Biography: general
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Biography: general
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
€ 29.99€ 27.47
€ 29.99
€ 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
€ 81.81€ 63.42
€ 81.81
€ 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
Hardcover. The only president to later serve as chief justice of the United States, William Howard Taft remarked in the 1920s that 'I don't remember that I ever was President'. This title presents an assessment of Taft's accomplishments and setbacks in office. It shows why Taft's presidency is very much worth remembering on its own terms. Series: American Presidency Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BGH; HBJK; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700616749
- ISBN
- 9780700616749
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.48
€ 55.48
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
Paperback. Veuve Clicquot champagne epitomizes glamor and style, with tribute paid everywhere from Lord Byron to Casablanca. But who was this young widow - the 'Veuve' - Clicquot, whose champagne sparkled at the courts of France, Britain, and Russia, and how did she rise to celebrity and fortune? This book talks about widow Clicquot. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGB; WBXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061288586
- ISBN
- 9780061288586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.85
€ 14.99
€ 12.85
Hardcover. This enchanting collection brings together hundreds of Winston Churchill's wittiest remarks, as a record of all that was best about this endearing, conceited, talented and wildly funny Englishman. Num Pages: 162 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Michael O'Mara
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854795298
- ISBN
- 9781854795298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.72
€ 13.99
€ 11.72
Hardback. The Wicked Wit of Queen Elizabeth II is a celebration of the Queen's reign through some of her wittiest, most sarcastic and humorous observations, revealing a fascinating side of her personality that often remains hidden from the public. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGR; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Michael O´Mara Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782433651
- ISBN
- 9781782433651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.72
€ 13.99
€ 11.72
Paperback. A candid account by a 1950s political operative and shrewd lobbyist Num Pages: 280 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992327
- ISBN
- 9780295992327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.88
€ 38.88
Hardback. Chantal Thomas presents the history of the mythification of one of the most infamous queens in all history, whose execution still fascinates us today. Translator(s): Rose, Julie. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTG; HBTV; JFSJ; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299397
- ISBN
- 9780942299397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.82
€ 35.82