Biography: historical, political & military
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Biography: historical, political & military
Paperback. Told in the distinctive and memorable voices of working class women, this is a first-hand account of working lives at the turn of the last century. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 125 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844088010
- ISBN
- 9781844088010
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849161862
- ISBN
- 9781849161862
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. The year is 1941 and World War II is still in its relative infancy. But for air gunner Sergeant Jack Newton his involvement in the action he wants so badly, comes soon enough - on his first bombing raid over Germany. He was married to 23-year-old girl leader of the Comete Line, whose name is Andree de Jongh. Code name - Dedee. This is their story. Num Pages: 192 pages, 39. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781862274280
- ISBN
- 9781862274280
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.35
€ 17.99
€ 16.35
Paperback. Third reprint of memoirs that have not ceased to fascinate since the first edition. Winner of H.H. Wingate Prize for Non-Fiction, 1987 Num Pages: 273 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1FBH; 1FBP; BGHA; JFSR1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Peter Halban Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781870015691
- ISBN
- 9781870015691
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Condition: New
€ 6.28
€ 6.28
Paperback. 18th century literary salon hostess Lively debauched youth, would even shock modern society Witty correspondence with key thinkers of the time: Voltaire and Horace Walpole Translator(s): Waugh, Teresa. Num Pages: 488 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 36. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Peter Halban Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781870015790
- ISBN
- 9781870015790
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Condition: New
€ 14.00€ 12.44
€ 14.00
€ 12.44
Paperback. On 8 June 1924, George Leigh Mallory and Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine were last seen climbing towards the summit of Everest. In 1999, Conrad Anker found the body of Mallory on Mount Everest. This title assesses the clues provided by the body, its position, and the possibility that Mallory had successfully climbed the Second Step, a 90-foot sheer cliff. Num Pages: 208 pages, b&w plates. BIC Classification: 1FKN; BGH; RGR; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Robinson Publishing
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841192116
- ISBN
- 9781841192116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. Series: Routledge Historical Biographies. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138015685
- ISBN
- 9781138015685
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 48.09
€ 49.99
€ 48.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 424 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- SKU
- V9780816645930
- ISBN
- 9780816645930
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.89
€ 25.99
€ 25.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 231 x 5. Weight in Grams: 52.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817936921
- ISBN
- 9780817936921
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Condition: New
€ 8.62
€ 8.62
Paperback. Steve Biko inspired a generation of black South Africans to claim their true identity and refuse to be a part of their own oppression. This book shows how fundamental he was to the reawakening and transformation of South Africa in the second half of the twentieth century - and just how relevant he remains. Series: Ohio Short Histories of Africa. Num Pages: 160 pages, yes b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBTV; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821420256
- ISBN
- 9780821420256
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Condition: New
€ 19.34
€ 19.34
Paperback. A close look at two controversial Scottish capitalists engaged in the opium trade. Num Pages: 472 pages, 2 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1FM; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJF; KCLT1; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- Number of pages
- 472
- SKU
- V9780773547261
- ISBN
- 9780773547261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.72
€ 32.99
€ 32.72
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- 0.2495 kilograms
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316155946
- ISBN
- 9780316155946
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.79
€ 19.99
€ 15.79
Paperback. A roller coaster ride through the ruins of modern America from the most influential journalist of his generation. Num Pages: 599 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 34. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Verso
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781682951
- ISBN
- 9781781682951
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Condition: New
€ 20.29
€ 20.29
Paperback. A Sunday Times Bestseller. David Hart Dyke's compelling personal testimony is rejacketed and relaunched in paperback. 'Superbly frank and unsentimental.. The literature of the Falklands War would be much the poorer without this pithy, well constructed and brutally honest account of the fighting at sea.' Saul David, Daily Telegraph Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; BGHA; HBJQ; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 306. A Captain's Story of War at Sea. 304 pages. HMS Coventry's job during the Falklands War was to provide early warning of approaching enemy aircraft. On 25 May, Coventry was attacked by two Argentine Skyhawks and hit by three bombs. Her Captain, David Hart Dyke, himself badly burned, climbed down her starboard side and into a life-raft. This book tells his story. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; BGHA; HBJQ; HBW; JWF. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843545910
- ISBN
- 9781843545910
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.40
€ 14.99
€ 11.40
Paperback. Suitable for students of everyday life, this title brings together a collection of the diaries of overland women. It speaks through letters and diaries of the women who traveled west in covered wagons during the 1840s. Editor(s): Holmes, Kenneth L. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; JFFN; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803272743
- ISBN
- 9780803272743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.72
€ 19.99
€ 19.72
Paperback. Editor(s): Midlo Hall, Gwendolyn. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGHA; JFSL3; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816679065
- ISBN
- 9780816679065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.85
€ 26.99
€ 26.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 104 pages, Illustrations, plans, transparencies. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Spokesman Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851242415
- ISBN
- 9780851242415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.24
€ 11.24
Paperback. Patton's Drive tells the story of how a young man born to war-who believed himself the literal incarnation of all great warriors past-became a modern American general: in terms of enemy killed or captured, territory taken, and people liberated, the greatest field commander of World War II. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 25.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780762761319
- ISBN
- 9780762761319
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.14
€ 17.99
€ 15.14
Paperback. Yukichi Fukuzawa (1835-1901) was a leading figure in the cultural revolution that transformed Japan from an isolated feudal nation into a full-fledged player in the modern world. Dictated by Fukuzawa in 1897, this autobiography offers a vivid portrait of the intellectual's life story and a rare look inside the formation of a new Japan. Translator(s): Kiyooka, Eiichi. Num Pages: 480 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; BGHA; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231139878
- ISBN
- 9780231139878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.13
€ 50.13
Hardcover. The dramatic arc of Saigo Takamori's life, from his humble origins as a lowly samurai, to national leadership, to his death as a rebel leader, has captivated generations of Japanese readers and now Americans as well - his life is the inspiration for a major Hollywood film, The Last Samurai, starring Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJC; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471089704
- ISBN
- 9780471089704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.47
€ 40.99
€ 28.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 564 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 37. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143127031
- ISBN
- 9780143127031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.04
€ 20.99
€ 20.04
Paperback. Even more scurrilous than 'Rome', A Brief History of the Private Lives of the Roman Emperors tells the true story of toga parties, banquets, and the scandalous life of the Caesars. Ancient history with all the boring bits taken out. Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845297190
- ISBN
- 9781845297190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821421017
- ISBN
- 9780821421017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.09
€ 26.99
€ 24.09
Paperback. In movies, stage plays, short stories, novels, newspaper articles, poems, and songs, literally hundreds of accomplished authors have been drawn toward the near mythical persona of Henry McCarty, aka William Bonney, alias Billy the Kid. Num Pages: 217 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Globe Pequot Press United States
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762748938
- ISBN
- 9780762748938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.08
€ 17.99
€ 15.08