Biography: general
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Biography: general
Hardback. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BG; HBJF; HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312232894
- ISBN
- 9780312232894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
Hardback. Biographies quote Toni Morrison's birth name as Chloe Anthony Wofford. The author uses the theme of names and naming in her fiction to explore Morrison's own struggle to construct a useable identity as an African American woman novelist. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; BG; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312234027
- ISBN
- 9780312234027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312236465
- ISBN
- 9780312236465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.61
€ 67.61
Paperback. Patricia Highsmith, one of the greatest writers of 20th Century American fiction, had a life as darkly compelling as that of her favourite "hero-criminal," the talented Tom Ripley. The author maps out this richly bizarre life from her birth in Texas to Hitchcock's filming of her first novel, "Strangers On a Train", to her self-exile in Europe. Num Pages: 704 pages, includes two 8 page black & white photo inserts. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Picador
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312363819
- ISBN
- 9780312363819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 28.12
€ 29.99
€ 28.12
Paperback. Sgt John Basilone is one of the greatest heroes of the Greatest Generation. He was the only Marine in World War II to have received the Medal of Honor, the Navy Cross, and a Purple Heart and is arguably the most famous Marine of all time. This biography looks inside the life of Basilone. Num Pages: 352 pages, 29 black/white photos, one 8-page b/w photo insert. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 333.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Griffin Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312611446
- ISBN
- 9780312611446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.20
€ 21.99
€ 19.20
Paperback. One of the greatest basketball players of all time finally tells - with relentless honesty - the incredible story of his life. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16pp colour photos and 14pp int. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 212 x 26. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316053501
- ISBN
- 9780316053501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.07
€ 24.99
€ 22.07
Hardback. This second volume of the author's trilogy on Lenin stretches from 1910 to 1918. It combines studies of his ideas, his activity and the social and political background. The book also contains commentaries by his contemporaries as well as the latest documentary output from Soviet archives. Num Pages: 435 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 435
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333293911
- ISBN
- 9780333293911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.43
€ 68.43
Hardback. A biography of George Eliot. Num Pages: 390 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333310946
- ISBN
- 9780333310946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.34
€ 195.34
Hardback. Num Pages: 635 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 37. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 635
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333346518
- ISBN
- 9780333346518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.39
€ 197.39
Hardback. An attempt to draw together the important details of Woolf's working life in a single volume, allowing the reader to trace her development as novelist, feminist and literary journalist against the background of the age. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333388556
- ISBN
- 9780333388556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.50
€ 194.50
Hardback. This is a companion to George Eliot's life and works, listing year by year the details of her biography, her wide reading and her literary output. The chronology also offers previously unavailable bibliographical information, listing Eliot's periodical publications. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333398364
- ISBN
- 9780333398364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.54
€ 127.54
Hardback. In this attempt to shed new light on Alban Berg's life and music, the three main sections are each devoted to a particular genre. The first essay in each section surveys Berg's development within the genre concerned, whilst the subsequent chapters discuss particular works in more detail. Editor(s): Jarman, Douglas. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333427187
- ISBN
- 9780333427187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.17
€ 141.17
Hardback. Argues that Laski has been misrepresented, maintains that he dedicated his life to the quest for a just society, and that his thought remains highly relevant for our own times. The book stresses the relationship between his thoughts and actions, and makes extensive use of correspondence. Num Pages: 454 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 34. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 454
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333437162
- ISBN
- 9780333437162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.75
€ 68.75
Hardback. The presentation of Tennyson's personal and poetic development is supplemented by an introduction, brief biographical sketches of more than 30 of his friends, and maps of relevant areas in Lincolnshire and the Isle of Wight. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333460207
- ISBN
- 9780333460207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.64
€ 127.64
Hardcover. This chronological account of the life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge is built up from contemporary documents including the letters and journals of the writer and of his family and friends. Maps, a family tree and an index are included along with over 50 biographical sketches of the Coleridge circle. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333460214
- ISBN
- 9780333460214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.57
€ 127.57
Hardback. One of series of three volumes providing a critical assessment of the actual achievement of this university professor, who became the first President of Czechoslovakia. This volume gives a critical survey of some of the major issues of Masaryk's life, concentrating on the years after 1914. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVK; 3JJF; 3JJG; BGH; JPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333462478
- ISBN
- 9780333462478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333470770
- ISBN
- 9780333470770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.83
€ 195.83
Paperback. This study has been revised to include new finds about the composition dates of several Mozart works. A new bibliography and a collation with the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe edition of letters, edited by O.E.Deutsch, W.A.Bauer and J.H.Eibl: Baerenreiter, 1962-75 is also included. Editor(s): Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus; Anderson, Emily; Sadie, Stanley; Smart, Fiona. Num Pages: 1089 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; AVGC4; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 0. Weight in Grams: 1369.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 1089
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333485453
- ISBN
- 9780333485453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 134.33
€ 134.33
Hardback. This study aims to trace Swift's literary career in the context of his life, his times and his intellectual background, thus providing the reader with an historical basis for his works. The emphasis is on factual information as opposed to critical analysis. Series: Macmillan Literary Lives. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; BG; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333485842
- ISBN
- 9780333485842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.66
€ 193.66
Paperback. A biographical and critical study of Tennyson aiming to show what went into the making of the man, exploring the power, subtlety and variety of his poems, along with the artistic principles and preoccupations which shaped his life's work. Num Pages: 400 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333486559
- ISBN
- 9780333486559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.35
€ 67.35
Paperback. This series of books offers accounts of the literary careers of widely read British and Irish authors. Volumes follow the outline of the writers' working lives tracing the professional, publishing and social contexts which shaped their writing. This book is about the Irish author James Joyce. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 163 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 163
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333487372
- ISBN
- 9780333487372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.89
€ 59.89
Hardback. Victorian traveller, Mary Kingsley, has been portrayed as a victim of 19th-century attitudes towards women, a brave and daring explorer, an anti-imperialist agitator and even a feminist heroine. In this biography the author examines and then confronts all these portraits. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BG; JFFK; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333489208
- ISBN
- 9780333489208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.84
€ 127.84
Hardcover. Presenting records discovered after 1965, this book provides descriptions and supporting documentation of the events of Mozart's life. The book is organized so that documents dealing with the reception of Mozart's life are presented first and those on the reception of his music last. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; AVGC4; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Uk Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333495865
- ISBN
- 9780333495865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.72
€ 140.72
Hardback. Daniel Defoe, as the author of "Robinson Crusoe" and "Moll Flanders", can be described as, with some justification, the creator of the first novels in English. This book summarizes Defoe's life and achievements to offer a critical overview of his contribution to literature. Series: Literary Companions. Num Pages: 162 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; BG; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333513286
- ISBN
- 9780333513286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36