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Biography: historical, political & military

Paperback. Samuel Waters served as an officer in the Irish Constabulary in all four provinces. His recollections encompass the Fenian Rising, the Land War and the 1916 insurrection. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGHA; DNF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JKSW1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 0. Weight in Grams: 135.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859181898
ISBN
9781859181898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.64

Paperback. Narrated by the eldest daughter of Sao Shwe Thaike, the Prince of Yawnghwe, this work recounts both the story of her early life and at the same time provides a memoir of her father who, in 1948, became first President of the Union of Burma after the country gained its independence. Num Pages: 310 pages, 162 b/w. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 173 x 19. Weight in Grams: 726. Memories of the Shan States. 310 pages, 162 b/w. Narrated by the eldest daughter of Sao Shwe Thaike, the Prince of Yawnghwe, this work recounts both the story of her early life and at the same time provides a memoir of her father who, in 1948, became first President of the Union of Burma after the country gained its independence. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Dimension: 243 x 173 x 19. Weight: 726.
Publisher
River Books
Number of pages
310
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9789749863374
ISBN
9789749863374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.09

Paperback. Series: The World in a Life Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; BGH; HPCF; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 130 x 303 x 14. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780190278090
ISBN
9780190278090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.27

Paperback. Modi: The Wheels of Change is a biography of Narendra Damodardas Modi, the 15th and current Prime Minister of India. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJP; 3JM; BGH; HBJF; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135. .
Publisher
Parthian Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910901700
ISBN
9781910901700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.15

Hardback. This annotated edition of Clio makes available in a well-documented and illustrated modern text the autobiography of Martha Fowke Sansom. This lively account of Fowke's life is filled with illuminating material on her family background, education, and emotional and social experiences. Editor(s): Guskin, Phyllis J. Num Pages: 210 pages, 11ill. BIC Classification: BGHA; DCQ; DSBD; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874136074
ISBN
9780874136074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.71

Paperback. Presents the biography of Napoleon who lived one of the extraordinary of all human lives. This book shows how after seizing power in a coup d'etat he ended the corruption and incompetence into which the Revolution had descended. Num Pages: 976 pages, 32pp. colour. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 201 x 51. Weight in Grams: 706.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141032016
ISBN
9780141032016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.59

Paperback. The untold story of the remarkable woman behind England's greatest medieval king, Edward I. Num Pages: 432 pages, 40. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445660264
ISBN
9781445660264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.58

Hardcover. The first proper biography of Jasper Tudor, the architect of a victory at Bosworth and thus the Tudor dynasty Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781553909
ISBN
9781781553909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.10

Paperback. Apsley Cherry Garrard (1886-1959) was one of the youngest members of Captain Scott's final expedition to the Antarctic. Cherry undertook an epic journey in the Antarctic winter to collect the eggs of the Emperor penguin. This work presents the biography of Cherry. Num Pages: 368 pages, facsimiles, illustrations, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1MTS; BGH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099437536
ISBN
9780099437536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.11

Paperback. Jackie Bouvier's privileged upbringing instilled rigid self-control, while her expedient marriage into the Kennedy clan consolidated her determination. This book deals with private Jackie - neglected wife, vigilant mother, obsessive shopper and working widow. Num Pages: 704 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 134 x 46. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241967430
ISBN
9780241967430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.05

Paperback. Lucrezia Borgia's name has echoed through history as a byword for evil - a poisoner who committed incest with her natural father, Pope Alexander VI, and with her brother, Cesare Borgia. Long considered the most ruthless of Italian Renaissance noblewomen, her tarnished reputation has prevailed long since her own lifetime. This text tells her story. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141014135
ISBN
9780141014135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.45

Paperback. Series: North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BGH; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 254 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
University of North Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574415766
ISBN
9781574415766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.48

paperback. In this nuanced portrait of Athelstan, Sarah Foot offers the first full account of the king ever written. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 284 pages, b/w pls. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300187717
ISBN
9780300187717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 19.04

Paperback. Fans of C.J. Sansom must read this Saltire Society Literary Awards Scottish First Book of the Year - a great non-fiction adventure about Scotland's most notorious clan chief. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, frontispiece, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007229505
ISBN
9780007229505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.68

Paperback. Niece to Mary, Queen of Scots, granddaughter to the great Tudor dynast Bess of Hardwick, Lady Arbella Stuart was brought up in the belief that she would inherit Elizabeth I's throne.Drawing on contemporary sources, Sarah Gristwood has painted a portrait of a woman in the turbulent years when the Tudor gave way to the Stuart dynasty. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations (some col.), facsims., geneal. tables, map, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553815214
ISBN
9780553815214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.11

Hardcover. Including suffragists, civil rights activists, and movers and shakers in politics and in the music industries of Nashville and Memphis, as well as many other notables, this collective portrait of Tennessee women offers fresh perspectives and insights into their dreams, their struggles, and their times. Editor(s): Freeman, Sarah L. Wilkerson; Bond, Beverly Greene. Num Pages: 456 pages, 17 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; BGH; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Volume 1 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820329482
ISBN
9780820329482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.28

Paperback. Samora Machel led FRELIMO, the Mozambican Liberation Front, to victory against Portuguese colonialism in 1974, and the following year became independent Mozambique's first President. This biography presents the many different faces of the man Nelson Mandela called 'a true African revolutionary'. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BGH; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTR; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849041942
ISBN
9781849041942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGHA; HBJH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Stormberg Publishers,South Africa
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780620254069
ISBN
9780620254069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.26

Hardcover. A rare first-person account of life in the twentieth-century South, "He Included Me" weaves together the story of a black family eight children reared in rural Alabama, their mother a schoolteacher, their father a minister and the emerging self-portrait of a woman determined, like her parents, to look ahead." Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTB; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820311418
ISBN
9780820311418
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.82

Paperback. This book collects the only known group of letters from one of over an estimated 400 women who served in the Civil War under assumed male names and identities. Num Pages: 128 pages, halftones, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 121.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195102437
ISBN
9780195102437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.33

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