Biography: general
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Biography: general
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGA; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813933092
- ISBN
- 9780813933092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.24
€ 66.24
Paperback / so. "Never Ask Permission" is a daughter's honest portrait of a charismatic and difficult woman who broke the threads of convention. Also in Elisabeth Scott Bocock readers recognize the flawed but feisty, enduring character of Richmond. 31 illustrations. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; BGA; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813933375
- ISBN
- 9780813933375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.85
€ 19.99
€ 19.85
Hardback. Num Pages: 85 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HRCS; VFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Tyndale House Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 85
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842350990
- ISBN
- 9780842350990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.88
€ 16.99
€ 15.88
paperback. Suetonius has often been used as if he were an historian, and at the same time criticised for not being one. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 224 pages, p. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBAH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 15. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856685385
- ISBN
- 9780856685385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.54
€ 33.99
€ 30.54
paperback. On the morning of April 27, 1935, Louis N Hammerling fell to his death from the nineteenth floor of an apartment in New York City, where he lived alone. Hammerling was one of the most influential Polish immigrants in America and the leading voice and advocate of the Eastern Europeans who had come to the country seeking a better life. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJG; BGH; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875807218
- ISBN
- 9780875807218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.47
€ 33.99
€ 30.47
Hardback. Gun ownership has long been a hot-button topic in the United States, and the National Rifle Association has the reputation of being an organisation of primarily politically conservative members. Num Pages: 300 pages, 16 b notes; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; WSXS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597976909
- ISBN
- 9781597976909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.85
€ 27.99
€ 26.85
Paperback. Provides an account of life of the author's first tour of duty in Vietnam - the blood, fear, camaraderie, and tedium of combat and maneuver. First published in 1987, this book shows an eager young recruit growing before the reader's eyes into a proud but bloodied combat veteran. Series: Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; BGHA; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585446049
- ISBN
- 9781585446049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.29
€ 31.29
hardcover. The sequel to "Aristocrats", this tells the story of the Irish revolutionary, Lord Edward Fitzgerald. Son of a duke, heir to estates and influence, Lord Edward died in a Dublin gaol, a rebel and a traitor. The book looks at how this happened, and explores the hidden relationships in his life. Num Pages: 350 pages, 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 165. Weight in Grams: 732. Clean copy fine in dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0023804
- ISBN
- 9780701165383
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.49
€ 6.49
paperback. A controversial account of the Churchill years by a bestselling historian. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBLW3; HBWQ; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 278. Good clean copy showing some age and shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Phoenix London
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0023898
- ISBN
- 9781857992137
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 6.49
€ 6.49
hardcover. The sequel to "Aristocrats", this tells the story of the Irish revolutionary, Lord Edward Fitzgerald. Son of a duke, heir to estates and influence, Lord Edward died in a Dublin gaol, a rebel and a traitor. The book looks at how this happened, and explores the hidden relationships in his life. Num Pages: 350 pages, 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 165. Weight in Grams: 732. Clean copy fine in dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0024028
- ISBN
- 9780701165383
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.49
€ 6.49
paperback. Num Pages: 396 pages, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 173 x 31. Weight in Grams: 500. Good clean copy. Covers showing light shelf wear. Illustrated pages have been sellotaped back into place. Text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Colin Smythe Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0030970
- ISBN
- 9780861403677
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.49
€ 6.49
paperback. Drawing on unpublished correspondence and other archival sources, this biography of Philip of Spain places him within the social, cultural, religious and regional context of his times. In doing so the author aims to reveal much about Philip the youth, the man, the husband and often troubled King. Num Pages: 400 pages, 32 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 664. Good clean copy. Covers showing a little shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0030976
- ISBN
- 9780300078008
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.49
€ 6.49
Hardcover. What it means to eat, sleep and bleed GAA, from a legend of the game. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 235 x 30. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780717169344
- ISBN
- 9780717169344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 6.93
€ 22.99
€ 6.93
Hardback. Documents how American experimental music and its practitioners came to prominence in the West German cultural landscape between the end of the Second World War in 1945 and the reunification of East and West Germany in 1990. This work chronicles German views on American music, and American composers' pursuit of professional opportunities abroad. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 359 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; 3JJPN; AVGC6; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 359
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520247550
- ISBN
- 9780520247550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.50€ 64.18
€ 83.50
€ 64.18
Nearing 60, William D. Street (1851-1911) sat down to write his memoir of frontier life. Edited by Street'sgreat-grandson, with an introduction by Richard Etulain, a leading scholar of the West, this memoir is history as it was lived, recalled in sharp detail and recounted in engaging prose, for the ages. Editor(s): Street, Warren R. Num Pages: 584 pages, 9 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700621712
- ISBN
- 9780700621712
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.80
€ 81.80
A biography that situates Lady Mary Wroth in her family and court context, emphasizing the growth of the writer's mind in the sections on her childhood and youth, with a focus on her learned aunt, Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, as literary mentor, and on her Continental connections, Louise de Coligny, Princess of Orange. Num Pages: 430 pages, Includes 28 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 247 x 182 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1128.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754660538
- ISBN
- 9780754660538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.86
€ 171.86
hardcover. Based on over ten years of archival research, Richard A. Davies's scholarly biography of Haliburton is the first since 1924. It is an engaging examination of a controversial and contradictory Canadian writer and significant figure in the history of pre-confederation Nova Scotia. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 340 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; BG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 663.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802050014
- ISBN
- 9780802050014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.42
€ 89.42
With its insights into the political, religious, and domestic battles that have dominated women's destinies, Sadik's life story is as inspirational as it is dramatic Num Pages: 536 pages, 28 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BG; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 43. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803211049
- ISBN
- 9780803211049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.49
€ 35.99
€ 34.49
When Rob Amberg first met Dellie Norton, she was 76 years old and had lived most of her life in the mountain community of Sodom Laurel, North Carolina. This work traces the relationship between them, years marked by the seasons of raising and harvesting food and by the gatherings of family. Num Pages: 192 pages, 134 duotones. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 3JJP; BG; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1170.
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807827420
- ISBN
- 9780807827420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 50.38
€ 54.99
€ 50.38
Hardcover. Editor(s): Lackey, Professor Michael. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813934860
- ISBN
- 9780813934860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.13
€ 48.13
BIC Classification: BGH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 146 x 29. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publication date
- 1960
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815600206
- ISBN
- 9780815600206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.65
€ 54.65
He was a trailblazing 20th-century British photojournalist but George Rodger lived in the adventurous tradition of 19th-century explorers. Co-founding Magnum Photos in 1947 with Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa, the modest Rodger was eclipsed by his partners. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 b&w photographs, notes, index. BIC Classification: AJB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607625
- ISBN
- 9780815607625
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.68
€ 35.99
€ 32.68
Forced to fight other Jews in bare-knuckle bouts for the perverse entertainment of SS officers, Harry quickly learned that his own survival depended on his ability to fight and win. Presenting a story of endurance, desperation, and love, this title provides the first-hand testimony of the author's father, Harry Haft, a holocaust victim. Series: Religion, Theology and the Holocaust. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12 black-&-white illustrations, 2 forewords. BIC Classification: BGS; HBJD; HBTZ1; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608233
- ISBN
- 9780815608233
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.77
€ 25.99
€ 23.77
Turning his journalistic eye on his own life, the author offers a series of sketches that describes the events and people he encounters. He narrates both the daily and the legendary events at "Time", offering readers a glimpse into the world of magazine writing and publishing before the age of the computer. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGBA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608479
- ISBN
- 9780815608479
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.17
€ 25.99
€ 24.17