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Biography: historical, political & military
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Biography: historical, political & military
Paperback. On the last, cold Sunday of February 1859, Daniel Sickles shot his wife's lover in Washington's Lafayette Square, just across from the White House. This title tells the story of that killing and its repercussions. It recreates an extraordinary period, when women were punished for violating codes of society that did not bind men. Num Pages: 416 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 197 x 32. Weight in Grams: 294. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0002517
- ISBN
- 9780099285991
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Hankins brings together the many aspects of Hamilton's life and work-from his significant contributions to mathematics, optics, and mechanics to his passion for metaphysics, poetry, and politics-fully portraying the brilliant man whose faith and idealism guided him in everything he did. Num Pages: 500 pages, 48, 20 black & white halftones, 28 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BGH; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 500
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801869730
- ISBN
- 9780801869730
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 42.58
€ 44.99
€ 42.58
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851155906
- ISBN
- 9780851155906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.64
€ 116.64
Paperback. A uniquely detailed portrayal of the formative years of Tanzania's first president and the influences that led him to enter politics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 3JJ; BGH; HBJH; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011503
- ISBN
- 9781847011503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99
€ 36.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141986609
- ISBN
- 9780141986609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. An engaging, balanced, and penetrating narrative biography of the charismatic eighteenth-century American evangelist Num Pages: 344 pages, 13 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; BGX; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300223583
- ISBN
- 9780300223583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.67
€ 26.99
€ 20.67
Hardback. Dean Rusk compared his position as secretary of state in the 1960s to a soldier in a foxhole, defending America against the communist alliance. This title tells that the foxhole really represented the universalist ideals Rusk cherished. Series: Biographies in American Foreign Policy. Num Pages: 235 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPHV; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842026857
- ISBN
- 9780842026857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.53
€ 167.53
paperback. Dean Rusk compared his position as secretary of state in the 1960s to a soldier in a foxhole, defending America against the communist alliance. This title tells that the foxhole really represented the universalist ideals Rusk cherished. Series: Biographies in American Foreign Policy. Num Pages: 235 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPHV; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780842026864
- ISBN
- 9780842026864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.74
€ 65.74
Patriotism, Politics and Popular Liberalism in Nineteenth-century Mexi...
Thomson, Guy P. C.; Lafrance, David G.
Paperback. Presents a local study of state formation in nineteenth-century Mexico. This book focuses on the life of Juan Francisco Lucas, the principal Indian leader of the Puebla Sierra between 1854 and 1917. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 420 pages, photographs, maps, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842026840
- ISBN
- 9780842026840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.69
€ 70.69
Three Who Made a Revolution: A Biographical History of Lenin, Trotsky,...
Three Who Made A Revolution
paperback. This monumental triple biography weaves together the personal and public lives of the triumvirate behind the 1917 Russian Revolution. Num Pages: 680 pages, 54. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPHL; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1094.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815411772
- ISBN
- 9780815411772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.24
€ 28.24
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141039190
- ISBN
- 9780141039190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.28
€ 25.99
€ 18.28
Paperback. Memoirs of the Iraq war hero whose stirring pre-battle speech so inspired his troops - and the world Num Pages: 512 pages, 3 x 8pp colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; BGHA; HBWS5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 366. Good copy with some shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Headline Review
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Printing
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KTG0009815
- ISBN
- 9780755313754
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Memoirs of the Iraq war hero whose stirring pre-battle speech so inspired his troops - and the world Num Pages: 512 pages, 3 x 8pp colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; BGHA; HBWS5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 366. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Headline Review
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Printing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRA0013054
- ISBN
- 9780755313754
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: For Beginners. Num Pages: 160 pages, chiefly col. illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- For Beginners United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934389485
- ISBN
- 9781934389485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.55
€ 18.99
€ 17.55
Paperback. An extensively revised edition of Tim Jeal's classic biography published to mark the bicentenary of the great explorer Num Pages: 432 pages, 16pp. b&w illustrations section. BIC Classification: 1HF; BGH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 217 x 34. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Revised, Expanded ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300191004
- ISBN
- 9780300191004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.79
€ 25.99
€ 19.79
Paperback. Henry Morton Stanley was a cruel imperialist - a bad man of Africa. This book shows the reality of Stanley's life - his trans-Africa journey, a human endurance which solved virtually every one of the continent's remaining geographical puzzles. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1HF; 3JH; BGH; RGR; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 39. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571221035
- ISBN
- 9780571221035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.67
€ 19.99
€ 14.67
Paperback. Presents the life of a man who became a legend in his own lifetime, whose idealistic vigour and determination were matched only by his political realism and supreme organisational abilities. This book provides an insight on Michael Collins life and work. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJG; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 45. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784753269
- ISBN
- 9781784753269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages, illus & 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF1; HBTQ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 173 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1010.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845197858
- ISBN
- 9781845197858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.41€ 53.28
€ 53.41
€ 53.28
paperback. A biography of Wilhelm von Habsburg that intends to reconstruct the life of this extraordinary man - a man who remained loyal to his Ukrainian dreams even after the country's dissolution in 1921. It charts the final collapse of the ancient regime in Europe and the rise of a new world order. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845951207
- ISBN
- 9781845951207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.37
€ 16.99
€ 12.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016422
- ISBN
- 9780674016422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.70
€ 38.70
Paperback. He was, of course, a man better known for burning books than collecting them and yet by the time he died, aged 56, Adolf Hitler owned an estimated 16,000 volumes - the works of historians, philosophers, poets, playwrights and novelists. This title provides a view of Hitler's evolution and offers insights into his emotional and intellectual world. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; HBJD; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099532170
- ISBN
- 9780099532170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.91
€ 19.00
€ 16.91
Paperback. An account of survival is told by a Budapest lawyer who secured fake Christian identities for himself, his wife and his two children following the invasion of the Germans in March 1944. Translator(s): Tonkin, Humphrey. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVH; BGHA; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841951805
- ISBN
- 9781841951805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.57
€ 15.99
€ 11.57
Hardback. A biographical history of Aleister Crowley's activities in Berlin from 1930 to 1932 as Hitler was rising to power. Num Pages: 432 pages, Includes 16-page color insert and 55 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620552568
- ISBN
- 9781620552568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.86
€ 26.99
€ 23.86
Paperback. An insightful new biography of Joseph Goebbels, Propaganda Minister of the 'Third Reich' and one of the most important and troubling figures of the twentieth century. The first account to use all of Goebbels' surviving diaries, it sheds new light on his personality, private life and political convictions, as well as his relationship with Hitler. Num Pages: 424 pages, 46, 41 black & white illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230278660
- ISBN
- 9780230278660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.40€ 58.89
€ 59.40
€ 58.89