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Biography: historical, political & military

Paperback. A uniquely detailed portrayal of the formative years of Tanzania's first president and the influences that led him to enter politics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 3JJ; BGH; HBJH; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
James Currey
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011503
ISBN
9781847011503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.57

Hardback. Now Peru is Mine is the account of the life of Manuel Llamojha Mitma, one of Peru's most creative and inspiring indigenous political activists. His compelling life story covers nearly eight decades, providing a window into many key developments in Peru's tumultuous twentieth-century history and political mobilization in Cold War Latin America. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; BGHA; HBJK; JHMC; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822362180
ISBN
9780822362180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.28

Paperback. Now Peru is Mine is the account of the life of Manuel Llamojha Mitma, one of Peru's most creative and inspiring indigenous political activists. His compelling life story covers nearly eight decades, providing a window into many key developments in Peru's tumultuous twentieth-century history and political mobilization in Cold War Latin America. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; BGHA; HBJK; JHMC; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362388
ISBN
9780822362388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Paperback. Presenting an account of one of the strangest episodes in British political history, this work tells of Shirley Porter's wealthy upbringing as the daughter of Jack Cohen, the founder of Tesco; her rise to power in Westminster; and about the scandal and its aftermath. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862079229
ISBN
9781862079229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. The true story of one family's struggle in the chaos of Germany's defeat in 1945. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW3; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 213.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicolson History
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842127384
ISBN
9781842127384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. An account of a young journalist's experience during World War II. This book records the events of the war and the development of journalistic strategies for covering international affairs. Num Pages: 522 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Missouri
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826210142
ISBN
9780826210142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.70

Paperback. Margaret Thatcher is one of the most iconic politicians of the twentieth century. With the possible exception of Winston Churchill, no other Prime Minister has had such an impact on modern British history. Like it or not, her radical social and economic policies have made Britain the country it is today. This book tells her story. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552155793
ISBN
9780552155793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. In Norton of Everest, Hugh Norton has written sensitively and knowledgably about his father's remarkable life as pioneering mountaineer, soldier, naturalist, artist and family man. As on Everest, the real story is not the death of the gallant, but the heroics of the quiet survivors like E.F. Norton. Num Pages: 204 pages, 1x 16pp colour plate. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1FKAH; 1FKN; BGH; BGS; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Vertebrate Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910240922
ISBN
9781910240922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.50

Hardcover. There is a preoccupation with religion in the work of Northrop Frye. This book shows that it played a greater role than assumed - religion was central to practically everything Frye wrote. It focuses on the works with which Frye began and ended his career - "Fearful Symmetry" and, 50 years on, his two studies of the Bible and "The Double Vision". Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813922997
ISBN
9780813922997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.47

Paperback. Reveals the geography, wildlife, and natural history of northeastern Saskatchewan as well as the business and social interactions between people. This book offers a look at the vanished subsistence and commercial economy of the boreal forest, based on the personal story of person who was a trapper, fur trader, prospector, and game guardian. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
AU Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781897425015
ISBN
9781897425015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBWJ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762788156
ISBN
9780762788156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.12

Paperback. The untold story of Winston Churchill's precarious finances. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784081829
ISBN
9781784081829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 35 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGH; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Granville Island Publishing Canada
Edition
1st
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894694636
ISBN
9781894694636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.33

Paperback. The long-awaited memoir of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's years in Washington Num Pages: 784 pages, 2 x 8pp colour plate sections. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; BGHA; HBJK; HBLX; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 50. Weight in Grams: 656.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857208088
ISBN
9780857208088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 21.91

Paperback. .
Publisher
NAL
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780451472243
ISBN
9780451472243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.01

Paperback. This is the Archbishop's personal account of his experience as head of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission broadening the debate on the merits of reconciliation after conflict with observations, based on visits to, and experience of Northern Ireland, the Middle East, Dachau and Rwanda. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGH; HRC; HRLP1; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Rider
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712604857
ISBN
9780712604857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. Offers an account of two second-generation Japanese Americans who were demonized as threats to national security during World War II. This book follows their lives before, during, and after the war. It leads through the half century of uncertainty and trauma endured by the family before it was able to confront issues central to its existence. Series: The Scott & Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; BGH; GTB; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295985855
ISBN
9780295985855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Translator(s): Benson, Shirley. Num Pages: black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW3; JPFC; JPHL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271021706
ISBN
9780271021706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.15
€ 44.83

Paperback. When World War II erupted in Europe, Konrad Charmatz was a prospering businessman in Sosnowiec, Poland, a loving son and an aspiring poet. For the next seven years he witnesses the Holocaust as it destroyed his family, country and culture. This is his memoir of those years. Translator(s): Beckerman, Miriam Dashkin. Num Pages: 256 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815607069
ISBN
9780815607069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.38

Paperback. Written by his son-in-law, with unique access to personal records, this is the exciting biography of Karel Kuttelwascher, a Czech who became the scourge of Luftwaffe bombers in 1942, when his destruction of fifteen aircraft while flying with the famed No. 1 Squadron made him the RAF's top night intruder ace. Num Pages: 192 pages, 50 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; BTP; HBWQ; JWG; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 343.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781555910
ISBN
9781781555910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.15

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