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Biography: historical, political & military
Paperback. "In the year 216 B.C., Hannibal of Carthage, faced with an opposing Roman army twice the size of his own, outwitted the enemy at Cannae by means of a strategy which has become a classic of its kind. As" Num Pages: 288 pages, 27 illustrations, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306804984
- ISBN
- 9780306804984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.82
€ 25.99
€ 22.82
A Badger Boy in Blue: The Civil War Letters of Chauncey H. Cooke (Grea...
(With An Introduction And Appendix By William...
paperback. Chauncey Cooke enlisted in the Union army in 1862 at only sixteen, after lying about his age. His letters to family members paint a realistic and compelling picture of daily life in the Civil War. He also describes the boredom of camp, the chaos of battle, and the suffering caused by illness. Series: Great Lake Books Series. Num Pages: 144 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780814333433
- ISBN
- 9780814333433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.49
€ 6.49
hardcover. In November 1774, a pamphlet to the "People of America" was published in Philadelphia and London. It forcefully articulated American rights and liberties and argued that the Americans needed to declare their independence from Britain. This book features a portrait of one of the most complex and controversial of the American revolutionaries. Num Pages: 410 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780814767658
- ISBN
- 9780814767658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 8.29
€ 24.99
€ 8.29
hardcover. Brutus is a household name, yet little known apart from his involvement in Caesar's murder. This is the first dedicated biography in over 30 years. It puts this important figure in historical context and looks beyond his most famous act. Num Pages: 192 pages, 8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; BGH; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Military
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848847767
- ISBN
- 9781848847767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 8.29
€ 29.99
€ 8.29
paperback. An 18th-century adventure - a true story of love, murder and survival.. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JF; BGH; BTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780553815399
- ISBN
- 9780553815399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 11.64
€ 16.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 25 colour illustrations, 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: BGHA; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 124 x 25. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Spellmount Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752499109
- ISBN
- 9780752499109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.75
€ 23.99
€ 20.75
Paperback. Translator(s): Smith, A.M. Sheridan. Series: Ann Arbor Paperbacks for the Study of Russian and Soviet History & Politics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 245.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472030521
- ISBN
- 9780472030521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.98
€ 33.99
€ 30.98
hardcover. As T. E. Lawrence did for the Arab world and Richard Burton did for the heart of Africa, Knud Rasmussen opened the landscape and culture of the Arctic. Stephen Bown, biographer of Roald Amundsen, follows Rasmussen's thrilling expeditions, including a three-year sled ride from Baffin Bay to Alaska, Series: A Merloyd Lawrence Book. Num Pages: 384 pages, two 8-pages of b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1MTN; BGH; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 37. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780306822827
- ISBN
- 9780306822827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.21
€ 29.99
€ 24.21
Paperback. Since the 1960s, Martin Luther King, Jr, has personified black leadership with his use of direct action protests against white authority. Booker T Washington pursued a different strategy to lift his people. This biography reveals how conditions in the segregated South led Washington to call for a less contentious path to freedom and equality. Num Pages: 528 pages, 54 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFSL3; JN; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060371
- ISBN
- 9780674060371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.06
€ 36.99
€ 31.06
Hardcover. Biography of Soviet agent Kim Philby, the 'Third Man' in the Cambridge spy ring at the heart of Britain's secret cold war. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVU; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGH; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898676
- ISBN
- 9780859898676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.68
€ 142.68
Paperback. Reissued due to popular demand 'Michael Collins, Himself' delves into Collins' complex character and life, rather than his political contributions. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The Mercier Press Ltd
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781781173916
- ISBN
- 9781781173916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.23
€ 14.99
€ 13.23
paperback. The remarkable story of Krystyna Skarbek, aka Christine Granville, George Medal, OBE and Croix de Guerre. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BGH; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781447201182
- ISBN
- 9781447201182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
€ 12.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. The lives of all the executed leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising in one volume Num Pages: 256 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The Mercier Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781781171349
- ISBN
- 9781781171349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.88
€ 14.99
€ 13.88
Paperback. Series: The Prison Diaries. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; BTC; FA; JKVP; JKVP1; JKVQ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509808878
- ISBN
- 9781509808878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.82
€ 15.99
€ 11.82
Paperback. Series: The Prison Diaries. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JKVP1; JKVQ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509820795
- ISBN
- 9781509820795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.82
€ 15.99
€ 11.82
hardcover. Is the unique inside story, revealing the truth behind the headlines of how the peace process was begun, and brought to fruition. Adams conveys the tensions, the sense of teetering on the brink, and he has a sharp eye and acute ear for the more humorous foibles of political allies and enemies alike. Num Pages: 406 pages, 8ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 37. Weight in Grams: 820. 8vo. Good copy in original cloth with dustwrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Brandon
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0300769
- ISBN
- 9780863223174
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 19.99€ 15.00
€ 19.99
€ 15.00
hardcover. Is the unique inside story, revealing the truth behind the headlines of how the peace process was begun, and brought to fruition. Adams conveys the tensions, the sense of teetering on the brink, and he has a sharp eye and acute ear for the more humorous foibles of political allies and enemies alike. Num Pages: 406 pages, 8ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 37. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Brandon
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780863223174
- ISBN
- 9780863223174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.46
€ 19.99
€ 16.46
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
hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGH; BGL; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 222 x 23. Weight in Grams: 420. Good clean copy with light wear to dust jacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Continuum London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0000209
- ISBN
- 9781408188446
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
hardcover. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 580. Good copy showing light age and wear. Scoring throughout text. Ex Libris markings to preliminary pages and stamps throughout. Light wear to dust jacket. Remains a nice reading copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Overlook Press New York
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMO0001148
- ISBN
- 9780879515775
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Mary Tudor is often written off as a twisted queen who tried desperately to pull England back to the Catholic Church that was so dear to her mother, and sent many to burn at the stake in the process. This biography argues that Mary, neither boring nor basically bloody, was a hard-working, 'hands on', and decisive queen than is commonly recognized. Series: Routledge Historical Biographies. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, figures, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415327213
- ISBN
- 9780415327213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.57
€ 51.57
Hardcover. George I. Sanchez was a reformer, activist and intellectual, and one of the most influential members of the "Mexican American Generation" (1930-1960). The author honours Sanchez's efforts, hitherto mostly unrecognized, in the struggle for equal opportunity, while not shying away from his subject's personal faults and foibles. Series: The Lamar Series in Western History. Num Pages: 400 pages, 22 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 33. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300190328
- ISBN
- 9780300190328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.39
€ 57.39
Paperback. Adolf Hitler is one of the most notorious political figure. This biography looks at Hitler's life from his childhood, his time as a drop out, his awakening as a revolutionary and his then relatively conventional ascent to power. Series: Routledge Historical Biographies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 black & white halftones, 9 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415436465
- ISBN
- 9780415436465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
paperback. In 203 AD a group of Christians in Carthage were sentenced to death. One of these, a young mother, wrote a diary while awaiting execution. This narrative is the focus of this work which studies the conflict that resulted in her martyrdom and places it in an intellectual and social context. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA; HRC; HRKP; J. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415918374
- ISBN
- 9780415918374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.00
€ 68.00