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Biography

Paperback. With a keen critical eye and sharp insight Sylvia Lawson moves the essays and stories in this collection through settings in and out of Australia - across Paris, West Papua, Britain, Indonesia - listening to the distinctive local voices from our cultural margins and reclaiming concerns the metropolitan centres ignore. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of New South Wales Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780868405773
ISBN
9780868405773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.41

Paperback. With the growth of English cities during the Industrial Revolution came a booming population too vast for churchyards. Beckett Street Cemetery in Leeds was to become the first municipal cemetery in the country. This study relates how the cemetery was started and run, and describes the developing feuds between denominations. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750950602
ISBN
9780750950602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.24

Paperback. A biography of a mathematical genius who at the age of thirty-one, suffered from a devastating breakdown and was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Yet after decades of leading a ghost-like existence, he was to re-emerge to win a Nobel Prize and world acclaim. Num Pages: 464 pages, 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; PBUD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 36. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
Edition
Tie-In - Film
SKU
V9780571212927
ISBN
9780571212927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 287.
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Abridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385493918
ISBN
9780385493918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.59

Paperback. Presents exact and complete transcriptions of the journals kept by Sylvia Plath for the last twelve years of her life - covering her marriage to Ted Hughes and her struggle with depression - are a key source for the poems which make up her collections Ariel and The Colossus. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571301638
ISBN
9780571301638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.12

Paperback. Part memoir, part comic monologue, this is an ensemble of mishaps and anecdotes that reveal the ups and downs of one woman's life. Relentlessly self-deprecating, Sylvia Smith's diary relays the humdrum, everydayness of living, yet it steadily gains momentum as a darker undertone gathers force. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
SKU
KRF0025704
ISBN
9781841952079
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Part memoir, part comic monologue, this is an ensemble of mishaps and anecdotes that reveal the ups and downs of one woman's life. Relentlessly self-deprecating, Sylvia Smith's diary relays the humdrum, everydayness of living, yet it steadily gains momentum as a darker undertone gathers force. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Main
SKU
KRF0025833
ISBN
9781841952079
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927051535
ISBN
9781927051535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.85

Paperback. Translator(s): Goshgarian, G. M. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HP; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801487583
ISBN
9780801487583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 40.01

Paperback. A biography that contains exclusive material and interviews on Leonard Cohen - singer-songwriter, musician, poet, and novelist. It explores various facets of Cohen's life. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099549321
ISBN
9780099549321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.83

hardcover. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJPG; ACX; AGB; BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 307 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Pointed Leaf Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781938461330
ISBN
9781938461330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.67
€ 63.87

paperback. One of the greatest physicists of the 20th century recounts his journey from Hungary and the Nazi invasion to the creation of the first atomic bomb. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGTA; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 427.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780738208862
ISBN
9780738208862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.42

Hardcover. Starting with an overview of Modigliani's life, the authors explain and assess his influential theories, including his theory of the life-cycle hypothesis of saving; the famous Modigliani-Miller theorem in corporate finance; stabilisation policy; econometric model building and forecasting, and his legacy and influence on contemporary economics. Series: Great Thinkers in Economics. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGB; KC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230007895
ISBN
9780230007895
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 335 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: BM; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Baico Publishing
Edition
1ST
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927481554
ISBN
9781927481554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.72

Paperback. This work looks back over the life and work of Cyril and Methodius of Thessalonica and analyzes their ecclesiastical and cultural mission. They were the ones to bring the alphabet to the Slavs. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1DVW; BG; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC8; HRCX7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 175 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
St Vladimir´s Seminary Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881411980
ISBN
9780881411980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.34

Paperback. Ever since the piano was invented, people have longed to own one. In the nineteenth century, an age without recorded music or television, this craze reached its apex. When Thad Carhart discovered Luc and his hidden cache of pianos in the dusty repair shop on his street in Paris, his life changed. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AVRG; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Vintage London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099288237
ISBN
9780099288237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1FB; BGH; HBJD; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Olive Branch Pr
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566569637
ISBN
9781566569637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.61

Hardcover. Though often portrayed as a Wild West bandit, in this biography Jesse James emerges as a far more significant figure: a ruthless, purposeful and intensely political man who used his crimes and notoriety to promote the Confederate cause during the bitter decade that followed Appomattox. Num Pages: 546 pages, 6 maps, 16photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165. Weight in Grams: 840. Good copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper with minor edge wear but remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Jonathan Cape London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0009148
ISBN
9780224069250
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Written between 1919 and 1926, this text tells of the campaign aganist the Turks in the Middle East, encompassing gross acts of cruelty and revenge, ending in a welter of stink and corpses in a Damascus hospital. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; BGHA; HBG; HBWN; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Dell
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853264696
ISBN
9781853264696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.01

Paperback. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445635781
ISBN
9781445635781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.54

Paperback. Although 'continually and bitterly ashamed' that the Arabs had risen in revolt against the Turks as a result of fraudulent British promises of self-rule, Lawrence led them in a triumphant campaign which revolutionized the art of war. This title presents the epic events. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 704 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; BGH; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141182766
ISBN
9780141182766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.93

Paperback. Reconstructs a series of murders from the early 1940s that rocked rural Edgefield County, South Carolina. This book features a cast of unlikely antagonists (a store owner, a teacher, and a law enforcement officer), the acts of revenge resulting in 5 murders and a trio of executions, including the first woman to be electrocuted in South Carolina. Num Pages: 440 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570036774
ISBN
9781570036774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.48

Paperback. Meyer takes a symptomatological approach to the evolution of Rudolf Steiner's thinking, pinpointing specific moments in his biography, whilst making numerous links to contemporary issues. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 b/w plates. BIC Classification: BGX; HRQC5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Temple Lodge Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906999827
ISBN
9781906999827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.34

Paperback. .
Publisher
Temple Lodge Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906999667
ISBN
9781906999667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.31

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