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Biography: general

Paperback. The second volume of the autobiography of Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Num Pages: 400 pages, 28 b/w plates (12pp). BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780006388890
ISBN
9780006388890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. Series: Neversink. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Melville House Publishing United States
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935554486
ISBN
9781935554486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.85

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Pocket Books
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780684847955
ISBN
9780684847955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.05

Paperback. After a glimpse of kangaroos at Switzerland's Basel Zoo at the age of three, Doris Herrmann's life trajectory became clear. Despite overwhelming physical disabilities - Herrmann was born deaf and later lost her sight - she dedicated her life to the study of Australia's signature marsupials. This book tells her story. Translator(s): Foster, Paul. Num Pages: 248 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: BGA; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 231 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563685590
ISBN
9781563685590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Caitlin Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894759892
ISBN
9781894759892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 15.90

Paperback. In April 1993, Her account of the murder and the botched and insensitive investigation by the Metropolitan Police is deeply moving. This book recreates the pain, frustration and bafflement she experienced as she realised that there might never be a moment when she could say to herself that justice had been done. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
SKU
KNW0009205
ISBN
9780571234592
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. This work gathers together texts by contemporaries of Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) - including artists, critics and writers - that illuminate the painter's philosophy of art, particularly in his later years. Editor(s): Doran, Michael S. Translator(s): Cochran, Julie Lawrence. Series: Documents of Twentieth-Century Art. Num Pages: 312 pages, 22 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520225190
ISBN
9780520225190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.23

Paperback. This is an extraordinary account of a young Jewish girl whose childhood was torn apart by the Nazis, who made her way as a dancer, as an actress, as a designer, from Sofia to Vienna to London to Hollywood. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: AKT; APB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 199 x 39. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Troubador Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785899836
ISBN
9781785899836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.20

Num Pages: 574 pages, 48 pp of photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJD; HBJK; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1332.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
574
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887407376
ISBN
9780887407376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.45

Paperback. Donovan's autobiography charts his life from a post-war, Glaswegian childhood to the height of an international career as one of the leading figures of the 1960's music scene. It offers insights into his music and poetry, and the way in which destiny was to play a hand by re-uniting him with the lost love of his life through a chance meeting. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: AVG; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099487036
ISBN
9780099487036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Take a peek behind the curtain to discover the boy, the youth, the man behind some of the greatest works of English literature. The life and times of William Shakespeare, richly imagined in this unique biography told using the Bard's own quotes. Num Pages: 120 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 212 x 9. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Upstart Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927262023
ISBN
9781927262023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.00

Paperback. Donncha O'Callaghan is one of Ireland's leading international rugby players, and a stalwart of the Munster side. In this book, he talks candidly about how he brought discipline to his game, and about his relationships with the coaches who had overlooked him and the second row rivals who had kept him on the bench. Num Pages: 400 pages, col. Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 125 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd London
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848270978
ISBN
9781848270978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.71

Paperback. In Donna's relationship with Ian, a man with difficulties related to her own, we watch the two of them break through their rock-solid emotional barriers and dare to defy all the rules imposed by the autistic condition of 'exposure anxiety'. Their struggle is told with Donna's characteristic humour, insight and sense of fragility. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
50th
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853027208
ISBN
9781853027208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.00

Paperback. This book takes us deeper into Williams' journey. She recounts the funny, sometimes harrowing awakenings arising from sessions with a cognitive psychologist. We travel with her in her breakthroughs in working with autistic children and adults like her, as she finally finds a way of 'simply being' among others, without selling out who she really is. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853027192
ISBN
9781853027192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.81

Paperback. This is the fourth installment in Williams' series of autobiographies about her life with autism. A humorous, riveting, roller-coaster of a book, Everyday Heaven covers the monumental nine years from the time Ian left their accidental, 'autistic marriage', to finally knowing what life was like without the invisible cage of her 'Exposure Anxiety'. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 10. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843102113
ISBN
9781843102113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.63

Paperback. Nobody Nowhere is an account of the soul of someone who lived the word 'autism' and survived in an unsympathetic environment despite intense inner chaos and incomprehension. It describes how, against the odds, Donna came to live independently, achieve a place at university, and write this remarkable autobiography. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853027185
ISBN
9781853027185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.65

paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816628674
ISBN
9780816628674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 33. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BG; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801487880
ISBN
9780801487880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. A biography of the Anglo-American poet and activist Denise Levertov that brings to life one of the major voices of the second half of the twentieth century, when American poetry was a powerful influence worldwide. It chronicles Levertov's role as a passionate social activist in volatile times and her importance as a teacher of writing. Num Pages: 532 pages, 14 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 151 x 36. Weight in Grams: 836.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
532
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520272460
ISBN
9780520272460
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, 39 halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: BGT; RNKH; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 708.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199782246
ISBN
9780199782246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.27

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