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Biography
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
€ 121.87
€ 121.87
Num Pages: 208 pages, 38 black & white photographs, Map. BIC Classification: BGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781623493639
- ISBN
- 9781623493639
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.43
€ 33.99
€ 28.43
Paperback. Margaret Thatcher was the longest-serving Prime Minister of the twentieth century and one of the most influential figures of the postwar era. This title gives unparalleled insight into her early life, especially through her extensive correspondence with her sister, and recreates brilliantly the atmosphere of British politics. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140279566
- ISBN
- 9780140279566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.64
€ 19.99
€ 13.64
Hardcover. Offers a book about Yaya Harouna, a Songhay trader originally from Niger who found a path to America. Combining memoir, ethnography, and philosophy through a series of interconnected narratives, this title tells a story of remarkable friendship and the quest for well-being. Num Pages: 176 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1H; BM; GTB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 225 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226178790
- ISBN
- 9780226178790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.99
€ 122.99
Paperback. The murder of 18-year-old Ovida "Cricket" Coogler in 1949 launched a series of court inquiries and trials that would reshape the direction of New Mexico politics and expose political corruption. Paula Moore examines the infamous murder and the events that unfolded in its wake.University of New Mexico Press Num Pages: 215 pages, 12 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; 3JJPG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826343420
- ISBN
- 9780826343420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.35
€ 25.99
€ 22.35
Paperback. Using biographical sketches, this book aims to create a composite portrait of the United States during and immediately after the Civil War. Subjects covered include Stephen A. Douglas, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Stonewall Jackson and Thaddeus Stevens. Series: Representative Americans. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742521698
- ISBN
- 9780742521698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.96
€ 66.96
Hardcover. Num Pages: 209 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGF; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Arkansas Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557287687
- ISBN
- 9781557287687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.58
€ 46.99
€ 39.58
Hardback. 1. A study of old age by one of Italya s oldest and wisest philosophers. 2. Bobbio writes on old age as a social and personal problem. He re--assess ideas of history and progress from the perspective of an old man. 3. This is a beautifully written book that combines philosophical enquiry and personal reflection. Translator(s): Cameron, Allan. Num Pages: 120 pages, 0. BIC Classification: BGH; HPS; JFSP31; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745623863
- ISBN
- 9780745623863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.51
€ 67.51
paperback. Here is a unique collection of fifty years of essays chosen to form an unconventional autobiography and capstone to his remarkable career as the conservative writer par excellence. Num Pages: 594 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 40. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Regnery United States
- Number of pages
- 594
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780895260048
- ISBN
- 9780895260048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.96
€ 26.99
€ 24.96
Paperback. The true life saga of a family with a special gift Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 x 8pp plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJ; BGXA; HBJD1; HBLW; HRQM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444714258
- ISBN
- 9781444714258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.94
€ 13.99
€ 10.94
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BM; JPFR; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Encounter Books,USA United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594032653
- ISBN
- 9781594032653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.01
€ 19.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Guernica Editions,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771830119
- ISBN
- 9781771830119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.83
€ 29.99
€ 22.83
Paperback. Michael Davitt's "Jottings in Solitary" consists of his drafts on many topics, written while a prisoner in solitary confinement in Portland Convict Prison, 1881-2. Published here for the first time, they contain an autobiographical fragment and a frankly annotated list of Irish MPs of the time. Series: Classics of Irish History S. Num Pages: 288 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; DNF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JPVH3; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 123 x 183 x 25. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Edition
- (reprint).
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900621915
- ISBN
- 9781900621915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.42
€ 27.99
€ 24.42
Paperback. South African born Elon Musk is the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity. Musk wants to save our planet; he wants to send citizens into space, to form a colony on Mars; he wants to make money while doing these things; and he wants us all to know about it. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; KJH; KND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780753555644
- ISBN
- 9780753555644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.09
€ 15.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Presents English translations from the works of Michael Psellos, a key philosopher of the Byzantine Empire. This book contains the works that Psellos wrote about his family, including a funeral oration for his mother that features recollections from a childhood spent in Constantinople. Editor(s): Kaldellis, Anthony. Translator(s): Kaldellis, Anthony. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; BGHA; HBJD; HBLC; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268033156
- ISBN
- 9780268033156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.22
€ 33.99
€ 30.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 156 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; HP; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Wisdom Tree Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788183282871
- ISBN
- 9788183282871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.31
€ 10.99
€ 9.31
Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGA; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813134147
- ISBN
- 9780813134147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.10
€ 35.10
Paperback. Series: Missouri biography series. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826219299
- ISBN
- 9780826219299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.66
€ 45.99
€ 38.66
Paperback. Maria of Agreda's exceptional attributes spread from her convent in seventeenth-century Agreda (Spain) to the court in Madrid and beyond. Without leaving her village, the abbess impacted the kingdom, her church, and the New World. This biography integrates autobiographical, historical, and literary sources published by and about Maria of Agreda. Num Pages: 359 pages, 37 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JD; BGX; HRCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826346445
- ISBN
- 9780826346445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.44
€ 34.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. Sayo Masuda was a geisha at a hot springs resort, where the realities of sex for sale are unadorned by the trappings of wealth and power. Remarkable for its wit and frankness, the book is a moving record of a woman's survival on the margins of Japanese society -- in the words of the translator, "the superbly told tale of a woman whom fortune never favored yet never defeated." Translator(s): Rowley, G. G. Num Pages: 216 pages, 4 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; BGA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 132 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129510
- ISBN
- 9780231129510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.13
€ 26.99
€ 23.13
Hardcover. This volume of intellectual biography takes the Polish economist Michal Kalecki (1899-1970) from the shattering of his prosperous childhood, in Tsarist Lodz in the 1905 Revolution, to Cambridge and the failure of his co-operative research with John Maynard Keynes's supporters in Cambridge. Series: Palgrave Studies in History of Economic Thought Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BG; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230211865
- ISBN
- 9780230211865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.74
€ 144.74
Describes the life and writing career of the author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, as well as her victory over such obstacles as prejudice, poverty, and abuse. Series: Black Americans of Achievement - Legacy Edition S. Num Pages: 100 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 170 x 11. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Chelsea House Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780791092248
- ISBN
- 9780791092248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.59
€ 38.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp of b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; BTC; JFFE; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Milo Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903854525
- ISBN
- 9781903854525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.75
€ 11.99
€ 10.75
hardcover. Editor(s): Van Doren, Carl. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 410 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; BJ; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691653426
- ISBN
- 9780691653426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.69
€ 194.69