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Biography: general
Hardback. This is the first book-length study of one of the most prolific producers working in British television, responsible for both Cathy Come Home (1966) and This Life (1996-8). The book discusses the ways in which Garnett has shaped the role of the creative producer, and analyses his contribution to a distinctively televisual social realism. Series Editor(s): Bignell, Jonathan; Cardwell, Sarah; Peacock, Steven. Series: Television. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: APT; BGF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719066283
- ISBN
- 9780719066283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.15
€ 155.15
Paperback. Stephen Kuusisto, an American, has been almost completely blind since a post-natal operation severely damaged his retinas. In this autobiography he tells of the years of lonely childhood spent behind bottle-lens glasses, the struggle through high school and college, and first love and sex. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFFG; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KNW0009821
- ISBN
- 9780571196968
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Stephen Kuusisto, an American, has been almost completely blind since a post-natal operation severely damaged his retinas. In this autobiography he tells of the years of lonely childhood spent behind bottle-lens glasses, the struggle through high school and college, and first love and sex. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFFG; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KLN0018142
- ISBN
- 9780571196968
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Stephen Kuusisto, an American, has been almost completely blind since a post-natal operation severely damaged his retinas. In this autobiography he tells of the years of lonely childhood spent behind bottle-lens glasses, the struggle through high school and college, and first love and sex. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFFG; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KLN0017855
- ISBN
- 9780571196968
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Stephen Kuusisto, an American, has been almost completely blind since a post-natal operation severely damaged his retinas. In this autobiography he tells of the years of lonely childhood spent behind bottle-lens glasses, the struggle through high school and college, and first love and sex. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFFG; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KLN0017854
- ISBN
- 9780571196968
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, B/W photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; BG; BTC; HBJK; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 471.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610396325
- ISBN
- 9781610396325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.22
€ 19.99
€ 18.22
Paperback. In January 1928 Stalin, the ruler of the largest country in the world, boarded a train bound for Siberia where he would embark upon the greatest gamble of his political life. He was about to begin uprooting and collectivization of agriculture and industry across the entire Soviet Union. This book offers an explanation yet of Stalin's power. Num Pages: 976 pages, 2 x 8 b&w plate sections. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 279 x 46. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141027944
- ISBN
- 9780141027944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 17.74
€ 26.99
€ 17.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 172 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714529202
- ISBN
- 9780714529202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.37
€ 13.99
€ 13.37
Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JJPR; 3JMC; BGH; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTV; JPHL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470120156
- ISBN
- 9780470120156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.46
€ 35.46
Paperback. 'Part biography, part collection of tips for the aspiring writer' Guardian. ON WRITING: A MEMOIR OF THE CRAFT is a brilliant book on writing from the number one bestselling writer. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781444723250
- ISBN
- 9781444723250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.56
€ 12.99
€ 11.56
Paperback. Though they were acquitted, these same defendants were soon being ostracized by their own neighbors, and within four months of Till's death, Southern blacks were staging the historic Montgomery bus boycott-the first major battle in the coming war against racial injustice that would lead to the passage of civil rights legislation a decade later. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4ill. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; BGH; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801843266
- ISBN
- 9780801843266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.52
€ 32.52
Hardback. Presents the study of Kurt Weill's complete stage works. This title shows how Weill's experiments with a range of genres - from one-act operas and plays with music to Broadway musicals and film-opera - became an indispensable part of the reforms he promoted during his brief but intense career. Num Pages: 592 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 2 tables, 78 music examples. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 234 x 41. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- F First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271777
- ISBN
- 9780520271777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.86€ 42.52
€ 52.86
€ 42.52
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Halsgrove
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857042910
- ISBN
- 9780857042910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.72
€ 21.99
€ 20.72
Hardcover. Traces the forging of the author's identity from the clash of his youthful home life and the streets of his native mill town. This memoir reveals how a growing understanding of art, culture, friendship, spirituality, family, and class melded to create a man able to live fully in two distinct worlds. Num Pages: 176 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609285
- ISBN
- 9780815609285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.47
€ 13.47
Paperback. In the sweltering summer of 1858, the stink of sewage from the polluted Thames was so offensive that it drove Members of Parliament from the chamber of the House of Commons. The engineer entrusted by Parliament with this enormous task was Sir Joseph Bazalgette. This book presents an account of his life and work. Num Pages: 224 pages, 80 b&w illustrations, 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: BGH; TBX; TQSR1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750925808
- ISBN
- 9780750925808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.59
€ 21.99
€ 20.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 326 pages, colour illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- HYPERION
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781401310790
- ISBN
- 9781401310790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.63
€ 19.99
€ 14.63
Chinese diplomat V.K. Wellington Koo was involved in virtually every foreign and domestic crisis in 20th century China. This biography gives a picture of one of the essential figures behind the creation of a modern China. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813123141
- ISBN
- 9780813123141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.88
€ 55.88
Paperback. A memoir that tells how, sent to a boarding school 200 miles from home at the age of seven, the author survived beatings, misery, love, ecstasy, carnal violation, expulsion, imprisonment, criminal conviction, probation and catastrophe to emerge, at eighteen, ready to try and face the world in which he had always felt a stranger. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 26. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099457046
- ISBN
- 9780099457046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Spanning 1979-1987, this title charts the author's arrival at Cambridge up to his thirtieth birthday. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 143 x 31. Weight in Grams: 370. Clean copy with some shelf wear with minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- KSS0008355
- ISBN
- 9780141039800
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Invites readers to take a glimpse at the author's life story. Containing raw, electric extracts from his diaries of the time, this is an account by a man driven to create and to entertain - revealing a side to him he has long kept hidden. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405918831
- ISBN
- 9781405918831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
CD-Audio. Containing raw, electric extracts from his diaries of the time, this book offers an account by a man driven to create and to entertain - revealing a side to him he has long kept hidden. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 137 x 34. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Unabridged edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405919579
- ISBN
- 9781405919579
CD
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.44
€ 27.99
€ 19.44
Paperback. Stephen Ferris had an incredible rugby career, tragically ended by ankle injuries. He is an inspiration to the population of Ulster, an emblem of the sport that serves as such a positive expression of its culture and identity, and has earned the respect and admiration of fans across Ireland. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 27. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848272170
- ISBN
- 9781848272170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.61
€ 14.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614196
- ISBN
- 9780700614196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.79
€ 35.79
Paperback. This is the biography of Bill Shankly. It tells of the man who took Liverpool from Second Division obscurity to create the legend that became the Anfield of Keegan, Hughes, Toshack and Heighway, with his impertinent questions, blunt observations and appreciation of life. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1x8 b/w illustration section. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 110 x 23. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753500033
- ISBN
- 9780753500033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.57
€ 21.99
€ 16.57