Biography: general
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Biography: general
Hardback. Henri Poincar (1854-1912) was not just one of the most inventive, versatile, and productive mathematicians of all time - he was also a leading physicist who almost won a Nobel Prize for physics. This book explores all the fields that Poincar touched, the debates sparked by his investigations, and how his discoveries still contribute to society. Num Pages: 608 pages, 13 halftones. 26 line illus. BIC Classification: BGT; PB; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1006.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152714
- ISBN
- 9780691152714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.49
€ 52.99
€ 37.49
Paperback. 'One January morning in 1941, only a fortnight or so after his seventy-first birthday, the bearded and bespectacled French artist Henri Matisse was lying in a hospital bed preparing to die.' Diagnosed with cancer, the acclaimed painter, and rival of Picasso, seemed to be facing his demise. Then something unexpected happened. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 78.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241969083
- ISBN
- 9780241969083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.39
€ 10.99
€ 9.39
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Clarksdale
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905959419
- ISBN
- 9781905959419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.36
€ 19.99
€ 18.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613735213
- ISBN
- 9781613735213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.69
€ 20.99
€ 20.69
Paperback. Published to coincide with the major release of HBO's upcoming film Hemingway and Gellhorn, starring Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen. Series: Movie Tie-in Editions. Num Pages: 800 pages, 16 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 232 x 33. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Movie Tie-in Edition
- Number of pages
- 763
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393343205
- ISBN
- 9780393343205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.23
€ 26.99
€ 23.23
Paperback. She'd been intimately his, and he hers, for twenty-seven years - which were his final twenty-seven years. She'd lasted through three wives, the Nobel Prize, and all his ruin. He'd owned her, fished her, worked her and rode her, from the waters of Key West to the Bahamas to the Dry Tortugas to the north coast and archipelagos of Cuba. Num Pages: 720 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 199 x 53. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099565994
- ISBN
- 9780099565994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.22
€ 25.99
€ 19.22
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447299912
- ISBN
- 9781447299912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3JJH; BGL; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781681772479
- ISBN
- 9781681772479
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.16
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€ 18.16
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, over 220 b/w and color photos and aircraft profiles. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1088.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764322174
- ISBN
- 9780764322174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 35.23
€ 53.99
€ 35.23
Paperback. A story of four of the greatest thespian boozers who ever walked - or staggered - off a film set into a pub; of drunken binges of near biblical proportions, parties and orgies, broken marriages, drugs, riots and wanton sexual conquests. They got away with it because of their extraordinary acting talent and because the public loved them. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Preface Publishing
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848090187
- ISBN
- 9781848090187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.76
€ 14.99
€ 11.76
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Bantam Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- SKU
- 9780593072127
- ISBN
- 9780593072127
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A full-colour part-autobiography part-lifestyle guide by one of the world's biggest YouTubers. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGFA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 31. Weight in Grams: 634. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- SKU
- KAK0007302
- ISBN
- 9781472230263
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Born in Louisiana to a family legacy of great courage and greater madness, Jerry Lee Lewis was torn throughout his life between a harsh Pentecostal God and the Devil of alcohol, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. At twenty-one, he recorded "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", which propelled him to stardom. Series: Penguin Magnum Collection. Num Pages: 288 pages, ports. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141041858
- ISBN
- 9780141041858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: BGH; BM; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 18.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762772759
- ISBN
- 9780762772759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.69
€ 15.99
€ 13.69
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: BGH; BM; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 26.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762772735
- ISBN
- 9780762772735
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.32
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€ 19.32
Paperback. The remarkable diary of a young girl who survived the Holocaust--appearing inEnglish for the first time. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 color paintings; 12 photographs. BIC Classification: BGH; DN; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393348248
- ISBN
- 9780393348248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.85
€ 19.99
€ 18.85
Hardcover. Series: The Albert Schweitzer Library. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815610519
- ISBN
- 9780815610519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.84
€ 33.84
Paperback. Dressed by Chanel and Yves St Laurent, painted by Salvador Dali and Picasso and mingling with Colette and Proust, Helena Rubinstein not only enjoyed unbelievable success, but was also instrumental in empowering and liberating women. This is her story. Translator(s): Bignold, Kate; Iyer, Lakshmi Ramakrishnan. Num Pages: 404 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: BGB; KNSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 196 x 29. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Gallic Books
- Number of pages
- 404
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908313461
- ISBN
- 9781908313461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.12
€ 17.99
€ 14.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HRQC5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 309.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781556434570
- ISBN
- 9781556434570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.98
€ 17.99
€ 15.98
Paperback. This biography of Helen Keller tells the story of the controversial and turbulent relationship between Helen and her teacher, Annie Sullivan. It chronicles Helens doomed love affair, her struggles to earn a living, her triumphs at Radcliffe College and her work as an advocate for the disabled. Num Pages: 398 pages, 65 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226327631
- ISBN
- 9780226327631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.63
€ 27.99
€ 22.63
Hardcover. Chronicles Helen Clay Frick's lifelong commitment to social welfare, the environment, and her purchase of many significant works of art for her private collection, the Frick Collection in New York, the University of Pittsburgh teaching collection, and the Frick Art Museum. Num Pages: 400 pages, 180 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 298 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822943419
- ISBN
- 9780822943419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.27
€ 58.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHL; JPSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Auckland University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869408381
- ISBN
- 9781869408381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.56
€ 47.56
Paperback. Rebecca Haile lived in Ethiopia until she was 11 years old. When the Emperor was deposed by a military coup, her father was shot. Barely surviving, he escaped with his family and settled in Minnesota where they struggled with the strain of their changed circumstances. This book brings into focus the consequences of political upheaval in Ethiopia. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; BG; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897335560
- ISBN
- 9780897335560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.21
€ 18.99
€ 17.21
Paperback. Werner Heisenberg's task was to build an atomic bomb for Nazi Germany. What precisely did Heisenberg know about the physics of the atomic bomb? How deep was his loyalty to the German government during the Third Reich? Assuming that he had been able to build a bomb, would he have been willing? This book answers these questions. Num Pages: 372 pages, 1 black-and-white photograph, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BG; HBJD; HBLW; HBT; JWMN; PDX; PHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520229266
- ISBN
- 9780520229266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.80
€ 38.99
€ 27.80