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Biography: general

Paperback. An astute and engrossing biography from the author of Victor Hugo and Balzac. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330488037
ISBN
9780330488037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.68

Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGXA; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Zondervan United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310347873
ISBN
9780310347873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.90

Paperback. The sensational autobiography of the controversial Tour de France winner and Team Saxobank owner/manager, Bjarne Riis Translator(s): Bacon, Ellis. Num Pages: 320 pages, Colour section. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 215 x 23. Weight in Grams: 344.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Vision Sports Publishing
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907637513
ISBN
9781907637513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.15

Paperback. This work tells the stories, in their own words, of the New Orleans civil rights workers who fought the racial terrorism that scarred so much of the South in the United States in the 1950s and 60s. The accounts span three generations of activists, tracing their risks, triumphs and disappointments. Num Pages: 292 pages, 23 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFFJ; JFSL; JPVH; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814774564
ISBN
9780814774564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.30

Hardcover. A unique, personal, and fascinating insight into one of the world's most celebrated PR agencies and the man behind it. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGBA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472909350
ISBN
9781472909350
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.28

Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170. .
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652297365
ISBN
9789652297365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 27.25

Paperback. Tells a rags-to-riches story of David Russo, an Italian-American upstart from the streets of Brooklyn who claws his way into the wild, frenetic world of the testosterone-laced warrens of the Merc Exchange, and the asylum-like oil trading center located in lower Manhattan where billions of dollars trade hands every week. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; KNBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254. Good, clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KSG0006565
ISBN
9780747596356
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 16 b&w plates. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; BGF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816673018
ISBN
9780816673018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.93

Paperback. Loved by Jon Stewart (The Daily Showon Channel 4), lavishly praised by Entertainment Weekly, profiled in The New York Times Science section, and reprinted four times, Mike Mullane's laugh-out-loud, attention-grabbing memoir about his life as an astronaut is finally available in paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 pp b-w insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGT; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Scribner
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780743276832
ISBN
9780743276832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.32

Hardback. Radie Britain (1899-1994) was a famous twentieth-century composer whose orchestral compositions have been performed by leading orchestras around the world and one composition, 'A String Quartet,' was performed at the White House. Includes a chronology of events and awards and a chronological list of her works. Series: Composers of North America. Num Pages: 444 pages, music, ports. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJ; AVGC6; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 149 x 29. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
444
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810827332
ISBN
9780810827332
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.76

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Allen & Unwin New Zealand
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877505157
ISBN
9781877505157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.70

Paperback. The definitive biography of the late T-Rex front man Marc Bolan. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 X 8pp colour. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444758795
ISBN
9781444758795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.11

Paperback. Ricky Hatton in Las Vegas .. what could possibly go wrong? Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472223494
ISBN
9781472223494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. * The astonishing and bestselling autobiography of Ricky Tomlinson, one of Britain's best-loved actors and entertainers. Num Pages: 464 pages, Section: 24, b/w. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 34. Weight in Grams: 338. Clean copy showing some wear to spine and cover. Small tears to top and bottom of spine but remains a good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0002204
ISBN
9780751534030
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 45 halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; RBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173283
ISBN
9780691173283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.16

Hardback. By developing the scale that bears his name, Charles Richter not only invented the concept of magnitude as a measure of earthquake size, he turned himself into a household word. This work takes the reader into Richter's life story, setting it in the context of his family and interpersonal attachments, and the history of seismology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 45 halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; PDZ; RBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128078
ISBN
9780691128078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.00
€ 22.04

Paperback. The first ever biography of slave turned bare-knuckle boxing legend Bill Richmond (1763-1829). Num Pages: 264 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGS; JFSL3; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445644899
ISBN
9781445644899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. Consistently an outsider - a child of the fundamentalist South, a self-taught intellectual, a black man married to a white woman - Richard Wright nonetheless became the unparalleled voice of his time. This title chronicles his journey from a sharecropper's shack in Mississippi to international renown as a writer and outspoken critic of racism. Num Pages: 638 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 976.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
638
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226730387
ISBN
9780226730387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.66

Hardback. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 423.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403973214
ISBN
9781403973214
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.34

Hardback. Best known for the challenging four-opera cycle The Ring of the Nibelung, Richard Wagner (1813-83) was a conductor, librettist, theater director, and essayist, in addition to being the composer of some of the most enduring operatic works in history, such as the Flying Dutchman. This book explores key ideas in Wagner's life and works. Translator(s): Spencer, Mr. Stewart. Num Pages: 416 pages, 43 halftones, 37 line drawings. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 776.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226924618
ISBN
9780226924618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 31.90

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