Biography: general
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Biography: general
Hardback. Pius II (1405-1464) began life as Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini in a small town near Siena and became a Latin poet and diplomat. This book gives us a glimpse of his life and thoughts. Editor(s): Meserve, Margaret; Simonetta, Marcello. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HBG; HBLC; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674024892
- ISBN
- 9780674024892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.72
€ 40.99
€ 33.72
Hardback. The first scholars to have access to Rock's personal papers, Marsh and Ronner offer a compelling look at a man whose work defined the reproductive revolution, with its dual developments in contraception and technologically assisted conception. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; MFKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890017
- ISBN
- 9780801890017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.72
€ 37.99
€ 31.72
Paperback. Told in the distinctive and memorable voices of working class women, this is a first-hand account of working lives at the turn of the last century. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 125 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844088010
- ISBN
- 9781844088010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.74
€ 15.99
€ 11.74
Hardback. A biography of Franklin D Murphy (1916-994). It delivers the story of how Murphy, as chancellor of UCLA and later as chief executive of the "Times Mirror" media empire, was able to influence academia, the media, and cultural foundations to reshape a fundamentally provincial city. It also brings to light the influence of LA's powerful families. Num Pages: 495 pages, 33 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BG; HBJK; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 495
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224957
- ISBN
- 9780520224957
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.37€ 64.66
€ 84.37
€ 64.66
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Hertfordshire Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907396656
- ISBN
- 9781907396656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.45
€ 19.99
€ 18.45
Paperback. "A richer reflection of life in early 19th-century Maryland and the Washington environs cannot be found." -- Washington Post Book World Series: Maryland Paperback Bookshelf. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: BGHA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780801843990
- ISBN
- 9780801843990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.26
€ 43.26
Hardcover. This exhaustive and enthralling study considers the life and work of al-Mutanabbi (915-965), often regarded as the greatest of the classical Arab poets. Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3F; BGL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851684069
- ISBN
- 9781851684069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.86
€ 34.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; 2ADS; BG; CJ; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845195724
- ISBN
- 9781845195724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.56
€ 36.99
€ 33.56
Paperback. This is a biography of Eleanor of Provence. It draws on the rich sources available, to reveal the interaction of the private and public facets of the queen's life, the cultural and spiritual influences to which she responded and the character of her queenship. Num Pages: 368 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631227397
- ISBN
- 9780631227397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.83
€ 55.83
paperback. Shows how the seventeenth-century philosopher Spinoza's central philosophical beliefs developed within the context of his own life. This work focuses on the philosopher's attempt to act solely through reason in the face of turbulent personal and national circumstances. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8pp b&w halftones. BIC Classification: BG; HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 34. Weight in Grams: 572. Good copy showing light shelf wear and age
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Pimlico London
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0025001
- ISBN
- 9780712666527
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. Editor(s): Gallyon, Margaret. Num Pages: 146 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BG; HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The Alpha Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 146
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781898595335
- ISBN
- 9781898595335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.60
€ 46.99
€ 41.60
Paperback. A follow-up to Margaret Forster's "Hidden Lives" (a family memoir of three generations of women), this account takes up the story of her gritty northern father. She looks back at his life and character, evoking incidents from her Cumbrian childhood, his working life and his stubborn old age. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8pp b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000943
- ISBN
- 9780099275749
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140239829
- ISBN
- 9780140239829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.87
€ 20.99
€ 16.87
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691653754
- ISBN
- 9780691653754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.16
€ 113.16
Paperback. Charlotte Mason (1842-1923) was a remarkable personality who inspired all who knew her. From the 1880s onwards, Mason has been venerated across the USA primarily by home-schooling evangelical parents, valuing the Christian underpinning of her educational ideas. Num Pages: 376 pages, 50 black & white images. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 502 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- Lutterworth Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718894023
- ISBN
- 9780718894023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.18
€ 57.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- East Asia Program; Cornell Univ Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780939657650
- ISBN
- 9780939657650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.93
€ 11.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, 22 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295971797
- ISBN
- 9780295971797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps. BIC Classification: BGA; BGHA; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Beaufort Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780825306839
- ISBN
- 9780825306839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.54
€ 17.99
€ 16.54
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613733806
- ISBN
- 9781613733806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.75
€ 32.99
€ 28.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 35 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGH; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Granville Island Publishing Canada
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894694636
- ISBN
- 9781894694636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.33
€ 24.99
€ 17.33