Biography: general
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Biography: general
Paperback. Walter Benjamin, critic, essayist, translator, philosopher one of the twentieth century's most influential intellectuals continues to intrigue. This book acknowledges Benjamin's thesis that personal histories can be traced only in the context of social milieus, economic forces, technological shifts, and historical events. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861893437
- ISBN
- 9781861893437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.29
€ 17.99
€ 14.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGXA; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Inter-Varsity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844743841
- ISBN
- 9781844743841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.66
€ 13.99
€ 11.66
Mixed media pr. Editor(s): Goldberg, Esther Ann. Num Pages: 156 pages, maps (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 245 x 13. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853037248
- ISBN
- 9780853037248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.12
€ 29.12
Paperback. Editor(s): Goldberg, Esther Ann. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853036227
- ISBN
- 9780853036227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.12
€ 29.12
Paperback. For roughnecks in search of trouble, Deadwood was the place to go. To reform the town's notorious habits, Federal Judge Granville G Bennett moved to Deadwood, and his young daughter, Estelline, grew up with the town. This book offers an account of its change from a congeries of horse thieves, and claim jumpers to a railroad town. Num Pages: 314 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780803260658
- ISBN
- 9780803260658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.50
€ 23.99
€ 21.50
Paperback. In this first volume of her much-praised, bestselling trilogy, Esmeralda Santiago's story begins in rural Puerto Rico from the barrio to Brooklyn to high honors at Harvard Series: A Merloyd Lawrence Book. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; AFC; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306814525
- ISBN
- 9780306814525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.49
€ 23.99
€ 17.49
Paperback. This work presents a mixture of anecdotes, memories, interviews and observations from a minister's son whose father performed missionary work in the deeply religious communities of the Bible Belt in America. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGA; HRCC9; HRCX7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820317168
- ISBN
- 9780820317168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.46
€ 29.99
€ 25.46
Paperback. In this highly readable, witty and colourful autobiography, Flynn reveals himself and his remarkable life as he did nowhere else. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 320. 448 pages, Illustrations. In this highly readable, witty and colourful autobiography, Flynn reveals himself and his remarkable life as he did nowhere else. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: APF; BGFA. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight: 308.
- Publisher
- Quarto Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845130497
- ISBN
- 9781845130497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.79
€ 16.99
€ 12.79
hardcover. Num Pages: 444 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, black & white line drawings, figure. BIC Classification: BGT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Singapore
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814569033
- ISBN
- 9789814569033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.42
€ 89.42
Hardback. Num Pages: 230 pages, over 480 b/w photos, documents. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 226 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1722. An Illustrated Biography. 230 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBWN. Dimension: 288 x 226 x 28. Weight: 1714.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764325267
- ISBN
- 9780764325267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.15
€ 47.15
Paperback. A memoir of astonishing power, savagery and ashen lyricism that illuminates the horrors as well as the fascination of total First World War, presenting the conflict through the eyes of an ordinary German soldier. It provides an account of the terrors of the Western Front and of the sickening allure that made men keep fighting on for 4 long years. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141186917
- ISBN
- 9780141186917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
paperback. Offers the life story of Ernie Lopez and his account of daily life in Alcatraz and San Quentin. This book discusses how Ernie Lopez's experiences typify the harsher treatment that ethnic and minority suspects receive in the American criminal justice system, as well as how they reveal the resilience of Chicanos/as and their culture. Num Pages: 246 pages, 8 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BG; JKVP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292706835
- ISBN
- 9780292706835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGH; HBJK; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- IMG Publications
- Edition
- Expanded
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780902869691
- ISBN
- 9780902869691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.45
€ 12.45
Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; HBJD1; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 33. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- IMG Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780902869608
- ISBN
- 9780902869608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.58
€ 17.99
€ 16.58
paperback. Looking back not only at author's own much younger self, but also at the other writers who shared Paris with him - James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald - he recalls the time when, poor, happy and writing in cafes, he discovered his vocation. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780099285045
- ISBN
- 9780099285045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Featuring a personal foreword by Patrick Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway's sole surviving son, and an introduction by the editor and grandson of the author, Sean Hemingway, this edition includes a number of Paris sketches revealing experiences that Hemingway had with his son Jack and his first wife, Hadley. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099557029
- ISBN
- 9780099557029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Paperback. Presents the author's journal of a month on safari in the great game country of East Africa, where he and his wife Pauline journeyed in December 1933. This title offers a portrait of the glory of the African landscape and of the beauty of a wilderness that was, even then, being threatened by the incursions of man. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 1KBB; 2AB; BG; DNF; WSX; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099460954
- ISBN
- 9780099460954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Hardcover. Num Pages: 201 pages, colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Avenue Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905575060
- ISBN
- 9781905575060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 15.75
€ 19.00
€ 15.75
Paperback. The devastation of the November 1938 pogrom, euphemistically known as 'Crystal Night', introduced a new level of Nazi horror that ended the author's family's happy life. This work describes the daily struggle to survive: overcrowding and disease, the underground world of criminals, hunger, heat, and humidity. Num Pages: 217 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGHA; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780803272811
- ISBN
- 9780803272811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.59
€ 17.99
€ 17.59
Hardcover. "Performance is better than promise" has long been the motto of Ernest F "Fritz" Hollings, former governor of South Carolina and 6-term US Senator. This political autobiography offers accounts of how one makes government work in spite of itself. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; BGHA; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570037603
- ISBN
- 9781570037603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.37
€ 35.99
€ 30.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 214 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; BGB; KJSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Ariadne Press United States
- Edition
- Expanded
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572411524
- ISBN
- 9781572411524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.55
€ 36.99
€ 26.55
Going Platinum: KISS, Donna Summer, and How Neil Bogart Built Casablan...
Ermilio, Brett, Levine, Josh
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF; KNTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Lyons Press
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762791330
- ISBN
- 9780762791330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.56
€ 27.99
€ 21.56
Paperback. Bruno Walter, one of the twentieth century's greatest conductors, lived a fascinating life in difficult times. This book is a biography of Walter. It tells of Walter's close friendship with Gustav Mahler, his relations with Thomas Mann and his family, and his romantic involvement with the soprano Delia Reinhardt. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AVGC4; BGF; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803290082
- ISBN
- 9780803290082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. The Chicago World's Fair of 1893 and its amazing 'White City' was one of the wonders of the world. The architect was Daniel H Burnham, the driving force behind the White City, the massive, visionary landscape of white buildings set in a wonderland of canals and gardens. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 496 pages, B & W photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 2AB; AMG; BGH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553813531
- ISBN
- 9780553813531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.82
€ 15.99
€ 11.82