Biography: historical, political & military
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Biography: historical, political & military
Hardback. Num Pages: 480 pages, over 250 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; BGH; HBJK; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1530.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764303463
- ISBN
- 9780764303463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.67€ 39.60
€ 54.67
€ 39.60
Hardback. Num Pages: 472 pages, over 200 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; BGH; HBJK; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1426.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764303456
- ISBN
- 9780764303456
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.67€ 39.60
€ 54.67
€ 39.60
Hardcover. Num Pages: 80 pages, 215 colour, b/w illus & maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 313 x 14. Weight in Grams: 920.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764350719
- ISBN
- 9780764350719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.21
€ 37.99
€ 25.21
Paperback. The secrets of Queen Victoria's sixth child, Princess Louise, may be destined to remain hidden forever. What was so dangerous about this artistic, tempestuous royal that her life has been documented more by rumour and gossip than hard facts? Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; BGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845951542
- ISBN
- 9781845951542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.82
€ 16.99
€ 13.82
Paperback. WINNER OF THE 2013 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION AND THE 2013 COSTA BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR. The story of Gabriele D'Annunzio, poet, daredevil - and Fascist. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 170 x 43. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007213962
- ISBN
- 9780007213962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.47
€ 25.99
€ 17.47
Paperback. William Cavendish, courageous, cultured and passionate about women, embodies the popular image of a cavalier. Famously defeated at the Battle of Marston Moor in 1644, he went into a long and miserable continental exile before returning to England in triumph on the restoration of King Charles II to the throne in 1660. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571227044
- ISBN
- 9780571227044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.51
€ 19.99
€ 14.51
Paperback. Talks about the grand hotel life. In this story, you can meet the girl-hungry hotel Magician, Kalakobe the African cook, Mr Sigsag, Monsieur Victor, Mespoulet, and an unforgettable cast of down but not yet out hotel employees. Num Pages: 320 pages, 60. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGHA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091887872
- ISBN
- 9780091887872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 14.21
€ 23.99
€ 14.21
Hardback. A candid, savvy, inspiring, and often hilarious memoir by one of America's most fearless political leaders. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 35. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393088977
- ISBN
- 9780393088977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.99
€ 30.99
€ 27.99
Hardcover. Num Pages: 209 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631175466
- ISBN
- 9781631175466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 231.77€ 156.69
€ 231.77
€ 156.69
Paperback. It began with an unsigned email: "I am a senior member of the intelligence community". What followed was the most spectacular intelligence breach ever, brought about by one man, Edward Snowden. This is the inside story of Snowden's deeds and the journalists who faced down pressure from the US and UK governments to break a remarkable scoop. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 137 x 24. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Guardian Faber Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783350377
- ISBN
- 9781783350377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
This memoir from his personal physician, friend, and confidante of more than 40 years, John C. Lungren, MD, portrays Richard Nixon as a paradoxical man - intense, compassionate, guarded, intelligent, resilient, deeply religious, enormously successful but ultimately tragic. Num Pages: 204 pages, 13 photographs. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813122748
- ISBN
- 9780813122748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.07
€ 47.07
Hardcover. A historical memoir that offers a portrait of a remarkable life, told first from the perspective of a young girl in Erie, Pennsylvania, Paris, and Washington before World War I, and then from her husband's postings as US naval attache and then as US ambassador to Belgium, the Soviet Union, and Taiwan during the cold war. Editor(s): Kirk, Roger. Num Pages: 216 pages, 26 illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGHA; JFSJ1; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608912
- ISBN
- 9780815608912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.79
€ 24.99
€ 23.79
Hardcover. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600219610
- ISBN
- 9781600219610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.48
€ 46.99
€ 33.48
Paperback. This personal memoir tells the story of the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of a nurse. The story plunges the reader into the bloodiest aspects of the war itself, then continues after the end of the war as the author attempts to regain the love of her family. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press Boston
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558492981
- ISBN
- 9781558492981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.85
€ 37.85
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 266 x 25. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750967150
- ISBN
- 9780750967150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.75
€ 26.99
€ 23.75
Paperback. This groundbreaking biography reveals the woman behind the myth. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: BGH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750970518
- ISBN
- 9780750970518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.47
€ 13.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 3JJPL; BGH; HBWQ; JWXR; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Sally Milner Publishing Pty Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781863514958
- ISBN
- 9781863514958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.12
€ 25.99
€ 18.12
Hardcover. Florence Nightingale is famous as the 'lady with the lamp' in the Crimean War, 1854-56. This title reports on Nightingale's correspondence from the war hospitals and on the staggering amount of work she did post-war to ensure that the appalling death rate from disease (higher than that from bullets) did not recur. Num Pages: 1096 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: BGH; DN; HBTB; JW; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 63. Weight in Grams: 1630.
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 785
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889204690
- ISBN
- 9780889204690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.94
€ 188.94
Hardcover. Relates the founding of Florence Nightingale's school at St Thomas' Hospital and her guidance of its teaching for the rest of her life. This title reveals her evolving views on nursing, and on germ theory. It presents material on the early years of the school. It covers the crisis of its near breakdown in the early 1870s. Editor(s): McDonald, Lynn. Num Pages: 944 pages, illus. BIC Classification: BGH; DN; HBTB; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 935
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889204676
- ISBN
- 9780889204676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.59
€ 185.59
Hardback. Born in 1852 in the last years of serfdom, Vera Figner came of age as Imperial Russian society was being rocked by the massive upheaval that culminated in the Bolshevik revolution of 1917. At first champion of populist causes and champion of women's higher education, Figner later became a leader of the terrorist party The People's Will. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 362 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253012845
- ISBN
- 9780253012845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.56
€ 38.56