Biography: general
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Biography: general
Paperback. Num Pages: 222 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGA; MN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- tfm Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 222
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903378144
- ISBN
- 9781903378144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.00
€ 33.99
€ 25.00
Paperback. Tells the history of the modest family which rose to become one of the most powerful in Europe. This title explores the intensely dramatic rise and fall of the Medici family in Florence, as well as the Italian Renaissance which they did so much to sponsor and encourage. Num Pages: 448 pages, 33. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099522973
- ISBN
- 9780099522973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Hardback. Cosimo dei Medici stabilized ducal finances, secured his borders, doubled his territory, attracted scholars and artists to his court, academy, and universities, and dissipated fractious Florentine politics. These triumphs were far from a foregone conclusion, as Gregory Murry shows in this study of how Cosimo crafted his image as a sacral monarch. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HRAM2; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725478
- ISBN
- 9780674725478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.84€ 57.98
€ 62.84
€ 57.98
Paperback. "Randel is endlessly fascinating, and Holloway's biography tells his life with great skill."-Steve Weinberg, USA Today Num Pages: 384 pages, 53 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BGH; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393347906
- ISBN
- 9780393347906
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
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Paperback. One of the most captivating and influential actors in Hollywood writes not just about his life, but about life itself. Num Pages: 272 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Pocket Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780743403863
- ISBN
- 9780743403863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- St Martin´s Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250114969
- ISBN
- 9781250114969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 11.10
€ 26.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. Dave Van Ronk (1936-2002) was one of the founding figures of the 1960s folk revival. This memoir of Greenwich Village in the '60 offers a first-hand account by a major player in the social and musical history of the '50s and '60s. It also features encounters with young stars-to-be like Bob Dylan, Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs, and Joni Mitchell. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8pgs B&W photos. BIC Classification: AVGH; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Hachette Books United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306822162
- ISBN
- 9780306822162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.44
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Paperback. A fond and fascinating tribute to George Finch (1888-1970), mountaineer, scientist, inventor and polymath, who pioneered the use of the artificial oxygen that enabled Everest to finally be conquered thirty years after his own attempt. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1 x 8pp b+w insert. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781760113490
- ISBN
- 9781760113490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardcover. The first complete look at one of America's legendary business leaders This groundbreaking biography by Kevin Maney, acclaimed technology columnist for USA Today, offers fresh insight and new information on one of the twentieth century's greatest business figures. Over the course of forty-two years, Thomas J. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGB; KJ; KNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 238 x 43. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471414636
- ISBN
- 9780471414636
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.81
€ 40.99
€ 31.81
Paperback. The first complete look at one of Americaa s legendary business leaders This groundbreaking biography by Kevin Maney, acclaimed technology columnist for USA Today, offers fresh insight and new information on one of the twentieth centurya s greatest business figures. Over the course of forty--two years, Thomas J. Num Pages: 486 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGB; KNTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471679257
- ISBN
- 9780471679257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.13
€ 31.99
€ 25.13
Paperback. A look at how a small town farmers' son became one of the most globally recognised fighters of his generation. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473648029
- ISBN
- 9781473648029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. A look at how a small town farmers' son became one of the most globally recognised fighters of his generation. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473648005
- ISBN
- 9781473648005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
Paperback. Providing a full-length investigations of Pierre de Fermat's life and work, this title provides rare insight into the mathematical genius of a hobbyist who never sought to publish his work, yet who ranked with his contemporaries Pascal and Descartes in shaping the course of modern mathematics. Num Pages: 456 pages, 67 figs. BIC Classification: 3JD; BG; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Revised
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691036663
- ISBN
- 9780691036663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.08€ 64.27
€ 83.08
€ 64.27
Hardback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 158 x 35. Weight in Grams: 912.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691158501
- ISBN
- 9780691158501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. The definitive biography of David Dubinsky, one of the most controversial and influential labour leaders in 20th-century America Num Pages: 436 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPA; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814770368
- ISBN
- 9780814770368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Illuminates the life, career, and political activism of Jarrico, the recipient of an Oscar nomination for his screenplay for "Tom, Dick, and Harry" (1941) and the producer of the only film ever blacklisted, "The Salt of the Earth" (1954). Num Pages: 352 pages, 11 photographs. BIC Classification: APF; BGF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124537
- ISBN
- 9780813124537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.49
€ 36.49
Hardcover. A classic American success story with a twist Like J.P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, and Andrew Carnegie, Marshall Field was one of the overlords of triumphant capitalism in the Gilded Age of the late nineteenth century. However, his phenomenal wealth and generous philanthropy masked a disastrous personal life. Num Pages: 384 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; BGB; KJV; KNPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471024934
- ISBN
- 9780471024934
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.77
€ 41.99
€ 32.77
Paperback. The Marquess of Queensberry is perhaps as famous for destroying one of our greatest literary geniuses as he was for helping establish the rules of modern-day boxing. This biography of the marquess, also known as John Sholto Douglas, paints a far more complex picture by drawing on new sources and unpublished letters. Num Pages: 336 pages, 27 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300205206
- ISBN
- 9780300205206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.65
€ 16.99
€ 13.65
paperback. An 18th-century adventure - a true story of love, murder and survival.. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JF; BGH; BTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780553815399
- ISBN
- 9780553815399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 11.64
€ 16.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. Hidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in London's Piccadilly is an enormous and beautiful hand-coloured map - the first geological map of anywhere in the world. Its maker was a farmer's son named William Smith. Born in 1769 his life was beset by troubles. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations, facsimiles, maps, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTP; RGV; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140280395
- ISBN
- 9780140280395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Hugh Everett III's "Many Worlds" theory is now considered a hugely important breakthrough in the history of physics. This book tells the story of the physics establishment's rejection of his theory, his subsequent Pentagon career in nuclear strategy, and his difficult personal life and eventual death from alcoholism. Num Pages: 464 pages, 43 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BGT; HBTW; PDX; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199659241
- ISBN
- 9780199659241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.55
€ 37.55
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, Black and White Photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 215 x 26. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Rizzoli Ex Libris
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847841295
- ISBN
- 9780847841295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.96
€ 26.99
€ 24.96
Paperback. In the autumn of 1961, a KGB assassin defected to West Germany. Bogdan Stashinsky had already travelled on numerous occasions to Munich, where he had singlehandedly tracked down and killed the enemies of the communist regime. His weapon was a specially designed secret it killed without leaving any trace. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BG. .
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786071767
- ISBN
- 9781786071767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.31
€ 16.99
€ 13.31
Hardcover. Witty and engaging biography of James Sadler, the first Englishman to fly - in 1784, he rose approximately 3,600 feet over Oxford in a self-built balloon powered by hydrogen Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; BGT; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909930018
- ISBN
- 9781909930018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.87
€ 19.99
€ 19.87