Biography: general
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Biography: general
Paperback. For seventy years Socrates was a vigorous citizen of Golden Age Athens, philosophising in the squares and public arenas rather than in the courts of kings, before his beloved city turned on him, condemning him to death by poison. Socrates lived in and contributed to a city that nurtured key ingredients of contemporary civilisation. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: BGH; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554059
- ISBN
- 9780099554059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.42
€ 23.99
€ 16.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBTV; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPWF; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801485978
- ISBN
- 9780801485978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.41
€ 26.99
€ 25.41
Paperback. Smuggled out of Europe after the collapse of Germany, Eichmann managed to live a peaceful and active exile in Argentina for years before his capture by the Mossad. Though once widely known by nicknames such as 'Manager of the Holocaust', he was able to portray himself, from the defendant's box in Jerusalem in 1960. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784700010
- ISBN
- 9781784700010
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. The first woman to be appointed Speaker of the House of Commons, Betty Boothroyd was once a celebrated "Tiller Girl". In her autobiography, she tells of her life, the times campaigning for the Labour Party, the times she lost two by-elections, and her elation at finally becoming an MP. Num Pages: 544 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BGHA; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 116 x 35. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099427049
- ISBN
- 9780099427049
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752488134
- ISBN
- 9780752488134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.72
€ 23.99
€ 20.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGA; JFSJ1; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759632
- ISBN
- 9781894759632
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.87
€ 21.99
€ 15.87
Paperback. "Betty Garrett's memoir is a tale of grace under pressure. It's a lovely, moving song of survival."-Studs Terkel Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Derrydale Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568331331
- ISBN
- 9781568331331
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.96
€ 23.99
€ 21.96
Num Pages: 346 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813120362
- ISBN
- 9780813120362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.77
€ 52.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295999791
- ISBN
- 9780295999791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.24
€ 24.99
€ 22.24
hardcover. In this work, Betty Mae Tiger Jumper joins the ranks of Native American women who are coming forward to tell their life experiences. This collaboration between Jumper and Patsy West, an ethnohistorian who contributes general tribal history, is an account of a pioneering Florida Seminole family. Num Pages: 176 pages, 28 b&w photographs, 2 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JJ; BGA; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813022857
- ISBN
- 9780813022857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.10
€ 26.99
€ 25.10
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006531388
- ISBN
- 9780006531388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.74
€ 13.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. An intimate portrait of life with one of rock n roll s greatest songwriters and characters from the unique perspective of his first wife. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 black and white and colour images. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 215 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Jawbone Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911036067
- ISBN
- 9781911036067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.60
€ 19.99
€ 14.60
The Chronicle of Catherine Eddy Beveridge. An American Girl Travels in...
Beveridge, Albert J.; Radomsky, Susan
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 192 x 21. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761833352
- ISBN
- 9780761833352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.56
€ 93.56
Paperback. It took Henry VIII 28 years, three wives, and a break with Rome before he secured a legitimate male heir. Yet he already had the illegitimate Henry Fitzroy. Fitzroy was born in 1519 after the King's affair with Elizabeth Blount. He was the only illegitimate offspring ever acknowledged by Henry VIII. So just how close did he come to being Henry IX? Num Pages: 312 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750937092
- ISBN
- 9780750937092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
Paperback. In October 2011 the author, two-time Olympic gold-medal rower and one of the greatest endurance athletes the world has ever known, suffered a seizure at home as his young son looked on in horror. This title tells the story of a marriage, of a family and of one man's fight back to be the best husband and father he can be. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 x 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSSN7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099579687
- ISBN
- 9780099579687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Hardback. Num Pages: 226 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 31 black & white halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: BGS; WSWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810885349
- ISBN
- 9780810885349
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.66
€ 136.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; BGX; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 231.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Shambhala Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590305683
- ISBN
- 9781590305683
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.49
€ 21.99
€ 18.49
Paperback. Outlines both Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's major philosophical insights and the limitations of his thought. This very short introduction looks at Gandhi's cosmocentric anthropology, his spiritual view of politics, his unique form of liberal communitarianism, and his theories of oppression, non-violent action, and active citizenship. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 113 x 9. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192854575
- ISBN
- 9780192854575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.74
€ 13.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. Bill Bellamy was a young officer in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars from 1943 to 1955. He witnessed many of his contemporaries killed in action. This work offers an account of one man's experience of the battle for Europe in 1944 and 1945. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750945349
- ISBN
- 9780750945349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.58
€ 19.99
€ 18.58
Paperback / so. This is the first novel by legendary poet bill bissett, "a one man civilization." Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; BGL; DCF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Talon Books,Canada Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889226715
- ISBN
- 9780889226715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.64
€ 19.99
€ 18.64