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Biography: general
Hardback. Christopher Fifield's remarkable study explores the personality, life and work of a conductor who influenced and inspired the leading composers, singers and instrumentalists of his day. Num Pages: 808 pages, 35 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 319 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1514.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270217
- ISBN
- 9781783270217
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.88
€ 62.88
Hardcover. Kathleen Ferrier, the greatest lyric contralto Britain has ever produced, lost her courageous battle with breast cancer. This collection of 300+ letters and twelve years of her personal diaries give a picture of her life in the muted post-war years. Editor(s): Fifield, Christopher. Num Pages: 356 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; AVG; AVH; BGFA; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 668. 356 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Fifield, Christopher. Kathleen Ferrier, the greatest lyric contralto Britain has ever produced, lost her courageous battle with breast cancer. This collection of 300+ letters and twelve years of her personal diaries give a picture of her life in the muted post-war years. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; AVG; AVH; BGFA; BJ. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 26. Weight: 668.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843830122
- ISBN
- 9781843830122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.40
€ 46.99
€ 39.40
Paperback. It's the late 1970s and 20-something Christopher Fowler is a film freak, obsessively watching lousy films in run-down fleapit cinemas. He longs to be a famous screenwriter and put his dreams on the big screen. And so he heads for Wardour Street, Britain's equivalent of Hollywood. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857501790
- ISBN
- 9780857501790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.47
€ 16.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. A memoir of Christopher Fowler that captures life in suburban London. It presents an evocation of a time and a place that recalls a childhood at once entertainingly eccentric and endearingly ordinary. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553820096
- ISBN
- 9780553820096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. This paperback edition is updated to include new insights into Holst's life and work resulting from the discovery of important unseen archival materials. Editor(s): Grogan, Christopher. Series: Aldeburgh Studies in Music. Num Pages: 522 pages, 54, 2 colour, 52 black and white. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1182. Series: Aldeburgh Studies in Music. 522 pages, 54, 2 colour, 52 black and white. Editor(s): Grogan, Christopher. This paperback edition is updated to include new insights into Holst's life and work resulting from the discovery of important unseen archival materials. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 35. Weight: 1180.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 522
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843835998
- ISBN
- 9781843835998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.20
€ 40.99
€ 34.20
Paperback. A compelling and strange story of how and why Julia Pastrana became one of the most infamous women in Europe and America. Num Pages: 192 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: ASZW; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750933131
- ISBN
- 9780750933131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.47
€ 13.99
€ 13.47
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€ 18.50
€ 26.99
€ 18.50
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€ 14.50
€ 19.99
€ 14.50
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€ 16.33
€ 18.99
€ 16.33
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
€ 25.76
€ 25.76
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€ 31.03
€ 33.99
€ 31.03
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€ 37.57
€ 52.99
€ 37.57
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
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
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€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
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
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
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€ 17.63
€ 18.99
€ 17.63
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
€ 93.92€ 72.36
€ 93.92
€ 72.36
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Eyewear Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911335245
- ISBN
- 9781911335245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.54
€ 15.99
€ 14.54
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€ 21.32
€ 25.99
€ 21.32
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
€ 116.50
€ 116.50
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
€ 75.95
€ 75.95
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
€ 21.99€ 16.91
€ 21.99
€ 16.91
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
€ 20.99€ 20.64
€ 20.99
€ 20.64
Hardback. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 144 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGX; DSBB; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319497747
- ISBN
- 9783319497747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.46
€ 72.46