Biography
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Biography
Hardback. Li Mengyang (1473 1530) was a scholar-official who initiated the literary archaist movement that sought to restore ancient styles of prose and poetry in sixteenth-century China. Chang Woei Ong situates Li's quest to redefine literati learning as a way to build a perfect social order in the context of intellectual transitions since the Song dynasty. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 350 pages, 1 line illustration, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JB; BGH; DSBD; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674970595
- ISBN
- 9780674970595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.36
€ 54.99
€ 45.36
Hardback. Appearing on Big Brother in 2007, Victoria Beckham lookalike Chanelle Hayes quickly became a national talking point. But her life has also been etched with tragedy from the moment she was born in prison. Just a baby, she was orphaned when her drug-addicted mother was brutally murdered. Honest, sad and ultimately uplifting, this is her story. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782199823
- ISBN
- 9781782199823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.50
€ 19.99
€ 14.50
Hardback. Providing a new and illuminating look at 27 women who have changed the world, Dead Feminists ties these historical women and the challenges they faced into the most important issues of today. Num Pages: 192 pages, Full-colour illustrations and photographs. BIC Classification: BK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 325 x 22. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Publisher
- Sasquatch Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781632170576
- ISBN
- 9781632170576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 21.12
€ 30.99
€ 21.12
paperback. In the tradition of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief and James Gleick's Genius, The Emperor of Scent tells the story of Luca Turin, an utterly unusual, stubborn scientist, his otherworldly gift for perfume, his brilliant, quixotic theory of how we smell, and his struggle to set before the world the secret of the most enigmatic of our senses. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; PNN; TDCJ1; WJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099460237
- ISBN
- 9780099460237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 10.95
€ 15.99
€ 10.95
Hardcover. Num Pages: 404 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875651859
- ISBN
- 9780875651859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 28.28
€ 29.99
€ 28.28
Paperback. A biography of Fannie Lou Hamer, one of the most important civil rights activists of the 20th century. It documents Hamer's lifelong crusade to empower the poor through collective action and the personal costs of her struggle to win a political voice and economic self-sufficiency for blacks in the segregated South. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252069369
- ISBN
- 9780252069369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.64
€ 22.64
Hardback. The Letterbooks of John Evelyn, a collection of more than eight hundred letters selected by Evelyn himself, constitutes an essential new resource for scholars of seventeenth-century England. Num Pages: 1328 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; BGH; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 184 x 77. Weight in Grams: 2520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 1328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442647862
- ISBN
- 9781442647862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 218.63
€ 218.63
Paperback. The meteoric rise of "Killer Diller" Barry Diller has been a major player in the entertainment industry for more than thirty years. Always on the cutting edge, he revolutionized television with such groundbreaking concepts as the movie-of-the-week and the miniseries. Num Pages: 348 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KNTC; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471299486
- ISBN
- 9780471299486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.62
€ 27.99
€ 22.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 178 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: BGX; HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd India
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788120743991
- ISBN
- 9788120743991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.59
€ 9.99
€ 8.59
Hardcover. The mixed martial artist explores his life and sport, the U.S. political and social scene, and everything in between. Num Pages: 226 pages, colour Insert. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Victory Belt Publishing
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Hardcover with Jacket
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936608546
- ISBN
- 9781936608546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.10
€ 25.99
€ 22.10
Hardback. This first comprehensive account of the early life of longtime Chinese premier Zhou Enlai shows how the rich and diverse personal, educational, and political experiences of his formative years established clear patterns for his future personal and political orientations. Num Pages: 256 pages, 37 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723022
- ISBN
- 9780804723022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.96
€ 135.96
Paperback. This first comprehensive account of the early life of longtime Chinese premier Zhou Enlai shows how the rich and diverse personal, educational, and political experiences of his formative years established clear patterns for his future personal and political orientations. Num Pages: 256 pages, 37 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 16. Weight in Grams: 329.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804727006
- ISBN
- 9780804727006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.26
€ 32.99
€ 31.26
Paperback. BIC Classification: BGHA; BGXA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Tyndale House Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781414368740
- ISBN
- 9781414368740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.21
€ 16.99
€ 16.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Limelight Editions United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574672411
- ISBN
- 9781574672411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.37
€ 38.37
Paperback. Good with reading wear and nicks to binding
- Publisher
- Merlin Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KCD0031963
- ISBN
- 9781903582695
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Fine in fine dustjacket
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Contender Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Ed. (U.K.)
- SKU
- KLJ0008561
- ISBN
- 9781843570493
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. * Celia Robertson tells the heartfelt and moving story of her grandmother's fascinating journey from published Bloomsbury poet to bag lady through diary extracts, journals and correspondence with Virginia and Leonard Woolf Num Pages: 320 pages, 8pp of b/w. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844081882
- ISBN
- 9781844081882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.18
€ 11.99
€ 10.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 40 b/w and colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; 1DBKESK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 278 x 19. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Lasse Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993306907
- ISBN
- 9780993306907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.35
€ 25.99
€ 22.35
Paperback. One of the nation's favourite comedy actresses - with starring roles in Calendar Girls, Acorn Antiques and Dinnerladies - tells her extraordinary and highly entertaining life story. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 x 8pp. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444709292
- ISBN
- 9781444709292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 456 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 407 x 208 x 31. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590170595
- ISBN
- 9781590170595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.04
€ 27.99
€ 19.04