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Paperback. A. N. Wilson's Tolstoy is a highly intelligent and accessible biography of the most famous writer in the Russian canon. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 161 x 44. Weight in Grams: 924.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Atlantic Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782390916
ISBN
9781782390916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.27

Paperback. A. N. Wilson is one of the most popular and bestselling historians and biographers writing in Britain today and in Dante In Love he brings to life one of the western canon's most enigmatic figures. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848879508
ISBN
9781848879508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. The first comprehensively researched biography of Queen Victoria ever, by one of Britain's best biographers. This magnificent biography sheds new light on Victoria not just as a queen, but as a woman. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 58. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848879584
ISBN
9781848879584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. This acclaimed biography charts the progress of the brilliant, prolific writer, C. S. Lewis. Num Pages: 480 pages, With index. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
2nd UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007202713
ISBN
9780007202713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. On the day that Homes was born in 1961, she was given up for adoption. Thirty years later, out of the blue, Homes was contacted by a lawyer on behalf of her birth mother, and they began to correspond; her biological father contacted her soon after. These two individuals and their effect on the adult Homes are strange and unexpected. Num Pages: 238 pages, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Granta Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847080110
ISBN
9781847080110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardback. 463pp. Seventh edition. Original decorated boards, with title gilted on spine and front cover. Covers worn and bumped, edges smudged. R f e p missing, otherwise a very good reading copy. Usual library markings
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Cameron & Ferguson
Publication date
1882
Edition
9th ed
SKU
KHS1017676
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 35.00

Hardcover. Sir Norman Lockyer left Nature, the world's leading scientific journal, as his lasting memorial. But his life, and controversial theories, are an important part of science history. His ideas were at the forefront of public debate, and ranged from brilliant to perverse. This entertaining book is a fascinating insight into his eventful life Series: Macmillan Science. Num Pages: 352 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 677.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230220201
ISBN
9780230220201
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 44.97

hardcover. Series: Routledge Revivals: Selected Works of A. J. Arberry. Num Pages: 261 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2AB; BK; DNF; HBAH; HBJF1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 1020.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781138210943
ISBN
9781138210943
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.17

Paperback. Saxon brings together more than 300 letters written by the self-styled "Prince of Humbugs." Here we see him, opinionated and exuberant, with only the rarest flashes of introspection and self-doubt, haggling with business partners, blustering over politics, and attempting to get such friends as Mark Twain to endorse his latest schemes. Num Pages: 454 pages, 28 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASZW; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
454
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231056878
ISBN
9780231056878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. The autobiography of A.H. Halsey, a working-class boy who became an Oxford professor. Halsey reflects on the past and future of sociology, his personal, political and religious opinions, and his travels in time and space. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGA; JH; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333677100
ISBN
9780333677100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.93

Hardcover. Andrea Gabor recounts the development of modern business through the lives, times and ideas of the great thinkers -- people such as Peter Drucker, W. Edwards Deming, Alfred Sloan, Abraham Maslow -- who defined the art and science of business. Num Pages: 398 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KCA; KCS; KCZ; KJU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
398
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471492474
ISBN
9780471492474
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.30

Paperback. A delightful memoir of Mary Elizabeth Lucy and her life at Charlecote. Num Pages: 208 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; BGHA; DN; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752849300
ISBN
9780752849300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Hardcover. Series: Macmillan Science. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGH; PDR; PDX; PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 471.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403944962
ISBN
9781403944962
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.80
€ 69.75

Hardback. This study offers an intellectual biography of the philosopher, political thinker, and historian of ideas Sir Isaiah Berlin. It aims to provide the first historically contextualized monographic study of Berlin's formative years and identify different stages in his intellectual development, allowing a reappraisal of his theory of liberalism. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 332 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BG; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
330
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230110700
ISBN
9780230110700
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.82

Paperback. The acclaimed first volume of a major three-part biography, covering the years up to 1920. Contentious, colourful, revolutionary, here is the young Pound - a determined and energetic genius setting out to make his way both as a poet and as a force for civilization in England and America. Num Pages: 528 pages, 32 pages of black-and-white plates. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 42. Weight in Grams: 816.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199571468
ISBN
9780199571468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Hardcover. Very good copy in original cloth covers. All plates present. Light shelf wear. Title in gilt to spine, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1926
Publisher
M.H.Gill & Son
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0009048
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) is one of the most famous and important philosophers of the twentieth century. In this account of his life and work A. C. Grayling introduces both his technical contributions to logic and philosophy, and his wide-ranging views on education, politics, war, and sexual morality. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BG; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 120 x 8. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192802583
ISBN
9780192802583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. A. C. Grayling's accessible introduction to Wittgenstein's work describes both his early and later philosophy, the differences and connections between them, and gives a fresh assessment of Wittgenstein's continuing influence on contemporary thought. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, halftones and drawings. BIC Classification: BG; CFA; HPCF5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 113 x 10. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192854117
ISBN
9780192854117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 13. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Helion and Company
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910294741
ISBN
9781910294741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.74

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Helion and Company
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906033774
ISBN
9781906033774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.32

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