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Hardback. From his dazzling conducting debut in 1943 until his death in 1990, Leonard Bernstein's star blazed brilliantly. This biography examines Bernstein's career against the backdrop of cold war America - blacklisting by the State Department in 1950 and voluntary exile from the New York Philharmonic in 1951 for fear that he might be blacklisted. Num Pages: 296 pages, 9 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257641
ISBN
9780520257641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 38.10

Paperback. A fresh appreciation of the great musical figure that gives him his due as composer as well as conductor Series: Jewish Lives. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 146. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300219852
ISBN
9780300219852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.53

Paperback. A biography of one of the 20th-century's most famous musicians. Num Pages: 240 pages. Dimension: 218 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714837017
ISBN
9780714837017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.98

Paperback. Born Lev Davidovich Bronstein in southern Ukraine, Trotsky was an effective military strategist and an adept diplomat, who staked the fate of the Bolshevik revolution on the meagre foundation of a Europe-wide Communist upheaval. In this book, Trotsky emerges as a brilliant yet flawed man. Series: Jewish Lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 black-&-white illustration. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300198324
ISBN
9780300198324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.39

Hardcover. A study of the French industrialist who from 1870 to 1914 advanced social Catholic and Christian democratic movements by improving factory conditions and empowering workers. Joan Coffey's book represents the first study of Leon Harmel in English. Series: Catholic Social Tradition. Num Pages: 360 pages, 7 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; BG; HBTB; HRCX6; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 671.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268033606
ISBN
9780268033606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.81

Hardback. A new appreciation of the extraordinary life and legacy of Leon Blum, the first Jewish prime minister of France Series: Jewish Lives. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300189803
ISBN
9780300189803
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.85

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 504 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 885.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691631721
ISBN
9780691631721
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 258.72

Hardcover. Leo Melamed is one of the most powerful figures in the world of finance - a visionary who pioneered the modern futures industry and launched the International Monetary Market (IMM). This title presents his story. Num Pages: 480 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGB; KFFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 38. Weight in Grams: 860.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471112150
ISBN
9780471112150
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.72
€ 45.64

Hardback. This first full-length biography of a legendary and award-winning Hollywood writer, producer, and director (Duck Soup, My Favorite Wife, An Affair to Remember, Going My Way, andThe Bells of St. Marys) explores the directors life as filtered through his art. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810852631
ISBN
9780810852631
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.51

Hardcover. Fine in fine dustwrapper
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Hutchinson & Co
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KEX0194929
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 20.99
€ 16.00

Paperback. The critically acclaimed biography of Lenin by one of the greatest Russian history experts and bestselling author of Trotsky, Stalin and Comrades. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; HBLW; HBTV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Pan
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330518383
ISBN
9780330518383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.55

Paperback. Translator(s): Smith, A.M. Sheridan. Series: Ann Arbor Paperbacks for the Study of Russian and Soviet History & Politics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 245.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472030521
ISBN
9780472030521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.98

Paperback. A biography of Lenin. It examines his legacy in the light of the complete and total collapse of the ideology he espoused. It seeks to separate the myth from the fact, and let the real Lenin emerge from behind the opposing shrouds of deification and condemnation, revealing the creator of the 20th century's most influential yet bloodthirsty beliefs. Series: Life & Times. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905791262
ISBN
9781905791262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBTV; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691643588
ISBN
9780691643588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.37

paperback. This second volume of the Lenin trilogy emphasizes the extraordinary circumstances in Russia and the world which enabled Lenin to come to power in 1917. The book details ways whereby Lenin led a turbulent Bolshevik party and adjusted its policies so as to gain authority in the soviets. Num Pages: 435 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1995th Edition
Number of pages
435
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333640623
ISBN
9780333640623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.79

Hardback. This final volume in the trilogy on Lenin's political life takes the account from the Brest-Litovsk Treaty of 1918 to his death in 1924. Attention is paid to the military, political and economic conditions as they changed, and includes the post-1985 documentary revelations. Num Pages: 393 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
393
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333293928
ISBN
9780333293928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 197.25

Hardback. This second volume of the author's trilogy on Lenin stretches from 1910 to 1918. It combines studies of his ideas, his activity and the social and political background. The book also contains commentaries by his contemporaries as well as the latest documentary output from Soviet archives. Num Pages: 435 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
435
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333293911
ISBN
9780333293911
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.43

Paperback. Lars T. Lih gives a non-partisan,vivid portrait and a striking new interpretation of a key revolutionary thinker and founder of the Soviet Union, Lenin, and shows that underneath the sharp polemics, Lenin was more a romantic enthusiast than a sour pragmatist. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, 55. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 200 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861897930
ISBN
9781861897930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Hardcover. Biography. Lenihan. Terrific way of looking through at Ireland's political landscape - through one of its main players.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
New Island Books
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KTJ0001741
ISBN
9781874597346
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Biography. Lenihan. Terrific way of looking through at Ireland's political landscape - through one of its main players.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
New Island Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
SKU
KTJ0001739
ISBN
9781874597346
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

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