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Biography: general

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
€ 19.55

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
€ 10.70

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
€ 9.23

Hardcover. The first scholarly biography of Harry S. Truman's wife and "full partner" in the presidency. A traditional first lady who was repelled by personal publicity, Bess is revealed in this book as a shrewd political operator who knew how to achieve her own goals without fanfare and who influenced many of her husband's decisions. Series: Modern First Ladies. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700617418
ISBN
9780700617418
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.65

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

€ 90.17
€ 69.00

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
€ 37.69

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
€ 16.39

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
€ 13.37

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
€ 13.39

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

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

€ 23.38

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
€ 16.63

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
€ 19.30

Paperback. Lucrezia Borgia's name has echoed through history as a byword for evil - a poisoner who committed incest with her natural father, Pope Alexander VI, and with her brother, Cesare Borgia. Long considered the most ruthless of Italian Renaissance noblewomen, her tarnished reputation has prevailed long since her own lifetime. This text tells her story. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141014135
ISBN
9780141014135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

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
€ 11.85

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
€ 11.02

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: 518.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
284
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300187717
ISBN
9780300187717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.64

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

Paperback. Sarah Gorham recounts her childhood education as a rebellious, insecure, angry girl shipped overseas to a tiny international school perched on a mountain shelf in Bernese-Oberland, Switzerland. There, boot camp style, she experienced deprivation, acute embarrassment, and keen educational guidance, all in the name of growing up. Series Editor(s): Griswold, John. Series: Crux: The Georgia Series in Literary Nonfiction. Num Pages: 208 pages, 28 black & white images. BIC Classification: 1DFH; BGA; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Georgia Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820350721
ISBN
9780820350721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.11

Paperback. The true story of the White Queen and more, this is a thrilling history of the extraordinary noblewomen who lived through the Wars of the Roses. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Second Printing edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007309306
ISBN
9780007309306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.37

Paperback. Niece to Mary, Queen of Scots, granddaughter to the great Tudor dynast Bess of Hardwick, Lady Arbella Stuart was brought up in the belief that she would inherit Elizabeth I's throne.Drawing on contemporary sources, Sarah Gristwood has painted a portrait of a woman in the turbulent years when the Tudor gave way to the Stuart dynasty. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations (some col.), facsims., geneal. tables, map, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553815214
ISBN
9780553815214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

Hardback. Num Pages: 456 pages, 2 maps, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX; HREX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 231 x 32. Weight in Grams: 758.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231147682
ISBN
9780231147682
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.93
€ 72.48

Paperback. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTELLER 'A TOUR DE FORCE' Huffington Post - 'SIMPLY EXTRAORDINARY' NEW YORK TIMES 'It's such a savage thing to lose your memory, but the crazy thing is, it doesn't hurt one bit. A blackout doesn't sting, or stab, or leave a scar when it robs you. Close your eyes and open them again. That's what a blackout feels like.' Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473616103
ISBN
9781473616103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Compelling account of a legendary Palestinian resistance fighter. From refugee camp to international infamy. Series: Revolutionary Lives. Num Pages: 168 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJP; 3JM; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745329512
ISBN
9780745329512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.65

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