Biography: historical, political & military
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Biography: historical, political & military
Paperback. A letter collection of Ruricius, bishop of Limoges c 485-510 that describes the last quarter of the fifth century, when it had seemed that the Visigothic kingdom of Toulouse, not the kingdom of the Franks, would become the primary barbarian power of Gaul. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 272 pages, facsimiles, table, map. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; BGH; HBJD; HBLA; HRCC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853237037
- ISBN
- 9780853237037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.76
€ 35.99
€ 32.76
Hardback. Translator(s): Rossabi, Mary. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPM; BGH; HBJF; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442207509
- ISBN
- 9781442207509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.43
€ 142.43
Hardcover. B.A. Santamaria was a political activist and traditionalist Catholic layman, an important figure in one of the key political events in Australia history, the disastrous 1954 split in the ALP. Santamaria produced many working documents for his employees, supporters and members, published here in the public realm for the first time. Editor(s): Morgan, Patrick. Num Pages: 604 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; BGH; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1125.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522854978
- ISBN
- 9780522854978
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.76
€ 54.76
Hardcover. The letters of Jane Lady Cornwallis Bacon detail the expansive life of a privileged woman and her family throughout the turbulent years of the early to mid-17th century. Complemented by extensive notes and 16 illustrations, this title is a useful contribution to our knowledge of Jacobean and Stuart family life. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838639856
- ISBN
- 9780838639856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.51
€ 149.51
Paperback. Comrade Jack sketches the life of the late Jack Simons, an intellectual, distinguished academic, Marxist and archetypal revolutionary. The title is a social commentary that details the ideologies of this hero of the liberation struggle in South Africa. Editor(s): Sparg, Marion; Schreiner, Jenny. Num Pages: 257 pages, 31 photographs, bibliography, glossary. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGH; HB; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Real African Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781919855028
- ISBN
- 9781919855028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.10
€ 20.99
€ 19.10
Hardback. When newly elected Virginia governor Linwood Holton escorted his children into an integrated Richmond public school in 1970, he delivered the coup-de-grace to the Byrd machine. This memoir offers a behind-the-scenes account of his private and public life at a critical juncture in the political history of Virginia and the nation. Num Pages: 256 pages, 21 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; BGHA; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927206
- ISBN
- 9780813927206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.49
€ 31.99
€ 27.49
Paperback. This personal account of the American Civil War by General Edward Porter Alexander, provides an assessment of people and events. Alexander was involved in nearly all of the great battles of the East and had frequent contact with the high command of the Army of Northern Virginia. Num Pages: 692 pages, 75 illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 41. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- Fourth Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807847220
- ISBN
- 9780807847220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.73
€ 37.99
€ 31.73
Paperback. Moving testaments to the struggle for freedom. Editor(s): Andrews, William L. Series: John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 halftones, 1 map, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 3JH; BGH; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807856581
- ISBN
- 9780807856581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.44
€ 45.44
Paperback. Complete Works of Captain John Smith, 1580-1631, Volume I: Volume I Editor(s): Barbour, Philip L. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807896136
- ISBN
- 9780807896136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.69
€ 73.69
Paperback. Complete Works of Captain John Smith, 1580-1631, Volume II: Volume II Editor(s): Barbour, Philip L. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807899106
- ISBN
- 9780807899106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.44
€ 73.44
Paperback. Complete Works of Captain John Smith, 1580-1631, Volume III: Volume III Editor(s): Barbour, Philip L. Num Pages: 279 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807899113
- ISBN
- 9780807899113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Paperback. Brings together contributors to examine the responses of various segments of American and European society to the Harpers Ferry Raid and John Brown's execution. The incidents were widely publicised, and their meanings were hotly debated. The debates contributed to Northern antipathy to slavery. Editor(s): Finkelman, Paul. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JPVK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813915371
- ISBN
- 9780813915371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.16
€ 45.16
Paperback. Radicalized in a brutal era of repeated violence against hard-working men and women, Mother Jones criss-crossed the country to demand higher wages and safer working conditions. This work recounts her story explaining the dramatic times through which she lived and to which she contributed so much. Series: Women's Biography Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826348104
- ISBN
- 9780826348104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.97
€ 23.99
€ 20.97
The Sanctity of Louis IX. Early Lives of Saint Louis by Geoffrey of Be...
, Geoffrey, Of Beaulieu; , William, Of Chartr...
Editor(s): Gaposchkin, M. Cecilia; Field, Sean L. Translator(s): Field, Larry F. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; BGH; BGX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801451379
- ISBN
- 9780801451379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 158.00
€ 158.00
"Brother Woodrow": A Memoir of Woodrow Wilson by Stockton Axson
. Ed(S): Axson, Stockton; Link, Arthur S.
Hardback. Editor(s): Axson, Stockton; Link, Arthur S. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 312 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; JPHL; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691633794
- ISBN
- 9780691633794
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.08
€ 148.08
"Brother Woodrow": A Memoir of Woodrow Wilson by Stockton Axson
. Ed(S): Axson, Stockton; Link, Arthur S.
paperback. Editor(s): Axson, Stockton; Link, Arthur S. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 312 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691604763
- ISBN
- 9780691604763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.35
€ 62.35
Hardback. Leonid Brezhnev was leader of the Soviet Union for almost two decades when it was at the height of its powers. This book is a reappraisal of both Brezhnev, the man, and the system over which he ruled. Editor(s): Bacon, Edwin; Sandle, Mark. Series: Studies in Russian and East European History and Society. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 140 x 226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333794630
- ISBN
- 9780333794630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.64
€ 122.64
Paperback. Dame Eugenia Charles was the female prime minister in the Caribbean. This book features nine essays that capture critical elements of her life and times and her motivations as prime minister of Dominica. It reveals an admiration for her as a purpose-driven female leader, who never acted out of malice or vindictiveness. Editor(s): Barriteau, Eudine; Cobley, Alan. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KJWWD; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of the West Indies Press Jamaica
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789766401917
- ISBN
- 9789766401917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.56
€ 36.99
€ 34.56
Paperback. Editor(s): Bear, James Adam; Stanton, Lucia C. Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Num Pages: 836 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 836
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691628424
- ISBN
- 9780691628424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 156.78
€ 156.78
Hardback. While bookstore shelves around the world have never ceased to display best-selling life-and-lettersA" biographies in prominent positions, the genre became less popular among academic historians during the Cold War decades. Their main concern then was with political and socioeconomic structures, institutions, and organizations.. Editor(s): Berghahn, Volker R.; Lassig, Simone. Series: Studies in German History. BIC Classification: 1DF; BGH; HBAH; HBJD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455187
- ISBN
- 9781845455187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.75
€ 158.75
Hardback. Through the lives of a variety of Texans who put a human face on the state's history, this work presents the history of the 'Lone Star State'. Editor(s): Cashion, Ty; Teja, Jesus F. de la. Series: The Human Tradition in America. Num Pages: 239 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; BGH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842029056
- ISBN
- 9780842029056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.66
€ 164.66
Hardback. In Lyndon Johnson Remembered: An Intimate Portrait of a Presidency Thomas W. Cowger and Sherwin J. Markman bring together essays by Johnson administration insiders reflecting on his personality, domestic agenda, and legacy. Editor(s): Cowger, Thomas W.; Markman, Sherwin J. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742527980
- ISBN
- 9780742527980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
paperback. Editor(s): Currie, Ruth; Bryant, Emma Spaulding. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 518 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 518
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823222742
- ISBN
- 9780823222742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.36
€ 38.99
€ 35.36
hardcover. This is the first comprehensive collection of remarks attributed to Abraham Lincoln by his contemporaries. Much of what is known or believed about the man comes from such utterances, which have been an important part of Lincoln biography. Editor(s): Fehrenbacher, Don E.; Fehrenbacher, Virginia. Num Pages: 648 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1125.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804726368
- ISBN
- 9780804726368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.05
€ 114.05