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Biography: historical, political & military

paperback. An 18th-century adventure - a true story of love, murder and survival.. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JF; BGH; BTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Bantam
Condition
New
SKU
9780553815399
ISBN
9780553815399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. The Marquess of Queensberry is perhaps as famous for destroying one of our greatest literary geniuses as he was for helping establish the rules of modern-day boxing. This biography of the marquess, also known as John Sholto Douglas, paints a far more complex picture by drawing on new sources and unpublished letters. Num Pages: 336 pages, 27 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300205206
ISBN
9780300205206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.51

Paperback. The definitive biography of David Dubinsky, one of the most controversial and influential labour leaders in 20th-century America Num Pages: 436 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPA; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814770368
ISBN
9780814770368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Hardback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 158 x 35. Weight in Grams: 912.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691158501
ISBN
9780691158501
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. .
Publisher
St Martin´s Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781250114969
ISBN
9781250114969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. "Randel is endlessly fascinating, and Holloway's biography tells his life with great skill."-Steve Weinberg, USA Today Num Pages: 384 pages, 53 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BGH; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393347906
ISBN
9780393347906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.45

Hardback. Cosimo dei Medici stabilized ducal finances, secured his borders, doubled his territory, attracted scholars and artists to his court, academy, and universities, and dissipated fractious Florentine politics. These triumphs were far from a foregone conclusion, as Gregory Murry shows in this study of how Cosimo crafted his image as a sacral monarch. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HRAM2; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725478
ISBN
9780674725478
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.78
€ 57.18

Paperback. Tells the history of the modest family which rose to become one of the most powerful in Europe. This title explores the intensely dramatic rise and fall of the Medici family in Florence, as well as the Italian Renaissance which they did so much to sponsor and encourage. Num Pages: 448 pages, 33. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 368.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
9780099522973
ISBN
9780099522973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.85

Hardcover. Num Pages: 317 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 2BXF; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1166.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
317
Condition
New
SKU
V9781588140388
ISBN
9781588140388
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.50
€ 56.87

Hardcover. Editor(s): Ahrar, Ahmad. Num Pages: 508 pages, 171 photos. BIC Classification: 1FBN; BGHA; HBJF1; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 238 x 37. Weight in Grams: 866.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
IBEX Publishers
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781588140999
ISBN
9781588140999
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.50
€ 56.87

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Modern Library
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812969870
ISBN
9780812969870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.55

Paperback. Lt Henry Timberlake visited the Cherokee Overhill towns for three months in 1761-62 and accompanied three Cherokee leaders to London to meet with King George III and other political figures. This memoir provides the detailed account of Cherokee life in the eighteenth century. It is illustrated with portraits, maps, and photographs of artifacts. Editor(s): King, Duane H. Num Pages: 128 pages, 25 colour & 75 b&w illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807858271
ISBN
9780807858271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.30

Hardcover. Num Pages: 922 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; BGH; HBJF1; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 239 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1316.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
IBEX Publishers
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781588140982
ISBN
9781588140982
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.43
€ 61.20

Paperback. One of the first women to hold office in Europe, her memoir offers a rare glimpse into the life of a strong and outspoken public figure who was recognized in her own time but who died in isolation and has largely been forgotten Editor(s): FitzLyon, Kyril. Translator(s): FitzLyon, Kyril. Num Pages: 352 pages, 9 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGHA; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 603.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822316213
ISBN
9780822316213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.59

Hardback. The spirited and measured memoir of Walter Bagehot, had he left one Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300195545
ISBN
9780300195545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. The story of the many suitors of Elizabeth I - one of the most eligible brides in 16th century Europe. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753818336
ISBN
9780753818336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 372 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; JW; KNT; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Blacksmith Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9789881376541
ISBN
9789881376541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; BGH; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241293928
ISBN
9780241293928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Deals with the friendship between two men looking to change the world - a repentant jihadist and a journalist. This title takes us from their first meeting in a Spartan flat in the rough suburbs of Manchester, through a dramatic arrest, a bombing, a stabbing and a reporting career on the brink of ruin. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 25. .
Publisher
Guardian Faber Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783350452
ISBN
9781783350452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.24

Paperback. Anne McEntegart wanted to support the War Effort so she left London, and her life as the wife of an officer, to work on the land and deliver milk in the New Forest. In doing so, she kept a Wartime diary full of evocative descriptions of her work alongside the Land Girls. Illustrator(s): Cocker, Paul. Editor(s): Robson, Emma; Edwards, Martin. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESH; 3JJH; BGHA; BJ; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 195 x 12. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Regional Magazine Company United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907998065
ISBN
9781907998065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.60

hardcover. Offers a collection of essays that seeks to historicize one of our nation's founding fathers. Challenging attempts to appropriate Jefferson to serve all manner of contemporary political agendas, this work argues that historians must look at Jefferson's language and life within the context of his own place and time. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925783
ISBN
9780813925783
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.84

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 266 x 25. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750967150
ISBN
9780750967150
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.75

Paperback. A fantastically readable biography of a 19th-century Parisian courtesan who harbours an incredible secret Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785780448
ISBN
9781785780448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.82

Hardback. A fantastically readable biography of a 19th-century Parisian courtesan who harbours an incredible secret Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 171 x 35. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848319264
ISBN
9781848319264
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 17.97

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