Biography: historical, political & military
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Biography: historical, political & military
Hardback. Revealed is Goering's role in creating the Luftwaffe and the German prewar economy during 1935-37 that set the stage for the launching of WWII in 1939. Also revealed are his second marriage to a popular stage actress, occupation of the Rhineland, diplomatic missions to Poland and Italy, hunting career, and the top-secret Hossbach war conference. Series: The Personal Photograph Albums of Hermann Goering. Num Pages: 272 pages, 290 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 180 x 24. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media LLc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781625450197
- ISBN
- 9781625450197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.46
€ 33.99
€ 23.46
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 400 black and white. BIC Classification: 3JJF; AJC; BGH; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 171 x 17. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media LLc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781625450463
- ISBN
- 9781625450463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.46
€ 33.99
€ 23.46
Hardback. Series: The Personal Photograph Albums of Hermann Goering. Num Pages: 224 pages, 300 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; AJC; BGH; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media LLc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781625450333
- ISBN
- 9781625450333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.25
€ 33.99
€ 23.25
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white plates. BIC Classification: BGH; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616082949
- ISBN
- 9781616082949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.49
€ 17.99
€ 16.49
Hardcover. A definitive biography of the aviator Bert Hall of the Lafayette Escadrille, a French fighter squadron during World War 1. Hall was variously labelled as: rogue, card cheat, forger, human cannonball, criminal, bigamist, deserter, filmmaker, author, Chinese General, arms smuggler, Foreign Legionnaire, salesman, aerial racer amd aviation pioneer. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; BGH; HBJK; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781551301
- ISBN
- 9781781551301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.57
€ 25.99
€ 18.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788776749927
- ISBN
- 9788776749927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.54
€ 33.99
€ 24.54
Paperback. Accessible introduction to the life and times of one of the towering figures of the American Civil Rights movement Series: Revolutionary Lives. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 131 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745335056
- ISBN
- 9780745335056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.49
€ 21.99
€ 16.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FP; 3JJH; BGH; HBJF; HBWQ; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062375216
- ISBN
- 9780062375216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.46
€ 16.99
€ 15.46
Hardcover. Series: The C.D. Howe Series in Canadian Political History. Num Pages: 1024 pages, 60 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 907.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 1024
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774890007
- ISBN
- 9780774890007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.95
€ 47.95
Hardcover. As Democratic ward committeeman for more than twenty years (a position that controlled many patronage jobs), Bill Clay, Sr. was also a congressman putting him at the epicenter of most local political storms. Clay recounts his forty-one-year odyssey through a career filled with controversy, conflict, and confrontation. Num Pages: 320 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Missouri History Museum Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781883982522
- ISBN
- 9781883982522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.60
€ 30.99
€ 24.60
Paperback. Bill Bellamy was a young officer in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars from 1943 to 1955. He witnessed many of his contemporaries killed in action. This work offers an account of one man's experience of the battle for Europe in 1944 and 1945. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750945349
- ISBN
- 9780750945349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.29
€ 19.99
€ 18.29
Paperback. Outlines both Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's major philosophical insights and the limitations of his thought. This very short introduction looks at Gandhi's cosmocentric anthropology, his spiritual view of politics, his unique form of liberal communitarianism, and his theories of oppression, non-violent action, and active citizenship. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 113 x 9. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192854575
- ISBN
- 9780192854575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.77
€ 11.99
€ 10.77
Paperback. It took Henry VIII 28 years, three wives, and a break with Rome before he secured a legitimate male heir. Yet he already had the illegitimate Henry Fitzroy. Fitzroy was born in 1519 after the King's affair with Elizabeth Blount. He was the only illegitimate offspring ever acknowledged by Henry VIII. So just how close did he come to being Henry IX? Num Pages: 312 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750937092
- ISBN
- 9780750937092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.35
€ 17.99
€ 16.35
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752488134
- ISBN
- 9780752488134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.31
€ 21.99
€ 20.31
Paperback. The first woman to be appointed Speaker of the House of Commons, Betty Boothroyd was once a celebrated "Tiller Girl". In her autobiography, she tells of her life, the times campaigning for the Labour Party, the times she lost two by-elections, and her elation at finally becoming an MP. Num Pages: 544 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BGHA; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 116 x 35. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099427049
- ISBN
- 9780099427049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. Smuggled out of Europe after the collapse of Germany, Eichmann managed to live a peaceful and active exile in Argentina for years before his capture by the Mossad. Though once widely known by nicknames such as 'Manager of the Holocaust', he was able to portray himself, from the defendant's box in Jerusalem in 1960. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784700010
- ISBN
- 9781784700010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
Paperback. For seventy years Socrates was a vigorous citizen of Golden Age Athens, philosophising in the squares and public arenas rather than in the courts of kings, before his beloved city turned on him, condemning him to death by poison. Socrates lived in and contributed to a city that nurtured key ingredients of contemporary civilisation. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: BGH; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554059
- ISBN
- 9780099554059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.42
€ 21.99
€ 16.42
hardcover. Charles Stewart's life of sailing and combat on the high seas rivals that of Patrick O'Brien's fictional hero, Jack Aubrey. Stewart held more sea commands (11) than any other U.S. Navy captain and served longer (63 years) than any officer in American naval history. Num Pages: 320 pages, 27 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574885187
- ISBN
- 9781574885187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.86
€ 41.99
€ 41.86
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571228768
- ISBN
- 9780571228768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.39
€ 19.99
€ 14.39
paperback. In this biography of Henry VI, Bertram Wolffe challenges the traditional view of Henry VI as an unworldly, innocent and saintly monarch and offers instead a critical portrait of an ineffectual ruler. Drawing on contemporary evidence, he discusses the failures of Henry's long reign. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 432 pages, 48 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300089264
- ISBN
- 9780300089264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.21
€ 29.99
€ 24.21