Biography: general
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Biography: general
Hardcover. Armed with only early boyhood memories, the author begins his quest by setting out from his home in Baltimore for Pittsylvania County, Virginia, to try to find his late grandfather's old home by the railroad tracks in Blairs. This title tells the tale of the ensuing journey, at once a detective story and a moving historical memoir. Num Pages: 272 pages, 45 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; BGH; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition, 1st Printing
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226389493
- ISBN
- 9780226389493
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.11
€ 37.11
Hardback. The definitive biography of the groundbreaking African American author who had an extraordinary legacy on black writers globally. Num Pages: 640 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393063899
- ISBN
- 9780393063899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.17
€ 36.99
€ 34.17
Hardback. Series: Border Lines S. Num Pages: 171 pages, Illustrationsports. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 2AB; BG; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854112606
- ISBN
- 9781854112606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.21
€ 26.21
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854112613
- ISBN
- 9781854112613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.22
€ 21.22
Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813136882
- ISBN
- 9780813136882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.92
€ 38.92
Paperback. A biography of Ellison that focuses on the author's early life. Containing photographs, it draws from archives, literary correspondence, and interviews with Ellison's relatives, friends, and associates. It traces the writer's path from poverty in dust bowl Oklahoma to his rise among the literary elite. Num Pages: 544 pages, 21 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820329932
- ISBN
- 9780820329932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.52
€ 48.52
Paperback. Chronicles the remarkable story of the Huston family, which boasts three Oscar winners, from Walter to John to Angelica, with particular attention to the rich career and tumultous personal life of director/actor John Huston (1906-1987). Num Pages: 872 pages, 61 B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; BGF; BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 64. Weight in Grams: 944.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629142371
- ISBN
- 9781629142371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.75
€ 21.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 410 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; BGH; HPS; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231162593
- ISBN
- 9780231162593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.92
€ 23.99
€ 17.92
Hardback. Love's Prophet. 456 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: BG; HPS; JM. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 34. Weight: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231162586
- ISBN
- 9780231162586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardback. The central premise of this work is that Lurianic Kabbalah was first and foremost a lived and living phenomenon in an actual social world. Thus it focuses on Luria the person and his relationship to his disciples. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HRJX; HRLK2; HRQX2; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 34. Weight in Grams: 789.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804738255
- ISBN
- 9780804738255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.54
€ 173.54
Paperback. The central premise of this work is that Lurianic Kabbalah was first and foremost a lived and living phenomenon in an actual social world. Thus it focuses on Luria the person and his relationship to his disciples. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HRJX; HRLK2; HRQX2; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804748261
- ISBN
- 9780804748261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.23
€ 40.99
€ 36.23
Paperback. A master spy's memoir of playing the game in the most strategically influential country in 1960s Africa Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 pages b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFJZ; 1KBB; BGH; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781586485641
- ISBN
- 9781586485641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.47
€ 18.99
€ 16.47
Paperback. The colossus of English rugby tells his story at last Num Pages: 464 pages, 2x8pp colour photos. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 332. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Headline
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KLJ0008827
- ISBN
- 9780755315741
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGA; BGF; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509838530
- ISBN
- 9781509838530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.48
€ 15.99
€ 12.48
Hardback. Max Weber is widely considered a founder of sociology and the modern social sciences. This book provides details about Weber's visit to the United States in 1904 with his wife Marianne - what he did, what he saw, whom he met and why, and how these experiences profoundly influenced Weber's thought on immigration, capitalism, science, and culture. Num Pages: 328 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; JFCX; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147796
- ISBN
- 9780691147796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.05€ 44.75
€ 57.05
€ 44.75
Paperback. If I had not kissed anyone, or danced with anyone, or had a reason to cry, the music made me feel as if I had gone through all that anyway. This book tells the story of the adventures that music leads us into: getting drunk, falling in love, dying of boredom, cutting our hair, terrifying our parents, wanting to change the world. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 169.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571332274
- ISBN
- 9780571332274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
€ 10.69
Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 275 x 21. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- Bonus Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566252065
- ISBN
- 9781566252065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.53
€ 25.99
€ 23.53
Hardcover. Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) was, with Calder, Noguchi and David Smith, one of the great American sculptors of the 20th century. She created extraordinary work, from room-size installations composed of boxes to gnarled and majestic steel structures. This book tells her life story. Num Pages: 528 pages, 100 illustrations, 34 in colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKB; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 248 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1092.
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500094013
- ISBN
- 9780500094013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.71
€ 33.99
€ 28.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH; BGFA; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609804244
- ISBN
- 9781609804244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.67
€ 19.99
€ 17.67
Paperback. Growing up amongst the fields and woods and characters of the place, this memoir is about the authors childhood in a remote Cotswold village, a village before electricity or cars, a timeless place on the verge of change. It also depicts a world that is both immediate and real and belongs to a now-distant past. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWG; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Edition
- New Ed
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099285663
- ISBN
- 9780099285663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.32
€ 8.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 196 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241243671
- ISBN
- 9780241243671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
€ 13.99
€ 11.00
Paperback. Andalusia is a passion - and fifteen years after his last visit Laurie Lee returned. He found a country broken by the Civil War, but the totems of indestructible Spain survive: the Christ in agony, the thrilling flamenco cry - the pride in poverty, the gypsy intensity in vivid whitewashed slums, and the cult of the bullfight. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099479710
- ISBN
- 9780099479710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Paperback. Presents a sequence of early recollections, beginning with the dazzling lights and sounds of my first footings on earth in a steep Cotswold valley some three miles long. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241953273
- ISBN
- 9780241953273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.04
€ 19.99
€ 15.04
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803280465
- ISBN
- 9780803280465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.82
€ 23.99
€ 21.82