Biography
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Biography
Paperback. Series: Reverb. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black and white. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 209 x 13. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780231761
- ISBN
- 9781780231761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.88
€ 19.99
€ 15.88
Paperback. Peter has graced the stage with many of the all-time greats from Laurence Olivier and Orson Wells to Judi Dench, and in Summer Wine & Other Stories speaks with great humour and candour about his experiences on and off camera. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782197454
- ISBN
- 9781782197454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.33
€ 10.99
€ 9.33
Paperback. In Somebody to Love, biographers Mark Langthorne and Matt Richards skilfully weave both Freddie Mercury's incredible pursuit of musical greatness with Queen, his upbringing and his endless search for love with the story of a terrible disease that swept across the world in the 1980s. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bonnier Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911600046
- ISBN
- 9781911600046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.65
€ 15.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. Stalin, like Hitler and other tyrants, won and held power because he had collaborators - hangmen. Drawing on newly released archival material, Donald Rayfield gives us a fuller and more colourful picture of Stalin's inner circle than ever before. Stalin was not the sole author of Stalinism. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141003757
- ISBN
- 9780141003757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.50
€ 24.99
€ 18.50
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bethany House Publishers
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- English Language
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871239501
- ISBN
- 9780871239501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.12
€ 9.99
€ 9.12
Paperback. A study of Sir Maurice Oldfield's life that portrays one of the UK's most important and complex spies of the Cold War era. He was the first Chief of MI6 that hadn't come from an upper-class background or studied at Eton or Oxbridge. Rather, he was a farmer's son from a provincial grammar school. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; HBJD1; HBTW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552171625
- ISBN
- 9780552171625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.66
€ 16.99
€ 12.66
Paperback. A revealing insight into the remarkable life of the First World War heroine who saved hundreds of lives. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGH; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 40. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784291327
- ISBN
- 9781784291327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Features Gabriel Garcia Marquez who was twenty-three, a young man experimenting with his writing when this mother asked him to come back with her to the village of his grandparents. In this memoir, he recounts his personal experience of returning to the house in which he grew up and the memories that this visit conjured. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- PENGUIN BOOKS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241968772
- ISBN
- 9780241968772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. The third volume in Robert Douglas's remarkable life story picks up from the bestselling SOMEWHERE TO LAY MY HEAD and brings us up to the present day. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340935309
- ISBN
- 9780340935309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Aileen Wuornos was executed at the age of 46. She was a child prostitute, fleeing an abusive childhood, straight into a disastrous adulthood of difficult affairs. Her metamorphosis from victim to attacker had brutal consequences: a stream of dead men. This book is her story, in her own words. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 196. My True Story. 288 pages, 8pp b/w illustrations. Aileen Wuornos was executed at the age of 46. She was a child prostitute, fleeing an abusive childhood, straight into a disastrous adulthood of difficult affairs. Her metamorphosis from victim to attacker had brutal consequences: a stream of dead men. This book is her story, in her own words. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BTC. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight: 196.
- Publisher
- John Blake
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844542376
- ISBN
- 9781844542376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.90
€ 13.99
€ 10.90
Paperback. Derek Paravicini is blind, can't tell his right hand from his left and needs round-the-clock care. But he has an extremely rare gift - he is a musical prodigy with perfect pitch whose piano-playing has thrilled audiences at venues from Ronnie Scott's to Las Vegas, the Barbican to Buckingham Palace. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 304 pages, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: AVH; AVRG; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099513582
- ISBN
- 9780099513582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.03
€ 17.99
€ 16.03
Paperback. Tells the story of brave Arctic explorers who died in their attempts to seek the North-West Passage and North Pole during the years 1845-1877. Among them was Jim Hand from Bray, Co Wicklow. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1MTN; 3JH; BTH; HBTM; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd Dublin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845889456
- ISBN
- 9781845889456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.48
€ 23.99
€ 20.48
Hardcover. Shedding new light on Mandate Palestine and the Jewish experience in Soviet Moscow, this book reveals the remarkable story of a woman living through some of the most pivotal events of twentieth-century history. Editor(s): Arielli, Nir. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 bw in 8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1FBP; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 29. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784530808
- ISBN
- 9781784530808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.42€ 54.65
€ 59.42
€ 54.65
Paperback.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007476626
- ISBN
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 4.99
€ 10.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. This is a unique and inspirational memoir that reveals the triumphs and tribulations that shaped Paige's life, from her birth and childhood struggles with gender identity through to her 35-year military career. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BM; JFSJ5; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Biteback Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785901324
- ISBN
- 9781785901324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.17
€ 26.99
€ 20.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, Integrated: 20, int b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMD; 3JJH; BGHA; BJ; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844088119
- ISBN
- 9781844088119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
paperback. Aidan Dooley tells the story of his journey with Tom Crean; how his one-man play was written, and how it grew from an unknown show with an unknown actor into an award-winning hit that has been performed from Dublin to Dubai, and from Broadway to the Antarctic ice. Num Pages: 192 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1MTS; 2AB; APB; BM; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 332 x 23. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- The Collins Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848892835
- ISBN
- 9781848892835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.21
€ 14.99
€ 13.21
Paperback. A biography of the British singer songwriter who died aged twenty six, having made three albums, all now recognised as classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, facsimiles, portrait. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747535034
- ISBN
- 9780747535034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.82
€ 19.99
€ 14.82
Hardback. Lisa Lovatt-Smith shares her extraordinary journey from being a Vogue international editor to living in a mud hut in Ghana. Num Pages: 344 pages, 8 pages color photos. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; BM; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Hachette Book Group
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602862708
- ISBN
- 9781602862708
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.59
€ 30.99
€ 20.59
Paperback. Air-route development in Africa was a result of Sir Alan Cobham's 1929 flight through and round Africa in a flying-boat. Lady Cobham accompanied her husband throughout the journey. This work features Sir Alan Cobham's account of his journey. First published in 1930, it is illustrated with over 50 photographs from the trip, from the family archive. Num Pages: 192 pages, 55. BIC Classification: BGA; TRPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752441818
- ISBN
- 9780752441818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.45
€ 19.99
€ 18.45