Biography: general
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Biography: general
paperback. An anthology of the personal/autobiographical essays of scholars who have made the life story an important part of their disciplinary research. This book represents various disciplines, including mathematics, sociology, psychology, literature, religion and legal history. It also chronicles the origins of autobiographical criticism. Editor(s): Freedman, Diane P.; Frey, Olivia. Num Pages: 512 pages, 7 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822332138
- ISBN
- 9780822332138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 33.25
€ 41.99
€ 33.25
Paperback. Marta Tienda sees life stories in numbers. She is a sociologist, a scientist who studies human society. Numbers are the tools she uses to uncover information about people and their behavior. This work presents the story of this Mexican American girl raised in a home without books who grew up to become one of the world's leading sociologists. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 7. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Joseph Henry Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780309095570
- ISBN
- 9780309095570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.68
€ 23.99
€ 20.68
Long before it became the slogan of the Obama campaign, Dr. Dorothy Ferebee (1898-1980) lived by the motto "Yes, We Can." An African American elite descended from lawyers, journalists, politicians, and possibly a white governor of Virginia, Ferebee was an obstetrician and civil rights activist from Washington, D.C. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 238 x 35. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612345055
- ISBN
- 9781612345055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.21
€ 41.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 202 x 25. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812984767
- ISBN
- 9780812984767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.83
€ 19.99
€ 14.83
Paperback. A depiction of contemporary life in Native America. This book presents an Indian worldview in its holistic complexity and integrity, and is an addition to the literature of white-Indian cultural interrelationships. It presents an account of the author's life on the road, driving throughout Oklahoma and Arkansas teaching poetry in the schools. Series: North American Indian Prose Award. Num Pages: 119 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3404 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 119
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9780803270664
- ISBN
- 9780803270664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.39
€ 15.99
€ 15.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLH; VXWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 19.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762784974
- ISBN
- 9780762784974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.03
€ 17.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; MMH; VFJP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 215 x 17. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Central Recovery Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781942094166
- ISBN
- 9781942094166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.55
€ 17.99
€ 16.55
Paperback. Series: Critical American Studies. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816677870
- ISBN
- 9780816677870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.18
€ 26.99
€ 25.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 424 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- SKU
- V9780816645930
- ISBN
- 9780816645930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.07
€ 25.99
€ 24.07
Paperback. After many hurdles and stumbling blocks, Diane triumphed again and made constitutional history when she was allowed to re-register her children's births. This is a story of life, death and procreation, an emotional roller-coaster that has been nine years of one woman's life. It shows how controversial policies are made that affect all our lives. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MFKC1; VFXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KLN0018864
- ISBN
- 9781845960285
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Classic account of the life of an extraordinary woman and an undervalued artist. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780878881
- ISBN
- 9781780878881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.48
€ 17.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. The lives and loves of two of the last century's most dazzling and wild women. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: AGB; BGF; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780878829
- ISBN
- 9781780878829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.48
€ 17.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. A revealing insight into the remarkable life of the First World War heroine who saved hundreds of lives. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGH; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 40. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784291327
- ISBN
- 9781784291327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. The scandalous life of one of England's great eccentrics. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 161 x 37. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780878782
- ISBN
- 9781780878782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Hardcover. Rare is the man with the force of character, powers of leadership, and variety of cultural, scientific and spiritual interests of Elihu Yale (1649-1721). This book explores Elihu Yale's life in the society of Madras and London, and his interests, including musical and scientific instruments and books, and then turns to a study of Yale. Num Pages: 288 pages, 140 illustrations, 120 in colour. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; BGB; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 234 x 34. Weight in Grams: 944.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500517260
- ISBN
- 9780500517260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.02
€ 43.99
€ 39.02
Paperback. A man full of contradictions: he who achieved so much 'blew it' later in life, declining into scandal, failure and even farce. A unique man ahead of his time, he lived a large part of his life among pirates yet managed to preserve what Coleridge called his exquisite refinement of mind. A classic example of the best narrative history Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552772105
- ISBN
- 9780552772105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. Critically acclaimed biography of one of England's best loved composers, with a full discussion and evaluation of his works. Num Pages: 334 pages, 26, 25 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings, 25 black and white, 1. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843836025
- ISBN
- 9781843836025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.83
€ 26.99
€ 23.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 80 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVH; AVRL; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The Troy Book Makers United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781614683391
- ISBN
- 9781614683391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 60 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 177 x 14. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759861
- ISBN
- 9781894759861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.46
€ 24.99
€ 17.46
Paperback. This fascinating book tells the stories of four women who became deeply involved in crime, giving vivid chronicles of the times in which they lived. Editor(s): Carlen, Pat; Christina, Diana; et al. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745600888
- ISBN
- 9780745600888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.76
€ 25.76