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Biography: general
Paperback. A fresh, illustrated colour guide to the important and life-changing time Robert Burns spent in Edinburgh, with drawings and photographs of key people and places in the city by David Alexander, and Jerry Brannigan. Burns was in Edinburgh at the time of the Enlightenment (1786-1787. This new guide shows that time in a new way. Illustrator(s): David, Alexander. Num Pages: 208 pages, throughout colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; BGL; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 232 x 16. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- The Gresham Publishing Co. Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849341714
- ISBN
- 9781849341714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Hardback. This reader contains nearly 800 excerpts of Thomas Jefferson's writing. From the glory of crafting the Declaration of Independence, through his moral struggle with slavery and the agony of losing his young wife and daughter, Jerry Holmes chronicles Jefferson's life through his own words. Editor(s): Holmes, Jerry. Num Pages: 360 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 605.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742521162
- ISBN
- 9780742521162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.61
€ 98.61
Paperback. A biography of legendary baseball player Ed Delahanty (1867-1903). This book examines the life and career of the first "King of Swatsville," including the enigma surrounding his tragic and untimely death. Through Delahanty's story, it traces the evolving character of major league baseball and its effect on the lives and ambitions of its athletes. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrated: 23 halftones. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268022914
- ISBN
- 9780268022914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. This memoir celebrates the Sicilian life in America, while providing a sociological portrait of the immigrant experience in the US. The author reminisces about his experience as a fledgeling writer trying to escape from the restrictive Italian American culture in which he grew up. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; BG; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815604297
- ISBN
- 9780815604297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.66
€ 24.66
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755316816
- ISBN
- 9780755316816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF; GBCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781632206701
- ISBN
- 9781632206701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.11
€ 16.99
€ 16.11
Paperback. Mark Twain, who was often photographed with a cigar, once remarked that he came into the world looking for a light. This biography, published on the centennial of the writer's death focuses on Mark Twain, humorist and quipster, and sheds light on the wit, pathos, and tragedy of the author of "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Num Pages: 520 pages, 37 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 32. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269859
- ISBN
- 9780520269859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
In the 12 months centred around the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, a diverse group of American and British flyers fought a remarkable air campaign. This text gathers a group of memoirs that include the commanders' versions and the accounts of those who flew the planes. Num Pages: 208 pages, 30 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJH; BG; HBJF; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813121154
- ISBN
- 9780813121154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.55
€ 41.55
Paperback. A passionate and deeply researched reassessment of Emily Dickinson's life and singular legacy in American arts and letters Num Pages: 256 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 297.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Bellevue Literary Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781934137987
- ISBN
- 9781934137987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.68
€ 19.99
€ 18.68
Paperback. This is an intimate, loving portrait of Michael Jackson, illuminating the private man like never before; now fully revised and updated to include the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray. Num Pages: 512 pages, (2x8pp plates). BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007435685
- ISBN
- 9780007435685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Enchanting memoir of a struggling writer living and working in the eccentric Parisian bookshop, 'Shakespeare and Company' Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BGA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753820582
- ISBN
- 9780753820582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Precociously brilliant in his youth, Cyril Connolly was haunted for the rest of his life by a sense of failure and a romatic yearning to recover a lost Eden. His two great books, "The Unquiet Grave" and "Enemies of Promise", are classics of English prose, combining wit, romanticism and merciless self-knowledge. Num Pages: 672 pages, 16pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 36. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712666350
- ISBN
- 9780712666350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.64
€ 24.99
€ 18.64
Paperback. A biography of the great 18th-century novelist, Tobias Smollett, by the author of "Cyril Connolly: A Life". It is filled with curious details from the worlds of publishing, medicine, politics and literary life. Num Pages: 316 pages, 8 pp b/w plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 245.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780712667784
- ISBN
- 9780712667784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 6.23
€ 13.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. David Astor is a great exception to the rule. His early life was far from idyllic. At Oxford he suffered the first of the bouts of depression that were to blight his life, and he became a lost soul for much of the Thirties but when he took the Observer on in 1948 he converted a staid Sunday paper into essential reading. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGL; KNTJ; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 35. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099552123
- ISBN
- 9780099552123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. A biography that provides the historical background to the various Shakespeare plays and sets his life in the context of his times. Series: Life & Times. Num Pages: 176 pages, 12 black & white halftones, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905791132
- ISBN
- 9781905791132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. The name of John Wilmot, second earl of Rochester, is synonymous with excess. In this biography, Jeremy Lamb examines time the nature of Rochesters alcoholism and its implications for the man and his poetry. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KLN0018187
- ISBN
- 9780750939133
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. The name of John Wilmot, second earl of Rochester, is synonymous with excess. In this biography, Jeremy Lamb examines time the nature of Rochesters alcoholism and its implications for the man and his poetry. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KLN0018180
- ISBN
- 9780750939133
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardback. Henri Poincar (1854-1912) was not just one of the most inventive, versatile, and productive mathematicians of all time - he was also a leading physicist who almost won a Nobel Prize for physics. This book explores all the fields that Poincar touched, the debates sparked by his investigations, and how his discoveries still contribute to society. Num Pages: 608 pages, 13 halftones. 26 line illus. BIC Classification: BGT; PB; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1006.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152714
- ISBN
- 9780691152714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.10
€ 52.99
€ 38.10
paperback. The sixty-year reign of George III (1760-1820) witnessed and participated in some of the most critical events of modern world history. This biography deals comprehensively with the politics, the wars, and the domestic issues, and harnesses the richest range of unpublished sources in Britain, Germany, and the United States. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300136210
- ISBN
- 9780300136210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.47
€ 29.99
€ 22.47
Hardback. This narrative provides an account of Warren Hastings, the first British governor-general of India. The book looks at his rise from clerk in the East India Company to its highest office in India, his expeditions and achievements, and also at his charge of "high crimes and misdemeanors". Num Pages: 335 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; BGH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566632812
- ISBN
- 9781566632812
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.92
€ 40.92
Hardcover. Steiner's (1909-52) classic study Taboo and three other essays, on superstition, enslavement and the early Hebrew lineage system, and Chagga law and truth comprise the first of two volumes collecting the work of the Prague-born social and cultural anthropologist who ended his brief career at Oxford. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: Bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BG; JFC; JFSR1; JHBT; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571817112
- ISBN
- 9781571817112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.19
€ 137.19
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 4th Printing
- Number of pages
- 760
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155678
- ISBN
- 9780691155678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.76
€ 46.99
€ 33.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 760 pages, 39 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1110.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163499
- ISBN
- 9780691163499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.23
€ 33.99
€ 30.23
Paperback. A study of one of the most influential and controversial political figures of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 368 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032521
- ISBN
- 9780674032521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.32
€ 45.99
€ 38.32