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Biography: general

Paperback. BIC Classification: BG. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
V9780141030579
ISBN
9780141030579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.40

Paperback. Renowned for ferocity in battle, legendary for an uncanny ability to elude capture, feared for the violence of his vengeful raids, the Apache fighter Geronimo captured the public imagination in his own time and remains a figure of mythical proportion today. This book strips away the myths and rumours that have long obscured the real Geronimo. Series: The Lamar Series in Western History. Num Pages: 376 pages, 27 black-&-white illustrations + 13 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300198362
ISBN
9780300198362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.79

Paperback. The next piece of thrilling WW2 history from acclaimed author Robert Lyman Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784296742
ISBN
9781784296742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Hardcover. Robert Louis Stevenson was one of the finest and most delightful of letter writers. This is one of a set of eight volumes containing his collected letters. The edition contains nearly 2800 letters. Volumes III and IV cover the period from August 1879 to June 1884. Series: The Collected Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson. Num Pages: 336 pages, facsimiles, illustrations port. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JH; BGA; BJ; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300061888
ISBN
9780300061888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 35.72

Hardcover. This is a part of a collection of eight volumes of nearly 2800 letters. Volumes I and II reveal Stevenson's struggles to achieve success as an author - including his time as a student, his work, and his travels. They also introduce the people who became his chief correspondents for life. Series: The Collected Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JH; BGA; BJ; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300060218
ISBN
9780300060218
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 36.08

Paperback. Driven to the South Seas by ill health, Robert Louis Stevenson could not close his eyes to the impact of colonialism, the 'stirabout of epochs and races, barbarisms and civilisations, virtues and crimes'. This book gathers together all of his South Sea fiction. Editor(s): Calder, Jenni. Num Pages: 776 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 49. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
776
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862416430
ISBN
9780862416430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 48 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 3. Weight in Grams: 90.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
52
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231034999
ISBN
9780231034999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.42

paperback. A biography of Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 246. Paperback in very good condition.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Tempus Publishing Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF2233537
ISBN
9780752447278
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 14.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; KJSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Number of pages
304
Publisher
Atlantic Books United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857890047
ISBN
9780857890047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.17

Paperback. Dominique was sixteen when he left the French Pyrenees for America. He became a sheepherder in the Nevada desert. Like all his fellow Basque immigrants, he dreamed of someday returning to the land of his beginnings. Most Basques never made the journey back, but Dominique did return for a visit with family. This work tells the story of that trip. Num Pages: 207 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Edition
50th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874177060
ISBN
9780874177060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.02

Hardcover. A short illustrated life of Elizabeth II by her leading biographer for her Diamond Jubilee. Num Pages: 156 pages, 40 black and white/colour integrated. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JM; BGR; HBJD1; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Duckworth Publishing
Number of pages
156
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780715642924
ISBN
9780715642924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.36

Paperback. Part of The World in A Life series, this brief, inexpensive text provides insight into the life of Anwar al-Sadat, one of the most transformative figures in Middle Eastern and world history. Series: The World in a Life. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HBE; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF1; JPHL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190248987
ISBN
9780190248987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.29

Hardback. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 474 pages, Fr.Ill. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AVGJ; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 145 x 32. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
474
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810829510
ISBN
9780810829510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.66

hardcover. This volume includes alphabetically arranged entries for all of Melville's works and characters, and for his family members, friends and acquaintances. It gives special attention to the 19th-century women who influenced Melville. An chronology overviews the main events in Melville's life. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSK; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 985.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313290114
ISBN
9780313290114
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.77

paperback. The tragic, compelling story of the last Tsar and his family Num Pages: 624 pages, 16pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; BGR; HBG; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTG; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 41. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
W&N
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780575400061
ISBN
9780575400061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Hardback. Presents a literary history and a portrait of a major figure. Num Pages: 546 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 42. Weight in Grams: 968.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Encounter Books,USA United States
Number of pages
546
Condition
New
SKU
V9781893554955
ISBN
9781893554955
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.94

Hardcover. Timothy Isaiah "Longhair Jim" Courtright operated on both sides of the law and became a legend in his lifetime and after his death. Robert K. DeArment deconstructs the myth of Longhair Jim and reconstructs the gunfighter as a real human being, complex, flawed, often courageous, usually both honorable and dishonorable. Num Pages: 256 pages, 36 b&w photgraphs, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; BG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875652924
ISBN
9780875652924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.92

Paperback. Robert K. Brown, former Green Beret, after a bizarre military career that succeeded in getting him kicked out of Special Forces not once but twice, and completing the Command and General Staff College without a security clearance, while meantime being wounded in Nam, finally found his true calling as a publisher. Num Pages: 408 pages, 32pp photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JW; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612003931
ISBN
9781612003931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.47

Hardcover. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 2ADS; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845197421
ISBN
9781845197421
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.40

Hardcover. Providing a comprehensive portrayal of Wade Hampton III, this biography explores the abilities and failings of the planter-statesman who would come to personify the Civil War and Reconstruction in South Carolina. It traces Hampton's lineage and his preparation for life as a Southern aristocrat. Num Pages: 392 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Univ of South Carolina Pr
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570036675
ISBN
9781570036675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.98

Paperback. First discovered by Western audiences through his Hong Kong films "The Killer" and "Hard Bolled", John Woo introduced the world to a new brand of psychologically frenzied action film. Unprecedented access to the director helped editor, Robert Elder create this book, which is an English-language chronicle of Woo's career. Editor(s): Elder, Robert K. Num Pages: 277 pages, chronology & filmography. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi United States
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9781578067763
ISBN
9781578067763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 34.67

Hardback. Now completely revised and updated to cover the period from the birth of Prince George to the arrival of the new prince or princess in April 2015, this book is both an intriguing insight into modern royalty, and an unrivalled souvenir. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Revised, Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784184148
ISBN
9781784184148
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Since the 1960s, Martin Luther King, Jr, has personified black leadership with his use of direct action protests against white authority. Booker T Washington pursued a different strategy to lift his people. This biography reveals how conditions in the segregated South led Washington to call for a less contentious path to freedom and equality. Num Pages: 528 pages, 54 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFSL3; JN; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 840.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674060371
ISBN
9780674060371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.74

Hardback. Though Robert Malthus has never disappeared, he has been perpetually misunderstood. Robert Mayhew offers at once a major reassessment of Malthus's ideas and an intellectual history of the origins of modern debates about demography, resources, and the environment, giving historical depth to our current planetary concerns. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; HBJD1; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 233 x 27. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674728714
ISBN
9780674728714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.36

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