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Hardcover. As Democratic ward committeeman for more than twenty years (a position that controlled many patronage jobs), Bill Clay, Sr. was also a congressman putting him at the epicenter of most local political storms. Clay recounts his forty-one-year odyssey through a career filled with controversy, conflict, and confrontation. Num Pages: 320 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Missouri History Museum Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781883982522
ISBN
9781883982522
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.10

Hardcover. William Avery Bishop is recognized as the British Empire's highest-scoring WWI ace, credited with 72 combat victories, third-ranking behind von Richthofen and Rene Fonck. He scored many of his successes on his own, prevailing only by dint of personal courage, daring and superior marksmanship. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 171 x 21. Weight in Grams: 820.
Publisher
Grub Street Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909808133
ISBN
9781909808133
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99

Paperback. Billy Graham and the Rise of the Republican South considers the critical role the famous evangelist played in creating the modern American South. Author Steven P. Miller treats Graham as a serious actor and a powerful transitional symbol-an evangelist, first and foremost, but also a profoundly political figure. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812221794
ISBN
9780812221794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.32

Paperback. "Countless books have been written about the infamous outlaw .. this is surely one of the best."-Publishers Weekly, starred review Num Pages: 368 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393330632
ISBN
9780393330632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.61

Hardcover. Brings together Manetti's famous biographies of Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio, which helped establish the canon of Italian literature, as well as his parallel lives of Socrates and Seneca, which remained the standard biographical sources for those philosophers throughout the early modern period. Translator(s): Baldassarri, Stefano U.; Bagemihl, Rolf. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BGH; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674011342
ISBN
9780674011342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.08

Hardback. While bookstore shelves around the world have never ceased to display best-selling life-and-lettersA" biographies in prominent positions, the genre became less popular among academic historians during the Cold War decades. Their main concern then was with political and socioeconomic structures, institutions, and organizations.. Editor(s): Berghahn, Volker R.; Lassig, Simone. Series: Studies in German History. BIC Classification: 1DF; BGH; HBAH; HBJD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455187
ISBN
9781845455187
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.54

Paperback. Presents an account of the great Ottoman Empire in the early nineteenth century, a key period often seen as the eve of Tanzimat westernizing reforms and the beginning of three distinct histories - ethnic nationalism in the Balkans, imperial modernization from Istanbul, and European colonialism in the Middle East. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 b/w photos, 5 maps, 2 line drawings, and 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JF; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520266353
ISBN
9780520266353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.05

Paperback. Drawing on recently opened archives, ethnography, and oral interviews that were unavailable a decade ago, "A Biography of No Place" reveals Stalinist and Nazi history from the perspective of the remote borderlands, thus bringing the periphery to the center of history. Num Pages: 322 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674019492
ISBN
9780674019492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.73

Paperback. For centuries this account, the first joyful description of India by a British woman, remained unread in a Welsh castle. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780600796
ISBN
9781780600796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

hardcover. This new, factually rich and visually stunning publication is the first major history of Birmingham for more than four decades. Editor(s): Dick, Malcolm; Chinn, Carl. Num Pages: 344 pages, 210 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 256 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781781382462
ISBN
9781781382462
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.52

Paperback. A collection of photographs of Birmingham's old pubs with accompanying text. Series: Archive Photographs: Images of England. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; HBJD1; WTHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 240 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752418094
ISBN
9780752418094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.49

Paperback. This new, factually rich and visually stunning publication is the first major history of Birmingham for more than four decades. Editor(s): Dick, Malcolm; Chinn, Carl. Num Pages: 344 pages, 210 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 261 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1260.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781382479
ISBN
9781781382479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.48

Paperback. In 221 BCE the state of Qin vanquished its rivals and established the first empire on Chinese soil, starting a millennium-long imperial age in Chinese history. This book integrates textual sources with archeological and paleographic materials, providing a boldly novel picture of Qin's cultural and political trajectory. Editor(s): Pines, Yuri; Shelach, Gideon; Falkenhausen, Lothar von; Yates, Robin D.S. Series: New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520289741
ISBN
9780520289741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.68

Paperback. The Origin of the United States. 632 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. A chronicle of the rise of American civilization, from its inception through the American Revolution and the Constitutional Convention of 1787. It examines the differences between national and federalized systems of government. It brings the discourse of federalism versus nationalism into the 21st century. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL. Dimension: 233 x 189 x 41. Weight: 1342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Pelican Publishing
Number of pages
632
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589807273
ISBN
9781589807273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.12

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEN; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJK; HBTB; TV; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781608934119
ISBN
9781608934119
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.80

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Boydell Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851158167
ISBN
9780851158167
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.65

Hardcover. Explores the role of bishops at the heart of thirteenth-century English politics, examining their culture and political theology. Under King John and Henry III, the bishops acted as peacemakers, supporting royal power when it was threatened, but between 1258 and 1265, led by Simon de Montfort, they became partisans, helping to overturn royal power. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 242 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198754022
ISBN
9780198754022
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.33

Paperback. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 14. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408223185
ISBN
9781408223185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 46.09

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 574 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
574
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691607788
ISBN
9780691607788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 95.05
€ 71.86

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 574 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 971.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
574
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691636306
ISBN
9780691636306
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 291.00

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 857.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691632117
ISBN
9780691632117
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 207.91
€ 156.24

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691602646
ISBN
9780691602646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.17
€ 64.23

Paperback. A comprehensive new biography exploring the greatness and limits of the 'Iron Chancellor', Otto von Bismarck: a political genius who remade Europe and united Germany between 1862 and 1890 by the sheer power of his great personality. Num Pages: 600 pages, 16pp black & white plates, 3 maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 231 x 45. Weight in Grams: 916.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
600
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199642427
ISBN
9780199642427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 27.87

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415724784
ISBN
9780415724784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 49.68

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