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Hardcover. This final volume of Bernth Lindfors's definitive biography records the remarkable achievements and experiences of Ira Aldridge in the last years of his life, when he performed at theaters throughout Europe. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 364 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JH; ANB; BGF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 35. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465380
- ISBN
- 9781580465380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.98€ 64.86
€ 70.98
€ 64.86
Hardcover. Large format.Clean copy in dustwrapper.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Studio Books New York
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KEX0204156
- ISBN
- 9780670030828
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. In this biography of Henry VI, Bertram Wolffe challenges the traditional view of Henry VI as an unworldly, innocent and saintly monarch and offers instead a critical portrait of an ineffectual ruler. Drawing on contemporary evidence, he discusses the failures of Henry's long reign. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 432 pages, 48 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300089264
- ISBN
- 9780300089264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.21
€ 29.99
€ 24.21
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571228768
- ISBN
- 9780571228768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.59
€ 19.99
€ 14.59
Paperback. An autobiography of Russell that offers readers the story of his life - introducing the people, events and influences that shaped the man he was to become. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 768 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1158.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 768
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415473736
- ISBN
- 9780415473736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.53
€ 26.99
€ 25.53
Paperback. Bertrand Russell was one of the most influential figures of the 20th century and his autobiography is one of the most compelling and vivid ever written. This compact paperback edition contains an introduction by Michael Foot. Num Pages: 760 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 760
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415228626
- ISBN
- 9780415228626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.17
€ 46.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; HBWN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Spokesman Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851248370
- ISBN
- 9780851248370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.46
€ 14.46
hardcover. Charles Stewart's life of sailing and combat on the high seas rivals that of Patrick O'Brien's fictional hero, Jack Aubrey. Stewart held more sea commands (11) than any other U.S. Navy captain and served longer (63 years) than any officer in American naval history. Num Pages: 320 pages, 27 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574885187
- ISBN
- 9781574885187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.52
€ 42.52
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752459585
- ISBN
- 9780752459585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Paperback. * ERNEST HEMINGWAY wrote to a friend: 'She can write rings around all of us .. I wish you would get it and read it because it is really a bloody wonderful book' * introduction by MARTHA GELLHORN Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BG; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780860685418
- ISBN
- 9780860685418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.81
€ 13.00
€ 11.81
Paperback. The personal account of a giant in American folklore and folk music Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 216 pages, 19. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252075094
- ISBN
- 9780252075094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.98
€ 23.99
€ 21.98
Paperback. As a child Beth was imprisoned within a Jehovah's Witness family, kept away from her mother, forbidden from wearing a school skirt above her knees by day, abused by her stepfather at night. Years later, she summons the courage to report her stepfather to the police. Will Beth's fight for justice be worth the suffering reawakened? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFE1; JFFE2; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Previous owner's inscription on half title page.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- SKU
- KTG0011265
- ISBN
- 9780091928629
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Eschewing reassuring platitudes and sensational pleas for sympathy, the author charts her struggles with juvenile diabetes, blindness, and a host of other hardships, sharing her feelings of despair and frustration as well as her hard-won triumphs. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFG; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 407. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072192
- ISBN
- 9780252072192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.53
€ 18.99
€ 18.53
Paperback. A biography of the Supreme Court Justice of 34 years, Hugo Black, (1886-1971). He once was a member of the Ku Klux Klan, and went on to be one of the most celebrated and important civil libertarians in the history of the USA and the 20th century's chief proponent of the First Amendment. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 207 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823218684
- ISBN
- 9780823218684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. A love story and a journey across the continents of marriage. Num Pages: 240 pages, 19 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393324471
- ISBN
- 9780393324471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.19
€ 24.99
€ 22.19
Paperback. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Yellow Jersey
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- SKU
- KEX0245511
- ISBN
- 9780224083324
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Granville Island Publishing Canada
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894694742
- ISBN
- 9781894694742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.78
€ 20.99
€ 15.78
Paperback. A fascinating memoir of one of Judaism's earliest female writers, translated from the original Yiddish, Gluckel of Hameln was a marvel of her time: an accomplished businesswoman as well as the mother of twelve, she wrote the riveting memoir that would become a timeless classic, revealing much about Jewish life in seventeenth-century Germany. Editor(s): Abrahams, Beth-Zion. Num Pages: 230 pages, 39 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BM; HBJD; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Jewish Publication Society United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780827609433
- ISBN
- 9780827609433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.58
€ 18.99
€ 18.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 31. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447272526
- ISBN
- 9781447272526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.22
€ 11.99
€ 10.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFSJ1; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781987915167
- ISBN
- 9781987915167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.23
€ 18.99
€ 14.23
Paperback. For seventy years Socrates was a vigorous citizen of Golden Age Athens, philosophising in the squares and public arenas rather than in the courts of kings, before his beloved city turned on him, condemning him to death by poison. Socrates lived in and contributed to a city that nurtured key ingredients of contemporary civilisation. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: BGH; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554059
- ISBN
- 9780099554059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.63
€ 23.99
€ 16.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBTV; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPWF; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801485978
- ISBN
- 9780801485978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Paperback. Smuggled out of Europe after the collapse of Germany, Eichmann managed to live a peaceful and active exile in Argentina for years before his capture by the Mossad. Though once widely known by nicknames such as 'Manager of the Holocaust', he was able to portray himself, from the defendant's box in Jerusalem in 1960. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784700010
- ISBN
- 9781784700010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. The first woman to be appointed Speaker of the House of Commons, Betty Boothroyd was once a celebrated "Tiller Girl". In her autobiography, she tells of her life, the times campaigning for the Labour Party, the times she lost two by-elections, and her elation at finally becoming an MP. Num Pages: 544 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BGHA; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 116 x 35. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099427049
- ISBN
- 9780099427049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47