Biography: general
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Biography: general
Paperback. The story of orchid thief and obsessive, John Laroche, and the bizarre world of the orchid fanciers of Florida. The world of the orchid hunters, breeders and showmen, their rivalries, vendettas and crimes, smuggling, thefts and worse provide the backdrop to an exploration of one of the byways of human nature, the obsessive world of the collector. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BG; WMPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099289586
- ISBN
- 9780099289586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
€ 14.99
€ 11.64
Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rocky Mountain Books,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927330708
- ISBN
- 9781927330708
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.37
€ 34.99
€ 23.37
Paperback. The first major biography of 18th century France's most mysterious woman, the daughter of Marie Antoinette, who vanished from public view during the tumultuous last days of the ancien regime Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747596660
- ISBN
- 9780747596660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.19
€ 21.99
€ 16.19
Paperback. The Whitlams' wasn't just a love story - it was a dynamic and enduring partnership that shaped our nation. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 24. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Hachette Australia
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780733632440
- ISBN
- 9780733632440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.61
€ 26.99
€ 18.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 65 halftones. BIC Classification: ASD; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816638024
- ISBN
- 9780816638024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.06
€ 28.06
Paperback. The memoir of a Great Ormond Street nurse. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; MJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409129172
- ISBN
- 9781409129172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.18
€ 11.99
€ 10.18
Paperback.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 306
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006532453
- ISBN
- 9780006532453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.12
€ 17.99
€ 14.12
Paperback. A groundbreaking work that reveals how Marlon Brando shaped his legacy in art and life. Num Pages: 512 pages, 78 illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 142 x 41. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393351200
- ISBN
- 9780393351200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.34
€ 17.99
€ 16.34
Hardcover. A groundbreaking work that reveals how Marlon Brando shaped his legacy in art and life. Num Pages: 512 pages, 78 illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 158 x 40. Weight in Grams: 866.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393082869
- ISBN
- 9780393082869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.28
€ 29.99
€ 25.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BGLA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925363
- ISBN
- 9780813925363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.18
€ 36.18
paperback. Part of The World in A Life series, this brief, inexpensive text provides insight into the life of Queen Victoria. As one of the longest reigning monarchs in British history, Queen Victoria gave her name to an age filled with enormous possibilities and perplexing contradictions. Series: The World in a Life. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 283 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- OUP US United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190250003
- ISBN
- 9780190250003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.05
€ 50.05
Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16 pages of color images. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JF; ACQ; BGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781605989723
- ISBN
- 9781605989723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.49
€ 35.99
€ 30.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 24 pages of color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3F; ACQ; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781681774206
- ISBN
- 9781681774206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.02
€ 17.99
€ 17.02
Paperback. Series: Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series. Num Pages: 191 pages, 8 b&w illus. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477309346
- ISBN
- 9781477309346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.56
€ 21.56
paperback. This book contains the inspiring stories of U.S. health care volunteers who traveled abroad to provide humanitarian aid to patients in Third World and war-torn countries. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; MBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Fairview Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781577491286
- ISBN
- 9781577491286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.73
€ 16.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AMV; BG; WMQL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 206 x 20. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813938264
- ISBN
- 9780813938264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.16
€ 33.16
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- [First Edition]
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843837053
- ISBN
- 9781843837053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.39
€ 84.39
Hardback. Possibly one of the most influential figure in the history of American letters, William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was, among other things, a leading novelist in the realist tradition. This biography traces the writer's life from his boyhood in Ohio, to his consularship in Italy under President Lincoln, to his rise as editor of "Atlantic Monthly". Num Pages: 545 pages, 47 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 926.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 545
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520238961
- ISBN
- 9780520238961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.15
€ 52.99
€ 37.15
"Women of Privilege" traces the decline of a once-privileged Hudson River Valley family whose neighbors were Vanderbilts, Delanos, and Roosevelts. Based on diaries and journals, and written by a family descendant, it combines biography and memoir with social history. Num Pages: 285 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBJK; JFSC; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Academy Chicago Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897337243
- ISBN
- 9780897337243
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.46
€ 23.99
€ 21.46
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Loose Chippings Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907991004
- ISBN
- 9781907991004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.89
€ 24.99
€ 22.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 45 halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; RBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173283
- ISBN
- 9780691173283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.16
€ 26.99
€ 20.16
Hardback. By developing the scale that bears his name, Charles Richter not only invented the concept of magnitude as a measure of earthquake size, he turned himself into a household word. This work takes the reader into Richter's life story, setting it in the context of his family and interpersonal attachments, and the history of seismology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 45 halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; PDZ; RBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128078
- ISBN
- 9780691128078
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.04
€ 29.99
€ 22.04
In telling Creelman's fascinating story, Susan Armstrong-Reid helps readers learn about the transformation of the nursing profession and global health governance in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 448 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BGT; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442647053
- ISBN
- 9781442647053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.33
€ 77.33
Paperback. Despite rape, homelessness, anorexia and severe post-traumatic stress disorder after a violent attack, Susan Dunne turned her life around and set up a pony therapy business. Susan shares her painful journey, and how her connection with horses sparked the healing process and helped her to cope with lifelong difficulties associated with autism. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; MJNA; VFJB; WNGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849056090
- ISBN
- 9781849056090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.90
€ 22.90