Biography: general
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Biography: general
Paperback. On 11 September 2001, in a cafe in London, Ahmed Errachidi watched as the twin towers collapsed. He was appalled by the loss of innocent life. But he couldn't possibly have predicted how much of his own life he too would lose because of that day. This book makes you rethink what it means to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JM; BGHA; JPVR; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099572299
- ISBN
- 9780099572299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Paperback. The Algerian warrior and Sufi saint, Emir Abd el-Kader, shows his spiritual qualities in the fight against the French colonial authorities. "The New York Times" called the Emir "one of the few great men of the century," while Abraham Lincoln and Pope Pius IX both commended the Emir for rescuing 15,000 Christians while in exile in Damascus. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JH; BGX; HBJH; HBLL; HRHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- World Wisdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936597178
- ISBN
- 9781936597178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.05
€ 25.99
€ 23.05
Hardcover. In 1793 the Witts family arrived in Edinburgh for a stay of five years. A well-to-do family they were brought to near penury brought the failure of Edward Witts business. Within a few months Edward and Agnes had built a wide circle of friends and acquaintance in the upper echelons of society where Agnes's magnetic personality worked its magic. Editor(s): Sutton, Alan. Num Pages: 416 pages, 60 illustrations, 30 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; 3JF; BGHA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 260 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1328.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781554845
- ISBN
- 9781781554845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.75
€ 33.99
€ 23.75
Paperback. An abbess in the Franciscan abbey of Longchamp, Agnes of Harcourt wrote a biography of Isabelle of France and a letter detailing Louis IX's involvement with the abbey, both of which provide a window on 13th-century religious life. This translation also contains an introduction to her life and work. Editor(s): Field, Sean L. (Assistant Professor of History, University of Vermont, USA). Translator(s): Field, Sean L. (Assistant Professor of History, University of Vermont, USA). Series: Notre Dame Texts in Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3H; BG; DN; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 177.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268044046
- ISBN
- 9780268044046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.67
€ 32.99
€ 29.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FMNX; 1FPJ; 3JJH; BGHA; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 214 x 21. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Eland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907871286
- ISBN
- 9780907871286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.74
€ 19.99
€ 14.74
Hardcover. An abbess in the Franciscan abbey of Longchamp, Agnes of Harcourt wrote a biography of Isabelle of France and a letter detailing Louis IX's involvement with the abbey, both of which provide a window on 13th-century religious life. This translation also contains an introduction to her life and work. Editor(s): Field, Sean L. (Assistant Professor of History, University of Vermont, USA). Translator(s): Field, Sean L. (Assistant Professor of History, University of Vermont, USA). Series: Notre Dame Texts in Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3H; BG; DN; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268044039
- ISBN
- 9780268044039
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.36
€ 107.36
Paperback. Agatha Christie's personal memoirs about her travels to Syria and Iraq in the 1930s with her archaeologist husband Max Mallowan, where she worked on the digs and wrote some of her most evocative novels. Num Pages: 304 pages, 40 b/w plates. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007487240
- ISBN
- 9780007487240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.38
€ 13.99
€ 10.38
Paperback. Agatha Christie's 'most absorbing mystery' - her own autobiography, with new exclusive CD containing newly discovered priceless recordings from more than 40 years ago of Agatha dictating excerpts about her life as a writer. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 197 x 45. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007314669
- ISBN
- 9780007314669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.37
€ 19.99
€ 14.37
Paperback. The highly acclaimed memoir of growing up with Dylan Thomas Editor(s): Campomar, Andreas. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 188. 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. In 1949, after years of nomadic existence, Aeronwy Thomas and her family arrived at the Boat House in Laugharne, a small village on the Welsh coast. Here her father, the poet Dylan Thomas and mother, Caitlin, hoped to find peace, a place to settle and work. This book contains a portrait of growing up and an insight into Dylan Thomas' poetry. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGLA; BM; DSC. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849013642
- ISBN
- 9781849013642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813533896
- ISBN
- 9780813533896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.49
€ 41.99
€ 37.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; DNF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759908
- ISBN
- 9781894759908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.78
€ 15.99
€ 11.78
paperback. This portrait of Christopher Wren (1632-1723), the great British architect, aims to show us the man behind the legend - a man who was the Surveyor of the King's Works, a pioneering anatomist and mathematician, who devised new navigational instruments and lectured on planetary motion. Num Pages: 480 pages, 24pp halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; AMB; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712673648
- ISBN
- 9780712673648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.74
€ 40.99
€ 28.74
Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, 141 photos. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 261 x 21. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764346316
- ISBN
- 9780764346316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.72
€ 36.99
€ 31.72
Paperback. Adrian Kenny's memoir is many things: diary of a frustrated young writer and lover; portrait of bohemian social life in 1970s Dublin; and an intimate history of the rising Catholic middle class, the advanced guard of the Celtic Tiger. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BG; DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Lilliput Pr Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901866377
- ISBN
- 9781901866377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.30
€ 10.30
Hardback. This text examines the profit-strategy approaches of ten of the world's most influential business personalities, including Microsoft's Bill Gates, Andrew Grove, of Intel, and the late Roberto Goizueta, of Coca-Cola. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KJC; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471983910
- ISBN
- 9780471983910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.81
€ 53.81
hardcover. Num Pages: 16 pages, 34ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGA; HP; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Merlin Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 16
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850364705
- ISBN
- 9780850364705
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.58
€ 26.99
€ 23.58
Paperback. The story of how Augustus rose from an obscure teenager to become Rome's first and greatest emperor. Num Pages: 624 pages, 36. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 39. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicholson
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753829158
- ISBN
- 9780753829158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. The story of one of the most brilliant, flamboyant and historically important men who ever lived. Num Pages: 704 pages, 24, 15 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 46. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753821589
- ISBN
- 9780753821589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.61
€ 23.99
€ 16.61
Paperback. The epic story of one of the most famous love affairs in history, by the bestselling author of CAESAR. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 1QDAR; 3D; BGH; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753828632
- ISBN
- 9780753828632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.54
€ 23.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. Shortlisted for the 2016 PEN Ackerley Prize, this is a compulsive memoir of addiction and recovery by A. A. Gill, 'by miles, the most brilliant journalist of our age' (Lynn Barber). Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780226439
- ISBN
- 9781780226439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
€ 13.99
€ 11.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845951610
- ISBN
- 9781845951610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.54
€ 23.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. This biography of Charles Darwin attempts to capture the private unknown life of the real man - the gambling and gluttony at Cambridge, his gruelling trip round the globe, his intimate family life, worries about persecution and thoughts about God. Num Pages: 864 pages, 32pp b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JH; BG; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 856
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140131925
- ISBN
- 9780140131925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.09
€ 25.99
€ 18.09
Paperback. An autobiography of Adrian Carton de Wiart who served in the South African war and both World Wars. He was wounded eight times during the war (including the loss of an eye and a hand), won the VC during the Batle of the Somme, was mentioned in despatches six times. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: BGHA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Military
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844155392
- ISBN
- 9781844155392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.91
€ 19.99
€ 15.91
Paperback. A few miles from New Orleans, at LaSalle's Landing - in what is now the city of Kenner - stands a life-size bronze statue of two men in combat. One of them is the legendary Gypsy Jem Mace, the first Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World and the last of the great bare-knuckle fighters. This is the story of Jem Mace's life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780233005034
- ISBN
- 9780233005034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81