Biography: historical, political & military
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Biography: historical, political & military
Paperback. Admiral Stockdale looks back at his ten years in Vietnam. Ranging in subject from methods of communication in prison to military ethics to the principles of leadership, the thirty-four selections contained in this volume are a unique record of what their author calls a "melting experience," a pressure-packed existence that forces one to grow. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; BGH; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817981525
- ISBN
- 9780817981525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.00
€ 11.99
€ 11.00
A Victorian Gentleman and Ethiopian Nationalist: The Life and Times of...
Professor Peter P Garretson
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- James Currey United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010445
- ISBN
- 9781847010445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.64
€ 116.64
Paperback. The extraordinary letters and diaries of Captain Alexander Stewart, who served during the First World War - a vivid and moving picture of trench warfare. Num Pages: 336 pages, B & W throughout. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340977125
- ISBN
- 9780340977125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Paperback. A global story of passion, espionage and double-crossing that saw a woman born to indulgence and selfishness sacrifice everything for love, only to be betrayed Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. .
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780747972
- ISBN
- 9781780747972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Classic account of an idyllic childhood in Italy, under the shadow of approaching war. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJF; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780228648
- ISBN
- 9781780228648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Hardback. Louisa Catherine Adams was daughter-in-law and wife of presidents, assisted diplomat J. Q. Adams at three European capitals, and served as a D.C. hostess for three decades. Yet she is barely remembered today. A Traveled First Lady (with Foreword by Laura Bush) corrects this oversight, by sharing Adams's remarkable story in her own words. Num Pages: 375 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 158 x 33. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674048010
- ISBN
- 9780674048010
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.17
€ 40.99
€ 34.17
Paperback. An as-told-to political autobiography of Phuntso Wangye (Phunwang), one of the most important Tibetan revolutionary figures of the twentieth century. It illuminates one of the world's most tragic and dangerous ethnic conflicts at the same time that it relates the details of a stormy life spent in the quest for a new Tibet. Num Pages: 400 pages, 25 b/w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 264 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520249929
- ISBN
- 9780520249929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.25
€ 32.99
€ 24.25
paperback. Takes us on a seductive journey through author's childhood and adolescence, along Jerusalem's war-torn streets in the 1940s and '50s, and into the infernal marriage of two kind, well-meaning people: his fussy, logical father, and his dreamy, romantic mother. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099450030
- ISBN
- 9780099450030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.89
€ 14.99
€ 11.89
Hardcover.
I lived the same life as everyone else, the life of ordinary people, the masses. Sitting in a prison cell in the autumn of 1944, Hans Fallada sums up his life under the National Socialist dictatorship, the time of inward emigration . Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BJ; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745669885
- ISBN
- 9780745669885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.27
€ 26.99
€ 22.27
Paperback. On the 16th of August 1628, five battle-scarred English ships sailed into the harbour of the Greek island of Milos. Dropping anchor, the 25-year-old captain banqueted with the local lord before sitting down to write an account of his journey. This is the story of an extraordinary life, and of a journey that helped to shape a nation. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DVG; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 48. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099591764
- ISBN
- 9780099591764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1 port.,. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 29. Weight in Grams: 548. A Jewish Childhood in Wartime Poland. 432 pages, 1 port.,. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGHA; HBG; HBWQ. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 29. Weight: 540.
- Publisher
- Eland Books
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907871736
- ISBN
- 9780907871736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.19
€ 18.99
€ 15.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JFH; VXFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Trine Day
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634240000
- ISBN
- 9781634240000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.01
€ 21.99
€ 20.01
Hardcover. A Soldier in Arabia reveals the behind-the-scenes story of the events which lead up to and followed the creation of the present day United Arab Emirates in December 1971, followed, a few months later, with Ras Al Khaimah joining the Federation. Num Pages: 196 pages, 16 Colour plates. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165. .
- Publisher
- Medina Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909339637
- ISBN
- 9781909339637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.54
€ 17.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. "Originally published 2009"--T.p. verso. Num Pages: 552 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 231 x 39. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harper
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062026675
- ISBN
- 9780062026675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.07
€ 22.07
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Griffin
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341982
- ISBN
- 9780230341982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.28
€ 23.99
€ 20.28
Hardcover. This text offers a chronological survey of the history of the Sidney family of Penshurst Place, Kent. As royal servants, courtiers, diplomats, soldiers, writers and patrons of numerous other authors, the Sidneys occupied a central position in the development of early Modern English literature. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 365 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; BGH; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333964002
- ISBN
- 9780333964002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.83
€ 128.83
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473863422
- ISBN
- 9781473863422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.31
€ 26.99
€ 20.31
Paperback. The recollections of Joseph Prost, an Austrian priest who initiated the Redemptorist Parish Missionary Campaign in Ireland in 1851, provide a chronicle of the "devotional revolution" by one of its most earnest organisers. Editor(s): Freudenberger, Herman. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; BGHA; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 8. Weight in Grams: 87.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- 9781859181607
- ISBN
- 9781859181607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.64
€ 10.64
A Radical Worker in Tsarist Russia: The Autobiography of Semen Ivanovi...
Semen Ivanovich Kanatchikov
Paperback. Translator(s): Zelnik, Reginald E. Num Pages: 508 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; BGHA; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 28. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804713313
- ISBN
- 9780804713313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.84
€ 42.99
€ 38.84
Hardcover. Using various sources, including diaries and letters, this book contributes to the study of Gertrude Bell's colourful life - exploring the personal passions, desires and relationships that drove her - and to an understanding of the background behind the creation of modern Iraq. Num Pages: 320 pages, b&w plates. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJ; BGH; GTB; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850434153
- ISBN
- 9781850434153
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.43€ 59.94
€ 65.43
€ 59.94
Paperback. Queen on trial Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 21. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750937719
- ISBN
- 9780750937719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
hardcover. Num Pages: 366 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; BGH; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761806004
- ISBN
- 9780761806004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.37
€ 135.37
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
Paperback. Series: The Prison Diaries. Num Pages: 320 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
- V9781509808885
- ISBN
- 9781509808885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.82
€ 15.99
€ 11.82