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Biography: general

Paperback. A tale about a dream. The dream of running a restaurant. In Uckfield, East Sussex. Uckfield didn't actually appear in the dream. But for Christopher Nye it was the perfect choice: a small town, but not too small; a town crying out for American-style diner; a town without a McDonald's. Here's the story of how to make it big in small-town Britain. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGBA; TTVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Sort of Books United Kingdom
Edition
Main
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954221737
ISBN
9780954221737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.99

Paperback. A powerful and moving autobiography from a gifted writer who has been compared to Joyce and Yeats. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 136. Good clean copy. Showing light shelfwear, remains a nice copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0021765
ISBN
9780753807095
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Series: Pan Heritage Classics. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESX; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509821891
ISBN
9781509821891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.94

Hardback. A chronicle of poet and critic Christopher Merill's ten war-time journeys to the Balkans from the years 1992 through 1996. At once a travelogue, book of war reportage, and a biography of the imagination under siege, this narrative takes the reader along on the author's journey. Num Pages: 424 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVW; 3JJPR; BG; HBJD; JW; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847698202
ISBN
9780847698202
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.02

Paperback. This book will explore the fascinating relationship between Nixon and Kennedy and the crucial ways in which it shaped them-and the nation. Num Pages: 400 pages, b&w photo insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 25. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781451644289
ISBN
9781451644289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.80

Paperback.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Corgi Books London
Number of pages
221
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
KNW0005800
ISBN
9780552996310
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Hailed by the Boston Globe as "one of the best boxing books ever penned," Strong Boy is the rags-to-riches story of one of America's first ethnic heroes, the nation's first million-dollar athlete, a sports hero decades before Babe Ruth, and the forefather of boxing and sports celebrity as we know them today-John L. Sullivan, "The Boston Strong Boy" Num Pages: 384 pages, 44 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGS; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762788385
ISBN
9780762788385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.64

Paperback. Attila the Hun - godless barbarian and near-mythical warrior king - has become a byword for mindless ferocity. This book reveals the history of Attila the Hun as an astute politician and first-rate military commander who brilliantly exploited the strengths and weaknesses of the Roman empire. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844139156
ISBN
9781844139156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.77

Paperback. A portrait of the American economist Harry Gunnison Brown (1880-1975), who argued for the separate influences of both land and capital goods on the pricing of goods and services and did not follow the trend in "orthodox" circles of considering land just another form of capital. Series Editor(s): Moss, Laurence S. Series: Studies in Economic Reform and Social Justice. Num Pages: 270 pages, 0. BIC Classification: BGB; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
3 ed
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405108645
ISBN
9781405108645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.64

Hardcover. * Explores the work of Harry Gunnison Brown, one the most important innovators in American economic history * Summarizes Brown's theoretical insights as well as the intellectual contexts in which they were developed. . Series Editor(s): Moss, Laurence S. Series: Studies in Economic Reform and Social Justice. Num Pages: 270 pages, 0. BIC Classification: BGB; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405111560
ISBN
9781405111560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.83

Paperback. A contributor to "The Tactile Mind Weekly" and the National Association of the Deafs "Mind Over Matter" writes about the biases he has faced in both the hearing and deaf communities, and addresses such topics as Christmas trips and marriage with a withering wit. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563683572
ISBN
9781563683572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.12

Paperback. .
Publisher
Eyewear Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911335245
ISBN
9781911335245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.88

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 262 x 185 x 21. Weight in Grams: 698.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590333846
ISBN
9781590333846
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.86
€ 71.61

Hardcover. Editor(s): Wright, Chistopher J. H. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: BGX; HRCC91. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Inter-Varsity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844745166
ISBN
9781844745166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. Tells the story of author's parents - their meeting in 1895, marriage in 1903 after his father had returned from the Boer War, and his father's death in an assault on Ypres in 1915, which left his mother a widow until her own death in 1960. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 47. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099561194
ISBN
9780099561194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. In 1939, as Europe approaches war, the author, an instinctive pacifist, travels west to California, seeking a new set of beliefs to replace the failed Leftism of the thirties. There he meets Swami Prabhavananda, a Hindu monk, who will become his spiritual guide for the next thirty-seven years. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK; HRGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099561231
ISBN
9780099561231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Blends autobiography and fiction to describe the inner life of a writer evolving from precocious public school boy to Cambridge drop-out at large in London's Bohemia. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099561224
ISBN
9780099561224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. In 1939, Christopher Isherwood and W H Auden emigrated together to the United States. This title describes Isherwood's search for a new life in California; his work as a screenwriter in Hollywood, his pacifism during World War II and his friendships with such gifted artists and intellectuals as Garbo, Chaplin, Thomas Mann, and more. Num Pages: 1104 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1290.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
1104
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099555827
ISBN
9780099555827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 34.74

Hardcover. Providing both personal and professional revelations about the mid- to late-20th century book trade in England, this is the autobiography of Christopher Hurst, director of C.Hurst & Co. Publishers. Num Pages: 464 pages, 33ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGBA; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850653257
ISBN
9781850653257
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, colour photographs throughout. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 188 x 21. Weight in Grams: 906.
Publisher
Health Communications United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780757306341
ISBN
9780757306341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.86

Paperback. Hitchens presents a George Orwell fit for the 21st century.-Boston Globe Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465030507
ISBN
9780465030507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.71

Paperback.
Publisher
DB Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780911007
ISBN
9781780911007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.16

Paperback. Christopher Hibbert's acclaimed biography of Queen Victoria is as impressive and authoritative as the great woman herself. Num Pages: 576 pages, 16 b/w, 16 col plates (32pp). BIC Classification: BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Harpercollins Pb
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006388432
ISBN
9780006388432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.40

Paperback. The tenor, Peter Pears, contributed to British musical life through his own singing, and as the inspiration of Benjamin Britten. This biography includes an account of Pears's childhood and school days at Lancing College, his academic career at Oxford and his early professional work as a BBC singer. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16pp photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AVGC9; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 134 x 28. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571170722
ISBN
9780571170722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.40

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