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Hardcover. Hasan al-Banna (1906-1949) was an Egyptian political reformer, best known for establishing the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist organization which has millions of members and spans the Arab world. This book offers an account of al-Banna's life and work. Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851684304
ISBN
9781851684304
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.64

Paperback. Harvey Cushing was the leading figure in the creation of modern neurosurgery. This biography traces his medical school education; his hospital-based surgical career; and his career as a battlefield surgeon during World War I. He has an enduring place in the field of medicine and his name has become part of medical lexicography. Num Pages: 608 pages, 61 photographs and line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGT; MNN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 952.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
606
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195329612
ISBN
9780195329612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.30

Paperback. Explores Benteen's complex personality and life as a career army man during one of the most violent and compelling periods in U.S. military history Num Pages: 440 pages, 45 illustrations, 14 maps, 9 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803236844
ISBN
9780803236844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HRCC; HRCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
The Alpha Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781898595625
ISBN
9781898595625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.62

Paperback. Given his background - growing up in the border state of Missouri - President Truman was an unlikely champion of civil rights. Yet it was he who energized the modern civil rights movement. Michael Gardner analyses Truman's speeches and the appointments he made of like-minded civil rights activists. Num Pages: 320 pages, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809325504
ISBN
9780809325504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.80

Hardback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 448 pages, 32 black and white photographs, 19 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 34. Weight in Grams: 958.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252039942
ISBN
9780252039942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.77

Hardcover. Num Pages: 201 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
SKU
V9781614707219
ISBN
9781614707219
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.77
€ 116.07

Hardcover. Examines the impact of Harry Partch's hobo years from a variety of perspectives, exploring how the composer both engaged and frustrated popular conceptions of the hobo. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 368 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 720.
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464956
ISBN
9781580464956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.26
€ 70.41

Analyzing Harry Hopkins' role in wartime diplomacy and his personal relationships with the twentieth-century's most indispensable leaders, historian Christopher O'Sullivan offers enormous insight into the most controversial aspects of FDR's foreign policy, the New Deal Era, and the beginning of modern American history. Series: Biographies in American Foreign Policy. Num Pages: 210 pages, 26 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BGH; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442222205
ISBN
9781442222205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.70

Paperback. Harry H. Corbett rose from the slums of Manchester to become one of the best-known television stars of the 20th century. Widely respected as a classical stage actor, he became a leading light in Joan Littlewood's theatre workshop until his life was changed forever by the television comedy Steptoe and Son. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
History Publishing Group
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752487878
ISBN
9780752487878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.61

Paperback. A portrait of the American economist Harry Gunnison Brown (1880-1975), who argued for the separate influences of both land and capital goods on the pricing of goods and services and did not follow the trend in "orthodox" circles of considering land just another form of capital. Series Editor(s): Moss, Laurence S. Series: Studies in Economic Reform and Social Justice. Num Pages: 270 pages, 0. BIC Classification: BGB; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
3 ed
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405108645
ISBN
9781405108645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.28

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
0.2495 kilograms
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316155946
ISBN
9780316155946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.89

Paperback. Harriet Tubman is one of America's most beloved historical figures, revered alongside luminaries including Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. This book tells the story of Tubman's life as an American icon. Num Pages: 424 pages, 88 illustrations ( incl. 9 in color). BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822340737
ISBN
9780822340737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.98

Hardcover. Num Pages: 112 pages, 9 colour & 83 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGH; TRPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764350672
ISBN
9780764350672
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.87

Paperback. The story of nineteenth-century America's most prominent woman sculptor Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: AFKB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558498396
ISBN
9781558498396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.02

Paperback. King Harold Godwineson (c 1022-66) is one of history's shadowy figures, known mainly for his defeat and death at the Battle of Hastings. His true status and achievements have been overshadowed by the events of October 1066 and by the bias imposed by the Norman victory. This title sets out to correct this distorted image. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750937634
ISBN
9780750937634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.49

Paperback. Reissued with a new foreword to mark the centenary of Harold Wilson's birth, Ben Pimlott's classic biography combines scholarship and observation to illuminate the life and career of one of Britain's most controversial post-war statesmen. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 56. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008182618
ISBN
9780008182618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.39

Paperback. Harold Pinter has acted on stage, screen and radio, he has appeared on countless political platforms, and his work has been celebrated in festivals at Dublin's Gate Theatre and New York's Lincoln Center. In 2005, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and in 2006, the European Theatre Prize. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 38. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571234769
ISBN
9780571234769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.13

Paperback. A masterly biography of a great Conservative Prime Minister (and publisher) - Harold Macmillan (1894-1986). Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 40. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Phoenix London
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753827024
ISBN
9780753827024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.07

Paperback.
Publisher
The Merlin Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
466
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850366969
ISBN
9780850366969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.79

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