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Biography

Hardcover. In their own time, Lewis Carroll, Robert Louis Stevenson and Algernon Charles Swinburne were highly successful writers. Part of the "Lives of Victorian Literary Figures" series, this three-volume facsimile edition draws together a range of biographical sources relating to these three celebrated Victorian authors. Editor(s): Pite, Ralph; Hubbard, Tom; Rooksby, Rikky. Series: Lives of Victorian Literary Figures. Num Pages: 1360 pages, Illustrations, ports, facsims. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 2494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
1360
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781851969050
ISBN
9781851969050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 623.54

Paperback. The WWII Memories of a Paratrooper in the 508th P.I.R, 82nd Airborne Division. 256 pages, 16pp photo section. Jump tells of the wartime experiences of Dwayne Burns as a paratrooper in the 508th Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division. The author recounts the action of his first mission, which took place in the early hours of D-day. His memories are able to provide a fascinating insight into the reality of close-quarter combat. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935149835
ISBN
9781935149835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 202 x 28. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316382953
ISBN
9780316382953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.34

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Back Bay Books United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316734974
ISBN
9780316734974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.02

Paperback. The definitive biography of the poet who was almost as notorious for his 'rock 'n roll' lifestyle as his artistic work Num Pages: 544 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753817872
ISBN
9780753817872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.99

Paperback. Frances Partridge: the last survivor of the Bloomsbury group - the authorised biography. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 33. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Phoenix
Edition
New ed.
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753826997
ISBN
9780753826997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. How America fell for financier Bernie Madoff's $65 billion investment scam. Num Pages: 312 pages, col. Illustrations, col. ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Phoenix
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753827437
ISBN
9780753827437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Legendary trainer of Red Rum tells his remarkable life story in his own inimitable style Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w, 1 x 8pp colour photos. BIC Classification: BGS; WSNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Headline
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755313730
ISBN
9780755313730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. This is life on the road with James Blunt, with the backdrop story being the 'All the Lost Souls' tour, including photos never seen before Num Pages: 384 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755319954
ISBN
9780755319954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. A heart-warming story of a London couple making a new life in Italy, a lonely dog and a house that's brought back to life. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BM; VSW; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444708301
ISBN
9781444708301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. Vibrant and candid memoirs of the late, great British character actor, Pete Postlethwaite. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Edition
1st
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780220031
ISBN
9781780220031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Huntington's Disease (HD) is a hereditary illness passed on via a defective gene. There is a fifty per cent chance of inheriting it from a parent and there is yet no cure. Learning to Live with Huntington's Disease is one family's poignant story of coping with the symptoms, the diagnosis and the effects of HD. Num Pages: 176 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843104872
ISBN
9781843104872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.35

Paperback. * The inspirational autobiography of Shirley Williams - a good and much-loved politician - out now in paperback Num Pages: 432 pages, Section: 32, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844084753
ISBN
9781844084753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.31

Paperback. Writing with grace, wit, and remarkable candor, actress Claire Bloom looks back at her crowded life: her accomplishments on stage and screen; her romantic liaisons with some of the great leading men of our era; and at "the most important relationship" of her life--her marriage to author Philip Roth. of photos. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Little Brown Hardbacks (a & C)
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089444
ISBN
9781844089444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.42

Paperback. Series: Outlines S. Num Pages: 128 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 148 x 8. Weight in Grams: 180. Series: Outlines S. 128 pages, b&w photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Dimension: 184 x 148 x 8. Weight: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Absolute Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781899791736
ISBN
9781899791736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

Hardcover. Good copy with some shelf wear. Dustwrapper with minor edge wear and plastic covering. Book is good clean copy with light yellowing of pages
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Arbor House Pub Co
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KKD0009664
ISBN
9780877951605
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Spanning 1979-1987, this title charts the author's arrival at Cambridge up to his thirtieth birthday. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 143 x 31. Weight in Grams: 370. Clean copy with some shelf wear with minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
KSS0008355
ISBN
9780141039800
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The second volume of the autobiography of Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Num Pages: 400 pages, 28 b/w plates (12pp). BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780006388890
ISBN
9780006388890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. At the outset of his career Ted Hughes described letter-writing as 'excellent training for conversation with the world', and he was to become a prolific master of this art which combines writing and talking. This title documents the course of a life at once resolutely private but intensely attuned to other lives. Editor(s): Reid, Christopher. Num Pages: 784 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571221394
ISBN
9780571221394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 4.18

Paperback. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Blackwater Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOC0017071
ISBN
9781841319063
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, Approx. 70- 4 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; AFCL; AGHF; BK; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 266 x 307 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2238.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Crown
Edition
Deluxe, Signed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804189774
ISBN
9780804189774
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 255.85

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

paperback. Best known for his provocative take on cultural issues in The Intellectuals and the Masses and What Good Are the Arts?, the author describes the events that formed him - an escape from the London blitz to an idyllic rural village, army service in Egypt, an open scholarship to Oxford and an academic career that saw him elected. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGLA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 522. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Main
Number of pages
384
SKU
KKD0009969
ISBN
9780571310920
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. The legend of Pope Joan - the woman who, dressed as a man, headed the Catholic church in the early 9th century - has always been a subject of fascinated speculation. This book attempts to reveal what can be known about this legend, using secret histories, medieval carvings and tarot cards. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BG; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KKD0009972
ISBN
9780749320676
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

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