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Biography
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
- Ebury Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846044083
- ISBN
- 9781846044083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.13
€ 17.99
€ 14.13
Paperback. The revealing and deeply moving autobiography of one of the greatest American playwrights of the twentieth century Num Pages: 688 pages, 32 pp b/w intergrated. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 44. Weight in Grams: 550. A Life. 688 pages, 32 pp b/w intergrated. The revealing and deeply moving autobiography of one of the greatest American playwrights of the twentieth century. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Dimension: 129 x 197 x 44. Weight: 550.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 688
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408836316
- ISBN
- 9781408836316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.43
€ 14.43
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.
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224097703
- ISBN
- 9780224097703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 30.23
€ 45.99
€ 30.23
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
€ 51.31
€ 51.31
Hardcover. Tells the life story of Arthur L Johnson, a Detroit civil rights and community leader, educator, and administrator. This book features his distinguished career, which includes his work with the Detroit branch of the NAACP, the Michigan Civil Rights Commission, and Wayne State University. Series: African American Life. Num Pages: 288 pages, 41 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; BM; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814333709
- ISBN
- 9780814333709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.54
€ 35.99
€ 30.54
Paperback. Talks about the author's eight years at that 'hippie commune'. This work tells the story after the group had been at New Buffalo for five years. They were focusing on dairy farming and raising alfalfa. In the intervening years, many people had come and gone, but a spirituality and a closeness with nature remained. Series: Counter Culture S. Num Pages: 224 pages, 29 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826340542
- ISBN
- 9780826340542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.31
€ 17.99
€ 16.31
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€ 14.67
€ 19.99
€ 14.67
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€ 14.66
€ 19.99
€ 14.66
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
€ 50.70
€ 50.70
Paperback. David Herbert Lawrence was born in Eastwood, England, in 1885, and in 1914, he married Frieda Von Richtofen. By 1921, the Lawrences were living in Italy and D H had won international acclaim for his writings. This work provides information on Lawrence's writings and the influence living in the mountains of New Mexico had upon him. Num Pages: 136 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826334961
- ISBN
- 9780826334961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.32
€ 20.99
€ 19.32
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
€ 43.99€ 36.69
€ 43.99
€ 36.69
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGL; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691626130
- ISBN
- 9780691626130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.69
€ 77.69
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGL; HRAB; HRCM; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691652450
- ISBN
- 9780691652450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 204.38
€ 204.38
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.56
€ 47.56
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
€ 23.63
€ 23.63
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 270 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APB; APF; ASZB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349949854
- ISBN
- 9781349949854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.53
€ 133.53
Hardcover. Recounts World War II veteran Gene Abney's illustrious aviation career, documenting a span in our own nation's history from the vantage of the skies. This work introduces readers to hangar flying - exciting end-of-day flight tales told in the hangar - with sixty stories provided by military and civilian airmen from across the country. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; BTM; JWG; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809327683
- ISBN
- 9780809327683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.59
€ 38.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 391 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fort Dane Books United States
- Number of pages
- 391
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780977951680
- ISBN
- 9780977951680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.35
€ 21.99
€ 16.35
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
€ 109.51€ 102.59
€ 109.51
€ 102.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 213 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Fort Dane Books United States
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780977951628
- ISBN
- 9780977951628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.79
€ 19.99
€ 14.79
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€ 16.23
€ 17.99
€ 16.23
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€ 19.79
€ 21.99
€ 19.79
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
€ 92.23
€ 92.23
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
€ 24.13
€ 24.13