Biography
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Biography
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Libris United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781870352611
- ISBN
- 9781870352611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.20
€ 40.99
€ 34.20
Paperback. Mike Oldfield was born without social instincts and brought up in a troubled environment but possessed an extraordinary musical talent. His first album Tubular Bells catapulted him into a stardom he was ill equipped to cope with. This book describes how he grew up with an alcoholic mother, his fame, years as a recluse and his rebirth experience. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2x8 colour illustration sections. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753513071
- ISBN
- 9780753513071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.46
€ 21.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. She revolutionized how women looked. She banned corsets, shortened skirts and scented the world with Chanel No.5. Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel was an icon. But how closely did her carefully moulded image match the truth? Translator(s): Amphoux, Nancy. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AKB; AKTH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906694241
- ISBN
- 9781906694241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.66
€ 21.99
€ 16.66
Paperback. Coco Chanel was many things to many people. Raised in emotional and financial poverty, she became one of the defining figures of the twentieth century. She was mistress to aristocrats, artists and spies. She broke rules of style and decorum, seducing both men and women, yet in her work expected the highest standards. Num Pages: 544 pages, 2 x b&w insets. BIC Classification: AKB; AKTH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 34. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141036854
- ISBN
- 9780141036854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.33
€ 17.99
€ 13.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 656 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white plates. BIC Classification: ASD; B. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 971.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810125131
- ISBN
- 9780810125131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.57
€ 37.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DV; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- NeWest Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897126202
- ISBN
- 9781897126202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.05
€ 26.99
€ 19.05
hardcover. Based on documentary research and extensive interviews, this book breaks new ground by relating the personal histories of child care pioneers to wider policy and practice developments. Num Pages: 232 pages, ports. BIC Classification: BG; JKSB1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 148. Weight in Grams: 421.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9781861343536
- ISBN
- 9781861343536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.26
€ 84.26
Paperback. This text is the memoir of a French girl whose mother was taken by the SS in 1944 and interned in Aushwitz. On her return at the end of the war, the mother's health was irreparably damaged, but she wanted to talk. Unwilling to put her story in writing herself, the task was left to her daughter. Translator(s): Wainhouse, Austryn. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Marlboro Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810160774
- ISBN
- 9780810160774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.02
€ 31.99
€ 26.02
Paperback. Wheeler was northern-born - in New Jersey - and illegally sold and taken into New York State, then grew to adulthood held in slavery in the newly settled region of western New York. This book sows how dissension among abolitionists led to suspicion of Wheeler's editor/amanuensis, the white Presbyterian minister Charles Edwards Lester. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817355432
- ISBN
- 9780817355432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.73
€ 36.73
Paperback. Today we view Cezanne as a monumental figure, but during his lifetime (1839-1906), many did not understand him or his work. This book tells the story of an artist who was never accepted into the official Salon: he was considered a revolutionary at best and a barbarian at worst, whose paintings were unfinished, distorted and strange. Num Pages: 608 pages, 40 pp colour plates. BIC Classification: ACVT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 232 x 40. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846681707
- ISBN
- 9781846681707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.64
€ 33.99
€ 22.64
Paperback. A lively account of the highly influential artist's life and work. Series: Art & Ideas. Num Pages: 352 pages. Dimension: 217 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714835150
- ISBN
- 9780714835150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.15
€ 14.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 600 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816650491
- ISBN
- 9780816650491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.03
€ 22.03
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Lilliput Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- REV ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843510802
- ISBN
- 9781843510802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.00€ 30.68
€ 40.00
€ 30.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPL; BM; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 133 x 10. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nightboat Books United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780982264522
- ISBN
- 9780982264522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.90
€ 17.99
€ 16.90
Num Pages: 176 pages, 186 color and 36 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1932.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764319341
- ISBN
- 9780764319341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 85.59€ 65.25
€ 85.59
€ 65.25
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Blue Butterfly Books Ontario
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780978160029
- ISBN
- 9780978160029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.50
€ 25.99
€ 24.50
Paperback. As a young mum-of-three, the author was determined to get her troubled life back on track. But then she met Gary Heidnik and the next four months became a living nightmare. Along with five women she was held captive in a cellar where she was starved, beaten, and repeatedly raped to fulfil Heidnik's desire of creating a 'family' of ten children. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091955717
- ISBN
- 9780091955717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.39
€ 26.99
€ 20.39
Paperback. Non-fans regard Celine Dion as ersatz and plastic, yet to those who love her, no one could be more real, with her impoverished childhood, her manager-husband's struggle with cancer, her knack for howling out raw emotion. This book documents author's brave and unprecedented year-long quest to find his inner Celine Dion fan. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 122 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826427885
- ISBN
- 9780826427885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.16
€ 15.99
€ 14.16
Paperback. Discover the true story of Richard III's mother, one of her era's great survivors Num Pages: 336 pages, 47. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGR; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 30. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445644806
- ISBN
- 9781445644806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.33
€ 16.99
€ 13.33
Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGA; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813134147
- ISBN
- 9780813134147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.38
€ 36.38