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Biography: general
Hardcover. This fourth volume examines his time in Vienna and Chicago (1931-1950), when Hayek held the prestigious University of London Tooke Professorship of Economic Science and Statistics. Between Vienna and Chicago (1931-1950), although his business cycle work was apparently defeated, this study takes a closer look at Hayek's successes. Editor(s): Leeson, Robert. Series: Archival Insights into the Evolution of Economics. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BG; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137452597
- ISBN
- 9781137452597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
Hardcover. In this sixth volume contributors examine Hayek's neoliberal economics and politics in the 20th century, and the demise of the socialist system. Taking a closer look at Hayek's time in Australia, and his time spent travelling in the east. Editor(s): Leeson, Robert. Series: Archival Insights into the Evolution of Economics. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BG; KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137479242
- ISBN
- 9781137479242
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.09
€ 128.09
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. 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
€ 20.99€ 15.88
€ 20.99
€ 15.88
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€ 11.93
€ 15.99
€ 11.93
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€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
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
€ 21.07
€ 21.07
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.16
€ 49.16
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
€ 71.61
€ 71.61
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
€ 20.99
€ 20.99
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
€ 62.90€ 49.59
€ 62.90
€ 49.59
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€ 24.53
€ 26.99
€ 24.53
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
€ 145.85
€ 145.85
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
€ 63.73
€ 63.73
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
€ 162.97
€ 162.97
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€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
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€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
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
€ 21.99€ 21.54
€ 21.99
€ 21.54
Paperback. The author was asked by the New Yorker to write a profile of Mario Batali who runs one of New York's most successful three-star restaurants. Buford accepted the commission, on the condition Batali allow him to work in his kitchen, as his slave. This memoir presents his kitchen adventures, and the story of Batali's rise to culinary fame. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 7th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099464433
- ISBN
- 9780099464433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is best known for taking Britain into the European Union. Series: 20 British Prime Ministers of the 20th Century. Num Pages: 168 pages, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904950691
- ISBN
- 9781904950691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88