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Biography: general
Paperback. Peppered with insights, one-liners and missives to the likes of Norman Mailer, Gunter Grass and Bernard Malamud, the author is funny, wise and modest. As he himself said: 'I am an American fad-of a slightly higher order than the hula hoop.' This title deals with these works. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 38. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099582946
- ISBN
- 9780099582946
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Paperback. Patrice Lumumba was the foremost leader of the African independence movement. After his execution in 1961, when he had been prime minister of the newly-liberated Congo for only seven months, he became an icon of anti-imperialist struggle. Zeilig tells the story of Lumumba's transition from nationalist to international symbol of African liberation. Series: Life & Times. Num Pages: 198 pages, 20 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFJZ; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BGH; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTQ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908323941
- ISBN
- 9781908323941
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.35
€ 17.99
€ 13.35
Paperback. A biography of the impresario of the arts and creator of 'The Ballets Russes'. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ASDL; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 173 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1024.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846681646
- ISBN
- 9781846681646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 17.93
€ 26.99
€ 17.93
Paperback. Features an account of the time the author has spent with his friend and collaborator, Jeff Buckley, during Jeff's early days in New York City. This title describes their magical performance together at the Greetings from Tim Buckley concert at the Church of St Ann in 1991 - the event that first introduced Jeff to the world at large. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 Black and White and Colour in Plate Section. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 214 x 27. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Publisher
- Jawbone Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908279453
- ISBN
- 9781908279453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.75
€ 19.99
€ 14.75
Paperback. Elizabeth II has lived through Abdication, the Blitz and World War Two, the sex and spy scandals of the swinging sixties, the Cold War and the nuclear threat and the Fall of the Berlin Wall. She has known 11 US Presidents including JFK and Ronald Reagan, and other world leaders like President Mandela and Pope John XXII. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; BGR; HBJD1; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Viking
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780670919123
- ISBN
- 9780670919123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Hardback. Eleonora Abbagnato is the prima ballerina at the Opera de Paris. This volume reveals her artistic versatility through the photographs of four celebrated ballets. It opens with an original interview by Valeria Crippa, journalist and ballet critic. Num Pages: 160 pages, 105 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ASDL; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 247 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1226.
- Publisher
- Skira Italy
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788857217871
- ISBN
- 9788857217871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.88
€ 40.99
€ 33.88
Paperback. Series: Cultographies. Num Pages: 144 pages, ill. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 112 x 10. Weight in Grams: 158. The Karen Carpenter Story. Series: Cultographies. 144 pages, ill. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Dimension: 175 x 112 x 10. Weight: 158.
- Publisher
- Wallflower Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905674886
- ISBN
- 9781905674886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.40
€ 17.99
€ 14.40
Paperback. BIC Classification: BGLA; DNF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781476723426
- ISBN
- 9781476723426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.71
€ 17.99
€ 16.71
Paperback. Drawing on extensive scholarship and the author's own letters, this book offers information about his life, early hardships, political beliefs, and literary contexts. Editor(s): Noble, Andrew; Hogg, Patrick Scott. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 1120 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; BGL; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 51. Weight in Grams: 744. 1120 pages. Editor(s): Noble, Andrew; Hogg, Patrick Scott. Drawing on extensive scholarship and the author's own letters, this book offers information about his life, early hardships, political beliefs, and literary contexts. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; BGL; DSBD; DSC. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 51. Weight: 888.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 1120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841953809
- ISBN
- 9781841953809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.17
€ 26.99
€ 20.17
paperback. In this account of life in post-war literary Dublin, Anthony Cronin writes of the frustrations and pathologies of this generation: the excess of drink; the shortage of sex; the insecurity and begrudgery; the limitations of cultural life in mid-century Ireland, and the bittersweet pull of exile. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272. A Memoir. 208 pages, 3 b&w photographs. In this account of life in post-war literary Dublin, Anthony Cronin writes of the frustrations and pathologies of this generation: the excess of drink; the shortage of sex; the insecurity and begrudgery; the limitations of cultural life in mid-century Ireland, and the bittersweet pull of exile. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DN. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight: 270.
- Edition
- New
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901866421
- ISBN
- 9781901866421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.40
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Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGR; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062231451
- ISBN
- 9780062231451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.65
€ 13.99
€ 10.65
Paperback. Portrays Elizabeth as both a woman and a queen, an extraordinary phenomenon in a patriarchal age. This book tells of: Elizabeth's long-standing affair with Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester; her dealings with her many suitors; her rivalry with Mary, Queen of Scots; and, her bizarre relationship with the Earl of Essex, thirty years her junior. Num Pages: 544 pages, col. ill. BIC Classification: BGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099524250
- ISBN
- 9780099524250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
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€ 14.96
Paperback. Geoffrey Garrett was for over 40 years a Home Office pathologist. This volume presents his personal memoirs and chronicles many of his infamous, unusual and heartbreaking cases together with a history of his professional life, giving a unique insight into a pathologist's work. Num Pages: 368 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: BG; MMF; MMQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Constable and Robinson United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841192956
- ISBN
- 9781841192956
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.86
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€ 11.86
Paperback. BIC Classification: BGT. Dimension: 112 x 177 x 29. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753557525
- ISBN
- 9780753557525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.68
€ 13.99
€ 11.68
Paperback. * Now in paperback, a history of one of the most controversial personalities of fifteenth--century England, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick. * The first full study of this powerful and compelling figure within the context of political life of late medieval England. Num Pages: 364 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 233 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 364
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631235934
- ISBN
- 9780631235934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.78
€ 45.99
€ 45.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; BGH; HBWS4; JFSJ1; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062333827
- ISBN
- 9780062333827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.01
€ 20.99
€ 18.01
Hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 250 x 13. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Oxford Brookes University
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780992929930
- ISBN
- 9780992929930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.48
€ 26.99
€ 19.48
Paperback. Hillary Rodham Clinton's inside account of the crises, choices and challenges she faced during her four years as America's 67thSecretary of State Num Pages: 656 pages, 3 x 16pp Colour Plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; BGHA; BM; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 50. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471131523
- ISBN
- 9781471131523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.46
€ 15.99
€ 11.46
Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 35 x 144 x 225. Weight in Grams: 597. Clean copy in good condition. Some shelf wear. Hardcover, dustjacket in good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KRF0008871
- ISBN
- 9780340897904
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A memoir that appears to have been written in the 1920s by someone who asserts that he was Jack the Ripper. Given the fact that the author also appear to have knowledge about aspects of the case not in the public arena at the time it could be that this actually is the autobiography of Jack the Ripper. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 pages b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGHA; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552165396
- ISBN
- 9780552165396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. During the early fifties, Kenya was a country in turmoil. This memoir charts the development of a significant voice in international literature, as well as standing as a record of the struggles of a nation to free itself. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099572244
- ISBN
- 9780099572244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
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Paperback. Drugs, misery and rock and roll.. the totally candid story of how one woman's addiction to a glamorous life turned into a nightmare and how she brought herself back from the point of no return. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp colour. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 19. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340933206
- ISBN
- 9780340933206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. Meister Eckhart (c. 1260-1327) was a Dominican philosopher and spiritual master whose thought is among the most daring and difficult in the history of western mysticism. Series: Classics of Western Spirituality Series. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HPC; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Paulist Press International,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809123704
- ISBN
- 9780809123704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.44
€ 32.99
€ 28.44
Paperback. Written by Scott Moncrieff's great-great-niece, Jean Findlay, with exclusive access to the family archive, this book presents a portrait of a man hurled into war, through an era when the world was changing fast and forever, who brought us the greatest epic of time and memory that has ever been written. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099507086
- ISBN
- 9780099507086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.77
€ 19.00
€ 16.77