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Hardback. This is the personal story of Margaret Anstee's experiences as Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the UN and Head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Angola from February 1992 to June 1993. It describes the suffering she witnessed and analyzes the reasons for the mission's failure. Num Pages: 582 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMA; 3JJPR; BG; GTJ; HBW; JPSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 48. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 582
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333664452
- ISBN
- 9780333664452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.99
€ 196.99
Paperback. This book is the first detailed biography of Ernst Mayr. He was an 'architect' of the Synthetic Theory of Evolution, and the greatest evolutionary biologist since Charles Darwin. He is one of the most widely known biologists of the 20th century. Num Pages: 474 pages, 71 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 474
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540717782
- ISBN
- 9783540717782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 189.75
€ 189.75
Paperback. The biography of The Specials' Neville Staple. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: AVGU; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Quarto Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845135423
- ISBN
- 9781845135423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. Criminals are not born in a vacuum, and Frank Lucas is no exception. At the age of six he watched his cousin die in a lynching and in that moment of Southern brutality, Frank Lucas, notorious gangster, billion-dollar-heroin importer was born. This title tells the story of this most notorious black gangster to ever rule the streets of New York. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BGA; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091928674
- ISBN
- 9780091928674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Hardback. An introduction to the contrasts and continuities of American women's experiences through nearly four centuries. This book includes women's rights, suffrage, education, health, 'women's liberation,' relations between the sexes, and marriage. Editor(s): Lindenmeyer, Kriste. Series: The Human Tradition in America. Num Pages: 282 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; BGH; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842027526
- ISBN
- 9780842027526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.94
€ 167.94
Paperback. Editor(s): Walshe, Eibhear. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780902561663
- ISBN
- 9780902561663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.00€ 24.15
€ 29.00
€ 24.15
Hardcover. Pomper explores the concept of 'democratic heroism', through accounts of eight individuals who, by 'just doing their jobs' have played crucial roles in resolving national problems in the United States. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300100358
- ISBN
- 9780300100358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.87
€ 30.99
€ 22.87
Paperback. Platt applied his inventive and creative thinking to problems of rural development in twentieth century Alberta. Num Pages: 336 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGT; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888644800
- ISBN
- 9780888644800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.93
€ 34.99
€ 25.93
The broader social context in which scientists work is just as important to the project of naming, describing, classifying, and, ultimately, explaining life. Num Pages: 392 pages, 11, 11 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BGTA; PSVT7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421406008
- ISBN
- 9781421406008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.42
€ 57.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563681042
- ISBN
- 9781563681042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.66
€ 30.99
€ 24.66
Paperback. Now an original comedy-drama series from Netflix, Piper Kerman's New York Times-bestselling memoir of the time she served in a US jail is fascinating, heartbreaking and hilarious. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEC; BM; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349139869
- ISBN
- 9780349139869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.31
€ 11.99
€ 10.31
Paperback. More antics from the much-loved TOP GEAR presenter, and the No.1 bestselling author of ON THE EDGE. Num Pages: 272 pages, 29. BIC Classification: APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753825631
- ISBN
- 9780753825631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Paperback. "People have told me that their lives have changed because of me. I take away from this the sense that I'm on the right track. " "I believe you're here to live your life with passion. Otherwise, you're just traveling through the world blindly-and there's no point to that. " "Oprah's on. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 204 x 18. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471399940
- ISBN
- 9780471399940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.95
€ 36.99
€ 28.95
Paperback. Examines the role of one of the most charismatic leaders of the opposition to the Nazis within Germany. Adam von Trott zu Solz was a boy when Germany was defeated militarily in 1918 and in his youth witnessed its economic collapse. He was studying at Oxford University when Hitler came to power in 1933. Num Pages: 103 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 103
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845194727
- ISBN
- 9781845194727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.98
€ 33.99
€ 30.98
Paperback. At a time when the Manhattan Project was synonymous with large-scale science, physicist J Robert Oppenheimer (1904-67) represented the new sociocultural power of the American intellectual. This title traces the making - and unmaking - of Oppenheimer's wartime and postwar scientific identity. Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 171 x 28. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226798462
- ISBN
- 9780226798462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. He is one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court - but from early childhood Andre Agassi hated the game. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 31. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007281435
- ISBN
- 9780007281435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. At the end of the author's previous volume of autobiography, Still Standing, his brilliant comic creation Lily Savage stood on the brink of fame. In this book, Lily embraces success as to the manner born, and world domination beckons! Along the way, the stories come thick and fast. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552169875
- ISBN
- 9780552169875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
€ 12.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. The story of the woman who rose to be Director-General of Britain's Security Service, MI5, in a career that lasted from 1969 to 1996. Stella Rimington worked to Director level in all main fields of the Service's responsibilities, counter-subversion, counter-espionage and counter-terrorism, Num Pages: 320 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BGA; JPSH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KAK0012808
- ISBN
- 9780099436720
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFSL3; LAT; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062375094
- ISBN
- 9780062375094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.68
€ 29.99
€ 24.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Schocken
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780805212587
- ISBN
- 9780805212587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.16
€ 16.99
€ 12.16