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Biography: general
Paperback. Six months before the 2003 American-led invasion of Iraq, Field Marshal The Lord Bramall warned that an operation to remove Saddam Hussain would produce a display of massive, dynamic United States activity, which provides one of the mainsprings of motivation for terrorist action in the Middle East. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750942393
- ISBN
- 9780750942393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.46
€ 12.46
Paperback. In the darkest days of World War II, English-born Greer Garson became Hollywood's most inspiring icon of strength and courage. In this first-ever biography of Garson, Troyan sweeps away the many myths that even today veil her life. Num Pages: 518 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 182 x 39. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- Pbk. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813191508
- ISBN
- 9780813191508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.98
€ 37.98
Paperback. Musician, political critic, and hedonist, international superstar Fela Anikulapo-Kuti created a sensation throughout his career. His music offers a perspective on race, class, and nation on both sides of the Atlantic and he synthesized a musical language while also clearing a space for political dissent and a type of counter-cultural expression. Num Pages: 352 pages, 36 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 3JJP; AVG; AVH; BGF; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566397650
- ISBN
- 9781566397650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.18
€ 46.99
€ 42.18
Paperback. "This engaging biography exactly and vividly catches the tone of a region, a time, and a man."-Larry McMurtry Num Pages: 544 pages, 62 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 3JJG; BG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393338188
- ISBN
- 9780393338188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.13
€ 37.99
€ 32.13
Hardcover. Num Pages: 542 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BG; DN; DQ; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 171 x 1043. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 542
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780821413241
- ISBN
- 9780821413241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. * In this carefully researched account, acclaimed biographer, Michael White tells the story of Machiavelli's life and reveals how his ideas have been misunderstood and his name misappropriated as a result. Num Pages: 320 pages, Section: 8, b/w. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349115993
- ISBN
- 9780349115993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
Paperback. Subtitled 'The First Scientist', this new one-volume biography places science at the centre of Leonardo da Vinci's life and work Num Pages: 384 pages, Integrated: 30, integrated. BIC Classification: AGB; BG; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 52. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349112749
- ISBN
- 9780349112749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
Paperback. Groundbreaking biography of Galileo, one of the greatest scientists and religious heretics in history Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: BGH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753822104
- ISBN
- 9780753822104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 258 pages, 100 Photographs and Art Work, Including Black and White and Colour Photos. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Michael Wiese Productions United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781615931392
- ISBN
- 9781615931392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.27
€ 29.99
€ 26.27
Hardcover. Here, for the first time, is a comprehensive biography of geek and gaming culture's mythic icon, Gary Gygax, and the complete story behind his invention of Dungeons and Dragons. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 x 16 page color insert. BIC Classification: BG; WDHW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 607.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781632862792
- ISBN
- 9781632862792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.80
€ 30.99
€ 26.80
Paperback. Aims to recreate the turbulent times through which William Shakespeare lived: the age of the Reformation, the Spanish Armada, the Gunpowder Plot and the colonization of the Americas. Drawing on a range of sources, this work takes us back into Elizabethan England to reveal a man who is the product of his time. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- BBC Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780563521419
- ISBN
- 9780563521419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Hardcover. James VI & I had a series of notorious male favourites. These affairs were almost certainly sexual. They diminished the majesty of the monarchy and raised the spectre of a sodomitical court and effeminized nation. It is a story of political intrigue coloured by sodomy, pederasty, and gender instability as backdrop to the English Civil War. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781555439
- ISBN
- 9781781555439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.86
€ 33.99
€ 23.86
Paperback. This startling biography explores the remarkable life of an iconic figure of the twentieth century, Vaclav Havel, author and dissident, who became the first president of the Czech Republic. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 41. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857898524
- ISBN
- 9780857898524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.36
€ 26.99
€ 20.36
Paperback. Growing up in war-torn Sierra Leone, she witnesses atrocities that no child ever should. Her father is killed by rebels and her mother dies of famine. Sent to an orphanage, Michaela is mistreated and she sees the brutal murder of her favourite teacher. Michaela and her best friend are adopted by an American couple.. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; 1KBB; ASDL; BGFA; BTP; YFY; YNDB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 215.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571314478
- ISBN
- 9780571314478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810119598
- ISBN
- 9780810119598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.19
€ 33.19
Paperback. The only English translation available of the reflections of the son of Peig Sayers, the last of the Great Blasket poets and storytellers. Translator(s): Enright, Tim. Num Pages: 160 pages, 8 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; BG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780192813206
- ISBN
- 9780192813206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 9.99
€ 15.99
€ 9.99
Paperback. A dazzling translation by Lydia Davis of the first volume of Michel Leiris's masterwork, perhaps the most important French autobiographical enterprise of the twentieth century Translator(s): Davis, Lydia. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; BGH; BGLA; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300212372
- ISBN
- 9780300212372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.04
€ 23.99
€ 18.04
Paperback. The second volume of Michel Leiris's hugely influential four-volume autobiographical essay, available to English-language readers in a brilliant and sensitive translation by Lydia Davis Translator(s): Davis, Lydia. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; BGH; BGLA; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300212389
- ISBN
- 9780300212389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.44
€ 18.99
€ 15.44
Paperback. Offers a study of those at the centre of Western civilization's vision of the world - the Enlightenment: nobles, priests, functionaries, men of letters, artists, explorers, soldiers and women. This book examines the fundamental structures of society, and attitudes to birth, death and sexuality. Editor(s): Vovelle, Michel. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 460 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226865706
- ISBN
- 9780226865706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.41€ 50.94
€ 59.41
€ 50.94
Hardback. Michel Winock situates Flaubert in France's century of great democratic transition. Wary of the masses, Flaubert rejected universal suffrage, but above all he hated the vulgar, ignorant bourgeoisie, a class that embodied every vice of the democratic age. His loathing became a fixation and a source of literary inspiration. Translator(s): Elliot, Nicholas. Num Pages: 528 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 44. Weight in Grams: 978.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674737952
- ISBN
- 9780674737952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.17
€ 40.99
€ 34.17
Paperback. In 1943, 32 Irish POWs refused a Gestapo request to work for Germany. They were sent to a labour camp, where they were starved, beaten and forced to dig the foundations for a Nazi super-structure. This is the gripping story of Harry Callan's capture, resistance and liberation and his quest to honour the forgotten heroes of Bunker Valentin. Num Pages: 320 pages, Black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1DFG; BGH; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
- Publisher
- The Collins Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848893016
- ISBN
- 9781848893016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.51
€ 16.99
€ 14.51
Paperback. Dressed by Chanel and Yves St Laurent, painted by Salvador Dali and Picasso and mingling with Colette and Proust, Helena Rubinstein not only enjoyed unbelievable success, but was also instrumental in empowering and liberating women. This is her story. Translator(s): Bignold, Kate; Iyer, Lakshmi Ramakrishnan. Num Pages: 404 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: BGB; KNSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 196 x 29. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Gallic Books
- Number of pages
- 404
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908313461
- ISBN
- 9781908313461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. The remarkable story of the young wife of Henry Grattan Guinness, one of the Victorian period's great evangelists - a life that sheds light on the interplay of faith, politics and family life through the historic times of the early twentieth century. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444753417
- ISBN
- 9781444753417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Hardback. Ahilarious memoir of growing up in 1950s suburbia by one of the UK's best-loved columnists. Num Pages: 368 pages, b&w integrated. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 174 x 28. Weight in Grams: 446. Good clean copy in dustwrapper. DW with some light shelf wear else as new.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- SKU
- KTG0005066
- ISBN
- 9780857204882
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99