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Biography: historical, political & military

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Biography: historical, political & military

Hardback. Konrad Morgen: The Conscience of a Nazi Judge is a moral biography of Georg Konrad Morgen, who prosecuted crimes committed by members of the SS in Nazi concentration camps and eventually came face-to-face with the system of industrialized murder at Auschwitz. His wartime papers and postwar testimonies yield a study in moral complexity. Num Pages: 216 pages, 16 black & white halftones, 1 colour illustrations, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGH; JPFF; JWXK; LATC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 242 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137496942
ISBN
9781137496942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.56

Hardcover. Praise for H. Paul Jeffers Diamond Jim Brady: Prince of the Gilded Age "One of the most entertaining historical business narratives in recent memory. The story of this symbol of Americaa s Gilded Age is filled with such gusto and vigor that even hardcore business readers will be swept away. Num Pages: 400 pages, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BGH; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471024651
ISBN
9780471024651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.10

Hardcover. A spirited biography of the financier and bon vivant whose lavish lifestyle embodied the Gilded Age One of the most colorful figures of the most glamorous era in U.S. history, James Buchanan "Diamond Jim" Brady was the high lord of the New York glitterati during the Gilded Age. Brady's was a classic rags-to-riches story. Num Pages: 368 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471391029
ISBN
9780471391029
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Editor(s): Brands, H. W. Num Pages: 668 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
668
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742550490
ISBN
9780742550490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.53

Hardback. For more than 300 years, questions have surrounded the death of Oliver Cromwell. In a wide ranging investigation that draws upon the fields of history, toxicology, medical forensics, and literature, McMains claims that Cromwell was poisoned and suggests possible poisoners. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813121338
ISBN
9780813121338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.54

Hardback. The story of New York's 21 Club is the story of American glamour in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; TTVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 631.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878332298
ISBN
9780878332298
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 832 pages, 8 page black and white; 8 page colour. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1084.
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307951144
ISBN
9780307951144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.61

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Saqi Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
323
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863562884
ISBN
9780863562884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 26.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781599214481
ISBN
9781599214481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGH; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 219 x 26. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652296177
ISBN
9789652296177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 169 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJP; BGHA; HBJF1; HBLW; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
The Feminist Press at CUNY
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558616059
ISBN
9781558616059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.83

Hardback. Num Pages: 265 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3233 x 5830 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823211883
ISBN
9780823211883
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.41

Paperback. Series: General Richard Montgomery and the American Revolution. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 361.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814780398
ISBN
9780814780398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Paperback. The author recounts her life growing up in the Warsaw ghetto and her experiences in the concentration camps of Majdanek, Auschwitz, Ravensbruck and Neustadt-Glewe. It tells of her remarkable survival and of her life after the horrors of the Holocaust. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
M.E. Sharpe United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563247477
ISBN
9781563247477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.03

Paperback. It was the divorce that scandalised Georgian England.. She was a spirited young heiress. He was a handsome baronet with a promising career in government. Their marriage had the makings of a fairy tale but ended as one of the most salacious and highly publicised divorces in history. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784701932
ISBN
9781784701932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.79

Paperback. A book about art, literature, science -- and meteorology Num Pages: 304 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: BGH; PDX; PDZ; WNWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
Edition
Reprints
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330391955
ISBN
9780330391955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. The life of Empress Frederick, Daughter of Queen Victoria, Wife of Crown Prince of Prussia, Mother of Kaiser Wilhelm. Series: Women in History. Num Pages: 848 pages, 32. BIC Classification: BGH; BGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 39. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
816
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842126233
ISBN
9781842126233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. Entertaining and masterly biography of Madame Chiang Kai-shek - the woman who built modern China. Num Pages: 816 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 52. Weight in Grams: 968.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Phoenix
Number of pages
816
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753828021
ISBN
9780753828021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.54

paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; JPF; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Spokesman Books United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851244976
ISBN
9780851244976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.42

Paperback. Was Edward IV a vain and self-indulgent playboy, more interested in his own pleasures than the well-being of his kingdom, or was his life cut tragically short, thus preventing him from fully establishing the 'new monarchy' more commonly associated with his son-in-law, Henry VII? This biography reassesses this debate. Series: Routledge Historical Biographies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415368001
ISBN
9780415368001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.01

Paperback. This is an oral history of a second-generation, urban-born woman who struggles to survive in the poor, Andean city of La Paz. It shows how her identity shifts over time, shaped by the major events in her life. Topics range fron social networks to magical interventions and clairvoyant dreaming. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; BGHA; HBTD; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231104678
ISBN
9780231104678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Hardcover.

I lived the same life as everyone else, the life of ordinary people, the masses. Sitting in a prison cell in the autumn of 1944, Hans Fallada sums up his life under the National Socialist dictatorship, the time of inward emigration . Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BJ; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745669885
ISBN
9780745669885
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.99

Hardback. A biography of Carl Schurz, a German who took part in the 1848 revolution. He then went to America, where his ethnic connections enabled him to enter politics. He eventually became Secretary of the Interior. This book sheds light on the problems of immigration and the retention of ethnic identity. Series: North's Civil War. Num Pages: 386 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGH; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
Edition
2nd ed.
SKU
V9780823218547
ISBN
9780823218547
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.72

Paperback. A biography of Carl Schurz, a German who took part in the 1848 revolution. He then went to America, where his ethnic connections enabled him to enter politics. He eventually became Secretary of the Interior. This book sheds light on the problems of immigration and the retention of ethnic identity. Series: North's Civil War. Num Pages: 386 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGH; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
Edition
2nd ed.
SKU
V9780823218554
ISBN
9780823218554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.76

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