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Biography: general

Paperback. The extraordinary and enduring memoir of Axel Munthe, a travel bestseller since first published in 1929, captures the spirit and feel of an era Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BG; MB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
John Murray
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719566998
ISBN
9780719566998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Maria Trapp recalls the events that brought her talented family from Austria to the hills of New England. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations, photos. BIC Classification: AVG; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
William Morrow Paperbacks
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060005771
ISBN
9780060005771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardcover. A prize-winning historian tells a new story of the black experience in America through the life of a mysterious entrepreneur. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 map; 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393239256
ISBN
9780393239256
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.92

Paperback. The classic bestseller, the great sailing adventure story of Donald Crowhurst. Now a major motion picture. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BG; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 268 x 2. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473635364
ISBN
9781473635364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. An intensely moving account of George III's doomed attempt to create a happy, harmonious family, written with astonishing emotional force by a stunning new history writer. Num Pages: 704 pages, 25 b/w, 25 col plates (24pp), With index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; BGR; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 46. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007165209
ISBN
9780007165209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.29

Paperback. Offers a biography of Paul Dirac, the famous physicist sometimes called the British Einstein. Based on a previously undiscovered archive of family papers, this book celebrates Dirac's massive scientific achievement while drawing a portrait of his life and work. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 36. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571222865
ISBN
9780571222865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Paperbooks Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909593633
ISBN
9781909593633
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 196 x 21. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910162217
ISBN
9781910162217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.15

Paperback. The incomplete autobiography of the writer and poet Louis MacNeice, contemporary and friend of Auden, Spender and Day Lewis. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 224. Very good copy with some minor shelf wear, minor edge wear to cover and spine, yellowing of pages
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
SKU
KKD0012350
ISBN
9780571118328
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardback. The Strong Gray Line profiles members of the West Point class of 2004 who fought and died in service to their country. Alongside these commemorative stories, surviving members describe some of the most brutal combat of the Iraq and Afghanistan war in vivid and stirring vignettes. Editor(s): Wallace, Cory. Num Pages: 332 pages, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBW; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442249752
ISBN
9781442249752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.01

Paperback. The journal of Prussian Major General Benno von Studnitz was originally published in 1891 in a very limited German language edition. Now, translated and edited by his great-grandson, the General's journal appears for the first time in English. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; BGHA; BJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 10. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Helion and Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910294406
ISBN
9781910294406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.74

Paperback. A collection of personal narratives - essays, letters, and poems - from refugees fleeing Bosnia and Croatia. Taking us behind the barrage of media coverage, it includes stories that tell of perseverance, brutality, forced departure, exile, and courage. Num Pages: 267 pages, 20 photos. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 1DVWYC; BG; HBW; JFFD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206342
ISBN
9780520206342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.81

Paperback. The incredible true story of Olga Trujillo, whose childhood was devastated by sexual abuse and violence. This memoir follows Olga as she splits herself into "parts" and develops dissociative identity disorder to cope with the abuse, and then struggles to merge these parts and overcome the disorder in adulthood. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
New Harbinger Publications United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572249912
ISBN
9781572249912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.09

Paperback. Presents an avowal of a professional author's ideas about style, literature, art, drama and philosophy, and also an illuminating insight into this great writer's craft. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286899
ISBN
9780099286899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardback. Presents a personal account of courage and survival in the face of tragedy. This book features a tale of ordinary men and women placed in an extraordinary real-life nightmare. It involves a life-and-death decision, a long-shot development of the world's first artificial skin, and a horribly burned victim restored to life. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGTA; MNQ; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566637008
ISBN
9781566637008
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.50

paperback. During his reign Louis XIV was the most powerful king in Europe. He presided over a golden age of military and artistic achievement in France, and deployed his charm and talents for spin and intrigue to hold his court and country within his absolute control. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099528883
ISBN
9780099528883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

hardcover. A memoir by L.W. "Bill" Lane, Jr., about Sunset, the extraordinarily influential western magazine he guided for several decades until 1990, and about the American West that the magazine helped shape in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white halftones, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 19. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804785112
ISBN
9780804785112
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.00

Paperback. William Hutchison Murray (1913 - 1996) was one of Scotland's most distinguished climbers in the years before and after the Second World War. He became a writer of non-fiction, novelist, distinguished conservationist. Num Pages: 386 pages, 50. BIC Classification: BGS; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Sandstone Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910124185
ISBN
9781910124185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardcover. The SUPERMEN "After a rare speech at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, in 1976, programmers in the audience had suddenly fallen silent when Cray offered to answer questions. He stood there for several minutes, waiting for their queries, but none came. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BG; TBX; UKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471048855
ISBN
9780471048855
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.73

Paperback. The bookies always win. But one man has been proving them wrong for four decades. In the summer of 1975 Barney Curley, a fearless and renowned gambler, masterminded one of the most spectacular gambles of all time with a racehorse called Yellow Sam. It cost the bookmakers millions of pounds. They said that it could never happen again. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGS; WDP; WSNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099576587
ISBN
9780099576587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.93

Paperback. The making of the "Oxford English Dictionary" was a monumental 50 year task requiring thousands of volunteers. One of the keenest volunteers was a W C Minor who astonished everyone by refusing to come to Oxford to receive his congratulations. In the end, James Murray, the "OED's" editor, went to Crowthorne in Berkshire to meet him. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; CFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780140271287
ISBN
9780140271287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. A riveting new biography - the first for thirty years - of the influential floral artist and founder of the Cordon Bleu cookery school Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BG; WB; WFW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Macmillan UK
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330544221
ISBN
9780330544221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.40

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Shambhala Publications Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570620508
ISBN
9781570620508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.30

Hardcover. Talcott Parsons has been one of the most influential postwar American sociologists, but he has also been criticized for, among other things, the alleged conservatism of his structural functionalist theory. The author's selections from Parsons' work gives an overview of his contributions. Series: Blackwell Readers. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BG; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 177 x 30. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Basil Blackwell Inc, US United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557865434
ISBN
9781557865434
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.82

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