Biography: general
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Biography: general
Paperback. A biography of Gerry Mulligan chronicling his immense contribution to American music. Series: Hal Leonard Jazz Biography Series. Num Pages: 204 pages, black and white images throughout. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781480360242
- ISBN
- 9781480360242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.01
€ 37.01
Hardback. This annotated edition of Clio makes available in a well-documented and illustrated modern text the autobiography of Martha Fowke Sansom. This lively account of Fowke's life is filled with illuminating material on her family background, education, and emotional and social experiences. Editor(s): Guskin, Phyllis J. Num Pages: 210 pages, 11ill. BIC Classification: BGHA; DCQ; DSBD; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874136074
- ISBN
- 9780874136074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.44
€ 117.44
Paperback. Presents the biography of Napoleon who lived one of the extraordinary of all human lives. This book shows how after seizing power in a coup d'etat he ended the corruption and incompetence into which the Revolution had descended. Num Pages: 976 pages, 32pp. colour. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 201 x 51. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141032016
- ISBN
- 9780141032016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 16.68
€ 25.99
€ 16.68
Paperback. The untold story of the remarkable woman behind England's greatest medieval king, Edward I. Num Pages: 432 pages, 40. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445660264
- ISBN
- 9781445660264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.04
€ 27.04
Hardcover. When Sara was only five years old, her violent father began to sexually abuse her. She suffered in silence for many years, as her father took advantage of her innocence and her mother turned a blind eye to the horrors. In an attempt to rebuild her life, as a teenager, she became a model but even this choice was to lead to more misery. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BTP; JFFE1; JFFE2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd London
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KNW0008158
- ISBN
- 9781844542840
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardcover. The first proper biography of Jasper Tudor, the architect of a victory at Bosworth and thus the Tudor dynasty Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781553909
- ISBN
- 9781781553909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.72
€ 26.99
€ 19.72
Paperback. Did Patrizia Reggiani murder Maurizio Gucci in 1995 because his spending was out of control? Did she do it because he was about to marry is mistress? Or, could it be that she didn't do it at all? Sara Forden takes the reader behind the scenes. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations facsim., geneal. table, portraits. BIC Classification: BGB; KND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- CustomHse
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 4th printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060937751
- ISBN
- 9780060937751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. Offers a collection of pieces on adoption, by writers from three sides of the issue: adopted children, birth mothers, and adoptive parents. The pieces in this work talk about identity, family, love and belonging. Editor(s): Holloway, Sara. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JHBK; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862078574
- ISBN
- 9781862078574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.27
€ 10.99
€ 9.27
Hardcover. Editor(s): Mitchell, Sara. Num Pages: 257 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 183 x 20. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560728290
- ISBN
- 9781560728290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.29€ 69.72
€ 90.29
€ 69.72
Hardcover. A study of David Octavius Hill (1802-70), pioneer photographer, painter and lithographer. It analyzes his photographic partnership with Robert Adamson, offering an understanding of its remarkable success, and explains the purpose and intelligence of this work in the context of Hill's life. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 240 pages, 105 b/w + 41 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; ACV; AJB; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 284 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300095340
- ISBN
- 9780300095340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.20
€ 52.99
€ 38.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 283.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226779812
- ISBN
- 9780226779812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.54
€ 18.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. Apsley Cherry Garrard (1886-1959) was one of the youngest members of Captain Scott's final expedition to the Antarctic. Cherry undertook an epic journey in the Antarctic winter to collect the eggs of the Emperor penguin. This work presents the biography of Cherry. Num Pages: 368 pages, facsimiles, illustrations, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1MTS; BGH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099437536
- ISBN
- 9780099437536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Conservationist, scholar, soldier, white hunter and fabled lover - Denys Finch Hatton was an aristocrat of leonine nonchalance. This book reveals the truth behind the author's love affairs with the glamorous aviatrix Beryl Markham, and - famously - with Karen Blixen, a romance immortalized in her memoir Out of Africa. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 3JJ; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing London
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099450276
- ISBN
- 9780099450276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
paperback. How to get on well with people, how to adjust to losing someone you love? How to live? This question obsessed Renaissance nobleman Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-92), who wrote free-roaming explorations of his thought. This biography of Montaigne relates the story of his life by way of the questions he posed and the answers he explored. Num Pages: 400 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099485155
- ISBN
- 9780099485155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.53
€ 15.99
€ 12.53
Hardback. Num Pages: 80 pages, 15 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BG; DNF; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 107 x 178. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781477309490
- ISBN
- 9781477309490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.53
€ 23.53
Paperback. King George VI reigned through taxing times. Acceding to the throne upon his brother's abdication, he was immediately confronted with the turmoil in European politics leading up to the Second World War, then the War itself, followed by a period of austerity, social transformation and loss of Empire. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 704 pages, geneal. tables. BIC Classification: BGR; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 47. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241956090
- ISBN
- 9780241956090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.73
€ 23.99
€ 16.73
Paperback. Jackie Bouvier's privileged upbringing instilled rigid self-control, while her expedient marriage into the Kennedy clan consolidated her determination. This book deals with private Jackie - neglected wife, vigilant mother, obsessive shopper and working widow. Num Pages: 704 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 134 x 46. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241967430
- ISBN
- 9780241967430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.49
€ 25.99
€ 19.49
Paperback. Elizabeth II has lived through Abdication, the Blitz and World War Two, the sex and spy scandals of the swinging sixties, the Cold War and the nuclear threat and the Fall of the Berlin Wall. She has known 11 US Presidents including JFK and Ronald Reagan, and other world leaders like President Mandela and Pope John XXII. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; BGR; HBJD1; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Viking
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780670919123
- ISBN
- 9780670919123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Unravels Elizabeth's family secrets - how she was influenced by her father; her troubled relationships with her children; the story of her difficult marriage; and how this remarkable monarch has coped with the pressures of being a mother who is also the most famous woman in the world. Num Pages: 616 pages, illustrations, genealogy, tables. BIC Classification: BGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141006550
- ISBN
- 9780141006550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Hardcover. This book explores the gender politics of the reign of Mary I of England from her coronation to her funeral and examines the ways in which the queen and her supporters used language, royal ceremonies, and images to bolster her right to rule and define her image as queen. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DD; 3JB; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341043
- ISBN
- 9780230341043
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.29
€ 67.29
paperback. In this nuanced portrait of Athelstan, Sarah Foot offers the first full account of the king ever written. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 284 pages, b/w pls. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300187717
- ISBN
- 9780300187717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.04
€ 24.99
€ 19.04
Hardcover.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape London
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- KNW0008125
- ISBN
- 9780224085328
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardcover. Disentangles the cult of Angela Carter as 'the fairy godmother of magical realism'. Drawing on Carter's own autobiographical articles as well as her novels and short stories, this study examines her engagement with topical issues, assessing the relationship between her life, her times and her art. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 896.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333992937
- ISBN
- 9780333992937
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.88
€ 69.88
Paperback. Sarah Gamble's compelling study, now available in paperback, disentangles the cult of Angela Carter as 'the fairy godmother of magical realism' from her own claims to be a materialist and a 'demythologiser' by placing her within the social, political and theoretical context in which she wrote. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DNF; DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580985
- ISBN
- 9780230580985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34