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Biography: historical, political & military

Paperback. The only edition of the celebrated Autobiography that includes the long-missing and recently identified "Wagon Letters." Editor(s): Chaplin, Joyce E. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 213 x 24. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393935615
ISBN
9780393935615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.45

paperback. Rescuing Franklin from the cliche of the genial codger, the bestselling author of KISSINGER celebrates the most advanced and earthy of the founding fathers in a riveting biography that brings Benjamin Franklin to life. Num Pages: 608 pages, 16pp 4-c insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 34. Weight in Grams: 792.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780743258074
ISBN
9780743258074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604563306
ISBN
9781604563306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 34.65

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 394 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBTB; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633039
ISBN
9780691633039
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 244.68

Paperback. Lavrentii Beria has long symbolized all the evils of Stalinism, haunting the public imagination both in the West and in the former Soviet Union. This is a biography of Lavrentii Beria, Stalin's notorious police chief and for many years his most powerful lieutenant. Num Pages: 344 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVU; BGH; JPFC; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
338
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691010939
ISBN
9780691010939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.48

Hardcover. Sculptor, architect, painter, playwright, and scenographer, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) was the last of the universal artistic geniuses of early modern Italy. This biography leads us through Bernini's feuds and love affairs, scandals and sins. Num Pages: 415 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 772.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
First edition, second printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226538525
ISBN
9780226538525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.26

Paperback. * A biography of one of the most remarkable women of the Tudor era - next to Queen Elizabeth the most powerful woman in England. Num Pages: 576 pages, Section: 16, colour. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 37. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349115894
ISBN
9780349115894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. Betsy's failed quest to win royal status for her son and grandsons consumed the remainder of her seventy-four years, decades that transformed her from the glamorous "belle of Baltimoreinto a shrewd and successful businesswoman determined to protect her family. Num Pages: 244 pages, 24, 24 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Maryland Historical Society United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780984213504
ISBN
9780984213504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.98

Paperback. The first woman to be appointed Speaker of the House of Commons, Betty Boothroyd was once a celebrated "Tiller Girl". In her autobiography, she tells of her life, the times campaigning for the Labour Party, the times she lost two by-elections, and her elation at finally becoming an MP. Num Pages: 544 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BGHA; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 116 x 35. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099427049
ISBN
9780099427049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardback. Editor(s): Watermeier, Daniel J. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; ANB; BGF; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691647234
ISBN
9780691647234
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.30

Hardcover. Shedding new light on Mandate Palestine and the Jewish experience in Soviet Moscow, this book reveals the remarkable story of a woman living through some of the most pivotal events of twentieth-century history. Editor(s): Arielli, Nir. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 bw in 8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1FBP; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 29. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784530808
ISBN
9781784530808
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 54.65

Paperback. This book documents the Cambodian refugee experience through powerful first-person narratives of men, women, and children who survived the holocaust and have begun new lives in America. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 half-tones 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1KBB; BGH; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804723725
ISBN
9780804723725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 Black and White Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JNSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Beacon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807050507
ISBN
9780807050507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.60

Paperback. * First published in 1986 as WINTER IN THE MORNING, this edition has been updated and expanded by the author. *'A profound and moving book which everyone ought to read' Alan Sillitoe, New Statesman Series: VMC. Num Pages: 304 pages, Section: 8, b/w. BIC Classification: 1DVP; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844083190
ISBN
9781844083190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Hardcover. This is the biography of 'Big Jim' Larkin. Through the research of Emmet O'Connor, Larkin - Labour leader and agitator - is thoroughly evaluated. Based on police records, FBI files, and archives of the Communist International in Moscow, O'Connor explores the hidden side of a very private person who kept his ambition behind a veil of silence. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 labour history images. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 244 x 39. Weight in Grams: 784.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781906359935
ISBN
9781906359935
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.59

Paperback. Xolela Mangcu, who knew Biko, provides the first in-depth look at the life of one of the most iconic figures of the anti-apartheid movement, whose legacy is still strongly felt today, both in South Africa, and worldwide in the global struggle for civil rights, today. Num Pages: 352 pages, 14 bw in 8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; BGH; HBJH; JFSL3; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780767857
ISBN
9781780767857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.62

Series: Blood Moon's Babylon. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Blood Moon Productions, Ltd United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936003471
ISBN
9781936003471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.81

Hardcover. As Democratic ward committeeman for more than twenty years (a position that controlled many patronage jobs), Bill Clay, Sr. was also a congressman putting him at the epicenter of most local political storms. Clay recounts his forty-one-year odyssey through a career filled with controversy, conflict, and confrontation. Num Pages: 320 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Missouri History Museum Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781883982522
ISBN
9781883982522
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. Nigel Hamilton brings all the magisterial authority he brought to his Whitbread-winning biography of Monty, and all the talent for tracking down and verifying hidden, controversial material that he showed in JFK: Reckless Youth, which topped the American bestseller charts for months, in this new biography of Bill Clinton. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 530. 784pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KLN0023378
ISBN
9780099461425
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardback. An honest, heartfelt portrait of the dynamic yet troubled Billy Carter, written by his son. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20. BIC Classification: BGH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Longstreet Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563525537
ISBN
9781563525537
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.67

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