Biography: general
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Biography: general
Paperback. Winner of the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2014 A rich historical biography of 'those wild Wyndhams' - three cultured aristocratic sisters born into great privilege in late Victorian Britain. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; BK; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 32. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007544912
- ISBN
- 9780007544912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.69
€ 20.99
€ 16.69
Hardcover. One couple's inspiring memoir of healing a Rwandan village, raising a family near the old killing fields, and building a restaurant named Heaven. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 pages colour photos. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; BG; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316232913
- ISBN
- 9780316232913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 25.93
€ 35.99
€ 25.93
Hardback. A biography of two Chinese sisters who took very different paths in their quest to be independent women. The journeys of these extraordinary women spanned the twentieth century and three continents in a saga of East-West cultural exchange and personal struggle. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: BG; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 170 x 26. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742553132
- ISBN
- 9780742553132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.20
€ 27.99
€ 26.20
Paperback. A biography of two Chinese sisters who took very different paths in their quest to be independent women. The journeys of these extraordinary women spanned the twentieth century and three continents in a saga of East-West cultural exchange and personal struggle. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BG; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742553149
- ISBN
- 9780742553149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.35
€ 28.35
Paperback. John Craske, a Norfok fisherman, was born in 1881 and in 1917, when he had just turned thirty-six, he fell seriously ill. In 1923 he started making paintings of the sea, boats and the coastline seen from the sea, and later, when he was too ill to stand and paint, he turned to embroidery, which he could do lying in bed. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 163. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099582199
- ISBN
- 9780099582199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.57
€ 40.99
€ 26.57
Paperback. Series: African American. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486457574
- ISBN
- 9780486457574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.83
€ 13.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages, illustrations plans, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGB; AMB; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226620725
- ISBN
- 9780226620725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.37
€ 33.99
€ 26.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FMNX; 1FPJ; 3JJH; BGHA; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 214 x 21. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Eland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907871286
- ISBN
- 9780907871286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.63
€ 19.99
€ 14.63
These are the recollections of a Jewish boy, Norman Salsitz, in a pre-war Polish village, of his scramble to survive the Holocaust and of his adventures in America. In America, Salsitz found that the very traits that saw him through the war enabled him to prosper in his adopted land. Series: Religion, Theology and the Holocaust. Num Pages: 408 pages, 54 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 1KBB; 3JJ; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607342
- ISBN
- 9780815607342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.95
€ 40.99
€ 35.95
Hardback. The story of Joe Singleton, a Mosquito night fighter pilot in World War II, who shot down three German Junkers planes over Hull in 1944. Traces his journey from beginner to celebrated expert, and the early days of radar technology with which he learned to excel. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBWQ; JWG; JWMV3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612004402
- ISBN
- 9781612004402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.07
€ 33.99
€ 30.07
Paperback. In 1948, at the age of 15, Manu Dibango left Africa for France, bearing three kilos of coffee for his adopted family and little else. This autobiography chronicles his life, from his birth in Cameroon to his achievements as a composer, producer, performer, film-score writer and humanitarian. Translator(s): Raps, Beth G. Num Pages: 158 pages, 44 halftones. BIC Classification: AVGH; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 283.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226144900
- ISBN
- 9780226144900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.75
€ 27.99
€ 22.75
Paperback. At the end of a steep gravel road in one of the remotest corners of South Africa's Eastern Cape lies the village of Ithanga. Home to a few hundred villagers, the majority of them unemployed, it is inconceivably poor. This title explores the lives of a community caught up in a battle to survive the ravages of the plague, the African AIDS epidemic. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing London
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099524199
- ISBN
- 9780099524199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.41
€ 21.99
€ 17.41
Paperback. 1988. FBI agent Joe Navarro divides his time between SWAT assignments, flying air reconnaissance, and working counter-intelligence. It was while on a routine assignment - interviewing a 'person of interest', a former US soldier named Rod Ramsay with links to another soldier, that Navarro thought he smelled a rat. This book tells this story. Num Pages: 288 pages, B & W photos. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBLW3; JPS; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Bantam Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSK0000306
- ISBN
- 9780593078167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.63
€ 10.63
Paperback. 1988. FBI agent Joe Navarro divides his time between SWAT assignments, flying air reconnaissance, and working counter-intelligence. It was while on a routine assignment - interviewing a 'person of interest', a former US soldier named Rod Ramsay with links to another soldier, that Navarro thought he smelled a rat. This book tells this story. Num Pages: 288 pages, B & W photos. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBLW3; JPS; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Bantam Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSK0000307
- ISBN
- 9780593078167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.63
€ 10.63
Three Who Made a Revolution: A Biographical History of Lenin, Trotsky,...
Three Who Made A Revolution
paperback. This monumental triple biography weaves together the personal and public lives of the triumvirate behind the 1917 Russian Revolution. Num Pages: 680 pages, 54. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPHL; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1094.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815411772
- ISBN
- 9780815411772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.69
€ 26.69
Paperback. Translator(s): Goshgarian, G. M. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HP; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801487583
- ISBN
- 9780801487583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.97
€ 40.99
€ 39.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062007308
- ISBN
- 9780062007308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.80
€ 17.99
€ 15.80
Num Pages: 256 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; HRCV; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062007285
- ISBN
- 9780062007285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.37
€ 27.99
€ 23.37
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848847545
- ISBN
- 9781848847545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.29
€ 30.99
€ 27.29
Paperback. With his infectious energy and charisma, Gok Wan has an incredible gift of making women feel more confident within themselves. This title is a memoir of Gok that reveals all about his life changing period. It discusses what he learnt during this time that helped him bounce back to become a stylist to the stars, every woman's best friend. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: APT; BGFA; WJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091938383
- ISBN
- 9780091938383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.74
€ 19.99
€ 14.74
Paperback. Career-spanning biography of one of the most acclaimed and innovative musicians of the past three decades. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 black and white and colour in plate section. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 217 x 25. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Jawbone Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908279606
- ISBN
- 9781908279606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.47
€ 19.99
€ 14.47
Paperback. Stahl's classic book on Thucydides is one of the most profound and widely respected modern studies of the Athenian historian. Published in German in 1966 as Thukydides: Die Stellung des Menschen im geschichtlichen Prozess, it has not been available in English until now. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; BG; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905125326
- ISBN
- 9781905125326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.24
€ 33.99
€ 28.24
Paperback. General Creighton Abrams has been called the greatest American general since Ulysses S Grant, yet at the time this book was first published in 1992, he was little known by most Americans. This book is the biography of the man who commanded US forces in Vietnam during the withdrawal stage and for whom the army's main battle tank is named. Num Pages: 448 pages, 35 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FMV; BG; HBJF; HBWS2; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 731.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253220028
- ISBN
- 9780253220028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.91
€ 25.99
€ 23.91
Hardcover. Presents an account of the life of Tiberius, the second Roman emperor. This title argues that Tiberius' character provides the key to understanding his reign. It portrays Tiberius as a man whose virtues and beliefs were corrupted by power. It shows how Tiberius' fears of conspiracy and assassination caused him to lose his grasp of reality. Series: Blackwell Ancient Lives. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405115285
- ISBN
- 9781405115285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.48
€ 123.48