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Biography: historical, political & military

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

€ 33.99
€ 29.65

Paperback. Edward Pellew, captain of the legendary Indefatigable, was quite simply the greatest frigate captain in the age of sail. An incomparable seaman, ferociously combative yet chivalrous, a master of the quarterdeck and an athlete of the tops, he was as quick to welcome a gallant foe into his cabin as to dive to the rescue of a man overboard. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571277124
ISBN
9780571277124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.95

Paperback. The story of the English girl who turned into Hitler's most unlikely intimate friend Num Pages: 160 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DFG; 3JJH; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 162. The Story of Unity Mitford. 160 pages, 32 illustrations. The story of the English girl who turned into Hitler's most unlikely intimate friend. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DFG; 3JJH; BGH. Dimension: 200 x 128 x 10. Weight: 162.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445608457
ISBN
9781445608457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143117995
ISBN
9780143117995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.26

Paperback. A global story of passion, espionage and double-crossing that saw a woman born to indulgence and selfishness sacrifice everything for love, only to be betrayed Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. .
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780747972
ISBN
9781780747972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.00

Paperback. On the night of 10 February 1567, an explosion devastated the Edinburgh residence of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. Those arriving at the scene of devastation found, in the garden, the naked corpses of Darnley and his valet. Neither had died in the explosion, but both bodies bore marks of strangulation. Num Pages: 640 pages, 16pp b/w and colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 41. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099527077
ISBN
9780099527077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. Takes a key moment in the lives of Florence Nightingale and Gustave Flaubert, two extraordinary figures on the brink of international fame, and provides an insight into the early days of travel to Egypt, one of the greatest tourist destinations on the planet. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBEN; 3JH; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099534082
ISBN
9780099534082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.85

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
€ 18.09

Paperback. Published for the first time in English, this is an account of Che Guevara's 1952 motorcycle tour of South America by his close friend and travelling companion, Alberto Granado. Translator(s): Alvarez de Toledo, Lucia. Num Pages: 240 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KLS; BGH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Pimlico
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844134267
ISBN
9781844134267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback.
Publisher
Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904950646
ISBN
9781904950646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 526 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; BGH; HBJF; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 175 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1171.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
526
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877277132
ISBN
9780877277132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.22

Hardcover. The story of a brave and successful German soldier on the Eastern Front in the Second World War Num Pages: 320 pages, 80 b & w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGH; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 242 x 31. Weight in Grams: 842.
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781553930
ISBN
9781781553930
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.65

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750965927
ISBN
9780750965927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.69

Paperback. In 1980, at the age of ten, Loung Ung escaped a devastated Cambodia and flew to the US as a refugee. She and her eldest brother, with whom she escaped, left behind their three surviving siblings. This book follows the parallel lives of Loung and her closest sister, Chou, during the 15 years it took for them to be reunited. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1FMC; 3JJPL; BGHA; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845963088
ISBN
9781845963088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. A fully updated edition of the first major biography of David Cameron - now covering his first years as Prime Minister and leader of the coalition government. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JM; BGH; JPFM; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 408.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
KRS0029534
ISBN
9780007436422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Apsley Cherry Garrard (1886-1959) was one of the youngest members of Captain Scott's final expedition to the Antarctic. Cherry undertook an epic journey in the Antarctic winter to collect the eggs of the Emperor penguin. This work presents the biography of Cherry. Num Pages: 368 pages, facsimiles, illustrations, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1MTS; BGH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099437536
ISBN
9780099437536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. A groundbreaking book which explores the impact of women on the development of Freud's ideas. Num Pages: 576 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BGH; JFSJ1; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 50. Weight in Grams: 882.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753819166
ISBN
9780753819166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.54

Hardcover. Series: Opuscula Graecolatina S. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
204
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772896755
ISBN
9788772896755
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.32
€ 46.63

Paperback. Simon Bolivar was a revolutionary who freed six countries, an intellectual who argued the principles of national liberation, and a general who fought a cruel colonial war. This book illuminates the inner world of Bolivar, the dynamics of his leadership, his power to command, and his modes of ruling the diverse peoples of Spanish America. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300126044
ISBN
9780300126044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 338 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BGHA; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Feral House,U.S. United States
Number of pages
338
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Enlarged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936239610
ISBN
9781936239610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.65

Paperback. The real story of the 'Kingmaker's Daughter'. Published to coincide with the reburial of Richard III Num Pages: 304 pages, 49 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 23. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445633121
ISBN
9781445633121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1 port.,. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 29. Weight in Grams: 548. A Jewish Childhood in Wartime Poland. 432 pages, 1 port.,. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGHA; HBG; HBWQ. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 29. Weight: 540.
Publisher
Eland Books
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907871736
ISBN
9780907871736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.95

Paperback. When England made a peace treaty with the French in 1360, during a pause in the Hundred Years War, John Hawkwood, instead of going home, travelled south to Avignon, where the papacy was based during its exile from Rome. He and his fellow mercenaries held the pope to ransom and were paid off. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571219094
ISBN
9780571219094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.97

Paperback. Series: Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right. Num Pages: 396 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 18 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 132 x 199 x 38. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138907874
ISBN
9781138907874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.35

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