Biography
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Biography
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 218 x 12. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Triumph Books United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600781964
- ISBN
- 9781600781964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.58
€ 16.58
Paperback. In the 1930s, physics was in a crisis. In the post-World War II period, four eminent physicists rose to the challenge and developed a calculable version of Quantum Electrodynamics (QED). This book tells the story of these four physicists, blending discussions of their scientific work with biographical sketches. Series: Princeton Series in Physics. Num Pages: 768 pages, 28 halftones 47 line illus. BIC Classification: BG; PDX; PHK; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1114.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 784
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691033273
- ISBN
- 9780691033273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.76€ 63.30
€ 81.76
€ 63.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780966491302
- ISBN
- 9780966491302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.13
€ 24.99
€ 17.13
Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages, 150 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; 3JJ; BM; WSXH; WSXS; WSXT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 209 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1048.
- Publisher
- Lyons Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781586671594
- ISBN
- 9781586671594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.41
€ 40.99
€ 38.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGA; JFF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781742198941
- ISBN
- 9781742198941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.65
€ 26.99
€ 18.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 346 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809314430
- ISBN
- 9780809314430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.28
€ 30.99
€ 28.28
Paperback. A host of anecdotes from Simon's 40-plus years in journalism Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 134 x 26. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848543980
- ISBN
- 9781848543980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
€ 13.99
€ 10.86
Paperback. Takes the reader as close as possible to experience life in Sing Sing, one of America's most notorious high security jails. This title offers an account of how the gruelling world of the prison system brutalizes all who enter it - prison guards and prisoners alike. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BM; BTC; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091940959
- ISBN
- 9780091940959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.65
€ 20.99
€ 16.65
Paperback. Charting the rugged and uneven terrain of a writer's formative years - from tax problems to probation to American tours, football to family to running away to Iceland - this title explores growing up and being Northern. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141040462
- ISBN
- 9780141040462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
€ 14.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. Explores how music and the muse intertwine in work and in life. This title includes stories, anecdotes, jokes, absurdities, the odd informal homily, pitfalls and pratfalls, and Yorkshire life and death. It is about the dream and reality of what you are, and what you might have been. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 x 8 pp inset. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Viking
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141021249
- ISBN
- 9780141021249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.76
€ 14.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. General Simon Bolivar, called El Liberator, and sometimes the "George Washington of Latin America", was the leading hero of the Latin American independence movement. Although he didn't prepare a systematic treatise, his essays, proclamations and letters contain ideas still widely relevant. Translator(s): Fornoff, Frederick H. Series: Library of Latin America. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; BGH; DNF; HBJK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 214 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195144819
- ISBN
- 9780195144819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.42
€ 38.42
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007445301
- ISBN
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 6.61
€ 18.99
€ 6.61
Paperback. A biography of the young Orson Welles, from his prodigious childhood and youth, his triumphs with the Mercury Theatre, to the making of "Citizen Kane". Num Pages: 656 pages, 1. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 43. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099462514
- ISBN
- 9780099462514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.74
€ 19.99
€ 14.74
Paperback. The reason for the decline of Orson Welles' career is a hotly debated issue. When Citizen Kane, his first film, opened in 1941, Welles was universally acclaimed as the audacious filmmaker alive. In 1947, Welles left America for Europe and lived for the best part of twenty years in self-imposed exile. This biography tells the story of this man. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099462613
- ISBN
- 9780099462613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 20.85
€ 27.99
€ 20.85
Paperback. The creator of the "Hunchback of Notre Dame", "Henry VIII" and "Captain Bligh", Charles Laughton's career spans 50 films and 40 stage roles. This book offers biography that follows him from his parents' hotel in Scarborough to his climactic assumption of the role of King Lear in Statford at the end of his life. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099581956
- ISBN
- 9780099581956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.20
€ 17.99
€ 13.20
Paperback. Few actors are more eloquent, honest or entertaining about their life and their profession than Simon Callow. Being an Actor traces his stage journey from the letter he wrote to Laurence Olivier that led him to his first job, to his triumph as Mozart in the original production of Amadeus. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: APB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099471950
- ISBN
- 9780099471950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. An alternative autobiography of the well-loved actor and man of the theatre, winner of the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography. BIC Classification: ANB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 35. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books
- Number of pages
- 436
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848421714
- ISBN
- 9781848421714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.80
€ 19.99
€ 15.80
Hardcover. Simon Callow plunges headlong into Wagner's world to discover what it was like to be Wagner, and to be around one of music's most influential figures. The perfect introduction to the Master. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVGC9; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 225 x 27. Weight in Grams: 388. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear in good dustwrapper. Includes newspaper cutting of review of the book in The Times
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- William Collins
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0007672
- ISBN
- 9780008105693
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. An exuberant and entertaining biography of Charles Dickens that captures the essence of the great novelist. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 28. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007445318
- ISBN
- 9780007445318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 11.97
€ 16.99
€ 11.97
paperback. An epic survey of Orson Welles' life and work. It shows what it was like to be around Welles, and, what it was like to be him, in which lies the answer to the old riddle: whatever happened to Orson Welles? Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ANB; APFB; APW; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099502838
- ISBN
- 9780099502838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.32
€ 19.99
€ 16.32