Biography: general
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Biography: general
Paperback. The classic biography of Alfred Wainwright. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752848525
- ISBN
- 9780752848525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.77
€ 14.99
€ 11.77
Paperback. Former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is best known for taking Britain into the European Union. Series: 20 British Prime Ministers of the 20th Century. Num Pages: 168 pages, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904950691
- ISBN
- 9781904950691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. An exploration into the impact of the Stalinist purges on the lives, families and contacts of members of the British Communist Party. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Merlin Press Suffolk
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850364675
- ISBN
- 9780850364675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.18
€ 17.99
€ 16.18
Paperback. Beautiful and talented, versatile and charismatic, Elizabeth Robins was one of the foremost actresses of her day. Yet, this enduring character was also an active and lifelong feminist. This biography examines Elizabeth's historical identity and provides a study of the social culture surrounding a woman who lived a life in the spotlight. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; BGF; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752440286
- ISBN
- 9780752440286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.27
€ 6.27
Hardback. Provides an original account of Gandhi's beliefs, their origins, and their expression in his political views and personal behaviour. This work examines Gandhi's ideas about the relationship between sexual temptation and spiritual power, and the bizarre and scandalous behaviour that resulted. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 248 x 36. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845111663
- ISBN
- 9781845111663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 48.87
€ 52.92
€ 48.87
Paperback. Living archaeology Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752419251
- ISBN
- 9780752419251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.22
€ 24.99
€ 21.22
Hardcover. Bruce Nightingale joined The British Council in 1965, and his postings abroad include Malawi, Japan, Malaysia and Romania. He retired in 1992, and these memoirs survey a career overseeing cultural relations, providing an insight into the practical business of building cultural bridges. Num Pages: 225 pages, halftones, maps, illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; BG; HBJD1; JPSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 33. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 225
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860641312
- ISBN
- 9781860641312
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.80€ 53.95
€ 58.80
€ 53.95
Paperback. BIC Classification: BGF. Dimension: 234 x 153. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSG0015353
- ISBN
- 9780008232665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. BIC Classification: BGF. Dimension: 234 x 153. Weight in Grams: 270. Some light shelf wear else as new.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- SKU
- KTG0013951
- ISBN
- 9780008232665
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Lilo was a child during the Holocaust. Now that the older generation of Holocaust survivors, such as her parents, are just about gone, she and others like her are the last survivors of the Holocaust the final witnesses to the horrors that Hitler perpetrated on the Jewish people. Num Pages: 117 pages, illus. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House Israel
- Number of pages
- 117
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652296207
- ISBN
- 9789652296207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.37
€ 21.99
€ 16.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Australia
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857986177
- ISBN
- 9780857986177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.96
€ 18.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. Providing a discussion of Balanchine's life and work, this text also explores the legal, financial and institutional subplots that unfolded after the death of one of the most famous choreographers of the century. Num Pages: 413 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ASDL; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 413
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206397
- ISBN
- 9780520206397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 400 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; BGH; HBJH; HBLA1; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 285 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1414.
- Publisher
- Skira
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Spanish Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788857230788
- ISBN
- 9788857230788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.49
€ 29.99
€ 25.49
Paperback. Drawing on Philip Johnsons correspondence, personal photographs, and speeches, and on interviews with his friends and contemporaries, this biography presents information and discussion of the architect's family, travels and friends, as well as his many buildings and spaces. Num Pages: 484 pages, 125 halftones. BIC Classification: AMB; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 484
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226740584
- ISBN
- 9780226740584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 37.51
€ 48.99
€ 37.51
Paperback. An alternative autobiography of the well-loved actor and man of the theatre, winner of the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography. BIC Classification: ANB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 35. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books
- Number of pages
- 436
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848421714
- ISBN
- 9781848421714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.80
€ 19.99
€ 15.80
Hardcover. This chronology covers the whole sweep of Evelyn Waugh's varied and eventful life and career, including his numerous friendships, his active social life and his exotic travels. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Publisher
- PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
- Number of pages
- 172
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333638941
- ISBN
- 9780333638941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.42€ 48.59
€ 136.42
€ 48.59
Hardback. Putting Greek writer Nikos Kazantzakis's (1883-1957) vast output into the context of his lifelong spiritual quest and the turbulent politics of twentieth-century Greece, this title argues that Kazantzakis was a deeply flawed genius. It covers his life after 1938, the period in which he wrote "Zorba the Greek" and "The Last Temptation of Christ". Series: Princeton Modern Greek Studies. Num Pages: 640 pages, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: 2AHM; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 999.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128139
- ISBN
- 9780691128139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.96€ 75.76
€ 99.96
€ 75.76
Paperback. In 1989, J. Michael Bishop and Harold Varmus were awarded the Nobel Prize for their discovery that normal genes under certain conditions can cause cancer. In this book, Bishop reveals how he and Varmus made their momentous discovery. Series: The Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures. Num Pages: 288 pages, 27 halftones, 8 line illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016255
- ISBN
- 9780674016255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.37
€ 35.99
€ 30.37
Hardback. Helps you in understanding the history of late ancient and medieval Christianity and the history of Christian piety. This title reveals highly developed devotion to Mary's compassionate suffering at the Crucifixion, anticipating by several centuries an influential medieval style of devotion known as "affective piety". Translator(s): Shoemaker, Stephen J. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300175042
- ISBN
- 9780300175042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.09
€ 34.09
Paperback. A biography of Nikos Kazantzakis. It describes his struggle with political questions that were in reality aspects of a fervent religious search. It features his experiments with communism in turbulent Greece, his visits to Soviet Russia, and the publication of his epic "Odyssey" in 1938. Series: Princeton Modern Greek Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHM; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128801
- ISBN
- 9780691128801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.90
€ 46.99
€ 32.90
Paperback. Kim Ku was highly involved in the struggle for Korea's independence from Japan, and now the autobiography of this celebrated national figure, before only available in Korean, Chinese, or Japanese, has been translated into English. Kim's writings detail the rise of Korea, from inception to the modern 'Two Koreas.' Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BG; G; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- University Press of America
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761821588
- ISBN
- 9780761821588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 109.51
€ 109.51
Hardback. A broad view of the opportunities afforded to those in the library profession and of an activist whose influence resonated at a critical time. Num Pages: 27 pages, 22 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BGA; GL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810832411
- ISBN
- 9780810832411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.93
€ 151.93
Hardcover. The diaries of Pius II give us an intimate glimpse of the life and thought of one of the greatest of the Renaissance popes. This edition contains a fresh Latin text based on the last manuscript written in Pius's lifetime. Editor(s): Meserve, Margaret; Simonetta, Marcello (Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, Wesleyan University, USA). Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: BGH; DNF; HRCX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674011649
- ISBN
- 9780674011649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.24
€ 40.99
€ 33.24
Paperback. A powerful examination of the passage of time, love, the power of music, and the power of dreams. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785355561
- ISBN
- 9781785355561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.24
€ 14.99
€ 14.24