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Biography: general
Hardcover. A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist 'Biography' A groundbreaking biography of the most pioneering and accomplished African-American writer of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 624 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 168 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1070.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393240900
- ISBN
- 9780393240900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.70
€ 37.99
€ 31.70
This new edition of Journeyman, Ewan MacColl's vivid and entertaining autobiography, has been re-edited from the original manuscript, and includes a new introduction by Peggy Seeger, for whom he wrote the unforgettable The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. Num Pages: 512 pages, 41 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGH; BGFA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 35. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719079351
- ISBN
- 9780719079351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.35
€ 142.35
Paperback. Polanski is one of the most talented and distinguished of modern film makers. Covering Polanski's films as director, this book addresses the eclecticism, ambiguity and paradoxes of his cinema, while seeking out the common elements in his films. It examines the autobiographical effect of Polanski's films, his characters and diverse narratives. Num Pages: 240 pages, 26 mono illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845112974
- ISBN
- 9781845112974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.90
€ 33.99
€ 28.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Arcade Publishing
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628725339
- ISBN
- 9781628725339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.27
€ 17.27
Hardcover. Aims to acquaint Proust fans with Jeanne Weil Proust. This book captures the life and times of Proust's mother, from her German-Jewish background and her marriage to a Catholic grocer's son to her lifelong worries about her son's sexuality, health problems, and talent. It explores the culture of fin de siecle France. Translator(s): Kaplan, Alice. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226056425
- ISBN
- 9780226056425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.96
€ 32.99
€ 25.96
Paperback. The author's childhood was warm, bright and serene. The Hampstead and Lancing schooldays which followed were sometimes agreeable, but often not. His life at Oxford - which he evokes in Brideshead Revisited - was essentially a catalogue of friendship. This title presents a portrait of his recollection of those hedonistic days. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140183092
- ISBN
- 9780140183092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. From Europe to the Middle East and North Africa, from Egyptian porters and Italian priests to Maltese sailors and Moroccan merchants - Waugh describes the local colour as he cruises around the Mediterranean as an Englishman abroad. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations, 1map. BIC Classification: 1QSM; BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140188370
- ISBN
- 9780140188370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. In 1581 Edmund Campion, a Jesuit priest working underground in Protestant England, was found guilty of treason and hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn. Years later he would be beatified. This title tells Campion's story. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; BGX; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 10. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141391502
- ISBN
- 9780141391502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. In 1935 Italy declared war on Abyssinia and Evelyn Waugh was sent to Addis Ababa to cover the conflict. This title captures the dilemmas and complexities of a feudal society caught up in twentieth-century politics and confrontation. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 3JJG; BGB; HBJH; HBLW; KNTJ; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185057
- ISBN
- 9780141185057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Surprising Matron as well as herself, Evelyn Prentis managed to pass her Finals and become a staff-nurse. Encouraged, she took the brave leap of moving from Nottingham to London. This title offers an account of a nurse in action, that shows a nurse's life would always revolve around the comforting discomfort of porridge and rissoles, and bandages. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 192 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- KOC0016554
- ISBN
- 9780091941376
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. The first narrative biography of the Runaways, told with the participation of many of the band's surviving members Num Pages: 360 pages, 8 pages of b/w photos. BIC Classification: AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- Hachette Books United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306820397
- ISBN
- 9780306820397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.47
€ 43.99
€ 43.47
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGL; DNF; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691633572
- ISBN
- 9780691633572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.06
€ 139.06
Hardback. Hans Staden's sixteenth-century account of shipwreck and captivity by the Tupinamba Indians of Brazil was an early modern bestseller. This title presents a retelling of the German sailor's eyewitness account, showing both why it was so popular at the time and why it remains an important tool for understanding the opening of the Atlantic world. Num Pages: 216 pages, 35, 31 black & white halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 3JB; BGH; HBLH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403458
- ISBN
- 9781421403458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.95€ 59.78
€ 65.95
€ 59.78
Paperback. Hans Staden's sixteenth-century account of shipwreck and captivity by the Tupinamba Indians of Brazil was an early modern bestseller. This title presents a retelling of the German sailor's eyewitness account, showing both why it was so popular at the time and why it remains an important tool for understanding the opening of the Atlantic world. Num Pages: 216 pages, 35, 31 black & white halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 3JB; BGH; HBLH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403465
- ISBN
- 9781421403465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.76
€ 33.99
€ 28.76
Vernon and Irene Castle popularized ragtime dancing in the years just before World War I and made dancing a respectable pastime in America. The whisper-thin, elegant Castles were trendsetters in many ways. This work tells the story of a couple who reinvented dance and its place in twentieth-century culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 64 photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ASDT; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124599
- ISBN
- 9780813124599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.74
€ 34.74
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- AuthorHouse
- Number of pages
- 270
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477245811
- ISBN
- 9781477245811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.17
€ 17.99
€ 14.17
Hardback. Eve A. Pollecoff here tells the story of Otto Markus - 'Pioneer Merchant Trader' - who established his East African Trading Company in the wake of growing British interest in East Africa: especially Kenya and Uganda. Num Pages: 224 pages, 32 in 16pp bw plates. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 1HFGU; 3JH; BGH; HBTQ; KCLT. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 151 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848859371
- ISBN
- 9781848859371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.42€ 54.65
€ 59.42
€ 54.65
Paperback. Brings together the author's lifetime's experience of travelling in tribal lands in a searing condemnation of the lethal impact of North American fundamentalist Christian missionaries on aboriginal life throughout the world. Editor(s): Murphy, Clive. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 214 x 18. Weight in Grams: 296. The Memoirs of a Gamekeeper. 256 pages. Editor(s): Murphy, Clive. Brings together the author's lifetime's experience of travelling in tribal lands in a searing condemnation of the lethal impact of North American fundamentalist Christian missionaries on aboriginal life throughout the world. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BG. Dimension: 141 x 214 x 18. Weight: 296.
- Publisher
- Eland Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906011123
- ISBN
- 9781906011123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.78
€ 19.99
€ 14.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910777381
- ISBN
- 9781910777381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.34
€ 33.99
€ 24.34
Hardcover. Follows Campbell's life from 1823-1830, years filled with the storm of opinions in the pages of his successful magazine, "The Christian Baptist", which won mixed hostility and support in Baptist and Presbyterian communities. This volume records Campbell's experience as a politician and delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention in 1829. Editor(s): Cummins, D.Duane. Num Pages: 280 pages, 30 b&w photos, bib, index. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCC99; HRCX1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 785.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653433
- ISBN
- 9780875653433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.56
€ 26.99
€ 26.56