Biography: general
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Biography: general
The First Lady of Radio: Eleanor Roosevelts Historic Broadcasts
Blanche Wiesen Cook Stephan Drury Smith
Hardcover. Editor(s): Smith, Stephen Drury. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJ; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 211 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New Press, The
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620970423
- ISBN
- 9781620970423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.21
€ 27.99
€ 24.21
Paperback. Hollywood celebrities feared her. William Randolph Hearst adored her. Between 1915 and 1960, Louella Parsons was America's premier movie gossip columnist and in her heyday commanded a following of more than forty million readers. This biography of Parsons tells the story of her reign over Hollywood during the studio era. Num Pages: 426 pages, 25 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: APF; BGF; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 426
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520249851
- ISBN
- 9780520249851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.01
€ 31.99
€ 23.01
Hardcover. By the time Eunice Grayson played James Bond's girlfriend she had already become one of the first reality TV stars. Her leading men included Sean Connery and Roger Moore, and she co-starred in a record-breaking run of 'The Sound of Music'. This is the inside story of an original Bond girl and some of the best-loved films ever made. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Publisher
- Signum
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956653475
- ISBN
- 9780956653475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.05
€ 26.99
€ 18.05
Paperback. Those promoting Empire as an expression of white supremacy found Arthur Wharton, the world's first black professional footballer, a supreme irritation, and he eventually died in poverty. Series: Sport in the Global Society. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BGS; HBTB; JFSL3; WSJA; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714644592
- ISBN
- 9780714644592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.01
€ 74.01
Hardcover. An autobiography of Margaret Rhodes, the first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and the niece of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. It is an account of a special life, including her family relationships to nobility and royalty, her long and special marriage, her children and grandchildren, and a life lived to the full. Num Pages: 160 pages, 8pp colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 166 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Calder Walker Associates
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780954127565
- ISBN
- 9780954127565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.01
€ 24.99
€ 23.01
Paperback. The autobiography of Margaret Rhodes, the Queen's first cousin and niece of the late Queen Mother. Num Pages: 195 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: BGRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224. A Royal Memoir by the Queen's Cousin. 195 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (chiefly col.). The autobiography of Margaret Rhodes, the Queen's first cousin and niece of the late Queen Mother. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGRA. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight: 252.
- Publisher
- Birlinn General
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780270852
- ISBN
- 9781780270852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.39
€ 13.99
€ 13.39
Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; APFA; APFB; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911325185
- ISBN
- 9781911325185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.75
€ 141.75
Paperback. A reportage by one of Britain's most distinguished non-fiction writers that describes what happened when he got access to the file on him kept during his years in East Germany by the Stasi, the infamous secret police. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HP; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 194 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228. 256 pages. A reportage by one of Britain's most distinguished non-fiction writers that describes what happened when he got access to the file on him kept during his years in East Germany by the Stasi, the infamous secret police. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: BG; HP; JKSW1. Dimension: 194 x 130 x 21. Weight: 232.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848870888
- ISBN
- 9781848870888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.05
€ 17.99
€ 13.05
Hardback. The story of baseball's most violent incident-August 22, 1965-when Giants pitcher Juan Marichal clobbered Dodgers catcher John Roseboro with his bat: the stories of the players, the American cultural backdrop, and the baseball competition and culture that led to the explosive moment, plus the incident's lasting effects. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 34.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762787128
- ISBN
- 9780762787128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.59
€ 27.99
€ 21.59
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566638104
- ISBN
- 9781566638104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.41
€ 29.99
€ 25.41
Hardback. The first scholars to have access to Rock's personal papers, Marsh and Ronner offer a compelling look at a man whose work defined the reproductive revolution, with its dual developments in contraception and technologically assisted conception. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; MFKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890017
- ISBN
- 9780801890017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.72
€ 37.99
€ 31.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BJ; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Open Gate Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781871871449
- ISBN
- 9781871871449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.54
€ 24.99
€ 21.54
Paperback. An Igbo woman becomes king at a time of extraordinary change in Africa Num Pages: 322 pages, 29 b&w illus., 12 maps, 9 music exx., 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; BGH; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253222480
- ISBN
- 9780253222480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.56
€ 31.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. In The Fellowship, Philip and Carol Zaleski offer the first complete rendering of the Inklings' lives and works. Lewis maps the medieval mind, accepts Christ while riding in the sidecar of his brother's motorcycle, becomes a world-famous evangelist, and creates new forms of religiously attuned fiction while wrestling with personal crises. Num Pages: 656 pages, 16 pages of black and white illustrations, notes, bibliography and index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 211 x 51. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780374536251
- ISBN
- 9780374536251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.76
€ 25.99
€ 22.76
Paperback. In June 1405, King Henry IV stopped at a small Yorkshire manor house to shelter from a storm. That night he awoke screaming that traitors were burning his skin. His instinctive belief that he was being poisoned was understandable: he had already survived at least eight plots to dethrone or kill him in the first six years of his reign. Num Pages: 496 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844135295
- ISBN
- 9781844135295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.53
€ 23.99
€ 16.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; BTC; GBC; GPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781632207036
- ISBN
- 9781632207036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.04
€ 16.99
€ 15.04
Hardcover. Sleeping sickness, also known as Human African trypanosomiasis, is one of Africa's major killers. Interweaved with African geography, this work presents the author's story which reveals what it is like to be a young doctor falling in love with Africa, and tells of his building of a vocation in the search for a cure for this cruel disease. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1H; BGTA; MBGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 145 x 27. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905222674
- ISBN
- 9781905222674
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.92
€ 26.99
€ 18.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; BGT; MBGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135 x 2. .
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Edition
- 3rd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910745342
- ISBN
- 9781910745342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.89
€ 15.99
€ 11.89
Paperback. Christopher Wood, a young Englishman, decided to be the greatest painter the world had seen. Richard Hilary, confident, handsome and unprincipled, flew Spitfires in the Battle of Britain before being shot down and horribly burned. Jeremy Wolfenden was born in 1936, the son of Jack, later Lord Wolfenden. This work talks about these three people. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BG; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099518013
- ISBN
- 9780099518013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 12.45
€ 18.99
€ 12.45
Paperback. The legendary voice of the New York Knicks, Giants, and Jets writes also of his years as a Syracuse football star and a track Olympian who was denied his chance to compete in the 1936 Olympics due to anti-Semitism in Berlin, where he was dropped from the 400 metre relay team. Series: Sport & Leisure in America S. Num Pages: 216 pages, 47 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGSA; KNTD; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815605744
- ISBN
- 9780815605744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.08
€ 20.99
€ 20.08
Paperback. Offering a critical analysis of Louis Farrakhan's ascent to national influence, the author argues that the minister's rise to prominence is a function of race and reaction in contemporary America. He probes the origins and significance of Farrakhan in American politics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFF; JFSL1; JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878406586
- ISBN
- 9780878406586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.61
€ 71.61
Paperback. While growing up, the author felt like 'the village idiot with O'levels'. He left Yorkshire to work as a journalist in London, but returned when his dad called with the news that they were going to have to sell the family farm, and, in so doing, leave the home and livelihood. This book presents his personal account. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGA; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Penguin Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141012940
- ISBN
- 9780141012940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.79
€ 19.00
€ 16.79
Paperback. Adrian Kenny's memoir is many things: diary of a frustrated young writer and lover; portrait of bohemian social life in 1970s Dublin; and an intimate history of the rising Catholic middle class, the advanced guard of the Celtic Tiger. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BG; DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Lilliput Pr Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901866377
- ISBN
- 9781901866377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.30
€ 10.30
Paperback. After the events of 11 September, the author noticed that many colleagues seemed determined to understand the perpetrator rather than support the victim. America, in their view, had it coming. In rejecting that analysis, the author set out to unpick the prejudices that had come to shape progressive, liberal and wider public opinion. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; JPF; JPFK; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784700423
- ISBN
- 9781784700423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 9.46
€ 19.00
€ 9.46