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Biography: general

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Biography: general

Paperback. This is a biography of Peter the Great. It tells his life story in 12 chapters, including two final chapters on his legacy and posthumous reputation, with the aim of providing a vivid sense of the dynamics of his life and reign. Num Pages: 285 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JD; 3JF; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300103007
ISBN
9780300103007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.29

Paperback. Paints a vivid portrait of a woman gloriously out of the step with the conventions of her time. Over the course of a dozen years, Scottish plant collector Isobel Wylie Hutchison (1889-1982) explored northern latitudes from the Lofoten Islands of Norway to the far reaches of the American Aleutians. Series: Women in the West. Num Pages: 282 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1MTN; BG; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803273443
ISBN
9780803273443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99

Paperback. Agatha Christie's personal memoirs about her travels to Syria and Iraq in the 1930s with her archaeologist husband Max Mallowan, where she worked on the digs and wrote some of her most evocative novels. Num Pages: 304 pages, 40 b/w plates. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780007487240
ISBN
9780007487240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. Tavis Smiley recounts the story of his friendship with Maya Angelou Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Back Bay
Condition
New
SKU
KTJ8038655
ISBN
9780316341776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.28

Hardback. Presents a different view of Richard Wagner based on research that does not shy away from some truths about this controversial composer. This book tells what Wagner did, said, and wrote. It suggests that an estimation of Wagner does not lie in an all too easy condemnation of his many provocative actions and ideas. Num Pages: 324 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 1 table, 31 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH; BGF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520254534
ISBN
9780520254534
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.41
€ 57.31

Paperback. Editor(s): Forbes, Elliot. Num Pages: 552 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 926.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
542
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691027180
ISBN
9780691027180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.35
€ 51.34

Hardcover. Jack Sheehan was one of eleven children born into an impoverished farming family on the Sheep's Head peninsula in southwest Ireland. Growing up in hungry times, he stayed on the farm all his eighty-three years. This book is illustrated with maps and photographs of early documents relating to his farm's history. Illustrator(s): Watson, Ciaran; Gralton, Danny. Num Pages: 244 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; BG; TV; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 936 228pp. Purportedly a book about farming and the title would suggest, sheep farming on some isolated farm somewhere in the backs of beyond, (somewhere near San José) this book is a Pandora's box of reading and visual pleasure. It is the story of one Jack Sheehan who lived from 1920 to 2003 on the West Cork peninsula of Sheep's Head, and was a farmer, an archeaologist, a local historian, a naturalist, and, I would imagine, wonderful company. Written by Sean Sheehan his nephew, and illustrated with the superb photographs of Danny Gralton and Ciaran Watson, every single page is full of delight. The book is somewhat akin to a package of peanuts in that once opened you simply cannot put it down and even as these words are being penned, it has been opened several times filled with stories of local history, the seasons of the year, the place names, the ancient monuments, the books read during a life time and, oh aye, farming. It is a social history of twentieth century rural Ireland and an intimate portrait of personal contentment in a world gone mad. For readers today, it is an oasis of common sense
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Atrium Cork
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
9780955226113
ISBN
9780955226113
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 35.20

Paperback. Michael Powell lived intimately, and abundantly, with the movies - entering the business at the end of the silent era, growing up in the industry, becoming one of Britain's most respected and influential directors. This title presents his portrait. Num Pages: 736 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 3JJ; APFB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 37. Weight in Grams: 910.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571204311
ISBN
9780571204311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Quest Books,U.S. United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780835609159
ISBN
9780835609159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.05

Hardcover. In December 1954, for his part in an arms raid on Omagh army barracks, Dublin man Eamonn Boyce was convicted on three counts of this archaic offence and sentenced at the Belfast Winter Assizes to twelve years' imprisonment. This book provides an account of his prison regime; IRA command structures; education; and relations with fellow prisoners. Editor(s): Bryson, Anna. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, ports., facsims. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 51. Weight in Grams: 920.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The Lilliput Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843511298
ISBN
9781843511298
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.00
€ 30.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; MBDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 204 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Broadway Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804138673
ISBN
9780804138673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.37

Paperback. This biography rescues from obscurity those in the Irish revolutionary movement who, like Sean McLoughlin, not only envisaged, but fought for, an Ireland very different to the impoverished capitalist neo-colony that would come into being after 1922. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; 3JJG; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The Merlin Press Ltd.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850367058
ISBN
9780850367058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 286. As new
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd Kerry
Number of pages
256
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KEX0220943
ISBN
9780863223648
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd Kerry
Number of pages
256
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KNW0010427
ISBN
9780863223648
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 pp colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 250. Some minor shelf wear but remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
LIBERTIES PRESS
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTJ0046807
ISBN
9781905483884
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062262844
ISBN
9780062262844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.68

Paperback. A detailed biography, using material not previously available, of the English composer who was at the centre of musical events in England for sixty years. Series: Clarendon Paperbacks. Num Pages: 464 pages, frontispiece, 16 pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 30. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192820822
ISBN
9780192820822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 90.60

Paperback. Ever since being brought up by The Beatles, Frankie Boyle has been a tremendous liar. Join him on his adventures with his chum Clangy The Brass Boy and laugh as he doesn't accidentally kill a student nurse when a party gets out of hand. Num Pages: 304 pages, (2x8pp plates). BIC Classification: APB; BGFA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
9780007324514
ISBN
9780007324514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.41

Hardback. Joyce Gould's memoirs take us through eighty years of political and social change, identifying her role as part of that change. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Biteback Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849549752
ISBN
9781849549752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.66

Paperback. In this title, Anthony Bozza gets up close and personal with one of the world's biggest selling male solo artists. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. BIC Classification: AVGR; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262. Good copy with some minor shelf wear and some yellowing to half title, title page and edges.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0011103
ISBN
9780552150958
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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