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Biography: general

Paperback. Almost every woman worries about her weight. For the author, it became unavoidable - by the age of seventeen she weighed over twenty stone and had tried everything, from dieting to fat camp to wearing big t-shirts. This is a memoir of one woman's quest to accept her own body image - to feel normal. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustration (black and white). BIC Classification: BG; VFMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 348. Almost every woman worries about her weight. For the author, it became unavoidable - by the age of seventeen she weighed over twenty stone and had tried everything, from dieting to fat camp to wearing big t-shirts. This is a memoir of one woman's quest to accept her own body image - to feel normal. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustration (black and white). BIC Classification: BG; VFMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 348. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KHN0001661
ISBN
9780571284443
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. The author and her family fled the horrors of Nazi occupation by hiding in the back of a warehouse in Amsterdam for two years with another family and a German dentist. Aged thirteen when she went into the secret annexe, she kept a diary. Editor(s): Pressler, Mirjam; Frank, Otto. Num Pages: 368 pages, 22 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JJH; BGHA; BJ; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780241952443
ISBN
9780241952443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.15

Paperback. Aged thirteen when Anne Frank went into the secret annexe, Anne kept a diary in which she confided her innermost thoughts and feelings, movingly revealing how the eight people living under these extraordinary conditions coped with the daily threat of discovery and death, petty misunderstandings and the unbearable strain of living like prisoners. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JJH; BGHA; BJ; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 113 x 24. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241952436
ISBN
9780241952436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.80

Hardcover. Presents the author as a teenage girl who fretted about and tried to cope with her own emerging sexuality and who also veered between being a carefree child and an aware adult. This title is a true story to be rediscovered by each generation. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JJH; BGA; BJ; HBTZ; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 223 x 33. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Viking
Number of pages
368
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780670919796
ISBN
9780670919796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

Hardcover. In this new memoir, Anne Edwards-bestselling author of biographies on Judy Garland, Vivien Leigh, Margaret Mitchell, and Ronald Reagan-turns the spotlight on herself, chronicling her 20-year exile from the United States from the 1950s until the early 1970s. Num Pages: 320 pages, 42 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BGL; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810881990
ISBN
9780810881990
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages, 78 black & white halftones, 1 maps, 1 charts. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 788.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint Edition of the Classic
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442236554
ISBN
9781442236554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.93

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781630761288
ISBN
9781630761288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.07

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781630762650
ISBN
9781630762650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.46

paperback. Born in 1910, Diana was the most beautiful and the cleverest of the six Mitford sisters. She was eighteen when she married Bryan Guinness, of the brewing dynasty, by whom she had two sons. After four years, she left him for the fascist leader, Oswald Mosley - a course of action that horrified her family. This title offers her portrait. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099470274
ISBN
9780099470274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Num Pages: 354 pages. BIC Classification: BG; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 31. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589880269
ISBN
9781589880269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.86

Paperback. How a Giant Schnauzer Brought Hope, Happiness and Healing to Sick Children. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 X8PP COLOUR PLATES. BIC Classification: BG. .
Publisher
ALLEN & UNWIN
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781760111229
ISBN
9781760111229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.09

Paperback. Frances Partridge: the last survivor of the Bloomsbury group - the authorised biography. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 33. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Phoenix
Edition
New ed.
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753826997
ISBN
9780753826997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604563306
ISBN
9781604563306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 35.00

Hardcover. "Biography at its best aims at resurrection. Anne Boyd Rioux has brought the novelist Constance Fenimore Woolson back to life for us. Hurrah!"?Robert D. Richardson, author of the Bancroft Prize-winning William James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism Num Pages: 432 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393245097
ISBN
9780393245097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.06

Paperback. A biography full of romanticism, exoticism, glamour and fantasy Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 x 8pp bw. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
John Murray General Publishing Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719565472
ISBN
9780719565472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. Anne's sister Becky was born in 1958, before most people had even heard of autism. Diagnosed with "emotional disturbance," Becky was subjected to well-meaning but futile efforts at "rehabilitation" or "cure," as well as prolonged spells in institutions. This bittersweet memoir will resonate with everyone interested in autism spectrum conditions. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BG; MJNA; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 326. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0002911
ISBN
9781843108597
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Agripping and powerfully emotional memoir of surviving a twisted religious sex cult in west Wales Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFE2; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471136689
ISBN
9781471136689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Portrays an Anglo-Irish ascendancy, struggling through the post-war depression aided by drink, horse-racing and religion, and their own idiosyncratic adaptations to modern life. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJP; BGA; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
276
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011024
ISBN
9781906011024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. An intimate, definitive celebration of the world's most adored and most successful star - contains a revised and updated chapter. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: AVGQ; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473607354
ISBN
9781473607354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. The heartbreaking story of the passionate love affair between Boris Pasternak and Olga Ivinskaya - the tragic true story that inspired 'Doctor Zhivago'. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008156817
ISBN
9780008156817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Consisting of a rare memoir and also a diary, this title provides a glimpse into the domestic life of Russia's nobility in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Labzina's accounts of her spiritual development and her social sphere offers insights into male and female sensibilities of the time. Translator(s): Marker, Gary (Professor of History, SUNY, Stony Brook, USA); May, Rachel (Associate Professor of Russian, Macalester College, USA). Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JF; 3JH; BGHA; DN; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875802770
ISBN
9780875802770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 140.77

CD-Audio. A collection of humorous autobiographical essays by the Academy Award-nominated actress and star of Up in the Air and Pitch Perfect, Anna Kendrick. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: APB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781508213543
ISBN
9781508213543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.93

Paperback. A collection of humorous autobiographical essays by the Academy Award-nominated actress and star of Up in the Air and Pitch Perfect, Anna Kendrick Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471156830
ISBN
9781471156830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. This is the autobiography of Anna Michener, who suffered physical and emotional abuse behind closed doors at the hands of her parents and grandmother. The account is of growing up under unspeakable conditions, not of mature reflection but an immediate account of unhealed wounds. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226524030
ISBN
9780226524030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.54

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