Biography: general
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Biography: general
Paperback. The last member of Operation Valkyrie - the daring July 20 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler - tells his remarkable story. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD; HBWQ; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753825662
- ISBN
- 9780753825662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.25
€ 11.99
€ 10.25
Paperback. With all the emotional power of The Kite Runner, this is the very first true life account of growing up in Afghanistan, by a writer who still lives in Kabul. Num Pages: 416 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; BGA; HBJF; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 125 x 27. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447221753
- ISBN
- 9781447221753
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
Hardback. The incredible story of the Brit-nominated pop star and judge of Strictly Come Dancingand Britain's Got Talent Num Pages: 256 pages, 2x8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: APB; APT; AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 239 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471102172
- ISBN
- 9781471102172
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 5.52
€ 19.99
€ 5.52
Paperback. This incisive biography begins withthe spectacularly tragic last day of the militant Japanese novelist, perhaps best known for his monumental four-book masterpiece The Sea of Fertility. Num Pages: 352 pages, 39. BIC Classification: 2GJ; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815410744
- ISBN
- 9780815410744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.80
€ 20.80
Paperback. In 1944, at the age of fifteen, Marceline Loridan-Ivens was arrested in occupied France, along with her father. They were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and forcibly separated. Though he managed to smuggle one last note to her, Marceline never spoke to her father again. This memoir offers a deeply moving message from a daughter to a father. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571328024
- ISBN
- 9780571328024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.44
€ 10.99
€ 9.44
Paperback. The first biography of the elusive musician who influenced an entire generation of country songwriters as his tragic life became the stuff of legend Num Pages: 360 pages, 40 photographs. BIC Classification: AVGL; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Hachette Books United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306816048
- ISBN
- 9780306816048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.67
€ 25.99
€ 22.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; 3JMC; BGB; TVF; TVG; TVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Chelsea Green Publishing Co
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781603585309
- ISBN
- 9781603585309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.07
€ 26.99
€ 18.07
Paperback. Surviving Vietnam with 101st Airborne Division. 288 pages, 16 page photo section. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGHA; HBWS2. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935149095
- ISBN
- 9781935149095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.67
€ 26.99
€ 22.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564784247
- ISBN
- 9781564784247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.33
€ 12.33
Hardback. 18 July 1898. World-renowned novelist Emile Zola is on the run. His crime? Taking on the highest powers in the land with his open letter 'J'accuse' and losing. Forced to leave Paris, with nothing but the clothes he is standing in and a nightshirt wrapped in newspaper, Zola flees to England with no idea when he will return. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 250 x 34. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571312016
- ISBN
- 9780571312016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.16
€ 19.99
€ 15.16
Paperback. Ida Pruitt, born of American missionaries and raised in a rural Chinese village at the end of the nineteenth century, witnessed almost a century of China's revolutionary upheavals. This work tells the story of this remarkable woman, and brings a different perspective to the study of modern Chinese history. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629962210
- ISBN
- 9789629962210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.96
€ 39.96
Paperback. Contains recollections by wealthy individuals about their lives and experiences, demonstrating how financial and religious aspects of their lives unfold and often intertwine. This text develops a sociology of wealth that goes beyond conventional, power-elite, Marxist and status-group theories. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BG; HPQ; HRC; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275950941
- ISBN
- 9780275950941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.21
€ 46.99
€ 39.21
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313291463
- ISBN
- 9780313291463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.81€ 79.38
€ 87.81
€ 79.38
Paperback. Translator(s): Leslie, Tanya. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583225745
- ISBN
- 9781583225745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.48
€ 14.99
€ 12.48
Paperback. In THE NURSES, journalist Alexandra Robbins peers behind the staff only door to write a lively, fast paced story. Robbins followed real like nurses in four hospitals and interviewed hundreds of others in a captivating book filled with joy and violence, miracles and heartbreak, dark humour and narrow victories, gripping drama and unsung heroism. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 41. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Workman Publishing Company
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761189251
- ISBN
- 9780761189251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.81
€ 20.99
€ 17.81
Hardcover. Chester Himes and John A Williams met in 1961, as Himes was on the cusp of transcontinental celebrity and Williams, sixteen years his junior, was just beginning his writing career. This is a collection of correspondence between these two friends, presenting nearly three decades worth of letters about their lives and loves. Editor(s): Williams, John A.; Williams, Lori. Series: African American Life. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Edition
- Adapted ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814333556
- ISBN
- 9780814333556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.96
€ 39.96
Paperback. Illuminating the life of Simon Cowell and delving into backstage scandal, tabloid rumour and the cut-throat worlds of music and television, this book presents a detailed insider's account of entertainment mogul Simon Cowell's rise to meteoric fame and all of the controversial highs and lows along the way. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 200 x 31. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571278374
- ISBN
- 9780571278374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 4.99
€ 19.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Poet and musician, Lady Anne Barnard lived at the heart of Georgian society. High-born yet egalitarian, she travelled to France to observe the Revolution, rejected numerous suitors, and lived independently. Her curious ways attracted gossip right into her final years when she raised an illegitimate child at her home in Berkeley Square. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1DDF; 3JF; BGH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571311125
- ISBN
- 9780571311125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 5.70
€ 12.99
€ 5.70
Paperback. In Treblinka Survivor, Journalist and author Mark S. Smith traces the life of a man who survived seven camps, and what he had to do to achieve this. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BGH; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752463711
- ISBN
- 9780752463711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.63
€ 20.99
€ 19.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 317 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; BGS; JFSL3; VSPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Tyndale House Publishers United States
- Edition
- Enlarged ed.
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781414318028
- ISBN
- 9781414318028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.54
€ 18.99
€ 18.54
Hardcover. Aims to acquaint Proust fans with Jeanne Weil Proust. This book captures the life and times of Proust's mother, from her German-Jewish background and her marriage to a Catholic grocer's son to her lifelong worries about her son's sexuality, health problems, and talent. It explores the culture of fin de siecle France. Translator(s): Kaplan, Alice. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226056425
- ISBN
- 9780226056425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.96
€ 32.99
€ 25.96
Paperback. Editor(s): Chapman, R. W. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 1536 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 130 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1182. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 1536
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0000131
- ISBN
- 9780199540211
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 32.99€ 20.55
€ 32.99
€ 20.55
Hardcover. Focusing on love and loss, this book celebrates friendship, reading, love of children and the consolations of a landscape. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 770. Good clean copy fine in dustjacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0000247
- ISBN
- 9780224088985
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Published in the UK for the first time, The Last American Man is by the author of huge international bestseller Eat, Pray, Love Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BG; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000553
- ISBN
- 9781408801161
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99