Biography: general
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Biography: general
Paperback. * ERNEST HEMINGWAY wrote to a friend: 'She can write rings around all of us .. I wish you would get it and read it because it is really a bloody wonderful book' * introduction by MARTHA GELLHORN Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BG; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780860685418
- ISBN
- 9780860685418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. The personal account of a giant in American folklore and folk music Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 216 pages, 19. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252075094
- ISBN
- 9780252075094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.64
€ 22.64
Paperback. As a child Beth was imprisoned within a Jehovah's Witness family, kept away from her mother, forbidden from wearing a school skirt above her knees by day, abused by her stepfather at night. Years later, she summons the courage to report her stepfather to the police. Will Beth's fight for justice be worth the suffering reawakened? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFE1; JFFE2; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Previous owner's inscription on half title page.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- SKU
- KTG0011265
- ISBN
- 9780091928629
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A biography of the Supreme Court Justice of 34 years, Hugo Black, (1886-1971). He once was a member of the Ku Klux Klan, and went on to be one of the most celebrated and important civil libertarians in the history of the USA and the 20th century's chief proponent of the First Amendment. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 207 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823218684
- ISBN
- 9780823218684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.80
€ 36.99
€ 35.80
Hardcover. Sets out to explore the true character and creative achievements of the author's great-grandfather Jacob Gordin, playwright extraordinaire and icon of the Yiddish stage. Shedding light on Gordin and his world, this work describes the commune he founded and led in Russia, his meteoric rise among Jewish New York's literati, and more. Num Pages: 248 pages, 9 black-&-white photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ACY; BGL; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608844
- ISBN
- 9780815608844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.89
€ 25.99
€ 24.89
Paperback. A love story and a journey across the continents of marriage. Num Pages: 240 pages, 19 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393324471
- ISBN
- 9780393324471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.78
€ 24.99
€ 21.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGA; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817914158
- ISBN
- 9780817914158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.48
€ 27.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFSJ1; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781987915167
- ISBN
- 9781987915167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.03
€ 18.99
€ 14.03
Paperback. This sequel to "Yellow on the Broom" takes Betsy's story to the end of World War II. She was born in 1919 into a travelling family, and tells her own story, with the bitter and the sweet, the rowan and the honey. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BG; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196. 196 pages. This sequel to "Yellow on the Broom" takes Betsy's story to the end of World War II. She was born in 1919 into a travelling family, and tells her own story, with the bitter and the sweet, the rowan and the honey. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; BG; JFSC. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Birlinn Ltd
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841580708
- ISBN
- 9781841580708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.28
€ 11.28
Paperback. For seventy years Socrates was a vigorous citizen of Golden Age Athens, philosophising in the squares and public arenas rather than in the courts of kings, before his beloved city turned on him, condemning him to death by poison. Socrates lived in and contributed to a city that nurtured key ingredients of contemporary civilisation. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: BGH; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554059
- ISBN
- 9780099554059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.42
€ 21.99
€ 16.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBTV; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPWF; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801485978
- ISBN
- 9780801485978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.09
€ 27.09
Billion Dollar Painter: The Triumph and Tragedy of Thomas Kinkade, Pai...
Bettina Gilois G. Eric Kuskey
Hardcover. The unbelievable true story of artist Thomas Kinkade, self-described "Painter of Light," and the dramatic rise -- and fall -- of his billion-dollar gallery and licensing business. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8-page photo insert. BIC Classification: AB; ACXJ; AFC; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 487.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Weinstein Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602862449
- ISBN
- 9781602862449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.31
€ 26.99
€ 23.31
Paperback. Smuggled out of Europe after the collapse of Germany, Eichmann managed to live a peaceful and active exile in Argentina for years before his capture by the Mossad. Though once widely known by nicknames such as 'Manager of the Holocaust', he was able to portray himself, from the defendant's box in Jerusalem in 1960. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784700010
- ISBN
- 9781784700010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
The story of the ordination of Reverend Betty Bone Schiess, one of the first women priests in the Episcopal church. Throughout the work, Schiess draws parallels to earlier efforts of the suffragettes and abolitionists of Seneca Falls. Series: Women in Religion. Num Pages: 176 pages, 28 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HRCC91; HRCX1; HRCX4; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607441
- ISBN
- 9780815607441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.71
€ 30.99
€ 26.71
Paperback. The first woman to be appointed Speaker of the House of Commons, Betty Boothroyd was once a celebrated "Tiller Girl". In her autobiography, she tells of her life, the times campaigning for the Labour Party, the times she lost two by-elections, and her elation at finally becoming an MP. Num Pages: 544 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BGHA; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 116 x 35. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099427049
- ISBN
- 9780099427049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752488134
- ISBN
- 9780752488134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.31
€ 21.99
€ 20.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGA; JFSJ1; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759632
- ISBN
- 9781894759632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.59
€ 20.99
€ 15.59
Paperback. "Betty Garrett's memoir is a tale of grace under pressure. It's a lovely, moving song of survival."-Studs Terkel Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Derrydale Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568331331
- ISBN
- 9781568331331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.79
€ 20.99
€ 20.79
Num Pages: 346 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813120362
- ISBN
- 9780813120362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.54
€ 49.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295999791
- ISBN
- 9780295999791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.00
€ 23.99
€ 21.00
Paperback. The fearless tale of the original 'Party Girl', in her own (frankly scurrilous) words Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780715648551
- ISBN
- 9780715648551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00
€ 13.00
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006531388
- ISBN
- 9780006531388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.58
€ 13.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. An intimate portrait of life with one of rock n roll s greatest songwriters and characters from the unique perspective of his first wife. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 black and white and colour images. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 215 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Jawbone Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911036067
- ISBN
- 9781911036067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.60
€ 19.99
€ 14.60
The Chronicle of Catherine Eddy Beveridge. An American Girl Travels in...
Beveridge, Albert J.; Radomsky, Susan
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 192 x 21. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761833352
- ISBN
- 9780761833352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.29
€ 88.29