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Biography: historical, political & military
Paperback. Outlines both Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's major philosophical insights and the limitations of his thought. This very short introduction looks at Gandhi's cosmocentric anthropology, his spiritual view of politics, his unique form of liberal communitarianism, and his theories of oppression, non-violent action, and active citizenship. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 113 x 9. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192854575
- ISBN
- 9780192854575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. This monumental biography, written by Gandhi's grandson, is the first to give a complete and balanced account of his remarkable life, the development of his beliefs, his political campaigns and his complex relationship with his family. Written with unprecedented insights and access to family archives, this biography sheds new light on Gandhi's life Num Pages: 800 pages, 20. BIC Classification: BGH; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 48. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Number of pages
- 800
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906598815
- ISBN
- 9781906598815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. BIC Classification: BGH. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141044231
- ISBN
- 9780141044231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.49
€ 25.99
€ 19.49
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Nilgiri Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Fourth
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781586380557
- ISBN
- 9781586380557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.68
€ 19.99
€ 18.68
Paperback. A major reinterpretation of Gandhi's life, politics, religion and nation Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; BGH; BGX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781681015
- ISBN
- 9781781681015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Hardback. Provides an original account of Gandhi's beliefs, their origins, and their expression in his political views and personal behaviour. This work examines Gandhi's ideas about the relationship between sexual temptation and spiritual power, and the bizarre and scandalous behaviour that resulted. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 248 x 36. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845111663
- ISBN
- 9781845111663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.47€ 49.75
€ 53.47
€ 49.75
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857381613
- ISBN
- 9780857381613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. 8vo.Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KEX0291267
- ISBN
- 9780195156348
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Garcilaso Inca de la Vega, a Peruvian mestizo and historian, envisioned Latin America as a multiethnic continent and advanced a humanist interpretation of New World history. In this collection of articles, central aspects of Garcilaso's life and work are reviewed. Editor(s): Anadon, Jose. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 2ADS; BGH; DSBD; HBAH; HBJK; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268010379
- ISBN
- 9780268010379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Hardcover. Sarah Hicks Williams was the northern-born wife of an antebellum slaveholder. Rebecca Fraser traces her journey as she relocates to Clifton Grove, the Williams' slaveholding plantation, presenting her with complex dilemmas as she reconciled her new role as plantation mistress to the gender script she had been raised with in the North. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300705
- ISBN
- 9780230300705
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. The first biography of this distinguished WW2 general who was a pioneer of airborne forces and commander of the 1st Airborne Corps. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16pp black and white plates. BIC Classification: BGH; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473898998
- ISBN
- 9781473898998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Hardcover. General Ioan Emanoil Florescu modernized the Romanian army in the second half of the 19th century, following the union of the Romanian principalities but predating the war for Romanian independence. This title stresses the role of General Florescu, whose model for modernization was primarily the French army. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 12. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336130
- ISBN
- 9780880336130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages, 22 photographs, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072598
- ISBN
- 9780252072598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.10
€ 23.99
€ 22.10
Paperback. Series: General Richard Montgomery and the American Revolution. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 361.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814780398
- ISBN
- 9780814780398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardcover. General Walter Krueger is still one of the least-known army commanders of World War II. This book resurrects the brilliant career of this great military leader while deepening our understanding of the Pacific War. By showing how he breathed life into Pacific war strategy, it gives him that credit and fills a gap in American military history. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, 11 maps. BIC Classification: BGH; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700615001
- ISBN
- 9780700615001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.00
€ 88.00
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764300752
- ISBN
- 9780764300752
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 41.45
€ 48.99
€ 41.45
paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, b & w illustrations, maps & line drawings throughout. BIC Classification: 3H; BGH; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Crown
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780609809648
- ISBN
- 9780609809648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.35
€ 23.99
€ 16.35
Paperback. Genghis Khan was the founder of the Mongol Empire, the largest continuous land empire ever. On his death in 1227, this extended from the Near East to the Yellow Sea, and was expanded by his successors to include what is now Iran, Iraq and southern Russia. He then launched his assault on Northern China. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; BGH; HBJF; HBLC; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631189497
- ISBN
- 9780631189497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.41
€ 46.41
Paperback. A biography of the legendary Mongol emperor and warlord. Num Pages: 464 pages, 32pp colour photos. BIC Classification: 1QDM; BGH; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553814989
- ISBN
- 9780553814989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. Genghis Khan was by far the greatest conqueror the world has ever known, whose empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to central Europe, including all of China, the Middle East and Russia. So how did an illiterate nomad rise to such colossal power, eclipsing Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Napoleon? Num Pages: 688 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 1F; 3H; BGH; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 216 x 47. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784703509
- ISBN
- 9781784703509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.69
€ 23.99
€ 16.69
How the son of an innkeeper with a flair for making money became the richest commoner in nineteenth-century England, and what he did with his extraordinary success Num Pages: 352 pages, 60 black-&-white + colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; BGB; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 35. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300112207
- ISBN
- 9780300112207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
paperback. Born into a free black family in 1766, James Forten served in the Revolutionary War and later went on to become vice-president of the American Anti-Slavery Society and more, taking his place as one of the African Americans who helped to shape America. Num Pages: 528 pages, 16pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3; YNH; YQH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195163407
- ISBN
- 9780195163407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.77
€ 46.77
Hardcover. The strength of the government of Devon in the early seventeenth century lay in the quality of its leaders. They ruled together in harmony, free from rivalries, the influence of any powerful resident nobles and saved from religious conflicts. This book emphasizes this strength through a series of biographical studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH; JFSC; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895132
- ISBN
- 9780859895132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.59
€ 144.59
Paperback. Adam Nicolson tells the story of England through the history of fourteen gentry families - from the 15th century to the present day. This sparkling work of history reads like a real-life Downton Abbey, as the loves, hatreds and many times of grief of his chosen cast illuminate the grand events of history. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGH; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 196 x 36. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007335503
- ISBN
- 9780007335503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33