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Biography: general

paperback. This biography provides a comprehensive reappraisal of Henry II, the man and king. W.L. Warren explores a whole range of contemporary sources to illuminate the king's policy and personality, as well as the events of his reign. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 730 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300084740
ISBN
9780300084740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.63

paperback. This account of King John's reign is a study both of the king and his political misfortunes, and also of his times. John is set against the background of his predecessors, of the society in which he lived and of the problems posed by continuities independent of his making. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 376 pages, 8 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300073744
ISBN
9780300073744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.21

Hardcover. Dublin Burning is a vivid, clear-eyed account of the 1916 Rising and is the most complete account we have from a senior participant. No other senior Volunteer figure has left a similar memoir of Easter Week. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGHA; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
9780717159307
ISBN
9780717159307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.87

Paperback. "W. C. Handy's blues--"Memphis Blues," "Beale Street Blues," "St. Louis Blues"--changed America's music forever. In Father of the Blues, Handy presents his own story: a vivid picture of American life now" Editor(s): Bontemps, Arna. Num Pages: 340 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; AVGJ; AVGK; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Hachette Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306804212
ISBN
9780306804212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.33

paperback. The pen of W. H. Davies, super-tramp and writer, reveals a fascinating picture of a vast, bustling continent intent on its own affairs and of a Britain on the cusp of change between old certainties and an uneasy future. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Parthian Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781908946072
ISBN
9781908946072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.59

Paperback. .
Publisher
Parthian Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910409459
ISBN
9781910409459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 484 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Collector's Guide Publishing Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
484
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894959780
ISBN
9781894959780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.28

Hardback. David Lewis has written the definitive biography of America's ace of aces. Num Pages: 720 pages, 45, 45 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BG; TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1180.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
720
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801882449
ISBN
9780801882449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 82 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APB; APFA; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781630761707
ISBN
9781630761707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.78

Paperback.
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875805481
ISBN
9780875805481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. .
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809331284
ISBN
9780809331284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages, 75 halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; TBX; THR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 37. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691165615
ISBN
9780691165615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.64

Hardcover. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ranks high among letter writers of any age or occupation, and the 1200 or so surviving letters of Mozart and his family form the most fascinating correspondence by any artist of the 18th century or earlier. This volume includes letters from his father, a dominant but loving parent, and more. Editor(s): Washington, Peter; Rose, Michael. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 114 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841597737
ISBN
9781841597737
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BG; PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1080.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9783540106623
ISBN
9783540106623
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.82

Paperback. Translator(s): Janeway, Carol Brown. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BK; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782272977
ISBN
9781782272977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. In this remarkable, up-to-date reconstruction of Castros life, Volker Skierka provides an account of the economic, social, and political history of Cuba since Castros childhood. He draws on a number of little-known sources, including material from the East German communist archives on Cuba, which were until recently inaccessible. Translator(s): Camiller, Patrick. Num Pages: 488 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 34. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745640815
ISBN
9780745640815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.56

hardcover. Simosko details the life and music of Serge Chaloff in an engaging style, from his childhood in Boston, Massachusetts, through his untimely death in 1957. He also provides a discography of Chaloff's recorded output, much of which has been made available by the 1993 Mosaic Records release of The Complete Serge Chaloff Sessions. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 208 pages, 16 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGK; AVH; BGF; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810833968
ISBN
9780810833968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.38

Paperback. An autobiography of Vladimir Nabokov. It presents recollections - of his comfortable childhood and adolescence, of his rich, liberal-minded father, his beautiful mother, an army of relations and family hangers - on and of grand old houses in St Petersburg and the surrounding countryside in pre-Revolutionary Russia. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 2ADT; 3JH; 3JJ; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183220
ISBN
9780141183220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Hardcover. An autobiographical volume covering Nabokov's first 40 years up to his departure from Europe for America at the outset of World War II, telling of his emergence as a writer, his early loves and his marriage, his passion for butterflies and his lost homeland. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; 3JJ; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151886
ISBN
9781857151886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.91

Paperback. Editor(s): Voronina, Olga; Boyd, Brian. Translator(s): Voronina, Olga; Boyd, Brian. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 864 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
864
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192246
ISBN
9780141192246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Nikolai Gogol was one of the great geniuses of nineteenth century Russian literature, with a command of the irrational unmatched by any writer before or since. His strange tales, though often read as forceful demands for social change, were displays of the fantasies of the human spirit. This book tells his story. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846143304
ISBN
9781846143304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. In this book, Vladimir Maz'ya describes the first thirty years of his life. He describes his formative years in the Soviet Union, the awakening of his passion for mathematics and his early achievements, presenting, in the process, a vivid picture of the time. Translator(s): Alexeev, Arkady. Num Pages: 204 pages, 115 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; 3JM; BGT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319349060
ISBN
9783319349060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 33.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 326 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1MBF; BG; JFSL9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780855753122
ISBN
9780855753122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.42

Paperback. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield International
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783485895
ISBN
9781783485895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 47.73

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