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Biography
Hardback. In 1970s Las Vegas-a heyday of Mafia misdeed in Sin City-a fearless young man launched a crusade to eradicate organized crime in the casinos. In the process, he revolutionized gaming lawenforcement, came within a hair's breadth of death, and wasbetrayed by a system that was dirty to its core. Hit Me! is his story. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; BTC; JKV; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 34.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762780723
- ISBN
- 9780762780723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.97
€ 27.99
€ 22.97
Paperback. A practitioner of sacred drumming for almost his entire life, Felipe practiced his trade in Cuba both before and after the Revolution and brought it with him to New York. This book focuses on three periods of Felipe's life, each marked by changes in his personal life and by important historical events. Series: Studies in Latin American and Caribbean Music Series. Num Pages: 210 pages, 1 figure, 27 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJ; AVGD; AVGE; AVH; BGF; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566397315
- ISBN
- 9781566397315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.17
€ 35.99
€ 32.17
Paperback. A true account of Felicity's search for justice following the murder of her husband, Victor Prazak, in Libya. Victor died on the 22nd of December 1992 when the passenger plane he was travelling on was brought down by a Libyan military MiG. Num Pages: 274 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBL; BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780994451
- ISBN
- 9781780994451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.96
€ 19.99
€ 18.96
Paperback. Wally Yonamine was both the first Japanese American to play for an NFL franchise and the first American to play professional baseball in Japan after World War II. This is the unlikely story of how a shy young man from the sugar plantations of Maui overcame prejudice to integrate two professional sports in two countries. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 photographs, 1 appendix. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BGS; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803245174
- ISBN
- 9780803245174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.56
€ 26.99
€ 24.56
Paperback. Kitasono Katue was a leading avant-garde literary figure, first in Japan and then throughout the world, from the 1920s to the 1970s. This biography of Kitasono examines the life, poetry, and poetics of this controversial and flamboyant figure, including his wartime support of the Japanese state. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 412 pages, 33 halftones, 8 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060746
- ISBN
- 9780674060746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.10
€ 27.99
€ 24.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 229 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APF; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 203 x 13. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Silman-James Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781879505292
- ISBN
- 9781879505292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.32
€ 27.99
€ 19.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873515665
- ISBN
- 9780873515665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.61
€ 27.61
Paperback. One of the major intellectual figures of the 20th century, Paul Ricoeur has influenced a generation of thinkers. This philosophically informed biography provides an accessible look at both the philosophy of this thinker and the pivotal experiences that influenced his development. Num Pages: 162 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: BG; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226706030
- ISBN
- 9780226706030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.34
€ 46.99
€ 36.34
hardcover. Series: American Ways Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566631846
- ISBN
- 9781566631846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.92
€ 33.92
Hardback. Volume Three of Kipling's letters covers the decade 1900-10, the years in which he published "Kim" and the "Just So Stories". The narrative of his life includes the years in South Africa, his move to Bateman's in Sussex and him being awarded the Nobel Prize. Num Pages: 494 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJC; BGA; BJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 787.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 494
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333637333
- ISBN
- 9780333637333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.03
€ 125.03
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Main Market
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509801572
- ISBN
- 9781509801572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.99€ 23.85
€ 28.99
€ 23.85
hardcover. As the first chief of the Special Intelligence Unit at the Treasury Department, Elmer L. Irey accomplished what J. Edgar Hoover wouldn't and Eliot Ness couldn't. From the 1920s through the 1940s, he headed the investigations that led to the prosecution of the ruthless, murderous bosses who ruled American cities without fear of the law. Num Pages: 372 pages, 11 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 35. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Potomac Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597974882
- ISBN
- 9781597974882
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.65
€ 37.65
Hardcover. Num Pages: 260 pages, Photographs. BIC Classification: BM; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907869785
- ISBN
- 9781907869785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.17
€ 19.99
€ 18.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 204 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Turtle Point Press / Helen Marx Books
- Edition
- PAPERBACK EDITION
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781885983329
- ISBN
- 9781885983329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.04
€ 14.04
Paperback. A biographical study of a man whose political legacy has been fought over by his heirs and followers. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Non Basic Stock Line
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853311376
- ISBN
- 9781853311376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.04
€ 40.99
€ 34.04
Paperback. This autobiography from Robert McElborough provides a record of Protestant working-class life and a trenchant commentary on the mistreatment of workers by their masters. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 8. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859182789
- ISBN
- 9781859182789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99
€ 15.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Hachette Australia
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780733633447
- ISBN
- 9780733633447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.42
€ 20.99
€ 15.42
Hardcover. A collection of songs, rhymes and stories from the childhood of the 'Mother of Folk', Jean Ritchie Num Pages: 80 pages, Nearly 100 colour and black and white photos and original illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: AVGH; AVH; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 213. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781495007880
- ISBN
- 9781495007880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.78
€ 35.78
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- None ed.
- SKU
- V9780813540726
- ISBN
- 9780813540726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 44.13
€ 49.99
€ 44.13
Paperback. An account of a scandal and cover up which threatened to unseat the British Government during the First World War. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244. "Originally published: 2003. Includes bibliographical references. Commissioning organisation: Tim Coates. 288 p. 20 cm. Paperback. Fine clean copy, as new." Keywords: Subjects - Biography - General
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0161016
- ISBN
- 9780747568728
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BG; PBKJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1170.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387960302
- ISBN
- 9780387960302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45
Hardback. Series: Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies. Num Pages: 390 pages, 10+ bw photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPG; BGH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 43. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857283498
- ISBN
- 9780857283498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.35
€ 137.35
paperback. Recovers one woman's compelling history through a modern-day family's adventures into realms of ultimately timeless experiences Series: American Lives. Num Pages: 328 pages, 14 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803236387
- ISBN
- 9780803236387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.47
€ 21.47
Paperback. It was through bitter experience growing up on the harsh and unforgiving steppes of Mongolia that Genghis Khan learned to trust few people and to be vigilant of the personalities and events around him. Series: Military Profiles. Num Pages: 108 pages, 8 b&w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 3H; BGH; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 108
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574887464
- ISBN
- 9781574887464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.82
€ 18.99
€ 16.82