Biography: general
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Biography: general
Paperback. A window on to the extraordinary world of Noddy Holder, the much-loved Slade frontman, in his own words. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 200 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472119674
- ISBN
- 9781472119674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.61
€ 14.99
€ 12.61
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
€ 14.99€ 11.92
€ 14.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. Tells the story about the tangle of race, talk, and identity in the life of Martin Luther King Jr. This title delves into the intricacies of his sermons, speeches, storytelling, exhortations, jokes, jeremiads, taunts, repartee, eulogies, confessions, lamentation, and gallows humor. It explores his performances. Num Pages: 408 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; CFG; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JPH; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674046986
- ISBN
- 9780674046986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.73
€ 35.99
€ 30.73
The Word Made Flesh. Catholicism and Conflict in the Films of Martin S...
Bliss, Michael. Ed(S): Slide, Anthony
Paperback. An expanded and updated study of the thematic concerns and the underlying humanism and morality in Scorsese's films. Contains individual chapters on fifteen Scorsese films, the most complete Scorsese filmography available, and a host of illustrations. Editor(s): Slide, Anthony. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, 16 photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: APFA; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810835894
- ISBN
- 9780810835894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 90.23
€ 90.23
The Women's Camp in Moringen. A Memoir of Imprisonment in Nazi Germany...
Herz, Gabriele. Ed(S): Caplan, Jane
Hardback. Editor(s): Caplan, Jane. Translator(s): Herz, Hildegard; Hartig, Howard. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450779
- ISBN
- 9781845450779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.74
€ 163.74
This volume presents current scholarship and writing on female country musicians, pivotal in the country music scene since its inception. It begins with the 1920s career of teenage guitar picker Roba Stanley and moves on to consider more contemporary musicians such as Faith Hill. Editor(s): Wolfe, Charles K.; Akenson, James E. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 photographs. BIC Classification: AVGL; BGF; HBT; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813122809
- ISBN
- 9780813122809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.51
€ 49.51
Paperback. 7 April 1926: on the steps of the Capitol in Rome, surrounded by chanting Fascists, The Honourable Violet Gibson raises her old revolver and fires at the Italian head of state, Benito Mussolini - the darling of Europe's ruling class. The bullet narrowly misses the dictator's bald head, hitting him in the nose. This book tells her story. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DST; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571239795
- ISBN
- 9780571239795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.60
€ 19.99
€ 14.60
Paperback. With an introduction by Xiaolu Guo. A classic memoir set during the Chinese revolution of the 1940s and inspired by folklore, providing a unique insight into the life of an immigrant in America. Series: Picador Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781447275220
- ISBN
- 9781447275220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.29
€ 14.99
€ 11.29
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566398404
- ISBN
- 9781566398404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.83
€ 29.83
paperback. Memoir from the iconic fashion inventor, philanthropist, socialite and powerful feminist, Diane von Furstenberg Num Pages: 256 pages, 16pp colour. BIC Classification: AKB; AKT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471140297
- ISBN
- 9781471140297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.54
€ 14.99
€ 11.54
Paperback. Navigating family tensions and the trials of growing up, the author describes the close-knit community of North Yorkshire and his family's place within it: the shepherd probing the head-high snowdrifts for his flock; the pub landlord obsessed with military uniforms; and the village doctor lost in his love for the purple moorland. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099542353
- ISBN
- 9780099542353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 6.23
€ 15.99
€ 6.23
paperback. Stock market multimillionaire at 26, federal convict at 36, he partied like a rock star, lived like a king, and barely survived his rise and fall as an American entrepreneurial icon. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGBA; JKVK; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 366. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Two Roads
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001427
- ISBN
- 9781444778120
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Growing up, Johnson always suspected that his father was different. Only as a teenager did he discover the truth: his father was a spy, one of the CIA's most trusted officers. At first the secret was thrilling. But over time he began to have doubts. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393349436
- ISBN
- 9780393349436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.82
€ 17.99
€ 16.82
Hardcover. What happens when a father asks his son to lie for the greater good? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393239805
- ISBN
- 9780393239805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.47
€ 30.99
€ 27.47
Paperback. Now in paperback, the New York Times-bestselling story of one woman's fundamentalist upbringing and the brave stand she took on behalf of the women in her community. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24 halftones & 1x16page insert b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGXA; HRCC99. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781455527830
- ISBN
- 9781455527830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.63
€ 21.99
€ 16.63
Paperback. Masterly biography of Leigh Hunt - publisher, poet, critic and Republican, and the mentor of Keats and Shelley Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 16, b/w. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349117706
- ISBN
- 9780349117706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 ft, 1 map, 13 bw images throughout. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; BGH; BGR; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 557.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465066995
- ISBN
- 9780465066995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.02
€ 33.99
€ 23.02
Hardback. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, B&W Photos: 14,. BIC Classification: 2GJ; BGL; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231164887
- ISBN
- 9780231164887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.66€ 63.42
€ 81.66
€ 63.42
Paperback. In his final years, R.D. Laing (1927-1989) was arriving at lectures addled with hashish and brandy. Yet, earlier in the 20th-century he was an influential psychiatrist. Still, the author points out he was a man of contradictions, and mystery, and this text explores and searches into this mystery. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JM; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674953598
- ISBN
- 9780674953598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.90
€ 45.99
€ 38.90
Paperback. * an intriguing exploration of the life of Francis Bacon Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844080748
- ISBN
- 9781844080748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.92
€ 14.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. A revealing and complete biography of doomed hero George Mallory, which includes previously unpublished letters and family papers Num Pages: 320 pages, 3x8pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGS; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747264583
- ISBN
- 9780747264583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. John Muir's journals provide a unique marriage of natural history with lyrical prose and often amusing anecdotes, retaining a freshness, intensity and brutal honesty which will amaze the modern reader. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; BG; DNF; RNK; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 42. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862415860
- ISBN
- 9780862415860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.15
€ 21.99
€ 16.15
Paperback. This is Kobie Kruger's intimate account of raising a family in the isolated wilderness of South Africa's vast Kruger National Park. Illustrator(s): Kruger, Karin. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour) maps, colour portraits. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BG; RNKH; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553813340
- ISBN
- 9780553813340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.87
€ 20.99
€ 16.87
Paperback. The classic story of four nineteenth-century women who, for different reasons, gravitated to the wildness of the Middle East and North Africa. Num Pages: 336 pages, ill. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753827918
- ISBN
- 9780753827918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76