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Biography: general
Paperback. The Road to Nab End is a marvelously evocative account of growing up poor in a British mill town. From William Woodruff's birth in 1916 until he ran away to London at the age of sixteen, he lived in the heart of Blackburn's weaving community in the north of England, where the crash of 1920 left his family in extreme poverty. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 394. A Lancashire Childhood. 400 pages. The Road to Nab End is a marvelously evocative account of growing up poor in a British mill town. From William Woodruff's birth in 1916 until he ran away to London at the age of sixteen, he lived in the heart of Blackburn's weaving community in the north of England, where the crash of 1920 left his family in extreme poverty. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BG. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight: 394.
- Publisher
- Eland
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906011260
- ISBN
- 9781906011260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Paperback. * The sequel to the no.1 bestselling THE ROAD TO NAB END. * ANGELA'S ASHES without the constant rain. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349116228
- ISBN
- 9780349116228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.64
€ 15.99
€ 12.64
Paperback. Written with elegance, warmth, and humour, this highly original "teaching memoir" by William Zinsser gives you the tools to organise and recover your past, and the confidence to believe in your life narrative. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BG; CBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781569243794
- ISBN
- 9781569243794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.81
€ 20.99
€ 17.81
Paperback. The unvarnished and complete story of the life of one of America's greatest ever songwriters. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16pp colour pics. BIC Classification: AVGL; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751565478
- ISBN
- 9780751565478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061450785
- ISBN
- 9780061450785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.57
€ 18.99
€ 16.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 261 pages, colour plates. BIC Classification: APT; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Publisher
- Howard Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781476703664
- ISBN
- 9781476703664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.03
€ 17.99
€ 16.03
Hardback. Attempts to map out in detail all of the known facts concerning the poet Edmund Spenser, a major canonical author whose entire literary career was spent in Ireland. The book charts Spenser's parallel vocations of Elizabethan planter and Renaissance writer Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 135 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; BG; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 329.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 135
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333537442
- ISBN
- 9780333537442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.92
€ 126.92
Hardback. Ebenezer Gay (1718-96) has been called the father of American Unitarianism. Wilson's biography explores how Gay became the spiritual leader of two generations of clergymen who preached a humanistic, rational faith in post-Awakening New England. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: BGX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812278910
- ISBN
- 9780812278910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.60
€ 88.60
Hardback. Woodrow Wilson cannot remain silent on the single great issue of the campaign - American membership in the League of Nations. Not many people heed Wilson's appeals, however, and on November 2, the voters seemingly repudiate Wilson and all he stands for in a landslide majority for Harding and Coolidge. Editor(s): Link, Arthur S.; Little, J. E. Series: The Papers of Woodrow Wilson. Num Pages: 604 pages, 8 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BG; HBJK; HBLW; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 165 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1114.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 604
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691047980
- ISBN
- 9780691047980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 224.11
€ 224.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 603 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 240 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1096.
- Publisher
- Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789461538949
- ISBN
- 9789461538949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.64
€ 37.99
€ 27.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 240 x 23. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Publisher
- Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789461538932
- ISBN
- 9789461538932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.64
€ 37.99
€ 27.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: AVG; AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 241 x 24. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Publisher
- Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789461538710
- ISBN
- 9789461538710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.64
€ 37.99
€ 27.64
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Blue Butterfly Book Publishing Inc. Canada
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780978160050
- ISBN
- 9780978160050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.03
€ 25.99
€ 24.03
Hardback. In this text Winifred Kay Thackrey recalls her days as a studio stenographer and crew member during Hollywood's Golden Age. Beginning with her first film as a script stenographer, she describes in vivid detail the atmosphere and the inner-workings of a sound stage. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 348 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810839403
- ISBN
- 9780810839403
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.39
€ 98.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 411 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 559.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 411
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333363799
- ISBN
- 9780333363799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.95
€ 28.95
Paperback. * An enchanting and utterly absorbing memoir of growing up in the Forest of Dean in the 1920s and 1930s Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349122182
- ISBN
- 9780349122182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. Fascinating memoir of the first female Chelsea Pensioner, who devoted her working life to the British Army. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 x 8pp black & white section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BGHA; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 199 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471111259
- ISBN
- 9781471111259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.51
€ 9.99
€ 8.51
Hardback. On a freezing winter's night, a few hours before dawn on May 12, 1969, South African security police stormed the Soweto home of activist and wife of the imprisoned Nelson Mandela, and arrested her in the presence of her two young daughters, then aged nine and ten. This title tells her story. Series: Modern African Writing Series. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; GTB; HBJH; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821421024
- ISBN
- 9780821421024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.85
€ 52.85
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821421017
- ISBN
- 9780821421017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Packed with adventure and incidents, Winston Churchill's first 25 years were spent working as a soldier and a war correspondent in India, South Africa and Cuba. Churchill evokes a so-called golden age before 1914 in his autobiography. Num Pages: 388 pages, maps, plan. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Eland Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 388
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907871620
- ISBN
- 9780907871620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. Includes 200 extracts from entire oeuvre of books, articles and speeches that reflect author's life story, career and philosophy. This title tells the biography of the author as recounted in the great man's own inimitable words. Editor(s): Gilbert, Martin. Num Pages: 688 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 45. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857501462
- ISBN
- 9780857501462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. Churchill (1874-1965) was one of the 20th century's most charismatic and controversial figures. From his meetings with world leaders such as Roosevelt, de Gaulle and Stalin, his verbal engagements with Hitler and the Third Reich, to his wit and oratory on the floor of the Commons, this book explores various facets of Churchill's life and times. Editor(s): Langworth, Richard M. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091933364
- ISBN
- 9780091933364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 27.04
€ 40.99
€ 27.04
Paperback. John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough (1644-1722), was one of the greatest military commanders and statesman in the history of England. His descendant, Sir Winston Churchill wrote this work as both an act of homage, and as an historical insight into the man behind the statesman. Num Pages: 1080 pages, 1 halftone, 103 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1540.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1080
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226106359
- ISBN
- 9780226106359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.51€ 46.16
€ 53.51
€ 46.16
Paperback. A collection of speeches from Churchill, one of the great modern orators. It includes Churchill's famous words on the declaration of war with Germany, as well as his rousing call to the British in June 1940 after Dunkirk, and his immortal tribute to the young men fighting in the Battle of Britain. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 114 x 8. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141192536
- ISBN
- 9780141192536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.51
€ 10.99
€ 9.51