Biography: historical, political & military
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Biography: historical, political & military
Paperback. Nobel Peace Prize winner, Aung San Suu Kyi, is a symbol of supreme courage in the face of tyranny. Released from house arrest in 2010, she led her party to a dramatic victory in Burma's first free general election in a generation. This boigraphy describes how, inspired by her leadership, Burma has found its voice and transformed its destiny. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMB; BGH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846043734
- ISBN
- 9781846043734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.32
€ 25.99
€ 19.32
Hardback. Joel Barlow was the early Republic's most tenacious diplomat, a cheerful volunteer for difficult missions. His hard-won treaties with Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli ended, at least briefly, the attacks of Barbary pirates on American shipping in the Mediterranean. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597976824
- ISBN
- 9781597976824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.13
€ 36.99
€ 32.13
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; 3JM; BGH; HBTB; JFSL9; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Publisher
- Harbour Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550177848
- ISBN
- 9781550177848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.90
€ 34.99
€ 29.90
Hardcover. P O Brondsted (1780-1842) was the father of classical archaeology in Denmark, and his writings won great acclaim all over Europe. This work features interviews with Ali Pasha that show Brondsted's interest and fascination in the man. Editor(s): Brondsted, Peter Oluf; Isager, Jacob. Num Pages: 87 pages, 21 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QDAG; BGH; HDDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 180 x 14. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 87
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772888408
- ISBN
- 9788772888408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.14
€ 15.14
Paperback. For some historians and biographers, Maximilien Robespierre (1758-94) was a great revolutionary martyr who succeeded in leading the French Republic to safety in the face of overwhelming military odds. This biography focuses on Robespierre's formative years and the development of an iron will in a frail boy conceived outside wedlock. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 201 x 26. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300197242
- ISBN
- 9780300197242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.27
€ 18.99
€ 15.27
Hardback. As Japan's pre-Pearl Harbor ambassador to the United States, Admiral Nomura Kichisaburo (1877-1964) played a significant role in a tense and turbulent period in Japanese-US relations. This biography casts light on the life and career of this important figure. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 332 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; BGH; HBJF; HBWQ; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055995
- ISBN
- 9780674055995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.93
€ 45.99
€ 37.93
Paperback. "First California paperback, 2000"--Title page verso. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPVH1; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First Edition, With a New Foreword by Marc Grossma
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282506
- ISBN
- 9780520282506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.28
€ 27.99
€ 21.28
Paperback. The first-ever comprehensive biography of Heinrich Himmler, SS-Reichsfuhrer, Nazi Interior Minister, and Chief of Police, whose name has become a byword for the terror, persecution, and destruction that characterized the Third Reich. Num Pages: 1072 pages, 31 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1344.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199651740
- ISBN
- 9780199651740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 32.50
€ 40.99
€ 32.50
Paperback. Joseph Goebbels was one of Adolf Hitler's most loyal acolytes. But how did this club-footed son of a factory worker rise from obscurity to become Hitler's malevolent minister of propaganda, most trusted lieutenant and personally anointed successor? This book answers these question. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 203 x 47. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099523697
- ISBN
- 9780099523697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.63
€ 23.99
€ 16.63
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900621656
- ISBN
- 9781900621656
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.87€ 51.29
€ 55.87
€ 51.29
Hardcover. Editor(s): Cathcart, Kevin J. Num Pages: 500 pages, 2 b&w plates. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 44. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904558033
- ISBN
- 9781904558033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.87€ 51.10
€ 55.87
€ 51.10
Hardcover. Volume three of a collection of surviving letters written by Peter le Page Renouf covering his varied career from his days as a student in Oxford until after his retirement as Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum. This volume covers Renouf's years in Dublin. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 b&w plates. BIC Classification: BGHA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900621908
- ISBN
- 9781900621908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.87€ 51.29
€ 55.87
€ 51.29
Paperback. Presents the voices of young Americans - former soldiers who have opted out of the war - who draw their power from wrenching honesty about first hand experiences. This book provides a direct account from soldiers that turned their back on what they viewed as an immoral mission, and who refused to sacrifice themselves in the conflict in Iraq. Num Pages: 254 pages, b/w illustrations integrated. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; BGH; BTM; HBJK; HBLW3; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KMK0007987
- ISBN
- 9781844543632
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. An unlikely tale of Buddhism, politics, and the creation of modern Thailand Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 211 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9786162150432
- ISBN
- 9786162150432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.49
€ 39.49
Hardcover. This is the story of William Preston, a leading representative of Kentucky's slaveholding, landed gentry, the group who dominated economic, political and social life in the commonwealth before the Civil War. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916968335
- ISBN
- 9780916968335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.55
€ 53.55
Hardback. A short, radical biography of the author of the classic anti-colonial text Black Skin, White Masks. Series: Revolutionary Lives. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HPS; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 203 x 16. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745336305
- ISBN
- 9780745336305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.01€ 83.19
€ 101.01
€ 83.19
Paperback. A short, radical biography of the author of the classic anti-colonial text Black Skin, White Masks. Series: Revolutionary Lives. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HPS; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745336251
- ISBN
- 9780745336251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.45
€ 24.99
€ 17.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 b&w illustrations, 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571217694
- ISBN
- 9780571217694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.01
€ 17.99
€ 13.01
Paperback. Series: Meaning Systems. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; GPFC; GTE; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823270354
- ISBN
- 9780823270354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.53
€ 41.99
€ 37.53
Paperback. Far from the bloated memoirs of a former government insider, this is the story of a courageous, campaigning life that is intrinsically bound up with the destiny of South Africa. Num Pages: 480 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFMS; BGHA; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 462. 480 pages, ill. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFMS; BGHA; JPQ. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 36. Weight: 462.
- Publisher
- Biteback Publishing
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849544108
- ISBN
- 9781849544108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.24
€ 17.99
€ 14.24