Biography
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Biography
Paperback. An autobiography of Tony Curtis, without question a Hollywood legend and part of its Golden Age. It tells his story, from his hard-knock childhood growing up in the Bronx to his wild days as a Hollywood playboy, his destructive drug addiction and his life as an artist in his eighties. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 x 8 colour section; integrated b&w photos. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753515723
- ISBN
- 9780753515723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.81
€ 26.99
€ 18.81
Paperback. A caustic and highly emotional account of Zimbabwe under the tyranny of Mugabe's last days Num Pages: 368 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JMC; BM; HBJH; HBLW3; JPHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Picador Paperbacks
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330507776
- ISBN
- 9780330507776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.66
€ 14.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. The story of the disintegration of a family, set against the collapse of a country, a sequel of sorts to Peter Godwin's award-winning and bestselling memoir, Mukiwa. Num Pages: 352 pages, map, ports. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330448185
- ISBN
- 9780330448185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.66
€ 14.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. The award-winning memoir of a white boy growing up in Rhodesia as it went through a bloody transition to majority rule Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJP; BGA; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Picador
- Number of pages
- 418
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprints
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330450102
- ISBN
- 9780330450102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.66
€ 14.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. The story of a boy, hideously burned as a baby, whose life went badly awry until the day he met Christ. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson Plc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854249920
- ISBN
- 9781854249920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.20
€ 12.20
Paperback. A revealing and complete biography of doomed hero George Mallory, which includes previously unpublished letters and family papers Num Pages: 320 pages, 3x8pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGS; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747264583
- ISBN
- 9780747264583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.20
€ 17.99
€ 13.20
Paperback. Born in East London in 1949, Lenny McLean grew up in an area that had been ravaged by the Second World War. Although money was scarce and fighting was commonplace, a camaraderie and deep sense of honour and respect remained. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786063823
- ISBN
- 9781786063823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.05
€ 11.99
€ 10.05
Paperback. Lenny McLean's life story is an inspirational one. A bare-knuckle fighter by profession, he was one of the most notorious figures ever to emerge from the East End of London. His untimely death in 1998, following a battle against cancer, was a tragic loss for family and friends and left his legions of fans shocked and bereft. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 X 8 page b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; BTC; JKVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 424. 8vo.clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KEX0262409
- ISBN
- 9781844543588
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. aeoProvides a fresh and provocative assessment of one of the leading figures of British history. aeo Interweaves interpretative narrative of Cornwalla s life with an in--depth assessment of his long--term historical narrative. aeo Draws from original source material throughout, explaining the difficulties faced in handling contemporary evidence. Series: Historical Association Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631204800
- ISBN
- 9780631204800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.18
€ 45.18
Hardback. Fritzsche traces twentieth-century history through the remarkable diaries of an ordinary Berliner. Franz Goll wrote of hungry winters during WWI, the Berlin bombing, rapes by Russian soldiers, shockwaves cast by Darwin, Freud, and Einstein, the flexing of U.S. superpower, and the strange lifestyles that marked Germany's transition to modernity. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; BG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055315
- ISBN
- 9780674055315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.50
€ 47.99
€ 39.50
Paperback. This biography of Freddie Mercury is written by the man who was his personal assistant for the last 12 years of his life. It reveals the truth behind the scandalous rumours and describes the part played in Mercury's life by such famous names as Elton John, Kenny Everett and Elizabeth Taylor. Num Pages: 256 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Omnibus Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780711986749
- ISBN
- 9780711986749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.54
€ 13.99
€ 11.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 450 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJ; ANB; APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781922235657
- ISBN
- 9781922235657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.81
€ 32.99
€ 23.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 135. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781722664
- ISBN
- 9781781722664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.87
€ 26.87
Paperback. Peter Falk came to prominence as an actor in 1956 in the successful off-Broadway revival of The Iceman Cometh with Jason Robards. But in 1958, Twentieth Century Fox came to New York to make a movie and Falk landed a juicy role for which he received reviews and was nominated for an Academy Award. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Arrow Books
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099509554
- ISBN
- 9780099509554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65
Hardcover. This is the author's autobiographical collection of stories and vignettes representing a social portrait of his life and times. He reflects and refracts the realities of interwar Europe, the New Deal years and America after the War. Series: Trailblazers. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; BGB; HBG; HBLW; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471247395
- ISBN
- 9780471247395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.21€ 57.01
€ 68.21
€ 57.01
Paperback. Explores the feud between Aristotle Onassis and the Kennedy family, documenting Robert Kennedy's role in barring Onassis from US trade and the shipping magnate's early relationship with Jacqueline Kennedy. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BG; HBJK; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- ReganBooks
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060580544
- ISBN
- 9780060580544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.21
€ 14.99
€ 11.21
Paperback. The fall of Enron was much more than a business scandal. Not only did the events of October 2001 have a more damaging effect on the markets than 9/11 but, like Watergate, it was an event that sent shivers throughout the whole world. This is an in-depth investigation of the fall of Enron. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BT; KJ; KNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141011455
- ISBN
- 9780141011455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; BTC; HBTM; JPA; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 221 x 17. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613736661
- ISBN
- 9781613736661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.95
€ 17.99
€ 16.95
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Black Rose Books Canada
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551640723
- ISBN
- 9781551640723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.20
€ 14.99
€ 14.20
Paperback. Tales of growing up in Small Heath, Birmingham. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: BG. .
- Publisher
- BREWIN BOOKS LTD
- Number of pages
- 132
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781858583495
- ISBN
- 9781858583495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.63
€ 15.63
Hardback. Memoirs and Selected Writings. Series: Classic Texts in Music Education. 426 pages, 61, 1 colour, 43 black and white, 17 line drawing. Editor(s): Dickinson, Peter. A memoir by the renowned historian of music education, Bernarr Rainbow, including a selection of his writings and a biographical introduction by Peter Dickinson. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: AV; BM. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 36. Weight: 1098.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843835929
- ISBN
- 9781843835929
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.31
€ 33.99
€ 28.31
Paperback. Famous and infamous Londoners Num Pages: 160 pages, 100 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BGH; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750938228
- ISBN
- 9780750938228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.38
€ 19.99
€ 18.38
Paperback. This book will appeal to everyone interested in true-crime and the shadier side of London's past. Series: Murder & Crime. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 166 x 7. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752456577
- ISBN
- 9780752456577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.31
€ 13.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. Over the centuries, South London has witnessed literally thousands of murders. Based on documents, trial and inquest transcripts, personal stories and contemporary newspaper reports, as well as visits to the crime scenes, this work is a study of cases that have shocked both capital and country. Series: Sutton True Crime History. Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 173 x 9. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750944267
- ISBN
- 9780750944267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.35
€ 17.99
€ 16.35