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Biography: general

Paperback. A heroine of the Civil Rights Movement tells the remarkable story of her life, her work, and what it means to be both black and a woman Num Pages: 344 pages, 8 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGA; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781586482862
ISBN
9781586482862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.58

Hardback. A fresh look at Hellman's restless life, her extraordinary plays, and her autobiographical myths Series: Jewish Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustration. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300164978
ISBN
9780300164978
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.61

Hardcover. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Marquette Univ Pr
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874620610
ISBN
9780874620610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.52

Hardback. "A portrait of Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker movement in New York City through photographs taken in 1955 by Vivian Cherry, a documentary photographer, accompanied by excerpts of Dorothy Day's writings selected and edited by her granddaughter, Kate Hennessy"-- Editor(s): Hennessy, Kate. Series: Catholic Practice in North America. Num Pages: 152 pages, 65 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; AJCP; BGX; HRCC7; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 7112 x 18. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823271368
ISBN
9780823271368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 42.79

Hardcover. Beginning his career as a British Surgeon Major in Afghanistan, George Scott Robertson found himself defending Chitral Fort in 1895 against a besieging force of thousands of tribesmen. He was celebrated as a hero, but this was only one chapter in what was an extraordinary life. This book is the story of an adventurer, ethnographer, and soldier. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32 black and white images. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
The History Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862274624
ISBN
9781862274624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.74

Hardcover. Examines the career of Belgian landscape architect Jean Canneel-Claes (1909-1989), establishing his place in the modernist movement. This title examines the social context and the aesthetic and theoretical influences that shaped Canneel's work. Num Pages: 360 pages, 161 illustrations. BIC Classification: AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
First Edition, 1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822943709
ISBN
9780822943709
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.75

Paperback. One of the 20th century's most original and provocative painters delivers a vivid account of a life lived as an artist among artists. Tanning reveals her life story, the mind that propelled her to live it and the other artists who inhabited it, including Giacometti, Miro and Max Ernst. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACXD; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 31. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810120853
ISBN
9780810120853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.91

Paperback. The evocative diaries of a young nurse stationed in northern France during the First World War, published for the first time. A rare insight into the great war for fans of CALL THE MIDWIFE. Editor(s): Crewdson, Richard. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGHA; BJ; HBWN; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 123 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780224824
ISBN
9781780224824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

paperback. A publishing phenomena in the 1970s and 80s. Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 8, B&W. BIC Classification: BG; VXFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Omnibus Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751522402
ISBN
9780751522402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. * An omnibus edition containing JOYFUL VOICES and VOICES OF LOVE Num Pages: 400 pages, Section: 8, b/w. BIC Classification: BGX; HRQM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751540048
ISBN
9780751540048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.86

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
€ 19.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813035062
ISBN
9780813035062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.28

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
€ 17.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 18. BIC Classification: BG; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889772366
ISBN
9780889772366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.82

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
€ 21.31

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
€ 15.87

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
€ 25.02

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
€ 25.25

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
€ 11.89

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
€ 12.69

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

€ 34.37

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