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Biography: historical, political & military

The short, action-packed reign of James II (1685-88) is generally seen as one of the most catastrophic in British history. James managed, despite having access to tremendous reserves of good will and deference, to so alienate his supporters that he had to flee for his life. This book tells his story. Series: Penguin Monarchs. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 187 x 18. Weight in Grams: 184.
Number of pages
128
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141977065
ISBN
9780141977065
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGH; JPHL; MBPK; MMZR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Blue Rider Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780399185717
ISBN
9780399185717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.51

Paperback. The first biography of Churchill to focus on the Christian motivation behind his style of leadership, his inspiring speeches and his eventual success in preventing the collapse of Christian civilization in Europe. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD1; HRCV; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
SPCK Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780281075393
ISBN
9780281075393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Joan of Arc, born in Domremy in France in 1412, began to hear voices and, believing they were directives from God, followed them - to the French court, to battle to wrest France from the English in the Hundred Years War, and to defeat and capture. This book provides an account of her life. It also focuses on Joan's history. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; BGH; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 233 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750943420
ISBN
9780750943420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.63

Hardback. What made a Dutchman escape to England in 1942 ostensibly to betray his country to the Germans? This story has remained a mysterious episode of the Second World War until now. Num Pages: 328 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDN; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 242 x 32. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445661582
ISBN
9781445661582
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.63

Hardcover. The Biographic series presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the world's greatest thinkers and creative. It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits and achievements of each subject, and uses infographics to convey all of them in vivid snapshots. Series: Biographic. Num Pages: 96 pages, 120 full colour photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
GMC Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781453018
ISBN
9781781453018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages, illus & 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF1; HBTQ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 173 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1010.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845197858
ISBN
9781845197858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.34
€ 52.74

Paperback. Nazi war criminal Dr Aribert Heim carried out grotesque, sadistic medical experiments on Jewish prisoners at the Mauthausen concentration camp. Alerted of his imminent arrest in 1962, Heim disappeared. Here, is the dramatic true story of how a clandestine organisation tracked down the 'Butcher of Mauthausen' and assassinated him. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786061195
ISBN
9781786061195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. This title presents an in-depth study of the lives and politics of two of the most interesting social radicals of their time. Quakers, Anna and Thomas Haslam campaigned for social reform in the late 19th century, and played a central role in the formation of an early Irish feminist agenda in the early 20th century. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 445. Biography..Anna and Thomas Haslam. Keywords: Quakerism. 265pp
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859183946
ISBN
9781859183946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 21.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBTV; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140. .
Publisher
Barricade Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781569808122
ISBN
9781569808122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.93

Paperback. As an RAF medical officer, Aidan had served in France, survived Dunkirk, and was plunged into adventures in the Japanese-American arena. Interned by the Japanese in Java, he helped his fellow prisoners in awful conditions. His life was literally saved by the dropping of the Nagasaki atom bomb. This title presents his account. Num Pages: 260 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; BGH; HBG; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Grub Street
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904943402
ISBN
9781904943402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.86

Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11, 7 black & white halftones, 2 diagrames, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; BGH; BGR; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801453861
ISBN
9780801453861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 640 pages, 12 page of photos and 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 232 x 36. Weight in Grams: 826.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307475947
ISBN
9780307475947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.96

Hardback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198795001
ISBN
9780198795001
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.42

Hardback. Remember the wonderfully romantic book of letters by Beethoven, Byron and Napoleon that featured in the Sex and the City film? That collection never actually existed, but all of the letters referenced in the film were real; so Macmillan decided to create Love Letters of Great Men.. Editor(s): Doyle, Ursula. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BJ; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 250.
Edition
Main Market
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230739468
ISBN
9780230739468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.41

Hardcover. In Jubal Early: Robert E. Lee's Bad Old Man, a new critical biography of Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Anderson Early, Civil War historian B.F. Cooling III takes a fresh look at one of the most fascinating, idiosyncratic characters in the pantheon of Confederate heroes and villains. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810889132
ISBN
9780810889132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.22

Paperback. Sergio Vieira de Mello - a humanitarian, peacemaker and state builder - was at centre of the most significant geopolitical crises. This title tells the story of the man who never stopped learning and of a perilous world whose ills are too big to ignore but too complex to manage quickly or cheaply. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JPSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141020815
ISBN
9780141020815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Hardback. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JM; BGH; HBLX; HBWS5; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 37. Weight in Grams: 800.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062290793
ISBN
9780062290793
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.66

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 26, 26 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501704635
ISBN
9781501704635
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.95

Hardback. A comprehensive English-language biography of Emperor Huizong that corrects the prevailing view of this ruler as a decadent political failure who lost the throne to invaders. It recasts the artistically gifted emperor as passionate and paradoxical, yet genuinely ambitious - if too much so - in pursuing glory for his flourishing realm. Num Pages: 656 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; BGH; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 235 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1244.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
656
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725256
ISBN
9780674725256
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.46
€ 55.51

Paperback. On the 16th of August 1628, five battle-scarred English ships sailed into the harbour of the Greek island of Milos. Dropping anchor, the 25-year-old captain banqueted with the local lord before sitting down to write an account of his journey. This is the story of an extraordinary life, and of a journey that helped to shape a nation. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DVG; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 48. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099591764
ISBN
9780099591764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. The story of the six extraordinary hostesses who shaped British society in the inter-war years: Lady Astor, Lady Colefax, Lady Londonderry, Lady Cunard, Laura Corrigan and Mrs Ronnie Greville. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473618053
ISBN
9781473618053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

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.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231159593
ISBN
9780231159593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Paperback. An account of incredible bravery, telling what it is like to have 200 Paras depending on you constantly, to make decisions which can and do cost lives, to see men under your command killed and injured and being under the most intense pressure imaginable every minute of every day for six long months. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; BGHA; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Virgin Books
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753540312
ISBN
9780753540312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.22

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