Biography: historical, political & military
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Biography: historical, political & military
paperback. This intimate and richly informative diary kept in 1910 by the young wife of a bustling merchant household in Kyoto is an engaging, unique glimpse into the lives of ordinary people in early twentieth-century Japan. Includes 53 illustrations. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11 half-tones 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJC; BGHA; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804724418
- ISBN
- 9780804724418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Hardback. This intimate and richly informative diary kept in 1910 by the young wife of a bustling merchant household in Kyoto is an engaging, unique glimpse into the lives of ordinary people in early twentieth-century Japan. Includes 53 illustrations. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11 half-tones 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJC; BGHA; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804724401
- ISBN
- 9780804724401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.06
€ 139.06
Paperback. The bestselling memoir of youngest ever NOBEL PRIZE winner, Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl who stood up to the Taliban. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: 1FKP; 3JM; BGHA; JFSJ1; JN; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780226583
- ISBN
- 9781780226583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.17
€ 14.17
paperback. The bestselling memoir of NOBEL PRIZE winner, Malala Yousafzai, the school girl who stood up to the Taliban. I AM MALALA inspired the BAFTA-nominated film HE NAMED ME MALALA, directed by Oscar-winner Davis Guggenheim. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKP; 3JM; BGHA; JFSJ1; JN; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 328. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0018607
- ISBN
- 9781474602112
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; BGH; BGT; HBTB; PDX; TBY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 182 x 41. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Prospect Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903018651
- ISBN
- 9781903018651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.13
€ 52.99
€ 44.13
Hardback. A gripping memoir about a young woman from Saudi Arabia who becomes the accidental leader of a wildly subversive movement to put women behind the steering wheel. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; BGHA; HRHP; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Export
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471164392
- ISBN
- 9781471164392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.02
€ 11.02
Paperback. Malcolm X was a country bumpkin who became a zoot-suited entertainer; who became a petty criminal; and, who became a self-taught intellectual. This title chronicles these many incarnations of Malcolm X, describing the multiple masks he donned over the years. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFSL3; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141024301
- ISBN
- 9780141024301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
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€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
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
€ 110.28
€ 110.28
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€ 28.26
€ 29.99
€ 28.26
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
€ 52.12
€ 52.12
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€ 14.91
€ 19.99
€ 14.91
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€ 15.04
€ 19.99
€ 15.04
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Career Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781601630261
- ISBN
- 9781601630261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.75
€ 18.99
€ 17.75
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
€ 118.23
€ 118.23
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€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
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€ 22.79
€ 30.99
€ 22.79
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€ 17.33
€ 24.99
€ 17.33
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613733806
- ISBN
- 9781613733806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.75
€ 32.99
€ 28.75