Biography: historical, political & military
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Biography: historical, political & military
Paperback. An inspiring story of resilience and the power of optimism - the true story of Alice Herz-Sommer, the world's oldest Holocaust survivor. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444737622
- ISBN
- 9781444737622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.81
€ 14.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Isabella de' Medici was the hostess of a glittering circle in Renaissance Florence. Beautiful and liberated, she not only matched the intellectual accomplishments of her male contemporaries, but sought sexual parity also, engaging in an adulterous affair with her husband's cousin. This title illuminates this often misunderstood figure. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571230310
- ISBN
- 9780571230310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.08
€ 12.08
paperback. A biography of Lucie de la Tour du Pin. It includes details about her life in the Court of Versailles, through the French Revolution to Napoleon's rule. It reveals how she recorded people, politics and intrigue, alongside the intriguing minutia of everyday life: food, work, illness, children, manners and clothes. Num Pages: 512 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 134 x 38. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099490524
- ISBN
- 9780099490524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.74
€ 21.99
€ 17.74
Paperback. The enthralling story of a dynamic empire whose impact is felt to this day Num Pages: 720 pages, 2 x 8pp b&w illustrations and six maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3H; BGH; HBJF1; HBLC; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719561122
- ISBN
- 9780719561122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.53
€ 21.99
€ 16.53
How the son of an innkeeper with a flair for making money became the richest commoner in nineteenth-century England, and what he did with his extraordinary success Num Pages: 352 pages, 60 black-&-white + colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; BGB; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 35. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300112207
- ISBN
- 9780300112207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.38
€ 40.99
€ 29.38
Paperback. The gripping account of World War Two's legendary heroine, who risked her life to save her country and her lover. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1 x 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444724622
- ISBN
- 9781444724622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.31
€ 17.99
€ 14.31
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Ayebia Clarke Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956240163
- ISBN
- 9780956240163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.46
€ 21.99
€ 17.46
Paperback. Assesses the activism, writing, and legacy of Claudia Jones (1915-1964), a pioneering Afro-Caribbean radical intellectual active in the U.S. and U.K. Num Pages: 344 pages, 31 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGH; JFFK; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First edition, paperback issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341161
- ISBN
- 9780822341161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
paperback. Lucretia Mott was a central figure in the interconnected struggles for racial and sexual equality in nineteenth-century America. This biography, the first in thirty years, focuses on Mott's long and controversial public career as an abolitionist, women's rights activist, and Quaker minister. Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812222791
- ISBN
- 9780812222791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.81
€ 36.99
€ 33.81
Hardcover. Num Pages: 584 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1400. The Extraordinary Life of Maria Cosway, Celebrity Artist and Thomas Jefferson's Impossible Love. 584 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 39. Weight: 1400.
- Publisher
- Column House
- Number of pages
- 584
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782839901536
- ISBN
- 9782839901536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 30.86
€ 37.99
€ 30.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 pages of colour. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JH; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 201 x 22. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307476258
- ISBN
- 9780307476258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.73
€ 18.99
€ 16.73
Paperback. Editor(s): Carney, Thomas E. Num Pages: 95 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 8. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Number of pages
- 95
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628080827
- ISBN
- 9781628080827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 144.92€ 100.18
€ 144.92
€ 100.18
Paperback. Tells the story of one of history's despicable villains and conmen - Louis Darquier, Nazi collaborator and 'Commissioner for Jewish Affairs', who dissembled his way to power in the Vichy government and was responsible for sending thousands of children to the gas chambers. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 46. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099498285
- ISBN
- 9780099498285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.32
€ 24.99
€ 18.32
Paperback. This title presents an in-depth study of the lives and politics of two of the most interesting social radicals of their time. Quakers, Anna and Thomas Haslam campaigned for social reform in the late 19th century, and played a central role in the formation of an early Irish feminist agenda in the early 20th century. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 445. Biography..Anna and Thomas Haslam. Keywords: Quakerism. 265pp
- Publisher
- Cork University Press Cork
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859183946
- ISBN
- 9781859183946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.00€ 21.31
€ 25.00
€ 21.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; BGF; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Madison Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568330044
- ISBN
- 9781568330044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.95
€ 23.99
€ 21.95
Hardcover. George I. Sanchez was a reformer, activist and intellectual, and one of the most influential members of the "Mexican American Generation" (1930-1960). The author honours Sanchez's efforts, hitherto mostly unrecognized, in the struggle for equal opportunity, while not shying away from his subject's personal faults and foibles. Series: The Lamar Series in Western History. Num Pages: 400 pages, 22 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 33. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300190328
- ISBN
- 9780300190328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.90
€ 57.90
Hardback. Spotlights six of Mexico's most important opposition figures, introducing the reader to Jesus Gonzalez Schmal, of the conservative PAN; Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, the most successful opposition candidate in Mexico's history; Jorge Alcocer Villanueva of the Communist Party, and three others. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 356 pages, bioglossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; BGH; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842023955
- ISBN
- 9780842023955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.54
€ 167.54
Hardback. Editor(s): Hutchinson, D. S. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 line illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; BGH; HBJD; HBLA1; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 137 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691096537
- ISBN
- 9780691096537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 33.76
€ 45.99
€ 33.76
Num Pages: 278 pages, 70 illus & 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBP; BGHA; HBJF1; HBLW; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 173 x 30. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Georg Olms Verlag AG United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1938 Facsimile ed
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783487081588
- ISBN
- 9783487081588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.58€ 38.92
€ 52.58
€ 38.92
paperback. Bringing together a range of historians, anthropologists and political theorists, this volume celebrates and analyses the influence of Colin Ward and his uniquely approachable and creative form of anarchism. Editor(s): Levy, Carl. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; JPFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Lawrence and Wishart Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907103735
- ISBN
- 9781907103735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.85
€ 19.85