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Biography
Paperback. Reportage resists easy definition and comes in many forms, but it reveals hidden truths about people and events that have shaped the world we know. This book features the author's eyewitness accounts of the atom bomb tests at Bikini atoll and evocations of his encounters with Mao Tse-tung and Winston Churchill. Series: Classics of Reportage S. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DNJ; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Panther Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862078246
- ISBN
- 9781862078246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. A memoir that appears to have been written in the 1920s by someone who asserts that he was Jack the Ripper. Given the fact that the author also appear to have knowledge about aspects of the case not in the public arena at the time it could be that this actually is the autobiography of Jack the Ripper. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 pages b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGHA; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552165396
- ISBN
- 9780552165396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.00
€ 19.99
€ 15.00
Hardcover. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light age and shelf wear, remains a very fine copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Westview Press Inc
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0028890
- ISBN
- 9780813338606
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 26.00
€ 26.00
Hardcover. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. Light nicks, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Round Hall Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0017153
- ISBN
- 9780947686673
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Harkin, Shaun. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 133. .
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608466467
- ISBN
- 9781608466467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.64
€ 23.99
€ 20.64
Paperback. The author often thought about this moment, about what it would be like to write his memoirs. He always thought it would make him feel important. It doesn't. If anything it makes him feel a little strange. The truth is, he should never have been this famous guy. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 352 pages, 3 x 8 page colour plates. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 284. The author often thought about this moment, about what it would be like to write his memoirs. He always thought it would make him feel important. It doesn't. If anything it makes him feel a little strange. The truth is, he should never have been this famous guy. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 352 pages, 3 x 8 page colour plates. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 284. Fine copy showing minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- KSS0014652
- ISBN
- 9780099560234
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Behind the bars of Peterhead Prison, you'll find drugs, riots and fighting making the headlines, but there's also humour and stories aplenty as some of the most violent men in British crime do their time. Told by Britain's most wanted man in 1974, this is James Crosbie's insight into the other side of prison life. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; BTC; JKVP1; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Black and White Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845021528
- ISBN
- 9781845021528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
€ 10.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 64 halftones. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 215 x 25. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816643868
- ISBN
- 9780816643868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.87
€ 20.99
€ 20.87
Paperback. Enjoy fascinating look at the life of this extraordinary historic figure. Beginning in the backwoods of Kentucky, Abraham Lincoln's life story is toldfrom his childhood and young adulthood to becoming a businessman, soldier, surveyor, lawyer, politician, Num Pages: 144 pages, 270 postcards. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AJC; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 219 x 13. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764328572
- ISBN
- 9780764328572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.35
€ 31.99
€ 21.35
Paperback. Celebrates a lifetime of golf shared by a father and son who take on a last trip together to the finest courses of England and Scotland. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKS; BGS; WSJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002301
- ISBN
- 9780099235521
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JMC; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stacey International
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906768065
- ISBN
- 9781906768065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 9.07
€ 19.99
€ 9.07
paperback. Clean copy with some sunning to covers at spine. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0021934
- ISBN
- 9780717150083
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- SKU
- KNW0010419
- ISBN
- 9781874597346
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. Biography. Lenihan. Terrific way of looking through at Ireland's political landscape - through one of its main players.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- SKU
- KTJ0001739
- ISBN
- 9781874597346
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. Biography. Lenihan. Terrific way of looking through at Ireland's political landscape - through one of its main players.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KTJ0001741
- ISBN
- 9781874597346
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. This is a full-length biography of Mark Rothko, arguably one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. Drawing on exclusive access to his personal papers and over 100 interviews with artists, patrons and dealers, the author tells the story of a life in art. Num Pages: 707 pages, 21 colour plates, 52 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXD9; AFC; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1350.
- Publisher
- The University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226074061
- ISBN
- 9780226074061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.53
€ 41.99
€ 32.53
Paperback. This unique edition brings together for the first time Austen-Leigh's memoir of his aunt Jane Austen, together with shorter recollections by James Edward's two sisters. It also includes Jane's brother Henry's two biographical accounts. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 haltones. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New Ed. /
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540778
- ISBN
- 9780199540778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.83
€ 11.99
€ 10.83
Paperback. James Elkins tells the story of paintings that have made people cry. Drawing upon anecdotes related to individual works of art, he provides a chronicle of how people have shown emotion before works of art Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 88 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415970532
- ISBN
- 9780415970532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.86
€ 49.86
Paperback. Describes the author's shattered childhood, his delinquent teens, his writing life, his love affairs and marriages, his nervous breakdown and the beginning of a relationship with an extraordinary woman who may just be the long-sought Her. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099537854
- ISBN
- 9780099537854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 11.85
Paperback. On 21 June 1958, Geneva Hilliker Ellroy left her home in California. She was found strangled the next day. Her ten year-old son James was informed of her death. Her murderer was never found, but her death had an enduring effect on her son. This autobiography takes you on a trip to America's underbelly and one man's tortured soul. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099537847
- ISBN
- 9780099537847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. Ada's Algorithm tells the story of Ada Lovelace's turbulent life, and tells through the story of her life how she could have started the digital revolution two centuries ago but was thwarted by the then prevalent disregard for the intelligence of women. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; PBC; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Gibson Square Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783340712
- ISBN
- 9781783340712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.20
€ 14.99
€ 12.20
Hardcover. "I am just one of many who experienced life on a submarine during World War II. Silent Running is a story sincerely told--free of any revisionism or cynicism--and I commend Vice Admiral Calvert for sharing this dramatic personal account of that difficult and exciting time. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations facsim., maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 168 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471127789
- ISBN
- 9780471127789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.57
€ 41.99
€ 32.57
Paperback. "I am just one of many who experienced life on a submarine during World War II. Silent Running is a story sincerely told--free of any revisionism or cynicism--and I commend Vice Admiral Calvert for sharing this dramatic personal account of that difficult and exciting time. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations facsim., maps., portraits. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; BTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471197058
- ISBN
- 9780471197058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.23
€ 24.99
€ 20.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages, illustrations plans, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGB; AMB; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226620725
- ISBN
- 9780226620725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.89
€ 33.99
€ 26.89