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Biography

Hardback. Annie Ernaux turns her penetrating focus on those points in life where the everyday and the extraordinary intersect, where othings seeno reflect a private life meeting the larger world. Ernaux's thought-provoking observations map the world's fleeting and lasting impressions on the shape of inner life. Translator(s): Kaplansky, Jonathan. Series: French Voices. Num Pages: 106 pages. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
106
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803210776
ISBN
9780803210776
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 339 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVG; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Backbeat Books United States
Number of pages
339
Condition
New
SKU
V9780879307936
ISBN
9780879307936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 253 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Granville Island Publishing Canada
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894694063
ISBN
9781894694063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.90

Paperback. This is a biography of Peter the Great. It tells his life story in 12 chapters, including two final chapters on his legacy and posthumous reputation, with the aim of providing a vivid sense of the dynamics of his life and reign. Num Pages: 285 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JD; 3JF; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300103007
ISBN
9780300103007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.25

Paperback. Paints a vivid portrait of a woman gloriously out of the step with the conventions of her time. Over the course of a dozen years, Scottish plant collector Isobel Wylie Hutchison (1889-1982) explored northern latitudes from the Lofoten Islands of Norway to the far reaches of the American Aleutians. Series: Women in the West. Num Pages: 282 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1MTN; BG; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803273443
ISBN
9780803273443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.72

Paperback. Agatha Christie's personal memoirs about her travels to Syria and Iraq in the 1930s with her archaeologist husband Max Mallowan, where she worked on the digs and wrote some of her most evocative novels. Num Pages: 304 pages, 40 b/w plates. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780007487240
ISBN
9780007487240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. Tavis Smiley recounts the story of his friendship with Maya Angelou Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Back Bay
Condition
New
SKU
KTJ8038655
ISBN
9780316341776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.28

Hardback. Presents a different view of Richard Wagner based on research that does not shy away from some truths about this controversial composer. This book tells what Wagner did, said, and wrote. It suggests that an estimation of Wagner does not lie in an all too easy condemnation of his many provocative actions and ideas. Num Pages: 324 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 1 table, 31 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH; BGF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520254534
ISBN
9780520254534
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 46.48

Paperback. Editor(s): Forbes, Elliot. Num Pages: 552 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 926.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
542
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691027180
ISBN
9780691027180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 50.98

Paperback. A fascinating retelling of Oskar Schindler's extraordinary story and how it came to the world's attention through Thomas Keneally's Booker Prize-winning novel and the subsequent multiple Oscar-winning film, Schindler's List Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp B&W photos. BIC Classification: BM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
9780340963265
ISBN
9780340963265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.51

Paperback. A beautifully written and poignant football memoir from the author of the bestselling Manchester United Ruined My Life. Num Pages: 320 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; BM; WSBT; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
9780755363612
ISBN
9780755363612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.57

Hardcover. A four-volume edition of Horace Walpole's "Memoirs of the Reign of King George III". It provides Walpole's text in its entirety, unabridged and unexpurgated, with an introduction and annotation designed to help reassess the value of the memoirs as historical evidence. Series: The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. Num Pages: 1088 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; BM; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 137. Weight in Grams: 3178.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
1040
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300070149
ISBN
9780300070149
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 219.85
€ 169.46

Paperback. Acclaimed on first publication, 'Groovy Bob' is the cult biography of hedonistic gallery owner Robert Fraser and a dazzling evocation of 1960s culture and counter-culture. Taste-maker, heroin addict and promiscuous homosexual, Fraser astonished London with the artists he introduced, including Warhol, Blake, Haring, Oldenburg and Basquiat. Num Pages: 350 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPK; ABQ; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Heni Publishing
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993010392
ISBN
9780993010392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.82

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Dundurn Group Ltd Canada
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554887392
ISBN
9781554887392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

Paperback. The existentialist philosopher chronicles his time in the Resistance in the Second World War. Series: Radical Thinkers. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844677849
ISBN
9781844677849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.40

Hardcover. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 166 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1217.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Old Street Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905847075
ISBN
9781905847075
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.75

Paperback. Editor(s): Sherwood, Jay. Num Pages: 239 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JJG; BM; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Royal British Columbia Museum Canada
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9780772660602
ISBN
9780772660602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.18

Paperback. Before Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steve Reeves, or Charles Atlas, there was German-born Eugen Sandow (1867-1925), a muscular vaudeville strongman who used his good looks, intelligence, and business savvy to forge a fitness empire. This book features the story of this first showman to emphasize physique display rather than lifting prowess. Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages, 38. BIC Classification: BG; WSU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Pbk. Ed
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252073069
ISBN
9780252073069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Quest Books,U.S. United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780835609159
ISBN
9780835609159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGB; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 8. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781552663240
ISBN
9781552663240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.71

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