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Biography: general

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Biography: general

Paperback. Maliodoma Patrice Some was born in a Dagara Village, however he was soon to be abducted to a Jesuit school, being harshly indoctrinated into European ways of thought and worship. This title tells the story of his return to his people, his hard initiation back into those people, which lead to his desire to convey their knowledge to the world. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: BG; HRLK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140194968
ISBN
9780140194968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

paperback. Bringing together a range of historians, anthropologists and political theorists, this volume celebrates and analyses the influence of Colin Ward and his uniquely approachable and creative form of anarchism. Editor(s): Levy, Carl. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; JPFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Lawrence and Wishart Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907103735
ISBN
9781907103735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.46

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12 pp. b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; BGH; HBJD; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300217452
ISBN
9780300217452
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.55

Paperback. The doctor is back again and on the wards! Now in his third year as Junior Doctor, Max looks and sounds the part. But this time around, things are not at all as he expected.. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; MBD; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 201 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340919958
ISBN
9780340919958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Hardback. This new biography of Noel Field suggests he may have spied both for the Soviet Union and for the United States. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; HBTW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 143 x 31. Weight in Grams: 652.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849043441
ISBN
9781849043441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.09

Paperback. The first full biography of Albert Einstein since all of his papers have become available -- a fully realised portrait of this extraordinary human being, and great genius. Num Pages: 704 pages, 16pp b-w plates. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847390547
ISBN
9781847390547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.44

Hardback. Known as Hollywood's 'Boy Wonder', Irving Thalberg created classics such as "Ben-Hur", "Tarzan the Ape Man", "Grand Hotel", "Freaks", "Mutiny on the Bounty", and "The Good Earth", but died tragically at thirty-seven. This work uses production files, financial records, and correspondence to confirm the genius of Thalberg's methods. Num Pages: 528 pages, 36 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 40. Weight in Grams: 902.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
528
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260481
ISBN
9780520260481
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 half tone. BIC Classification: BG; HRQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Temple Lodge Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902636283
ISBN
9781902636283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.42

Paperback. From 1935, the author and her second husband, Heinz Neumann, were political refugees in Moscow. In April 1937, Neumann was arrested by the secret police. She was arrested in 1938. This book describes the two years of suffering she endured in the Soviet prisons and in the Central-Asian concentration and slave labour camp of Karaganda. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVUA; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845951030
ISBN
9781845951030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.40

Paperback. Surprising, fearless and laugh out loud funny, this is the world according to Danny Dyer Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGFA; WHG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784297435
ISBN
9781784297435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. A portrait of the life and work of Benjamin Britten. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714847719
ISBN
9780714847719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 pp insert on reg. stock. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGH; JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 657.
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465065585
ISBN
9780465065585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.19

Paperback.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590177068
ISBN
9781590177068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.02

Paperback. BIC Classification: BG. .
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Alfred Music
Publication date
2015
Edition
Pcr Crds
Condition
New
SKU
V9781470618568
ISBN
9781470618568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155516
ISBN
9781903155516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 130 b/w photos & documents. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764311697
ISBN
9780764311697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.51

Hardcover. Mingling fact and fiction, science and personal record, history and anecdote, the author uses his training as an industrial chemist and the terrible years he spent as a prisoner in Auschwitz to illuminate the human condition. Translator(s): Rosenthal, Raymond. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; BG; FA; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152180
ISBN
9781857152180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 80 black and white photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
Plexus Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Third Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859654401
ISBN
9780859654401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.42

Hardcover. Ken Barnes was widely regarded as one of the finest footballers of his generation never to have won an England cap. During a distinguished playing career with Manchester City, Ken appeared in the FA Cup finals of 1955 and 1956 and later captained the club before retiring in the early 60s. Num Pages: 252 pages. Dimension: 227 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Empire Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
190
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781901746495
ISBN
9781901746495
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.27

Hardback. The story of how Nathan Mayer Rothschild financed Wellington's victory over Napoleon at Waterloo. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 table, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; BGH; KCZ; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804751650
ISBN
9780804751650
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.31

Paperback. A biography that cuts directly to the essence of Genet's life, a life of extraordinary spectacle that was always profoundly entangled with his work. It emphasises those elements that made his life particularly inspirational in the 1960s and which continue to make it vital for readers. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 160 pages, 28 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861891785
ISBN
9781861891785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.33

paperback. When the author wrote it in the immediate aftermath of World War II, most scholars outside Germany viewed Nietzsche as part madman, part proto-Nazi, and almost wholly unphilosophical. This title offers an account of his life and works, and of the uses and abuses to which subsequent generations had put his ideas. Series: Princeton Classics. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HPCD; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 207 x 146 x 38. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
With a New foreword by Alexander Nehamas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160269
ISBN
9780691160269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.19

Hardcover. In 124 epistles Seneca (c. 4 65 CE) writes to Lucilius, occasionally about technical problems of philosophy, but more often in a relaxed style about moral and ethical questions, relating them to personal experiences. He thus presents a Stoic philosopher s thoughts about the good life in a contemporary context. Translator(s): Gummere, R.M. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 469 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 117 x 169 x 27. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Loeb
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1925
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674990869
ISBN
9780674990869
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.02

Paperback. This magisterial dual biography illuminates two complex lives that began alike but were on opposite sides of the Second World War. Translator(s): Frisch, Shelley. Num Pages: 624 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: APB; BGF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 231 x 36. Weight in Grams: 812.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631492280
ISBN
9781631492280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.48

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