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Biography: general
Hardback. Contains 163 letters that provide an intimate view of author's path from college student to published author. This title documents author's friendships with college classmates and his search for work after graduation, while letters to his brother and sisters reveal warm, playful relationships among the siblings. Editor(s): Hudspeth, Robert N. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 536 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGL; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 143 x 36. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691158921
- ISBN
- 9780691158921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.49€ 92.52
€ 123.49
€ 92.52
Hardback. Includes Thoreau's reminiscences of his 1839 excursion with his brother John along the Concord and Merrimack rivers and all his impressions and observations entered in journals during the famous Walden sojourn. Editor(s): Sattelmeyer, Robert. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 680 pages, Ill.2M. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; BGA; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691061863
- ISBN
- 9780691061863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.48€ 106.94
€ 143.48
€ 106.94
Hardback. Covers the early years of Thoreau's intellectual and artistic growth. This title reflects his reading, travels, and contacts with Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, and other Transcendentalists. Editor(s): Witherell, Elizabeth Hall; Howarth, William L.; Sattelmeyer, Robert; Blanding, Thomas. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 712 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 45. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691063614
- ISBN
- 9780691063614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.48€ 106.85
€ 143.48
€ 106.85
Hardback. From 1837 to 1861, Thoreau kept a Journal that began as a conventional record of ideas, grew into a writer's notebook, and became the principal imaginative work of his career. This volume spans a period of rapid change in Thoreau's life and literary career, including the publication of his first book and a crisis in his friendship with Emerson. Editor(s): Patterson, Mark R.; Rossi, William; Sattelmeyer, Robert. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 640 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 39. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691065335
- ISBN
- 9780691065335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.48€ 107.85
€ 143.48
€ 107.85
Hardback. From 1837 to 1861 Thoreau kept a journal that began as a conventional record of ideas, grew into a writer's notebook, and eventually became the principal imaginative work of his career. This book finds Thoreau intensely concentrating on detailed observations of natural phenomena and on 'the mysterious relation between myself and these things. Editor(s): O'Connell, Patrick F.; Sattelmeyer, Robert. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 800 pages, 78 figures, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 43. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691065366
- ISBN
- 9780691065366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.48€ 106.94
€ 143.48
€ 106.94
Hardback. From 1837 to 1861, Henry D Thoreau kept a "Journal" that would become the principal imaginative work of his career. This book presents Thoreau's "Journal". Editor(s): Simmons, Nancy Craig; Thomas, Ron. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 544 pages, 51 line illus. 5 x 8. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 138 x 39. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691065403
- ISBN
- 9780691065403
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.49€ 78.75
€ 103.49
€ 78.75
Paperback. Henri de Monfried is inextricably linked to the Red Sea and the raffish ports between Suez and Aden in the early years of the twentieth century. This book is an account of how de Monfried becomes a collector and merchant of the fabled Gulf pearls, and is drawn into the shadowy world of arms trading, slavery, smuggling and drugs. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QSL; BG; BTC; HBTM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141442105
- ISBN
- 9780141442105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.11
€ 17.99
€ 14.11
Hardback. The Life of Robert Frost presents a unique and rich approach to the poet that includes original genealogical research concerning Frost s ancestors, and a demonstration of how mental illness plagued the Frost family and heavily influenced Frost s poetry. Series: Wiley Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470658529
- ISBN
- 9780470658529
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.81
€ 88.81
Paperback. There is no reason why you should have heard of Geoffrey Pyke. After his suicide in 1948 he was described as one of the great geniuses of his time, to rank alongside Einstein, yet he remains today, as The Times put it, 'one of the most original if unrecognised figures' of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; JPSH; TBY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 33. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099594130
- ISBN
- 9780099594130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.42
€ 14.99
€ 12.42
Paperback. Journey into the history of English and discover how words have entered our language to make it what it is today. Num Pages: 288 pages, line drawings throughout. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; CBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719566325
- ISBN
- 9780719566325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.66
€ 14.99
€ 11.66
Hardback. Editor(s): Horne, Philip. Num Pages: 850 pages, 8. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 120. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- The Library of America United States
- Number of pages
- 850
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781598534719
- ISBN
- 9781598534719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.05
€ 37.99
€ 32.05
Paperback. Editor(s): Dupee, Frederick Wilcox. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 638 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGLA; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 638
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691613062
- ISBN
- 9780691613062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 108.20€ 81.24
€ 108.20
€ 81.24
Hardback. Features the letters of Henry James - one of the great novelists and letter writers of the English language. This work comprises more than ten thousand letters reflecting on a range of topics - from James' own life and literary projects to questions on art, literature, and criticism. Editor(s): Walker, Pierre A.; Zacharias, Greg W. Series: The Complete Letters of Henry James. Num Pages: 486 pages, 5 images. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 6452 x 4039 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1103.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803222250
- ISBN
- 9780803222250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.73
€ 131.73
Hardback. Editor(s): Zacharias, Greg W.; Anesko, Michael. Series: The Complete Letters of Henry James. Num Pages: 384 pages, 9 illustrations, chronology. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4039 x 38. Weight in Grams: 943.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803285477
- ISBN
- 9780803285477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.21
€ 108.21
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Trent Editions United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 149
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780905488431
- ISBN
- 9780905488431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.18
€ 10.18
paperback. Drawing on unpublished correspondence and other archival sources, this biography of Philip of Spain places him within the social, cultural, religious and regional context of his times. In doing so the author aims to reveal much about Philip the youth, the man, the husband and often troubled King. Num Pages: 400 pages, 32 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 664. Good clean copy. Covers showing a little shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0030976
- ISBN
- 9780300078008
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.49
€ 6.49
Paperback. For the first time in paperback, the classic, bestselling memoir of perhaps the most important Secretary of State Num Pages: 1152 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGHA; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 160 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1310.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857207197
- ISBN
- 9780857207197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.75
€ 21.99
€ 15.75
Paperback. From costermongers to ex-convicts, from chimney-sweeps to vagrants, the underprivileged of London are brought to life in this book, where their plight is expressed through a blend of first person accounts and statistics. It originated in a series of newspaper articles that grew into a four volume account of the working-classes of London. Editor(s): Neuburg, Victor. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 508
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140432411
- ISBN
- 9780140432411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.80
€ 19.99
€ 15.80
Hardcover. This work focuses upon the 19th-century author, James Morier, and his two brothers, Jack and David. It reveals how during the Napoleonic wars the brothers forsook the world of trade to become involved in countering French activities and influence in the Ottoman Empire and Persia. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, 2 maps, geneal. table, ports. BIC Classification: 1FB; BGH; HBJF1; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860643309
- ISBN
- 9781860643309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.84€ 94.57
€ 105.84
€ 94.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 404 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ABM; AGB; BG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 33. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1957
- Edition
- First edition, fourth printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811201070
- ISBN
- 9780811201070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.24
€ 19.99
€ 18.24
Paperback. Using insight, the author shares journals from his gruelling world tours of 1997 and 1998, as well as a record of the fulfilment of his longstanding dream to journey through Africa. He takes us through highs and lows, frustrations and exhilaration - from roving gangs of baboons in Kenya to haggling with immigration officials in Madagascar. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753510308
- ISBN
- 9780753510308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.65
€ 20.99
€ 16.65
Paperback. Henry Stratford Persse was a customs official and distiller in the town of Galway whose sons emigrated to Boston then New York. His letters provide a striking account of Galway life, Irish misgovernment and American democracy by a lively, unconventional observer. Editor(s): Roy, J.C. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 190 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859181416
- ISBN
- 9781859181416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.64
€ 10.64
Hardcover. Editor(s): Hendrick, Willene; Oehlschlaeger, Fritz (Professor of English, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA). Num Pages: 190 pages, 3 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Open Gate Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780900001420
- ISBN
- 9780900001420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.19
€ 26.99
€ 23.19
Paperback. This incisive biography begins withthe spectacularly tragic last day of the militant Japanese novelist, perhaps best known for his monumental four-book masterpiece The Sea of Fertility. Num Pages: 352 pages, 39. BIC Classification: 2GJ; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815410744
- ISBN
- 9780815410744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.56
€ 20.56