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Biography: general

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Biography: general

Paperback. Born in a rural Kenyan village in 1940, Wangari Maathai was already an iconoclast as a child, determined to get an education even though most African girls then were uneducated. In this autobiography, she tells of her studies with Catholic missionaries. It deals with her life and work. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGA; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099493099
ISBN
9780099493099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. A confessional, uplifting memoir from the beloved YouTube personality Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 213 x 26. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476794303
ISBN
9781476794303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.42

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; AVC; AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
Publisher
Blue Rider Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780735210691
ISBN
9780735210691
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.27

Paperback. Teddy captured the Adirondack Golden Gloves title at 139 pounds in 1976. Forced out of competition because of injury, he turned his talents to training fighters, including Mike Tyson and Barry McGuigan. He has also employed his talents in appearing in films and choreographing fight scenes for a television series. This memoir presents his story. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8-pages of black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGS; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060542412
ISBN
9780060542412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Janis Joplin's sister uses newly discovered letters to chronicle the singer's life, discussing her restless teen years, involvement in the hippie scene at Haight-Ashbury, sexual experimentation, drug use, and career. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
It Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060755225
ISBN
9780060755225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. .
Publisher
The History Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750927383
ISBN
9780750927383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.61

Hardback. Revealed is Goering's role in creating the Luftwaffe and the German prewar economy during 1935-37 that set the stage for the launching of WWII in 1939. Also revealed are his second marriage to a popular stage actress, occupation of the Rhineland, diplomatic missions to Poland and Italy, hunting career, and the top-secret Hossbach war conference. Series: The Personal Photograph Albums of Hermann Goering. Num Pages: 272 pages, 290 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 180 x 24. Weight in Grams: 942.
Publisher
Fonthill Media LLc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781625450197
ISBN
9781625450197
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 39.42

Paperback. Ludwig Wittgenstein was one of the founders of modern analytic philosophy and is regarded as the greatest philosophical genius since Immanuel Kant. In this book, the author traces the complex relationship between the philosopher's life, his work and his time. It describes Wittgenstein's eventful life, his numerous trips, and his friendships. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 174 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861893208
ISBN
9781861893208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSKQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307952202
ISBN
9780307952202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.03

Paperback. Complicated Shadows paints a detailed and accurate portrait of an intensely private and complex individual. Num Pages: 480 pages, 2pl. BIC Classification: AVG; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
490
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841956657
ISBN
9781841956657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Akashic Books,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781617754449
ISBN
9781617754449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.87

Paperback. Nicolas Roche has a famous surname to all fans of cycling. The son of legendary Irish and World Champion Stephen Roche, Nicolas had to fight to make it as a professional and even harder to make his mark as his own man in this toughest of competitive sports. This title tells his story of life as a professional cyclist. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, col. ports., photos. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: BGSA; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 34. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848271111
ISBN
9781848271111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

Paperback. El Sicario, a fugitive in the US with a $250,000 price tag on his head. He has executed hundreds of people, is an expert in torture, spent years working for the state police, and received training from the FBI. This title offers a series of his confessions. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BGA; JKVG; JPZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099559955
ISBN
9780099559955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. The definitive critical study of Tolkien's greatest works by the respected and world renowned Tolkien scholar Professor T.A. Shippey. Num Pages: 384 pages, With index. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780261104013
ISBN
9780261104013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Andrew Anthony was shocked by the response of liberal friends and colleagues after 9/11- a belief that America had it coming, a determination to understand the perpetrator rather than support the victim. This memoir offers an account of his political education in Thatcher's Britain and the painful midlife reassessment. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238. Some light shelf wear else as new.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Vintage Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KTG0007763
ISBN
9780099507857
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Surprised by Oxford is the memoir of a skeptical agnostic who comes to a dynamic personal faith in God during graduate studies in literature at Oxford University. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 35. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780849921834
ISBN
9780849921834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.81

Paperback. An absolute classic of autobiography and history - one of the few books to explore how and why the Germans were seduced by Hitler and Nazism. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGA; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 305 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Phoenix Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842126608
ISBN
9781842126608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. A great man on an even greater stage: Benjamin Franklin arrives in London at the very moment it becomes the epicentre of the greatest power in the world. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780227351
ISBN
9781780227351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. An unforgettable portrait of the Austro-Hungarian author of The Radetzky March, this biography in letters - selected here for the first time by Michael Hofmann - is classic European literature at its finest Translator(s): Hofmann, Michael. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847083418
ISBN
9781847083418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8pp col photos. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; 3JJPR; 3JM; BGTA; JFFD; JKSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844087884
ISBN
9781844087884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

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