Biography: general
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Biography: general
Paperback. Num Pages: 424 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- SKU
- V9780816645930
- ISBN
- 9780816645930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.02
€ 25.99
€ 24.02
Paperback. Nearly seventy years ago, the author started to do her bit for vulnerable children, one child at a time. While she was still in school, she thought nothing of bringing home a schoolmate who needed refuge. It was the start of opening her home and her heart to children in need. She has never stopped. This title tells the story of her life. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: BGA; JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844883240
- ISBN
- 9781844883240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.47
€ 24.99
€ 20.47
Paperback. A compelling insight into the lives of the great polar explorers, through the eyes of the women who inspired them - this is the story of seven remarkable women. Drawing on her own experience as an explorer's daughter, and using extracts from journals and letters, the author blends accounts of longing, betrayal and hope with tales of adventure. Num Pages: 318 pages, 24 photos and images. BIC Classification: 1MTN; BGH; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Saraband
- Number of pages
- 318
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908643216
- ISBN
- 9781908643216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.78
€ 19.99
€ 14.78
Paperback. Awkward teachers, pompous school governors and fearsome lollipop ladies occasionally make the author's hectic job as a school inspector more than difficult. But, for him, the main challenge remains the frankly spoken children. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGA; JNKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141027678
- ISBN
- 9780141027678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Hardcover. Edith and Victor Turner were among the most influential researchers and teachers and social and cultural anthropology in the twentieth century. This memoir is a testimony to a remarkable partnership and to Edie Turner's own achievements during more than two decades after Victor's untimely death. Num Pages: index. BIC Classification: BG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451264
- ISBN
- 9781845451264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.52
€ 155.52
paperback. In 1995, NPR editor and producer Marcus D Rosenbaum met his grandmother - fifty years after her death. Num Pages: 222 pages, photographs, family tree, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 164 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842027465
- ISBN
- 9780842027465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.21
€ 60.21
Hardback. This text reveals Helen Jacobus Apte's emotions and personal faith while facing life's joys, sorrows and contradictions at the start of this century. She ponders her feelings about religion, her native South and patriotism, and tells of events local, national and international that affected her. Num Pages: 222 pages, photographs, family tree, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842027458
- ISBN
- 9780842027458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.35
€ 139.35
Hardcover. Num Pages: 286 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- ECW Press,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770411302
- ISBN
- 9781770411302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.46
€ 26.99
€ 23.46
Hardcover. No composer contributed more to film than Bernard Herrmann, who in over 40 scores enriched the work of such directors as Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Francois Truffaut, and Martin Scorsese. This biography explores the interrelationships between Herrmann's music and his turbulent personal life. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition ~1st Printing
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520071230
- ISBN
- 9780520071230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.98€ 49.44
€ 62.98
€ 49.44
Paperback. Hearing voices - a symptom of schizophrenia, a religious experience, or something else entirely? Claire Bien's riveting memoir provides a fascinating personal perspective on this often-misunderstood condition. Claire's tumultuous journey will help you to understand why auditory hallucinations are not necessarily an indicator of mental illness. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGXA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785927188
- ISBN
- 9781785927188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.79
€ 20.79
Hardcover. Born in England, Englishman Charles Heaphy - the first 'New Zealander' to win the Victoria Cross, the first European to explore the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island and a distinguished 19th-century landscape painter in that country is a central figure in colonial history. This book reveals the story of Heaphy's life and art. Num Pages: 240 pages, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1MBN; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 200 x 30. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Auckland University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869404215
- ISBN
- 9781869404215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
This memoir from his personal physician, friend, and confidante of more than 40 years, John C. Lungren, MD, portrays Richard Nixon as a paradoxical man - intense, compassionate, guarded, intelligent, resilient, deeply religious, enormously successful but ultimately tragic. Num Pages: 204 pages, 13 photographs. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813122748
- ISBN
- 9780813122748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.07
€ 47.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Scratching Shed Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956804396
- ISBN
- 9780956804396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.87
€ 20.87
Paperback. Julian Cope's highly acclaimed autobiography and its long-awaited sequel in one extraordinary volume. Num Pages: 528 pages, 32 b/w plates (32pp), (1x16 b/w, 1x16 colour). BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 34. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007197750
- ISBN
- 9780007197750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.88
€ 17.99
€ 12.88
Paperback. Gervase Phinn thinks he's heard just about everything in his two years as a school inspector, but a surprising enquiry from an angelic six-year-old reminds him never to take children for granted. His marriage to Christine Bentley, finding somewhere idyllic to live in the Yorkshire Dales, and chance of a promotion. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGA; JNKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141005225
- ISBN
- 9780141005225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Born with a natural genius for cricket, the author began breaking records with bat and ball from a young age and soon became the man English cricket expected most from. This book gives us the story of his never-dull life and times in his own no-nonsense words. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 x 8 page colour sections. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091921491
- ISBN
- 9780091921491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 15.75
€ 19.00
€ 15.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Kregel Publications,U.S.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780825444043
- ISBN
- 9780825444043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.43
€ 15.99
€ 14.43
Hardcover. A rare first-person account of life in the twentieth-century South, "He Included Me" weaves together the story of a black family eight children reared in rural Alabama, their mother a schoolteacher, their father a minister and the emerging self-portrait of a woman determined, like her parents, to look ahead." Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTB; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820311418
- ISBN
- 9780820311418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.69
€ 40.69
Paperback. This lavishly illustrated, richly documented life of Lady Lavery relates how one beautiful American woman reinvented herself as 'a simple Irish girl' and came to personify Eire on Ireland's banknotes, 'living and dying .. as though some ballad-singer had sung it all'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157. .
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843516439
- ISBN
- 9781843516439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.00€ 15.75
€ 18.00
€ 15.75
Paperback. Offers the full intellectual biography of Friedrich A. Hayek - pivotal economic theorist. In this book, the author impressively situates Hayek in a broader intellectual context, unpacking the often-difficult turns in his thinking, and showing how his economic ideas came to inform his ideas on the other social sciences. Num Pages: 500 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226091938
- ISBN
- 9780226091938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.66
€ 40.99
€ 31.66
Paperback. Editor(s): Hayek, F. A.; Kresge, Stephen; Wenar, Leif. Num Pages: 172 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGB; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- New Edition
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865977402
- ISBN
- 9780865977402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.64
€ 15.99
€ 12.64
Paperback / so. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802142054
- ISBN
- 9780802142054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.57
€ 17.99
€ 17.57
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Trent Editions United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 149
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780905488431
- ISBN
- 9780905488431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.18
€ 10.18
Paperback. When England made a peace treaty with the French in 1360, during a pause in the Hundred Years War, John Hawkwood, instead of going home, travelled south to Avignon, where the papacy was based during its exile from Rome. He and his fellow mercenaries held the pope to ransom and were paid off. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571219094
- ISBN
- 9780571219094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.97
€ 17.99
€ 12.97