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Biography

Paperback. Using biographical sketches, this book aims to create a composite portrait of the United States during and immediately after the Civil War. Subjects covered include Stephen A. Douglas, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Stonewall Jackson and Thaddeus Stevens. Series: Representative Americans. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521698
ISBN
9780742521698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.96

Paperback. Kagan unlocks the mind behind the making of these diverse and groundbreaking hits-appraising each work's appeal while placing it in the context of Zemeckis's career. Num Pages: 304 pages, index. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 177 x 14. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878332939
ISBN
9780878332939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.09

Paperback. This study of the Argentinian writer, Manuel Puig, is written for an English-speaking audience and analyzes aspects of his novels, summarizes the important body of criticism which is only available in Spanish, and provides a biographical sketch of the man. Series: A literary frontiers edition. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 2ADS; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 127 x 8. Weight in Grams: 91.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of Missouri
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826206855
ISBN
9780826206855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16. BIC Classification: APTX; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 36. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143127963
ISBN
9780143127963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.62

Paperback. Recounts the first half of the author's adventurous life with dry, infectious, laconic wit, observing the transformation of a stammering schoolboy into a worldly wise multilingual intelligence agent on the point of becoming a formidable travel writer. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330. An Autobiography. 224 pages. Recounts the first half of the author's adventurous life with dry, infectious, laconic wit, observing the transformation of a stammering schoolboy into a worldly wise multilingual intelligence agent on the point of becoming a formidable travel writer. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGA; WTL. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight: 322.
Publisher
Eland Books
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011826
ISBN
9781906011826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: 1DSTC; BTC; HB; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342. The Sicilian Mafia Observed. 272 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, ports. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DSTC; BTC; HB; WT. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 18. Weight: 350.
Publisher
Eland Books
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907871484
ISBN
9780907871484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.52

Paperback. A history of the Home Guard from its creation in May 1940 to the end of the Second World War written by Home Guard veteran, Private Longmate, then aged 17, the same age as Pike! Num Pages: 96 pages, 70. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445654034
ISBN
9781445654034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.92

Paperback. A fascinating biography of one of Scotland's most famous and greatest kings. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JB; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 39. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
John Donald Short Run Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906566906
ISBN
9781906566906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.67

Paperback. In the summer of 1976 Gary Gilmore robbed two men. Then he shot them in cold blood. For those murders Gilmore was sent to languish on Death Row - and could confidently expect his sentence to be commuted to life imprisonment. In America, no one had been executed for ten years. Num Pages: 1088 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 131 x 50. Weight in Grams: 734.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
1072
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099688600
ISBN
9780099688600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.31

Paperback. Offers an in-depth account of the life of Marilyn Monroe. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 x 8pp plate section. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Virgin Books UK, Random House Group
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753541258
ISBN
9780753541258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.83

Hardcover. Num Pages: 257 pages, illustrations. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cahaba Trace Commission
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780971191310
ISBN
9780971191310
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.38

Hardcover. Providing details of Wilde's life and work in an easily accessible profile, this biography makes use of surviving letters, notebooks, diaries and documents, as well as other researched biographies. Other author's in the series include Pope, Byron, Dickens, Kipling, and Tennyson. Editor(s): Page, Professor Norman. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 275.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1991st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333460078
ISBN
9780333460078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781681370804
ISBN
9781681370804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 625 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 107 x 38. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Bantam USA
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1920
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553563382
ISBN
9780553563382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.02

Hardcover. Very good copy with some shelf wear, dustwrapper with edge wear, yellowing of pages
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Jonathan Cape Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st
SKU
KKD0012343
ISBN
9780224026543
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Norman Spencer spent his young years believing that his father had been an English soldier, killed in World War II. It was only after her death in 1976 that he realised his father had been an American GI who had enjoyed a brief affair with his mother. This shattering discovery started Norman on the hunt of a lifetime. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Mereo Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861513434
ISBN
9781861513434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.35

Paperback. Long considered a culinary renegade and a pioneering chef, Norman Van Aken is an American original who chopped and charred his way to cooking stardom with no formal training. This book is his joyride of a memoir-spanning twenty-plus years and nearly as many jobs-including the job advertisement for a short-order cook with "no experience necessary." Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white halftones, 24 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781630760885
ISBN
9781630760885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.84

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white halftones, 24 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589799141
ISBN
9781589799141
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.00

Paperback. Gerard Manley Hopkins spent five unhappy years in Ireland before his death in 1889, during which time he wrote perhaps the most interesting group of all his poems. Working outwards from Hopkins's most intimate creations, author Norman White examines the poet's complicated and troubled personality. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b&w plates, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 192 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
illustrated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621724
ISBN
9781900621724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.44

Hardcover. Gerard Manley Hopkins spent five unhappy years in Ireland before his death in 1889, during which time he wrote perhaps the most interesting group of all his poems. Working outwards from Hopkins's most intimate creations, author Norman White examines the poet's complicated and troubled personality. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b&w plates, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Edition
illustrated edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621717
ISBN
9781900621717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.74
€ 50.74

Paperback. Norman Wisdom, in his cloth cap and ill-fitting suit, is the living embodiment of the little man battling against the forces of authority and pomposity. His career in comedy has been the fulfilment of what Charlie Chaplin predicted - that Norman Wisdom would be the man to take his mantle. This work is about Norman Wisdom. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 illustrations, (some colour ). BIC Classification: AS; BGFA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 100 x 25. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099446767
ISBN
9780099446767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; BGX; HRCM; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 188 x 7. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Tree of Life Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780930852337
ISBN
9780930852337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.49

Paperback. Picks up the lead from the international bestseller, A Friend Like Henry, which traced the childhood journey of Dale, the Gardner family and, of course, their amazing golden retriever Henry, who has finally helped Dale to communicate with the world. In this book, we meet with Dale's again, aged seventeen, to find out where his story goes next. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJD; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Black and White Publishing
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845027070
ISBN
9781845027070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.51

Paperback. From the publishers of the bestselling BORN ON A BLUE DAY and MARLEY AND ME: the moving and bestselling story of how a devoted family dog helped free a little boy from the prison of his autism. Num Pages: 352 pages, Two B&W photos/drawings. BIC Classification: BM; VFJD; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 246. Good copy with some shelf wear, some staining to cover and yellowing of pages, otherwise good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KKD0010089
ISBN
9780340934029
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

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