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Biography: general
Hardcover. "The History of Akbar" by Abu l-Fazl is one of the most important works of Indo-Persian history and a touchstone of prose artistry. In this volume, Humayun s turbulent reign ends, and Akbar ascends his father s throne." Translator(s): Thackston, Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization Wheeler M (Harvard University). Series: Murty Classical Library of India. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JB; BGH; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504943
- ISBN
- 9780674504943
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.48
€ 40.99
€ 33.48
Paperback. Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), who led the Macedonian army to victory in Egypt, Syria, Persia and India, was perhaps the most successful conqueror the world has ever seen. Yet although no other individual has attracted so much speculation across the centuries, Alexander himself remains an enigma. Translator(s): Yardley, John C. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254. Clean copy with slight shelf wear and sunning to cover and spine but remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKE0000396
- ISBN
- 9780140444124
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Reproduces 14 images from a 15th century manuscript, now in the J. Paul Getty Musuem. The commentary places the manuscript within its context as an account of Alexander's life. Series: Monographs on Illuminated Manuscripts. Num Pages: 117 pages, 29 col and 13 b/w plates. BIC Classification: AC; AFT; AKLB; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 430 x 349 x 44. Weight in Grams: 3992.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 117
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892363711
- ISBN
- 9780892363711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.85€ 105.96
€ 134.85
€ 105.96
Hardcover. Num Pages: 416 pages, over 670 b/w and color photographs, line drawings. BIC Classification: BG; TRP; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 286 x 39. Weight in Grams: 2584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764307270
- ISBN
- 9780764307270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.93€ 42.35
€ 53.93
€ 42.35
Paperback. Mary Prince was a freed slave from Bermuda who achieved notoriety when she published her autobiography at a time when abolition debates were raging. This book details the ill-treatment she received by her various owners and her escape to England where she sought refuge with Christian missionaries. Editor(s): Salih, Sara. Num Pages: 160 pages, notes. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBTS; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140437492
- ISBN
- 9780140437492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.17
€ 11.99
€ 10.17
Hardback. Translator(s): Bryant, Nigel. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783271313
- ISBN
- 9781783271313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.34
€ 96.34
paperback. Born in 1978 in Stockport, Greater Manchester, Ricky Hatton began to box at ten, and soon had to make the agonising choice between boxing and football after impressing at trials with his beloved Manchester City. This book presents Ricky's story in his own words, from the training ring of Sale West Amateur Boxing Club to the world stage. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8pp colour plate section. BIC Classification: BGS; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 259. Good copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0005683
- ISBN
- 9780091930837
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 16 page picture section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Red Planet
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905959761
- ISBN
- 9781905959761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.44
€ 20.99
€ 19.44
Paperback. Looks back to an earlier era of care for orphaned and dependent children of Eastern European Jewish immigrants. Within this social history and ethnography, the voices of elders - once wards of the home in the 1930s and 1940s - tell readers what it was really like to grow up in an orphanage. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; BG; HBTB; JKSB1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372. Large format paperback. Clean copy.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press Alabama
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- KEX0211642
- ISBN
- 9780817307813
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Looks back to an earlier era of care for orphaned and dependent children of Eastern European Jewish immigrants. Within this social history and ethnography, the voices of elders - once wards of the home in the 1930s and 1940s - tell readers what it was really like to grow up in an orphanage. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; BG; HBTB; JKSB1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372. Large format paperback. Clean copy.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press Alabama
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0211643
- ISBN
- 9780817307813
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
paperback. Little Britches becomes the man in his family after his father's early death, taking on the concomitant responsibilities as well as opportunities. During the summer of his twelfth year he works on a cattle ranch in the shadow of Pike's Peak, earning a dollar a day. Little Britches is tested against seasoned cowboys on the range and in the corral. Illustrator(s): Mawicke, Tran. Num Pages: 279 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: BG; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803282100
- ISBN
- 9780803282100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.38
€ 19.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JWXV; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 23. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Amazon Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781503935747
- ISBN
- 9781503935747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.55
€ 11.99
€ 10.55
Hardback. Num Pages: 242 pages, 1. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609806729
- ISBN
- 9781609806729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.75
€ 24.99
€ 20.75
Paperback. Follows Roger Garfitt on his journey from stable boy to jazz dancer, from Oxford dandy to Sixties drop-out. This title presents his story. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099571957
- ISBN
- 9780099571957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.09
€ 11.99
€ 10.09
Paperback. World-famous horse gentler Monty Roberts tells the stories of those horses he has loved most and learned most from throughout his career Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 x 8pp colour photos. BIC Classification: BGA; WNGH; WSNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Headline
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755313457
- ISBN
- 9780755313457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.66
€ 14.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 438 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 34. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 438
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781876756352
- ISBN
- 9781876756352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.76
€ 19.99
€ 14.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 122. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- David Philip, Publishers Johannesburg
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780864860637
- ISBN
- 9780864860637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.14
€ 10.14
Paperback. A behind-the-scenes look at Wall Street's top banker Following the eleventh-hour rescue of Bear Stearns by JP Morgan, Jamie Dimon's profile reached stratospheric levels. And while the deals and decisions he's made have usually turned out to be the right ones, his journey to the top of the financial world has been anything but easy. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; KFFK; KNST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470924693
- ISBN
- 9780470924693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.80
€ 19.99
€ 15.80
Paperback. Did Patrizia Reggiani murder Maurizio Gucci in 1995 because his spending was out of control? Did she do it because he was about to marry is mistress? Or, could it be that she didn't do it at all? Sara Forden takes the reader behind the scenes. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations facsim., geneal. table, portraits. BIC Classification: BGB; KND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- CustomHse
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 4th printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060937751
- ISBN
- 9780060937751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.58
€ 13.99
€ 10.58
Paperback. The classic story of one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary families - an extensively updated new edition. Num Pages: 688 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BG; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 45. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753818039
- ISBN
- 9780753818039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Paperback. A portrait of the remarkable, elusive Rothschild family. It uncovers the secrets behind the family's phenomenal economic success. It also reveals the details of the family's vast political network, which gave it access to and influence over many of the greatest statesmen of the age. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; BGH; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140240849
- ISBN
- 9780140240849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 20.33
€ 29.99
€ 20.33
Paperback. A heartfelt celebration of the vanished world of his grandfather's intellectual passions. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Halban Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905559640
- ISBN
- 9781905559640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.70
€ 19.99
€ 14.70
Paperback. The true story of a one-handed pianist and the fall of his aristocratic family Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JJ; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 342. A Family At War. 384 pages. The true story of a one-handed pianist and the fall of his aristocratic family. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JJ; BGH. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight: 290.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747596738
- ISBN
- 9780747596738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. The story of how one woman's life was transformed by a remarkable house on the Dingle peninsula in Ireland. It's a life-affirming tale of rediscovering lost values and cherishing loved ones and the communities we live in. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGA; BM; WQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224. Singed by the author
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781444730319
- ISBN
- 9781444730319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.42
€ 13.99
€ 13.42