Biography: general
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Biography: general
Paperback. Offers a selection of personal papers. This title includes rhymes, an exchange with Queen Elizabeth of Belgium about fine music, and expressions of his devotion to Zionism. Editor(s): Dukas, Helen; Hoffmann, Banesh. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; BJ; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- With a New foreword by Ze'ev Rosenkranz
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160238
- ISBN
- 9780691160238
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.93
€ 23.99
€ 17.93
Paperback. In 1903, despite the vehement objections of his parents, Albert Einstein married Mileva Maric, the companion, colleague, and confidante whose influence on his most creative years has given rise to much speculation. This title enables us to reconstruct the youthful Einstein with an unprecedented immediacy. Editor(s): Renn, Jurgen; Schulmann, Robert. Translator(s): Smith, Shawn. Num Pages: 140 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691088860
- ISBN
- 9780691088860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.43
€ 26.99
€ 20.43
Hardback. Contains the scientific work Einstein published during the first decade of his career, and includes some of the most significant achievements of twentieth-century physics. This work includes the famous paper that set forth the special theory of relativity, solving some long-standing difficulties. Editor(s): Stachel, John; Cassidy, David C.; Renn, Jurgen; Schulmann, Robert. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 696 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3JJC; BGA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 190 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691085265
- ISBN
- 9780691085265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.95€ 140.77
€ 188.95
€ 140.77
Paperback. Opens in spring 1914 when Einstein takes up a research professorship at the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin and closes with the collapse of the German Empire four and one-half years later. This work touches on various aspects of Einstein's activities and sheds fresh light on his inner life. Editor(s): Kox, A. J.; Schulmann, Robert; Janssen, Michel; Illy, Jozsef. Translator(s): Hentschel, Ann M. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 744 pages, in two volumes 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 41. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 650
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691048413
- ISBN
- 9780691048413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 102.78
€ 102.78
Hardback. Presents Einstein's writings from the final period of his work in Switzerland. This volume documents Einstein's search for a relativistic theory of gravitation, a search that ended in Berlin in the fall of 1915 with the completion of the general theory of relativity. Editor(s): Klein, Martin J. (Professor of History of Science, Yale University, USA); Kox, A. J.; Renn, Jurgen; Schulmann, Robert. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 420 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3JJC; BGA; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691037059
- ISBN
- 9780691037059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 246.54
€ 246.54
Hardback. Part of a series to be devoted to Einstein's correspondence, this volume contains letters and begins in June 1902, when he went to work at the Swiss Patent Office. It closes in March 1914, as Einstein left Switzerland to take up his appointment as a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin. Editor(s): Klein, Martin J. (Professor of History of Science, Yale University, USA); Kox, A. J.; Schulmann, Robert. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 784 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3JJC; BGA; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 190 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 780
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691033228
- ISBN
- 9780691033228
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 246.27
€ 246.27
paperback. Gives an anaylsis of the social themes and cultural perspectives of modern American autobiographies. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812211276
- ISBN
- 9780812211276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Hardcover. Drawing on archive material, DeGiacomo assesses T.C. Murray's contribution to the Irish dramatic movement. Largely a work of theatre history, this text spans Murray's life and career from 1878 to 1959, and highlights Murray's plays on Abbey tours of America from 1911 to 1935. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629450
- ISBN
- 9780815629450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.50
€ 39.50
Paperback. Series: Dover Books on Western Philosophy. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486443997
- ISBN
- 9780486443997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.65
€ 15.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. 'One January morning in 1941, only a fortnight or so after his seventy-first birthday, the bearded and bespectacled French artist Henri Matisse was lying in a hospital bed preparing to die.' Diagnosed with cancer, the acclaimed painter, and rival of Picasso, seemed to be facing his demise. Then something unexpected happened. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 78.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241969083
- ISBN
- 9780241969083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
€ 10.99
€ 9.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8pp colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 1H; BGA; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Eye Books United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903070857
- ISBN
- 9781903070857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.95
€ 10.99
€ 9.95
Hardback. Editors of v. 3-5: J. Goebel, Jr. and J.H. Smith. Editor(s): Goebel, Julius, Jr. Num Pages: 957 pages, Fr. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 150 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1969
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 957
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231089456
- ISBN
- 9780231089456
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.46€ 148.60
€ 198.46
€ 148.60
Paperback. A revealing and entertaining book by a charismatic and gifted young cricketer, including the full story of the 2009 Ashes triumph. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 x colour plate sections. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444709780
- ISBN
- 9781444709780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Are you happy? Does it matter? Increasingly, governments seem to think so. As the UK government conducts its first happiness survey, the author looks at happiness as a political as well as a personal issue; what it should mean to us, what it means to him. He writes too of what he has learned from the recent death of his best friend. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BG; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 76.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099579823
- ISBN
- 9780099579823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
€ 10.99
€ 9.50
Hardback. The autobiography in words and pictures of one of Britain's most fascinating and acclaimed writers and artists, Alasdair Gray Num Pages: 312 pages, Colour throughout. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 252 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1662. 312 pages, Colour throughout. The autobiography in words and pictures of one of Britain's most fascinating and acclaimed writers and artists, Alasdair Gray. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGLA. Dimension: 267 x 252 x 25. Weight: 1656.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841956404
- ISBN
- 9781841956404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.42€ 44.25
€ 59.42
€ 44.25
Paperback. Elvis & the Memphis Mafia is the first book to capture the King - the man and the phenomenon - in his full complexity. Num Pages: 806 pages, ports. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 53. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Quarto Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845131289
- ISBN
- 9781845131289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 99.99
€ 99.99
hardcover. Num Pages: 426 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 238 x 38. Weight in Grams: 749.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bonus Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566251945
- ISBN
- 9781566251945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.36
€ 26.99
€ 25.36
Paperback. This is an essential travel companion for a journey through the landscapes and places associated with Wallace in Scotland and Northern England, and a vibrant new insight into the reality of Scotland's most famous battlefield hero. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 173 x 11. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752456386
- ISBN
- 9780752456386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.78
€ 26.99
€ 23.78
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press,U.S.
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583673560
- ISBN
- 9781583673560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.49
€ 23.99
€ 20.49
Paperback. Studs Terkel was an American icon who had no use for America's cult of celebrity. He was a leftist who valued human beings over political dogma. In scores of books and thousands of radio and television broadcasts, Studs paid attention - and respect - to "ordinary" human beings of all classes and colours Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JMC; APW; BGF; JP; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 274 x 18. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583675939
- ISBN
- 9781583675939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.46
€ 19.46
paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 92. BIC Classification: 3JH; AVGC4; AVGC5; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 32. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780801494215
- ISBN
- 9780801494215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 29.39
€ 49.99
€ 29.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 624 pages, 104. BIC Classification: 3JH; AVGC5; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 41. Weight in Grams: 956. The Final Years, 1861-86. 624 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 3JH; AVGC5; AVH; BGF. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 41. Weight: 944.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801484537
- ISBN
- 9780801484537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.86
€ 32.99
€ 31.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 656 pages, 130. BIC Classification: 3JH; AVGC4; AVGC5; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 928. The Weimar Years, 1848-61. 656 pages, 28 b&w illustrations, 2 maps, 100 musical examples. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 3JH; AVGC4; AVGC5; AVH; BGF. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 39. Weight: 910.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801497216
- ISBN
- 9780801497216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Hardback. "Tomkins reveals his unpublished film artwork and behind-the-scenes photographs from [a] .. career that spanned more than 50 years in both British and Hollywood cinema"--Amazon.com. Num Pages: 168 pages, 75 black & white illustrations, 75 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB; BGFA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 258 x 23. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750956178
- ISBN
- 9780750956178
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.82
€ 50.99
€ 42.82