Biography
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Biography
Paperback. Widely regarded as the best British painter since Turner, very little is known about Francis Bacon's life. This book gives us an insight into Bacon's genius. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099307815
- ISBN
- 9780099307815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.53
€ 17.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. Although the author was a missionary, far from converting the Pirahas, they converted him. This title shows the slow, meticulous steps by which he gradually mastered their language and his gradual realisation that its unusual nature closely reflected its speakers' startlingly original perceptions of the world. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 page colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; BM; CF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846680403
- ISBN
- 9781846680403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.04
€ 17.99
€ 13.04
Paperback. * Traces the erotic myth of Lady Godiva back to its medieval origins. * Based on scholarly research but written to be accessible to general readers. * Combines history, literature, art and folklore. * Focuses on the twin themes of voyeurism and medievalism. Num Pages: 176 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405100472
- ISBN
- 9781405100472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.02
€ 42.02
Hardback. Posterity remembers Lady Godiva for her naked horseback ride through the city of Coventry, but that is only part of her story. This book investigates who Lady Godiva really was and traces the evolution of the Godiva legend from its first appearance in the 13th century through to the present day. Num Pages: 176 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405100465
- ISBN
- 9781405100465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.10
€ 121.10
Paperback. Cannibalism is one of the oldest and deepest seated taboos. This work provides a lively and easily digestible account from the earliest incidents through to the modern day. It includes ritual cannibalism in primitive societies; cases in mythology, literature and fairy tales and contemporary figures. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 illusrations. BIC Classification: BTC; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750943734
- ISBN
- 9780750943734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.55
€ 17.99
€ 16.55
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146. Series: Dover Thrift S. 192 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BJ; FC. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 12. Weight: 148.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486419190
- ISBN
- 9780486419190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.27
€ 6.27
Paperback. A book that pulls back the curtain and takes us into the secret world of professional cycling. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552169172
- ISBN
- 9780552169172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.84
€ 15.99
€ 11.84
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTB; JPHL; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761805625
- ISBN
- 9780761805625
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.10
€ 146.10
Paperback. In his final years, R.D. Laing (1927-1989) was arriving at lectures addled with hashish and brandy. Yet, earlier in the 20th-century he was an influential psychiatrist. Still, the author points out he was a man of contradictions, and mystery, and this text explores and searches into this mystery. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JM; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674953598
- ISBN
- 9780674953598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.94
€ 46.99
€ 38.94
Paperback. Daniel Bryan is the favorite underdog, he's proven to the world and to all of WWE that looks can be deceiving. This book tells Bryan's behind-the-scenes story from his beginnings as a child wanting to wrestle to his ten years on the circuit before finally making it in WWE. It chronicles all the hard work, values, influences, and life choices. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785030451
- ISBN
- 9781785030451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.20
€ 26.99
€ 20.20
Hardback. The extraordinary life story of an ambitious, thirteenth-century adventurer. Series: Irish Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 27. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783271344
- ISBN
- 9781783271344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.41
€ 115.41
Paperback. An original American sports story about John B. Kelly, the most famous U.S. oarsman of all time, three-time Olympic gold medalist, rags-to-riches millionaire, and father of actress Grace Kelly and champion oarsman Jack Kelly Jr. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGS; WSS; WSSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 19.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762779291
- ISBN
- 9780762779291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.18
€ 17.99
€ 15.18
Paperback. The turbulent story of the radical Left in the eloquent words of one of its foremost leaders Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781781688182
- ISBN
- 9781781688182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 6.23
€ 15.99
€ 6.23
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, 40 photographs. BIC Classification: AVGK; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 173 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195395570
- ISBN
- 9780195395570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.43
€ 30.99
€ 26.43
Paperback. A memoir by the master pianist, conductor and internationalist Daniel Barenboim - 'the closest thing that classical music can offer to Nelson Mandela' [THE TIMES] Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- W&N
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753825945
- ISBN
- 9780753825945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGBA; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Griffin
- Number of pages
- 302
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312650681
- ISBN
- 9780312650681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.10
€ 21.99
€ 19.10
Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 69ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGB; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1007.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271007489
- ISBN
- 9780271007489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.82€ 77.77
€ 93.82
€ 77.77
Paperback. A diary kept by a 27-year-old Vietnamese doctor who was killed by the Americans during the Vietnam War, while trying to defend her patients. It shows the diarist as a vibrant human being, a poetic longing for love, trying hard to be worthy of the Communist Party and doing her best to look after her patients under appalling conditions. Num Pages: 272 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BGHA; HBJF; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 122 x 17. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846040764
- ISBN
- 9781846040764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 39 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: BGX; HRLP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 177 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- Fons Vitae,US
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781891785290
- ISBN
- 9781891785290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.01
€ 31.99
€ 27.01
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Gill Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KRA0007908
- ISBN
- 9780717145287
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 16 page color insert. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781455584918
- ISBN
- 9781455584918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.94
€ 18.99
€ 16.94
Hardback. The powerful interconnections of poet Denise Levertov's life and work Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252037108
- ISBN
- 9780252037108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.68
€ 39.68
Paperback. Tells the story of the author who at just five years old learned that there was no one she could trust. This book tells how even her own mother betrayed her and in the most unimaginable way. It also reveals how for years, she and her younger sister suffered at the hands of one of Britain's largest ever-known paedophile rings. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFE1; JFFE2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 113 x 17. Weight in Grams: 170. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Publication date
- 2010
- SKU
- KAK0001262
- ISBN
- 9780099522256
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. As 'the voice of darts', the inimitable Sid Waddell helped transform it from an unfashionable pub game to a massively successful international sport. This is an account of Sid's colourful life and career and a son's memories of an unconventional dad. It is also a celebration of a way of life and a story of loss. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; 5HF; BM; KNTD; VFVX; WDM; WSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552172141
- ISBN
- 9780552172141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.22
€ 11.99
€ 10.22