Biography
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Biography
Paperback. Subtitled 'The First Scientist', this new one-volume biography places science at the centre of Leonardo da Vinci's life and work Num Pages: 384 pages, Integrated: 30, integrated. BIC Classification: AGB; BG; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 52. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349112749
- ISBN
- 9780349112749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. Groundbreaking biography of Galileo, one of the greatest scientists and religious heretics in history Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: BGH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753822104
- ISBN
- 9780753822104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 258 pages, 100 Photographs and Art Work, Including Black and White and Colour Photos. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Michael Wiese Productions United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781615931392
- ISBN
- 9781615931392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.25
€ 30.99
€ 26.25
Hardcover. Here, for the first time, is a comprehensive biography of geek and gaming culture's mythic icon, Gary Gygax, and the complete story behind his invention of Dungeons and Dragons. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 x 16 page color insert. BIC Classification: BG; WDHW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 607.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781632862792
- ISBN
- 9781632862792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.72
€ 31.99
€ 26.72
Paperback. Aims to recreate the turbulent times through which William Shakespeare lived: the age of the Reformation, the Spanish Armada, the Gunpowder Plot and the colonization of the Americas. Drawing on a range of sources, this work takes us back into Elizabethan England to reveal a man who is the product of his time. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- BBC Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780563521419
- ISBN
- 9780563521419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Three years into his solo adventure in rural France, Michael Wright has everything he ever wanted: a ramshackle house, several manly power tools, a cat, a grand piano and a vintage aircraft. Yet the lovelier his life becomes, the lonelier he feels. Three unfulfilled wishes return to haunt him. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrated map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780553819380
- ISBN
- 9780553819380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.08
€ 12.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Nice copy, some shelfwear. Good to very good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Blackwater Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- SKU
- KST0027132
- ISBN
- 9780861219681
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. James VI & I had a series of notorious male favourites. These affairs were almost certainly sexual. They diminished the majesty of the monarchy and raised the spectre of a sodomitical court and effeminized nation. It is a story of political intrigue coloured by sodomy, pederasty, and gender instability as backdrop to the English Civil War. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781555439
- ISBN
- 9781781555439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.81
€ 33.99
€ 23.81
Paperback. This startling biography explores the remarkable life of an iconic figure of the twentieth century, Vaclav Havel, author and dissident, who became the first president of the Czech Republic. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 41. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857898524
- ISBN
- 9780857898524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.36
€ 26.99
€ 20.36
Hardcover. Ex Libris with usual markings. Clean copy with some shelf wear, dustwrapper with sunning and some minor nicks, remains intact. Publishers sticker on front pastedown, covering inside flap of dustwrapper, otherwise good copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1964
- Publisher
- Pergamon
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KKD0013359
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. Ex Libris with usual markings. Fine copy with minor shelf wear, dustwrapper with minor nicks and bumps, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1964
- Publisher
- Pergamon
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KKD0015227
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Growing up in war-torn Sierra Leone, she witnesses atrocities that no child ever should. Her father is killed by rebels and her mother dies of famine. Sent to an orphanage, Michaela is mistreated and she sees the brutal murder of her favourite teacher. Michaela and her best friend are adopted by an American couple.. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; 1KBB; ASDL; BGFA; BTP; YFY; YNDB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 215.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571314478
- ISBN
- 9780571314478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.95
€ 11.99
€ 9.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629145716
- ISBN
- 9781629145716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.78
€ 18.99
€ 16.78
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810119598
- ISBN
- 9780810119598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.19
€ 33.19
Hardcover.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Gill & MacMillan, Limited, Dublin, Ireland Dublin
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First
- SKU
- KEX0245058
- ISBN
- 9780717127573
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Route United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901927085
- ISBN
- 9781901927085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.49
€ 13.99
€ 13.49
hardcover. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear, and light nicks & tears to dust jacket. Gift inscription to ffep
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0000287
- ISBN
- 9780500011812
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Very good copy with light wear. Light nicks, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Distribution Services
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0018538
- ISBN
- 9780586053881
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Scarce biography of Brian O'Nolan/Myles na Gopaleen. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Signed and inscribed to Ivor Browne. Very good clean copy. Covers showing light shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- self-published Dublin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031540
- ISBN
- 9780956367013
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Paperback. Some shelf wear inscription on endpaper
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTK0097312
- ISBN
- 9780863221064
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Good copy with some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- The Mercier Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- SKU
- KTG0010337
- ISBN
- 9780853426370
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Clean copy in good to very good condition. Some light shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- The Mercier Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRF0005003
- ISBN
- 9780853426370
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The only English translation available of the reflections of the son of Peig Sayers, the last of the Great Blasket poets and storytellers. Translator(s): Enright, Tim. Num Pages: 160 pages, 8 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; BG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780192813206
- ISBN
- 9780192813206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 9.99
€ 15.99
€ 9.99
Paperback. A dazzling translation by Lydia Davis of the first volume of Michel Leiris's masterwork, perhaps the most important French autobiographical enterprise of the twentieth century Translator(s): Davis, Lydia. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; BGH; BGLA; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300212372
- ISBN
- 9780300212372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.04
€ 23.99
€ 18.04