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Biography
Hardcover. Sir Richard Jebb (1841-1905) was the most celebrated classical scholar in late Victorian Britain: his edition of Sophocles, which remains a classic, brought him a knighthood. Professor of Greek at Cambridge from 1889, and MP for the University from 1891 until his death, Jebb became a national spokesman for the humanities. Editor(s): Stray, Chris. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cambridge Philological Society
- Edition
- Supplement
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956838131
- ISBN
- 9780956838131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.17€ 56.50
€ 61.17
€ 56.50
Paperback. The man widely believed to have been the model for Alden Pyle in Graham Greene's The Quiet American, Edward G. Lansdale (1908-1987) was a Cold War celebrity. This biography reexamines Lansdale's role as an agent of American Cold War foreign policy and takes into account both his actual activities and the myths that grew to surround him. Series: Culture, Politics & the Cold War. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558494640
- ISBN
- 9781558494640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.48
€ 30.99
€ 26.48
Hardcover. Colonel John Henry Patterson was an Irish-born soldier, lion hunter, bridge builder, East African game warden, author, man-about-town, and Zionist. This biography traces Patterson's life from his days as a British socialite to his command of the Jewish Legion of volunteers who helped drive the Turks out of Palestine. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: BGH; JFSR1; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609278
- ISBN
- 9780815609278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.48
€ 30.99
€ 26.48
Hardcover. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: AFC; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 243 x 43. Weight in Grams: 960.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of New South Wales Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781921410888
- ISBN
- 9781921410888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.56
€ 36.99
€ 31.56
Hardcover. A biography of Lord Kelvin, that includes Kelvin's personal recollections and data. It lets the documents and letters speak as far as possible for themselves. Series: AMS Chelsea Publishing. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 991.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- American Mathematical Society
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821837436
- ISBN
- 9780821837436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.07€ 64.90
€ 71.07
€ 64.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, maps. BIC Classification: BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- South Dakota State Historical Society
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780984650583
- ISBN
- 9780984650583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.34
€ 23.99
€ 21.34
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 pages of B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 3JMG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 236 x 33. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781605989105
- ISBN
- 9781605989105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.88
€ 17.99
€ 12.88
Hardcover. Katherine Anne Porter revealed only scant facts about her life, and often gave conflicting accounts. Here, the author finds that Porter's deceptions were a screen for deep personal turmoil, fuelled by multiple marriages, and babies lost to miscarriage, abortion, and stillbirth. Num Pages: 368 pages, 25 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 871.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578067770
- ISBN
- 9781578067770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.66
€ 45.99
€ 38.66
Hardcover. Clean copy.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- KEX0200154
- ISBN
- 9780297811022
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Dust wrapper has some minor edge wear but remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- KKD0002927
- ISBN
- 9780297811022
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- St Martin´s Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- KLJ0014529
- ISBN
- 9781403984975
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Hardback. Remember the wonderfully romantic book of letters by Beethoven, Byron and Napoleon that featured in the Sex and the City film? That collection never actually existed, but all of the letters referenced in the film were real; so Macmillan decided to create Love Letters of Great Men.. Editor(s): Doyle, Ursula. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BJ; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Edition
- Main Market
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230739468
- ISBN
- 9780230739468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.27
€ 21.99
€ 16.27
Paperback. Together for the first time in one volume: the bestselling Love Letters of Great Men and Love Letters of Great Women Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Pan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main Market
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330515139
- ISBN
- 9780330515139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
€ 13.99
€ 10.86
Hardcover. Lady Ursula d'Abo's memoirs of her uniquely glamorous life make riveting reading. Her vivid accounts include life at Belvoir Castle, her role in the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1937 and her close friendships with men as varied as Rex Whistler, the Maharajah of Jaipur and Paul Getty. Editor(s): Watkin, David. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 page plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- d'Abo Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907991097
- ISBN
- 9781907991097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.85
€ 16.99
€ 16.85
Paperback. Known as one of the great producers and promoters of the film industry, Eric Pommer had a life-long commitment to German film - despite his emigration in 1933 - and worked in France and Britian, as well as the United States. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571819307
- ISBN
- 9781571819307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.46
€ 44.46
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, over 560 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; JWG; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 226 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1748. The Life Story of the World's Highest Scoring Ace. 296 pages, Over 560 black and white photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; JWG; TBX; WGM. Dimension: 289 x 226 x 27. Weight: 1768.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887403965
- ISBN
- 9780887403965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.07€ 45.70
€ 64.07
€ 45.70
Paperback. A concise, critical appraisal of the life and works of Simone de Beauvoir (1908-86), the quintessential feminist intellectual, best known for her pioneering work "Le Deuxieme Sexe" (1949). Ursula Tidd draws on the latest scholarship on Beauvoir, as well as the extant volumes of her diaries and correspondence. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 192 pages, 36 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861894342
- ISBN
- 9781861894342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.18
€ 31.18
Paperback. A detailed biography, using material not previously available, of the English composer who was at the centre of musical events in England for sixty years. Series: Clarendon Paperbacks. Num Pages: 464 pages, frontispiece, 16 pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 30. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192820822
- ISBN
- 9780192820822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.60
€ 82.60
Paperback. The autobiography of the fastest man of all time and a superstar whose talent and charisma have made him one of the most famous people on the planet. Num Pages: 320 pages, (2x8pp colour plates). BIC Classification: BGSA; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007371426
- ISBN
- 9780007371426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.81
€ 17.99
€ 12.81
Paperback. This book documents the Cambodian refugee experience through powerful first-person narratives of men, women, and children who survived the holocaust and have begun new lives in America. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 half-tones 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1KBB; BGH; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723725
- ISBN
- 9780804723725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.14
€ 46.99
€ 42.14
Paperback. The author retells fourteen traditional cuentos in Spanish and with English translations passed down by his Chimayo grandmother." Num Pages: 153 pages, 10 b/w photos & 14 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; BT; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 203 x 10. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 153
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890133828
- ISBN
- 9780890133828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.90
€ 20.99
€ 16.90
Paperback. Victoria Knowles has, in the words of The Times, got the city hot under the collar with this, her combustible and revealing memoir of life as PA to some of London's highest flying businessmen. This is the definitive female-insider perspective on the sleazy side of the high-flying city lifestyle. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BM; KJWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784183837
- ISBN
- 9781784183837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.22
€ 10.99
€ 9.22
Hardback. One hundred years after the Russian Revolution, Zizek shows why Lenin's thought is still important today Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786631886
- ISBN
- 9781786631886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.31
€ 17.99
€ 16.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Zondervan United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310240518
- ISBN
- 9780310240518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.62
€ 20.99
€ 18.62