Biography: historical, political & military
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Biography: historical, political & military
Hardback. The infamous emperor Caligula ruled Rome from AD 37 to 41 as a tyrant who ultimately became a monster. This book sets the emperor's story into the context of the political system and the changing relations between the senate and the emperor during Caligula's time and finds a rationality explaining his notorious brutality. Translator(s): Schneider, Deborah Lucas; Most, Glenn W.; Psoinos, Paul. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 392. A Biography. 240 pages, Illustrations. The infamous emperor Caligula ruled Rome from AD 37 to 41 as a tyrant who ultimately became a monster. This book sets the emperor's story into the context of the political system and the changing relations between the senate and the emperor during Caligula's time and finds a rationality explaining his notorious brutality. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Dimension: 209 x 150 x 20. Weight: 392. Translator(s): Schneider, Deborah Lucas; Most, Glenn W.; Psoinos, Paul.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520248953
- ISBN
- 9780520248953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.89
€ 59.89
Hardback. The works in this series cover the lives of this century's presidents, and also the figures and events that surround them. This particular volume covers the lives and times of Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge, drawing upon and citing thousands of reference sources for information. Series: Twentieth-century Presidential Bibliography Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, indexes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; GBCR; JPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 183 x 32. Weight in Grams: 935.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842022880
- ISBN
- 9780842022880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.72
€ 189.72
Hardcover. When "citizen-soldier" Alvin Coe Voris first wrote to his wife in 1861, he embarked on a correspondence that spanned the duration of the Civil War. The 428 letters collected in this volume form a Civil War chronicle and an insight into the ideals of a man called by conscience to the battlefield. Num Pages: 330 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875802985
- ISBN
- 9780875802985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.14
€ 63.14
Hardcover. Profiles the life of the abolitionist Jonathan Walker. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 b/w illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566. The Life of Jonathan Walker, Abolitionist. 384 pages, 30 b/w illus., maps. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 25. Weight: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Westholme Publishing
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594161360
- ISBN
- 9781594161360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.61
€ 29.99
€ 26.61
paperback. Sex, intrigue and adultery in the world of high politics and huge wealth in late eighteenth-century England. Num Pages: 496 pages, 32 b/w, 16 col plates (24pp), With index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 146 x 32. Weight in Grams: 376. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KOG0001239
- ISBN
- 9780006550167
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
Paperback. The final section of the book depicts a spirited octogenarian whose contributions to American life continued even after more than a decade of official "retirement." Num Pages: 352 pages, 29, 29 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JN; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801892677
- ISBN
- 9780801892677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.10
€ 43.10
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FBH; 3JJ; BGH; HBA; HRJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226428635
- ISBN
- 9780226428635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.63
€ 56.63
paperback. Takes us on a seductive journey through author's childhood and adolescence, along Jerusalem's war-torn streets in the 1940s and '50s, and into the infernal marriage of two kind, well-meaning people: his fussy, logical father, and his dreamy, romantic mother. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099450030
- ISBN
- 9780099450030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781517902278
- ISBN
- 9781517902278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.75
€ 20.99
€ 20.75
Paperback. Lavrentii Beria has long symbolized all the evils of Stalinism, haunting the public imagination both in the West and in the former Soviet Union. This is a biography of Lavrentii Beria, Stalin's notorious police chief and for many years his most powerful lieutenant. Num Pages: 344 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVU; BGH; JPFC; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 338
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691010939
- ISBN
- 9780691010939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.31
€ 58.31
Paperback. The biography of Henry VII's queen, and mother of Henry VIII, the true story of the 'White Princess' Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445633145
- ISBN
- 9781445633145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.49
€ 16.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. The story of the six wives of Henry VIII from the viewpoint of the women themselves. Num Pages: 400 pages, 75. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; BK; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445660394
- ISBN
- 9781445660394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.84
€ 19.99
€ 15.84
Paperback. The real story of the 'Kingmaker's Daughter'. Published to coincide with the reburial of Richard III Num Pages: 304 pages, 49 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 23. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445633121
- ISBN
- 9781445633121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.57
€ 23.57
Paperback. The perfect illustrated introduction to the life, death and recent rediscovery of Richard III Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 165 x 9. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445621753
- ISBN
- 9781445621753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.67
€ 28.67
Paperback. Born in colonial India into a despised caste of former tree climbers, Ayya lost his mother as a child and came of age in a small town in lowland Burma. Forced to flee at the outbreak of World War II, he returned to southern India after a treacherous 1,700-mile journey by rail, boat, bullock cart, and foot. Num Pages: 232 pages, 17 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; GTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253012500
- ISBN
- 9780253012500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.05
€ 25.99
€ 24.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; JPFB; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 31. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- AK Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849352482
- ISBN
- 9781849352482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.89
€ 23.99
€ 22.89
Paperback. The first English translation of the memoirs of Anbara Salam Khalidi, the iconic Arab feminist. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM; HBJF1; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745333564
- ISBN
- 9780745333564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.54
€ 42.54
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Perseus Books
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802144119
- ISBN
- 9780802144119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.72
€ 26.72
Hardcover. In this lucid study, Andre Wink profiles the greatest of the Mughal emperors, Jalal ad-Din Akbar. Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 160 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JB; BGH; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 202 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851686056
- ISBN
- 9781851686056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.63
€ 34.63
Paperback. Andrew Anthony was shocked by the response of liberal friends and colleagues after 9/11- a belief that America had it coming, a determination to understand the perpetrator rather than support the victim. This memoir offers an account of his political education in Thatcher's Britain and the painful midlife reassessment. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238. Some light shelf wear else as new.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KTG0007763
- ISBN
- 9780099507857
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99