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Biography: historical, political & military

Paperback. The age of discovery was at its peak in the eighteenth century, with heroic adventurers charting the furthest reaches of the globe. Foremost among these explorers was navigator and cartographer Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy. This book reveals Cook's place in history as a brave and brilliant seaman. Num Pages: 512 pages, 45 colour illustrations + 4 maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTM; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 40. Weight in Grams: 698.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300184310
ISBN
9780300184310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.32

Paperback. Meg Henderson mother and her Aunt Peggy, shielded her from the effects of her father's heavy drinking. A hopeless romantic, Peggy searched for a husband until late in life. When she died horrifically in childbirth her death devastated the family. Only later, was Meg able to discover the shocking facts behind the tragedy. Num Pages: 320 pages, facsim., portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Corgi
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552141857
ISBN
9780552141857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBJK; HBLW; JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Trine Day United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
42189th
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936296835
ISBN
9781936296835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.70

Paperback. Katherine Swynford was first the mistress, and later the wife, of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster. This book rescues Katherine from the footnotes of history, highlighting her key dynastic position within the English monarchy. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712641975
ISBN
9780712641975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.90

Paperback. Part horror story, part historical document, part memoir, part political tract, this story of one young man's personal suffering finally reveals the human suffering in North Korean concentration camp, with its forced labour, frequent public executions, and near-starvation rations. Translator(s): Reiner, Yair. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; BGH; HBJF; HBLW3; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 262. Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag. 256 pages. Part horror story, part historical document, part memoir, part political tract, this story of one young man's personal suffering finally reveals the human suffering in North Korean concentration camp, with its forced labour, frequent public executions, and near-starvation rations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPKN; BGH; HBJF; HBLW3; JPVR. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight: 266. Translator(s): Reiner, Yair.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843544999
ISBN
9781843544999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.40

Hardback. This book concerns the young men who were not yet twenty when they won the Victoria Cross, the British armed forces highest award for gallantry. Many perished in the action that earned them the VC. Their exploits deserve to be remembered - in the hope that young men will never be called on to do such things again. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; BGH; BK; HBWN; JWTY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 249 x 29. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784188115
ISBN
9781784188115
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 452. The Restoration of the Republic and the Establishment of the Empire. 266 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 16. Weight: 446.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
266
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748619559
ISBN
9780748619559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.66

Paperback. Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington lives on in popular memory as the 'Invincible General', loved by his men, admired by his peers, formidable to his opponents. This book revises such a portrait, offering an accurate - and controversial - new analysis of Wellington's remarkable military career. Num Pages: 336 pages, 13 b/w illus. + 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; HBJD1; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300208658
ISBN
9780300208658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.18

Hardback. Marking the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, this marvelous short biography by a leading historian offers an illuminating portrait of one of the giants in the American story. Num Pages: 96 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195374520
ISBN
9780195374520
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.30

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Myrmidon Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905802944
ISBN
9781905802944
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.27

Paperback. Masterly biography of the 'greatest commander of the 20th century'. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: BGH; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780220826
ISBN
9781780220826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. Eva Figes and her family fled the horror of Nazi Germany when Eva was only six, forced to leave behind them friends, relatives and their housemaid, Edith. Ten years later, Edith suddenly re-emerged in their lives. Having miraculously survived wartime Berlin, she had reluctantly emigrated to hostile, volatile Palestine. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847080684
ISBN
9781847080684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.08

Hardback. When the legendary Frankish king and emperor Charlemagne died in 814 he left behind a dominion and a legacy unlike anything seen in Western Europe since the fall of Rome. Johannes Fried paints a compelling portrait of a devout ruler, a violent time, and a unified kingdom that deepens our understanding of the man often called the father of Europe. Translator(s): Lewis, Peter. Num Pages: 630 pages, 8 color illustrations, 62 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 307 x 168 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1210.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674737396
ISBN
9780674737396
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.31

Paperback. The definitive portrait of Pol Pot, the enigmatic man behind the most terrifying regime of modern times Num Pages: 560 pages, 24 pages of b/w. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJM; HBLW3; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
John Murray
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719565694
ISBN
9780719565694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.79

Paperback. The critically acclaimed biography of Lenin by one of the greatest Russian history experts and bestselling author of Trotsky, Stalin and Comrades. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; HBLW; HBTV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Pan
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330518383
ISBN
9780330518383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.34

Paperback. Presenting the biography of Matsuo Taseko, a peasant woman of the Tokugawa period, honoured and then adopted as a patron saint by rightist nationalists, this text gives perspectives on the practices and intellectual concerns of rural entrepreneurs and their role in the Meiji Restoration. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 424 pages, 20 halftones, 2 maps, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226872377
ISBN
9780226872377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.80

Paperback. .
Publisher
Parthian Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909844728
ISBN
9781909844728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141986609
ISBN
9780141986609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.79

Paperback. A rigorous introduction to the infamous despot and one of the key figures of modern history Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 199 x 18. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780749136
ISBN
9781780749136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Tells the story of how a bitter, failed art student from an obscure corner of Austria rose to unparalleled power, destroying the lives of millions and bringing the world to the brink of Armageddon. Num Pages: 1072 pages, 32 pp b/w inset. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 49. Weight in Grams: 848.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
1072
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141035888
ISBN
9780141035888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.98

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