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Biography: general

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps. BIC Classification: BGA; BGHA; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Beaufort Books
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780825306839
ISBN
9780825306839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, 22 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295971797
ISBN
9780295971797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
East Asia Program; Cornell Univ Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780939657650
ISBN
9780939657650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.93

Paperback. Charlotte Mason (1842-1923) was a remarkable personality who inspired all who knew her. From the 1880s onwards, Mason has been venerated across the USA primarily by home-schooling evangelical parents, valuing the Christian underpinning of her educational ideas. Num Pages: 376 pages, 50 black & white images. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 502 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Lutterworth Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718894023
ISBN
9780718894023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.52

Paperback. A follow-up to Margaret Forster's "Hidden Lives" (a family memoir of three generations of women), this account takes up the story of her gritty northern father. She looks back at his life and character, evoking incidents from her Cumbrian childhood, his working life and his stubborn old age. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8pp b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0000943
ISBN
9780099275749
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Gallyon, Margaret. Num Pages: 146 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BG; HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The Alpha Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
SKU
V9781898595335
ISBN
9781898595335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.20

paperback. Shows how the seventeenth-century philosopher Spinoza's central philosophical beliefs developed within the context of his own life. This work focuses on the philosopher's attempt to act solely through reason in the face of turbulent personal and national circumstances. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8pp b&w halftones. BIC Classification: BG; HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 34. Weight in Grams: 572. Good copy showing light shelf wear and age
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pimlico London
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0025001
ISBN
9780712666527
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.12

Paperback. This is a biography of Eleanor of Provence. It draws on the rich sources available, to reveal the interaction of the private and public facets of the queen's life, the cultural and spiritual influences to which she responded and the character of her queenship. Num Pages: 368 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition (US) First Printing
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631227397
ISBN
9780631227397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; 2ADS; BG; CJ; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845195724
ISBN
9781845195724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.24

Hardcover. This exhaustive and enthralling study considers the life and work of al-Mutanabbi (915-965), often regarded as the greatest of the classical Arab poets. Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3F; BGL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851684069
ISBN
9781851684069
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.41

Paperback. "A richer reflection of life in early 19th-century Maryland and the Washington environs cannot be found." -- Washington Post Book World Series: Maryland Paperback Bookshelf. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: BGHA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780801843990
ISBN
9780801843990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.24

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Hertfordshire Press United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907396656
ISBN
9781907396656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.29

Hardback. A biography of Franklin D Murphy (1916-994). It delivers the story of how Murphy, as chancellor of UCLA and later as chief executive of the "Times Mirror" media empire, was able to influence academia, the media, and cultural foundations to reshape a fundamentally provincial city. It also brings to light the influence of LA's powerful families. Num Pages: 495 pages, 33 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BG; HBJK; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
495
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520224957
ISBN
9780520224957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.58
€ 63.50

Paperback. Told in the distinctive and memorable voices of working class women, this is a first-hand account of working lives at the turn of the last century. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 125 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088010
ISBN
9781844088010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.74

Hardback. The first scholars to have access to Rock's personal papers, Marsh and Ronner offer a compelling look at a man whose work defined the reproductive revolution, with its dual developments in contraception and technologically assisted conception. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; MFKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801890017
ISBN
9780801890017
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.31

Hardback. Pius II (1405-1464) began life as Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini in a small town near Siena and became a Latin poet and diplomat. This book gives us a glimpse of his life and thoughts. Editor(s): Meserve, Margaret; Simonetta, Marcello. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HBG; HBLC; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674024892
ISBN
9780674024892
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.40

Paperback.
Publisher
Irish Academic Press Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780716528432
ISBN
9780716528432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 21.31

Paperback. A biography of Edward Hay Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 120 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250. 19th Century Ireland. 165pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781845889920
ISBN
9781845889920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.76

Hardback. The official memoir of Margo O'Donnell, legendary Irish Country Music singer. For fifty years now the name 'Margo' has been synonymous with everything that is positive and enriching in Country and Irish music. This is the story of her life, the successes and difficult times, in her own words. Num Pages: 192 pages, 47 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AVGL; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
O´Brien Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847176745
ISBN
9781847176745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.98

A biography that situates Lady Mary Wroth in her family and court context, emphasizing the growth of the writer's mind in the sections on her childhood and youth, with a focus on her learned aunt, Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, as literary mentor, and on her Continental connections, Louise de Coligny, Princess of Orange. Num Pages: 430 pages, Includes 28 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 247 x 182 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1128.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754660538
ISBN
9780754660538
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.86

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