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Biography: general
Hardcover. Those already familiar with or well-versed in Owen's work will find new material in this book, and those coming to Owen for the first time will enjoy a well researched, yet accessible, illustrated introduction to one of the twentieth century's greatest poets. Num Pages: 144 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 169 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243945
- ISBN
- 9781851243945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. Edward VII, who gave his name to the Edwardian era but was always known as Bertie, was fifty-nine when he finally came to power and ushered out the Victorian age. The eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Bertie was bullied by both his parents. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; BGR; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 142 x 46. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099575443
- ISBN
- 9780099575443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.98
€ 25.99
€ 17.98
Paperback. The 'Greatest Black Briton in History' triumphed over the Crimea and Victorian England. She became an independent 'doctress' combining the herbal remedies of her African ancestry with sound surgical techniques. This biography of a Victorian celebrity, voted the greatest black Briton in history, brings Mary Seacole centre stage. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; MQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310. The Charismatic Black Nurse Who Became a Heroine of the Crimea. 268 pages, black & white illustrations. The 'Greatest Black Briton in History' triumphed over the Crimea and Victorian England. She became an independent 'doctress' combining the herbal remedies of her African ancestry with sound surgical techniques. This biography of a Victorian celebrity, voted the greatest black Briton in history, brings Mary Seacole centre stage. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGH; MQ. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Robinson Publishing
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845294977
- ISBN
- 9781845294977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.68
€ 15.68
paperback. Best known for his provocative take on cultural issues in The Intellectuals and the Masses and What Good Are the Arts?, the author describes the events that formed him - an escape from the London blitz to an idyllic rural village, army service in Egypt, an open scholarship to Oxford and an academic career that saw him elected. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGLA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 522. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 384
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KIN0036482
- ISBN
- 9780571310920
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley draws upon her first-hand knowledge to examine the horse on all levels - practical, theoretical and emotional. Drawing on the wisdom of trainers, vets, jockeys and a real-life horse whisperer, she adds an element of drama and suspense as two of her own horses begin their careers at the racetrack. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BG; WSNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KIN0032220
- ISBN
- 9780571226078
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Best known for his provocative take on cultural issues in The Intellectuals and the Masses and What Good Are the Arts?, the author describes the events that formed him - an escape from the London blitz to an idyllic rural village, army service in Egypt, an open scholarship to Oxford and an academic career that saw him elected. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGLA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 522. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 384
- SKU
- KKD0009969
- ISBN
- 9780571310920
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. Best known for his provocative take on cultural issues in The Intellectuals and the Masses and What Good Are the Arts?, the author describes the events that formed him - an escape from the London blitz to an idyllic rural village, army service in Egypt, an open scholarship to Oxford and an academic career that saw him elected. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGLA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 522. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 384
- SKU
- KRA0006680
- ISBN
- 9780571310920
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Born into poverty in Ballinasloe in 1846, O'Connor Power spent much of his childhood in the workhouse. From here he rose rapidly through the ranks of the Fenian Movement to become a leading member of the Supreme Council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd Dublin
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- 9781845886981
- ISBN
- 9781845886981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 12.00
€ 20.99
€ 12.00
Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; BM; VSP; VXFC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 30.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781599219936
- ISBN
- 9781599219936
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.34
€ 23.99
€ 19.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCC8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Holy Trinity Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781942699026
- ISBN
- 9781942699026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.38
€ 20.99
€ 19.38
Paperback. Jane Tomlinson, the extraordinarily brave woman whose remarkable sporting achievements have inspired a nation, tells how she and her family live with her terminal cancer. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16 pp plate section col. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- KNW0008505
- ISBN
- 9781416502128
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Leslie Colquhoun was a man who flew high in more ways than one. Enlisting with the RAF at the start of World War 2, he had no sooner got his 'wings' than he was plunged into the thick of battle. His daughter Jane, has written this affectionate portrait of her 'modest, gentle' father, a man who was also exceptionally courageous and skilled. Num Pages: 104 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 204 x 13. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Mereo Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861513588
- ISBN
- 9781861513588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.62
€ 13.99
€ 11.62
Paperback. This concluding volume of Charles Darwin's biography looks closely at the wider publishing world of Victorian England and the different audiences which responded to Darwin's ideas. It considers the Darwinian revolution from his point of view and what it was like to become a scientific celebrity. Num Pages: 608 pages, 24pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; BG; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 46. Weight in Grams: 842.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712668378
- ISBN
- 9780712668378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.50
€ 40.99
€ 28.50
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Loose Chippings Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955421730
- ISBN
- 9780955421730
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.48
€ 12.48
Hardcover. In 1955, Maxine Kumin submitted a poem to the Saturday Evening Post. "Lines on a Half-Painted House" made it into the magazine - but not before Kumin was asked to produce, via her husband's employer, verification that the poem was her original work. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGLA; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226014074
- ISBN
- 9780226014074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.68€ 54.23
€ 64.68
€ 54.23
Paperback. In 1955, Maxine Kumin submitted a poem to the Saturday Evening Post. This book brings together Kumin, Julia Alvarez, Jane Smiley, Erica Jong, and fifteen other accomplished women of this generation to reflect on their writing lives. Editor(s): Burroway, Janet. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGLA; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226014104
- ISBN
- 9780226014104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.87
€ 24.99
€ 19.87
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Marshall Cavendish
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KLN0017988
- ISBN
- 9780462099507
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardcover. This critical biography of Charles A. Dana, the 19th-century editor of the "New York Sun", blends the democratic ideal of the man with social and media history. Focusing on Dana's early years and political emergence, it analyses the "Sun" as the conscience and advocate for the working class. Num Pages: 300 pages, 18 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGB; HBTB; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815625797
- ISBN
- 9780815625797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.43
€ 44.43
Hardcover. Set during the sexual revolution of the sixties, this work recalls the decade's prodigious effect on a generation of Americans that came of age during that transformative time of changing mores. Series: Writing American Women. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGA; VFVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608899
- ISBN
- 9780815608899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.74
€ 25.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. After the man she defied her parents to marry died in 1866, leaving her alone on the frontier with their many children, Martha Maupin was torn between grief and relief after a difficult marriage. Lone mothers had few options in her day, but she took charge of her own dream and bought her own place. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BG; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 23.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762796014
- ISBN
- 9780762796014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.11
€ 17.99
€ 15.11
Paperback. The autobiography of one of New Zealand's best-loved writers with an introduction by Jane Campion Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 35. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Virago Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844086238
- ISBN
- 9781844086238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.11
€ 17.99
€ 14.11
Paperback. Presents the backdrop to one of the most strange and compelling episodes in European cultural and scientific history. This is a tale of genius and greed, of demonic cruelty and exquisite beauty, of the best and worst of which man is capable. It also presents the story of the invention of European porcelain. Num Pages: 288 pages, map, portraits. BIC Classification: BGH; WFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553506921
- ISBN
- 9780553506921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.63
€ 20.99
€ 16.63
Paperback. "People have told me that their lives have changed because of me. I take away from this the sense that I'm on the right track. " "I believe you're here to live your life with passion. Otherwise, you're just traveling through the world blindly-and there's no point to that. " "Oprah's on. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 204 x 18. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471399940
- ISBN
- 9780471399940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.22
€ 35.99
€ 28.22
Paperback. Love him or hate him, Bill Gates has single-handedly shaped the technological future of the twenty-first century. Created through the independent research of bestselling author Janet Lowe, Bill Gates Speaks documents the life and ambitions of one of the world's most unique business and cultural leaders. Num Pages: 272 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGBA; KJH; U. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons New York
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KEX0200691
- ISBN
- 9780471401698
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99