Biography: general
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Biography: general
Paperback. At one time during the first half of the twentieth century, Marcus Garvey was the most famous black man on the planet. This title chronicles Garvey's life, the failed business ventures, his misguided negotiations with the Ku Klux Klan, the two wives and the premature obituaries that contributed to his lonely, tragic death. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099501459
- ISBN
- 9780099501459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. To his fellow West Indians who assemble every weekend for the all-night poker game at Mrs Knight's, he is always known as Bageye. There aren't very many black men in Luton in 1972 and most of them gather at Mrs Knight's - Summer Wear, Pioneer, Anxious, Tidy Boots - each has his nickname. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESD; 3JJPL; BG; HBJD1; HBLW3; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099552390
- ISBN
- 9780099552390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.77
€ 15.99
€ 11.77
Paperback. Twins Ron and Reg Kray were without doubt the most powerful, violent and deadly gangsters that London has ever known. They ran protection rackets, clubs and casinos, as well as fraudulent 'long firms'. They blackmailed, intimidated and killed. This title tells the story of their lives. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: BG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845967741
- ISBN
- 9781845967741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.79
€ 19.00
€ 16.79
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Back Bay Books United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316734974
- ISBN
- 9780316734974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.02
€ 23.99
€ 18.02
Paperback. THE BIOGRAPHY BEHIND THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE I SAW THE LIGHT, STARRING TOM HIDDLESTON AND ELIZABETH OLSEN Num Pages: 480 pages, 2 x 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: AVGL; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 32. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473634619
- ISBN
- 9781473634619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Reveals the complex friendship between the two literary figures, noting their shared academic experiences at Oxford University, Lewis's influence on Tolkien's completion of The Lord of the Rings, and the differences in their temperaments and spiritual beliefs. Original. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; YQE. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Paulist Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781587680267
- ISBN
- 9781587680267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.58
€ 18.99
€ 18.58
Paperback. An accessible biography of C S Lewis, his life and the friendships that shaped him Num Pages: 256 pages, 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Lion UK
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745955872
- ISBN
- 9780745955872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.50
€ 15.99
€ 12.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Granville Island Publishing
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926991337
- ISBN
- 9781926991337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 15.75
€ 19.00
€ 15.75
Paperback. This warm, witty and down-to-earth story of a Yorkshire bandsman will delight music lovers everywhere. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 166 x 7. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752447193
- ISBN
- 9780752447193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.35
€ 13.99
€ 13.35
Hardback. Near the end of the Apollo 15 mission, David Scott and fellow moonwalker James Irwin placed on the lunar soil a small tin figurine called "The Fallen Astronaut". By telling the stories of the sixteen astronauts and cosmonauts who died in the quest to reach the moon between 1962 and 1972, this book conveys the human cost of the space race. Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight. Num Pages: 448 pages, 50 photographs. BIC Classification: BGT; BK; TTDS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 34. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803285095
- ISBN
- 9780803285095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.78
€ 38.99
€ 34.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; 3JM; BGH; HBJH; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750959209
- ISBN
- 9780750959209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.37
€ 10.37
Hardcover. This is a biographical study of Sir Glyn Smallwood Jones, last Governor of Nyasaland. He was posted to Northern Rhodesia as an administrative cadet in 1931. He moved to Nyasaland in 1960, during which time he became Governor-General. Num Pages: 320 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; BG; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 151 x 34. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860644610
- ISBN
- 9781860644610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.49€ 137.06
€ 154.49
€ 137.06
Paperback. Presents the stories of the war: a firefight where the resistance came from 'men in black'; a night spent chain-smoking in the guard tower counting the tracer bullets being fired over the city; and the hesitation of a young soldier who had been passed around from platoon to platoon because he was too afraid to fight. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; BGHA; HBG; HBLW3; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284. Good clean copy showing light shelfwear to covers and page edges, remains in good condition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KSG0009499
- ISBN
- 9780552154376
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages, over 140 b/w photos & 10 colour aircraft profiles. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BG; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1430. The Life of Adolf Galland - The Official Biography. 216 pages, 150ill.(10col.). Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; BG; JWG. Dimension: 287 x 224 x 24. Weight: 1426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764306785
- ISBN
- 9780764306785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 35.42
€ 53.99
€ 35.42
Paperback. Series: Stackpole Military History Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18 b/w photos, 4 b/w drawings, & 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811732482
- ISBN
- 9780811732482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.41
€ 20.99
€ 17.41
The Flying Greek. An Immigrant Fighter Ace's WWII Odyssey with the RAF...
Col. (Retd.) Steve N. Pisanos
hardcover. Steve N. Pisanos's The Flying Greek is both the classic tale of an immigrant's bond with America and an aerial adventure. When young Pisanos arrived in the U.S. in 1938, he worked, studied English, and learned to fly. Num Pages: 280 pages, 30 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597970785
- ISBN
- 9781597970785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.52
€ 42.52
paperback. "Buffalo Bill" Cody describes his Wild West exhibition, the show that offered audiences a mythic experience of the American frontier Editor(s): Christianson, Frank. Series: The Papers of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 photographs, 46 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBB; 3JH; ASZ; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803240544
- ISBN
- 9780803240544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.04
€ 23.99
€ 22.04
Paperback. Num Pages: black & white plates. BIC Classification: BGSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 601.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Sports Publishing LLC United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613210420
- ISBN
- 9781613210420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.04
€ 18.04
Paperback. aeo Only book published in the last 50 years that treats chronologically and at length the whole Browning corpus. aeo Questions the idea that Browning was an objective, dramatic poet, whose works are distinct and separate from himself. aeo Relates Browning the poet to Browning the man. . Series: Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 292 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631200932
- ISBN
- 9780631200932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.60
€ 59.60
Hardcover. Candid and searingly honest, The Acid Test tells of the extraordinary ups and downs of one of English football's groundbreaking figures and is the last word from a player that defied many of the game's boundaries. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 pages of plates. BIC Classification: 1MTANB; 3JJ; 3JM; BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 281 x 29. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- deCoubertin Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909245365
- ISBN
- 9781909245365
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.68
€ 27.99
€ 25.68