Biography
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Biography
Hardback. A biography of Franklin D Murphy (1916-994). It delivers the story of how Murphy, as chancellor of UCLA and later as chief executive of the "Times Mirror" media empire, was able to influence academia, the media, and cultural foundations to reshape a fundamentally provincial city. It also brings to light the influence of LA's powerful families. Num Pages: 495 pages, 33 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BG; HBJK; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 495
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224957
- ISBN
- 9780520224957
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.72€ 63.57
€ 82.72
€ 63.57
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Hertfordshire Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907396656
- ISBN
- 9781907396656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.24
€ 19.99
€ 18.24
Paperback. "A richer reflection of life in early 19th-century Maryland and the Washington environs cannot be found." -- Washington Post Book World Series: Maryland Paperback Bookshelf. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: BGHA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780801843990
- ISBN
- 9780801843990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.90
€ 42.90
Hardcover. This exhaustive and enthralling study considers the life and work of al-Mutanabbi (915-965), often regarded as the greatest of the classical Arab poets. Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3F; BGL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851684069
- ISBN
- 9781851684069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.11
€ 34.11
Hardcover. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; BGH; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403988201
- ISBN
- 9781403988201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.87
€ 123.87
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; G; HRCC99; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Utah State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874212990
- ISBN
- 9780874212990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.06
€ 37.06
Paperback. Gathers memories of Arkansans from all over the state with widely different backgrounds. In their own words, these people tell of the things they did growing up in the early twentieth century to get an education, what they ate, how they managed to get by during difficult times, how they amused themselves and earned a living, and much more. Num Pages: 160 pages, 46 images. BIC Classification: B; HBJ; HBJK; HBTB; JHBD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- University of Arkansas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781682260159
- ISBN
- 9781682260159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.46
€ 30.46
Paperback. This is the personal story of Margaret Anstee's experiences as Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the UN and Head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Angola from February 1992 to June 1993. It describes the suffering she witnessed and analyzes the reasons for the mission's failure. Num Pages: 582 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMA; 3JJPR; BG; GTJ; HBW; JPSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 892.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 582
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333664469
- ISBN
- 9780333664469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 198.64
€ 198.64
Hardback. This is the personal story of Margaret Anstee's experiences as Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the UN and Head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Angola from February 1992 to June 1993. It describes the suffering she witnessed and analyzes the reasons for the mission's failure. Num Pages: 582 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMA; 3JJPR; BG; GTJ; HBW; JPSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 48. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 582
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333664452
- ISBN
- 9780333664452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.45
€ 189.45
Hardcover. 256pp. Plates. Original boards, title gilted on spine, spine sunned. Keywords: Biography, monarchy, history
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus London
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1948
- SKU
- KHS1008656
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This is a biography of Eleanor of Provence. It draws on the rich sources available, to reveal the interaction of the private and public facets of the queen's life, the cultural and spiritual influences to which she responded and the character of her queenship. Num Pages: 368 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631227397
- ISBN
- 9780631227397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.07
€ 55.07
Paperback. Editor(s): Higonnet, Professor Margaret R. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: BM; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Historical Society
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936520077
- ISBN
- 9781936520077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.51
€ 38.99
€ 33.51
Paperback. In 1970, Margaret Grundstein abandoned her graduate degree at Yale and followed her husband, an Indonesian prince and community activist, to a commune in the backwoods of Oregon. Together they began to build their vision of utopia. Naked in the Woods chronicles Grundstein's shift from reluctant hippie to committed utopian. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white photographs. BIC Classification: BM; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 241 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oregon State University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870718076
- ISBN
- 9780870718076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.24
€ 19.99
€ 19.24
Paperback. Editor(s): Gallyon, Margaret. Num Pages: 146 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BG; HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The Alpha Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 146
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781898595335
- ISBN
- 9781898595335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 41.11
€ 45.99
€ 41.11
Hardcover. Margaret Fuchs was thirteen in June 1955 when she learned that her parents had been Communists while working for the US government in the 1930s and '40s. This book chronicles the years during which her parents were exposed and her father was subpoenaed before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Num Pages: 360 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; BGA; HBT; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817316747
- ISBN
- 9780817316747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.76
€ 41.99
€ 35.76
Paperback. A follow-up to Margaret Forster's "Hidden Lives" (a family memoir of three generations of women), this account takes up the story of her gritty northern father. She looks back at his life and character, evoking incidents from her Cumbrian childhood, his working life and his stubborn old age. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8pp b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000943
- ISBN
- 9780099275749
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Features authors journey through the houses she's lived in, from that sparkling new council house, built as part of a utopian vision by Carlisle City Council, to her beloved London house. In this book, she tells about what houses are to us, the effect they have on the way we live our lives. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: AMKD; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099593973
- ISBN
- 9780099593973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.93
€ 13.99
€ 10.93
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140239829
- ISBN
- 9780140239829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.53
€ 20.99
€ 16.53
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGX; HRCC91; HRCX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691627823
- ISBN
- 9780691627823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.43
€ 44.43
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691653754
- ISBN
- 9780691653754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.56
€ 110.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 166 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817355890
- ISBN
- 9780817355890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.43
€ 26.99
€ 23.43
Paperback. Deepens our understanding of the issues involved in international adoptions and the desire of birth families to find their disappeared sons and daughters Series: Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLC; BM; JKSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 661. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292729087
- ISBN
- 9780292729087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.25
€ 33.99
€ 30.25
Paperback. Features the grim and bloody events which reveal the dark heart of Victorian Yorkshire. This title is intended for those with an interest in Sheffield's dark past. Series: Murder & Crime. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 235 x 6. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752455686
- ISBN
- 9780752455686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.24
€ 19.99
€ 18.24
Paperback. A collection of true-life crime tales that includes the case of a husband who boasted that he had played "Jack the Ripper" after slitting his wife's throat, and a mother who murdered her two children and a man who was bludgeoned to death in a newspaper office. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 6. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752479491
- ISBN
- 9780752479491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.20
€ 13.99
€ 13.20