Biography
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Biography
Paperback. Growing up in Yorkshire and then County Durham, the boy who would be Reeves somehow managed to escape the attentions of 'Randy Mandy' and get a crash course in pig castration, before having encounters with Jimi Hendrix and the Yorkshire Ripper. Written by one of Britain's most exceptional comedy talents, this memoir is witty and inventive. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2x8 b/w illustration sections. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753512258
- ISBN
- 9780753512258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.82
€ 20.99
€ 16.82
Paperback. A captivating account of life as a notable member of the Serbian elite in the 1980s, and then as the wife of a British diplomat and currently a celebrated international scholar with a first novel due from Random House in 2015. A cancer diagnosis, and its unresolved consequences, results in a moving, hilarious, and profound memoir. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DVWY; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Wilmington Square Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 10th Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908524478
- ISBN
- 9781908524478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.79
€ 11.99
€ 10.79
Paperback. Veronica Franco was a 16th-century Venetian beauty, poet, and protofeminist. This collection presents the eroticism and eloquence that set her apart from the chaste, silent woman prescribed by Renaissance gender ideology. Translator(s): Jones, Professor Ann Rosalind; Rosenthal, Margaret F. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 318 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADT; BG; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226259871
- ISBN
- 9780226259871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.04
€ 41.04
Paperback. A thoroughly researched, balanced new biography of author, journalist and adventurer Ernest Hemingway. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 25 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 201 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780235783
- ISBN
- 9781780235783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.15
€ 17.99
€ 14.15
Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 313 x 17. Weight in Grams: 932.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Dementi Milestone Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780985037505
- ISBN
- 9780985037505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 31.44
€ 46.99
€ 31.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJG; ASD; BGA; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781895811575
- ISBN
- 9781895811575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.82
€ 26.99
€ 18.82
paperback. Easily accessible to readers new to the Victorian era, and to the history of medicine Num Pages: 215 pages, 20 integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGT; JKSN1; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword History
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781473855670
- ISBN
- 9781473855670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 6.28
€ 16.99
€ 6.28
Paperback. 64pp
- Publisher
- Veritas Publications Dublin
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847302250
- ISBN
- 9781847302250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.99
€ 6.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 141 x 47. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Publisher
- Persephone Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953478088
- ISBN
- 9780953478088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.29
€ 21.99
€ 19.29
Hardback. An English edition of the only biography of Agrippina Vaganova (1897-1951, first published in Russian in 1989. It tells the story of one of most important dance teachers of the 20th century, who created a system of teaching ballet that spread throughout the former Soviet Union and beyond. Translator(s): Siegel, Vera M. Num Pages: 352 pages, 33 b&w photos, notes. BIC Classification: ASDL; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 689.
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813028316
- ISBN
- 9780813028316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.57
€ 35.99
€ 33.57
Paperback. Vera Chirwa's story is one of betrayal, imprisonment, torture and exile. Yet it is also a story of hope, inspiration and extraordinary bravery. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842779668
- ISBN
- 9781842779668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.05
€ 33.05
Hardcover. Good copy showing light age and shelfwear. Spine and cover lightly faded. Light foxing to preliminary and final pages. Binding exposed between front board and ffep, and final pages, due to wear. Remains a nice reading copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMO0002295
- ISBN
- 9780297858317
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 44.99€ 31.67
€ 44.99
€ 31.67
Hardback. This classic memoir of the First World War is now a major motion picture starring Alicia Vikander and Kit Harington. Includes an afterword by Kate Mosse OBE. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJC; 3JJF; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 140 x 48. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780226590
- ISBN
- 9781780226590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.84
€ 26.99
€ 18.84
Paperback. A film tie-in edition of Vera Brittain's classic autobiography, published to coincide with the major motion picture adaptation starring Dominic West, Emily Watson, Colin Morgan and Kit Harington. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJC; 3JJF; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 142 x 38. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Film tie-in edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349005928
- ISBN
- 9780349005928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.88
€ 19.99
€ 15.88
Paperback. The wonderful biography of Winifred Holtby and her friendship with Vera Brittain, now reissued as a Virago Modern Classic Series: VMC. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844088706
- ISBN
- 9781844088706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.40
€ 17.99
€ 13.40
Paperback. Remy Cazals provides a critical edition of this little-known text accompanied by a biography of its author, who became inflamed by the passions of the Revolution, and who was guillotined in 1794. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 104 pages, 80pp colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DCF; DSBD; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 210 x 6. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895354
- ISBN
- 9780859895354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.72
€ 39.72
Hardback. Clean copy in good to very good condition. Some light shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Picador
- Publication date
- 1984
- SKU
- KRF0004979
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, port. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700602421
- ISBN
- 9780700602421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.05
€ 52.05
Paperback. Fascinating memoir by the Red Army's greatest sniper Num Pages: 208 pages, 8 pages of plates. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJH; BM; HBWQ; JWKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473892705
- ISBN
- 9781473892705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.87
€ 19.99
€ 15.87
Paperback. A Dramatic close-up view of the ruthless Eastern Front air war written from the rare first-hand perspective of a Soviet pilot. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 pages of b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 297 x 24. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Frontline Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848328037
- ISBN
- 9781848328037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.87
€ 27.87