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Biography: general
Hardcover. First account of the man who influenced, recruited and manipulated the Cambridge spies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; JPFC; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 233 x 31. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Sew
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784531669
- ISBN
- 9781784531669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.54€ 49.75
€ 53.54
€ 49.75
Hardback. A brand new profile of one of the most controversial airmen of WWII. A lively evocation of one of the most dramatic periods of military history. Charts the life of a much decorated, highly praised young pilot, who paid the ultimate price for his heroism Num Pages: 191 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BGH; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 191
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781590553
- ISBN
- 9781781590553
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.20
€ 43.99
€ 36.20
Paperback. A dreamer of dreams, an adventurer, and a man of many ideas, Roger Pocock was an author and world-ranging traveler. Num Pages: 400 pages, b/w photos & maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888644480
- ISBN
- 9780888644480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.43
€ 40.99
€ 29.43
Paperback. Geoffrey Bennington sets out here to write an account of the thought of Jacques Derrida. Responding to Bennington's text at every turn is Derrida's own, excerpts from his life and thought that resist circumscription. These texts, as a dialogue and a contest, are a critical introduction to Derrida. Translator(s): Bennington, Geoffrey. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 428 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: BG; CFA; HPCF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226042626
- ISBN
- 9780226042626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.69
€ 44.99
€ 34.69
Paperback. Geoffrey Boycott is one of the most outspoken and knowledgeable voices on cricket - but this book opens up a whole, new personal side to his life Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp photographs. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471130045
- ISBN
- 9781471130045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845194932
- ISBN
- 9781845194932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.81
€ 36.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. As musically creative as his performances are destructive, the Who's main man gets the full biographical treatment from his childhood to his current role as a rock sage. Num Pages: 392 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815410706
- ISBN
- 9780815410706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.17
€ 20.17
Paperback. Around 1147 the bishop of Chartres directed Geoffrey Grossus, a monk of Tiron Abbey, to write the life of its founder Bernard of Abbeville (ca 1050-1116) in an effort to further his canonization. This work presents an erudite, action-filled, and sympathetic portrait of the ascetic founder of an increasingly prominent and wealthy congregation. Translator(s): Cline, Ruth Harwood. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; BGX; HBLC1; HRAX; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813216812
- ISBN
- 9780813216812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.35
€ 33.35
Paperback. Saladin united warring Muslim lands, reconquered the bulk of Crusader states and faced Richard the Lionheart. Geoffrey Hindley's study of the life and times of this remarkable man, who dominated the Middle East in his day, gives a fascinating insight into his achievements and his world. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3H; BGH; HBJF1; HBLC1; HBWC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848842038
- ISBN
- 9781848842038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. The little book of Yorkshire Num Pages: 192 pages, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGS; WQH; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 198 x 11. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750961165
- ISBN
- 9780750961165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.51
€ 13.99
€ 13.51
Paperback. A vast archive of documents, unread since the sixteenth century, revises the portrait of Spain's best-known king Num Pages: 456 pages, 45 col. illus. & 14 figs. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; BGH; BGR; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 38. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300216950
- ISBN
- 9780300216950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.79
€ 25.99
€ 19.79
paperback. Charles I waged civil wars that cost one in ten Englishmen their lives. But in 1649 parliament was hard put to find a lawyer with the skill and daring to prosecute a King who was above the law: in the end the man they briefed was the radical barrister, John Cooke. He was the bravest of barristers, who risked his own life to make tyranny a crime. Num Pages: 448 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099459194
- ISBN
- 9780099459194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. Geoff Robertson made his name as the defender of "Oz" magazine. This text includes accounts of cases including the defence of a West London gym owner against the Prince of Wales, teh Matrix-Churchill affair, and the defence of "The Guardian" in the cash-for-questions affair. Num Pages: 432 pages, facsimiles, , portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; BG; JP; LN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Thus Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099581918
- ISBN
- 9780099581918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. How is it that Flaubert, the last of the great French romantics, still seems so incredibly modern? In this biography, Geoffrey Wall investigates why it is that the author of Madame Bovary still exerts such a hold upon our imaginations. Num Pages: 432 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 33. Weight in Grams: 486. Minor scuffing, otherwise excellent.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KTJ0001564
- ISBN
- 9780571212392
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.82
€ 5.82
Paperback. How is it that Flaubert, the last of the great French romantics, still seems so incredibly modern? In this biography, Geoffrey Wall investigates why it is that the author of Madame Bovary still exerts such a hold upon our imaginations. Num Pages: 432 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 33. Weight in Grams: 486. Minor scuffing, otherwise excellent.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KTJ0001565
- ISBN
- 9780571212392
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.82
€ 5.82
Paperback. Jack Johnson battled his way from obscurity to the top of the heavyweight ranks and in 1908 won the greatest prize in American sports - one that had always been the preserve of white boxers. At a time when whites ran everything in America, he took orders from no one and resolved to live as if colour did not exist. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 32. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Yellow Jersey
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224092340
- ISBN
- 9780224092340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. Translator(s): Bussey, Carvel De. Series: Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture & Thought: Translation S. Num Pages: 163 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFA; BGH; DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 302 x 27. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Ariadne Press United States
- Number of pages
- 163
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780929497945
- ISBN
- 9780929497945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.99
€ 21.99
€ 20.99
Paperback. Describes life as captain of Austro-Hungarian U-boats in the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas, emerging by turn as the Imperial Austrian naval officer, the witty observer of international politics, and indefatigable and heartbroken patriot opposing the Allied enemy. This title offers a combination of human interest, and life-and-death adventure. Translator(s): Campbell, Elizabeth M. Num Pages: 224 pages, 33 photographs, map, figure. BIC Classification: BG; HBG; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803213500
- ISBN
- 9780803213500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.10
€ 23.99
€ 22.10
Paperback. * Includes 12 original essays by leading scholars on major classical social theorists. * Covers the key figures who shaped social theory, such as Marx, Weber and Durkheim, as well as additional classical theorists such as Harriet Martineau and W.E.B. Du Bois. Editor(s): Ritzer, George. Series: Blackwell Companions to Sociology. Num Pages: 448 pages, 0. BIC Classification: BG; HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405105941
- ISBN
- 9781405105941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.44
€ 60.44
Paperback. Philosophy is shaped by life and life is shaped by philosophy. This is reflected in The Philosophical I, a collection of 16 autobiographical essays by prominent philosophers. Editor(s): Yancy, George. Num Pages: 328 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BGA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742513426
- ISBN
- 9780742513426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.44
€ 75.44