Biography
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Biography
Hardcover. A memoir describing the life of a young woman growing up in unusual circumstances, as well as a discussion of political and sociological effects of troubled times upon ordinary people.A" After an early childhood in pre-war Antwerp, the author, her formidable grandmother, and mother fled to England in 1940, upon Germany's invasion of Belgium. Series: Jews in Space and Time. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDB; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936235735
- ISBN
- 9781936235735
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.84€ 103.51
€ 103.84
€ 103.51
paperback. Greta Garbo's enduring legend derives from her incandescent performances as a woman in love in such classics as "Camille", "Queen Christina" and "Grand Hotel". This work tells the story of Greta Garbo and of the two love affairs that dominated her life: with Cecil Beaton and the notorious Mercedes de Acosta. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780712659499
- ISBN
- 9780712659499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.60
€ 19.99
€ 14.60
Paperback. Hugo Vickers has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the royal family, and has had a fascination with the story of the Duchess of Windsor since he was a young man. There have been a number of books about the duchess, but this book brings a new perspective on the story by focusing on the later years of exile. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: BGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099547228
- ISBN
- 9780099547228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. From her privileged aristocratic childhood, to the abdication and the problems with Diana, this book questions how the Queen Mother faced her challenges and crises, assess her role, how powerful she was, and how she coped. This is a personal portrait of one of Britain's national treasures. Num Pages: 656 pages, 32. BIC Classification: BGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 53. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099476627
- ISBN
- 9780099476627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.65
€ 23.99
€ 16.65
Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609806125
- ISBN
- 9781609806125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.07
€ 23.99
€ 20.07
Paperback. 'This is the most gripping book I've read in ages .. It is beautifully written, fascinating, disturbing and often very funny.' Roddy Doyle Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007148110
- ISBN
- 9780007148110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
€ 13.99
€ 10.70
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Glendinning, Hugo. Editor(s): Turney, Jon. Num Pages: 144 pages, 60 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BJ; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 171 x 13. Weight in Grams: 418. Ten Scientists' Diaries. 144 pages, 60 b&w photographs. Illustrator(s): Glendinning, Hugo. Editor(s): Turney, Jon. In this volume a young generation of first-class scientists - most of them Royal Society Young Fellows - kept diaries over several months which reveal, with an unusual honesty, the frustrations, comic ironies and occasional breakthroughs in the charged and highly competitive world of science. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: BJ; PDZ. Dimension: 239 x 171 x 13. Weight: 424.
- Publisher
- Central
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780903319980
- ISBN
- 9780903319980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.88
€ 11.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. The poems and performance art of Hugo Ball and his contemporaries were the beginnings of Dada. This work includes Ball's diaries, the original Dada manifesto and a critical introduction. Translator(s): Raimes, Ann. Series: Documents of Twentieth-Century Art. Num Pages: 324 pages, 14 b&w photographs, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; ACXD7; BG; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520204409
- ISBN
- 9780520204409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.60
€ 36.99
€ 26.60
Paperback. Today, hypnotism is recognized as an effective therapeutic tool and its importance is growing. This book shows how hypnotism reached its present status of acceptance, through two centuries of pioneering effort by several fascinating personalities. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; JMTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761805045
- ISBN
- 9780761805045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.67
€ 87.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Milo Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903854907
- ISBN
- 9781903854907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
Paperback. The classic account of Hitler's fall from power, first pubilshed in 1947, reissued with a striking new cover Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Unabridged edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447218616
- ISBN
- 9781447218616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.20
€ 17.99
€ 13.20
Includes bibliographical references. 319 p. 22 cm. Publisher's cloth. Fine copy in equally fine dust jacket. [1st U.S. ed.].
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Harper & Row New York
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0075842
- ISBN
- 9780060142711
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 56.49€ 4.99
€ 56.49
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750942539
- ISBN
- 9780750942539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.45
€ 17.99
€ 16.45
Paperback. From floating ice to snowstorms - meet the adrenalin junkie and death-defying star of the History Channel and Five USA's hit show ICE ROAD TRUCKERS. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGA; WGCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409120742
- ISBN
- 9781409120742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.62
€ 15.62
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Cottage Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KTG0007974
- ISBN
- 9781900935302
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; JPHL; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 656. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Biteback Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTJ8039244
- ISBN
- 9781849548618
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904950585
- ISBN
- 9781904950585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.35
€ 17.99
€ 13.35
Paperback. Drawing on his political and fighting experience in the Spanish Civil War, Tom Wintringham wrote the best-seller "New Ways of War": 'a do-it-yourself guide to killing people' but also a highly subversive call for a socialist revolution. He called for 'a People's war' and the phrase stuck. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 320 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Enlarged, Revised, Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845194482
- ISBN
- 9781845194482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.55
€ 36.99
€ 33.55
Paperback. In Norton of Everest, Hugh Norton has written sensitively and knowledgably about his father's remarkable life as pioneering mountaineer, soldier, naturalist, artist and family man. As on Everest, the real story is not the death of the gallant, but the heroics of the quiet survivors like E.F. Norton. Num Pages: 204 pages, 1x 16pp colour plate. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1FKAH; 1FKN; BGH; BGS; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Vertebrate Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910240922
- ISBN
- 9781910240922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.57
€ 17.99
€ 16.57
Paperback. A memoir of the schooldays of one of the most extraordinary minds Scotland has produced, Hugh Miller. He rose from a modest background to become both a specialist in the field of geology and a generalist in the wider literary world, admired by Carlyle, Dickens and Ruskin. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBF; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 144 x 35. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Black and White Publishing
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781873631188
- ISBN
- 9781873631188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71