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Biography: historical, political & military

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Biography: historical, political & military

Hardcover. This biography traces the rise and fall of the late Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. His ultimate failure to realize his vision of the Soviet future is linked to the unrealistic optimism of that vision, as well as to the contradictions inherent in his views and politics. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333599273
ISBN
9780333599273
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.51

hardcover. This book uses the life of one man-Walter Lenoir of North Carolina-to explore the origins of southern white identity and the ambiguities and complexities embedded in that history with devotion to the Confederate cause. Lenoirs intention to divest himself of his inherited slaves changed with the war's outbreak and he joined the Confederate army. Series: New Narratives in American History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 b/w halftones, 5 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 178 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 329.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195314359
ISBN
9780195314359
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; BGH; HBTB; LAZ; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 347.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813168289
ISBN
9780813168289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.97

Paperback. The acclaimed biography of the eldest son of William the Conqueror, whose failure to secure the kingdom of England has overshadowed his role in capturing Jerusalem during the First Crusade. Num Pages: 348 pages, 4, 4 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; BGH; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
348
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843836605
ISBN
9781843836605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 390 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AGB; AJ; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 652. William MacQuitty. First edition. Includes newspaper cutting of obituary. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Quartet Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
SKU
KAK0008982
ISBN
9780704302174
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.00

Hardback. To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 254 pages, Plans transparencies :Includes index. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810812529
ISBN
9780810812529
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.31

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; 3JM; BGH; HBJK; JPHL; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823274260
ISBN
9780823274260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 28.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBW; JPHL; JPSF; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Stanford Security Studies
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804797122
ISBN
9780804797122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. "A masterpiece..[W]ill rightfully assume its place as the standard biography of a truly great figure in the nation's past." -New York Newsday Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JFSL3; KNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393354423
ISBN
9780393354423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.71

Paperback. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471151071
ISBN
9781471151071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 102 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 5. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
102
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691627618
ISBN
9780691627618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Through the case of a single well-placed official, Chen Hongmou (1696-1771), this book studies the consciousness and the governing project of the 18th-century Chinese official-elite. Num Pages: 616 pages, 14ill.1M. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1034.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804748186
ISBN
9780804748186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.18

Paperback. Gritty, deeply touching, fascinating, informative; these letters show the joys and heartbreaking challenges of family life in the fur trade. Editor(s): Munro, K. Douglas. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; BGH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
339
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888644602
ISBN
9780888644602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.43

Paperback. A beautifully weighted memoir of political success and failure, and the passing of an era. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 pp b/w plates, 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGHA; BM; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472119773
ISBN
9781472119773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.94

Paperback. Fascinating memoir of the first female Chelsea Pensioner, who devoted her working life to the British Army. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 x 8pp black & white section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BGHA; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 199 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471111259
ISBN
9781471111259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.51

Hardback. On a freezing winter's night, a few hours before dawn on May 12, 1969, South African security police stormed the Soweto home of activist and wife of the imprisoned Nelson Mandela, and arrested her in the presence of her two young daughters, then aged nine and ten. This title tells her story. Series: Modern African Writing Series. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; GTB; HBJH; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 463.
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821421024
ISBN
9780821421024
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.85

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821421017
ISBN
9780821421017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Packed with adventure and incidents, Winston Churchill's first 25 years were spent working as a soldier and a war correspondent in India, South Africa and Cuba. Churchill evokes a so-called golden age before 1914 in his autobiography. Num Pages: 388 pages, maps, plan. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
388
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907871620
ISBN
9780907871620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Includes 200 extracts from entire oeuvre of books, articles and speeches that reflect author's life story, career and philosophy. This title tells the biography of the author as recounted in the great man's own inimitable words. Editor(s): Gilbert, Martin. Num Pages: 688 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 45. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857501462
ISBN
9780857501462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Churchill (1874-1965) was one of the 20th century's most charismatic and controversial figures. From his meetings with world leaders such as Roosevelt, de Gaulle and Stalin, his verbal engagements with Hitler and the Third Reich, to his wit and oratory on the floor of the Commons, this book explores various facets of Churchill's life and times. Editor(s): Langworth, Richard M. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 762.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091933364
ISBN
9780091933364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 27.04

Paperback. John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough (1644-1722), was one of the greatest military commanders and statesman in the history of England. His descendant, Sir Winston Churchill wrote this work as both an act of homage, and as an historical insight into the man behind the statesman. Num Pages: 1080 pages, 1 halftone, 103 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1540.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
1080
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226106359
ISBN
9780226106359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.47
€ 46.16

Paperback. A collection of speeches from Churchill, one of the great modern orators. It includes Churchill's famous words on the declaration of war with Germany, as well as his rousing call to the British in June 1940 after Dunkirk, and his immortal tribute to the young men fighting in the Battle of Britain. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 114 x 8. Weight in Grams: 92.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192536
ISBN
9780141192536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.51

Paperback. A collection of thirty-three orations ranging over fifty years, demonstrating how Winston Churchill gradually honed his rhetoric. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141442068
ISBN
9780141442068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardcover. Tells the fascinating story of three extraordinary heroes who defined aviation during the great age of flight. This book takes us from the feats of World War I through the heroism of World War II and beyond, including daring military raids and survival-at-sea. It includes barnstorming to flying blindfolded, and a kidnapping to secret spying. Num Pages: 464 pages, 25 Black and White Photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; JWG; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 38. Weight in Grams: 706.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
National Geographic Society United States
Edition
1ST
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781426211560
ISBN
9781426211560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.42

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