Biography: general
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Biography: general
Paperback. George Perkins Marsh (1801-1882) was the first to reveal the menace of environmental misuse, to explain its causes, and to prescribe reforms. This book offers insights, from sources, into Marsh's career and shows his relevance. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 632 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: BG; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 934.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Rev. ed
- SKU
- V9780295983158
- ISBN
- 9780295983158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.17
€ 37.99
€ 34.17
Paperback. The untold story of Winston Churchill's precarious finances. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784081829
- ISBN
- 9781784081829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.21
€ 17.99
€ 13.21
Hardcover. The world-famous French singer Edith Piaf (1915-63) was never just a singer. This book suggests new ways of understanding her, her myth and her meanings over time at home and abroad, by proposing the notion of an 'imagined' Piaf. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781382578
- ISBN
- 9781781382578
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.10
€ 44.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; KNDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750958554
- ISBN
- 9780750958554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.31
€ 10.31
Paperback. Four years old when World War II began, the author grew to maturity through decades of great social and cultural change - giving him plenty to write about. This title illuminates a period of transition in British society, and charts the evolution of a writer whose works have become classics in his own lifetime. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784700539
- ISBN
- 9781784700539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.00
€ 19.99
€ 15.00
Paperback. Writing about real lives takes various forms, which overlap and may be combined with each other: biography, autobiography, biographical criticism, biographical fiction, memoir, confession, diary. In these essays, the author considers some particularly interesting examples of life-writing, and contributes several of his own. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BK; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099587767
- ISBN
- 9780099587767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Few English monarchs have a worse reputation than Mary Tudor. She has been seen both as a religious fanatic who tried against the will of her people to reverse the course of the Reformation and as the pawn of her husband, Philip II of Spain -- her infatuation with whom led her to betray Englanda s vital interests. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631184492
- ISBN
- 9780631184492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.62
€ 48.62
Paperback. A full-scale biography Henry VIII's fifth wife, the teenager who got herself fatally entangled with lovers and ended up with her neck on the block. Num Pages: 240 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445636764
- ISBN
- 9781445636764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.88
€ 18.88
Paperback. The biography of the blacksmith's son who rose to be Henry VIII's right-hand man. Num Pages: 352 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445640013
- ISBN
- 9781445640013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.88
€ 18.88
Paperback. A major new biography of the most infamous king of England. Num Pages: 464 pages, 105. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 34. Weight in Grams: 438. 464 pages, 105 Illustrations (some col.). B-format BC. Praise for the BB published in 2011:. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Dimension: 199 x 126 x 33. Weight: 436.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445607047
- ISBN
- 9781445607047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.77
€ 26.77
Paperback. Daughter of Henry VIII, half-sister to the future Elizabeth I, the turbulent life of the first woman to rule England and the cruel fate of those who opposed her iron will. Num Pages: 328 pages, 59. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JB; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 124 x 24. Weight in Grams: 312. 328 pages, 59 Illustrations including 14 colour. Daughter of Henry VIII, half-sister to the future Elizabeth I, the turbulent life of the first woman to rule England and the cruel fate of those who opposed her iron will. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JB; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Dimension: 198 x 124 x 24. Weight: 314.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445608181
- ISBN
- 9781445608181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.27
€ 17.99
€ 14.27
Paperback. An authoritative and accessible history of the lives of the kings and queens of England by a renowned historian. Num Pages: 528 pages, 100. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGR; BK; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 33. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445637617
- ISBN
- 9781445637617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.91
€ 19.99
€ 15.91
Paperback. The eagerly awaited autobiography of the hugely popular commentator and cricket enthusiast David 'Bumble' Lloyd Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 x 8pp colour photos. BIC Classification: BGSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471150456
- ISBN
- 9781471150456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.02
€ 11.99
€ 10.02
Paperback. On an overcast April day in 2003, David and James Livingston raced against each other in the 149th Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race. Watched by over seven million people, it was the first time for over a hundred years that brothers had battled against each other in this gladiatorial contest. Only one could be victorious. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSSN7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 270. 320 pages, illustrations. On an overcast April day in 2003, David and James Livingston raced against each other in the 149th Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race. Watched by over seven million people, it was the first time for over a hundred years that brothers had battled against each other in this gladiatorial contest. Only one could be victorious. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGSA; WSSN7. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight: 240.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408801192
- ISBN
- 9781408801192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.94
€ 19.99
€ 15.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Three Rivers Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307592439
- ISBN
- 9780307592439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.06
€ 19.99
€ 19.06
Paperback / so. BIC Classification: BGTA; MBD; MNN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Tyndale House Publishers United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781414339757
- ISBN
- 9781414339757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.62
€ 18.99
€ 18.62
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGN; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 217 x 29. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061780066
- ISBN
- 9780061780066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.59
€ 26.99
€ 22.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: APB; BGF; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 302 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061780073
- ISBN
- 9780061780073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.04
€ 17.99
€ 15.04
Paperback. Jock Wallace wasn't just one of Scotland's outstanding football managers - he was a legend. But the road to the top was a tough one for big Jock, including a spell as a jungle fighter with the King's Own Scottish Borderers in war-torn Malaya, and in his fifties he was struck down by Parkinson's disease. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 pp. colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; BGS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Black and White Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845027902
- ISBN
- 9781845027902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.62
€ 13.99
€ 10.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 372 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; JW; KNT; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Blacksmith Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789881376541
- ISBN
- 9789881376541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.92
€ 18.99
€ 18.92
Paperback. Originally published: New York: Knopf, 1994. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; WZ. Dimension: 203 x 137 x 33. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Arcade Publishing
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628724387
- ISBN
- 9781628724387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.21
€ 18.99
€ 18.21
Paperback. Throughout the late-seventies and eighties, Van Halen were the archetypal American rock group. Whats more they were also the highest paid band in the history of show business, taking a cool $1 million for a night's work at a festival in 1983 and making the Guinness Book of Records. This autobiography tells their story. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 138 x 37. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091874803
- ISBN
- 9780091874803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.63
€ 23.99
€ 16.63
Paperback. He took on Napoleon with a set of weapons that seemed unsuited to the task such as: flattery, courtesy and an alarmingly straight face. And he won. It was the club-footed genius of French diplomacy who defeated the greatest conqueror since Julius Caesar. This work presents the story of Prince Talleyrand. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 pp b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844137428
- ISBN
- 9781844137428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.27
€ 26.99
€ 20.27
Paperback. Presents the author's ode to his days on the Continental Divide and the story of his experiences making a living in the not so wild but not yet tamed West. This title introduces some of the most charming characters in western literature. Num Pages: 320 pages, 19 Illus., 9 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803260306
- ISBN
- 9780803260306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.06
€ 26.99
€ 24.06