Biography: general
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Biography: general
Paperback. Enjoy fascinating look at the life of this extraordinary historic figure. Beginning in the backwoods of Kentucky, Abraham Lincoln's life story is toldfrom his childhood and young adulthood to becoming a businessman, soldier, surveyor, lawyer, politician, Num Pages: 144 pages, 270 postcards. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AJC; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 219 x 13. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764328572
- ISBN
- 9780764328572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.44
€ 31.99
€ 21.44
Paperback. Editor(s): Harkin, Shaun. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 133. .
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608466467
- ISBN
- 9781608466467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.69
€ 23.99
€ 20.69
Paperback. "A brutal indictment of the American penal system and a plea for prison reform"--Cover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Three Rooms Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781941110386
- ISBN
- 9781941110386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.88
€ 18.99
€ 17.88
Paperback. A memoir that appears to have been written in the 1920s by someone who asserts that he was Jack the Ripper. Given the fact that the author also appear to have knowledge about aspects of the case not in the public arena at the time it could be that this actually is the autobiography of Jack the Ripper. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 pages b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGHA; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552165396
- ISBN
- 9780552165396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.02
€ 19.99
€ 15.02
Hardcover. A comprehensive narrative account of the life and presidency of Gerald Ford written by one of his closest advisers Num Pages: 536 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472116041
- ISBN
- 9780472116041
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.26
€ 39.26
Hardback. In this work, the author attempts to define Benjamin Franklin's role as a philosopher. The book lays out in detail Franklin's ideas in four areas: science, religion, morality and politics; ultimately concluding that Franklin should be considered an early figure in the Pragmatist movement. Num Pages: 324 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812693867
- ISBN
- 9780812693867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.70€ 58.68
€ 66.70
€ 58.68
Paperback. In this work, the author attempts to define Benjamin Franklin's role as a philosopher. The book lays out in detail Franklin's ideas in four areas: science, religion, morality and politics; ultimately concluding that Franklin should be considered an early figure in the Pragmatist movement. Num Pages: 324 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812693874
- ISBN
- 9780812693874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.92
€ 29.99
€ 25.92
Paperback. Reportage resists easy definition and comes in many forms, but it reveals hidden truths about people and events that have shaped the world we know. This book features the author's eyewitness accounts of the atom bomb tests at Bikini atoll and evocations of his encounters with Mao Tse-tung and Winston Churchill. Series: Classics of Reportage S. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DNJ; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Panther Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862078246
- ISBN
- 9781862078246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.79
€ 13.99
€ 10.79
Paperback. Across more than six generations - beginning before the Revolutionary War - the Breckinridge family has produced a series of notable leaders. These often controversial men and women included a presidential candidate, a US vice president, cabinet members, generals, women's rights advocates, congressmen, editors, reformers, and church leaders. Num Pages: 412 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813191652
- ISBN
- 9780813191652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.72
€ 61.72
Hardcover. Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone was a Marine legend who received the Medal of Honor for holding off 3,000 Japanese on Guadalcanal and the Navy Cross posthumously for his bravery on Iwo Jima. This title presents the story of how a young man from Raritan, New Jersey, became one of America's biggest World War II heroes. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470379417
- ISBN
- 9780470379417
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.84
€ 27.99
€ 25.84
Paperback. The second edition of this biography of humanitarian Albert Schweitzer has been updated to include documents discovered since the work was originally written. These include letters between Schweitzer and Helene Bresslau from the ten years before their marriage. Series: The Albert Schweitzer Library. Num Pages: 516 pages, 34 photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BG; HRCX7; M. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 229 x 31. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 516
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815606758
- ISBN
- 9780815606758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.32
€ 29.32
Paperback. As Street Cat Bob and James spend a cold and challenging December on the streets together, James once more draws strength and inspiration from his extraordinary cat - learning important lessons about the true meaning of Christmas along the way. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BGA; VFJ; WNGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473605800
- ISBN
- 9781473605800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. Editor(s): Chapman, R. W. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 1536 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 130 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 1536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540211
- ISBN
- 9780199540211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.16
€ 34.16
Hardcover. A group portrait of a brilliant circle, at the centre of which Boswell captures the powerful, troubled and witty figure of Samuel Johnson. The book is also an intimate picture of domestic life, which mingles the greatest talkers of a talkative age with the hero's humbler friends. Num Pages: 1281 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; DCF; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 136 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1126.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library London
- Number of pages
- 1281
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151015
- ISBN
- 9781857151015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.93
€ 26.99
€ 18.93
Hardback. A new, corrected and enlarged edition of the record of James Boswell's quest over more than twenty years to amplify his knowledge of his major biographical subject, Samuel Johnson. Editor(s): Waingrow, Marshall. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 954.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748613847
- ISBN
- 9780748613847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.35€ 162.92
€ 172.35
€ 162.92
Hardback. The Correspondence of James Boswell with James Bruce and Andrew Gibb, Overseers of the Auchinleck Estate Editor(s): Strawhorn, John; Hankins, Nellie Pottle. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Num Pages: 420 pages, maps. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 240 x 23. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 420
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748606245
- ISBN
- 9780748606245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 237.73€ 223.51
€ 237.73
€ 223.51
Hardback. The General Correspondence of James Boswell, 1766-1769 Editor(s): Cole, Richard Cargill; Baker, Peter S.; McClennan, Rachel; Caudle, James C. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Num Pages: 320 pages, geneal. table. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; BGA; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748608102
- ISBN
- 9780748608102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 237.73€ 219.99
€ 237.73
€ 219.99
Hardback. These letters chart the friendship between Boswell and the man he called his "most intimate friend", William Johnson Temple. Editor(s): Crawford, Thomas. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748607587
- ISBN
- 9780748607587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 237.73€ 225.82
€ 237.73
€ 225.82
Hardcover. This is the first of two volumes containing Boswell's correspondence with more than 200 people, including Pitt, Rousseau, Paoli, John Wilkes, Sir Alexander Dick, Baretti and numerous women friends. Editor(s): Cole, Richard Cargill; Baker, Peter S.; McClennan, Rachel; Caudle, James C. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; BGA; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 595.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748604036
- ISBN
- 9780748604036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 237.73€ 223.51
€ 237.73
€ 223.51
Paperback. Edinburgh-born James Boswell, at 22, kept a daily diary of his eventful second stay in London from 1762 to 1763. This journal presents a record of adventures ranging from his recounted love affair with a Covent Garden actress to his first amusingly bruising meeting with Samuel Johnson, to whom Boswell would later become both friend and biographer. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; BGLA; BJ; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140436501
- ISBN
- 9780140436501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.01
€ 21.99
€ 20.01
Paperback. A biography of Samuel Johnson, one of the towering figures of English literature. Editor(s): Womersley, David. Num Pages: 1312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; CFM; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 135 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1022.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140436624
- ISBN
- 9780140436624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.03
€ 33.99
€ 23.03
Paperback. This biography offers a sympathetic and nuanced view of Shelley's tumultuous life, personality, and poetry. Num Pages: 736 pages, 39, 39 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801888618
- ISBN
- 9780801888618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.09
€ 71.09
Hardback. On 19 November 1838 James Bell, then aged 21, set out in the sailing vessel the Planter from St Katharine Docks in London to travel to Adelaide, an infant colony half a world away and not yet two years old. He left behind family, good friends and the mysterious 'C.P.', a young woman with whom he hoped one day to be reunited. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1MBFS; BGHA; BJ; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 326. 224 pages, illustrations. On 19 November 1838 James Bell, then aged 21, set out in the sailing vessel the Planter from St Katharine Docks in London to travel to Adelaide, an infant colony half a world away and not yet two years old. He left behind family, good friends and the mysterious 'C.P.', a young woman with whom he hoped one day to be reunited. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1MBFS; BGHA; BJ; WTLP. Dimension: 205 x 136 x 20. Weight: 324.
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781742377957
- ISBN
- 9781742377957
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.00
€ 17.99
€ 13.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780875807577
- ISBN
- 9780875807577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.07
€ 23.99
€ 22.07