Biography: historical, political & military
Results 1501 - 1520 of 3010
Biography: historical, political & military
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; JPFF; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 177 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Schocken Books United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780805242102
- ISBN
- 9780805242102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.27
€ 30.99
€ 22.27
Hardcover. This book is a chronicle of a bicultural woman, Ida Pruitt, who was born in the 19th century of American missionaries, raised in a small Chinese village and lived in her adopted country for fifty years. She brought an almost unique perspective to her oral history, A Daughter of Han: The Autobiography of a Chinese Working Woman. Num Pages: 296 pages, 29 photographs. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629960575
- ISBN
- 9789629960575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.15
€ 47.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; 3JJ; BGH; JFFA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465055883
- ISBN
- 9780465055883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.09
€ 31.09
paperback. This text is a mix of social history, literary analysis, political biography and murder mystery. It explores and analyzes the social and cultural dynamics of the Chinese revolution of the 1920s by focusing on the mysterious 1928 assassination of Shen Dingyi. Num Pages: 322 pages, b&w photograph, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JPWL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520213869
- ISBN
- 9780520213869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.83
€ 44.83
Paperback. A biography on Zhou Enlai, one of the most important and yet debatable political figures in the Chinese Communist Party. This work provides an analysis on the complex personality and controversial actions of Zhou, both as a person and a leader of the CCP. Num Pages: 404 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629962807
- ISBN
- 9789629962807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
paperback. The contrasting lives of the Mitford sisters - stylish, scandalous and tragic by turns - hold up a mirror to upper-class life before and after the Second World War. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16pp illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784970895
- ISBN
- 9781784970895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.80
€ 11.99
€ 9.80
Aircraft Carriers at War: A Personal Retrospective of Korea, Vietnam, ...
Admiral James L. Holloway III Usn (Ret.)
Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1FMV; 1FPK; 3JJP; BGHA; HBG; HBLW3; JWF; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 159 x 36. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591143918
- ISBN
- 9781591143918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 38.09
€ 44.99
€ 38.09
paperback. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781591148807
- ISBN
- 9781591148807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.37
€ 25.99
€ 23.37
paperback. Num Pages: 391 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 391
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813009957
- ISBN
- 9780813009957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Paperback. This memoir of James Stavridis' two years in command of destroyer USS Barry reveals the human side of what it is like to be in charge of a warship-- for the first time and in the midst of international crisis.--Publisher's description. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 124 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591141853
- ISBN
- 9781591141853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.91
€ 27.99
€ 22.91
paperback. The most current and definitive investigation into the life and times of the President of the United States, Donald Trump. Num Pages: 464 pages, 4-c photo insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGB; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 314. Good clean copy. Covers showing light shelf wear, remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster UK
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0004675
- ISBN
- 9781471159732
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 181 x 11. Weight in Grams: 88. Good clean copy. Covers showing very light shelf wear, remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0004676
- ISBN
- 9780141984896
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. Hillary Rodham Clinton's inside account of the crises, choices and challenges she faced during her four years as America's 67thSecretary of State Num Pages: 656 pages, 3 x 16pp Colour Plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; BGHA; BM; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 50. Weight in Grams: 468. Very good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster UK
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001733
- ISBN
- 9781471131523
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Hardcover. Good copy showing light age and shelfwear. Spine and cover lightly faded. Light foxing to preliminary and final pages. Binding exposed between front board and ffep, and final pages, due to wear. Remains a nice reading copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMO0002295
- ISBN
- 9780297858317
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 44.99€ 31.67
€ 44.99
€ 31.67
paperback. This biography of Abraham Lincoln is drawn from the writings of his contemporaries. It extends from his political beginnings in Springfield to his assassination, revealing a less god-like and more beleaguered character than has been previously depicted. Editor(s): Mitgang, Herbert. Series: The North's Civil War. Num Pages: 519 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 29. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 519
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823220625
- ISBN
- 9780823220625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.67
€ 47.67
paperback. This book moves from the birth of Gandhi's method of nonviolent resistance in South Africa to an in-depth analysis of two of his signal triumphs: the civil disobedience movement of 1930 and his historic Calcutta fast of 1947. Dalton concluded with a comparison of Gandhi to Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780231159593
- ISBN
- 9780231159593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.98
€ 31.99
€ 23.98
hardcover. The intimate and startlingly candid memoir from one of America's most beloved and private first ladies Num Pages: 464 pages, 16pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 37. Weight in Grams: 686. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ has some minor edge wear but remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster UK
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTJ8039068
- ISBN
- 9781847378989
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. Num Pages: 388 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJC; BGH; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 176 x 28. Weight in Grams: 652. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Tiffania Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTJ8039194
- ISBN
- 9780957035300
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.17
€ 4.17
hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; JPHL; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 656. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Biteback Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTJ8039244
- ISBN
- 9781849548618
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
hardcover. Tony Benn was one of the twentieth century's most charismatic politicians. He kept writing in his diaries for almost seventy years, which is a record of the political life of our times. This edition presents the selected highlights of the complete diaries from Tony's schooldays in the 1940s until he ceased keeping a record in 2009. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGHA; BJ; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 52. Weight in Grams: 972. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTJ8039255
- ISBN
- 9781786330765
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12