Biography
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Biography
Hardback. A life-long Republican and ardent conservationist, Russell Train was a catalyst for many of America's important environmental policies that remain in place today. This is a behind-the-scenes account of the politics of the environment over the second half of the 20th century. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPQB; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Island Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559632867
- ISBN
- 9781559632867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.70
€ 52.70
Hardcover. Drawing from Hoover Institution archival documents, Paul Gregory sheds light on how the world's first socialist state went terribly wrong and why it was likely to veer off course through the tragic story of Stalin's most prominent victims: Pravda editor Nikolai Bukharin and his wife, Anna Larina. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGHA; HBJD; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817910341
- ISBN
- 9780817910341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.57
€ 37.99
€ 32.57
Paperback. Drawing from Hoover Institution archival documents, Paul Gregory sheds light on how the world's first socialist state went terribly wrong and why it was likely to veer off course through the tragic story of Stalin's most prominent victims: Pravda editor Nikolai Bukharin and his wife, Anna Larina. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGHA; HBJD; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817910358
- ISBN
- 9780817910358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.62
€ 25.99
€ 24.62
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Black Rose Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551642925
- ISBN
- 9781551642925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.33
€ 18.99
€ 17.33
Hardcover. This volume represents extensive research on Alfred Harmsworth (Lord Northcliffe), one of the "press lords" who influenced British politics and policy during World War I. It deals with Northcliffe and the inseparable quality of his public and political career from his journalism. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 halftone, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBWN; JFD; KNTJ; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873386371
- ISBN
- 9780873386371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.65
€ 53.99
€ 45.65
Hardcover. A biography of the Ohio native and politician Martin L Davey. An important figure on the local, state, and national political scene in the early decades of the twentieth century, Davey served as mayor of Kent, Ohio, was elected to the US House of Representatives, and completed two terms as Ohio governor. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations, notes, biblio., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873389204
- ISBN
- 9780873389204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.03€ 52.74
€ 57.03
€ 52.74
Hardcover. The women in the family which ruled 13th-century Castile used various means, strategies and patronages to secure their personal power as well as to promote their lineage. This study focuses on Berenguela of Castile, Queen of Leon through marriage and of Castile by right of inheritance. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; BGH; HBJD; HBLC; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312234737
- ISBN
- 9780312234737
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.50
€ 113.50
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 557.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Encounter Books,USA United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594036040
- ISBN
- 9781594036040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.44
€ 27.99
€ 25.44
Hardcover. Derfler explores the patterns in the lives of three twentieth-century heads of state who fell from power, then rose again: Charles de Gaulle, Juan Peron, and Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027856
- ISBN
- 9781137027856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.73
€ 64.73
Paperback. Editor(s): Rollyson, Carl E. Num Pages: 275 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Salem Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781429836814
- ISBN
- 9781429836814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.75
€ 51.99
€ 43.75
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 564 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 564
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691647746
- ISBN
- 9780691647746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 262.66
€ 262.66
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Whittles Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849951661
- ISBN
- 9781849951661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.38
€ 25.99
€ 22.38
Series: Screen Classics. Num Pages: 243 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APB; APFA; BGF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813144887
- ISBN
- 9780813144887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 39.58
€ 42.99
€ 39.58
Paperback. The definitive portrait of Pol Pot, the enigmatic man behind the most terrifying regime of modern times Num Pages: 560 pages, 24 pages of b/w. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJM; HBLW3; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719565694
- ISBN
- 9780719565694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.83
€ 19.99
€ 14.83
Paperback. In suburban Croydon over a period of ten months during 1928-9, three members of the same family died suddenly. A complex police investigation followed, but no charges were ever brought and the mystery remains officially unsolved. The author meticulously reconstructs these events and offers a new solution to an old murder mystery. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752453378
- ISBN
- 9780752453378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.24
€ 20.99
€ 19.24
Paperback. A history of poisoning in the nineteenth century and in particular the case of Dr William Palmer, convicted of murder by poisoning, and how he baffled toxicologists, doctors, detectives and judges Series: Encounters. Num Pages: 204 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; BTC; HBLL; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719087783
- ISBN
- 9780719087783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.57
€ 38.57
paperback. As he films the final episode, actor David Suchet recalls his experience of playing Agatha Christie's world-famous detective, Hercule Poirot, for almost a quarter of a century. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Headline
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755364220
- ISBN
- 9780755364220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.20
€ 17.99
€ 13.20
Paperback. Reportage resists easy definition and comes in many forms, but it reveals hidden truths about people and events that have shaped the world we know. This book features the author's eyewitness accounts of the atom bomb tests at Bikini atoll and evocations of his encounters with Mao Tse-tung and Winston Churchill. Series: Classics of Reportage S. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DNJ; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Panther Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862078246
- ISBN
- 9781862078246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.59
€ 13.99
€ 10.59
Paperback. Ambushes. Hidden bombs. Snipers. The point man is the first to encounter these signs of danger. He's the soldier who leads the patrol into battle. Few survive for long. Between 2007 and 2008, 20-year-old Kenny Meighan was the longest-serving point man in Helmand province. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; BGHA; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0007641
- ISBN
- 9780571272433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The harrowing first-person account of a French foot soldier who survived four years in the trenches of the First World War Translator(s): Strauss, Edward M. Num Pages: 480 pages, 18 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; BJ; BM; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300212488
- ISBN
- 9780300212488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.92
€ 19.99
€ 15.92
Num Pages: 240 pages, 18 photos. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Larson Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936012572
- ISBN
- 9781936012572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.74
€ 31.99
€ 21.74
Paperback. Editor(s): Kendall, Judy. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854115805
- ISBN
- 9781854115805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.79
€ 28.79
Hardcover. La Fontaine was a great French lyric poet of the 17th century. This study is almost as much about Louis XIV as about La Fontaine. It provides analysis of the absolutist politics and attempts by the King to enforce an official cultural style, and the plight of the artist under such a ruler. Translator(s): Todd, Jean Marie. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JD; BGH; BGR; DSBD; DSC; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 167 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1025.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268038779
- ISBN
- 9780268038779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.85
€ 58.85
Hardcover. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Univ Tennessee Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572336063
- ISBN
- 9781572336063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.75€ 57.01
€ 61.75
€ 57.01