×


 x 

Shopping cart

Biography

Results 8641 - 8664 of 12129

Biography

Hardback. The Byzantine mystic, writer, and monastic leader Symeon the New Theologian is considered a saint by the Orthodox Church. The Life was written more than 30 years after Symeon's death by his disciple and apologist Niketas Stethatos. This translation, based on an authoritative Greek edition, makes it accessible to English readers for the first time. Translator(s): Greenfield, Richard P.H. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HBLC1; HRCC1; HRCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057982
ISBN
9780674057982
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.07

Paperback. After years of abuse and addiction, single mother, Niki Shisler had finally found herself with a wonderful new marriage and a perfect baby. When Niki unexpectedly became pregnant with twins, life began to spiral out of control with a series of dramatic events. This is the story of an ordinary woman plunged into chaos. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BG; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Ebury Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KTG0017298
ISBN
9780091910006
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 'The figure looking back at me was little more than a skeleton with just a thin layer of tissue paper for skin, drawn over the stick-like bones. I stood staring for a good couple of minutes, considering what I'd become. And my verdict? Brilliant, I thought. It's been worth every moment of all that hard work.' Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGFA; VFJJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244. The True Story of My Lifelong Battle With Anorexia. 288 pages. 'The figure looking back at me was little more than a skeleton with just a thin layer of tissue paper for skin, drawn over the stick-like bones. I stood staring for a good couple of minutes, considering what I'd become. And my verdict? Brilliant, I thought. It's been worth every moment of all that hard work.'. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGFA; VFJJ. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight: 248.
Publisher
John Blake
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857826616
ISBN
9781857826616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.70

Paperback. Series: New Approaches to Midwestern History. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; 3JH; BGH; HBTS; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821421604
ISBN
9780821421604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.18

Hardback. Series: New Approaches to Midwestern History. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; 3JH; BGH; HBTS; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821421598
ISBN
9780821421598
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.12

Paperback. A collection of photography and stories that capture the rage, love, optimism, darkness, and determination that shape author's work. It offers the compelling insights of an artist and a man struggling to survive, connect, and find a happy ending-a search that fuels the author's being. Num Pages: 224 pages, Colour Photos and Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 207 x 15. Weight in Grams: 734.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062061881
ISBN
9780062061881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.00

Paperback. Includes three additional articles by the author which were published in "The Electrical Experimenter" magazine and represent the breadth of his interests: "Tesla would pour Lightning from Airships to Consume Foe" (1916), "The Action of The Eye" (1893), "The Problem of Increasing Human Energy" (1900). Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGTA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143106616
ISBN
9780143106616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; BGH; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 114 x 30. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571204939
ISBN
9780571204939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.01

Paperback. The astonishing and wildly entertaining memoir of Nile Rodgers: legendary producer and co-founder of the band Chic. Num Pages: 336 pages, Section: 24, colour photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 196 x 22. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751542776
ISBN
9780751542776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. Nina Auerbach examines both the life of Daphne du Maurier as it is revealed in her writings and the sensibility of a vanished class and a time now gone that haunts the fringes of our own age. Series: Personal Takes. Num Pages: 192 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812218367
ISBN
9780812218367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Nina Auerbach brilliantly reveals the Ellen Terry whose roles, on stage and off, embodied everything that a rapidly changing world exhorted women to be.

Series: New Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 528 pages, 86 illus. BIC Classification: ANB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 900.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780812216134
ISBN
9780812216134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.49

Paperback. "Reading Hammer Head, like consuming Cheryl Strayed's Wild, feels like a crucial education."-Isabella Biedenharn, Entertainment Weekly Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; BM; JFSJ1; WKDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393352320
ISBN
9780393352320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 16.90

Paperback. The mesmerizing autobiography of one of the most revered soul, jazz, and blues divas of our time-the late Nina Simone Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332. The Autobiography of Nina Simone. 192 pages, illustrations. "Ms. Simone's vocal and piano style make her a culture unto herself." --New York Times. A gorgeous, inimitable singer and songwriter, Nina Simone (1933-2003) changed the face of both music and race relations in America. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Dimension: 226 x 158 x 15. Weight: 256.
Publisher
Hachette Books
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306813276
ISBN
9780306813276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; ASDL; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 384. 8vo. Nice copy. Ireland in the 20th century
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
SKU
KEX0292075
ISBN
9780946640621
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Hardback. Dance was a fundamental part of the art world in the 1960s, the most volatile decade in American art, offering a radical image of bodily presence in a moment of revolutionary change. Halprin, Forti, and Rainer - all with Jewish roots - found themselves at the epicenter of this upheaval. This book tells their stories. Editor(s): Bennahum, Ninotchka; Perron, Wendy; Robertson, Bruce. Num Pages: 192 pages, 127 duotones (4 are details). BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJP; AFKP; AGH; ASD; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 277 x 18. Weight in Grams: 952.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520293366
ISBN
9780520293366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.42
€ 43.19

* Following the deaths of The Krays, Nipper Read, the man who arrested them, can now tell the true story of the leaders of London's Gangland. Num Pages: 496 pages, Section: 8, b&w. BIC Classification: 2AB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 107 x 30. Weight in Grams: 548.
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751531756
ISBN
9780751531756
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.83

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Bedford/St. Martin's
Edition
1st
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312085858
ISBN
9780312085858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.74

Paperback. This volume tells the true story of a historian's lifetime struggle to reveal the truth about crucial aspects of World War II and other international confrontations of the 20th century. Num Pages: 264 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBAH; HBG; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Giles de la Mare Publishers Dublin, Ireland
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900357104
ISBN
9781900357104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 19.92

Paperback. A window on to the extraordinary world of Noddy Holder, the much-loved Slade frontman, in his own words. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 200 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472119674
ISBN
9781472119674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

paperback. As lead singer and extraordinary frontman of Slade, Noddy Holder was one of the most successful musicians of the '70s and '80s. This autobiography tells us his life story, from growing up in the Midlands, to performing in the working men's clubs. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APT; AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 110 x 22. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Ebury Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091875039
ISBN
9780091875039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.79

Paperback. As a gun-wielding bank robber, the author was top of the criminal tree. But he'd also spent the greater part of his adult life in prison, an environment where respect and basic survival were guaranteed only to those prepared to use the most brutal violence. 0This book describes how he came to realize that the game wasn't worth the candle. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141019529
ISBN
9780141019529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.34

Paperback. The autobiography of convicted felon Noel, Razor, Smith. Razor has shot, slashed and robbed his way into gangland legend. The battle of Morden, the massacre at the White Swan, gun fights in Brixton, beatings by police and rival gangs, Razor tells it all. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGA; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141015798
ISBN
9780141015798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWMV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218. Minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KTK0099361
ISBN
9781782194323
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. The widely acclaimed autobiography of Irish politician and doctor, Noel Christopher Browne. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; HBJD1; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Gill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780717142958
ISBN
9780717142958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.44

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!