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Biography

Hardback. Keywords: Biography - Ireland - authors -
Format
Hardback
Publisher
New Directions Books U.S.A.
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KEX0178873
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 20.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. The fascinating story of one of England's most famous monarchs, Alfred the Great, from his birth to the discovery of a piece of his pelvis in a cardboard box in a museum in Winchester Num Pages: 272 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; BGH; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445649641
ISBN
9781445649641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.45

Paperback. Written in a simple style, with context boxes, illustrations and images aplenty, this short book brilliantly narrates the life and times of Al-Ghazali. Num Pages: 104 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX; HPDC; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 142 x 6. Weight in Grams: 166. A Concise Life. 104 pages, 20 illustrations. Written in a simple style, with context boxes, illustrations and images aplenty, this short book brilliantly narrates the life and times of Al-Ghazali. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGX; HPDC; HRH. Dimension: 197 x 142 x 6. Weight: 166.
Publisher
Kube Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
104
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847740304
ISBN
9781847740304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.42

Paperback. I thought of life's many bounties, to have known the extremities of joy and sorrow, love, success and failure, fame and slaughter, to have read in the newspapers that as a writer I was past my sell-by date, yet regardless, to go on writing and reading, to be lucky enough to live in these two intensities that have buttressed my whole life. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571269440
ISBN
9780571269440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.85

Paperback. A major biography of Emma Darwin of whom the author writes: 'Darwin's debt to Emma can never be fully estimated. Without her he might have been a clever man who yet achieved nothing' Num Pages: 384 pages, 16pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGH; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001644
ISBN
9780747262480
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

paperback. Presents a personal chronicle of Fanny, a young girl growing up Jewish in a small midwestern town. This novel charts Fanny's emotional growth through her relationship with her mother, the shrewd, sympathetic Molly Brandeis. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DSB; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 25. Weight in Grams: 377.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252069468
ISBN
9780252069468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.22

Hardback. Presents a first person account of two of the heroes of World War II and of the love that they shared across the years and miles. Editor(s): Edmundson, Celia. Series: World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 252 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BJ; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 25. Weight in Grams: 533.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823230969
ISBN
9780823230969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.64

Hardback. This is an account of the life of German nationalist and revolutionary Charles Follen. His life embraces many historical issues, he conspired in the first political murder of modern German history, fled to Switzerland, then America where he was instrumental in the importation of German ideas. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; BG; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674110113
ISBN
9780674110113
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.89
€ 68.99

Paperback. The greatest statesman of his age, Benjamin Franklin was also a pioneering scientist, a successful author, the first American postmaster general, a printer and a bon vivant. This biography offers a compact and provocative portrait of America's most extraordinary patriot. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 368 pages, bibliog references, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 124 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300101621
ISBN
9780300101621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.61

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 319 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HRCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486424668
ISBN
9780486424668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.57

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 944 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 127 x 37. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Modern Library Inc
Number of pages
944
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375756788
ISBN
9780375756788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.19

paperback. A biography that provides the most authoritative picture yet of King Stephen, whose reign (1135-1154), with its 'nineteen long winters' of civil war, made his name synonymous with failed leadership. After years of work on the sources, the author shows with clarity the strengths and weaknesses of the monarch. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 30. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300181951
ISBN
9780300181951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.60

Paperback. Borderlines is a memoir of Greece, its life, culture, writers and people. Num Pages: 315 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVG; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
White Pine Press United States
Number of pages
315
Condition
New
SKU
V9781893996335
ISBN
9781893996335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.36

Paperback. Editor(s): Newton, Michael. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199539116
ISBN
9780199539116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.36

Paperback. An autobiography of the distinguished poet Edmund Blunden. It records his experiences as an infantry subaltern in France and Flanders. It tells of the heroism and despair found among the officers. It shows how he found hope in the natural landscape. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184364
ISBN
9780141184364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. She revolutionized how women looked. She banned corsets, shortened skirts and scented the world with Chanel No.5. Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel was an icon. But how closely did her carefully moulded image match the truth? Translator(s): Amphoux, Nancy. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AKB; AKTH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
Quercus
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906694241
ISBN
9781906694241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. Translator(s): Baldick, Robert. Num Pages: 472 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590171905
ISBN
9781590171905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226529479
ISBN
9780226529479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 209 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 13. Weight in Grams: 199.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803279964
ISBN
9780803279964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardcover. Edith and Victor Turner were among the most influential researchers and teachers and social and cultural anthropology in the twentieth century. This memoir is a testimony to a remarkable partnership and to Edie Turner's own achievements during more than two decades after Victor's untimely death. Num Pages: index. BIC Classification: BG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845451264
ISBN
9781845451264
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.52

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