Biography: historical, political & military
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Biography: historical, political & military
Hardback. The leader of Burma's democracy movement, Aung San Suu Kyi, has joined Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, and the Dalai Lama in the global pantheon of those whose lives are dedicated to freedom. Throughout the world, she is associated with a peaceful struggle for democracy and human rights. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 b bibliography. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJP; BGH; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612341590
- ISBN
- 9781612341590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.02
€ 30.99
€ 28.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700615841
- ISBN
- 9780700615841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.38
€ 45.38
Hardback. This reader contains nearly 800 excerpts of Thomas Jefferson's writing. From the glory of crafting the Declaration of Independence, through his moral struggle with slavery and the agony of losing his young wife and daughter, Jerry Holmes chronicles Jefferson's life through his own words. Editor(s): Holmes, Jerry. Num Pages: 360 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 605.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742521162
- ISBN
- 9780742521162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.33
€ 98.33
Paperback. This work begins with a boy named Geraldo growing up Sicilian in Rochester, New York, and ends with the author breakfasting with Eleanor Roosevelt in the White House. It is a portrait of what it was like to come of age in the 1930s and 1940s. Num Pages: 388 pages, 41 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; DNF; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607168
- ISBN
- 9780815607168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.97
€ 13.97
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755316816
- ISBN
- 9780755316816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
paperback. The sixty-year reign of George III (1760-1820) witnessed and participated in some of the most critical events of modern world history. This biography deals comprehensively with the politics, the wars, and the domestic issues, and harnesses the richest range of unpublished sources in Britain, Germany, and the United States. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300136210
- ISBN
- 9780300136210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.47
€ 29.99
€ 22.47
Hardback. This narrative provides an account of Warren Hastings, the first British governor-general of India. The book looks at his rise from clerk in the East India Company to its highest office in India, his expeditions and achievements, and also at his charge of "high crimes and misdemeanors". Num Pages: 335 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; BGH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566632812
- ISBN
- 9781566632812
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.81
€ 40.81
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 4th Printing
- Number of pages
- 760
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155678
- ISBN
- 9780691155678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.76
€ 46.99
€ 33.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 760 pages, 39 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1110.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163499
- ISBN
- 9780691163499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.64
€ 33.99
€ 24.64
Paperback. A study of one of the most influential and controversial political figures of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 368 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032521
- ISBN
- 9780674032521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.81
€ 45.99
€ 37.81
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, over 160 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 227 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1406. A New Biography of Himmler's SS Commander. 240 pages, 160 b&w photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ. Dimension: 291 x 227 x 29. Weight: 1416.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764326592
- ISBN
- 9780764326592
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.29€ 46.20
€ 65.29
€ 46.20
Paperback. Winner of the PEN Hessel-Tiltman prize for history, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography, The Lunar Men captures the creation of the modern world with lucid intelligence, sympathy and wisdom. Num Pages: 608 pages, 16pp colour and 60 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571216109
- ISBN
- 9780571216109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 15.92
€ 23.99
€ 15.92
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 100 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 240 x 25. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750961844
- ISBN
- 9780750961844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.46
€ 26.99
€ 23.46
Hardcover. This intriguing odyssey, set on the edges of time, encompasses biography, memoir, detective story, travelogue and history to tell a remarkable tale of East-West connections and a mysterious love. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 173 x 30. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Publisher
- Medina Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909339538
- ISBN
- 9781909339538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.78
€ 25.99
€ 22.78
paperback. Now in paperback, this 'wonderful book' (Jane Stevenson, Daily Telegraph) describes the remarkable lives and times of the John Tradescants, father and son, immortalized in Philippa Gregory's bestselling novels Earthly Joys and Virgin Earth. Num Pages: 496 pages, Integrated black & white images throughout. 2 x 8pp black & white plates and 4pp colour p. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; BGH; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781843543350
- ISBN
- 9781843543350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.27
€ 12.99
€ 10.27
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
€ 55.70
€ 55.70
paperback. A biography of Edward VI, drawing a portrait of the boy king as a highly precocious, well educated, intellectually confident and decisive youth, with clear views on the future of the English church. Jennifer Loach also supplies the dramatic context in which Edward's short reign was played out. Editor(s): Bernard, Professor George W.; Williams, Penry. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300094091
- ISBN
- 9780300094091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.10
€ 24.99
€ 17.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1MBN; BGH; JPHL; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 169 x 25. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Publisher
- Otago University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877578731
- ISBN
- 9781877578731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.61
€ 24.99
€ 18.61
hardcover. Jeffrey Record has specialised in investigating the causes of war. In "The Specter of Munich: Reconsidering the Lessons of Appeasing Hitler" (Potomac Books, Inc., 2006), he contended that Hitler could not have been deterred from going to war by any action the Allies could plausibly have taken. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597975346
- ISBN
- 9781597975346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.38
€ 38.38
Hardcover. A critical examination of the turbulent early political career and the controversial military service of Stephen Augustus Hurlbut, an Illinois Whig, Republican politician, and Northern political general who rose to distinction as a member of the Union high command during the Civil War. Num Pages: 416 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873387668
- ISBN
- 9780873387668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.23
€ 55.23
Paperback. Alanson B Houghton was an American industrialist, politician, and diplomat. He was the world's most influential diplomat during the New Era of the 1920s. This text provides an account of Houghton's diplomatic experience and consequently a fresh assessment of US foreign policy during a pivotal decade in world history. Series: Biographies in American Foreign Policy. Num Pages: 288 pages, photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 176 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842050517
- ISBN
- 9780842050517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.18
€ 77.18
hardcover. Alanson B Houghton was an American industrialist, politician, and diplomat. He was the world's most influential diplomat during the New Era of the 1920s. This text provides an account of Houghton's diplomatic experience and consequently a fresh assessment of US foreign policy during a pivotal decade in world history. Series: Biographies in American Foreign Policy. Num Pages: 288 pages, photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 176 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780842050500
- ISBN
- 9780842050500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.77
€ 166.77
Paperback. Series: The Prison Diaries. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JKVP1; JKVQ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509820795
- ISBN
- 9781509820795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.82
€ 14.99
€ 11.82
Paperback. Series: The Prison Diaries. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; BTC; FA; JKVP; JKVP1; JKVQ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509808878
- ISBN
- 9781509808878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.82
€ 14.99
€ 11.82