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Biography: general
Paperback. Working with the Curlew is an intimate and evocative account of an era before factory farming, when farmers worked closely with nature and the rhythm of the seasons, a smallholding could sustain a family, and there were enough small farms for a shepherd to climb the ladder to ownership. Num Pages: 128 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BG; TV; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Green Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903998342
- ISBN
- 9781903998342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.65
€ 12.65
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 32
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841653723
- ISBN
- 9781841653723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.32
€ 8.99
€ 8.32
Paperback. Austrian writer Stefan Zweig's final work, posted to his publisher the day before his tragic death, brings the destruction of a war-torn Europe vividly to rise. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906548674
- ISBN
- 9781906548674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.65
€ 17.99
€ 17.65
Num Pages: 300 pages, over 300 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGHA; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 226 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1682.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764318795
- ISBN
- 9780764318795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.03€ 54.12
€ 76.03
€ 54.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 760 pages, 39 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1110.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163499
- ISBN
- 9780691163499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.23
€ 33.99
€ 30.23
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 4th Printing
- Number of pages
- 760
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155678
- ISBN
- 9780691155678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Hardback. Today, hypnotism is recognized as an effective therapeutic tool and its importance is growing. This book shows how hypnotism reached its present status of acceptance, through two centuries of pioneering effort by several fascinating personalities. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; JMTH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761805038
- ISBN
- 9780761805038
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.16
€ 141.16
Paperback. Today, hypnotism is recognized as an effective therapeutic tool and its importance is growing. This book shows how hypnotism reached its present status of acceptance, through two centuries of pioneering effort by several fascinating personalities. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; JMTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761805045
- ISBN
- 9780761805045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.92
€ 87.92
Hardback. This text provides a commentary of Hollywood and the motion picture industry, with portraits of Darryl F. Zanuck, Mae West, Errol Flynn, John Barrymore, B.P. Schulberg, Walter Wanger, John Howard Lawson, and Elia Kazan. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 b&w photographs, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; APF; BGB; DSBH; DSG; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810844254
- ISBN
- 9780810844254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.57
€ 125.57
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Mandrake
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906958602
- ISBN
- 9781906958602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.68
€ 19.99
€ 18.68
Paperback. The former mining town of Stanley lies only twenty minutes drive from the beautiful cathedral city of Durham. Yet the two are worlds apart. Marilyn Hardy recounts in touching detail the trials of growing up in this impoverished mining town and her life-long struggle to find happiness, from her troubled relationship with her undemonstrative mother. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYD; 3JJ; BGA; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 112 x 19. Weight in Grams: 139.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KLN0017901
- ISBN
- 9780753513965
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. * Succinct pieces of prose - unique lessons in living from one of our best-loved writers, Maya Angelou Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Publisher
- Virago Press Ltd London
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860491405
- ISBN
- 9781860491405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.94
€ 15.99
€ 11.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; AVGP; AVH; AVX; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613738375
- ISBN
- 9781613738375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.63
€ 20.99
€ 19.63
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442245365
- ISBN
- 9781442245365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.02
€ 33.99
€ 33.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 314 pages, 25. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 175 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- ECW Press,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770410282
- ISBN
- 9781770410282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.67
€ 20.99
€ 20.67
Paperback. Part autobiographical, part confessional, this title contains Somerset Maugham's observations, confidences, experiments and jottings, from 1892, when he was eighteen, until 1949. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099286820
- ISBN
- 9780099286820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.93
€ 15.99
€ 11.93
Paperback. Written with elegance, warmth, and humour, this highly original "teaching memoir" by William Zinsser gives you the tools to organise and recover your past, and the confidence to believe in your life narrative. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BG; CBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781569243794
- ISBN
- 9781569243794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.81
€ 20.99
€ 17.81
Paperback. A collection of Alan Bennett's prose writings. It brings together diaries, reminiscences and reviews to give us a unique and unforgettable portrait of one of England's leading playwrights. It covers the production of his very first play, Forty Years On, which starred John Gieldgud, as well as many other important productions. Num Pages: 656 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 2AB; BGFA; BGLA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571315727
- ISBN
- 9780571315727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Teaches writers how to open up memory, access emotion and discover compelling material; shape scenes from experience, as life events become plot lines; and populate stories with the fascinating, silly, and maddening "characters" that surround them. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; CBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- F&W Publications Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781582975276
- ISBN
- 9781582975276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Hardcover. Presents stories about sports persons: sports stars, less-known athletes and relatively unknown physical education teachers and sports scientists. This work presents essays that deal with problems associated with writing sport biographies - how does an author navigate among myths and truths? Editor(s): Christensen, Mette Krogh. Num Pages: 191 pages, tables. BIC Classification: BGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788779340848
- ISBN
- 9788779340848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.60
€ 38.60
Paperback. With dry humour, this book charts, in prose and poetry, one man's attempt to preserve his identity while in prison and on hunger strike. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JPVR; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Mercier Press
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- 9781856352208
- ISBN
- 9781856352208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.21
€ 14.99
€ 13.21
Hardcover. An abbess in the Franciscan abbey of Longchamp, Agnes of Harcourt wrote a biography of Isabelle of France and a letter detailing Louis IX's involvement with the abbey, both of which provide a window on 13th-century religious life. This translation also contains an introduction to her life and work. Editor(s): Field, Sean L. (Assistant Professor of History, University of Vermont, USA). Translator(s): Field, Sean L. (Assistant Professor of History, University of Vermont, USA). Series: Notre Dame Texts in Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3H; BG; DN; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268044039
- ISBN
- 9780268044039
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.92
€ 108.92
Hardback. This is a study of Wu Li's life and art works in biographical sequence, which focuses on his intellectual development and how it affected his artistic creation. It examines selected pieces in both philosophical and pictorial terms. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index, illustrations, notes. BIC Classification: AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761818434
- ISBN
- 9780761818434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.99
€ 130.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps, diagrams. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; BGH; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Pearson Education (US) United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780321394262
- ISBN
- 9780321394262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.74
€ 64.74