Biography
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Biography
Paperback. Includes the real-life stories of the novice monks which reflect the lives of many youths in rural Thailand who are trapped in the vicious cycle of poverty, broken homes, illiteracy and drug abuse. When all else fails, Buddhism becomes their last resort: providing them with physical shelter and spiritual refuge. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 pages of black and white and colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMT; BG; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 21. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099484486
- ISBN
- 9780099484486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.69
€ 20.99
€ 16.69
Paperback. An incredible true story of a young nurse working in the East End of London during the Second World War. Num Pages: 336 pages, No illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJH; BM; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751559910
- ISBN
- 9780751559910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.34
€ 10.99
€ 9.34
Hardcover. The charming, funny successor to the hugely popular 'Notes to my Mother-in-Law', from the inimitable Phyllida Law. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; BM; VFJB; VFVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 526. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear, remains a fine copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- SKU
- KSG0013331
- ISBN
- 9780007485864
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Joe Stirling has been a high profile, well-known resident of Norwich for 65 years. The biography is based on hundreds of hours of interviews over three years with Joe, who shared his memories of over eight decades with the author. Num Pages: 240 pages, 70 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BTP; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473843646
- ISBN
- 9781473843646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.23
€ 33.99
€ 24.23
Hardback. An Artist's War Num Pages: 272 pages, 300 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; ACXD; AGB; BJ; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 250. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750982382
- ISBN
- 9780750982382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.63
€ 40.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781506345444
- ISBN
- 9781506345444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 91.87
€ 91.87
Paperback. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231152198
- ISBN
- 9780231152198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.19
€ 26.99
€ 20.19
Hardback. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGH; HBJF; JFSJ1; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231152181
- ISBN
- 9780231152181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.92
€ 36.99
€ 26.92
Hardback. Stunning biographical portraits explore the lives of five women--two actresses, two writers, and a painter--who did their best to stand up and cause more trouble than was considered proper in Japanese society. Their lives stretch across a century and a half of explosive cultural and political transformations in Japan. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BG; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113564
- ISBN
- 9780231113564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.49€ 78.05
€ 103.49
€ 78.05
Paperback. Stunning biographical portraits explore the lives of five women--two actresses, two writers, and a painter--who did their best to stand up and cause more trouble than was considered proper in Japanese society. Their lives stretch across a century and a half of explosive cultural and political transformations in Japan. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BG; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113571
- ISBN
- 9780231113571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.08
€ 36.99
€ 27.08
paperback. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0021946
- ISBN
- 9781874597858
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Num Pages: 468 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFSJ1; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155. .
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bancroft Press United States
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610881005
- ISBN
- 9781610881005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.37
€ 34.99
€ 23.37
Paperback.
- Publisher
- tebbo
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9781742448039
- ISBN
- 9781742448039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 4.33
€ 9.99
€ 4.33
Paperback. The astonishing real story of a daughter's search for her own past and the desperate mother who gave her up. Phyllis Whitsell began the search for her birth mother as a young woman and although it was many years before she finally met her, their lives had crossed paths without their knowledge. When she met her the circumstances were extraordinary. Num Pages: 305 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; BM; VFJ; VFVK; VFVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 337 x 20. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Mirror Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910335482
- ISBN
- 9781910335482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.91
€ 10.99
€ 9.91
Hardback. Best-selling author Pia de Jong's vivid memoir about her newborn daughter's battle with leukemia and the startling decision that led to her recovery. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFD; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393609158
- ISBN
- 9780393609158
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.26
€ 27.99
€ 24.26
Hardback. Pierre Berge, longtime partner of Yves Saint Laurent in life and in business, remembers their years together in Morocco in this charming, intimate illustrated journal. Illustrator(s): Mynott, Lawrence. Num Pages: 92 pages, 78 colour and 40 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: AKT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Abrams
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781419713491
- ISBN
- 9781419713491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.47
€ 33.99
€ 23.47
Hardback. A new appreciation of the extraordinary life and legacy of Leon Blum, the first Jewish prime minister of France Series: Jewish Lives. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300189803
- ISBN
- 9780300189803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.81
€ 21.99
€ 17.81
Paperback. This is not an autobiography, Bourdieu said of this work but it reveals much of the hitherto implicit experience of his formative years, and gives insights into his relationships with Jean-Paul Sartre, Raymond Aron, Michel Foucault and many others, which deepen our understanding of his unique contribution to sociology and anthropology. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 215 x 67. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745635279
- ISBN
- 9780745635279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.22
€ 21.22
Paperback. Defeating the mighty Persian Empire at the age of 22, Alexander the Great rapidly conquered the rest of the then known world. This book traces the career of Alexander who was destined to become one of the greatest generals the world has known, and celebrates his legacy to Greek civilization. Series: New Horizons S. Num Pages: 176 pages, 153 illustrations, 121 in colour. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; BGH; HBG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 125 x 7. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500300701
- ISBN
- 9780500300701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.79
€ 10.99
€ 9.79
Paperback. The memoir of Pierre Franey, one of the most influential and beloved culinary figures, who came to the United States from his native France for the 1939 World's Fair and stayed on to help revolutionize the fine dining scene in New York City Series: At Table. Num Pages: 288 pages, 36 illustrations, 101 recipes. BIC Classification: BM; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803234697
- ISBN
- 9780803234697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.66
€ 21.66
Hardback. Keywords: Biography - French Politics & Government
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co. London
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEX0190831
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Originally published as: Voyage a travers la mort, Le temoignage d'un exile Hutu du Rwanda. Translator(s): Taylor, Phil. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 213 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Baraka Books
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926824789
- ISBN
- 9781926824789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Hardcover. Series: Presidential Wives. Num Pages: 141 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 141
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590337592
- ISBN
- 9781590337592
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.90€ 56.18
€ 72.90
€ 56.18
Paperback. For the first time ever, a fascinating look at the remarkable life of Barbara Taylor Bradford. From the cobbled streets of Yorkshire to the sweeping avenues of Manhattan, Barbara's own story is as dramatic a tale as any one of her bestsellers. Num Pages: 400 pages, 32 b/w plates, Index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 112 x 30. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007165698
- ISBN
- 9780007165698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.32
€ 14.99
€ 11.32