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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925835779Author Sean ScalmerFormat HardbackPage Count 480Imprint Monash University PublishingPublisher Monash University Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925377088Author Frank VajdaFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Monash University PublishingPublisher Monash University PublishingWeight(grams)...

A biography of the American Gilbert Imlay (c 1754 - c 1828), revolutionary war veteran - and infamous lover of Mary Wollstonecraft. It also highlights how Imlay unwittingly acted as an intermediary between figures of greater significance, whose ideas,...

'He thought his happiness was complete when, as he meandered aimlessly along, suddenly he stood by the edge of a full-fed river.' One of the most popular children's books of all time, the dreamy world of the riverbank and Toad, Ratty, Mole and Badger is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781630262129Author Martin GoldsmithFormat HardbackPage Count 354Imprint WileyPublisher WileyWeight(grams) 689g

The legendary poet and boxer Arthur Cravan, a fleeting figure on the periphery of early twentieth-century European avant-gardism, is frequently invoked as proto-Dada and Surrealist exemplar. Yet he remains an insubstantial phenomenon, not seen since...

H. Lark Hall presents the first comprehensive biography of Vernon Louis Parrington (1871-1929). The recipient of the 1928 Pulitzer Prize in history for the first two volumes of his Main Currents in American Thought, Parrington remains one of the most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400076789Author Simon Sebag MontefioreFormat PaperbackPage Count 848Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Pioneer to the Past tells the intensely human, often poignantly moving story of the brilliant career of James Henry Breasted, one of the greatest Egyptologists and archaeologists America has produced. Breasted's greatest achievement was the founding of...

In the tradition of #1 New York Times bestsellers like Unbroken, Boys on the Boat, and Band of Brothers, No Surrender is an unforgettable story of a father's extraordinary acts of valor in World War II and a son's thrilling journey to discover them?an...

Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples and Spain, claimed that he had never wanted the overpowering roles thrust upon him by his illustrious younger brother Napoleon. Left to his own devices, he would probably have been a lawyer in his native Corsica, a...

Sharp, resourceful, and with a style all her own, Althea Altemus embodied the spirit of the independent working woman of the Jazz Age. In her memoir, Big Bosses, she vividly recounts her life as a secretary for prominent (but thinly disguised) employers...

In this biography, Randolph B. Campbell explores the life of Sam Houston and his important role in the development of the Southwest. Governor of two states, president of an independent republic, and for thirteen years a United States senator, Sam...

The "superb" (The Guardian) biography of an American who stood against all the forces of Gilded Age America to fight for civil rights and economic freedom: Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan.They say that history is written by the victors. But...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853033561Author Alan D. CrownFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd

One of the most famous figures of the American frontier, Daniel Boone clashed with the Shawnee and sought to exploit the riches of a newly settled region. Despite Boone's fame, his life remains wrapped in mystery.The Boone legend, which began with the...

George Armstrong Custer. The name evokes instant recognition among Americans and people around the world. No figure in the history of the American West has more powerfully moved the human imagination. This new, lavishly illustrated book combines over 300...

2019 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleThe Enigma of Max Gluckman examines one of the most influential British anthropologists of the twentieth century. South African-born Max Gluckman was the founder of what became known as the Manchester School of...

Revered or reviled, Gertrude Bell was a commanding figure: scholar, linguist, archeologist, traveller and "orientalist". Belonging to the tradition of the great British Middle East enthusiasts of the early 20th century, she explored the Ottoman Empire...

How is the world of Alice in Wonderland linked to that of the young girl who was the inspiration for this much-loved story? The words written by Charles Dodgson (whose pen-name was Lewis Carroll), an Oxford don, were based on college life, word-play and,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684831428Author Rich BrookhiserFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Prentice Hall & IBDPublisher Prentice Hall (a Pearson Education...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781891640964Author William De LangeFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Toyo PressPublisher Toyo PressWeight(grams) 422gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 191mm * 12mm

An engaging, accessible biography of the legendary Egyptian queen, with source documents Ambitious, intelligent, and desired by powerful men, Cleopatra VII came to power at a time when Roman and Egyptian interests increasingly concerned the same object:...

Churchill has gone down in history as one of the greatest leaders the world has ever known. From the day the Second World War was declared he stood out as the only man wanting to take offensive action. But is this accolade deserved? The first few years...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770414495Author Shelley EmlingFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,Canada

A fresh, lively retelling of the life of one of the most infamous characters of the Old West, Doc Holliday, by an imaginative, yet accurate storyteller.Book InformationISBN 9780762760466Author D. J. HerdaFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint The Lyons...

Twelve years of rule by Hitler and the Nazi Party could have made Germany a third world country after the end of the war, and according to some highly placed Allied officials of the time; that would not have been such a bad idea. Whatever treatment the...

This book is an illustrated biography of the legendary Luftwaffe fighter pilot Werner Moelders in more than 480 rare photographs, documents and commentaries. Who was this once much-admired and honored man? Why did the German people show such a great...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780758206206Author Jack EisnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint AphrodisiaPublisher Kensington PublishingWeight(grams) 455g

A renowned biographer compares the lives and times of American outlaw Billy the Kid and his Australian counterpart Ned Kelly The oft-told exploits of Billy the Kid and Ned Kelly survive vividly in the public imaginations of their respective countries,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250013637Author Philip EadeFormat PaperbackPage Count 349Imprint St. Martin's PressPublisher St. Martin's PressWeight(grams) 476g

From the author of The Sisters, a chronicle of the most brutal, turbulent, and exuberant period of England's history. Bess Hardwick, the fifth daughter of an impoverished Derbyshire nobleman, did not have an auspicious start in life. Widowed at sixteen,...

The first biography of Asenath Nicholson, Compassionate Stranger recovers the largely forgotten history of an extraordinary woman.About the AuthorMaureen O'Rourke Murphy is the Joseph L. Dionne Professor of Teaching, Literacy, and Leadership at Hofstra...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250049124Author Matthew DennisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 208mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780972317221Author Richard PankhurstFormat HardbackPage Count 284Imprint Tsehai PublishersPublisher Tsehai PublishersWeight(grams) 573g

Accident of Fate is a first-hand account of persecution, rescue, and resistance in the Axis-occupied former Yugoslavia. At the age of thirteen, Imre Rochlitz fled to Yugoslavia from his childhood home in Vienna following the Nazi Anschluss, leaving his...

Witnessing the Holocaust presents the autobiographical writings, including diaries and autobiographical fiction, of six Holocaust survivors who lived through and chronicled the Nazi genocide. Drawing extensively on the works of Victor Klemperer,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767902595Author Jennifer FleischnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Crown Publishing GroupPublisher Crown Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375754548Author Sara WheelerFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 312gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943737055Author Lochlainn SeabrookFormat HardbackPage Count 120Imprint Sea Raven PressPublisher Sea Raven PressWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...