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Biography: general

Paperback. Describes life on the Mississippi River, with observations and anecdotes about the culture and society along the river valley. This book includes character sketches, historical facts, information and reminiscences of Twain's boyhood and experiences as a steam-boat pilot. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140390506
ISBN
9780140390506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. During the summer of 2004, when Marsha Hunt decided to risk her life for Jimi Hendrix, he'd been dead for 34 years. Dead since she had her last hit single, was Mick Jagger's secret lover and had his daughter Karis. This book provides an uplifting account of an iconic figure's battle with a disease that affects so many lives. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 x 8pp colour. BIC Classification: BG; MJCL; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 275.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KLN0018114
ISBN
9781845960780
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Hardcover. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 465.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
270
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403934031
ISBN
9781403934031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.53

Paperback. "John Betjeman". Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 190 x 5. Weight in Grams: 132. New.
Publisher
Shire Publications
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9780747810513
ISBN
9780747810513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.89

Paperback. Mary Wollstonecraft and author Mary Shelley were mother and daughter, yet these two extraordinary women never knew one another. Nevertheless, their passionate and pioneering lives remained closely intertwined, their choices, dreams and tragedies eerily similar. This book deals with their life and work. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Windmill Books
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099592396
ISBN
9780099592396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.93

Paperback. 'Miss, who's that funny man at the back of the classroom? So begins school-inspector Gervase Phinn's second year among the frankly spoken pupils and teachers of North Yorkshire - the sight of Gervase with his notebook and pen provokes unexpected reactions from the children and adults alike. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGA; JNKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140281293
ISBN
9780140281293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 880 pages, 32pp b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 200 x 42. Weight in Grams: 644.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140279627
ISBN
9780140279627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

Paperback. Features the life and work of Dinu Lipatti. This book deals with Lipatti as pianist, composer and teacher. It includes many quotations from letters written by him, many musical examples, a list of works and two cadenzas for the Mozart Piano Concerto in C (K467). Translator(s): Grindea, Carola. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations, discography, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; AVRG; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Kahn & Averill United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871082586
ISBN
9781871082586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.41

Paperback. The autobiography of Lillian Browse, this volume begins with her origins in South Africa and reveals how she managed by charm, determination and good judgment to establish herself as a doyenne of the London art world between the 1950s and 1970s. Num Pages: 224 pages, 41 b&w line illustrations. BIC Classification: ABQ; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Giles de la Mare Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900357142
ISBN
9781900357142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.89

Paperback. Kerry first noticed the power she had over the opposite sex at the age of eleven. By the time she was in her teens she was obsessed by boys, and soon she needed sex just to feel alive. Sleeping with countless partners, Kerry's misguided search for love was getting out of hand. But would she ever find what she really needed? Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Ebury Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Paperback Edition
SKU
KEX0198331
ISBN
9780091922719
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 16 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3H; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; JPHL; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 132 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300223514
ISBN
9780300223514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.40

Paperback. From the New York Times bestselling author of Amazing Grace, an abridged version of the groundbreaking biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, one of the greatest heroes of the twentieth century, the man who stood up to Hitler. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Abridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718016166
ISBN
9780718016166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages, 78 black & white halftones, 1 maps, 1 charts. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 788.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint Edition of the Classic
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442236554
ISBN
9781442236554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.93

Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BGHA; BM; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613734414
ISBN
9781613734414
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.09

Paperback. The first full-length biography of the enduringly popular star of Grease Num Pages: 320 pages, Section: 16, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1MBF; APB; APF; AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749909840
ISBN
9780749909840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Select Books Inc United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590792032
ISBN
9781590792032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.90

Paperback. Landscape with Machines: The First Part of his Autobiography Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGTA; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750970167
ISBN
9780750970167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.68

Paperback. The inspiring journey of Dean Karnazes, an internationally recognised endurance athlete who has pushed his body and mind to inconceivable limits. Num Pages: 262 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274. 26.2 Stories of Blisters and Bliss. 262 pages, Illustrations. The inspiring journey of Dean Karnazes, an internationally recognised endurance athlete who has pushed his body and mind to inconceivable limits. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGSA; WSKC. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight: 272.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781742377933
ISBN
9781742377933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.12

Paperback. .
Publisher
Blue Dome Press United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935295112
ISBN
9781935295112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.53

Hardback. When he was very young, Simon Garfield lusted after rare stamps but could not afford them. When he was older, the passion reignited with almost ruinous results. This book is an examination of obsession and desire, and the search for fulfilment. It is also a story of wooden legs, and, the man who guards stamps for the Queen. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; WCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571235261
ISBN
9780571235261
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.63

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