Biography: historical, political & military
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Biography: historical, political & military
Hardback. 1. A study of old age by one of Italya s oldest and wisest philosophers. 2. Bobbio writes on old age as a social and personal problem. He re--assess ideas of history and progress from the perspective of an old man. 3. This is a beautifully written book that combines philosophical enquiry and personal reflection. Translator(s): Cameron, Allan. Num Pages: 120 pages, 0. BIC Classification: BGH; HPS; JFSP31; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745623863
- ISBN
- 9780745623863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.32
€ 69.32
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060570132
- ISBN
- 9780060570132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.58
€ 14.99
€ 12.58
Hardback. This study focuses on James Legge (1815-1897), one of the most important 19th-century figures in the cultural exchange between China and the West. The narrative illuminates the era in which Legge lived as well as the surroundings in which he worked. Num Pages: 810 pages, 38 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1FPC; BGH; GTB; HBJD1; HBLL; HRAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1421.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 810
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520215528
- ISBN
- 9780520215528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.64€ 73.18
€ 93.64
€ 73.18
Paperback. Using biographical sketches, this book aims to create a composite portrait of the United States during and immediately after the Civil War. Subjects covered include Stephen A. Douglas, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Stonewall Jackson and Thaddeus Stevens. Series: Representative Americans. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742521698
- ISBN
- 9780742521698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.46
€ 69.46
Paperback. A fascinating biography of one of Scotland's most famous and greatest kings. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JB; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 39. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- John Donald Short Run Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906566906
- ISBN
- 9781906566906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.28
€ 40.99
€ 34.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781681370804
- ISBN
- 9781681370804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.38
€ 18.99
€ 17.38
Paperback. An Igbo woman becomes king at a time of extraordinary change in Africa Num Pages: 322 pages, 29 b&w illus., 12 maps, 9 music exx., 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; BGH; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253222480
- ISBN
- 9780253222480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.71
€ 30.99
€ 28.71
Hardback. With the pace and drama of a spy thriller, Dr. Obeidi--the scientist forced to edge Saddam Hussein close to attaining his dream of possessing nuclear weapons--narrates terrifying episodes in a cautionary tale about nuclear proliferation. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471679653
- ISBN
- 9780471679653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.82
€ 33.99
€ 29.82
Hardcover. One of the greatest Marxist philosophers of the Bolshevik Revolution and an integral force in the creation of the Red Army, Lev Trotsky was expelled from the Party by Joseph Stalin in 1927 and deported in 1929, first to France, then Turkey, and Norway soon after. This title offers an account of Trotsky's time in Oslo. Series: Russian Studies. Num Pages: 430 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 1DVUA; 3JJG; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 37. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804743
- ISBN
- 9780875804743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 42.31
€ 44.99
€ 42.31
Paperback. Recounts the kidnapping of the author in Africa aged ten, his service as a slave of an officer in the British Navy for ten years, and his life after he bought his freedom in 1766, growing to become one of the foremost figures of the anti-slavery movement in Britain. This autobiography presents a tale of spiritual quest. Editor(s): Carretta, Vincent. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Rev ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780142437162
- ISBN
- 9780142437162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Translator(s): Favorov, Nora Seligman. Num Pages: 408 pages, 21 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300219784
- ISBN
- 9780300219784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.98
€ 21.99
€ 17.98
Paperback. Series: Squint. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; 3JMG; BGH; HBJK; HBLX; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Eyewear Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908998934
- ISBN
- 9781908998934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.73
€ 13.99
€ 11.73
A Faithful Heart: The Journals of Emmala Reed, 1865 and 1866 (Women's ...
Oliver, Robert T., Reed, Emmala
Hardcover. Emmala Reed's journals from 1865 and 1866 present a detailed account of life in western South Carolina as war turned to reconstruction. Reed's post-war writings are particularly important given their rarity - many Civil War diarists stopped writing at war's end. Series: Women's Diaries & Letters of the South. Num Pages: 336 pages, 27 halftones, 1 line art. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Univ of South Carolina Pr
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570035456
- ISBN
- 9781570035456
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.24
€ 52.24
Paperback. A diary that reveals the author's frustrations, fears, pleasures and self-doubts. Editor(s): Malcolmson, Robert. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJH; BGHA; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 125 x 18. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- V9780752452678
- ISBN
- 9780752452678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.48
€ 13.99
€ 13.48
- Publisher
- United States
- Number of pages
- 503
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612345772
- ISBN
- 9781612345772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.32
€ 42.99
€ 38.32
Paperback. The story of one Baha'i woman's experiences at the hands of the Iranian Revolutionaries in the 1980s. Amid the escalating program she witnessed friends, neighbours and relatives being imprisoned, tortured and executed. She visited prisoners, comforted relatives and then it was her turn. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20ill. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; BGHA; HRKB; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851680733
- ISBN
- 9781851680733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.27
€ 16.27
Paperback. Series: The World in a Life Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HFGA; 3JB; 3JD; BGH; HBJF; HBJH; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190269784
- ISBN
- 9780190269784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.55
€ 43.55
hardcover. A biography of Malaysia's powerful Home Affairs Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman, who passed away of a heart attack on 2 August 1973. It is based on his private papers and on numerous interviews with his relatives and with people who knew him well, including Ghafar Baba, Musa Hitam, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, and others. Num Pages: 311 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMM; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Iseas - Yusof Ishak Institute Singapore
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789812304254
- ISBN
- 9789812304254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 49.82
€ 49.99
€ 49.82
Paperback. Reveals how the author chose to abandon her ambition to become Prime Minister in favour of another ambition - to have a life. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JMC; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLX; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747593096
- ISBN
- 9780747593096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.87
€ 11.99
€ 10.87
Series: Association of the United States Army Foreign Military Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; 1HFMS; 3JJP; BGH; JPSH; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 169 x 30. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813146959
- ISBN
- 9780813146959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.08
€ 34.08