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Biography: historical, political & military
Paperback. A powerful and moving account of the treatment of Raif Badawi, the Saudi blogger sentenced to 1000 lashes, as well as the story of his wife and their family's struggle. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 3JJPN; BGHA; JPVH1; JPVH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 233 x 25. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408707937
- ISBN
- 9781408707937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.38
€ 19.99
€ 18.38
Paperback. Rachel Bella Calof defies the nostalgia of the cheerful oLittle House on the PrairieO homestead; her story is instead one of real families handling daily stresses, competing needs, and interpersonal accommodations. Editor(s): Rikoon, J. Sanford. Translator(s): Calof, J.; Shaw, M. Num Pages: 176 pages, 9 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 341.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253209863
- ISBN
- 9780253209863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.27
€ 17.27
Paperback. "A fascinating account of the extraordinary life of W. E. B. Du Bois's widow: a complex, creative woman who lived a colorful, meaningful life." (Essence) "Horne is the first biographer to grant Shirley Graham Du Bois her due." (Boston Globe) Num Pages: 363 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 363
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814736487
- ISBN
- 9780814736487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Edition
- First TouchWood edition
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894898959
- ISBN
- 9781894898959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.48
€ 27.99
€ 19.48
Hardback. Series: Potent Quotables. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 170 x 16. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Towlehouse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931249058
- ISBN
- 9781931249058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.06
€ 15.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. This title presents an in-depth study of the lives and politics of two of the most interesting social radicals of their time. Quakers, Anna and Thomas Haslam campaigned for social reform in the late 19th century, and played a central role in the formation of an early Irish feminist agenda in the early 20th century. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 445. Biography..Anna and Thomas Haslam. Keywords: Quakerism. 265pp
- Publisher
- Cork University Press Cork
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859183946
- ISBN
- 9781859183946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.00€ 21.31
€ 25.00
€ 21.31
Paperback. Queen Victoria and Albert, Prince Consort had nine children who despite their very different characters, remained a close-knit family. This title tells the story of their lives in terms of world impact, their own personal achievements, and in their roles as the children of Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 229
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752454726
- ISBN
- 9780752454726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.17
€ 13.99
€ 13.17
paperback. Part of The World in A Life series, this brief, inexpensive text provides insight into the life of Queen Victoria. As one of the longest reigning monarchs in British history, Queen Victoria gave her name to an age filled with enormous possibilities and perplexing contradictions. Series: The World in a Life. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 283 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- OUP US United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190250003
- ISBN
- 9780190250003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.22
€ 50.22
Hardcover. This is an account of Queen Victoria's relationships with the Emperors, Empresses of France, Germany, Austria and Russia. Victoria had close connections with the royal houses of Germany long before the King of Prussia became the German Emperor in 1871 and with the exiled former Emperor of the French after the fall of the French Empire in 1870. Num Pages: 208 pages, 64 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 247 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781555507
- ISBN
- 9781781555507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.58
€ 25.99
€ 18.58
Paperback. Christopher Hibbert's acclaimed biography of Queen Victoria is as impressive and authoritative as the great woman herself. Num Pages: 576 pages, 16 b/w, 16 col plates (32pp). BIC Classification: BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Harpercollins Pb
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006388432
- ISBN
- 9780006388432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.27
€ 19.99
€ 14.27
Paperback. Series: Routledge Historical Biographies. Num Pages: 346 pages, 1 black & white tables, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 346
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415720915
- ISBN
- 9780415720915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 48.09
€ 49.99
€ 48.09
Paperback. The story of Gertrude Bell; archaeologist, spy, Arabist, linguist, author, poet, photographer, mountaineer and nation builder. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; JPS; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 36. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447286264
- ISBN
- 9781447286264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.63
€ 19.99
€ 14.63
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 170 x 28. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752468693
- ISBN
- 9780752468693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.47
€ 26.99
€ 23.47
Paperback. Born in Jedburgh in 1780, Mary Fairfax was the daughter of one of Nelson's captains, she taught herself algebra in secret, and made her reputation in celestial mechanics with her 1831 translation of Laplace's Mecanique celeste as The Mechanism of the Heavens. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; PB; PDX; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841951362
- ISBN
- 9781841951362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.53
€ 18.99
€ 13.53
Paperback. Every Scots child was taught a pallid and uncontentious version of Queen Margaret's life, drawn from the hagiography written not long after her death. Eileen Dunlop has produced a book for the general reader, which aims at a more balanced, psychologically probing account of a remarkable life. Num Pages: 114 pages, b/w illus & maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- National Museums Of Scotland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901663921
- ISBN
- 9781901663921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.32
€ 12.32
Paperback. Emma was one of England's most remarkable queens: a formidable woman who made her mark on a Europe beset by Vikings. She was a survivor: her life was punctuated by dramatic falls, all of which she overcame. Her story is one of power, politics, love, greed and scandal in an England caught between the Dark Ages and the Norman invasion of 1066. Num Pages: 288 pages, ill. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240. The Woman Who Shaped the Events of 1066. 288 pages, ill. Emma was one of England's most remarkable queens: a formidable woman who made her mark on a Europe beset by Vikings. She was a survivor: her life was punctuated by dramatic falls, all of which she overcame. Her story is one of power, politics, love, greed and scandal in an England caught between the Dark Ages and the Norman invasion of 1066. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 19. Weight: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747579687
- ISBN
- 9780747579687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.80
€ 19.99
€ 15.80
Paperback. * Important study of women and power in medieval England. * Sets biographical study of two early English queens in social and political context. * Draws on latest research in womena s and feminist history as anthropology. * Provides insights into structure of medieval rule. . Num Pages: 384 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; 3H; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631227380
- ISBN
- 9780631227380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 49.56
€ 50.99
€ 49.56
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 538 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 538
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691614946
- ISBN
- 9780691614946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.20€ 66.90
€ 88.20
€ 66.90
Paperback. The story of the six extraordinary hostesses who shaped British society in the inter-war years: Lady Astor, Lady Colefax, Lady Londonderry, Lady Cunard, Laura Corrigan and Mrs Ronnie Greville. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473618053
- ISBN
- 9781473618053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Hardback. In this comprehensive interdisciplinary biography, richly illustrated with visual and musical examples, James Winn draws on works by Dryden, Pope, Purcell, Handel, Lely, Kneller, Wren, Vanbrugh, Addison, Swift, and many other artists to shed new light on the life and reign of Queen Anne (1665-1714). Num Pages: 816 pages, 35 black and white illustrations, 18 colour plates and 28 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 190 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1616.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199372195
- ISBN
- 9780199372195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.56€ 39.42
€ 50.56
€ 39.42