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Biography
Hardcover. A memoir by Paul Lendvai, a Hungarian Jew who was arrested by the Nazis as a teenager. He became a communist activist in post-war Budapest, was imprisoned by the communists, and fled to Vienna after the 1956 Revolution. He became a leading journalist and commentator on eastern Europe. Num Pages: 256 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BG; HBJD; HBLW3; JPFC; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st English Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860642685
- ISBN
- 9781860642685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.28€ 54.35
€ 59.28
€ 54.35
Hardcover. Good clean copy in original cloth lacking dustwrapper. Some minor wear to spine.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1940
- SKU
- KTG0009323
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. This work focuses upon the 19th-century author, James Morier, and his two brothers, Jack and David. It reveals how during the Napoleonic wars the brothers forsook the world of trade to become involved in countering French activities and influence in the Ottoman Empire and Persia. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, 2 maps, geneal. table, ports. BIC Classification: 1FB; BGH; HBJF1; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860643309
- ISBN
- 9781860643309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.71€ 95.86
€ 106.71
€ 95.86
Paperback. Contains the stories behind some of the most heinous crimes ever committed in Suffolk. This book unveils a catalogue of true crime stories from the county's history. It also contains accounts of the circumstances surrounding each murder case and provides an insight into the minds and methods of the killers concerned. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAS; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 169 x 11. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752449050
- ISBN
- 9780752449050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Tilman
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909461147
- ISBN
- 9781909461147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.51
€ 16.99
€ 15.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 177 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury India
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789385936654
- ISBN
- 9789385936654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.83
€ 13.99
€ 10.83
Paperback. A catalogue of 365 ghastly tales from around the county dating from the twelfth to the twentieth centuries. It contains diverse tales of highwaymen, murderers, poachers, witches, rioters and rebels, as well as accounts of prisons, punishments and executions. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 172 x 12. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752456843
- ISBN
- 9780752456843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Paperback. Provides not only the details for all those from the area who fell in the Great War but also personal information, including letters and photographs, for every man featured. This book serves as a timeline for the significant events of the war and reveals several stories and facts along the way, such as why bodies were lost. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWW; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 169 x 17. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752444284
- ISBN
- 9780752444284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.48
€ 23.99
€ 20.48
Paperback. Linda Stratmann's carefully researched and enthralling text includes much previously unpublished information and will appeal to everyone interested in the shady side of Middlesex's history. Series: Murders. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 171 x 10. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752451237
- ISBN
- 9780752451237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Paperback. When the "Railway Magazine" of January 2000 published the results of its Millennium Poll, Sir Vincent Raven gained a 42nd place, along with Thomas Newcomen and Arthur Peppercorn. This is the biography of this engineer, illustrated with contemporary archive photographs, portraits and ephemera. Num Pages: 224 pages, 85. BIC Classification: BGT; TRF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752439242
- ISBN
- 9780752439242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.74
€ 26.99
€ 23.74
Paperback. A biography of Alec Troup Num Pages: 160 pages, 70ill. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 176 x 11. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752424118
- ISBN
- 9780752424118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.57
€ 19.99
€ 18.57
Hardcover. A comprehensive reference source on 18th-century authors writing in the English language about philosophical ideas and issues. This work features authors taken from 1689 through to the mid-19th century, the period beginning with John Locke and ending with Dugald Stewart. Editor(s): Yolton, John W.; Price, John Vladimir; Stephens, John. Num Pages: 1000 pages, bibliographies, further reading, indexes, references. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; BG; GBC; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 167 x 108. Weight in Grams: 2336.
- Publisher
- Thoemmes Continuum
- Number of pages
- 1000
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855061231
- ISBN
- 9781855061231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 889.26€ 790.08
€ 889.26
€ 790.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBJF1; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Strategic Media Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781939521187
- ISBN
- 9781939521187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.90
€ 26.99
€ 18.90
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Back Bay Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 326
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316042789
- ISBN
- 9780316042789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.86
€ 16.99
€ 16.86
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807086575
- ISBN
- 9780807086575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.76
€ 31.99
€ 22.76
Paperback. Illustrated with more than 60 archive images, this collection of true tales from across the Ribble Valley gives a record of crime and punishment. It begins with the paranoid prisoner of Barnoldswick and passes through an alphabet of place names that ends within the haunted ruins of Whalley Abbey, where the execution of a martyred monk was staged. Series: Murder & Crime. Num Pages: 128 pages, approx 65. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 6. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752444956
- ISBN
- 9780752444956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.45
€ 19.99
€ 18.45
Hardcover. Following in the footsteps of Thoemmes Press's "Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century British Philosophers (1999) and "Dictionary of Seventeenth-Century British Philosophers (2000), this work is a research source in this history of ideas. Editor(s): Mander, W. J.; Sell, Alan P. F. Num Pages: 525 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BG; GBC; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 186 x 126. Weight in Grams: 2780.
- Publisher
- Thoemmes Continuum
- Number of pages
- 525
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855069558
- ISBN
- 9781855069558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 829.97€ 744.91
€ 829.97
€ 744.91
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608460748
- ISBN
- 9781608460748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.78
€ 26.99
€ 23.78
Paperback. This book will appeal to everyone interested in true-crime and the shadier side of London's past. Series: Murder & Crime. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 166 x 7. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752456577
- ISBN
- 9780752456577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. A tale of a cynic's attempt to become a better person by helping others. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JKSN1; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843549772
- ISBN
- 9781843549772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.19
€ 10.99
€ 9.19