Biography: general
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Biography: general
Paperback. Few personalities from classical antiquity are more familiar yet more poorly grasped than Cleopatra (69-30 BC), queen of Egypt. In this work, Duane Roller has written the definitive biography of the queen, not as a figure in popular culture or even in the arts and literature of the last 500 years, but as the last Greek queen of Egypt. Series: Women in Antiquity. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; BGH; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199829965
- ISBN
- 9780199829965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.84
€ 19.99
€ 19.84
Paperback. A shaman and visionary - not a poet in any ordinary sense - Maria Sabina lived out her life in the Oaxacan mountain village of Huautla de Jimenez. This work includes a presentation from Sabina's recorded chants and an English translation of her oral autobiography, her vida, as written and arranged in her native language. Editor(s): Rothenberg, Jerome. Series: Poets for the Millennium S. Num Pages: 225 pages, 3 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 2ADS; BG; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520239531
- ISBN
- 9780520239531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.17
€ 38.99
€ 34.17
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752437279
- ISBN
- 9780752437279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.21
€ 16.99
€ 14.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816632213
- ISBN
- 9780816632213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.40
€ 31.40
Paperback. * The remarkable life story of Johnson Beharry, from Grenadian poverty to being awarded the Victoria Cross and becoming a national hero *An utterly compelling story that will inspire this and future generations Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 16, colour. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; BGHA; HBJF1; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- First Thus
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751538793
- ISBN
- 9780751538793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.12
€ 16.99
€ 13.12
Paperback. A masterly biography of a great Conservative Prime Minister (and publisher) - Harold Macmillan (1894-1986). Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 40. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Phoenix London
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753827024
- ISBN
- 9780753827024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Paperback. Anna Samweber (1884-1969), an active coworker in Berlin with Rudolf Steiner and Marie Steiner-von Sivers, presents a lively, homely, and often moving collection of anecdotes and recollections. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRQC5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 7. Weight in Grams: 88.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rudolf Steiner Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855845183
- ISBN
- 9781855845183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.34
€ 12.34
Paperback. The autobiography of one of cricket's best-loved characters. Num Pages: 464 pages, 8pp b/w & 16pp colour. BIC Classification: BGF; BGS; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340770504
- ISBN
- 9780340770504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.98
€ 19.99
€ 14.98
Paperback. Tales, dreadful and delightful, from the disaster-prone world of international opera. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8pp colour photos. BIC Classification: AVGC9; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857211699
- ISBN
- 9780857211699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.18
€ 14.99
€ 12.18
Paperback. A collection of letters written by Robert Louis Stevenson throughout his remarkable life. Selected from the eight critically-acclaimed volumes of Stevenson's letters, the letters have been annotated and put in context by the editor, an authority on Stevenson's life and work. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 640 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JH; BG; BJ; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 41. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300091243
- ISBN
- 9780300091243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.78
€ 48.78
Hardback. How did the flamboyant career of Nicolas G Hayek, a creative entrepreneur, begin? How did he go about the challenge of achieving his extraordinary success? What precisely is his relationship with the Swatch Group? Presenting an account of Hayek's life, this title answers these questions. Translator(s): Leighton, Sophie. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Free Association Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853432088
- ISBN
- 9781853432088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.97
€ 32.97
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007156979
- ISBN
- 9780007156979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.88
€ 16.99
€ 12.88
Paperback. Series: New Approaches to Midwestern History. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; 3JH; BGH; HBTS; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821421604
- ISBN
- 9780821421604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.28
€ 32.28
Paperback. Biography of John MacBride, husband of Maude Gonne, who was executed as part of the 1916 Rising. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The O'Brien Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847172709
- ISBN
- 9781847172709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 10.85
€ 15.99
€ 10.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 80 colour and black and white. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 190 x 11. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Plexus Publishing
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859654524
- ISBN
- 9780859654524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.08
€ 16.99
€ 14.08
Paperback. This memoir focuses on the now-vanished lifestyle of railroad hands and their families who lived along the Southern Pacific railroad tracks in the 1920s and 1930s Num Pages: 192 pages, 14 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; 3JJG; BGHA; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Nevada Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874173536
- ISBN
- 9780874173536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.38
€ 28.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Granville Island Publishing
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926991306
- ISBN
- 9781926991306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.42
€ 20.99
€ 15.42
Paperback. The dramatic and inspiring story of one woman's incredible journey into the heart of a man and his nation. Num Pages: 480 pages, 30. BIC Classification: BGRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 41. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753817568
- ISBN
- 9780753817568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.55
€ 19.99
€ 14.55
Hardback. Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun (1859-1952), winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920, was both a brilliant and controversial man. This biography offers a nuanced account of this morally ambiguous man. Drawing on Hamsun's extraordinary private archives and on his psychoanalyst's notes, it delves into Hamsun's personal life and character. Translator(s): Skuggevik, Erik; Dawkin, Deborah. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 b/w. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 169 x 36. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- F First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300123562
- ISBN
- 9780300123562
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.51
€ 54.51
Paperback. Tracing Fred Astaire's life from his birth in Omaha to his death in his late eighties in Hollywood, this book discusses his early days with his talented and outspoken sister Adele, his gifts as a singer, and his many movie dance partners, among them Rita Hayworth, Eleanor Powell, Cyd Charisse, and Betty Hutton. Series: Icons of America. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASDT; AVGM; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300158441
- ISBN
- 9780300158441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.69
€ 23.69
Paperback. This portrayal of Jane Ellen Harrison raises the question of who wins (and how) in the competition for academic fame. The author captures Harrison's ability to create her own image, and contrasts it with the story of Eugenie Sellers Strong, a younger competitor. Series: Revealing Antiquity. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1QDAG; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674008076
- ISBN
- 9780674008076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.47
€ 40.99
€ 34.47
Paperback. Traces the life of Britain's only female Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, from her upbringing in Grantham to her unexpected challenge to Edward Heath for leadership of the Conservative party and her eventual removal from power. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 137 x 36. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099575160
- ISBN
- 9780099575160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.88
€ 17.99
€ 14.88
Paperback. Everyone thinks they know the real Gordon Ramsay: rude, loud, pathologically driven, stubborn as hell. But this is his bestselling real story.. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 b/w, 40 col plates (24pp). BIC Classification: BGFA; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007229680
- ISBN
- 9780007229680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.36
€ 14.99
€ 11.36
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226423456
- ISBN
- 9780226423456
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.11
€ 56.11