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Biography: historical, political & military
Paperback. Now Peru is Mine is the account of the life of Manuel Llamojha Mitma, one of Peru's most creative and inspiring indigenous political activists. His compelling life story covers nearly eight decades, providing a window into many key developments in Peru's tumultuous twentieth-century history and political mobilization in Cold War Latin America. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; BGHA; HBJK; JHMC; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362388
- ISBN
- 9780822362388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Hardback. Now Peru is Mine is the account of the life of Manuel Llamojha Mitma, one of Peru's most creative and inspiring indigenous political activists. His compelling life story covers nearly eight decades, providing a window into many key developments in Peru's tumultuous twentieth-century history and political mobilization in Cold War Latin America. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; BGHA; HBJK; JHMC; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822362180
- ISBN
- 9780822362180
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.46
€ 111.46
hardcover. Translation of: Antonio de Viti de Marco: una storia degna di memoria. 2011. Num Pages: 158 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; 3JJC; BGH; KCA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137534927
- ISBN
- 9781137534927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.22
€ 66.22
Hardback. A featured alternate Book-of-the-Month club selection. Num Pages: 445 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 182 x 40. Weight in Grams: 989.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Madison Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 445
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819180537
- ISBN
- 9780819180537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.81
€ 29.99
€ 29.81
Hardcover. La Fontaine was a great French lyric poet of the 17th century. This study is almost as much about Louis XIV as about La Fontaine. It provides analysis of the absolutist politics and attempts by the King to enforce an official cultural style, and the plight of the artist under such a ruler. Translator(s): Todd, Jean Marie. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JD; BGH; BGR; DSBD; DSC; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 167 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1025.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268038779
- ISBN
- 9780268038779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.85
€ 52.85
Paperback. Edward I is familiar to millions as 'Longshanks', conqueror of Scotland and nemesis of Sir William Wallace ('Braveheart'). Edward was born to rule England, but believed that it was his right to rule all of Britain. His reign was one of the most dramatic of the entire Middle Ages. This title presents the biography of this truly formidable king. Num Pages: 480 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099481751
- ISBN
- 9780099481751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. King John is familiar to everyone as the villain from the tales of Robin Hood - greedy, cowardly, despicable and cruel. But who was the man behind the legend? Was he truly a monster, or a capable ruler cursed by ill luck? This book draws on contemporary chronicles and the king's own letters to bring the real John vividly to life. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099591825
- ISBN
- 9780099591825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Career Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781601630261
- ISBN
- 9781601630261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.64
€ 19.99
€ 18.64
Paperback. In 1944, at the age of fifteen, Marceline Loridan-Ivens was arrested in occupied France, along with her father. They were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and forcibly separated. Though he managed to smuggle one last note to her, Marceline never spoke to her father again. This memoir offers a deeply moving message from a daughter to a father. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571328024
- ISBN
- 9780571328024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.44
€ 10.99
€ 9.44
Hardback. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JMG; BGH; HBTB; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252040528
- ISBN
- 9780252040528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
paperback. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JMG; BGH; HBTB; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252081996
- ISBN
- 9780252081996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.91
€ 30.99
€ 29.91
Hardback. An inspiring and heartfelt memoir about the friendship between eight women forged over two decades. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; 3JJPR; 3JM; BGH; HBJK; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 217 x 27. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781455554744
- ISBN
- 9781455554744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.68
€ 30.99
€ 20.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 35 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGH; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Granville Island Publishing Canada
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894694636
- ISBN
- 9781894694636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.49
€ 24.99
€ 17.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps. BIC Classification: BGA; BGHA; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Beaufort Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780825306839
- ISBN
- 9780825306839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.35
€ 17.99
€ 17.35
Paperback. Charlotte Mason (1842-1923) was a remarkable personality who inspired all who knew her. From the 1880s onwards, Mason has been venerated across the USA primarily by home-schooling evangelical parents, valuing the Christian underpinning of her educational ideas. Num Pages: 376 pages, 50 black & white images. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 502 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- Lutterworth Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718894023
- ISBN
- 9780718894023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.41
€ 59.41
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140239829
- ISBN
- 9780140239829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.95
€ 19.00
€ 16.95
Paperback. This is a biography of Eleanor of Provence. It draws on the rich sources available, to reveal the interaction of the private and public facets of the queen's life, the cultural and spiritual influences to which she responded and the character of her queenship. Num Pages: 368 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631227397
- ISBN
- 9780631227397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.60
€ 56.60
Hardcover. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; BGH; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403988201
- ISBN
- 9781403988201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.09
€ 128.09
Paperback. "A richer reflection of life in early 19th-century Maryland and the Washington environs cannot be found." -- Washington Post Book World Series: Maryland Paperback Bookshelf. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: BGHA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780801843990
- ISBN
- 9780801843990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.83
€ 44.83
Paperback. Told in the distinctive and memorable voices of working class women, this is a first-hand account of working lives at the turn of the last century. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 125 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844088010
- ISBN
- 9781844088010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61