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Biography
CD-Audio. Arthur Smith is best known as a comedian, a broadcaster and an opening bat for "Grumpy Old Men". But he has also been a West End playwright, an English teacher, a failed rock star, a busker, a road sweeper and a bombsite boy in post-war Bermondsey. This memoir encompasses a range of funny and often moving experiences by this commentator. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846571794
- ISBN
- 9781846571794
CD
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.82
€ 24.99
€ 17.82
Paperback. The description for this book, Wilson, Volume III: The Struggle for Neutrality, 1914-1915, will be forthcoming. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 758 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 758
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691625935
- ISBN
- 9780691625935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 113.01€ 86.38
€ 113.01
€ 86.38
Paperback. A phenomenonally precocious schoolboy, Rimbaud was still a teenager when he became notorious as Europe's most shocking and exhilarating poet. This book sets the two sides of Rimbaud side by side with a translation of his exhilarating poetry and a selection of the letters from the harsh and colourful period of his life as a colonial trader. Translator(s): Harding, Jeremy; Sturrock, John. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140448023
- ISBN
- 9780140448023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Shepard, E. H. Num Pages: 192 pages, 8 colour illustrations, 150 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AKLB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 181 x 25. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Publisher
- Jaydem Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- illustrated ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903368022
- ISBN
- 9781903368022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.77
€ 26.99
€ 23.77
paperback. Introduced to the West by Paul Brunton, Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950) is widely hailed as the greatest Indian saint and sage in modern times, whose teachings continue to influence thousands around the world today. This title interweaves the story of Ramana's life with his spiritual journey. Num Pages: 207 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRG; HRLP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 169 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rider
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781846044083
- ISBN
- 9781846044083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.53
€ 15.99
€ 12.53
hardcover. Diane Arbus was one of the greatest photographers of the last century. Her portraiture of freaks, circus performers, twins, nudists and others on the social margins connected with a wide public at a deep psychological level. This biography begins at the moment Arbus quit the world of commercial photography to be an artist, and ends with her death. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: AJB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 166 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1326.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780224097703
- ISBN
- 9780224097703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 27.76
€ 39.99
€ 27.76
Hardcover. Erich von Stroheim (1885-1957) was one of the true giants of American film history. For years, however his life has been wreathed in myths, many of his own devising. Lennig has scoured European and American archives for details concerning Stroheim's life. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 948.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813121383
- ISBN
- 9780813121383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.67
€ 53.67
Paperback. Tells of Arthur Koestler's travels through Russia and remote parts of Soviet Central Asia and of his life as an exile. This book puts in perspective his experiences in Franco's prisons under sentence of death and in concentration camps in Occupied France, and ends with his escape from there in 1940 to England, where he found stability and a home. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics London
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099490685
- ISBN
- 9780099490685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.12
€ 19.99
€ 15.12
Paperback. A new edition of Arthur Koestler's gripping tale of arrest, imprisonment, and subsequent escape to London from Nazi-occupied France. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Eland Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907871491
- ISBN
- 9780907871491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. In this second edition of his classic biography, the leading authority on the classical world introduces a fresh generation of student, scholars and readers to a pivotal figure of Rome. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415336611
- ISBN
- 9780415336611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.84
€ 52.84
Paperback. Based on exhaustive research in the Poe family archive, Quinn extracts the life from the legend, and describes how they both were distorted by prior biographies. " Num Pages: 866 pages, 48, 48 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1312.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 864
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801857300
- ISBN
- 9780801857300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.33
€ 44.99
€ 37.33
The Scottish-born William Dunbar (1750-1810) was a man of many abilities and professions - surveyor, botanist, zoologist, astronomer, planter, architect, inventor. This work looks at Dunbar's fascinating, varied life and career. Num Pages: 280 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124551
- ISBN
- 9780813124551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.72
€ 49.72
Paperback. Editor(s): Reeve, N. H. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854113733
- ISBN
- 9781854113733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.64
€ 24.64
Hardcover. Num Pages: 1600 pages, 50ill. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 90. Weight in Grams: 2360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674454453
- ISBN
- 9780674454453
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.77€ 105.47
€ 111.77
€ 105.47
Hardcover. Published for the first time in the centenary year of the Gallipoli Campaign, this is a soldier's story in his own words.Throughout this rare insight into what it was like for an 'civilian soldier' swept up in the fog of war, Beecroft's voice still speaks honestly to us today - of comradeship and devotion to duty, of fear and facing death. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJF; BM; HBJF1; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 193 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Robert Hale Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719816543
- ISBN
- 9780719816543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803234925
- ISBN
- 9780803234925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.99
€ 21.99
€ 20.99
Hardback. In Norma Fox Mazer: A Writer's World, Reed chronicles her discovery that, although Mazer's husband and his work are thoroughly intertwined with and complimentary to her own, the author "is fiercely independent-a feminist." Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 160 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810838147
- ISBN
- 9780810838147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.59
€ 96.59
Hardback. Up-close, behind-the-scenes biography of the winningest coach in college basketball history. Num Pages: 240 pages, 25. BIC Classification: BGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Longstreet Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563525407
- ISBN
- 9781563525407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.16
€ 25.16
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Poolbeg Press Ltd
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTJ0050437
- ISBN
- 9781853710940
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 254 x 6. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894974257
- ISBN
- 9781894974257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.49
€ 24.99
€ 17.49
Hardcover. The first book to tell the strange and fascinating story of General Zhang Xue-liang, the Chinese-Manchurian 'Young Marshall' - a man who left an indelible mark on the history of modern China, but few know his story. Unlocking the mystery of this man's life, Aron Shai helps to shed light on 20th-century China. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230279063
- ISBN
- 9780230279063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Paperback. The unforgettable survival story of the year -- the astonishing, day-by-day account of Aron Ralston's terrible accident, self-amputation, rescue and recovery. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16pp colour plates. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780743495806
- ISBN
- 9780743495806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. A day-by-day account of Aron Ralston's unforgettable survival story - his terrible accident, self-amputation, rescue and recovery. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBWU; BGA; BTP; WSZC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 400. Good, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- SKU
- KSG0005415
- ISBN
- 9781849833905
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Offers a rare portrait of women's western experiences in this era Num Pages: 352 pages, 41 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJC; BM; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803236370
- ISBN
- 9780803236370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.26
€ 27.99
€ 25.26