Biography: historical, political & military
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Biography: historical, political & military
Paperback. 'The remarkable story of one woman's triumph over years of appalling violence and abuse' DAILY EXPRESS Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- W&N
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753828250
- ISBN
- 9780753828250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. This collection brings together nearly all of the writings of Queen Elizabeth I from childhood letters to the prayers of her later years. The anthology reveals a leading intellect of the English Renaissance and an intimate portrait of the brilliant "Virgin Queen". Editor(s): Marcus, Leah S.; Rose, Mary Beth; Mueller, Janel. Num Pages: 446 pages, port. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 446
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226504650
- ISBN
- 9780226504650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.41
€ 32.99
€ 25.41
Paperback. Isabella de' Medici was the hostess of a glittering circle in Renaissance Florence. Beautiful and liberated, she not only matched the intellectual accomplishments of her male contemporaries, but sought sexual parity also, engaging in an adulterous affair with her husband's cousin. This title illuminates this often misunderstood figure. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571230310
- ISBN
- 9780571230310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.08
€ 12.08
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781416592815
- ISBN
- 9781416592815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.13
€ 16.99
€ 12.13
Paperback. The last member of Operation Valkyrie - the daring July 20 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler - tells his remarkable story. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD; HBWQ; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753825662
- ISBN
- 9780753825662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.18
€ 11.99
€ 10.18
Paperback. In 1944, at the age of fifteen, Marceline Loridan-Ivens was arrested in occupied France, along with her father. They were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and forcibly separated. Though he managed to smuggle one last note to her, Marceline never spoke to her father again. This memoir offers a deeply moving message from a daughter to a father. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571328024
- ISBN
- 9780571328024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.44
€ 10.99
€ 9.44
Paperback. Surviving Vietnam with 101st Airborne Division. 288 pages, 16 page photo section. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGHA; HBWS2. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935149095
- ISBN
- 9781935149095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.51
€ 25.99
€ 22.51
Paperback. Ida Pruitt, born of American missionaries and raised in a rural Chinese village at the end of the nineteenth century, witnessed almost a century of China's revolutionary upheavals. This work tells the story of this remarkable woman, and brings a different perspective to the study of modern Chinese history. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629962210
- ISBN
- 9789629962210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.74
€ 39.74
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313299797
- ISBN
- 9780313299797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.31€ 52.93
€ 57.31
€ 52.93
Hardback. A Biography. 144 pages, illustrations. Offers a look at the enigmatic politician who became the first female nominee on a Republican national presidential ticket. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLX; JP. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 17. Weight: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313377389
- ISBN
- 9780313377389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.23
€ 44.99
€ 37.23
Paperback. Poet and musician, Lady Anne Barnard lived at the heart of Georgian society. High-born yet egalitarian, she travelled to France to observe the Revolution, rejected numerous suitors, and lived independently. Her curious ways attracted gossip right into her final years when she raised an illegitimate child at her home in Berkeley Square. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1DDF; 3JF; BGH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571311125
- ISBN
- 9780571311125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 5.70
€ 12.99
€ 5.70
Paperback. In Treblinka Survivor, Journalist and author Mark S. Smith traces the life of a man who survived seven camps, and what he had to do to achieve this. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BGH; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752463711
- ISBN
- 9780752463711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.40
€ 20.99
€ 19.40
Paperback. Life of the eccentric landlord who founded the movement for the protection of animals Num Pages: 317 pages, 27ill. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 414. Good clean copy. Showing light age, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0028822
- ISBN
- 9780946640362
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 11.00
€ 11.00
Paperback. Bestselling royal historian David Starkey's captivating biography is a radical re-evaluation of Henry VIII, the British monarchy's most enduring icon. Num Pages: 400 pages, 60 col plates (24pp). BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007247721
- ISBN
- 9780007247721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.54
€ 14.99
€ 11.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JM; BGHA; HBLX; HBWS5; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780062431646
- ISBN
- 9780062431646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.54
€ 20.99
€ 18.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16 pp colour. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 203 x 24. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Anchor
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780767932493
- ISBN
- 9780767932493
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.33
€ 18.99
€ 17.33
Paperback. Presents an account of the vitality and bravery of the Marines in the battles at Peleliu and Okinawa. Presenting a chronicle of action and courage, this memoir features the experience of the author in the South Pacific during World War II. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QSPS; BGH; HBJM; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Presidio Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780891419068
- ISBN
- 9780891419068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.00
€ 20.99
€ 18.00
Hardback. BIC Classification: BGH; JWT; VFV; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- St Martin´s Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250129901
- ISBN
- 9781250129901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.17
€ 20.99
€ 18.17
Hardcover. "Performance is better than promise" has long been the motto of Ernest F "Fritz" Hollings, former governor of South Carolina and 6-term US Senator. This political autobiography offers accounts of how one makes government work in spite of itself. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; BGHA; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570037603
- ISBN
- 9781570037603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.15
€ 33.99
€ 30.15
Paperback. This title aims to answer such questions as how did Jawaharlal Nehru come to lead the Indian nationalist movement, and how did he sustain his leadership as the first Prime Minister of independent India? Series: Routledge Historical Biographies. Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJP; BGH; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415250177
- ISBN
- 9780415250177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.21
€ 47.21