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Biography: general

Paperback. A veteran motoring journalist's extraordinary life, told through delightfully eccentric stories and charming diary extract. This unique book is packed with fascinating stories about classic cars and motorcycles, set in a bygone world, and properly fixed in time. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; WGCB; WGCK; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 211 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Veloce Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845848446
ISBN
9781845848446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.42

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
€ 13.16

Paperback. In an unprecedented television program, Woody Allen spoke to the camera for the first time about the entire range of his work, in an interview with Richard Schickel. But the presentation contained only a small fraction of the interview. This book reprints the complete conversation between the two men. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566636025
ISBN
9781566636025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.12

Hardback. Between these pages, the reader finds Woody Allen reflecting on his major preoccupations - the battle of the sexes, the conflict between reality and fantasy in his films, mortality, religion and the role that chance plays in the unfolding of our lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, index. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 180 x 22. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566635288
ISBN
9781566635288
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.07

Paperback. From the late forties through the sixties, Elia Kazan was the most important and influential director in America, and the only one who managed simultaneously to dominate both theater and film. This is a biography that looks at the man and his art in the context of the social, political, and cultural environments in which he lived and worked. Num Pages: 576 pages, 16 pages black and white photographs. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 203 x 53. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060955120
ISBN
9780060955120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.74

Paperback.
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780553272932
ISBN
9780553272932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 PP Black and White. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 204 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307742957
ISBN
9780307742957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.36

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Lion Hudson Plc United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745952826
ISBN
9780745952826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGS; WSNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589799585
ISBN
9781589799585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.53

Hardback. In 1941, Jane Pohl took a chance on an unpredictable and dangerous army horse. While those around her failed to see the potential in Fitzrada, Jane became one of the first female jumpers in history and rode the horse into the spotlight, breaking both records and barriers in the process. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589793798
ISBN
9781589793798
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.86

paperback. Lenin the man has become part myth arising from the tumult of the Russian Revolution and part image controlled by leaders of the Soviet Union. This work seeks to correct that myth and revise that image, and contains long-concealed documents from the Russian archives. Editor(s): Pipes, Richard. Series: Annals of Communism. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
Later printing
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300076622
ISBN
9780300076622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; HBJD; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875807485
ISBN
9780875807485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.97

Paperback. Provides an account of Cassidy's life. Num Pages: 372 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
372
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803287563
ISBN
9780803287563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.20

Paperback. The incredible story of one man's journey from international rugby player to world record breaking extreme adventurer. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp colour. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751556063
ISBN
9780751556063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.71

Paperback. The author was no ordinary genius. He upset those in authority, gave captivating lectures, wrote equations on napkins in strip joints and touched countless lives everywhere. This title collects letters of Nobel Prize-winning physicist. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141021133
ISBN
9780141021133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.64

Paperback. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1965, Richard Feynman was one of the world's greatest theoretical physicists, but he was also a man who fell, often jumped, into adventure. This work presents the taped conversations that Feynman's had with his friend Ralph Leighton over a period of years. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 264.
Edition
First Vintage edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099173311
ISBN
9780099173311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.72

Paperback. Herbert von Karajan was one of the twentieth century's most prodigiously gifted performing artists. This biography explores Karajan's life and music-making against the background of European music and politics in the years 1908 - 1989. Num Pages: 864 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 41. Weight in Grams: 860.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845952174
ISBN
9781845952174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 27.79

Paperback. Samuel Pepys's Diary stands with Shakespeare and the King James Bible as an indisputable treasure of English literature. In this book, the author introduces the man himself, his friends and acquaintances - including Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, Charles II and John Evelyn - who Pepys wrote about with such humour and abandon. Series: NPG Companions. Num Pages: 120 pages, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; BGH; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
National Portrait Gallery Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855145856
ISBN
9781855145856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.53

Paperback. Complete with exclusive interviews with prominent figures such as Truman, Ben Gurion, Agnon and Boutros-Ghali, Me and the Middle East gives us front-row tickets to the events that shaped the region for years to come, and a glimpse into the unique personalities behind them. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; BGH; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652297372
ISBN
9789652297372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.42

Hardcover. Witty and engaging biography of James Sadler, the first Englishman to fly - in 1784, he rose approximately 3,600 feet over Oxford in a self-built balloon powered by hydrogen Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; BGT; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909930018
ISBN
9781909930018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.24

Paperback. Editor(s): Clemmer, Richard O; Myers, L Daniel; Rudden, Mary Elizabeth. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: BG; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874809497
ISBN
9780874809497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.26

Paperback. A collection of Richard Nixon's, America's most controversial president, important writings that demonstrates why he has had such a profound impact on American life. It includes some of the famous addresses in American history, from Nixon's 'Checkers' speech and 'Last Press Conference', to the 'Silent Majority' speech and White House farewell. Editor(s): Perlstein, Rick. Series: The James Madison Library in American Politics. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 119 x 22. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691136998
ISBN
9780691136998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.11

paperback. When Richard Medugno and his wife learned that their 17-month-old daughter Miranda was deaf, they grieved. In this book, Medugno provides practical information on many of the common challenges faced by hearing parents. He provides a list of games that hearing and deaf children can play together, an important consideration for many families. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9781563682773
ISBN
9781563682773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.29

Paperback. The first biography of this distinguished WW2 general who was a pioneer of airborne forces and commander of the 1st Airborne Corps. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16pp black and white plates. BIC Classification: BGH; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473898998
ISBN
9781473898998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.96

Hardcover.
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843513223
ISBN
9781843513223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 20.49

Paperback. "Just A Boy" was praised for its unflinching and unself-pitying account of a neglected childhood at the hands of an abusive father and uncaring authorities. This work is an account of how the author used the success of "Just A Boy" to try and save his sister, and of his attempts to make sense of his past. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 113 x 19. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Ebury Press London
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091908645
ISBN
9780091908645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.11

Paperback. One October night in 1975, Richard, aged five, was alone with his sisters. Their mother didn't return home as she became the victim of a killer and from that moment their childhoods were destroyed. They lived a life without love or support, until one day in the late Nineties when Richard decided that no one was going to rescue their lives but him. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 115 x 20. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Ebury Press London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091898229
ISBN
9780091898229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.11

This volume tells of the secret interrogation camp Wilton Park's history and the extraordinary life of Heinz Koeppler, its founding father. Series: Whitehall Histories. Num Pages: 468 pages, illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AMKH; BG; HBJD1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 890.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
468
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714654331
ISBN
9780714654331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 202.50

Hardback. Herbert I. Schiller (1919-2000) has been called America's most original and influential media analyst of the left in the twentieth century. Maxwell's timely book fuses biography and history in a digest of Schiller's major works to reveal their continuing relevance for critical communication studies. Series: Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BG; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742518476
ISBN
9780742518476
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.49

Hardcover. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd London
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KEX0204852
ISBN
9781847370839
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 21.99
€ 19.12

Paperback. Richard Mabey, Britain's foremost nature writer, fell into a severe depression. The natural world - which since childhood had been a source of joy and inspiration for him - became meaningless. Then, cared for by friends, he moved to East Anglia and he started to write again. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BG; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099531821
ISBN
9780099531821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.77

Paperback. When the pioneering naturalist Gilbert White (1720-93) wrote "The Natural History of Selborne" (1789), he created one of the greatest and influential natural history works, his detailed observations about birds and animals providing the cornerstones of modern ecology. This biography tells the story of this clergyman. Num Pages: 256 pages, plates. BIC Classification: BG; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
PROFILE BOOKS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861978073
ISBN
9781861978073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; BGH; DSB; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816679263
ISBN
9780816679263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.87

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566636636
ISBN
9781566636636
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.49

Paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 76. Weight in Grams: 1050.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781400077533
ISBN
9781400077533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.54

Paperback. One of the most notorious Americans of the twentieth century was a failed Broadway actress turned radio announcer named Mildred Gillars or "Axis Sally." Despite the richness of her life story, there has never been a full-length biography of the ambitious, star-struck Ohio girl who evolved into a reviled disseminator of Nazi propaganda. Num Pages: 324 pages, 16 pages photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJH; BGH; HBLW; HBWQ; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 584. The American Voice of Nazi Germany. 324 pages, 16 pages photos. One of the most notorious Americans of the twentieth century was a failed Broadway actress turned radio announcer named Mildred Gillars or "Axis Sally." Despite the richness of her life story, there has never been a full-length biography of the ambitious, star-struck Ohio girl who evolved into a reviled disseminator of Nazi propaganda. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJH; BGH; HBLW; HBWQ; JPVN. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 22. Weight: 584.
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Number of pages
324
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612001395
ISBN
9781612001395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.25

Hardback. In Fred Harris: His Journey from Liberalism to Populism, historian Richard Lowitt traces the political career of Fred Harris and provides new insight into one senator's search for answers to the diverse, complex, and challenging issues confronting America during the turbulent 1960s and 1970s. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPF; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 547.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521629
ISBN
9780742521629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.91

Paperback. The author goes in search of his old childhood haunts and instead finds an England changed beyond recognition. This book takes you on a poignant journey to a time and a place we will never see again. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAX; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099569282
ISBN
9780099569282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.22

paperback. A new edition--now with a new Afterword--of the honest and hilarious recovery memoir by the famously neurotic comedian and regular guest star of the hit show Curb Your Enthusiasm Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BGFA; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Edition
1st Public Affairs Pbk. Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781586486044
ISBN
9781586486044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 19.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JNMN; MB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Monash University Publishing Australia
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781922235435
ISBN
9781922235435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 25.92

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