Biography: historical, political & military
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Biography: historical, political & military
Paperback. Editor(s): Maume, Mairead; Maume, Patrick; Casey, Mary. Series: Classics of Irish History. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 121 x 188 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904558224
- ISBN
- 9781904558224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.32
€ 20.32
Hardback. The Frontier World of Edgar Dewdney is a biography of a man who played a key role in the events which marked the political, social, and economic transformation of western Canada in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFFN; JPHL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774807302
- ISBN
- 9780774807302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.46
€ 119.46
Paperback. Eaten by tuberculosis, sustained by alcohol, John Henry "Doc" Holliday walked the streets. This dentist could be deadly when the drink wore off and someone crossed him. He was a gentleman and murderer, married to a prostitute but devoted only to the memory of his mother. This book presents a picture of Doc Holliday and his frontier world. Num Pages: 305 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- V9780803276086
- ISBN
- 9780803276086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.61
€ 20.99
€ 20.61
Paperback. Friedrich Engels is one of the most attractive and contradictory figures of the nineteenth century. Born to a prosperous mercantile family in west Germany, he spent his career working in the Manchester cotton industry, riding to the Cheshire hounds, and enjoying the comfortable, middle-class life of a Victorian gentleman. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGH; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141021409
- ISBN
- 9780141021409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Paperback. This concise and elegant contribution to the Very Short Introduction series reintroduces the history that shaped the founding fathers, the history that they made, and what history has made of them. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 112 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780190273514
- ISBN
- 9780190273514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.61
€ 12.99
€ 11.61
The Flying Greek. An Immigrant Fighter Ace's WWII Odyssey with the RAF...
Col. (Retd.) Steve N. Pisanos
hardcover. Steve N. Pisanos's The Flying Greek is both the classic tale of an immigrant's bond with America and an aerial adventure. When young Pisanos arrived in the U.S. in 1938, he worked, studied English, and learned to fly. Num Pages: 280 pages, 30 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597970785
- ISBN
- 9781597970785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.86
€ 41.99
€ 41.86
Paperback. The most comprehensive history yet of the last years of Russia's imperial family Num Pages: 448 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; BGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465024636
- ISBN
- 9780465024636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.78
€ 29.78
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 color + 15 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; ABQ; ACND; AGC; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 200 x 31. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300209686
- ISBN
- 9780300209686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.68€ 49.91
€ 64.68
€ 49.91
Paperback. Published in 1994, this is a paperback edition edition of a study of the life and writings of literary pioneer, Lydia Maria Child. Her writing made and impact on American life as she addressed the issues of her time: slavery, women's rights, treatm Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 832 pages, 10 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 254 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1429.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 832
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- SKU
- KEX0212593
- ISBN
- 9780822321637
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. This is the first book to explain how Wales was transformed from a kingdom to a principality as the Norman Conquest forged modern Britain. Num Pages: 176 pages, 11 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Publisher
- University of Wales Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783169368
- ISBN
- 9781783169368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.18
€ 15.18
Paperback. An Igbo woman becomes king at a time of extraordinary change in Africa Num Pages: 322 pages, 29 b&w illus., 12 maps, 9 music exx., 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; BGH; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253222480
- ISBN
- 9780253222480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.44
€ 31.99
€ 28.44
Paperback. In June 1405, King Henry IV stopped at a small Yorkshire manor house to shelter from a storm. That night he awoke screaming that traitors were burning his skin. His instinctive belief that he was being poisoned was understandable: he had already survived at least eight plots to dethrone or kill him in the first six years of his reign. Num Pages: 496 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844135295
- ISBN
- 9781844135295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.42
€ 21.99
€ 16.42
Paperback. Offering a critical analysis of Louis Farrakhan's ascent to national influence, the author argues that the minister's rise to prominence is a function of race and reaction in contemporary America. He probes the origins and significance of Farrakhan in American politics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFF; JFSL1; JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878406586
- ISBN
- 9780878406586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.05
€ 71.05
Paperback. After the events of 11 September, the author noticed that many colleagues seemed determined to understand the perpetrator rather than support the victim. America, in their view, had it coming. In rejecting that analysis, the author set out to unpick the prejudices that had come to shape progressive, liberal and wider public opinion. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; JPF; JPFK; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784700423
- ISBN
- 9781784700423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 9.30
€ 20.99
€ 9.30
Paperback. Andrew Anthony was shocked by the response of liberal friends and colleagues after 9/11- a belief that America had it coming, a determination to understand the perpetrator rather than support the victim. This memoir offers an account of his political education in Thatcher's Britain and the painful midlife reassessment. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238. Some light shelf wear else as new.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KTG0007763
- ISBN
- 9780099507857
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 235 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; BGX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 235
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595553539
- ISBN
- 9781595553539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.57
€ 19.99
€ 18.57
Hardback. Num Pages: 406 pages, 128pp of illustrations and photographs. BIC Classification: BGH; BGT; TRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 39. Weight in Grams: 860. 406 pages, 128pp of illustrations and photographs. Translation of: Het ware verhaal van de Kever: hoe Hitler het ontwerp van een joods genie confisqueerde. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGH; BGT; TRC. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 39. Weight: 844.
- Publisher
- RVP Publishers Inc.
- Number of pages
- 406
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781614122012
- ISBN
- 9781614122012
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.19
€ 33.99
€ 28.19
Hardback. This is a remarkable story, not just about the extraordinary achievements of a family, but about the power of the individual to spur innovation, even when the consen Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: BGHA; BK; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780720890
- ISBN
- 9781780720890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.61
€ 26.99
€ 18.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 pages plates. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Dovecote Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904349679
- ISBN
- 9781904349679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.25
€ 13.99
€ 13.25
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307475213
- ISBN
- 9780307475213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.61
€ 18.99
€ 16.61