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Biography: general
paperback. When the author's sight finally became so limited that he no longer felt safe on busy city streets or traveling alone, he began a search for a guide. This title is his account of how his search ended with Smokie, a guide dog, and a dramatically different sense of blindness. Series: Animals, Culture, & Society. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFFG; JFFZ; VFJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Temple University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566396493
- ISBN
- 9781566396493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.47
€ 31.99
€ 28.47
The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1872-1876: Volume 2
James, Henry. Ed(S): Walker, Pierre A.; Zacha...
hardcover. Presents the complete letters of one of the great novelists and letter writers of the English language - Henry James. This title includes more than ten thousand letters reflecting on a range of topics - from James' own life and literary projects to broader questions about art, literature, and criticism. Editor(s): Walker, Pierre A.; Zacharias, Greg W. Series: The Complete Letters of Henry James. Num Pages: 342 pages, 6 figures. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4039 x 33. Weight in Grams: 835.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803222977
- ISBN
- 9780803222977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.20
€ 141.20
paperback. Success is about trusting your instincts and following your gut, knowing which rules to follow and which to break. This book shows that success doesn't come from where you went to college or how popular you were in school. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGBA; KJH; KJMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 210. Clean copy with minor warping and tearing to spine and front cover. Remains a good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0021690
- ISBN
- 9780241217931
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; HBJD; JP. Category: (G) General; (U) Tertiary Education. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Penn State University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271016047
- ISBN
- 9780271016047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.00€ 51.26
€ 60.00
€ 51.26
hardcover. Unavailable for many years the famous Freud/Jung Letters reveal two of the twentieth century's greatest minds at work. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph; Hull, R. F. C. Num Pages: 692 pages, 8 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BGA; JMAF; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 168 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1174.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 692
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- V9780415119825
- ISBN
- 9780415119825
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.80
€ 168.80
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fons Vitae,US United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781887752527
- ISBN
- 9781887752527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.47
€ 29.99
€ 26.47
Paperback. This biography traces the early life of George Edward Waddell in western Pennsylvania, the fits and starts of his first years in professional baseball, his big years with the A's, and his subsequent fade into obscurity and his early death. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JJC; BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- McFarland & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786407866
- ISBN
- 9780786407866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.44
€ 41.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 284 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 179 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- McFarland & Company
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786496969
- ISBN
- 9780786496969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.32
€ 41.32
Hardcover. Examines the life of Jonathan Fisher (1768-1847), a native of Braintree, Massachusetts, and graduate of Harvard College who moved in his late twenties to Blue Hill, Maine, where he embarked on a multifaceted career as a pioneer minister, farmer, entrepreneur, and artist. Num Pages: 336 pages, 85 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 185 x 30. Weight in Grams: 807.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558497436
- ISBN
- 9781558497436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.91
€ 64.91
paperback. Kraftwerk: I Was a Robot is the full insider's story of this legendary act, as told by the band's original drummer. From their early days in Dusseldorf to the band's implosion in the 80s and beyond, Wolfgang Flur's book is the definitive document of the Man Machine, a synth-driven quartet who transformed the face of modern music. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Omnibus Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781785585807
- ISBN
- 9781785585807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
Paperback. For fans of Call the Midwife and Nurse On Call, comes a funny, poignant account of life as a Devon country doctor. Editor(s): White-Cooper, Deborah. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWD; BGA; MBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232. Good, clean copy. Marked on back cover, otherwise in very good condition.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0008065
- ISBN
- 9781447252122
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. An important new interpretation of Daniel Webster's life by an award-winning biographer. Num Pages: 800 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1260.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton and Company, Inc.
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393045529
- ISBN
- 9780393045529
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.77€ 64.21
€ 64.77
€ 64.21
paperback. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780875807379
- ISBN
- 9780875807379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 46.64
€ 50.99
€ 46.64
Paperback. During the 1930s and 1940s William Grant Still was known as the "Dean of Afro-American Composers". He worked as an arranger for early radio, on Broadway, and in Hollywood. This text brings William Grant Still out of the archives and examines his place in America's musical heritage. Series: Music of the African Diaspora. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14 b/w illustrations, 1 table, 22 music examples. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC6; AVH; BGF; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KHN0001970
- ISBN
- 9780520215436
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This is an account of John and Gerardine Gleeson's quest to conceive, of the serious physical damage Gerardine suffered as a result of in-vitro fertilization, and of her tragic death. Num Pages: 192 pages, ports. BIC Classification: BGA; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Sitric Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KIN0007521
- ISBN
- 9781903305027
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. As a player, manager and football pundit, Gordon Strachan is one of the most popular names in football today. This is his story and his take on the game he loves. Num Pages: 416 pages, Section: 16, Colour. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KLN0016860
- ISBN
- 9780751537482
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. A biography of Eddie Collins, one of baseball's most consistently good batters, its best bunter and hit-and-run man, one of its craftiest base runners and finest defensive second basemen. It tells how, during his career, he was repeatedly referred to as the game's smartest player, both on and off the field. Num Pages: photos, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- McFarland & Company United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786432875
- ISBN
- 9780786432875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.07
€ 54.07
Paperback. The life of Karl Dane was a Cinderella story gone horribly wrong. The immigrant from Copenhagen was transformed from a machinist to a Hollywood star after his turn as the tobacco-chewing Slim in "The Big Parade". This biography tells the tale of a daring yet tragic man who aimed for his wildest dreams and succeeded, if only for a short time. Num Pages: 230 pages, ca. 55 photos, filmography, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- McFarland & Co Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786442072
- ISBN
- 9780786442072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.32
€ 41.32
hardcover. The sequel to "Aristocrats", this tells the story of the Irish revolutionary, Lord Edward Fitzgerald. Son of a duke, heir to estates and influence, Lord Edward died in a Dublin gaol, a rebel and a traitor. The book looks at how this happened, and explores the hidden relationships in his life. Num Pages: 350 pages, 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 165. Weight in Grams: 732. Signed by the author. Clean copy fine in dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0022545
- ISBN
- 9780701165383
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
paperback. Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power was neither inevitable nor smooth; it was full of mistakes, wrong turns and pitfalls. This book examines the evolution of Napoleon's character and the means by which at the age of thirty he became head of the most powerful country in Europe and skilfully fashioned the image of himself. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 137 x 43. Weight in Grams: 534. Clean copy with light reading wear. Newspaper clippings pasted to inside front cover and half-title page by previous owner. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Paperbacks
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0022766
- ISBN
- 9780747566779
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70