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Biography: general

Paperback. The long overdue first UK publication of one of Sven Lindqvist's best-loved books - and the one for which he is most famous in his home country - an exquisitely written meditation on the author's relationship with art. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 145 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847085221
ISBN
9781847085221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.95

Paperback. A wonderfully honest and beautifully-written memoir from one of the most intriguing football managers of the last 25 years. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472211491
ISBN
9781472211491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.75

Paperback. Describes the lives of twelve women, whether saints and reformers or seers and spiritualists - who spoke out against the mainstream teachings of the Church. This book outlines their beliefs, their attempts to make themselves heard, their clashes with the spiritual authorities, the influence they achieved and the legacies they left behind. Num Pages: 160 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HRC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 231 x 13. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Lutterworth Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718830243
ISBN
9780718830243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 204 x 23. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Juggernaut Publication
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789386228093
ISBN
9789386228093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.29

Hardcover. "Cadenus" is primarily concerned with the relationship between Swift and Vanessa (Esther Van Homrigh), "Swift's Most Valuable Friend" with that between Swift and Stella (Esther Johnson). Both help to determine the precise nature of this triangle, and the impact it had on his writing and career. Illustrator(s): Brocquy, Louis Le. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; BGH; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136. . Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New
SKU
KEX0201819
ISBN
9781843510178
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. "Cadenus" is primarily concerned with the relationship between Swift and Vanessa (Esther Van Homrigh), "Swift's Most Valuable Friend" with that between Swift and Stella (Esther Johnson). Both help to determine the precise nature of this triangle, and the impact it had on his writing and career. Illustrator(s): Brocquy, Louis Le. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; BGH; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136. . Clean copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Edition
New
Number of pages
320
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KEX0220095
ISBN
9781843510178
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Hardcover. "Cadenus" is primarily concerned with the relationship between Swift and Vanessa (Esther Van Homrigh), "Swift's Most Valuable Friend" with that between Swift and Stella (Esther Johnson). Both help to determine the precise nature of this triangle, and the impact it had on his writing and career. Illustrator(s): Brocquy, Louis Le. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; BGH; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136. . Clean copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Edition
New
Number of pages
320
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KEX0220096
ISBN
9781843510178
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Paperback. A biography of Mrs Nassau Senior, 1822-1877, that tells how an extraordinary woman escaped from the constraints of Victorian domesticity to become the first woman in Whitehall and one of Britain's great social reformers. An ardent Christian Socialist radical, Jeanie Senior co-founded the British Red Cross in the Franco-Prussian war. Num Pages: 348 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
348
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845192549
ISBN
9781845192549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.40

Paperback. Showing how history imprints itself on private lives, this memoir presents the author's sensuous, harrowing, and altogether remarkable life. It moves from Berlin during the Great War to the artists' set on the Cote d'Azur, through lovers, mentors, seducers and friends, and from genteel yet shabby poverty to relative comfort in London's Chelsea. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140279764
ISBN
9780140279764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.65

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hatherleigh Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781578264698
ISBN
9781578264698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.35

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hatherleigh Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781578264711
ISBN
9781578264711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 752 pages, 50+ images and photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; BGH; BGL; HBJK; HBLW; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 134 x 46. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804179706
ISBN
9780804179706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.53

Paperback. The American-born Winnaretta Singer (1865-1943) was a millionaire at the age of eighteen, due to her inheriting a substantial part of the Singer Sewing Machine fortune. Her 1893 marriage to Prince Edmond de Polignac, an amateur composer, brought her into contact with the most elite strata of French society. This book presents her biography. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 572 pages, 29, 29 black and white. BIC Classification: ABQ; AVGC6; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 34. Weight in Grams: 824. A Life of Winnaretta Singer, Princesse De Polignac. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. 572 pages, 29, 29 black and white. The American-born Winnaretta Singer (1865-1943) was a millionaire at the age of eighteen, due to her inheriting a substantial part of the Singer Sewing Machine fortune. Her 1893 marriage to Prince Edmond de Polignac, an amateur composer, brought her into contact with the most elite strata of French society. This book presents her biography. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ABQ; AVGC6; BG. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 34. Weight: 790.
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
572
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580463331
ISBN
9781580463331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.15

Paperback. With the growth of English cities during the Industrial Revolution came a booming population too vast for churchyards. Beckett Street Cemetery in Leeds was to become the first municipal cemetery in the country. This study relates how the cemetery was started and run, and describes the developing feuds between denominations. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750950602
ISBN
9780750950602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.38

paperback. A biography of a mathematical genius who at the age of thirty-one, suffered from a devastating breakdown and was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Yet after decades of leading a ghost-like existence, he was to re-emerge to win a Nobel Prize and world acclaim. Num Pages: 464 pages, 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; PBUD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 36. Weight in Grams: 512. Very good copy showing minor age and wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025754
ISBN
9780571212927
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 287.
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Abridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385493918
ISBN
9780385493918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.63

Paperback. Presents exact and complete transcriptions of the journals kept by Sylvia Plath for the last twelve years of her life - covering her marriage to Ted Hughes and her struggle with depression - are a key source for the poems which make up her collections Ariel and The Colossus. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571301638
ISBN
9780571301638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.06

Paperback. Part memoir, part comic monologue, this is an ensemble of mishaps and anecdotes that reveal the ups and downs of one woman's life. Relentlessly self-deprecating, Sylvia Smith's diary relays the humdrum, everydayness of living, yet it steadily gains momentum as a darker undertone gathers force. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
SKU
KRF0025704
ISBN
9781841952079
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Part memoir, part comic monologue, this is an ensemble of mishaps and anecdotes that reveal the ups and downs of one woman's life. Relentlessly self-deprecating, Sylvia Smith's diary relays the humdrum, everydayness of living, yet it steadily gains momentum as a darker undertone gathers force. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Main
SKU
KRF0025833
ISBN
9781841952079
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927051535
ISBN
9781927051535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.85

Paperback. Translator(s): Goshgarian, G. M. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HP; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801487583
ISBN
9780801487583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 39.97

Paperback. A biography that contains exclusive material and interviews on Leonard Cohen - singer-songwriter, musician, poet, and novelist. It explores various facets of Cohen's life. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099549321
ISBN
9780099549321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.90

paperback. One of the greatest physicists of the 20th century recounts his journey from Hungary and the Nazi invasion to the creation of the first atomic bomb. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGTA; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 427.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780738208862
ISBN
9780738208862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.46

Paperback. This work looks back over the life and work of Cyril and Methodius of Thessalonica and analyzes their ecclesiastical and cultural mission. They were the ones to bring the alphabet to the Slavs. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1DVW; BG; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC8; HRCX7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 175 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
St Vladimir´s Seminary Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881411980
ISBN
9780881411980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.40

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