Biography
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Biography
Paperback. Now available in paperback to coincide with the 50th anniversary of his death, this biography corrects many of the myths surrounding the often controversial Thomas Beecham. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 676. Fine copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KKD0009048
- ISBN
- 9781843836261
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Thomas Becket lived at the centre of medieval England. Son of a draper's merchant, he was befriended and favoured by Henry II and quickly ascended the rungs of power and privilege. He led 700 knights into battle, brokered peace between warring states and advised King and Pope. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141044675
- ISBN
- 9780141044675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Leaving so few traces of himself behind, Thomas Aquinas seems to defy the efforts of the biographer. What can be discovered about this man, his mind, and his soul? In this short, compelling portrait, the author clears away the haze of time and brings Thomas vividly to life for contemporary readers. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; BGX; HPCB; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300205947
- ISBN
- 9780300205947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.22
€ 19.99
€ 16.22
Paperback. THIS YOUNG MONSTER is a hallucinatory celebration of artists who raise hell, transform their bodies, anger their elders and show their audience dark, disturbing things. Num Pages: 280 pages, 31 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 29. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Fitzcarraldo Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910695357
- ISBN
- 9781910695357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.57
€ 19.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 60 b+w photographs. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 150. .
- Publisher
- Plexus Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859654982
- ISBN
- 9780859654982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
Paperback. Presents stories which are based on the author's own experiences surviving Auschwitz and Dachau. This title describes a world where the will to survive overrides compassion and prisoners eat, work and sleep a few yards from where others are murdered; and, where the difference between human beings is reduced to a second bowl of soup. Translator(s): Kandel, Michael; Vedder, Barbara. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140186246
- ISBN
- 9780140186246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BG; BGF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Three Rivers Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307461193
- ISBN
- 9780307461193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.78
€ 19.99
€ 15.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595553652
- ISBN
- 9781595553652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.66
€ 20.99
€ 17.66
Hardcover. Ken Barnes was widely regarded as one of the finest footballers of his generation never to have won an England cap. During a distinguished playing career with Manchester City, Ken appeared in the FA Cup finals of 1955 and 1956 and later captained the club before retiring in the early 60s. Num Pages: 252 pages. Dimension: 227 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Empire Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901746495
- ISBN
- 9781901746495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.30
€ 24.99
€ 17.30
Paperback. Editor(s): Grimshaw, M. Series: Radical Theologies. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BJ; HRAB; HRLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349715190
- ISBN
- 9781349715190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 115.48
€ 115.48
Paperback. A story of endurance and stamina, and the will power it takes to set a cycling world record against all odds Num Pages: 224 pages, 14 b+w photos plus map. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349409078
- ISBN
- 9780349409078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. "Wonderfully dark, relentlessly slippery .. I read this entire memoir with my breath held" Julie Myerson, The Observer Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847081742
- ISBN
- 9781847081742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.94
€ 11.99
€ 9.94
Paperback. Jo Pavey was forty years old when she won the 10,000m at the European Championships. It was the first gold medal of her career and, astonishingly, it came within months of having her second child. This book follows Jo's roundabout journey to the top and all the lessons she's learnt along the way. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; VFV; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Yellow Jersey Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224100434
- ISBN
- 9780224100434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.29
€ 11.99
€ 10.29
Paperback. A child's-eye memoir of growing up in Derry as the Troubles began from one of the key campaigners for acknowledgment of the 'Bloody Sunday' atrocity. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BM; HBTB; HRCC7; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 2. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The Mercier Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781781174586
- ISBN
- 9781781174586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.29
€ 14.99
€ 11.29
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; BG; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780008168728
- ISBN
- 9780008168728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 5.70
€ 11.99
€ 5.70
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856832833
- ISBN
- 9780856832833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.37
€ 11.37
Hardcover. The Love Story that Captured a Nation's Heart Joey and Rory Feek were enjoying a steadily growing fan base in country music when Joey was diagnosed unexpectedly with a rapidly spreading cancer. This vibrant and beautiful young woman would soon be on a unique journey for which no one is ever fully prepared. Her husband, Rory, and children, Heidi, H Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HRCV9; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 421.
- Publisher
- TN W Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718090197
- ISBN
- 9780718090197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.34
€ 26.99
€ 23.34
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718037451
- ISBN
- 9780718037451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.76
€ 20.99
€ 18.76
Hardback. From his humble theatrical beginnings in upstate New York, to Radio City Music Hall and on to Hollywood, Gavin MacLeod was on the fast track to success. However, a few hard life lessons---like dealing with a divorce---taught Gavin that the key to happiness was only through a deep faith in God. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780849947629
- ISBN
- 9780849947629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.31
€ 24.99
€ 22.31
Paperback. BIC Classification: BGA; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816695720
- ISBN
- 9780816695720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.58
€ 18.99
€ 18.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408842416
- ISBN
- 9781408842416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 10.85
€ 15.99
€ 10.85
Hardback. The story of both the narrowing perspective of the social norm and the ever-expanding possibilities of a woman who refuses to be told what she can and cannot be Series: American Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803230118
- ISBN
- 9780803230118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.09
€ 26.99
€ 24.09
Paperback. Deals with the routine dependencies and confusions, hopes and triumphs of childhood. This title is also about emergence, as slowly, the beginnings of unsuspected rage that pushed the silent girl towards her voice. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Granta Books London
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847080998
- ISBN
- 9781847080998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. Editor(s): Soueif, Ahdaf; Hamilton, Omar Robert. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; BM; DNF; DNJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408884980
- ISBN
- 9781408884980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.66
€ 23.99
€ 17.66