Biography
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Biography
Paperback. Jacqueline Bouvier was a twenty-year-old debutante from a wealthy East Coast family. Susan Sontag was twenty-four, a precocious Jewish intellectual from a family of modest means. Angela Davis, a French major at Brandeis from a prominent African American family in Birmingham, Alabama, found herself the only black student in her year abroad program. Num Pages: 300 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BK; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226054872
- ISBN
- 9780226054872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.06
€ 19.99
€ 17.06
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807072516
- ISBN
- 9780807072516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.49
€ 21.99
€ 17.49
Paperback. 'Do you want to spend your whole life on the tube? Wouldn't you rather live somewhere wild and beautiful and free?' Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKWS; BGA; TVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- John Murray General Publishing Division United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719565397
- ISBN
- 9780719565397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.91
€ 13.99
€ 10.91
Paperback. 1531 - after years of brutal war and political intrigue, the bastard son of a Medici Duke and a "Half-negro" maidservant rides into Florence. Within a year, he rules the city as its Prince. Backed by the Pope and his future father-in-law the Holy Roman Emperor, the nineteen-year-old Alessandro faces down bloody family rivalry. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099586944
- ISBN
- 9780099586944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 30.
- Publisher
- Lyons Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762792955
- ISBN
- 9780762792955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.60
€ 26.99
€ 21.60
Paperback. Surrounded, abandoned and fighting overwhelming odds in Afghanistan - one true man's story. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; BTM; HBJF; HBWS4; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444784435
- ISBN
- 9781444784435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
€ 14.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Christian Focus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845507398
- ISBN
- 9781845507398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.31
€ 16.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. The stunning and heartbreaking story of the young son of Rachel Nickell - who witnessed the brutal attack on his mother and whose childhood was shaped by the media storm that followed. A coming-of-age story that begins with a tragedy but ends in optimism, forgiveness and peace. Num Pages: 272 pages, (1x8pp plates). BIC Classification: BGA; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008144296
- ISBN
- 9780008144296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.58
€ 13.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. * A fascinating insight into the contradictions between Eliot's private life and her writings Num Pages: 352 pages, Section: 8. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844084982
- ISBN
- 9781844084982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.28
€ 17.99
€ 13.28
Hardcover. This exhaustive and enthralling study considers the life and work of al-Mutanabbi (915-965), often regarded as the greatest of the classical Arab poets. Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3F; BGL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851684069
- ISBN
- 9781851684069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.41
€ 34.41
Hardback. Frederick Douglass s changeable sense of his own life story is reflected in his many conflicting accounts of events during his journey from slavery to freedom. Robert S. Levine creates a fascinating collage of this elusive subject revisionist biography at its best, offering new perspectives on Douglass the social reformer, orator, and writer." Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055810
- ISBN
- 9780674055810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.45
€ 47.99
€ 39.45
Paperback. Eighteen years in the SAS saw Pete Winner, codenamed Soldier 'I', survive the savage battle of Mirbat, parachute into the icy depths of the South Atlantic during the Falklands War, and storm the Iranian Embassy during the most famous hostage crisis in the modern world. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; BM; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846039959
- ISBN
- 9781846039959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.57
€ 14.99
€ 11.57
Paperback. A fascinating and touching memoir from real-life Rain Man, Daniel Tammet, who has the extremely rare condition Savant Syndrome Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Trade Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340899755
- ISBN
- 9780340899755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.45
€ 14.99
€ 12.45
Paperback. John Muir's journals provide a unique marriage of natural history with lyrical prose and often amusing anecdotes, retaining a freshness, intensity and brutal honesty which will amaze the modern reader. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; BG; DNF; RNK; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 42. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862415860
- ISBN
- 9780862415860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.91
€ 19.99
€ 15.91
Paperback. From the No.1 bestselling author of WEDLOCK. The Georgian scandal of one gentleman, two orphans and an experiment to create the ideal wife. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753828953
- ISBN
- 9780753828953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. * Follows the prize winning memoir, Skating to Antarctica. * The story of her troubled teenage years in and out of psychiatric institutions intercut with a contemporary tale of travelling across America by train, surrounded by strangers. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860499951
- ISBN
- 9781860499951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.33
€ 16.99
€ 12.33
Paperback. Lt Colonel John Paul Vann went to Vietnam in 1962, but soon became appalled by the slaughter, leaking his pessimistic assessments to the US press corps in Saigon. Neil Sheehan was among them, and became fascinated by the angry Vann, befriended him, and followed his tragic and reckless career. Num Pages: 896 pages, 16pp b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1042.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 896
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712666565
- ISBN
- 9780712666565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.55
€ 40.99
€ 26.55
Paperback. The story of the night club impresario whose wildly successful interracial club, Cafe Society, changed the American artistic landscape forever Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 456 pages, 75 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AVGJ; BGF; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 215 x 35. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252081811
- ISBN
- 9780252081811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.75
€ 20.99
€ 20.75
Paperback. The Mount Stewart murder Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752460208
- ISBN
- 9780752460208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.38
€ 19.99
€ 18.38
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Little Toller Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908213402
- ISBN
- 9781908213402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.28
€ 16.99
€ 13.28