Biography: general
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Biography: general
Paperback. Heavyweight Champion of the World from 1919 to 1926, Jack Dempsey began his boxing career as a skinny boy of sixteen, riding the rails and participating in hastily staged saloon bouts against miners and lumberjacks. This biography charts the life and career of a man widely regarded as one of the toughest ever to enter the ring. Num Pages: 344 pages, 7 photographs. BIC Classification: BGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252071485
- ISBN
- 9780252071485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.74
€ 21.99
€ 21.74
Paperback. Autobiography of probably the greatest corporate leader of the 20th century, JACK was a Number One bestseller in the USA and around the world Num Pages: 496 pages, 16pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGBA; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 197 x 34. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group London
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747249795
- ISBN
- 9780747249795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.69
€ 14.99
€ 11.69
Paperback. The definitive critical study of Tolkien's greatest works by the respected and world renowned Tolkien scholar Professor T.A. Shippey. Num Pages: 384 pages, With index. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780261104013
- ISBN
- 9780261104013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.58
€ 13.99
€ 10.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 1835 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 175 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 1835
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772895154
- ISBN
- 9788772895154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 109.36€ 82.70
€ 109.36
€ 82.70
Paperback. Drawing on a range of material by and about J.M. Barrie, this is a biography of the novelist, playwright, and author of "Peter Pan or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up". It includes material from recorded interviews with the Llewelyn Davies family and is reissued to mark the centenary of "Peter Pan". Num Pages: 336 pages, 120 illustrations, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSG; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300098228
- ISBN
- 9780300098228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.32
€ 26.99
€ 20.32
Hardback. Deals with Coetzee's origins, early years, and first writings. This book corrects many of the misconceptions about Coetzee, and that illuminates the genesis and implications of his novels. It is suitable for everybody concerned with Coetzee's life and work. Translator(s): Heyns, Michiel. Num Pages: 712 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 155 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1248.
- Publisher
- Scribe Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781922070081
- ISBN
- 9781922070081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 25.38
€ 40.99
€ 25.38
Paperback. Series: Inspirations. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 353 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 122. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Argyll Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0006178
- ISBN
- 9781906134693
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. This is the first biography of JJ Abrams, one of the most successful director-writer-producers working in Hollywood, cult legend, and director of the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens film. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784187750
- ISBN
- 9781784187750
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 16.85
€ 24.99
€ 16.85
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859184899
- ISBN
- 9781859184899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.00€ 21.31
€ 25.00
€ 21.31
Hardcover. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 35. Weight in Grams: 800. A Life Raised High. 480 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 35. Weight: 796.
- Publisher
- Pomona
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904590231
- ISBN
- 9781904590231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.38
€ 26.99
€ 23.38
Paperback. The original authorised biography, and the only one written by an author who actually met J.R.R. Tolkien, reissued to mark Tolkien's 125th Anniversary. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8 b/w plates (8pp), Index. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008207779
- ISBN
- 9780008207779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.71
€ 17.99
€ 12.71
Paperback. Editor(s): Salu, Mary; Farrell, Robert T. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801478871
- ISBN
- 9780801478871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.04
€ 28.04
Hardcover. J Paul Taylor was born to a pioneering New Mexico family. He was first elected to the New Mexico House of Representatives in 1986, a position he held until his retirement in 2004. This title recounts the life of this legislator, educator, community leader, and arts patron. Num Pages: 128 pages, 55 b/w & 12 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; BGA; HBJK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890135440
- ISBN
- 9780890135440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.38
€ 34.99
€ 25.38
Paperback. "The cumulative effect is overwhelming. Eleanor Roosevelt was right: Hoover's FBI was an American gestapo."-Newsweek Num Pages: 848 pages, 32 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; JKVF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 36. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 848
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393321289
- ISBN
- 9780393321289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.43
€ 26.99
€ 23.43
Paperback. Sandy Denny laid down the marker for folk-rock when she joined Fairport Convention in 1968, but her music went far beyond this during the seventies. This book tells the story of Sandy Denny, one of the greatest British singers of her time and the first female singer-songwriter to produce a substantial and enduring body of original songs. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGH; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 242 x 36. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571278916
- ISBN
- 9780571278916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.40
€ 19.99
€ 14.40
Paperback. The long-awaited and vastly entertaining autobiography of Scott Ian, guitarist and co-founder of the legendary thrash metal band Anthrax Num Pages: 376 pages, 32 pages photos. BIC Classification: AVGT; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306824197
- ISBN
- 9780306824197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.82
€ 18.99
€ 17.82
Paperback. The moving and courageous story of hereditary breast cancer campaigner Wendy Watson, Tesco Mum of the Year 2011 Num Pages: 240 pages, 8pp colour plate section. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 220. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KRA0011102
- ISBN
- 9780857208460
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Presents the story of Annie Dodge Wauneka (1918-1997). A daughter of the popular Navajo leader Chee Dodge, Wauneka spent most of her early years herding sheep and raising nine children. After her father's death, she entered politics and was often the only woman on the Navajo Tribal Council during the quarter century that she served. Series: American Indian Lives. Num Pages: 293 pages, 14 photographs, map, index. BIC Classification: 1KB; BG; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3404 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803283848
- ISBN
- 9780803283848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.53
€ 19.99
€ 19.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 15 b/w photos. BIC Classification: AVGK; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- A Cappella Books United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556527463
- ISBN
- 9781556527463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.70
€ 23.99
€ 22.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; TBY; UKPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393330434
- ISBN
- 9780393330434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.87
€ 17.99
€ 16.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 48 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 140 x 3. Weight in Grams: 90.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231029889
- ISBN
- 9780231029889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.66
€ 40.99
€ 28.66
paperback. The author's unmatched experience of East African wildlife and his appetite for risk have made him a world-class naturalist and film-maker. This title tells the story of his life's work, from his arrival in Kenya as a young boy to the making of his game-changing films. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; BGA; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099555889
- ISBN
- 9780099555889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.60
€ 18.99
€ 14.60
Paperback. Encompasses the entire life of Ivan the Terrible and views him in the context of his own time. Notorious for a policy of unrestrained terror - and for killing his own son - his reign was devastating for Russia and her people. This book illuminates the reign and the politics, as well as Ivan's marriages and disordered personality. Num Pages: 526 pages, 16 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGR; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 526
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300119732
- ISBN
- 9780300119732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.80
€ 36.99
€ 26.80
Hardback. This is the first scholarly biography of Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936) in any language. Based upon a wealth of archival material, it weaves his life and science into some 100 years of Russian history and offers a fundamental reinterpretation of his scientific style and his famous research on conditional reflexes. Num Pages: 880 pages, 47 illus. BIC Classification: BGT; JMM; MBX. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 242 x 159 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1420.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199925193
- ISBN
- 9780199925193
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.26
€ 53.99
€ 38.26