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Paperback. From his memorial in Washington and immortalization on Mount Rushmore, one might assume Abraham Lincoln was a national hero rather than a controversial president. Drawing on an array of material, this is a study of the role Lincoln's reputation and memory has played in American life. Num Pages: 382 pages, 48 halftones, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- University of Chicago Press, 2000
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226741987
- ISBN
- 9780226741987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.27
€ 34.99
€ 27.27
Hardback. This biography chronicles the many achievements of Joe F. Carr, president of the NFL for most of its first two decades. During his tenure, Carr implemented the standard player's contract, wrote the league's first-ever Record and Fact Book, developed the league draft, and-most significantly-established the NFL as a big-city sport. Num Pages: 504 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 921.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810876699
- ISBN
- 9780810876699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.21
€ 80.21
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 24 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781630761745
- ISBN
- 9781630761745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.32
€ 21.99
€ 21.32
Paperback. A biography of the most important woman in the history of economic thought. Series: Science & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 photos, 1 table. BIC Classification: BGH; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822345381
- ISBN
- 9780822345381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.18
€ 30.99
€ 30.18
paperback. Eric Liddell was Scotland's finest athlete. At the height of his fame he slipped quietly out of the limelight to become a missionary in China, where he later came to an unpleasant end in a Japanese internment camp. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 124 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780752443522
- ISBN
- 9780752443522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.53
€ 15.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. This sequel to "Yellow on the Broom" takes Betsy's story to the end of World War II. She was born in 1919 into a travelling family, and tells her own story, with the bitter and the sweet, the rowan and the honey. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BG; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196. 196 pages. This sequel to "Yellow on the Broom" takes Betsy's story to the end of World War II. She was born in 1919 into a travelling family, and tells her own story, with the bitter and the sweet, the rowan and the honey. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; BG; JFSC. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Birlinn Ltd
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841580708
- ISBN
- 9781841580708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.28
€ 11.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 x 8-pg colour photo sections. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- HarperOne
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062517180
- ISBN
- 9780062517180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.52
€ 16.99
€ 15.52
paperback. A controversial account of the Churchill years by a bestselling historian. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBLW3; HBWQ; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 278. Good clean copy showing some age and shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Phoenix London
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0023898
- ISBN
- 9781857992137
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 6.49
€ 6.49
Hardback. * This is an original and engaging account of the ways in which the discovery of the new world altered the world-view of Europeans during the Renaissance* The author is one of the best young historians in France today. . Num Pages: 216 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JB; BG; RGR; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745611471
- ISBN
- 9780745611471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.81
€ 71.81
Hardcover. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612099903
- ISBN
- 9781612099903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 260.31€ 175.76
€ 260.31
€ 175.76
Paperback. From the author of Restavec: From Haitian Slave Child to Middle-Class American, which has sold more than 25,000 copies, comes a searing memoir that puts a human face on the issue of child slavery and sounds a call to end it through advocacy and education Num Pages: 293 pages, 11 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KJH; BGA; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292729292
- ISBN
- 9780292729292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.67
€ 23.67
hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Casemate Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932033991
- ISBN
- 9781932033991
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.61
€ 30.99
€ 26.61
Hardback. This brilliantly original study uncovers a side to Napoleon Bonaparte which has hitherto been ignored by biographers -- that of the aspiring novelist and man of letters. Num Pages: 208 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; BGH; DSBD; DSK; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745625355
- ISBN
- 9780745625355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.25
€ 71.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBF; BG; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589799059
- ISBN
- 9781589799059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.84
€ 17.99
€ 17.84
Paperback. Yoshimasa may have been the worst shogun ever to rule Japan. But his influence on the cultural life of Japan was unparalleled. Yoshimasa is remembered primarily as the builder of the Temple of the Silver Pavilion and as the ruler at the time of the Onin War (1467-1477), after which the authority of the shogun all but disappeared. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; BGH; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 210 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130578
- ISBN
- 9780231130578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.96
€ 36.99
€ 26.96
Hardback. In the 1970s and 1980s the Republic of China on Taiwan was under the direction of Chiang Ching-Kuo, who served first as its premier, and later as its president. This work provides insight into the substantial role that Chiang played in the social and economic development of the republic. Series: Miller Center Series on Asian Political Leadership. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; BGH; HBJF; HBLW3; JPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819189035
- ISBN
- 9780819189035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.49
€ 119.49
Hardcover. This study of 13 personal accounts of the Mau Mau revolt by Kenyans, demonstrates that these memoirs serve to refute both the British version of the revolt and that of the leaders of the independent Kenyan state. It also points to the importance of Mau Mau in the making of modern Kenya. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; BG; HBJH; HBLW3; JPFN; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781555875374
- ISBN
- 9781555875374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.18
€ 89.18
Hardcover. Num Pages: 381 pages. BIC Classification: BGBA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781888363715
- ISBN
- 9781888363715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.93
€ 27.99
€ 24.93
Hardback. Series: Historical & Cultural Astronomy. Num Pages: 555 pages, 151 black & white illustrations, 111 colour illustrations, 50 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; BGT; HBJM; PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 1153.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2018
- Number of pages
- 555
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319445205
- ISBN
- 9783319445205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.20
€ 205.20
Hardcover. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer John Matteson, an account of the "Susan Sontag" of nineteenth-century America. Num Pages: 528 pages, 28 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 39. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393068054
- ISBN
- 9780393068054
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.60
€ 33.99
€ 31.60
Hardback. A conservative social ideologue, Sarah Palin's political career in Alaska was marked by a progressive fiscal approach that is at odds with her current right-wing Republican identity. Num Pages: 222 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 233 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612341859
- ISBN
- 9781612341859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.23
€ 25.99
€ 24.23
Paperback. Presents a personal and provocative look at poverty in America. This book tells the story of growing up in a large Irish Catholic working-class family in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and draws together the experiences of living in poverty, the role of the church and music. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; HBTB; HRCV; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Augsburg Fortress United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780806656243
- ISBN
- 9780806656243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.91
€ 10.99
€ 9.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 170 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348. A Prisoner of War Comes Home. 208 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGH; HBWQ; JW. Dimension: 233 x 170 x 13. Weight: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- BRICKTOWER
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781883283513
- ISBN
- 9781883283513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.23
€ 17.99
€ 13.23
Paperback. The author loves his life as an Irish traveller, but as a child he felt like an outsider. He was different to his siblings. On the rare occasions he went to school, he was bullied for being a gypsy boy. And beyond the gates of the camp he found nothing but hostility. In this title, he tells his story. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KRA0013805
- ISBN
- 9780091948436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99