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Biography: general

Paperback. 'Part biography, part collection of tips for the aspiring writer' Guardian. ON WRITING: A MEMOIR OF THE CRAFT is a brilliant book on writing from the number one bestselling writer. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
9781444723250
ISBN
9781444723250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 4 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGS; WSN; WSSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Stackpole Books United States
Number of pages
4
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780811722537
ISBN
9780811722537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 19.67

Paperback. The snooker legend reveals all about his turbulent life and career Num Pages: 320 pages, 2x8pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Headline London
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755316618
ISBN
9780755316618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. The first authorised biography of one of Britain's best-loved sportsmen. A special illustrated edition reissued to celebrate Moss's 85th birthday. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BGS; WSPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780228785
ISBN
9781780228785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. When Sir John Hale suffered a stroke that left him unable to walk, write or speak, his wife, Shelia, followed every available medical trail seeking knowledge of his condition and how he might be restored to health. This book is a unique exploration of aphasia - losing the ability to use or comprehend words - as well as of the resilience of love. Num Pages: 272 pages, 41 ill. BIC Classification: BGA; VFG; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Edition
1 Revised
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843105640
ISBN
9781843105640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.41

Paperback. "Just A Boy" was praised for its unflinching and unself-pitying account of a neglected childhood at the hands of an abusive father and uncaring authorities. This work is an account of how the author used the success of "Just A Boy" to try and save his sister, and of his attempts to make sense of his past. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 113 x 19. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Ebury Press London
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091908645
ISBN
9780091908645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Fifty years after his first hit single, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bill Medley remains an icon of popular music and one of its most beloved voices. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 pages black-&-white photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306823671
ISBN
9780306823671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.40

Paperback. A Sunday Times Bestseller. David Hart Dyke's compelling personal testimony is rejacketed and relaunched in paperback. 'Superbly frank and unsentimental.. The literature of the Falklands War would be much the poorer without this pithy, well constructed and brutally honest account of the fighting at sea.' Saul David, Daily Telegraph Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; BGHA; HBJQ; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 306. A Captain's Story of War at Sea. 304 pages. HMS Coventry's job during the Falklands War was to provide early warning of approaching enemy aircraft. On 25 May, Coventry was attacked by two Argentine Skyhawks and hit by three bombs. Her Captain, David Hart Dyke, himself badly burned, climbed down her starboard side and into a life-raft. This book tells his story. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; BGHA; HBJQ; HBW; JWF. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843545910
ISBN
9781843545910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.56

Paperback. * Subtitled 'An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson', this is a true story of a man's rediscovery of his mentor - a book about second chances. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751529814
ISBN
9780751529814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.19

Hardback. Num Pages: 233 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BG; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 181 x 20. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Edition
UK ed.
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594543890
ISBN
9781594543890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.57
€ 98.71

Paperback. A depiction of contemporary life in Native America. This book presents an Indian worldview in its holistic complexity and integrity, and is an addition to the literature of white-Indian cultural interrelationships. It presents an account of the author's life on the road, driving throughout Oklahoma and Arkansas teaching poetry in the schools. Series: North American Indian Prose Award. Num Pages: 119 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3404 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
119
Condition
New
Edition
Reissue
SKU
V9780803270664
ISBN
9780803270664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.40

Paperback. Editor(s): Midlo Hall, Gwendolyn. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGHA; JFSL3; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816679065
ISBN
9780816679065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Translator(s): Maree, Claire. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9781875559824
ISBN
9781875559824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Looks at how the biological facts of motherhood give rise to life-altering emotional and psychological changes. Series: River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803235083
ISBN
9780803235083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.63

Hardcover. View Last Stand's video trailer! A highly regarded environmental journalist turns his attention to one of the most compelling personalities in American business. Last Stand gives us a new, unexpected lens through which to view a previously unsung hero of conservation and offers prescriptions for the future of conservation. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGF; BGT; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 34. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Repackaged
SKU
V9780762784431
ISBN
9780762784431
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 23.50

Paperback. Working with the Curlew is an intimate and evocative account of an era before factory farming, when farmers worked closely with nature and the rhythm of the seasons, a smallholding could sustain a family, and there were enough small farms for a shepherd to climb the ladder to ownership. Num Pages: 128 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BG; TV; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Green Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903998342
ISBN
9781903998342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.65

Paperback. The memoirs of a legendary figure in TV and the arts, beautifully written, honest and fascinating. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp. BIC Classification: APT; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Condition
New
SKU
9780340823118
ISBN
9780340823118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.13

Paperback. This book is a magisterial overview of Henry Sidgwick, one of the great intellectual figures of nineteenth-century Britain. Num Pages: 882 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HPCD; HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
882
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9781107407343
ISBN
9781107407343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.76

Hardback. Roger Christian reveals his life story, from his earliest work in the British film industry to his breakthrough contributions on such iconic science fiction masterpieces as Star Wars, Alien and his own rediscovered Black Angel. This candid biography delves into his relationships with legendary figures, as well as the secrets of his greatest work. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12-24 colour page plate sections. BIC Classification: APFB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783299003
ISBN
9781783299003
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

Paperback. Offers the full intellectual biography of Friedrich A. Hayek - pivotal economic theorist. In this book, the author impressively situates Hayek in a broader intellectual context, unpacking the often-difficult turns in his thinking, and showing how his economic ideas came to inform his ideas on the other social sciences. Num Pages: 500 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 774.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226091938
ISBN
9780226091938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. Yukichi Fukuzawa (1835-1901) was a leading figure in the cultural revolution that transformed Japan from an isolated feudal nation into a full-fledged player in the modern world. Dictated by Fukuzawa in 1897, this autobiography offers a vivid portrait of the intellectual's life story and a rare look inside the formation of a new Japan. Translator(s): Kiyooka, Eiichi. Num Pages: 480 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; BGHA; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139878
ISBN
9780231139878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.19

Paperback. The poems and performance art of Hugo Ball and his contemporaries were the beginnings of Dada. This work includes Ball's diaries, the original Dada manifesto and a critical introduction. Translator(s): Raimes, Ann. Series: Documents of Twentieth-Century Art. Num Pages: 324 pages, 14 b&w photographs, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; ACXD7; BG; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520204409
ISBN
9780520204409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.81

Hardcover. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 842 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: BGX; HRCX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 237 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1326.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Edition
Cri Ant
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884023975
ISBN
9780884023975
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.05
€ 68.20

Hardcover. The dramatic arc of Saigo Takamori's life, from his humble origins as a lowly samurai, to national leadership, to his death as a rebel leader, has captivated generations of Japanese readers and now Americans as well - his life is the inspiration for a major Hollywood film, The Last Samurai, starring Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJC; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471089704
ISBN
9780471089704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.96

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