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Biography

Paperback. Irish singing star Daniel O'Donnell's mother, Julia, grew up on a remote island off the northwest coast of Ireland, going barefoot and doing hard labour as a child during the poverty-stricken 1920s. This book offers an insight into this Irish family's life. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 114 x 21. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Ebury Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091917982
ISBN
9780091917982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Harbour Books (East) Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905128280
ISBN
9781905128280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.52

hardcover. In this volume of essays the author casts new light on aspects of the writer's life and tackles his writings from a critical angle. Evelyn Waugh emerges as a diffident artist and sensitive recorder of the 1920s. This book looks at both Waugh's private and public lives. Editor(s): Blayac, Alain. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
173
Condition
New
Edition
1992nd Edition
SKU
V9780333538395
ISBN
9780333538395
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.64

Paperback. A scintillating new biography of the novelist Evelyn Waugh, published fifty years after his death in 1966. Num Pages: 432 pages, 3x8pp plate sections. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780224862
ISBN
9781780224862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. .
Publisher
Romarin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526205841
ISBN
9781526205841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.75

Paperback. From the bestselling author of Black Poppies, the untold story of one of Britain's most versatile singers who thrilled audiences around the world during the 1920s and 30s. This is a celebration of an extraordinary career, and places Dove in historical context with artists of her time, such as Adelaide Hall, Dame Cleo Laine and Dame Shirley Bassey. Num Pages: 168 pages, 40. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; ANB; AVGJ; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 167 x 9. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Jacaranda
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909762350
ISBN
9781909762350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.24

Paperback. This is the extraordinary saga of Countess Evelina van Millingen Pisani, a modern woman who lived in the age of Queen Victoria. A friend of Henry James and Isabella Stewart Gardner, she led a rich but turbulent life that spanned from Rome to Constantinople and Venice. Num Pages: 176 pages, 30 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; BGH; HBTB; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781555934
ISBN
9781781555934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FP; 3JJH; BGH; HBJF; HBWQ; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062375216
ISBN
9780062375216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.64

Paperback. Evariste Galois' short life was lived against the turbulent background of the restoration of the Bourbons to the throne of France, the 1830 revolution in Paris and the accession of Louis-Phillipe. This work focuses on a life led with great intensity and a death met tragically under dark circumstances. Series: Vita Mathematica. Num Pages: 163 pages, 34 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; BG; PBF; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Number of pages
163
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764354107
ISBN
9783764354107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 114.05

Paperback. Series: Witness to War. Num Pages: 240 pages, approx 20 b+w photos. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; BGHA; BTM; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 268. A Story of Escape and Evasion Behind Enemy Lines. Series: Witness to War. 240 pages, approx 20 b+w photos. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; BGHA; BTM; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG. Dimension: 196 x 134 x 20. Weight: 270.
Publisher
Goodall Publications Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907579489
ISBN
9780907579489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.12

Paperback. The year is 1941 and World War II is still in its relative infancy. But for air gunner Sergeant Jack Newton his involvement in the action he wants so badly, comes soon enough - on his first bombing raid over Germany. He was married to 23-year-old girl leader of the Comete Line, whose name is Andree de Jongh. Code name - Dedee. This is their story. Num Pages: 192 pages, 39. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781862274280
ISBN
9781862274280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Paperback.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Edition
New edition
SKU
KIN0005361
ISBN
9780006351481
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 84 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 259 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500519318
ISBN
9780500519318
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.49

Paperback. I want to be a beautiful corpse, I will take poison, Eva Braun, 1945. Eva Braun and Adolf Hitler were together for fourteen years, a relationship that ended only with their marriage and double suicide in Berlin. So who was Eva Braun? Translator(s): Searls, Damion. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 145 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241955925
ISBN
9780241955925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.77

paperback. Sofka Zinovieff had fallen in love with Greece as a student, but little suspected that years later she would return for good with an expatriate Greek husband and two young daughters. This book is a fresh, funny and inquiring account of her first year as an Athenian. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVG; BGA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862077508
ISBN
9781862077508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

Hardcover. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light nicks and shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1960
Publisher
The Catholic Book Club
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0016511
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 584 pages, 49 b/w illus. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300219715
ISBN
9780300219715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.68

Hardback. Much of the improved survival rate from heart attack can be traced to Eugene Braunwald's work. He proved that myocardial infarction was an hours-long dynamic process which could be altered by treatment. The author tells the life story of a physician whose activist approach transformed not just cardiology but the culture of American medicine. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1KBB; BGT; MBX; MJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 149 x 32. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674724976
ISBN
9780674724976
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.93

Hardcover. The incredible life story of one of the 20th century's most important designers, who knew everyone from Hemingway to Picasso. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: AKB; AKP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Prima edizione (First Edition)
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714869537
ISBN
9780714869537
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.86

hardcover. Ethel Wilson: A Critical Biography is the story of a distinguished writer whose works are rightly considered classics of Canadian literature. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 34. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780802087416
ISBN
9780802087416
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.94

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