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Biography

Hardback. Documents from the late FBI director's secret files reveal for the first time the shocking extent of FBI activities in spying on prominent Americans and political groups. Num Pages: 391 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
391
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929587677
ISBN
9780929587677
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.78

William P. Mitchell entered the pilot factory at San Antonio's Kelly Field in January 1942. His experiences were similar to those of thousands of young men. Because his mother kept his wartime letters, readers of this book can catch glimpses of a world long vanished and an era that now seems innocent and naive. Series: Centennial of Flight Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, 22 b/w photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BT; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585443871
ISBN
9781585443871
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.63

Publisher
United States
Number of pages
402
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307730824
ISBN
9780307730824
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.41

Hardback. The Korean War is enjoying growing popularity and interest after years of neglect. A unique account by a conscript who was uniquely present at two of the key battles of the War. The author records his extraordinary experiences with modest understatement Num Pages: 210 pages, 16pp B & W plates. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJPG; BM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781593431
ISBN
9781781593431
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.87

Hardcover. The memories of David Shachar are a journey through the tunnel of time: from wanderings in Poland to the life of a refugee in World War II, and on to a soldier's life fighting the Nazis. After the war, while studying radio electronics in Paris, David cut his studies short and came to Israel to fight in the War of Independence. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white halftones, colour illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 246 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House Israel
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652295460
ISBN
9789652295460
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.29

Paperback. Series: Midwest Reflections. Num Pages: 364 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 136 x 28. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873513340
ISBN
9780873513340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12ill. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BT; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . Clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KEX0220221
ISBN
9780863223167
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12ill. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BT; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . 263pp
Publisher
Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
KCBJ000142
ISBN
9780863223167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Paperback. A first-person saga, recounting one man's life but relating the experience of many. Mike Carney, the oldest living native Blasket Islander, left in 1937 to seek a better future in Dublin and eventually America. This memoir is the last of a long line of books written by Blasket Islanders, incl Tomas O'Crohan, Micheal O'Sulleabhain and Peig Sayers. Num Pages: 224 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 244. Some light shelf wear, otherwise a very good copy.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Gill
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
KRF2232737
ISBN
9781848891654
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. The snooker legend reveals all about his turbulent life and career Num Pages: 320 pages, 2x8pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Headline London
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755316618
ISBN
9780755316618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.66

paperback. Editor(s): Brown, N. Anthony. Series: Jews of Russia & Eastern Europe and Their Legacy. Num Pages: 245 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; DQ; DS; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9781618113962
ISBN
9781618113962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.23

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
PM Press United States
Edition
Expanded and Updated
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604865752
ISBN
9781604865752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.11

Paperback. A memoir of an American-Jewish historian who set out to study Yiddish language and Jewish history at YIVO, the Jewish Scientific Institute in Vilna, Poland, in 1938. It describes her pre-war year in Jewish Eastern Europe, and her role in salvaging what remained of Vilna's scorched Jewish archives and libraries. Editor(s): Sinkoff, Nancy. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 241 x 28. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813543628
ISBN
9780813543628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.68

Hardcover. Mohammed (Ed) Aryain saw Syrians who had been to America returning home with gold watches and money to purchase land, and he vowed to do the same. Ed began a 120-mile walk to Beirut to board a steamship. This book tells of his emotional first view of the Statue of the Liberty and of his traumatic passage through Ellis Island. Editor(s): Pate, J'Nell L. Series: Plains Histories Series. Num Pages: 260 pages, 27 photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896725867
ISBN
9780896725867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.54

Paperback. Is it possible to experience unshakable peace, regardless of the situations and people that come your way? Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HRLK; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 209 x 21. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782796046
ISBN
9781782796046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.57

Hardback. A true story of six generations of an African American family in Maryland. Based on paintings, photographs, books, diaries, court records, legal documents, and oral histories, the book traces Yarrow Mamout and his in-laws, the Turners, from the colonial period through the Civil War to Harvard and finally the present day. Num Pages: 310 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823239504
ISBN
9780823239504
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.67

Paperback. Traces Boruch B Frusztajer's life from his traumatic childhood in Nazi-occupied Poland to his involvement in the development of the computer industry in England and eventual career as an entrepreneur in the United States. This book aims to reveal how qualities he nurtured in the Soviet work camps informed his later business ventures. Num Pages: 430 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Scranton Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589661554
ISBN
9781589661554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.02

Hardback. Even by SAS standards this is the story of an outstanding warrior. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16pp B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; 3JJPR; BM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWQ; JWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848845114
ISBN
9781848845114
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 138 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 146 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
Reprint.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875650050
ISBN
9780875650050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.30

Paperback. Offers a revealing glimpse of the author's experiences growing up in the segregated South, thsi title reveals his attitudes and approaches to the military as a cadet at the Virginia Military Institute and his years as a history teacher at York College in Pennsylvania. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873388009
ISBN
9780873388009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 40.59

Hardcover. Cartoon images of Abraham Lincoln fom the 19th century can increase our understanding of opinion towards Lincoln, the dynamics of Civil War, popular art and culture, the media, political caricature, and presidential politics. This text is a history of the development of Lincoln's public profile. Num Pages: 384 pages, 200 halftones, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AKLC; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 267 x 203 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kent State Univ Pr
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873387019
ISBN
9780873387019
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.04
€ 46.67

mass_market. This is the candid and revealing wartime memoir of the soldier who, at the age of just 32, became South Korea's first four-star general. The book brings an unprecedented perspective to the Korean War. Num Pages: 271 pages, 13 b&w photos, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJPG; BTM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Potomac Books United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574887433
ISBN
9781574887433
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.38

Hardback. This text surveys the development of the ideas of John W. Burton, an Australian civil servant and diplomat who became a prolific author in the fields of international relations and conflict theory. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGH; GTJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333666050
ISBN
9780333666050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.26

Paperback. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Markus Wiener Pub
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558763104
ISBN
9781558763104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.45

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