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Biography: general

Paperback. Rich Smith undertook a daring crime spree across the United States - a journey to break the dumbest American laws on the statute books. Here, it is illegal to: lie down and fall asleep in a cheese factory (South Dakota); play a trumpet with the intention of luring someone to a store (California); and, catch a fish with a lasso (Tennessee). Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Corgi London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KNW0007921
ISBN
9780552154062
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. Jesse Livermore is considered by many of today's top traders as the greatest trader who ever lived. The continually best-selling book, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, was based on him and his unique trading strategies. Livermore broke new ground in trading the market unlike any trader prior. Series: Wiley Investment. Num Pages: 336 pages, index. BIC Classification: BGH; KFFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471023265
ISBN
9780471023265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.49

Paperback. Series: I Love.. 400 Fantastic Facts. Num Pages: 160 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGR; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 180. .
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841656953
ISBN
9781841656953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.29

Hardback. Clever, attractive and ambitious, intellectually daring and physically courageous, Cornelia Sorabji was a remarkable woman. As India's first female lawyer, she was original and often outspoken in her views. Presenting a portrait of this determined and pioneering woman, this title is suitable for those with an interest in Indian or British history. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; JFSJ1; LAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 44. Weight in Grams: 926.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
448
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848853751
ISBN
9781848853751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.63
€ 53.95

Paperback. Presents powerful lessons on life and leadership based on the life and work of Nelson Mandela (1918 - 2013), whose fight against apartheid in South Africa has become an enduring example of resistance against injustice and oppression. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJ; BGH; HBJH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Virgin Books
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
9780753519349
ISBN
9780753519349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. Julie Andrews is the last of the great Hollywood musical stars - her extraordinary career spans more than forty years. Her first film, "Mary Poppins", was Disney's most successful film, and in 1965, "The Sound of Music" rescued Twentieth Century Fox from bankruptcy. This is a portrait of an enduring icon of stage and screen. Num Pages: 384 pages, Section: 16, 16pp colour plates. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749951627
ISBN
9780749951627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Hardback. The first full-scale account of a Persian king vilified by history Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; 3D; BGH; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 33. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300180077
ISBN
9780300180077
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.51

Paperback. F R Leavis is one of the most influential thinkers in twentieth-century theory. Drawing on the work of F R Leavis and the repercussions and responses that have arisen from it, this book examines concepts including: culture; mass; civilisation; tradition; practical criticism; and, life. Series: Routledge Critical Thinkers. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415364171
ISBN
9780415364171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.91

Hardback. Num Pages: 456 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2GDC; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 39. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231055307
ISBN
9780231055307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.26
€ 88.98

Paperback. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745611747
ISBN
9780745611747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.03

Paperback. A fascinating "oral history" of the actor-director, with countless interviews with family, friends and colleagues and the ex-Mr Madonna himself. Num Pages: 512 pages, 75 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 33. Weight in Grams: 407.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
SKU
KIN0004630
ISBN
9780571215492
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.44

Paperback. The name of Robert Adam is equated with taste, style and elegance. As visionary in the decoration of interiors as he was ingenious in the design of exteriors, Adam was more often responsible for the renovation, alteration or completion of existing buildings than for the creation of entirely new ones. Series: Lifelines S. Num Pages: 48 pages, 40ill.(some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AMB; AMR; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 5. Weight in Grams: 130. New.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
9780747806035
ISBN
9780747806035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.21

Paperback. A magisterial new biography reveals the real W.G. behind the record-breaking cricketer who was also the most recognisable public figure in Victorian Britain. Num Pages: 480 pages, 16pp colour and b/w. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139845
ISBN
9780349139845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. Thomas Hobbes, the first great English political philosopher, has had the reputation of being a pessimistic atheist. This study evaluates Hobbes's philosophy, describing him to have been passionately concerned with the refutation of scepticism, and to have developed a theory of knowledge, which rivalled that of Descartes in its importance. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; BG; HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 110 x 11. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192802552
ISBN
9780192802552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.77

Hardcover. Explores the lives of heralded Holocaust rescuers Andre and Magda Trocme, and the people of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon France who saved thousands of Jews from the Nazis Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609704
ISBN
9780815609704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.63

Paperback. Introduces readers to the basics of volcanology. This book follows the author as he descends into the steaming crater of the Soufri re Volcano on the island of St Vincent, as he conducts research on lava flows on the desolate south shore of the Island of Hawaii, and as he struggles to understand the explosion at Mount St Helens. Num Pages: 180 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: BG; RBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 257.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070179
ISBN
9780691070179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.08

Paperback. A wonderful farewell to the generation that fought at the battles of the Somme, Ypres, Passchendaele, Arras and Loos. Num Pages: 340 pages, 32 plate section, including 8 pages of colour, 70 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; BGHA; BJ; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473860896
ISBN
9781473860896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.33

Hardcover. Even two hundred years after Abraham Lincoln's death, we, like Walt Whitman, "love the President personally." Num Pages: 416 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 250 x 35. Weight in Grams: 770.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393065305
ISBN
9780393065305
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.25

Hardcover. Many people know that Claude Monet was a founder of French Impressionism, a master of landscape painting whose works include Sunrise and Water Lilies. Biographic: Monet presents an instant impression of his life, work and fame, with an array of irresistible facts and figures convered into infographics to reveal the artist behind the pictures. Num Pages: 96 pages, full colour photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; ACVT; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 242 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781452899
ISBN
9781781452899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138944169
ISBN
9781138944169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 44.82

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 bw in 8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780763897
ISBN
9781780763897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.77
€ 40.71

Paperback. Millions of people around the world watched in horror on that fateful day in Imola at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix when Ayrton Senna's car careered off the track at 190mph. The greatest driver in Formula One history was dead. This book explores Senna's life. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241950128
ISBN
9780241950128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. This title, originally published in 1972, has been updated to include Spector's work over the following three decades and the bizarre circumstances surrounding the shooting of Lana Clarkson at Spector's Los Angeles mansion on 03 February 2003. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Omnibus Press
SKU
9780711998643
ISBN
9780711998643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. Ferrari, the name itself evokes the world of speed, a world of fast cars, heroic deeds and glamour. This is the story of the man behind the name. This biography goes back to Enzo Ferrari's origins and traces his remarkable rise to prominence. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: BGB; BGS; TRC; WGCB; WSPC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Yellow Jersey
Condition
New
SKU
9780224059862
ISBN
9780224059862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

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