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Biography: general
Paperback. Warm, funny and perceptive, brimming with wisdom and insight, My Life in Agony is a meditation on the subjects that tend to concern and confuse us the most - from mother-daughter relationships through to eating disorders, office politics and those perennial areas of interest: love and sex. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGFA; KNTJ; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Alma Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846883552
- ISBN
- 9781846883552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.17
€ 14.17
Paperback. Jean Harlow's looks and shockingly blatant sexuality made her Hollywood's first and most sensational sex goddess. In all the history of Hollywood since her death in 1937, no star has made such an impression. This book reveals the truth behind the star, including the circumstances behind her death. Num Pages: 471 pages, 16pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 203 x 29. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747409885
- ISBN
- 9780747409885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.65
€ 19.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 137 x 9. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- ibooks United States
- Number of pages
- 122
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781596871243
- ISBN
- 9781596871243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.45
€ 10.99
€ 9.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 600 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 124 x 43. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1920
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553569971
- ISBN
- 9780553569971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.01
€ 11.99
€ 11.01
Hardback. A highly original and detailed study of an individual single woman in early modern England, based on a recently discovered spiritual autobiography authored by a never-married gentlewoman, Elizabeth Isham. Provides new perspective on women's writing, identity and status in the early modern period. Series Editor(s): Lake, Peter; Milton, Anthony; Peacey, Jason; Gajda, Alexandra. Series: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784991432
- ISBN
- 9781784991432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.18
€ 150.18
paperback. Rescuing Franklin from the cliche of the genial codger, the bestselling author of KISSINGER celebrates the most advanced and earthy of the founding fathers in a riveting biography that brings Benjamin Franklin to life. Num Pages: 608 pages, 16pp 4-c insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 34. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780743258074
- ISBN
- 9780743258074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.54
€ 19.99
€ 14.54
Paperback. The life story of Isabel Allende - one of the world's favourite writers - is as exotic, passionate and inspiring as one of her novels. Translator(s): Sayers Peden, Margaret. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007163106
- ISBN
- 9780007163106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.45
€ 15.99
€ 11.45
Paperback. A short study of Catherine the Great and her reign. This second edition includes a new preface dealing with sources discovered since the publication of the first edition, along with revised interpretations of the period. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JF; BGH; BGR; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300097221
- ISBN
- 9780300097221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.90
€ 22.90
Paperback. Encompasses the entire life of Ivan the Terrible and views him in the context of his own time. Notorious for a policy of unrestrained terror - and for killing his own son - his reign was devastating for Russia and her people. This book illuminates the reign and the politics, as well as Ivan's marriages and disordered personality. Num Pages: 526 pages, 16 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGR; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 526
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300119732
- ISBN
- 9780300119732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.17
€ 36.99
€ 27.17
Paperback. She's the Starbucks-addicted, exercise-allergic and self-confessed sceptical author of The Battersea Park Road to Enlightenment - now join Isabel Losada for further travels in the realms of the soul, the senses and the sheer absurdity of life, from a feng shui reading gone hilariously wrong to an ayahuasca ceremony that goes all too right Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Watkins Publishing
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907486395
- ISBN
- 9781907486395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.20
€ 10.99
€ 9.20
Paperback. 'You know those people who always radiate cheerful optimism? Nauseating aren't they? So proclaims Isabel Losada, Starbucks addict, exercise allergic and self-confessed sceptic as she sets out on the road to enlightenment. This work is suitable for those who have been tempted to dip a toe in the waters of self-discovery. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGXA; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180. Good copy with some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- 4th Impression
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- SKU
- KTG0009019
- ISBN
- 9780747553182
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Thinking she is merely checking in on a friend's nonagenarian dad, Isabel Vincent has no idea that the man in the kitchen cooking a sublime meal will end up changing her life. Dinner with Edward is a book about love, nourishment, and how dinner with a friend can, in the words of MFK Fisher, 'sustain us against the hungers of the world.' Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BG. .
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books (division of Workman)
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616206949
- ISBN
- 9781616206949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.74
€ 17.99
€ 14.74
paperback. A remarkable account of a wildly artistic life, finally restored to its unexpurgated form, with a revealing new introduction by Joan Acocella. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: ASD; BGFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780871403186
- ISBN
- 9780871403186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 18.24
€ 22.99
€ 18.24
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Random House Inc
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780679600213
- ISBN
- 9780679600213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.89
€ 27.99
€ 22.89
Paperback. From the moment Karen Blixen arrived in Kenya in 1914 to manage a coffee plantation, her heart belonged to Africa. Drawn to the intense colours and ravishing landscapes, Karen Blixen spent her happiest years on the farm. This book presents her experiences and friendships with the people around her. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183336
- ISBN
- 9780141183336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Deeply moved by his mother's memories of a waning era and rapidly disappearing lifestyle, John Ise records the adventures and adversities of his family and boyhood neighbours, the early homesteaders of Osborne County, Kansas, presented here in this work. Num Pages: 408 pages, 37 photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700607754
- ISBN
- 9780700607754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.79
€ 43.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; JPVH1; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Baraka Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771860406
- ISBN
- 9781771860406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.52
€ 32.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. The autobiography of Isobel Kuhn, missionary to China. Series: Authentic Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Authentic Lifestyle United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850786238
- ISBN
- 9781850786238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.68
€ 13.99
€ 11.68
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752452463
- ISBN
- 9780752452463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.54
€ 19.99
€ 18.54
Paperback. How can one experience the trauma of the concentration camps - being reduced to a helpless witness of the brutality of torture, medical experiments, and execution of those around you - how can one survive this and remain the same? This title explores the complex results of this dehumanizing experience. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814715130
- ISBN
- 9780814715130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71