Biography: general
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Biography: general
Hardback. World War II covert agent E Howard Hunt joined the CIA soon after its inception, becoming one of its most valuable operatives until his retirement in 1970. Here, he brings to life his exploits in the CIA, offering revelations about the agency's Latin American operations and its masterly manipulation of politics and the media in the US. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471789826
- ISBN
- 9780471789826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.14
€ 36.99
€ 32.14
Hardcover. A major new biography of the Civil War general and American president, by the author of the New York Times bestseller, A. Lincoln. Num Pages: 816 pages, 30 MAPS; 120 PHOTOGRAPHS THROUGHOUT. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 246 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1208.
- Publisher
- Random House
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781400069026
- ISBN
- 9781400069026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.49
€ 40.99
€ 36.49
Hardcover. Unintimidated by Old World sophistication or travel to undeveloped parts of the globe, Mark Twain spent a surprising amount of time outside the continental United States. Roy Morris, Jr. focuses on the dozen years he lived overseas and the books he wrote encouraging middle-class Americans to follow him around the world, at the dawn of mass tourism. Num Pages: 279 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674416697
- ISBN
- 9780674416697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.32
€ 47.99
€ 39.32
Hardback. More than a conventional biography, Grant Wacker's interpretive study deepens our understanding of why Billy Graham has mattered so much to so many, and how his uncanny ability to appropriate trends in the wider culture allowed him to transform his born-again theology into a moral vocabulary capturing the aspirations and fears of average Americans. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: BGX; HBJK; HBLW; HRAX; HRCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674052185
- ISBN
- 9780674052185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.32
€ 47.99
€ 39.32
Hardback. From abject poverty to undisputed political boss of Pennsylvania, Lincoln's secretary of war, senator, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and a founder of the Republican Party, Simon Cameron (1799-1889) was one of the nineteenth century's most prominent political figures. Num Pages: 408 pages, 5 images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 236 x 33. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612348148
- ISBN
- 9781612348148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.43
€ 37.99
€ 34.43
Paperback. Features meditations on what it is like to be old as well as on how memory shapes us. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241966983
- ISBN
- 9780241966983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.64
€ 12.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. Presents an account of the author's time travelling alone and living among the Shia and Ismaili Muslims in the Northern Areas - the mountainous regions wedged between Afghanistan, India and China and one of the most volatile borderlands in the world. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKP; BG; JHMC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Sort Of Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953522774
- ISBN
- 9780953522774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.38
€ 13.99
€ 11.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; 1MBN; BGSA; BM; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 230 x 11. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Otago University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877578489
- ISBN
- 9781877578489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.30
€ 30.99
€ 22.30
Paperback. Saved from an inglorious end as a garden ornament, "Amulet", a 26-foot wooden keel boat built in Fort William, Scotland in 1964, was restored by author and charter skipper, Bob Orrell. This is the story of the author's love-hate relationship with "Amulet" during the 18-month restoration. Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGS; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953818075
- ISBN
- 9780953818075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.82
€ 14.99
€ 14.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGL; DSK; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 163 x 10. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- University of Wales Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- New Updated Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780708326725
- ISBN
- 9780708326725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.81
€ 10.81
Num Pages: 278 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442223929
- ISBN
- 9781442223929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.27
€ 68.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 185 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Plexus Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859654821
- ISBN
- 9780859654821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.04
€ 20.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444758504
- ISBN
- 9781444758504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.64
€ 12.99
€ 11.64
Hardback. Peter Worsley's studies at Cambridge were interrupted by war service as a communist officer in the colonial forces in Africa and India, which got him interested in anthropology. His book on The Third World introduced that term into the English language. On retirement as Professor Emeritus of the University of Manchester, he wrote Knowledges. Num Pages: 12 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: BGA; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453701
- ISBN
- 9781845453701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.39
€ 152.39
Hardcover. Praise for George E.P. Box and An Accidental Statistician I found most interesting the parts describing how he developed as a statistician, the intellectual influences on him, and the genesis of the ideas for which he is so well known.. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: BGTA; BM; PBT; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 171 x 239 x 34. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118400883
- ISBN
- 9781118400883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 34.67
€ 45.99
€ 34.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811215350
- ISBN
- 9780811215350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.26
€ 25.99
€ 22.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, c 30 b/w photos, maps. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGHA; BJ; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910777930
- ISBN
- 9781910777930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.04
€ 26.99
€ 20.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFME; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 400. Clean copy with shelf wear and yellowing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KOG0005266
- ISBN
- 9781444791211
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFME; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 210. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTK0100583
- ISBN
- 9781444791228
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. This text follows the career of Peter Cushing, one of England's finest actors, from regional theatre to the role of the world's most famous detective. It details his career as Holmes through anecdotes and reminiscences from colleagues and Cushing himself. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810838741
- ISBN
- 9780810838741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.41
€ 85.41