Biography: general
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Biography: general
Paperback. This book is the first complete biography of Raphael Lemkin, the father of the United Nations Genocide Convention, based on his papers; and shows how his campaign for an international treaty succeeded. In addition, the book covers Lemkin's inauguration of the historical study of past genocides. Num Pages: 345 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTZ; JPVH; LBBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427373
- ISBN
- 9781137427373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.10
€ 119.10
Paperback. Discusses the World War II career of Eugenio Pacelli, the man who was Pope Pius XII. This book shows how in 1933 Hitler became his negotiating partner, an agreement was arranged that granted religious and financial payments to the Catholic Church in exchange for their withdrawal from political privilege, ensuring the rise of Nazism. Num Pages: 464 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ; HRCC7; HRCX1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780140266818
- ISBN
- 9780140266818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.49
€ 23.99
€ 17.49
Paperback. A new biography of one of England's greatest football managers from the Guardian journalist and author of Vertigo, John Crace. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472113122
- ISBN
- 9781472113122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.22
€ 11.99
€ 10.22
Paperback. Translator(s): Crockett, John. Num Pages: 271 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1MBN; BGA; HRCC7; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Otago University Press New Zealand
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877276118
- ISBN
- 9781877276118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.52
€ 30.99
€ 22.52
Hardcover. Peter of Blois pursued the life of a twelfth-century intellectual with vigor and passion tinged with anxiety. This book offers a study of Peter of Blois' life, thought, and writings. It explores how Peter brought classical, patristic, monastic, and scholastic traditions into an uneasy synthesis, and deployed them in letters. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; BGL; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813216768
- ISBN
- 9780813216768
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.74
€ 92.74
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 476 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; KNT; VSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 476
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691615936
- ISBN
- 9780691615936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.51€ 61.00
€ 80.51
€ 61.00
Paperback. The 1995 Open Champion and legendary wild man of golf recalls the best and worst of his life: his inspirational play on both US and European tours; the demons that afflicted him on the course and his addiction to gambling and drink; and the trashed hotel rooms and spectacular marital problems. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 col plates (16pp). BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007229024
- ISBN
- 9780007229024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.21
€ 15.99
€ 11.21
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Chelsea House Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780791072233
- ISBN
- 9780791072233
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.62
€ 49.62
Hardback. Presents a different view of Richard Wagner based on research that does not shy away from some truths about this controversial composer. This book tells what Wagner did, said, and wrote. It suggests that an estimation of Wagner does not lie in an all too easy condemnation of his many provocative actions and ideas. Num Pages: 324 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 1 table, 31 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH; BGF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254534
- ISBN
- 9780520254534
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.20€ 46.20
€ 59.20
€ 46.20
Paperback. Told with humour and his acute sense of observation, this title looks at some of the smaller campaigns in which Slim fought in World War I, and later in India and the Middle East. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: BGH; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844157914
- ISBN
- 9781844157914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.87
€ 19.99
€ 15.87
Paperback. Integrates the life and poetry of George Herbert, giving us in Music at Midnight the definitive biography of the man behind some of the most famous poems in the English Language. This book sets the poetry in the whole context of the poet's life and times, so that the reader can understand the frame of mind and kind of society which produced it. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141043401
- ISBN
- 9780141043401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.12
€ 17.99
€ 14.12
Hardback. Biographies quote Toni Morrison's birth name as Chloe Anthony Wofford. The author uses the theme of names and naming in her fiction to explore Morrison's own struggle to construct a useable identity as an African American woman novelist. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; BG; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312234027
- ISBN
- 9780312234027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.20
€ 62.20
Paperback. Series: Oakwood Library of Railway History. Num Pages: 168 pages, 150ill. BIC Classification: BGH; TRF; WG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- The Oakwood Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853615767
- ISBN
- 9780853615767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.23
€ 16.99
€ 16.23
Paperback. Series: Oakwood Library of Railway History. Num Pages: 144 pages, 126 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; TRF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 147 x 10. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- The Oakwood Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853616573
- ISBN
- 9780853616573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.09
€ 16.99
€ 16.09
Paperback. Presents an overview of Peter Drucker's contributions to management. Num Pages: 464 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: BGB; KJC; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 189 x 28. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787960667
- ISBN
- 9780787960667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.85
€ 42.99
€ 32.85
In this intellectual memoir, Gedo paints a portrait of American psychoanalysis, its popular peak and its failure to face the complexity of its task, and thus its retreat to schismatic conflict. Interwoven is an accessible presentation of his intellectual work. Num Pages: 356 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BGA; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765700827
- ISBN
- 9780765700827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 154.21
€ 154.21
Hardcover. In a thoroughly engaging style John Miller introduces us to the small-town Midwestern boys who dreamed the America we know today and who made it real; from Frederick Jackson Turner and George Washington Carver to Henry Ford and Sam Walton. Num Pages: 528 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; BG; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 43. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619498
- ISBN
- 9780700619498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.63
€ 57.63
Paperback. Focuses upon Wilder's years in Missouri from 1894 to 1957. Utilizing her autobiography, letters, newspaper stories, and other documentary evidence, the author attempts to fill the gaps in Wilder's autobiographical novels, and describes her sixty-three years of living in Mansfield, Missouri. Series: Missouri Biography S. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Missouri Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826216489
- ISBN
- 9780826216489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.21
€ 26.99
€ 25.21
paperback. A new appraisal of the first Tudor queen, her European connections, her ambitions and intentions, and the religious violence that stained her short reign Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 pp-section of b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300194166
- ISBN
- 9780300194166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 19.30
€ 29.99
€ 19.30
Paperback. The saga of the Ledfords of Lancaster, Kentucky, this book transcends family biogrpahy to become a social history of a national experience, a metaphor for America. This 20th anniversary edition brings the Ledford's remarkable story up to date. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; BG; HBTB; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- 20th Anniversary ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813190594
- ISBN
- 9780813190594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.74
€ 35.74