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Biography: general

Paperback. BIC Classification: BGA; BGLA; DNF; WNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Beacon Press United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807001912
ISBN
9780807001912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.99

Paperback. On the eve of World War II, the Squalus, America's newest submarine, plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic. Miraculously, thirty-three crew members still survived in the stricken vessel. This title presents a moment-by-moment account of the disaster and the man at its centre. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BTP; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 112 x 24. Weight in Grams: 246. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Ebury Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0003333
ISBN
9780091879372
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14ill. BIC Classification: BG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 178. Copy with minor shelf wear. Minor stain on front cover
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Transform Management Ltd/Xt3
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOC0007814
ISBN
9780954732134
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Offers a combination of photographs and text covering Robbie Williams' 2001 UK and European tour. This work provides a portrait of Robbie's life - the backstage dramas, the writing sessions, the exhaustion of touring, the bonding with the band, the meat-hungry press packs, the times with friends, the moments alone.. away from the crowds. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 268. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear and some wear to the cover.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Ebury Press
Edition
Updated ed.
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0011090
ISBN
9780091884734
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Storytelling kept alive the myths, legends, and history of the Blasket Islands, which are three miles off Irelands Dingle Peninsula. In her old age, Peig Sayers, 'the Queen of Gaelic storytellers', recounted her life to her son, who recorded the tale in this book. She recalls the events of her life and her simple philosophy. Translator(s): Ennis, Seamus. Num Pages: 160 pages, endpaper map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124. Clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1961
Publisher
Oxford University Press London
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KOG0006448
ISBN
9780192812391
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Hardback. C.R. Ashbee was, some would say, the key man in the British Arts and Crafts movement during the early decades of the 20th century. While much has been written about him, little has been said of his wife. Now Felicity Ashbee breaks the silence in a book about her mother, Janet. Num Pages: 216 pages, 49 b&w and 10 colour photographs, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ACVN; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 244 x 26. Weight in Grams: 686. Clean copy. Fine in dust jacket. DJ has minor wear to edges but remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOG0006469
ISBN
9780815607311
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 177 x 19. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Bantam
Edition
6.1.1984
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780553265965
ISBN
9780553265965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.67

Paperback. Based on unprecedented access to private correspondence, unpublished manuscripts and attuned to a musically inclined poet's skill in close listening, Who Can Afford to Improvise? retraces the full arc of James Baldwin's passage across the pages and stages of his career amplifying our sense of his contemporary relevance. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823276837
ISBN
9780823276837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.01

Hardcover. 'For years, the illicit love affair between Prime Minister Herbert Asquith and Venetia Stanley was concealed. Shocking events in our family led me to uncover the story of their forbidden love.' Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; BTH; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 642. Very good copy in very good dustwrappers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Metro Books,London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0015930
ISBN
9781843583721
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Although often embroiled in controversy and public debate, Spender's all consuming passion was literature. This is a serious literary biography which quotes extensively from Spender's writing and shows its relationship to the major political and social events with which Spender became involved. Num Pages: 350 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160. Weight in Grams: 644. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0016490
ISBN
9780715629482
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 428 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 694. Very good copy with light shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Sammon Publishing Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0016811
ISBN
9780954003104
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The life and poignant death of one of Britain's bravest women. Eileen Nearne, or Agent Rose, was one of forty women sent into France by the Special Operations Executive (SOE), Churchill's top secret wartime 'spooks' organisation. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BGH; BT; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 268. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0016814
ISBN
9781445641454
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In 1966, the young Aude Yung-de Prevaux discovered that she was the daughter of the Resistance heroes Jacques and Lotka de Prevaux, of whom she had never heard. This title pieces together her parents' story. Translator(s): Wright, Barbara. Num Pages: 224 pages, Facsimiles, Portraits. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition
New
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747553052
ISBN
9780747553052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.27

Paperback. Presents a history of modern physics, as seen through the lives of thirty men and women from the pantheon of physics such as Galileo, Albert Einstein, and Stephen Hawking. This title also offers portraits of their great moments of discovery, their bitter feuds, their relations with family and friends, their religious beliefs, and education. Num Pages: 512 pages, numerous halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: BGH; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 964.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
510
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195173246
ISBN
9780195173246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.91

Paperback. On the day that Homes was born in 1961, she was given up for adoption. Thirty years later, out of the blue, Homes was contacted by a lawyer on behalf of her birth mother, and they began to correspond; her biological father contacted her soon after. These two individuals and their effect on the adult Homes are strange and unexpected. Num Pages: 238 pages, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Granta Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847080110
ISBN
9781847080110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.30

Paperback. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 82.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Beacon Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807071335
ISBN
9780807071335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: AFKV; APB; BGF; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816691296
ISBN
9780816691296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.56

Paperback. Series: The Prison Diaries. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; BTC; FA; JKVP; JKVP1; JKVQ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. . ****THIS IS A PREORDER TO BE DELIVERED AROUND THE PUBLICATION DATE IN APRIL 2023****
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
9781509808878
ISBN
9781509808878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.60

Paperback. Series: The Prison Diaries. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JKVP1; JKVQ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. . ****THIS IS A PREORDER TO BE DELIVERED AROUND THE PUBLICATION DATE IN APRIL 2023****
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
9781509820795
ISBN
9781509820795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.60

paperback. * The international bestseller: 'An intimate portrait of Afghani people quite unlike any other .. a compelling read' Christina Lamb, SUNDAY TIMES Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; BG; HBJF; HBLW3; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222. Used paperback in very good condition.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Virago London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF0036131
ISBN
9781844080472
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, Colour. BIC Classification: 3JF; ACQ; AFJD; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 203 x 33. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Condition
New
SKU
9781608196975
ISBN
9781608196975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.63

Paperback. A biography of Edward Hay Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 120 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250. 19th Century Ireland. 165pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781845889920
ISBN
9781845889920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.76

Paperback. New biography of the great polar explorer reveals a new side to Sir Ernest Shackleton Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QMP; BGH; DSC; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781909930100
ISBN
9781909930100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.82

Paperback. Explores the man behind the legend, revealing his development as a ruler of an empire that was shaken to the core by religious and social revolt. This book presents a tale of war, culture and political intrigue during the reign of the legendary Harun al-Rashid from "The Thousand and One Nights". Translator(s): Howe, John. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 288. Clean copy with slight shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Saqi Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKE0000360
ISBN
9780863565502
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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