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Biography: general
Paperback. Ferrari, the name itself evokes the world of speed, a world of fast cars, heroic deeds and glamour. This is the story of the man behind the name. This biography goes back to Enzo Ferrari's origins and traces his remarkable rise to prominence. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: BGB; BGS; TRC; WGCB; WSPC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Yellow Jersey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780224059862
- ISBN
- 9780224059862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.53
€ 14.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. This title, originally published in 1972, has been updated to include Spector's work over the following three decades and the bizarre circumstances surrounding the shooting of Lana Clarkson at Spector's Los Angeles mansion on 03 February 2003. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Omnibus Press
- SKU
- 9780711998643
- ISBN
- 9780711998643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.20
€ 9.99
€ 9.20
Paperback. Millions of people around the world watched in horror on that fateful day in Imola at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix when Ayrton Senna's car careered off the track at 190mph. The greatest driver in Formula One history was dead. This book explores Senna's life. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241950128
- ISBN
- 9780241950128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90
Hardcover. Many people know that Claude Monet was a founder of French Impressionism, a master of landscape painting whose works include Sunrise and Water Lilies. Biographic: Monet presents an instant impression of his life, work and fame, with an array of irresistible facts and figures convered into infographics to reveal the artist behind the pictures. Num Pages: 96 pages, full colour photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; ACVT; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 242 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781452899
- ISBN
- 9781781452899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.13
€ 13.99
€ 11.13
Hardcover. Even two hundred years after Abraham Lincoln's death, we, like Walt Whitman, "love the President personally." Num Pages: 416 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 250 x 35. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393065305
- ISBN
- 9780393065305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.96
€ 31.99
€ 26.96
Hardback. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; BG; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312225605
- ISBN
- 9780312225605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. Introduces readers to the basics of volcanology. This book follows the author as he descends into the steaming crater of the Soufri re Volcano on the island of St Vincent, as he conducts research on lava flows on the desolate south shore of the Island of Hawaii, and as he struggles to understand the explosion at Mount St Helens. Num Pages: 180 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: BG; RBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691070179
- ISBN
- 9780691070179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.60
€ 37.99
€ 27.60
Hardcover. Explores the lives of heralded Holocaust rescuers Andre and Magda Trocme, and the people of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon France who saved thousands of Jews from the Nazis Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609704
- ISBN
- 9780815609704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.25
€ 33.99
€ 30.25
Paperback. Thomas Hobbes, the first great English political philosopher, has had the reputation of being a pessimistic atheist. This study evaluates Hobbes's philosophy, describing him to have been passionately concerned with the refutation of scepticism, and to have developed a theory of knowledge, which rivalled that of Descartes in its importance. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; BG; HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 110 x 11. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192802552
- ISBN
- 9780192802552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.73
€ 13.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. A magisterial new biography reveals the real W.G. behind the record-breaking cricketer who was also the most recognisable public figure in Victorian Britain. Num Pages: 480 pages, 16pp colour and b/w. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349139845
- ISBN
- 9780349139845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. Nevil Shute was a writer whose books were looked down on by literary critics and yet when he died he was one of the best selling novelists of his day. Books such as A Town Like Alice and On the Beach still attract new generations of fans and unlike others of his era his novels are still in print. However there was far more to the man than his books Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Troubador Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781788032575
- ISBN
- 9781788032575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. William Morris' many-sided career placed him at the centre of an age and culture he both condemned and shaped. This is an illustrated biography of William Morris, who is an artist, designer, poet, weaver, dyer, calligrapher, printer, businessman, journalist and novelist. Series: Lifelines Series. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustraions. BIC Classification: AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 150 x 4. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747804352
- ISBN
- 9780747804352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.14
€ 11.99
€ 10.14
Paperback. The name of Robert Adam is equated with taste, style and elegance. As visionary in the decoration of interiors as he was ingenious in the design of exteriors, Adam was more often responsible for the renovation, alteration or completion of existing buildings than for the creation of entirely new ones. Series: Lifelines S. Num Pages: 48 pages, 40ill.(some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AMB; AMR; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 5. Weight in Grams: 130. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747806035
- ISBN
- 9780747806035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.21
€ 8.21
Paperback. A fascinating "oral history" of the actor-director, with countless interviews with family, friends and colleagues and the ex-Mr Madonna himself. Num Pages: 512 pages, 75 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 33. Weight in Grams: 407.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KIN0004630
- ISBN
- 9780571215492
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.44
€ 5.44
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745611747
- ISBN
- 9780745611747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
Hardback. Num Pages: 456 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2GDC; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 39. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231055307
- ISBN
- 9780231055307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.96€ 91.03
€ 118.96
€ 91.03
Paperback. F R Leavis is one of the most influential thinkers in twentieth-century theory. Drawing on the work of F R Leavis and the repercussions and responses that have arisen from it, this book examines concepts including: culture; mass; civilisation; tradition; practical criticism; and, life. Series: Routledge Critical Thinkers. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415364171
- ISBN
- 9780415364171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.27
€ 36.27
Hardback. The first full-scale account of a Persian king vilified by history Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; 3D; BGH; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 33. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300180077
- ISBN
- 9780300180077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. Julie Andrews is the last of the great Hollywood musical stars - her extraordinary career spans more than forty years. Her first film, "Mary Poppins", was Disney's most successful film, and in 1965, "The Sound of Music" rescued Twentieth Century Fox from bankruptcy. This is a portrait of an enduring icon of stage and screen. Num Pages: 384 pages, Section: 16, 16pp colour plates. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749951627
- ISBN
- 9780749951627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Presents powerful lessons on life and leadership based on the life and work of Nelson Mandela (1918 - 2013), whose fight against apartheid in South Africa has become an enduring example of resistance against injustice and oppression. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJ; BGH; HBJH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780753519349
- ISBN
- 9780753519349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.91
€ 19.99
€ 13.91
Paperback. Series: I Love.. 400 Fantastic Facts. Num Pages: 160 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGR; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 180. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841656953
- ISBN
- 9781841656953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.42
€ 13.99
€ 11.42
Paperback. Jesse Livermore is considered by many of today's top traders as the greatest trader who ever lived. The continually best-selling book, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, was based on him and his unique trading strategies. Livermore broke new ground in trading the market unlike any trader prior. Series: Wiley Investment. Num Pages: 336 pages, index. BIC Classification: BGH; KFFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471023265
- ISBN
- 9780471023265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.81
€ 32.99
€ 23.81
Paperback. Rich Smith undertook a daring crime spree across the United States - a journey to break the dumbest American laws on the statute books. Here, it is illegal to: lie down and fall asleep in a cheese factory (South Dakota); play a trumpet with the intention of luring someone to a store (California); and, catch a fish with a lasso (Tennessee). Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Corgi London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KNW0007921
- ISBN
- 9780552154062
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Blistering and timely interrogation of the politics and motives of an infamous ex-leftist Num Pages: 160 pages, ill. BIC Classification: BGH; JP; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 197 x 11. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Verso
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844679904
- ISBN
- 9781844679904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.51
€ 13.99
€ 13.51