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Biography: historical, political & military

Series: Topics in Kentucky History. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813147062
ISBN
9780813147062
Condition: New

€ 38.10

Paperback. When Jeanne-Antoinette was nine, she was told by a fortune teller that she would one day become the mistress of the handsome young Louix XV - from that day she was groomed to become 'a morsel fit for a King'. This title tells the story of how the little girl rose to become the most powerful women of the 18th century French court, Le Pompadour. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099528876
ISBN
9780099528876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. 18th century literary salon hostess Lively debauched youth, would even shock modern society Witty correspondence with key thinkers of the time: Voltaire and Horace Walpole Translator(s): Waugh, Teresa. Num Pages: 488 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 36. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Peter Halban Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9781870015790
ISBN
9781870015790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.71

Kentucky native Madeline McDowell Breckinridge (1872-1920) was at the forefront of the suffrage movement at both the state and national levels. Breckinridge inherited a sense of noblesse oblige that compelled her to speak for women's rights. This title recounts the remarkable life of this well-known vanguard of social change in the commonwealth. Series: Topics in Kentucky History. Num Pages: 360 pages, 27 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; BGH; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813125329
ISBN
9780813125329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.08

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609805579
ISBN
9781609805579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 449.
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613736494
ISBN
9781613736494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.86

Paperback. In the eyes of many, Magda Goebbels was the "First Lady" of the Reich. How did this devoted mother of six, the poster-child of family values during the Third Reich, turn into Medea and poison these same children? Anja Klabunde's biography examines her complex life. Num Pages: 384 pages, Section: 16, b/w. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751534481
ISBN
9780751534481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.19

Paperback. In this biography Zweig brings to life the Age of Discovery by telling the tale of one of the era's most daring adventurers. In typically flowing and elegant prose he takes us on a fascinating journey of discovery ourselves. Translator(s): Cedar, Paul; Eden, Paul. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 28. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906548490
ISBN
9781906548490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.09

Paperback. A book about Margaret Thatcher by award-winning biographer Brenda Maddox. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 x 8 pages colour and b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; BGH; JPFM; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340825464
ISBN
9780340825464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.53

Paperback. The new bestseller from the author of Give Me Ten Seconds: an alternative biography of one of the most remarkable leaders of the twentieth-century Num Pages: 356 pages, 16 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 320.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Reprints
Publisher
Pan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KLN0013854
ISBN
9780330411851
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JD; BGH; HBTB; HRQX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Truman State University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612481432
ISBN
9781612481432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.51

Hardback. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Eyewear Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911335344
ISBN
9781911335344
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.42

Paperback. This book moves from the birth of Gandhi's method of nonviolent resistance in South Africa to an in-depth analysis of two of his signal triumphs: the civil disobedience movement of 1930 and his historic Calcutta fast of 1947. Dalton concluded with a comparison of Gandhi to Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231159593
ISBN
9780231159593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Hardback. This book moves from the birth of Gandhi's method of nonviolent resistance in South Africa to an in-depth analysis of two of his signal triumphs: the civil disobedience movement of 1930 and his historic Calcutta fast of 1947. Dalton concluded with a comparison of Gandhi to Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231159586
ISBN
9780231159586
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.56
€ 80.25

Paperback. British Prime Minister who worked with Clinton to bring peace to Northern Ireland Series: 20 British Prime Ministers of the 20th Century. Num Pages: 168 pages, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904950721
ISBN
9781904950721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Major General Maurice Rose (1899-1945) is the highest-ranking American Jewish officer ever killed in battle, and the only individual casualty to spark a War Crimes Investigation. This book tells the story of Rose's life from his childhood as a son of a rabbi, through his experiences in World War I to his rise as America's answer to Rommel. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1955
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589793514
ISBN
9781589793514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.15

paperback. This intimate and richly informative diary kept in 1910 by the young wife of a bustling merchant household in Kyoto is an engaging, unique glimpse into the lives of ordinary people in early twentieth-century Japan. Includes 53 illustrations. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11 half-tones 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJC; BGHA; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804724418
ISBN
9780804724418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardcover. "Performance is better than promise" has long been the motto of Ernest F "Fritz" Hollings, former governor of South Carolina and 6-term US Senator. This political autobiography offers accounts of how one makes government work in spite of itself. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; BGHA; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570037603
ISBN
9781570037603
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781681370804
ISBN
9781681370804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.51

Paperback. This second edition in paper back offers in a single comprehensive volume the misdeeds and scandals that occurred during Mahathir Mohamad two decades as prime minister of Malaysia and afterwards. It includes Mahathir's response to the first edition and engages with the debate about Mahathir's legacy. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 373 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
373
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230367869
ISBN
9780230367869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.67

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