Biography: general
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Biography: general
Paperback. In 2010, the author was the editor of the Guardian, set himself an almost impossible task: to learn, in the space of a year, Chopin's Ballade No 1 - a piece that inspires dread in many professional pianists. His timing could have been better. This title deals with his works. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: AVRG; BJ; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554745
- ISBN
- 9780099554745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.19
€ 17.99
€ 13.19
Paperback. A very special 20th anniversary edition of the acclaimed cult trainspotting classic Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGA; WDH; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 277 x 29. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785781056
- ISBN
- 9781785781056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.45
€ 14.99
€ 12.45
Paperback. Stephen Kuusisto, an American, has been almost completely blind since a post-natal operation severely damaged his retinas. In this autobiography he tells of the years of lonely childhood spent behind bottle-lens glasses, the struggle through high school and college, and first love and sex. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFFG; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KNW0009821
- ISBN
- 9780571196968
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Stephen Kuusisto, an American, has been almost completely blind since a post-natal operation severely damaged his retinas. In this autobiography he tells of the years of lonely childhood spent behind bottle-lens glasses, the struggle through high school and college, and first love and sex. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFFG; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KLN0018142
- ISBN
- 9780571196968
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Stephen Kuusisto, an American, has been almost completely blind since a post-natal operation severely damaged his retinas. In this autobiography he tells of the years of lonely childhood spent behind bottle-lens glasses, the struggle through high school and college, and first love and sex. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFFG; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KLN0017855
- ISBN
- 9780571196968
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Stephen Kuusisto, an American, has been almost completely blind since a post-natal operation severely damaged his retinas. In this autobiography he tells of the years of lonely childhood spent behind bottle-lens glasses, the struggle through high school and college, and first love and sex. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFFG; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KLN0017854
- ISBN
- 9780571196968
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
The biography of Max Planck, a brilliant scientist living in Nazi Germany, and a man considered to be the father of quantum theory. Num Pages: 280 pages, With 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; BGT; HBJD; HBLW; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190219475
- ISBN
- 9780190219475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 40.92
€ 41.99
€ 40.92
Paperback. In this sequel to Catherine Cookson's collection of essays and poems, "Let Me Make Myself Plain", she offers a further selection of thoughts, recollections and observations on life - and death - together with more of the poems she prefers to describe as "prose on short lines". Num Pages: 336 pages, 8pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 107 x 24. Weight in Grams: 200. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0010071
- ISBN
- 9780552143844
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. After the man she defied her parents to marry died in 1866, leaving her alone on the frontier with their many children, Martha Maupin was torn between grief and relief after a difficult marriage. Lone mothers had few options in her day, but she took charge of her own dream and bought her own place. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BG; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 23.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762796014
- ISBN
- 9780762796014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.11
€ 17.99
€ 15.11
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Hoover, Adrian. Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; BG; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816631292
- ISBN
- 9780816631292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.61
€ 19.61
Hardback. Pius II (1405-1464) began life as Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini in a small town near Siena and became a Latin poet and diplomat. This book gives us a glimpse of his life and thoughts. Editor(s): Meserve, Margaret; Simonetta, Marcello. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HBG; HBLC; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674024892
- ISBN
- 9780674024892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.40
€ 40.99
€ 33.40
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 145 illustrations. BIC Classification: AMB; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 264 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1170.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271022932
- ISBN
- 9780271022932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.26€ 83.67
€ 102.26
€ 83.67
Paperback. A man full of contradictions: he who achieved so much 'blew it' later in life, declining into scandal, failure and even farce. A unique man ahead of his time, he lived a large part of his life among pirates yet managed to preserve what Coleridge called his exquisite refinement of mind. A classic example of the best narrative history Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552772105
- ISBN
- 9780552772105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
€ 14.99
€ 11.64
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271065496
- ISBN
- 9780271065496
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73€ 81.37
€ 98.73
€ 81.37
Paperback. At last available in a modern, annotated edition, these tales describe combat at sea, extraordinary escapes, and religious conversion, but they also illustrate the power, prosperity, and piety of Muslims in the early modern Mediterranean. Editor(s): Vitkus, Daniel J. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3J; BGH; HBJH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 566. Barbary Captivity Narratives from Early Modern England. 416 pages, illustrations, maps. Editor(s): Vitkus, Daniel J. At last available in a modern, annotated edition, these tales describe combat at sea, extraordinary escapes, and religious conversion, but they also illustrate the power, prosperity, and piety of Muslims in the early modern Mediterranean. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3J; BGH; HBJH; HBLL. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight: 548.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119054
- ISBN
- 9780231119054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.82
€ 40.99
€ 28.82
Paperback. The autobiography of the most successful Three Day Event rider of all time - updated for the paperback edition. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752865195
- ISBN
- 9780752865195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.93
€ 13.99
€ 10.93
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Aldridge, Alan. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: AKC; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Spellbinding Media
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909964068
- ISBN
- 9781909964068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.87
€ 11.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. A six-time world surfing champion and actor describes his life and career, recounting how he turned to surfing to escape his difficult home life, appeared on Baywatch for a year, briefly dated Pamela Anderson, and worked to achieve his athletic goals. Reprint. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060096311
- ISBN
- 9780060096311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.57
€ 13.99
€ 10.57
Hardback. Eve A. Pollecoff here tells the story of Otto Markus - 'Pioneer Merchant Trader' - who established his East African Trading Company in the wake of growing British interest in East Africa: especially Kenya and Uganda. Num Pages: 224 pages, 32 in 16pp bw plates. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 1HFGU; 3JH; BGH; HBTQ; KCLT. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 151 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848859371
- ISBN
- 9781848859371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.80€ 53.95
€ 58.80
€ 53.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Folklore Publishing Canada
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894864428
- ISBN
- 9781894864428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.34
€ 10.99
€ 9.34
hardcover. A heart-pounding historical account of Allan Pinkerton's role in the Civil War-protector of Abraham Lincoln and mastermind of a controversial network of Union spies. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBWJ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 34.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762770724
- ISBN
- 9780762770724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.73
€ 25.99
€ 20.73
Paperback. The enfants terribles of America at mid-20th Century challenged the sexual censors of their day while indulging in "bitchfests" for love, glory, and boyfriends. This book exposes their literary slugfests and offers an intimate look at their relationships with the glitterati - everyone from Marilyn Monroe to Jacqueline Kennedy and Marlon Brando. Num Pages: 528 pages, 130 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1168.
- Publisher
- Blood Moon Productions, Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936003372
- ISBN
- 9781936003372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.47
€ 27.47
Paperback. The first-ever biography in English of Pina Bausch: perhaps the most influential performer and choreographer of the 20th century. Translator(s): Black, Penny. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: ASD; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Oberon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783199891
- ISBN
- 9781783199891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.20
€ 24.99
€ 21.20
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060520724
- ISBN
- 9780060520724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.98
€ 19.99
€ 17.98