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Biography: historical, political & military
Paperback. As the summer of 1914 drew to a close, it was difficult for a 16 year-old schoolboy to realize that the world for which he had been prepared at Clifton College was itself preparing for war. By 1916, he was commissioned in the Royal Field Artillery. This book gives human account of history. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 pp B & W photos; line drawings/maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; BGHA; BTM; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857501950
- ISBN
- 9780857501950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardback. This study focuses on James Legge (1815-1897), one of the most important 19th-century figures in the cultural exchange between China and the West. The narrative illuminates the era in which Legge lived as well as the surroundings in which he worked. Num Pages: 810 pages, 38 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1FPC; BGH; GTB; HBJD1; HBLL; HRAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1421.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 810
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520215528
- ISBN
- 9780520215528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.06€ 73.24
€ 95.06
€ 73.24
Hardback. Brings together the perspectives of Civil War soldiers on various aspects of the conflict, revealing as much about nineteenth-century America as it does about the war itself. This book investigates the issues engaged by soldiers during the war, including slavery and racial tensions, the divide between soldiers and civilians, and more. Editor(s): Sheehan-Dean, Aaron. Series: New Directions in Southern History. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124131
- ISBN
- 9780813124131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.26
€ 44.26
paperback. Tells the story of the hard life in an Irish village, looking at characters such as the local tailor, the blacksmith and the farm-wife. The book combines laughter, pathos and innocence with the gossip of a closely-knit community. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 0. Weight in Grams: 204. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Brandon
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKW0001171
- ISBN
- 9780863221422
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. Tells the story of the hard life in an Irish village, looking at characters such as the local tailor, the blacksmith and the farm-wife. The book combines laughter, pathos and innocence with the gossip of a closely-knit community. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 0. Weight in Grams: 204. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Brandon
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0003874
- ISBN
- 9780863221422
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. Tells the story of the hard life in an Irish village, looking at characters such as the local tailor, the blacksmith and the farm-wife. The book combines laughter, pathos and innocence with the gossip of a closely-knit community. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 0. Weight in Grams: 204. Good clean copy showing some shelf wear, nicks and bumps to cover but remains a good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Brandon
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0016347
- ISBN
- 9780863221422
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. Tells the story of the hard life in an Irish village, looking at characters such as the local tailor, the blacksmith and the farm-wife. The book combines laughter, pathos and innocence with the gossip of a closely-knit community. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 0. Weight in Grams: 204. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Brandon
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAK0006904
- ISBN
- 9780863221422
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. In 1998, a Mexican American woman named Estela Ruiz began seeing visions of the Virgin Mary in south Phoenix. This book traces the spiritual transformation of Ruiz, the development of the community that has sprung up around her, and the international expansion of their message. Series: Qualitative Studies in Religion Series. Num Pages: 291 pages, Black and White. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; BGH; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 291
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814758250
- ISBN
- 9780814758250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. France's great heroine and England's great scourge: whether a lunatic, a witch, a religious icon, or a skilled soldier and leader, Joan of Arc's contemporaries found her as extraordinary and fascinating as the legends that abound about her today. This book paints a portrait of Joan as a self-confident, charismatic and supremely determined figure. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 pages of black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; BGH; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300168952
- ISBN
- 9780300168952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.29
€ 19.99
€ 16.29
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 366 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691628134
- ISBN
- 9780691628134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.03€ 45.21
€ 57.03
€ 45.21
Paperback. Features an account of the swordfighter Wallace was to symbolise the cause of liberty and independence to many other countries and cultures in the centuries to come. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841954134
- ISBN
- 9781841954134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.67
€ 19.99
€ 14.67
Paperback. An inspired evaluation of women leaders in war by a bestselling historian Series: Women in History. Num Pages: 400 pages, 32. BIC Classification: BGH; HBT; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 157 x 38. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842126363
- ISBN
- 9781842126363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
Paperback. In this devastating and brilliant new book John Simpson offers a compelling and cogent analysis of the West's relationship with Saddam Hussein and Iraq, past and present. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Reprints
- Publisher
- Pan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KNW0009296
- ISBN
- 9780330418904
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; HBJD; JP. Category: (G) General; (U) Tertiary Education. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Penn State University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271016047
- ISBN
- 9780271016047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.54€ 51.85
€ 60.54
€ 51.85
Paperback. Presenting the biography of Matsuo Taseko, a peasant woman of the Tokugawa period, honoured and then adopted as a patron saint by rightist nationalists, this text gives perspectives on the practices and intellectual concerns of rural entrepreneurs and their role in the Meiji Restoration. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 424 pages, 20 halftones, 2 maps, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226872377
- ISBN
- 9780226872377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.69
€ 44.99
€ 34.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Naval & Military Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- New ed of 1929 ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843421290
- ISBN
- 9781843421290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 11.73
€ 16.99
€ 11.73
Hardback. The life and exploits of the world's greatest sniper, Simo Hayha, who brought death to hundreds of Russian soldiers during the Winter War of 1939-1940. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNF; 3JJ; BGH; JWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 341 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612004297
- ISBN
- 9781612004297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.73
€ 35.99
€ 30.73
Paperback. "Extraordinarily readable. " --Paul D. Casdorph, author of Jackson and Lee Best remembered as the man who burned Atlanta and marched his army to the sea, cutting a swath of destruction through Georgia, William Tecumseh Sherman remains one of the most vital figures in Civil War annals. Num Pages: 496 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471283294
- ISBN
- 9780471283294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.18
€ 30.99
€ 24.18
Paperback. A candid account by a 1950s political operative and shrewd lobbyist Num Pages: 280 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992327
- ISBN
- 9780295992327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.88
€ 38.88
Hardcover. This enchanting collection brings together hundreds of Winston Churchill's wittiest remarks, as a record of all that was best about this endearing, conceited, talented and wildly funny Englishman. Num Pages: 162 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Michael O'Mara
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854795298
- ISBN
- 9781854795298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. The classic story of four nineteenth-century women who, for different reasons, gravitated to the wildness of the Middle East and North Africa. Num Pages: 336 pages, ill. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753827918
- ISBN
- 9780753827918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. * an intriguing exploration of the life of Francis Bacon Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844080748
- ISBN
- 9781844080748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 ft, 1 map, 13 bw images throughout. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; BGH; BGR; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 557.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465066995
- ISBN
- 9780465066995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.05
€ 33.99
€ 27.05
Paperback. 7 April 1926: on the steps of the Capitol in Rome, surrounded by chanting Fascists, The Honourable Violet Gibson raises her old revolver and fires at the Italian head of state, Benito Mussolini - the darling of Europe's ruling class. The bullet narrowly misses the dictator's bald head, hitting him in the nose. This book tells her story. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DST; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571239795
- ISBN
- 9780571239795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.63
€ 19.99
€ 14.63