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Biography: general
Hardback. Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966) is considered one of the most influential ideologues of radical Islamism. This biography rescues Qutb from the label of 'terrorist' by offering a sophisticated analysis of his thought. It offers a view into the world of British colonialism, the birth of Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, and the growth of radical Islam. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JFSR2; JPFR; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849040068
- ISBN
- 9781849040068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.37
€ 36.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. Offers an account of Walt Disney's own significant artistic creations, from the iconic Mickey Mouse to the Snow White in 1937, and an insightful history of the hugely successful entertainment behemoth he created, from Dumbo to Pixar's Toy Story, as well as the hugely popular theme parks. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472110565
- ISBN
- 9781472110565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.85
€ 15.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. A definitive illustrated history of the patron saint of Northern England. Num Pages: 96 pages, 105 colour Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYD; 3F; BGH; BGX; HRCX8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 233 x 9. Weight in Grams: 304. 96 pages, 105 colour Illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKEYD; 3F; BGH; BGX; HRCX8. Dimension: 164 x 233 x 9. Weight: 304.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445603612
- ISBN
- 9781445603612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.32
€ 28.32
Paperback. A book that pulls back the curtain and takes us into the secret world of professional cycling. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552169172
- ISBN
- 9780552169172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.84
€ 15.99
€ 11.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 215 x 17. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Publisher
- Black Belt Communications United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897502085
- ISBN
- 9780897502085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.30
€ 31.99
€ 29.30
Paperback. Tells the story of author's parents - their meeting in 1895, marriage in 1903 after his father had returned from the Boer War, and his father's death in an assault on Ypres in 1915, which left his mother a widow until her own death in 1960. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 47. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099561194
- ISBN
- 9780099561194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
Paperback. The amazing life of Margaret of York, the woman who tried to overthrow the Tudors. Num Pages: 256 pages, 47 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; 3JB; BGH; BGR; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 125 x 15. Weight in Grams: 242. The Woman Who Tried to Overthrow the Tudors. 256 pages, 47 illustrations. The amazing life of Margaret of York, the woman who tried to overthrow the Tudors. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; 3JB; BGH; BGR; HBJD1. Dimension: 199 x 125 x 15. Weight: 240.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445608198
- ISBN
- 9781445608198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.23
€ 17.99
€ 14.23
Paperback. Bernard Herrmann is a music composer who in over 40 scores enriched the work of directors like Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Francois Truffaut, and Martin Scorsese. He scored for "Fahrenheit 451", "The Day the Earth Stood Still", and "Psycho". This title is his biography exploring the inter-relationships between his music and his personal life. Num Pages: 429 pages, 31 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 429
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- First Edition, With a New Preface
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520229396
- ISBN
- 9780520229396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Walter Benjamin, critic, essayist, translator, philosopher one of the twentieth century's most influential intellectuals continues to intrigue. This book acknowledges Benjamin's thesis that personal histories can be traced only in the context of social milieus, economic forces, technological shifts, and historical events. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861893437
- ISBN
- 9781861893437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.29
€ 17.99
€ 14.29
Paperback. A compelling testament to Rory Gallagher and the musical life of a shy and retiring working-class hero, distinguished by his check shirts and his astounding dexterity on acoustic and electric guitar - the guitarist and blues man who blazed a trail for others to follow. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133. .
- Publisher
- Gill
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848893184
- ISBN
- 9781848893184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.21
€ 14.99
€ 13.21
Hardback. Illustrator(s): Hartman, Adrienne. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 247 x 232 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Little Bookroom,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780964126206
- ISBN
- 9780964126206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.33
€ 20.99
€ 18.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGXA; HREX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Publisher
- Shambhala
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590307632
- ISBN
- 9781590307632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 31.17
€ 47.99
€ 31.17
Paperback. A full-scale biography Henry VIII's fifth wife, the teenager who got herself fatally entangled with lovers and ended up with her neck on the block. Num Pages: 240 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445636764
- ISBN
- 9781445636764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.88
€ 18.88
Paperback. From the late forties through the sixties, Elia Kazan was the most important and influential director in America, and the only one who managed simultaneously to dominate both theater and film. This is a biography that looks at the man and his art in the context of the social, political, and cultural environments in which he lived and worked. Num Pages: 576 pages, 16 pages black and white photographs. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 203 x 53. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060955120
- ISBN
- 9780060955120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.06
€ 18.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. What my father didn't do in the war. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745968544
- ISBN
- 9780745968544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.48
€ 15.99
€ 12.48
Hardback. This cultural biography rescues Queen Anna from the shadow of King James I, arguing that she sponsored many of the artistic endeavors at court in the innovative Jacobean period (e.g., the extravagant drama known as the masque) in her role as early modern queen consort. Leeds Barroll also delves into her relationship with Catholicism. Series: New Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812235746
- ISBN
- 9780812235746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 318
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752439495
- ISBN
- 9780752439495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.41
€ 17.99
€ 16.41
paperback. A study of King James II and his reign, drawing on a wide array of primary sources from France, Italy and Ireland, as well as England. It explores James's relations with the state and society, focusing on the political, diplomatic and religious issues that shaped his reign. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 297 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 297
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300087284
- ISBN
- 9780300087284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.64
€ 25.99
€ 19.64
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752446080
- ISBN
- 9780752446080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.36
€ 15.99
€ 14.36
Hardback. A ground-breaking biography revealing the haunted origins of the man who created Dracula. Num Pages: 448 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631490101
- ISBN
- 9781631490101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.70
€ 37.99
€ 31.70
Paperback. An account of a scandal and cover up which threatened to unseat the British Government during the First World War. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244. "Originally published: 2003. Includes bibliographical references. Commissioning organisation: Tim Coates. 288 p. 20 cm. Paperback. Fine clean copy, as new." Keywords: Subjects - Biography - General
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KEX0160975
- ISBN
- 9780747568728
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. An account of a scandal and cover up which threatened to unseat the British Government during the First World War. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KNW0007984
- ISBN
- 9780747568728
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Growing up in Greenwich Village in the 1960s, the author discovers the music of Bob Dylan as a young teenager. Almost half a century later, now a distinguished professor of American history, he revisits Dylan's work with the critical skills of a scholar and the passion of a fan. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 29. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099549291
- ISBN
- 9780099549291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.80
€ 15.99
€ 11.80
Paperback. In Einstein: A Biography, Jurgen Neffe presents a clear and probing portrait of the man behind the myth. He recounts Einstein's life with detail and accuracy, presenting a comprehensive account of the educational, religious, psychological and historical conditions that enabled Einstein to become the ber-physicist of all time. Translator(s): Frish, Shelly. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGT; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 37. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745642215
- ISBN
- 9780745642215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.27
€ 17.99
€ 14.27