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Biography: general

Paperback. Part political inquiry, part travel journal, part-self exploration, "Seek" is a collection of essays by an award-winning novelist out to explore himself and his life in the company of those who live on the edges of society. His travels take him from hippy conventions to war-torn Liberia Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Methuen Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413772756
ISBN
9780413772756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.54

Paperback. Pompey the Great was one of the most important military commanders and politicians in the history of the Roman republic. This biography provides a historical background essential for understanding Pompey's career. It gives readers a look inside the political and military world of ancient Rome and at one of the characters that shaped its destiny. Series: Blackwell Ancient Lives. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631227212
ISBN
9780631227212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 46.02

Hardback. How to Think Like Churchill looks at defining moments in Churchill's life and reveals the key principles, philosophies and decisions that made him the man we remember him as. Studying how he accomplished what he did, how he overcame adversity and stood strong in the face of overwhelming odds, you too can learn to think like Churchill. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Michael O´Mara Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
KHN0002483
ISBN
9781782433217
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Even two hundred years after Abraham Lincoln's death, we, like Walt Whitman, "love the President personally." Num Pages: 416 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 250 x 35. Weight in Grams: 770.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393065305
ISBN
9780393065305
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.96

Hardcover. From one of the leading scholars of the composer's works, an exploration of the unswerving artistic vision underlying Beethoven's symphonies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 illustrations; 10 music examples. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393076448
ISBN
9780393076448
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.99

Hardcover. A startling re-evaluation of Lady Byron's marriage and the untold story of her complex life as a single mother and progressive force. Num Pages: 384 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 245 x 34. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393082685
ISBN
9780393082685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.96

Paperback. "The cumulative effect is overwhelming. Eleanor Roosevelt was right: Hoover's FBI was an American gestapo."-Newsweek Num Pages: 848 pages, 32 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; JKVF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 36. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
848
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393321289
ISBN
9780393321289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.91

Paperback. The hidden life of Alfred C. Kinsey, the principal architect of the sexual revolution. Num Pages: 938 pages, 30 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: BG; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 34. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
938
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780393327243
ISBN
9780393327243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.69

Paperback. "An amazing story [told] with clarity and intelligence .. colorful and insightful."-Martin Rubin, Los Angeles Times Num Pages: 512 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393333596
ISBN
9780393333596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99

Paperback. "Randel is endlessly fascinating, and Holloway's biography tells his life with great skill."-Steve Weinberg, USA Today Num Pages: 384 pages, 53 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BGH; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393347906
ISBN
9780393347906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.61

Paperback. A window onto the lives of the Romantic poets through the re-creation of one legendary night in 1817. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGL; DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393353068
ISBN
9780393353068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.61

Hardcover. * The definitive biography of the philosopher Jacques Derrida (1930-2004). * In writing this biography, Benoit Peeters talked to over a hundred individuals who knew and worked with Derrida. Num Pages: 700 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. BIC Classification: BG; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1132.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
700
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745656151
ISBN
9780745656151
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 27.05

Hardcover. The untold story of an eccentric, scientific visionary whose death-defying research has saved millions of lives. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 167 x 40. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Liveright
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871406774
ISBN
9780871406774
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.92

Hardback. The single most intimate look at Muhammad Ali's life after boxing, told through the story of an unexpected friendship. Num Pages: 240 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: BGS; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631491153
ISBN
9781631491153
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.92

Hardcover. A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist 'Biography' A groundbreaking biography of the most pioneering and accomplished African-American writer of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 624 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 168 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1070.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393240900
ISBN
9780393240900
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.13

Paperback. Published to coincide with the major release of HBO's upcoming film Hemingway and Gellhorn, starring Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen. Series: Movie Tie-in Editions. Num Pages: 800 pages, 16 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 232 x 33. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Movie Tie-in Edition
Number of pages
763
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393343205
ISBN
9780393343205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.85

Paperback. A groundbreaking work that reveals how Marlon Brando shaped his legacy in art and life. Num Pages: 512 pages, 78 illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 142 x 41. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393351200
ISBN
9780393351200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.61

Paperback. A lively chronicle of the 1960s through the surprisingly close and incredibly contentious friendship of its two most colorful characters. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; BGL; HBJK; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393353020
ISBN
9780393353020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.63

Hardcover. Karl Marx is a magisterial and defining biography that vividly explores not only the man himself but also the revolutionary times in which he lived. Num Pages: 672 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFCX; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 175 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1152.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Liveright
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871404671
ISBN
9780871404671
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.13

Paperback. This "admiring and absorbing biography" (Deborah Solomon, The New York Times Book Review) charts Sam Wagstaff's incalculable influence on contemporary art, photography, and gay identity. Num Pages: 480 pages, 32 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: ACX; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 145 x 35. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631490958
ISBN
9781631490958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.71

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