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Biography: historical, political & military

Paperback. Growing up, Johnson always suspected that his father was different. Only as a teenager did he discover the truth: his father was a spy, one of the CIA's most trusted officers. At first the secret was thrilling. But over time he began to have doubts. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393349436
ISBN
9780393349436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750967563
ISBN
9780750967563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. The story of Junius Irving Scales - the only American ever to be convicted solely for being a member of the Communist Party - following Scales from his privileged southern upbringing through the awakening of his social conscience, his civil- and labor-rights work, his arrest and trials, his disillusionment with the Party, and his time in prison. Num Pages: 480 pages, 13 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGH; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820327853
ISBN
9780820327853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.88

Paperback. This fascinating book studies Katherine Knollys' life and times, including her intriguing relationship with Elizabeth I. Num Pages: 132 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 149 x 8. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782795858
ISBN
9781782795858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 386 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 180 x 29. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc United States
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594633973
ISBN
9781594633973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.75

Paperback. A psychological portrait of the twenty-sixth president of the United States, a man whose personal obsession with masculinity profoundly influenced the fate of a nation. This book argues that Theodore Roosevelt struggled, like many of his contemporaries, with what it meant to be a man in the modern era. Num Pages: 299 pages, 57 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 185 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
299
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226876092
ISBN
9780226876092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, Around 120 colour photographs, plans and paintings. BIC Classification: BGH; HB; WMQL; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. .
Publisher
National Trust
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909881549
ISBN
9781909881549
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.17

Paperback. A narrative of the family odyssey across the America and of their early years in California. It presents the portrait of a remarkable woman. Num Pages: 144 pages, Map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 10. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803258563
ISBN
9780803258563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.64

Paperback. This book collects the only known group of letters from one of over an estimated 400 women who served in the Civil War under assumed male names and identities. Num Pages: 128 pages, halftones, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 121.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195102437
ISBN
9780195102437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.34

Hardcover. A rare first-person account of life in the twentieth-century South, "He Included Me" weaves together the story of a black family eight children reared in rural Alabama, their mother a schoolteacher, their father a minister and the emerging self-portrait of a woman determined, like her parents, to look ahead." Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTB; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820311418
ISBN
9780820311418
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGHA; HBJH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Stormberg Publishers,South Africa
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780620254069
ISBN
9780620254069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.28

Paperback. Samora Machel led FRELIMO, the Mozambican Liberation Front, to victory against Portuguese colonialism in 1974, and the following year became independent Mozambique's first President. This biography presents the many different faces of the man Nelson Mandela called 'a true African revolutionary'. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BGH; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTR; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849041942
ISBN
9781849041942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.56

Hardcover. Including suffragists, civil rights activists, and movers and shakers in politics and in the music industries of Nashville and Memphis, as well as many other notables, this collective portrait of Tennessee women offers fresh perspectives and insights into their dreams, their struggles, and their times. Editor(s): Freeman, Sarah L. Wilkerson; Bond, Beverly Greene. Num Pages: 456 pages, 17 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; BGH; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Volume 1 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820329482
ISBN
9780820329482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.46

Paperback. Compelling account of a legendary Palestinian resistance fighter. From refugee camp to international infamy. Series: Revolutionary Lives. Num Pages: 168 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJP; 3JM; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745329512
ISBN
9780745329512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. Niece to Mary, Queen of Scots, granddaughter to the great Tudor dynast Bess of Hardwick, Lady Arbella Stuart was brought up in the belief that she would inherit Elizabeth I's throne.Drawing on contemporary sources, Sarah Gristwood has painted a portrait of a woman in the turbulent years when the Tudor gave way to the Stuart dynasty. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations (some col.), facsims., geneal. tables, map, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553815214
ISBN
9780553815214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. The true story of the White Queen and more, this is a thrilling history of the extraordinary noblewomen who lived through the Wars of the Roses. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Second Printing edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007309306
ISBN
9780007309306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.37

paperback. In this nuanced portrait of Athelstan, Sarah Foot offers the first full account of the king ever written. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 284 pages, b/w pls. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
284
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300187717
ISBN
9780300187717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.64

Paperback. Lucrezia Borgia's name has echoed through history as a byword for evil - a poisoner who committed incest with her natural father, Pope Alexander VI, and with her brother, Cesare Borgia. Long considered the most ruthless of Italian Renaissance noblewomen, her tarnished reputation has prevailed long since her own lifetime. This text tells her story. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141014135
ISBN
9780141014135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. Jackie Bouvier's privileged upbringing instilled rigid self-control, while her expedient marriage into the Kennedy clan consolidated her determination. This book deals with private Jackie - neglected wife, vigilant mother, obsessive shopper and working widow. Num Pages: 704 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 134 x 46. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241967430
ISBN
9780241967430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.30

Paperback. Apsley Cherry Garrard (1886-1959) was one of the youngest members of Captain Scott's final expedition to the Antarctic. Cherry undertook an epic journey in the Antarctic winter to collect the eggs of the Emperor penguin. This work presents the biography of Cherry. Num Pages: 368 pages, facsimiles, illustrations, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1MTS; BGH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099437536
ISBN
9780099437536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

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