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Biography: general
Paperback. 'Hugely enjoyable .. It reads like a novel, a fantasy tale of rags to riches' Charles Handy in The Sunday Times Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; JFFR; KNTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340766996
- ISBN
- 9780340766996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. Since the posthumous publication in 1979 of alleged memoirs by Shostakovich, the controversy about the composer and his music has escalated. This book presents the case for the dissident view, arguing that the meaning of the composer's music cannot be appreciated without a knowledge of the terrible times he lived through under Soviet Communism. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845950644
- ISBN
- 9781845950644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.34
€ 25.99
€ 19.34
Paperback. Presents the account of the author's life and times and the tale of a warm, human, liberal and occasionally buccaneering man whose passion for life and causes leaves even those who do not always agree with him eager to count him among their friends. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 247 x 21. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Radcliffe Publishing
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846192722
- ISBN
- 9781846192722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.62
€ 48.62
Paperback. The acclaimed biography of the man who put Britain on the map Num Pages: 368 pages, 41 black & while images including 8 maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780715652268
- ISBN
- 9780715652268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.89
€ 17.99
€ 13.89
Paperback. In this second volume of the unparalleled exposition of Rousseau's life and works, Cranston completes and corrects the story told in Rousseau's "Confessions", and offers a vivid history of his most eventful and productive years. Num Pages: 414 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JF; BG; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226118642
- ISBN
- 9780226118642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.36
€ 52.99
€ 41.36
Paperback. The author narrates his own agonising experience of depression. In this book, he also portrays the pain of others, in different cultures and societies whose lives have been shattered by depression and uncovers the historical, social, biological, chemical and medical implications of this crippling disease. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJB; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 688
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784702670
- ISBN
- 9781784702670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.25
€ 25.99
€ 18.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: BGA; HBJD1; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408834015
- ISBN
- 9781408834015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.39
€ 23.99
€ 16.39
Paperback. The Feminism Memoir for Real Women. No Matter Your Size or Shape, We are All Beautiful. Tess Holliday is a US internet sensation with 1.4m followers on Instagram and 1.5m on Facebook and is the world's first size 26 supermodel, a mum of two, feminist and activist. Feisty and upfront, she's shaking up the fashion industry and winning an army of adoring fans. Her book will teach a generation of women to love themselves no matter who or what they are, drawing on her own experiences. BIC Classification: BG. . The Feminism Memoir for Real Women. No Matter Your Size or Shape, We are All Beautiful. Tess Holliday is a US internet sensation with 1.4m followers on Instagram and 1.5m on Facebook and is the world's first size 26 supermodel, a mum of two, feminist and activist. Feisty and upfront, she's shaking up the fashion industry and winning an army of adoring fans. Her book will teach a generation of women to love themselves no matter who or what they are, drawing on her own experiences. BIC Classification: BG. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Bonnier Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KKD0000633
- ISBN
- 9781911274773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Explores the deeper tension between the ideal of Puritan family life and its messy reality, complicating the way America has thought about its Puritan past Series: North American Religions. Num Pages: 251 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition, 1st Printing
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814723722
- ISBN
- 9780814723722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.87
€ 43.99
€ 43.87
Paperback. In THE NURSES, journalist Alexandra Robbins peers behind the staff only door to write a lively, fast paced story. Robbins followed real like nurses in four hospitals and interviewed hundreds of others in a captivating book filled with joy and violence, miracles and heartbreak, dark humour and narrow victories, gripping drama and unsung heroism. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 41. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Workman Publishing Company
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761189251
- ISBN
- 9780761189251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.87
€ 21.99
€ 15.87
Hardback. A true story of newlyweds on a four-and-a-half year circumnavigation aboard a sailboat. Single for many years, with her children grown, Sharon Ragle found herself facing a solitary future. Little did she know that one step off her familiar path would lead to adventure, romance and a life at sea. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: BG; WSSN3; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574091458
- ISBN
- 9781574091458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.31
€ 26.99
€ 24.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 305 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BGF; WDKX; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Tyndale House Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781414334493
- ISBN
- 9781414334493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.29
€ 18.99
€ 17.29
Paperback. A gripping account of the three infamous trials which forged the enduring legacy of the world's greatest and most controversial defence lawyer. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8pp b-w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BG; LAZ; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471135354
- ISBN
- 9781471135354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.41
€ 15.99
€ 11.41
paperback. Fourth volume in the bestselling olive series by writer and actress Carol Drinkwater Num Pages: 448 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BGA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780752881393
- ISBN
- 9780752881393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Provides an account of life of the author's first tour of duty in Vietnam - the blood, fear, camaraderie, and tedium of combat and maneuver. First published in 1987, this book shows an eager young recruit growing before the reader's eyes into a proud but bloodied combat veteran. Series: Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; BGHA; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585446049
- ISBN
- 9781585446049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.33
€ 24.33
Hardcover. A compelling acount of Rita Lankin's time working in Hollywood during the male dominated industry of the early 1960s Num Pages: 304 pages, Two 8-page photo inserts. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; APT; BGF; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781495014055
- ISBN
- 9781495014055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.89
€ 32.99
€ 29.89
Hardback. The Arab Muslim Ibn Khaldun developed a method of evaluating historical evidence that allowed him to explain the underlying causes of events such as the cyclical rise and fall of North African dynasties. As Stephen Dale shows, this work was the first structural history and historical sociology, four centuries before the European Enlightenment. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3H; BGH; HBAH; HBJH; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 439 x 217 x 34. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674967656
- ISBN
- 9780674967656
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 45.72
€ 47.99
€ 45.72
Paperback. The story of orchid thief and obsessive, John Laroche, and the bizarre world of the orchid fanciers of Florida. The world of the orchid hunters, breeders and showmen, their rivalries, vendettas and crimes, smuggling, thefts and worse provide the backdrop to an exploration of one of the byways of human nature, the obsessive world of the collector. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BG; WMPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099289586
- ISBN
- 9780099289586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.89
€ 15.99
€ 11.89
Hardcover. A story of survival within an impersonal child-care system, a story filled with vivid characters, pathos, surprising humor, and the tenacity of a young boy who longs for a normal home and can't understand why his mother abandoned him or who his father is. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14 b&w photos, 14 b&w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGA; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653556
- ISBN
- 9780875653556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.05
€ 26.99
€ 26.05
Paperback. When Roger Bechan was six, his mother packed his suitcase and took him to the Oklahoma Society for the Friendless. He never saw her again. This book offers an unsentimental look at Bechan's life in the child welfare system of Depression-era Oklahoma. Num Pages: 246 pages, 19 b&w photos, bib, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSH; BGA; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875654034
- ISBN
- 9780875654034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.51
€ 21.99
€ 21.51
Paperback. George Orwell was an inveterate keeper of diaries. This title presents eleven of them, covering the period 1931-1949, and follows Orwell from his early years as a writer to his last literary notebook. Editor(s): Davison, Peter. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141191546
- ISBN
- 9780141191546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Hardback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 26, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 175 x 28. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801447877
- ISBN
- 9780801447877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.29
€ 78.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 26, 26 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 169 x 27. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801477942
- ISBN
- 9780801477942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.43
€ 33.99
€ 30.43
Paperback. Series: Persephone Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 139 x 35. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906462109
- ISBN
- 9781906462109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.53
€ 18.99
€ 16.53