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Biography: general
Hardcover. Blaise Cendrars, one of twentieth-century France's most gifted men of letters, came to Hollywood in 1936 for the newspaper "Paris-Soir". This book records Cendrars' experiences on Hollywood's streets and at its studios and hottest clubs. Illustrator(s): Guerin, Jean. Translator(s): White, Garrett. Num Pages: 195 pages, photograph, 29 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BGB; KNTC; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520078079
- ISBN
- 9780520078079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.64
€ 52.92
€ 41.64
Paperback. They're the baddest bad asses Hollywood: Marlon Brando, Dennis Hopper, Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson. These are men for whom rules did not apply, men for whom normal standards of behaviour were simply too wearisome to worry about. This title takes you on a tour of sexual activity, misbehaviour of an Olympic standard, and genuine madness. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Preface Publishing
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848091245
- ISBN
- 9781848091245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.69
€ 20.99
€ 16.69
Paperback. Hollywood, Interrupted is a sometimes frightening, occasionally sad, and frequently hysterical odyssey into the darkest realms of showbiz pathology, the endless stream of meltdowns and flameouts, and the inexplicable behavior on the part of show business personalities. Num Pages: 394 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 146 x 29. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 394
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471706243
- ISBN
- 9780471706243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.83
€ 26.99
€ 21.83
Hardback. From 1934 to 1954 Joseph I Breen, a media-savvy Victorian Irishman, reigned over the Production Code Administration, the Hollywood office tasked with censoring the American screen. This title tells the story of Breen's ascent to power and the widespread effects of his reign. Num Pages: 440 pages, 60 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; APFA; BGF; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231143585
- ISBN
- 9780231143585
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.49€ 78.05
€ 103.49
€ 78.05
Paperback. Editor(s): Goldberg, Esther Ann. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853036227
- ISBN
- 9780853036227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.91
€ 28.91
Mixed media pr. Editor(s): Goldberg, Esther Ann. Num Pages: 156 pages, maps (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 245 x 13. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853037248
- ISBN
- 9780853037248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.39
€ 28.39
Self-made millionaire and mayor of Toledo, Ohio (1897-1904), Samuel M. Jones was one of the most important reformers of the progressive era. He implemented profit-sharing and day-care for factory workers, municipal-owned utilities, and free legal counsel. The compelling story of the only man in America to have run a city by the Golden Rule. Photos. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBTB; HRCV; JPHL; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813120621
- ISBN
- 9780813120621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.83
€ 47.83
Paperback. Following authors experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, chronicled in Homage to Catalonia, in this book he brings to bear all the force of his humanity, passion and clarity, describing with bitter intensity the bright hopes and cynical betrayals of that chaotic episode. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183053
- ISBN
- 9780141183053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.10
€ 11.99
€ 10.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, b/w photos & colour illus. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894898492
- ISBN
- 9781894898492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.48
€ 27.99
€ 19.48
Paperback. Examines the political nature of culture and specifically literature. This title challenges the way the West has appropriated Africa with a particular emphasis on how 'imperialist' literature has been used to justify its dispossession and degradation. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128. 128 pages. This work is an extended exploration of the European impact on African culture, viewed through the most vivid experience available to the author - his own life. It is an extended snapshot of a major writer's childhood, illuminating his roots as an artist. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK; GTB. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 10. Weight: 126.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841953854
- ISBN
- 9781841953854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.66
€ 13.99
€ 10.66
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Edition
- Reprint edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140431360
- ISBN
- 9780140431360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.11
€ 17.99
€ 14.11
Paperback. This personal memoir tells the story of the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of a nurse. The story plunges the reader into the bloodiest aspects of the war itself, then continues after the end of the war as the author attempts to regain the love of her family. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press Boston
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558492981
- ISBN
- 9781558492981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.37
€ 37.37
Paperback. The memoirs of Ireland's acclaimed author and playwright, Hugh Leonard. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 202. Good clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Methuen
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KKD0002182
- ISBN
- 9780413771681
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. The memoirs of Ireland's acclaimed author and playwright, Hugh Leonard. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 202. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Methuen
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KKD0004031
- ISBN
- 9780413771681
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. The memoirs of Ireland's acclaimed author and playwright, Hugh Leonard. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Methuen
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KOG0000415
- ISBN
- 9780413771681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A" New York Times" bestseller. "Hilarious. No mushy tribute to the joys of fatherhood, Lewis' book addresses the good, the bad, and the merely baffling about having kids."--"Boston Globe." Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; VFVX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393338096
- ISBN
- 9780393338096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.93
€ 14.99
€ 13.93
Paperback. A perceptive novel from our favourite chronicler of the dilemmas of modern family life Num Pages: 288 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KRA0011512
- ISBN
- 9780340829882
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGA; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927527139
- ISBN
- 9781927527139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.93
€ 25.99
€ 17.93
![Julie Andrews - Home: A Memoir of My Early Years [Paperback] by Andrews, Julie - 9780753825686 - V9780753825686](https://www.kennys.ie/products/thumbs/9780753825686.jpg "Julie Andrews - Home: A Memoir of My Early Years [Paperback] by Andrews, Julie - 9780753825686 - V9780753825686")
Paperback. The heroine of MARY POPPINS and THE SOUND OF MUSIC tells her life story from the music halls of London to Broadway stardom. Num Pages: 352 pages, 58. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753825686
- ISBN
- 9780753825686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.77
€ 14.99
€ 11.77
Paperback. Rainsford is a fourth-generation Chinese American named after the town where his great grandfather worked during the gold rush. Orphaned at fifteen, he attempts to claim America as his homebase, and his personal history is interwoven with dreams, stories, and letters of his family's life in America. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; BGA; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988160
- ISBN
- 9780295988160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.66
€ 19.99
€ 17.66
Hardcover. Editor(s): Fitzgerald-Morris, Krystyna; Fitzgerald-Morris, Peter; Cross, Dave. Num Pages: 648 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 218 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1848.
- Publisher
- Crescent Moon Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861714800
- ISBN
- 9781861714800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.82
€ 65.82
Paperback. Editor(s): Fitzgerald-Morris, Krystyna; Fitzgerald-Morris, Peter; Cross, Dave. Num Pages: 648 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 215 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1588.
- Publisher
- Crescent Moon Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861714794
- ISBN
- 9781861714794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.01
€ 47.01
Paperback. Editor(s): Fitzgerald-Morris, Krystyna; Fitzgerald-Morris, Peter; Cross, Dave. Num Pages: 568 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 218 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1398.
- Publisher
- Crescent Moon Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861714817
- ISBN
- 9781861714817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.88
€ 46.99
€ 46.88
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Crescent Moon Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861714824
- ISBN
- 9781861714824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.82
€ 65.82