Biography: general
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Biography: general
Paperback. Showing how history imprints itself on private lives, this memoir presents the author's sensuous, harrowing, and altogether remarkable life. It moves from Berlin during the Great War to the artists' set on the Cote d'Azur, through lovers, mentors, seducers and friends, and from genteel yet shabby poverty to relative comfort in London's Chelsea. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140279764
- ISBN
- 9780140279764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.74
€ 20.99
€ 16.74
Paperback. In 1954, in a remote South American village, a four-year-old girl was abducted and then abandoned deep in the Colombian rainforest. At around ten years old, a completely feral Marina Chapman was returned to civilisation by hunters, who sold her to a brothel. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; BGA; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd Edinburgh
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780576541
- ISBN
- 9781780576541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.68
€ 16.99
€ 12.68
Paperback. The autobiography of Mick Quinn, one of football's more colourful characters. It covers his impressive playing career and turbulent life off the pitch both during his career and in retirement. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1x8 b/w illustration section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753508039
- ISBN
- 9780753508039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.91
€ 20.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 640 pages, 12 page of photos and 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 232 x 36. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307475947
- ISBN
- 9780307475947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.19
€ 18.99
€ 15.19
Paperback. In 1964, renowned reporter Ryszard Kapuscinski was appointed by the Polish Press Agency as its only foreign correspondent. He befriended Che Guevara in Bolivia, Salvador Allende in Chile and Patrice Lumumba in the Congo. This title is Kapuscinski's story, his eyewitness account of the emergence of the Third World. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFG; BGBA; DNJ; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862079595
- ISBN
- 9781862079595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11, 7 black & white halftones, 2 diagrames, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; BGH; BGR; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801453861
- ISBN
- 9780801453861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.69
€ 81.69
Paperback. Translator(s): Auden, W. H.; Mayer, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ACG; BG; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140442335
- ISBN
- 9780140442335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Writing about real lives takes various forms, which overlap and may be combined with each other: biography, autobiography, biographical criticism, biographical fiction, memoir, confession, diary. In these essays, the author considers some particularly interesting examples of life-writing, and contributes several of his own. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BK; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099587767
- ISBN
- 9780099587767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.17
€ 17.99
€ 14.17
Paperback. A fast-paced memoir of Arsham Parsi, a queer Iranian activist who was forced to flee his country under threat of execution for his work in fighting human rights abuses against LGBT individuals in Iran. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; BGA; JFFJ; JFSK2; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552667019
- ISBN
- 9781552667019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.67
€ 21.99
€ 20.67
Paperback. Before "Sex and the City" and Viagra[trademark], America relied on William Masters and Virginia Johnson to teach us everything we needed to know about what goes on in the bedroom. Including interviews with William Masters and Virginia Johnson, this title sheds light on the eternal mysteries of desire, intimacy, and the American psyche. Num Pages: 424 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 144 x 33. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465079995
- ISBN
- 9780465079995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Hardcover. An autobiographical volume covering Nabokov's first 40 years up to his departure from Europe for America at the outset of World War II, telling of his emergence as a writer, his early loves and his marriage, his passion for butterflies and his lost homeland. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; 3JJ; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151886
- ISBN
- 9781857151886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.86
€ 20.99
€ 15.86
Paperback. As an RAF medical officer, Aidan had served in France, survived Dunkirk, and was plunged into adventures in the Japanese-American arena. Interned by the Japanese in Java, he helped his fellow prisoners in awful conditions. His life was literally saved by the dropping of the Nagasaki atom bomb. This title presents his account. Num Pages: 260 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; BGH; HBG; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Grub Street
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904943402
- ISBN
- 9781904943402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.91
€ 11.99
€ 10.91
Paperback. This biography offers a portrait of the great Christian thinker and martyr, drawing on writings only recently made accessible - including the correspondence between Bonhoeffer and his teen-age fiance, Maria von Wedemeyer. Num Pages: 512 pages, 43 photographs. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 39. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780281073139
- ISBN
- 9780281073139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.31
€ 26.99
€ 20.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JJ; 3JM; BGR; HBJF; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 43. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300228304
- ISBN
- 9780300228304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.82
€ 31.82
Paperback. A revision of an English icon through the formative decade of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 26. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571222629
- ISBN
- 9780571222629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
€ 17.99
€ 13.09
Paperback. 'You know those people who always radiate cheerful optimism? Nauseating aren't they? So proclaims Isabel Losada, Starbucks addict, exercise allergic and self-confessed sceptic as she sets out on the road to enlightenment. This work is suitable for those who have been tempted to dip a toe in the waters of self-discovery. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGXA; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180. Good copy with some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- 4th Impression
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- SKU
- KTG0009019
- ISBN
- 9780747553182
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. *The controversial autobiography of one of the most celebrated historians of our time Num Pages: 464 pages, Section: 8, B&W. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 31. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349113531
- ISBN
- 9780349113531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BGFA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447292975
- ISBN
- 9781447292975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.82
€ 14.99
€ 11.82
Paperback. Mark Wallington, who want to change the face of British comedy, is going to finance this dream by becoming a gardener. The result is an account of a year spent working in other people's gardens. This is the story of nights spent in the back room of a pub trying to write scripts, and of days spent understanding the British obsession with gardening. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099472674
- ISBN
- 9780099472674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 472 pages, 1 black and white photograph. BIC Classification: BGX; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 645.
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583947937
- ISBN
- 9781583947937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.94
€ 31.99
€ 22.94
Paperback. This title presents an in-depth study of the lives and politics of two of the most interesting social radicals of their time. Quakers, Anna and Thomas Haslam campaigned for social reform in the late 19th century, and played a central role in the formation of an early Irish feminist agenda in the early 20th century. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 445. Biography..Anna and Thomas Haslam. Keywords: Quakerism. 265pp
- Publisher
- Cork University Press Cork
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859183946
- ISBN
- 9781859183946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.00€ 21.31
€ 25.00
€ 21.31
Paperback. The Book the Brothers tried to stop Num Pages: 532 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 532
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007292875
- ISBN
- 9780007292875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.87
€ 17.99
€ 12.87
Paperback. Contains photos, facts and writings about the author and his childhood. Illustrator(s): Blake, Quentin. Num Pages: 240 pages, photographs and b/w line drawings throughout. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 175. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141367378
- ISBN
- 9780141367378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. This astonishing biography has sold more than 750,000 copies in English since 2002 and has been translated into over 30 languages. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8pp b/w plate section. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BG; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854245977
- ISBN
- 9781854245977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.58
€ 14.99
€ 12.58