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Biography
Paperback. Wallace Stegner's boyhood was spent on the beautiful and remote frontier of the Cypress Hills in southern Saskatchewan, where his family homesteaded from 1914 to 1920. In a recollection of his years there, Stegner applies childhood remembrances and adult reflection to create an enduring portrait of pioneer life. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141392363
- ISBN
- 9780141392363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Walter Benjamin - philosopher, essayist, literary and cultural theorist - was one of the most original writers and thinkers of the twentieth century. This title brings together Benjamin's major works, including "Unpacking My Library"; "One-Way Street"; "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction"; and, "Brief History of Photography". Translator(s): Underwood, J.A. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189475
- ISBN
- 9780141189475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
paperback. Called "the most important critic of his time" by Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin has only become more influential over the years. Suitable for any scholar wrestling with Benjamin's work, this title offers a look at the man behind much of the twentieth century's most significant criticism. Editor(s): Scholen, Gershom; Adorno, Theodor W. Translator(s): Jacobson, Manfred R.; Jacobson, Evelyn M. Num Pages: 674 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: BJ; DSB; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 159 x 37. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780226042381
- ISBN
- 9780226042381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.67
€ 29.99
€ 26.67
Paperback. Collects Walter Bonatti's classic writings detailing his exploits on numerous expeditions to different mountains of the world, as well as the real story behind the controversy over the events on K2 that changed his life. Translator(s): Marshall, Robert. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141192918
- ISBN
- 9780141192918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. This is a chronological study of the musical life of the Beatles, from 1956 up to 1965. The main focus is on the materials and structures of the Beatles' melodies, harmonies, counterpoint, rhythms, and the ways these portray the themes of their poetry. The book also addresses performance practice, recording procedure, historical context and more. Num Pages: 472 pages, numerous music examples and 6 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; AVGP; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195141054
- ISBN
- 9780195141054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.70
€ 77.70
Hardback. Keywords: Walter H. Page. 245pp. Some edgewera & dulling. o/w good
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Publication date
- 1924
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- SKU
- KNW0011725
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 5.38
€ 20.99
€ 5.38
Paperback. The first full biography of Albert Einstein since all of his papers have become available -- a fully realised portrait of this extraordinary human being, and great genius. Num Pages: 704 pages, 16pp b-w plates. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847390547
- ISBN
- 9781847390547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. The author of the massively bestselling Steve Jobs biography writes the whole history of the digital age Num Pages: 560 pages, Integrated & illustrated timeline. BIC Classification: BGT; BK; UY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 36. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471138805
- ISBN
- 9781471138805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Hardback. * An extraordinary book which gives us a unique insight into the life and thinking of the man who has single-handedly transformed the way we live today Num Pages: 656 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGB; KNTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 168 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1034.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408703748
- ISBN
- 9781408703748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.96
€ 40.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. Translator(s): Whiteside, Shaun. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BJ; BK; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847086419
- ISBN
- 9781847086419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. An In Cold Blood for our time, a chilling, compulsive story of a writer unwittingly caught in the wake of a grifter-turned-murderer. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; BG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- KSS0008460
- ISBN
- 9781472119353
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Sir Walter Scott's two-volume biography of the great Irish satirist Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), first published in 1826. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press Cambridge
- Number of pages
- 268
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KMR0005956
- ISBN
- 9781108034197
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. "Professionally rebound in attractive quarter leather over modern marbled boards binding, raised bands, gilt tooling, brightly gilted twin leather title labels on the spine, top page edges gilted, clean and crisp pages with bright text." Keywords: Authors - Ireland - Biography
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- John Murray London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KHS0037588
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 320.27€ 260.00
€ 320.27
€ 260.00
Hardcover. Keywords: Subjects - Biography - General
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Publisher
- Nimrod Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- SKU
- KEX0178458
- ISBN
- 9780947647155
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A superbly written personal account of fighting years on the Western Front. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 page plate section plus maps etc in text. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745970301
- ISBN
- 9780745970301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Born in a rural Kenyan village in 1940, Wangari Maathai was already an iconoclast as a child, determined to get an education even though most African girls then were uneducated. In this autobiography, she tells of her studies with Catholic missionaries. It deals with her life and work. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGA; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099493099
- ISBN
- 9780099493099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. From the bestselling author of Desert Flower: the true story of saving a young girl from FGM Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFM; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349005980
- ISBN
- 9780349005980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.47
€ 16.99
€ 13.47
paperback. * Inspirational, dramatic and extraordinary - the autobiography of a Somalian nomad circumcised at 5, sold in marriage at 13, who became an American model and is now at the young age of 30, the UN spokeswoman against circumcision Num Pages: 256 pages, Section: 8, B&W. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; BGA; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Edition
- New Ed
- Publisher
- Virago New York
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860497582
- ISBN
- 9781860497582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. 'I wanted to return to the place where I was born and see it with new eyes. I had no idea where my family was in Somalia. At first it seemed impossible - almost as impossible as a camel girl becoming a fashion model.. Num Pages: 240 pages, Section: 4, colour. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844080083
- ISBN
- 9781844080083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. In the vein of Sheila Hancock's The Two of Us: a touching, funny, personal memoir of much-loved comedian and national treasure Linda Smith, written by her partner of 23 years. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp plate section. BIC Classification: APW; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KNW0008884
- ISBN
- 9780340932797
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99