Biography: historical, political & military
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Biography: historical, political & military
paperback. This biography of General Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970) provides insight into 20th-century political and military history, from World Wars I and II, through the 1960s and the Vietnam War. It also details de Gaulle's relationships with other 20th-century figures, including Churchill and Roosevelt. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 856.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780471180715
- ISBN
- 9780471180715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 22.66
€ 34.99
€ 22.66
paperback. Roman Ungern von Sternberg was a Baltic aristocrat, a violent, headstrong youth posted to the wilds of Siberia and Mongolia before the First World War. After the Bolshevik Revolution, the Baron conquered Mongolia, the last time in history a country was seized by an army mounted on horses. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571230242
- ISBN
- 9780571230242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.59
€ 15.99
€ 12.59
Paperback. A comprehensive reference guide, this volume examines the leading political, economic, cultural, military, scientific and sporting personalities of Russia and the Soviet Union from 1900 to 1996. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; BGH; GBC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415138987
- ISBN
- 9780415138987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.14
€ 46.14
Paperback. Just what was so great about Peter, Catherine, Frederick and Alexander? What did Cleopatra see to admire in the fat man with a beard, Mark Anthony? Why do people suffer from Montezuma's revenge? This title takes you on a journey through the annals of history with the heroes and villains of the past as your fellow travellers. Illustrator(s): Steig, William. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 line drawings. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGH; DNF; HBG; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750932042
- ISBN
- 9780750932042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
George Washington became president of the newly formed United States just as the French Revolution erupted in 1789, a moment that would pave the way for Napoleon and his eventual empire. In this momentous year, the Americans consolidated the gains of their rebellion, and the French embarked upon a more radical transformation of their own. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597972789
- ISBN
- 9781597972789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.72
€ 33.72
Paperback. This is an account of the life and times of Te Whiti o Rongomai set against the politics and Crown policies of the nineteenth century. It traces the forces that shaped his life's journey from Ngamotu, where he was born, to his settling at Parihaka and his evolving sense of the injustices and disempowerment Maori experienced and his response. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 3JH; BGH; HBJM; JFSL9; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Huia Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781775501954
- ISBN
- 9781775501954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 31.02
€ 45.99
€ 31.02
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€ 29.38
€ 40.99
€ 29.38
- Publisher
- United States
- Number of pages
- 503
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612345772
- ISBN
- 9781612345772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.84
€ 42.99
€ 38.84
In A Great Rural Sisterhood, Linda M. Ambrose uses a wealth of archival materials from both sides of the Atlantic to tell the story of Watt's remarkable life and the creation of the Associated Country Women of the World. Num Pages: 352 pages, 24. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGH; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442647725
- ISBN
- 9781442647725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Scotland's Pariah is the first book to examine the remarkable life of John Pinkerton: antiquarian, poet, forger, cartographer, historian, serial adulterer, bigamist, and religious skeptic. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; RGV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 232 x 25. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442649286
- ISBN
- 9781442649286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.79
€ 75.79
Dimension: 163 x 237 x 32. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442650336
- ISBN
- 9781442650336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.69
€ 70.69
Long before it became the slogan of the Obama campaign, Dr. Dorothy Ferebee (1898-1980) lived by the motto "Yes, We Can." An African American elite descended from lawyers, journalists, politicians, and possibly a white governor of Virginia, Ferebee was an obstetrician and civil rights activist from Washington, D.C. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 238 x 35. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612345055
- ISBN
- 9781612345055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.37
€ 41.37
Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JD; BGH; HBTB; HRQX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Truman State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612481432
- ISBN
- 9781612481432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 37.51
€ 46.99
€ 37.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 35 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGH; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780888391025
- ISBN
- 9780888391025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.25
€ 25.99
€ 18.25
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340381
- ISBN
- 9780230340381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.05
€ 25.05
paperback. Gabriel Dumont's memoirs present a rare view of Metis history as told by one of their key heros. Translator(s): Barnholden, Michael. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; BGHA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Talonbooks Canada
- Edition
- Second
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889226258
- ISBN
- 9780889226258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.95
€ 18.99
€ 16.95
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Dundurn United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780919670716
- ISBN
- 9780919670716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.15
€ 21.99
€ 20.15
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Dundurn United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780919670761
- ISBN
- 9780919670761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.03
€ 21.99
€ 20.03
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Blue Butterfly Book Publishing Inc. Canada
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780978160036
- ISBN
- 9780978160036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.68
€ 29.99
€ 27.68
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Dundurn Group Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550020304
- ISBN
- 9781550020304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.81
€ 31.99
€ 27.81