contributed to his lonely, tragic death. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099501459
- ISBN
- 9780099501459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.60
€ 14.99
€ 11.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783783397
- ISBN
- 9781783783397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.69
€ 11.99
€ 9.69