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Biography: general

Paperback. In 2005 the author took part in the Ashes series. As a devastating fast bowler in a brave young England team, he went toe to toe with the might of the seemingly unbeatable Australians. Over the course of fifty-four days he would experience the greatest highs of his career, and plunge to the lowest depths. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 3JJP; BGS; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 341 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Yellow Jersey Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224100281
ISBN
9780224100281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747255161
ISBN
9780747255161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. This revised edition contains a wealth of new information about the lives and accomplishments of over a dozen scientists throughout five centuries. What emerges are intriguing, multifaceted studies of a number of remarkable intellectuals and their scientific legacy. Translator(s): Shuchat, Alan. Num Pages: 388 pages, 68 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
2nd ed. 2007
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387360263
ISBN
9780387360263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 133.01

Hardback. When he was very young, Simon Garfield lusted after rare stamps but could not afford them. When he was older, the passion reignited with almost ruinous results. This book is an examination of obsession and desire, and the search for fulfilment. It is also a story of wooden legs, and, the man who guards stamps for the Queen. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; WCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571235261
ISBN
9780571235261
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; CBW; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
New
SKU
9781444795189
ISBN
9781444795189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.82

Paperback. 'A story of courage, heart, of coming back for more, of love and struggle and the power of both' Joseph O'Connor Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: APFB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172. 'A story of courage, heart, of coming back for more, of love and struggle and the power of both' Joseph O'Connor Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: APFB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172. Good clean copy. Showing light shelf wear, remains a nice copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0021588
ISBN
9781444795189
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.82

Paperback. An intimate portrait of the life of Eleanor 'Erlund' Hudson (1912-2011), the watercolourist, etcher and designer who was best known for her evocative depictions of women at work during the Second World War. Num Pages: 116 pages. BIC Classification: AFCC; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 218 x 7. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
John Catt Educational Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909717213
ISBN
9781909717213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.21

Hardback. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509848690
ISBN
9781509848690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.66

Paperback. Paperback edition of the Sunday Times Political Book of the Year Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 x 8pp mono. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; BGH; JFFE1; JFFE2; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849548755
ISBN
9781849548755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 25 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AVC; AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 177 x 19. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781257456
ISBN
9781781257456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751564709
ISBN
9780751564709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. An exuberant and entertaining biography of Charles Dickens that captures the essence of the great novelist. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 28. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007445318
ISBN
9780007445318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.24

Hardcover. Simon Callow plunges headlong into Wagner's world to discover what it was like to be Wagner, and to be around one of music's most influential figures. The perfect introduction to the Master. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVGC9; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 225 x 27. Weight in Grams: 388. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear in good dustwrapper. Includes newspaper cutting of review of the book in The Times
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
William Collins
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0007672
ISBN
9780008105693
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An alternative autobiography of the well-loved actor and man of the theatre, winner of the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography. BIC Classification: ANB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 35. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Number of pages
436
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848421714
ISBN
9781848421714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.10

Paperback. Few actors are more eloquent, honest or entertaining about their life and their profession than Simon Callow. Being an Actor traces his stage journey from the letter he wrote to Laurence Olivier that led him to his first job, to his triumph as Mozart in the original production of Amadeus. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: APB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099471950
ISBN
9780099471950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. The creator of the "Hunchback of Notre Dame", "Henry VIII" and "Captain Bligh", Charles Laughton's career spans 50 films and 40 stage roles. This book offers biography that follows him from his parents' hotel in Scarborough to his climactic assumption of the role of King Lear in Statford at the end of his life. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099581956
ISBN
9780099581956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

paperback. An epic survey of Orson Welles' life and work. It shows what it was like to be around Welles, and, what it was like to be him, in which lies the answer to the old riddle: whatever happened to Orson Welles? Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ANB; APFB; APW; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099502838
ISBN
9780099502838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. A biography of the young Orson Welles, from his prodigious childhood and youth, his triumphs with the Mercury Theatre, to the making of "Citizen Kane". Num Pages: 656 pages, 1. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 43. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099462514
ISBN
9780099462514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.08

Paperback. Explores how music and the muse intertwine in work and in life. This title includes stories, anecdotes, jokes, absurdities, the odd informal homily, pitfalls and pratfalls, and Yorkshire life and death. It is about the dream and reality of what you are, and what you might have been. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 x 8 pp inset. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Viking
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141021249
ISBN
9780141021249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGA; JFF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Spinifex Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781742198941
ISBN
9781742198941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.05

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