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Biography: general
paperback. David Niven's bestselling anecdotes of Hollywood in its heyday - now packaged as a 'Great Read'. Num Pages: 352 pages, 24 pages photographs. BIC Classification: APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 3. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- HODDER & STOUGHTON
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340839959
- ISBN
- 9780340839959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.20
€ 17.99
€ 13.20
Hardcover. An assessment of the life and work of renowned composer, Sergey Prokofiev, in which David Nice draws on a range of sources. He follows Prokofiev's personal and musical progression from his childhood on a Ukrainian country estate to the years he spent travelling in America and Europe. Num Pages: 408 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 162 x 243 x 38. Weight in Grams: 872.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300099140
- ISBN
- 9780300099140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 35.00
€ 48.99
€ 35.00
Hardcover. A Soldier in Arabia reveals the behind-the-scenes story of the events which lead up to and followed the creation of the present day United Arab Emirates in December 1971, followed, a few months later, with Ras Al Khaimah joining the Federation. Num Pages: 196 pages, 16 Colour plates. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165. .
- Publisher
- Medina Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909339637
- ISBN
- 9781909339637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.25
€ 17.99
€ 16.25
Paperback. Examines the life of Joseph P Kennedy, the founder of the twentieth century's most famous political dynasty. This book tells the story of a man who participated in the major events of his times: the booms and busts, the Depression and the New Deal, two world wars and the Cold War, and the birth of the New Frontier. Num Pages: 896 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 50. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143124078
- ISBN
- 9780143124078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. Born of modest origins in Scotland in 1835, Andrew Carnegie is best known as the founder of Carnegie Steel. This is a biography of Andrew Carnegie who is one of the America's famous and successful businessmen and philanthropists. Num Pages: 896 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTK; JKSN1; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 42. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 896
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143112440
- ISBN
- 9780143112440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.84
€ 26.99
€ 25.84
Hardback. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854113627
- ISBN
- 9781854113627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.87
€ 40.99
€ 34.87
hardcover. The former mayor--the son of a barber and a domestic who grew up in Harlem and Trenton--discusses his journey to becoming the 106th mayor of New York City. Num Pages: 408 pages, Including an 8-pp. B/W photo insert on gloss. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPR; BGHA; JPHL; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 244 x 33. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781610393010
- ISBN
- 9781610393010
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.69
€ 30.99
€ 26.69
Paperback. Life appointments make Supreme Court justices among the most powerful officials in the US government and allow even dysfunctional judges to stay on long after they should have departed. This historical treatment of their deaths, resignations and retirements also suggests specific reforms. Num Pages: 262 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JPHC; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700610587
- ISBN
- 9780700610587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.82
€ 35.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 105 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; BGHA; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 8. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 105
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611228113
- ISBN
- 9781611228113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 109.04€ 75.00
€ 109.04
€ 75.00
Hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; BGH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594545566
- ISBN
- 9781594545566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.04€ 75.47
€ 109.04
€ 75.47
Paperback. Growing up in Fort Worth during the 1950s never lacked in excitement for David Murph. Murph's story follows him from early childhood through high school graduation and leaving for college at the University of Texas. His enthusiasm for leaving home is tempered by the reality of what it means to leave his parents and younger brother behind. Num Pages: 304 pages, 33 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; BGA; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653334
- ISBN
- 9780875653334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.73
€ 18.99
€ 18.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, half tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JPSH; VXP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Clairview Books
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905570386
- ISBN
- 9781905570386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.11
€ 17.99
€ 14.11
Paperback. The range of the book: from wartime England to colonial Assam; from sapper training in India to jungle warfare in Malaya - Tea, Love and War tells the unique true story of the child of an exploited village woman gaining recognition and acceptance in suburban England. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1FKA; 3JJ; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 28. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Troubador Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780880891
- ISBN
- 9781780880891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.90
€ 10.99
€ 9.90
Paperback. David Mitchell, who you may know for his inappropriate anger on every TV panel show except Never Mind the Buzzcocks, his look of permanent discomfort on C4 sex comedy Peep Show, his online commenter-baiting in The Observer or just for wearing a stick-on moustache in That Mitchell and Webb Look, has written a book about his life. Num Pages: 336 pages, (2x8pp plates). BIC Classification: APB; APT; ASZB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 196 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007351749
- ISBN
- 9780007351749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.22
€ 14.99
€ 11.22
Paperback. Tells the story of William De Lancey, who became one of the first professional staff officers in the British Army, worked for Wellington throughout the Penisular War, and was his chief-of-staff at the Battle of Waterloo. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862274211
- ISBN
- 9781862274211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.38
€ 19.99
€ 18.38
Paperback. The SUNDAY TIMES bestselling memoir from the Tour de France cyclist who lifts the lid on his drug use and return to sport. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 314. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0003062
- ISBN
- 9781409120384
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. What is it really like to be a racer? What is it like to be swept along at 60kmh in the middle of the pack? What happens to the body during a high-speed chute? What tactics must teams employ to win the day, the jersey, the grand tour? The author offers us insight into the mind of a professional cyclist during his last year before retirement. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Yellow Jersey
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224100083
- ISBN
- 9780224100083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
Paperback. States that Charles Schulz, widely syndicated and beloved cartoonist, is also one of the most misunderstood figures in popular culture. This book presents a biography of Schulz that is at once a creation story, a portrait of a hidden genius, and a chronicle contrasting the private man. Num Pages: 704 pages, 2 16-page black and white photo inserts; 243 comic strips throughout. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 156 x 62. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060937997
- ISBN
- 9780060937997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.10
€ 22.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 29. Weight in Grams: 421.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0295906
- ISBN
- 9780062684394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292725843
- ISBN
- 9780292725843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.51
€ 21.51
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, TBD. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 245 x 32. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610392211
- ISBN
- 9781610392211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 18.00
€ 29.99
€ 18.00
Paperback. Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the brothers who taught the world how to fly. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 x 16pp b-w plates. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471150388
- ISBN
- 9781471150388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.58
€ 13.99
€ 10.58
paperback. This biography of Harry Truman presents a picture of an extraordinary American President. Drawing archival material and interviews, McCullough chronicles Truman's boyhood, his entry into politics and his emergence as President. This book won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1993. Num Pages: 1117 pages, 316pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1440.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780671869205
- ISBN
- 9780671869205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.75
€ 21.99
€ 15.75
Paperback. The fascinating and definitive biography of Rangers' greatest ever manager. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; BGS; WSBT; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755365494
- ISBN
- 9780755365494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74