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Biography: historical, political & military
Paperback. Sir Edgar Speyer was a conspicuous figure in the financial, cultural, social and political life of Edwardian London. Head of the syndicate which financed the construction of the deep 'tube lines' and 'King of the Underground', he was also a connoisseur and active patron of the arts who rescued the 'Proms' from collapse. Num Pages: 220 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908323118
- ISBN
- 9781908323118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.12
€ 19.99
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Hardback. A fresh, vivid look at Disraeli's life, achievements, and temperament that casts doubts on his much-touted commitment to Jewish rights Series: Jewish Lives. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; BGX; HBJD1; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 146. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300137514
- ISBN
- 9780300137514
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.79
€ 25.99
€ 19.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages, 48 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJ; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 31. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231158879
- ISBN
- 9780231158879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.43
€ 30.99
€ 22.43
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€ 19.72
€ 26.99
€ 19.72
Paperback. A masterful biography of the Norman king who conquered England in 1066 and changed the country forever. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445660172
- ISBN
- 9781445660172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784784188
- ISBN
- 9781784784188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.98
€ 18.99
€ 17.98
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595554482
- ISBN
- 9781595554482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.46
€ 32.99
€ 30.46
Paperback. Translator(s): Sturrock, John. Num Pages: 544 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGH; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- NYRB Classics
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780940322899
- ISBN
- 9780940322899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.94
€ 31.99
€ 22.94
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FBH; 3JJ; BGH; HBA; HRJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226428635
- ISBN
- 9780226428635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.61
€ 46.99
€ 36.61
Paperback. From the author of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, the unforgettable true story of a boy who comes of age in the oilfields and plains of Wyoming Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWY; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- POCKET BOOKS
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847393319
- ISBN
- 9781847393319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.42
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€ 15.42
Paperback. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Eyewear Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908998972
- ISBN
- 9781908998972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.62
€ 15.99
€ 14.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; BGH; HBWP; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845198589
- ISBN
- 9781845198589
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.61
€ 40.99
€ 36.61
Paperback. Joseph 'Tommy' Lapid (1931-2008) survived the horrors of the Holocaust to become Israel's notorious yet beloved 'big mouth': a journalist, playwright, TV star, and finally deputy prime minister and leader of the anti-Orthodox movement. His is a very personal story as well as the breathtaking saga of a nation that emerged from the ashes. Translator(s): Fallenberg, Evan. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Elliott & Thompson Limited
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908739445
- ISBN
- 9781908739445
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. Thrilling new biography about the first man to rule all of the Indian subcontinent, from one of the great chroniclers of India. Num Pages: 480 pages, Integrated: 30, int b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 33. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349122380
- ISBN
- 9780349122380
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
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Paperback. Presents nine biographies that illuminate the careers, personalities and military campaigns of some of Rome's greatest statesmen, whose lives span the earliest days of the Republic to the establishment of the Empire. This title includes prominent figures who achieved fame for their pivotal roles in Roman history. Translator(s): Scott-Kilvert, Ian. Num Pages: 368 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140441581
- ISBN
- 9780140441581
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
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Paperback. This ed. originally published: London: Leo Cooper, 1995. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 1MTS; BGH; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848840881
- ISBN
- 9781848840881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.95
€ 19.00
€ 16.95
Paperback. A life story of Ishi, the Yahi Indian, lone survivor of a doomed tribe, who stumbled into the twentieth century on the morning of August 29, 1911, when, desperate with hunger and with terror of the white murderers of his family, was found in the corral of a slaughter house near Oroville, California. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32 black / white photographs, 5 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; 3JJC; BGH; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 204 x 19. Weight in Grams: 330. A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America. 288 pages, Illustrations, map. Editor(s): Kroeber, Karl. A life story of Ishi, the Yahi Indian, lone survivor of a doomed tribe, who stumbled into the twentieth century on the morning of August 29, 1911, when, desperate with hunger and with terror of the white murderers of his family, was found in the corral of a slaughter house near Oroville, California. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; 3JJC; BGH; JFSL9. Dimension: 139 x 204 x 19. Weight: 330.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271470
- ISBN
- 9780520271470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.82
€ 26.99
€ 24.82
Hardback. Editor(s): Burns, Robert G.; Weron, Aleksander; Szymaniec, Irena. Translator(s): Shenitzer, Abe. Series: Vita Mathematica. Num Pages: 491 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 13 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; PBKF; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 491
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319219837
- ISBN
- 9783319219837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.75
€ 152.75
Paperback. Describes Mao Zedong s life and thought in relation to the Chinese revolution and twentieth-century history. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822347958
- ISBN
- 9780822347958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.68
€ 27.68
Paperback. The gripping true story of Klaus Fuchs: the spy who sold the nuclear secrets to the Russians. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755365661
- ISBN
- 9780755365661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.53
€ 17.99
€ 13.53
Paperback. The Man Who Made the Tudor Dynasty Num Pages: 400 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 197 x 47. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445650494
- ISBN
- 9781445650494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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€ 11.76
Hardcover. Evelyn was a scholar, a scientific amateur, a garden designer and architect, and a founder member of the Royal Society who published a magisterial book about trees, Sylva, and many pamphlets on assorted subjects. This work is a vivid portrait of the social, personal and political life of a society in ferment by one of its major players. Num Pages: 1050 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 137 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1012.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1050
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152913
- ISBN
- 9781857152913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.49
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€ 19.49
Paperback. Jochen Peiper was notorious for his participation in the massacre of American soldiers at Malmedy in December 1944, he might have felt he had paid the price when he was released from prison in 1957. But as Charles Whiting vividly demonstrates, a grisly end still awaited him. Num Pages: 208 pages, 20 B&W Images. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGH; HBWQ; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 19. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848848610
- ISBN
- 9781848848610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Vita Sackville-West was an extraordinary woman from a long line of extraordinary women. Her grandmother, daughter of an old-clothes pedlar, made her fortune as a dancer and had a scandalous affair with an English diplomat. Their illegitimate daughter Victoria, Vita's mother, spent her childhood hidden in a convent. This book tells their stories. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784871161
- ISBN
- 9781784871161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90