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Biography: general
Hardback. Flyboy 2 provides a panoramic view of the last thirty years of Greg Tate's influential cultural criticism of contemporary Black music, art, literature, film, and politics. These essays, interviews, and reviews cover everything from Miles Davis, Ice Cube, and Suzan Lori Parks to Afro-futurism, Kara Walker, and Amiri Baraka. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; AVGN; BGF; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 25. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361800
- ISBN
- 9780822361800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.83
€ 123.83
Paperback. Flyboy 2 provides a panoramic view of the last thirty years of Greg Tate's influential cultural criticism of contemporary Black music, art, literature, film, and politics. These essays, interviews, and reviews cover everything from Miles Davis, Ice Cube, and Suzan Lori Parks to Afro-futurism, Kara Walker, and Amiri Baraka. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; AVGN; BGF; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361961
- ISBN
- 9780822361961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.30
€ 31.99
€ 28.30
Paperback. Paints a vivid portrait of a woman gloriously out of the step with the conventions of her time. Over the course of a dozen years, Scottish plant collector Isobel Wylie Hutchison (1889-1982) explored northern latitudes from the Lofoten Islands of Norway to the far reaches of the American Aleutians. Series: Women in the West. Num Pages: 282 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1MTN; BG; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803273443
- ISBN
- 9780803273443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.63
€ 21.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, 35 photos. BIC Classification: AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589880634
- ISBN
- 9781589880634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.15
€ 24.99
€ 17.15
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Virago Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KNW0010412
- ISBN
- 9781860498169
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Virago Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KNW0010343
- ISBN
- 9781860498169
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A gripping, literary recollection of a pilot's experiences during WWII Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . Good copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0012132
- ISBN
- 9780747578116
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A gripping, literary recollection of a pilot's experiences during WWII Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747578116
- ISBN
- 9780747578116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Stresses the author's humanistic philosophy. Editor(s): Rees, William. Translator(s): Rees, William. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183183
- ISBN
- 9780141183183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. The poems and performance art of Hugo Ball and his contemporaries were the beginnings of Dada. This work includes Ball's diaries, the original Dada manifesto and a critical introduction. Translator(s): Raimes, Ann. Series: Documents of Twentieth-Century Art. Num Pages: 324 pages, 14 b&w photographs, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; ACXD7; BG; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520204409
- ISBN
- 9780520204409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.10
€ 35.99
€ 26.10
Paperback. An autobiographical tale of forgiveness, jealousy, hatred, and doubt involved in the break-up of a marriage. Num Pages: 262 pages, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGA; HRCS; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Findhorn Press Ltd. Forres, Scotland
- Number of pages
- 262
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd Edition, Enlarged, Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781899171644
- ISBN
- 9781899171644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.21
€ 17.99
€ 16.21
Paperback. After many hurdles and stumbling blocks, Diane triumphed again and made constitutional history when she was allowed to re-register her children's births. This is a story of life, death and procreation, an emotional roller-coaster that has been nine years of one woman's life. It shows how controversial policies are made that affect all our lives. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MFKC1; VFXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KLN0018864
- ISBN
- 9781845960285
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. How is it that Flaubert, the last of the great French romantics, still seems so incredibly modern? In this biography, Geoffrey Wall investigates why it is that the author of Madame Bovary still exerts such a hold upon our imaginations. Num Pages: 432 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 33. Weight in Grams: 486. Minor scuffing, otherwise excellent.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KTJ0001565
- ISBN
- 9780571212392
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.82
€ 5.82
Paperback. How is it that Flaubert, the last of the great French romantics, still seems so incredibly modern? In this biography, Geoffrey Wall investigates why it is that the author of Madame Bovary still exerts such a hold upon our imaginations. Num Pages: 432 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 33. Weight in Grams: 486. Minor scuffing, otherwise excellent.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KTJ0001564
- ISBN
- 9780571212392
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.82
€ 5.82
Hardback. Michel Winock situates Flaubert in France's century of great democratic transition. Wary of the masses, Flaubert rejected universal suffrage, but above all he hated the vulgar, ignorant bourgeoisie, a class that embodied every vice of the democratic age. His loathing became a fixation and a source of literary inspiration. Translator(s): Elliot, Nicholas. Num Pages: 528 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 44. Weight in Grams: 978.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674737952
- ISBN
- 9780674737952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.29
€ 40.99
€ 33.29
Paperback. Offers a literary and philosophical analysis of Flannery O'Connor's life and literature. It draws upon Robert Coles's personal experiences in the South during the civil rights movement of the late 1950s and early 1960s, his brief acquaintance with the writer herself, and readings of her works. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820315362
- ISBN
- 9780820315362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.75
€ 35.75
* Revealing memoir of the German army * Details life on four fronts during WWII * Unusual insight into the German perspective Georg Grossjohann enlisted in the Reichswehr as a soldier bound for twelve years' service to the Weimar Republic. His World War II service began as an NCO in the Polish campaign and ended as a regimental commander. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 photographs/28 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 109 x 288 x 29. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Presidio Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780345476104
- ISBN
- 9780345476104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.05
€ 10.05
Paperback. Clint Hill reflects on his seventeen years in the Secret Service for presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford. Num Pages: 464 pages, 2 16-pg. 4-color inserts. BIC Classification: BG; BGH; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781476794143
- ISBN
- 9781476794143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.79
€ 17.99
€ 12.79
Hardback. A profoundly moving and inspirational story of one person's battle against early onset dementia and an adventure undertaken in the name of living life to the fullest, as well as helping to change the lives of others. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16pp pics. BIC Classification: BGA; MJND; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751565416
- ISBN
- 9780751565416
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.84
€ 25.99
€ 17.84
Paperback. Representing a historical cross-section of performance and training in Western music since the seventeenth century, this book brings to light the private and performance lives of five remarkable women musicians and composers. Num Pages: 264 pages, 21 black and white photographs, 11 musical examples. BIC Classification: AV; BGF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252080098
- ISBN
- 9780252080098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.39
€ 32.99
€ 29.39