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Biography: general

Hardcover. Colonel John Henry Patterson was an Irish-born soldier, lion hunter, bridge builder, East African game warden, author, man-about-town, and Zionist. This biography traces Patterson's life from his days as a British socialite to his command of the Jewish Legion of volunteers who helped drive the Turks out of Palestine. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: BGH; JFSR1; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609278
ISBN
9780815609278
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.71

Paperback. A story of a young Jewish girl's coming-of-age during the tragic years of the Holocaust. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195035001
ISBN
9780195035001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.72

Paperback. John Ferling's masterful John Adams: A Life is a singular biography of the man who succeeded George Washington in the presidency and shepherded the fragile new nation through the most dangerous of times. Num Pages: 544 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 764.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195398663
ISBN
9780195398663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.31

Hardcover. The latest from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography-authoritative and accessible biographies of more than 800 people who shaped national life and who died from 2001 onwards, with over 250 portrait images. This volume extends the coverage of the Oxford DNB, first published as a 60-volume print set in 2004. Editor(s): Goldman, Lawrence. Num Pages: 1280 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; GBCB; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 196 x 53. Weight in Grams: 2022.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199562442
ISBN
9780199562442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 241.97

Paperback. The second, revised edition of a classic, 19th-century work which captures the pleasures of camping and canoeing in the Adirondacks. The letters of George Washington Sears should interest not only the wilderness lover, but also the boater and craftsman who longs to own the perfect canoe. Editor(s): Brenan, Dan; Lyon, Robert L.; Bond, Hallie (Curator of Collections and Boats, Adirondack Museum, New York, USA). Num Pages: 180 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; WSSN5; WSZR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Adirondack Museum/Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815625940
ISBN
9780815625940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.72

Hardcover. Tells the story of six young men and the organizations they founded between 1939 and 1948 that would set the stage for the militant Zionist activism. This book provides the story of the role the Bergson group played in raising American public consciousness of Jewish and Zionist concerns. Translator(s): Ordan, Dena. Series: Modern Jewish History. Num Pages: 292 pages, bibliography, glossary, index, 22 black-&-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630630
ISBN
9780815630630
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.66

This text offers both first-hand witness to women's resistance to state violence, and insights into the formation of women's community. It describes how political prisoners forged alliances to demand better conditions and to maintain their sanity in the confines of their cramped cell. Translator(s): Booth, Marilyn. Series: Literature of the Middle East S. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; BG; JFSJ1; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 257.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520088887
ISBN
9780520088887
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.26

Paperback. This book is an innovative ethnographic work aimed at students and others interested in contemporary Southeast Asia. Its made up of short essays, or portraits, of figures that populate the social and cultural world of contemporary Southeast Asia, figure Editor(s): Barker, Joshua; Harms, Erik; Lindquist, Johan. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HPD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Univ of Hawaii Pr
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824837419
ISBN
9780824837419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
St Martin´s Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KLJ0014529
ISBN
9781403984975
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

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

€ 21.99
€ 16.41

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, over 560 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; JWG; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 226 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1748. The Life Story of the World's Highest Scoring Ace. 296 pages, Over 560 black and white photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; JWG; TBX; WGM. Dimension: 289 x 226 x 27. Weight: 1768.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887403965
ISBN
9780887403965
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.02
€ 46.30

Paperback. A detailed biography, using material not previously available, of the English composer who was at the centre of musical events in England for sixty years. Series: Clarendon Paperbacks. Num Pages: 464 pages, frontispiece, 16 pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 30. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192820822
ISBN
9780192820822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 85.33

Paperback. The autobiography of the fastest man of all time and a superstar whose talent and charisma have made him one of the most famous people on the planet. Num Pages: 320 pages, (2x8pp colour plates). BIC Classification: BGSA; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007371426
ISBN
9780007371426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.88

Paperback. This book documents the Cambodian refugee experience through powerful first-person narratives of men, women, and children who survived the holocaust and have begun new lives in America. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 half-tones 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1KBB; BGH; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804723725
ISBN
9780804723725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.32

Paperback. Now in its second edition, Leadership Embodied is an instructive collection of short biographical essays focusing on Navy and Marine Corps personnel, who have demonstrated notable leadership characteristics. Num Pages: 249 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBW; JWF; TTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 188 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612513034
ISBN
9781612513034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.47

Paperback. The first serious collection of Lenin's writings for decades. Editor Paul Le Blanc argues that Lenin was committed to democracy. Editor(s): Le Blanc, Paul. Series: Get Political. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745327600
ISBN
9780745327600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 24.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Zondervan United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310240518
ISBN
9780310240518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.33

Hardcover. Translator(s): Yanovsky, I.; Yanovsky, V.S. Num Pages: 330 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875801193
ISBN
9780875801193
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.53

Hardback. An important study of horn-player Pee Wee Erwin and the big band era of music. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 453 pages, 69ill. BIC Classification: AVGF; AVGJ; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
453
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810819450
ISBN
9780810819450
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGA; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 203 x 28. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Avery
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592409426
ISBN
9781592409426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.27

Paperback. Valentino Rossi is one of the greatest motorcyclist. He has fought through the 125 and 250 class groups to win the World Championships five times and has been ranked in the top three places at the World Championships for nine years. He has won on a Honda bike - considered the best - and on a Yamaha - considered the worst. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 110 x 24. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
352
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099486961
ISBN
9780099486961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. A celebration of the outstanding achievements from people in Caithness Reveals a treasure trove of fascinating biographical accounts Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; BG; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 170 x 12. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Whittles Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849950398
ISBN
9781849950398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.55

Paperback. Features Dodie Smith, who was a playwright and novelist, and the author of various classics such as: The Hundred and One Dalmations, and I Capture the Castle. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2ACG; BGL; DSBH; DSG; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845951733
ISBN
9781845951733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.77

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691604664
ISBN
9780691604664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.64

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