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Biography: historical, political & military

paperback. For George Mallory as for all of his generation, death was but 'a frail barrier that men crossed, smiling and gallant, every day'. As climbers they accepted a degree of risk unimaginable before the war. What mattered now was how one lived, and the moments of being alive. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 43. Weight in Grams: 748.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099563839
ISBN
9780099563839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.10

Hardback. Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 388 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 35. Weight in Grams: 730.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
388
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442251861
ISBN
9781442251861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.02

paperback. On October 26, 1881, Wyatt Earp, his two brothers, and Doc Holliday shot it out with a gang of cattle rustlers near the O K Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. It was over in half a minute, but those thirty violent seconds turned the thirty-three-year-old Wyatt Earp into the stuff of legend. This biography tells Wyatt Earp's story. Num Pages: 39 images. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803220584
ISBN
9780803220584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.82

Paperback. A book about art, literature, science -- and meteorology Num Pages: 304 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: BGH; PDX; PDZ; WNWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
Edition
Reprints
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330391955
ISBN
9780330391955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.73

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621687
ISBN
9781900621687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.57

Hardback. Features the biography of Thomas Moore, describing the life and times of a great Irish writer - romantic poet, political satirist, pioneering biographer and the creator of the "Irish Melodies". This work captures the charm of Whig society and casts light on his relationship with Byron. Num Pages: 271 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AVG; AVH; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568. Biography..Tom Moore. 262pp
Edition
First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
1845112520
ISBN
9781845112523
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.00

Paperback. This volume is an abridged edition of Tonna's personal recollections, which includes her memoir of visiting Ireland in the mid-1820s. Series: Classics of Irish History. Num Pages: 208 pages, port. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 123 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University College Dublin Press Dublin
Edition
Abridged ed.
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904558101
ISBN
9781904558101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.57

Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 374. Fine in fine dustjacket
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Shanghai Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Hardcover with Jacket
SKU
KLJ0020736
ISBN
9781602202382
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.00

Paperback. A first hand account of the German U-boat battles of World War II, by one of the very few surviving commanders. Num Pages: 352 pages, 79. BIC Classification: 1QSA; 2ADS; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
W&N
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780304353309
ISBN
9780304353309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Hardback. Series: Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies. Num Pages: 390 pages, 10+ bw photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPG; BGH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 43. Weight in Grams: 764.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857283498
ISBN
9780857283498
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 7. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750962322
ISBN
9780750962322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.35

Paperback. A sweeping biography of the legendary Spanish queen who was patron of Christopher Columbus, brought the Inquisition to Spain, expelled the Jews from the Iberian Peninsula, and was mother of the first wife of King Henry VIII. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 496 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 36. Weight in Grams: 754.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
492
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812218978
ISBN
9780812218978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.22

Paperback. Isabella de' Medici was the hostess of a glittering circle in Renaissance Florence. Beautiful and liberated, she not only matched the intellectual accomplishments of her male contemporaries, but sought sexual parity also, engaging in an adulterous affair with her husband's cousin. This title illuminates this often misunderstood figure. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571230310
ISBN
9780571230310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.08

Paperback. .
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf United States
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307742162
ISBN
9780307742162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.34

Paperback. The result of ten years of interviews between Berlin and Ignatieff, this is the biography of one of the greatest and most humane of modern philosophers. Berlin (born in Russia in 1909) was caught up in the most powerful currents of the century, and the book is full of memorable encounters. Num Pages: 384 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVUA; 1KBB; BGH; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001722
ISBN
9780099577317
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

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
€ 20.48

Hardback. Num Pages: 93 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 184. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
93
Condition
New
SKU
V9780845348451
ISBN
9780845348451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages, 40 photos. BIC Classification: BGH; HBW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 10. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Blacksmith Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9789881376510
ISBN
9789881376510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Pioneering aviator, blackshirt leader, colonial governor, confidante and heir-apparent to Benito Mussolini, the dashing and charismatic Italo Balbo exemplified the ideals of Fascist Italy during the 1920s and 30s. Num Pages: 482 pages, Illustrations, maps,ports. BIC Classification: 1DST; BGH; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
482
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520071995
ISBN
9780520071995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.91

Paperback. A gripping account of both an individual caught on the horns of an excruciating moral dilemma and a continent at a turning point. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; BGH; HBJH; HBLW; JPZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007241972
ISBN
9780007241972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.91

Hardback. Series: Bunin. Num Pages: 347 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BGHA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 631.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
347
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566630832
ISBN
9781566630832
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.25

Paperback. "The cumulative effect is overwhelming. Eleanor Roosevelt was right: Hoover's FBI was an American gestapo."-Newsweek Num Pages: 848 pages, 32 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; JKVF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 36. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
848
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393321289
ISBN
9780393321289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGF; BGH; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 209 x 20. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061994340
ISBN
9780061994340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.44

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Edition
Trade ed.
SKU
V9780446564632
ISBN
9780446564632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.19

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