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The Scottish-born William Dunbar (1750-1810) was a man of many abilities and professions - surveyor, botanist, zoologist, astronomer, planter, architect, inventor. This work looks at Dunbar's fascinating, varied life and career. Num Pages: 280 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813124551
ISBN
9780813124551
Condition: New

€ 47.03

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGL; HRAB; HRCM; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691652450
ISBN
9780691652450
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 208.69

Paperback. Based on exhaustive research in the Poe family archive, Quinn extracts the life from the legend, and describes how they both were distorted by prior biographies. " Num Pages: 866 pages, 48, 48 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1312.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
864
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801857300
ISBN
9780801857300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 36.95

Paperback. In this second edition of his classic biography, the leading authority on the classical world introduces a fresh generation of student, scholars and readers to a pivotal figure of Rome. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415336611
ISBN
9780415336611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.30

Paperback. A new edition of Arthur Koestler's gripping tale of arrest, imprisonment, and subsequent escape to London from Nazi-occupied France. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907871491
ISBN
9780907871491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.74

Paperback. Tells of Arthur Koestler's travels through Russia and remote parts of Soviet Central Asia and of his life as an exile. This book puts in perspective his experiences in Franco's prisons under sentence of death and in concentration camps in Occupied France, and ends with his escape from there in 1940 to England, where he found stability and a home. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Vintage Classics London
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099490685
ISBN
9780099490685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

Hardcover. Erich von Stroheim (1885-1957) was one of the true giants of American film history. For years, however his life has been wreathed in myths, many of his own devising. Lennig has scoured European and American archives for details concerning Stroheim's life. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 948.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813121383
ISBN
9780813121383
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.37

hardcover. Diane Arbus was one of the greatest photographers of the last century. Her portraiture of freaks, circus performers, twins, nudists and others on the social margins connected with a wide public at a deep psychological level. This biography begins at the moment Arbus quit the world of commercial photography to be an artist, and ends with her death. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: AJB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 166 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1326.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Condition
New
SKU
9780224097703
ISBN
9780224097703
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 27.76

Paperback. The revealing and deeply moving autobiography of one of the greatest American playwrights of the twentieth century Num Pages: 688 pages, 32 pp b/w intergrated. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 44. Weight in Grams: 550. A Life. 688 pages, 32 pp b/w intergrated. The revealing and deeply moving autobiography of one of the greatest American playwrights of the twentieth century. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Dimension: 129 x 197 x 44. Weight: 550.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408836316
ISBN
9781408836316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.64

paperback. Introduced to the West by Paul Brunton, Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950) is widely hailed as the greatest Indian saint and sage in modern times, whose teachings continue to influence thousands around the world today. This title interweaves the story of Ramana's life with his spiritual journey. Num Pages: 207 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRG; HRLP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 169 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rider
Condition
New
SKU
9781846044083
ISBN
9781846044083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Shepard, E. H. Num Pages: 192 pages, 8 colour illustrations, 150 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AKLB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 181 x 25. Weight in Grams: 734.
Publisher
Jaydem Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
illustrated ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903368022
ISBN
9781903368022
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.63

Paperback. A phenomenonally precocious schoolboy, Rimbaud was still a teenager when he became notorious as Europe's most shocking and exhilarating poet. This book sets the two sides of Rimbaud side by side with a translation of his exhilarating poetry and a selection of the letters from the harsh and colourful period of his life as a colonial trader. Translator(s): Harding, Jeremy; Sturrock, John. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140448023
ISBN
9780140448023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. The description for this book, Wilson, Volume III: The Struggle for Neutrality, 1914-1915, will be forthcoming. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 758 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
758
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691625935
ISBN
9780691625935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 112.89
€ 85.15

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 760 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1228.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
760
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691652276
ISBN
9780691652276
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 367.03

CD-Audio. Arthur Smith is best known as a comedian, a broadcaster and an opening bat for "Grumpy Old Men". But he has also been a West End playwright, an English teacher, a failed rock star, a busker, a road sweeper and a bombsite boy in post-war Bermondsey. This memoir encompasses a range of funny and often moving experiences by this commentator. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Format
CD
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846571794
ISBN
9781846571794
CD
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. Arthur Stanley Bullock grew up in Longhope in the Forest of Dean. After his service in the Great War and his struggle to find employment in Birmingham and south Wales, he worked at Lister's in Dursley. This memoir provides his insight that comes from having been an ordinary intelligent citizen with a sense of moral purpose and an inquisitive mind. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWG; 3JJG; BM; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752447933
ISBN
9780752447933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.60

Paperback. Surviving Vietnam with 101st Airborne Division. 288 pages, 16 page photo section. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGHA; HBWS2. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935149095
ISBN
9781935149095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 35 B&W photos. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Trinity University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595341310
ISBN
9781595341310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.44

Hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages, 70 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGB; HBJK; JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813061511
ISBN
9780813061511
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.58

Paperback. Bill Shirk. 240pp. T.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
The Lyons Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KHS0063938
ISBN
9781592281961
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

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