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Biography

Paperback. After surviving a deadly cancer against tremendous odds, college president Roger H Martin enrolled at St John's College, the Great Books school in Annapolis, Maryland, as a sixty-one-year-old freshman. This memoir of his semester at St John's tells of his journey of discovery as he falls in love again with Plato, Socrates, and Homer. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520265875
ISBN
9780520265875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.56

Hardcover. Num Pages: 632 pages, Includes 24 b&w illustrations and 196 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1112.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859678094
ISBN
9780859678094
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.37

Hardcover. 8vo.Good copy in original cloth
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
C.Chivers
Edition
First Thus
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0257318
ISBN
9780859970518
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. 334pp
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
C.Chivers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1974
Edition
First Thus
SKU
KEX0196486
ISBN
9780859970518
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

paperback. A mother's attempt to know the heart and mind of a daughter with mental retardation Num Pages: 280 pages, 22 photographs. BIC Classification: BM; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252076824
ISBN
9780252076824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.54

Paperback. Rachel Bella Calof defies the nostalgia of the cheerful oLittle House on the PrairieO homestead; her story is instead one of real families handling daily stresses, competing needs, and interpersonal accommodations. Editor(s): Rikoon, J. Sanford. Translator(s): Calof, J.; Shaw, M. Num Pages: 176 pages, 9 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 341.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253209863
ISBN
9780253209863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.43

paperback. VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. Also in the Vintage Minis series: Language by Xiaolu Guo Death by Julian Barnes Love by Jeanette Winterson Home by Salman Rushdie Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110. . Paperback in very good condition.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
RANDOM HOUSE UK
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF2233533
ISBN
9781784872779
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 14.99
€ 7.13

Paperback. "A fascinating account of the extraordinary life of W. E. B. Du Bois's widow: a complex, creative woman who lived a colorful, meaningful life." (Essence) "Horne is the first biographer to grant Shirley Graham Du Bois her due." (Boston Globe) Num Pages: 363 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
363
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814736487
ISBN
9780814736487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Hardcover. "Includes bibliographical references and index. Commissioning organisation: Robert Slater. 304 p., [4] leaves of plates ill. 23 cm. Hardback. Very good copy, firm binding, clean text. Previous owners inscription to f.f.e.p. With dust jacket."
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Robson Bks.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1977
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KEX0069716
ISBN
9780903895903
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Tells the story of how a boy from South Africa's poverty-stricken black townships became one of the world's best-known religious figures, a moral icon to those who work for peace and justice everywhere. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: BGX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 32. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846040641
ISBN
9781846040641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.63

Paperback. * An enchanting and utterly absorbing memoir of a forgotten way of life Num Pages: 320 pages, Integrated: 34, Int b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Abacus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349123615
ISBN
9780349123615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Edition
First TouchWood edition
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894898959
ISBN
9781894898959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.76

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752437279
ISBN
9780752437279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. A detailed biography, using material not previously available, of the English composer who was at the centre of musical events in England for sixty years. Series: Clarendon Paperbacks. Num Pages: 464 pages, frontispiece, 16 pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 30. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192820822
ISBN
9780192820822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 89.92

Num Pages: 112 pages, 140+ color and b/w images. BIC Classification: AGB; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 227 x 15. Weight in Grams: 932.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764307553
ISBN
9780764307553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.30

Paperback. This volume presents a many-faceted view of the great Oxford philosopher R. G. Collingwood. At its centre is his Autobiography of 1939, a cult classic for its compelling 'story of his thought'. That work is accompanied here by previously unpublished writings by Collingwood and eleven specially written essays on aspects of his life and work. Editor(s): Boucher, David; Smith, Teresa. Num Pages: 640 pages, 32 half-tones. BIC Classification: BGA; HB; HP; JFCX. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198801207
ISBN
9780198801207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.80

Paperback. Four years old when World War II began, the author grew to maturity through decades of great social and cultural change - giving him plenty to write about. This title illuminates a period of transition in British society, and charts the evolution of a writer whose works have become classics in his own lifetime. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784700539
ISBN
9781784700539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. This title presents an in-depth study of the lives and politics of two of the most interesting social radicals of their time. Quakers, Anna and Thomas Haslam campaigned for social reform in the late 19th century, and played a central role in the formation of an early Irish feminist agenda in the early 20th century. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 445. Biography..Anna and Thomas Haslam. Keywords: Quakerism. 265pp
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859183946
ISBN
9781859183946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 21.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; 3JM; BGSA; KJMB; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780241244944
ISBN
9780241244944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Showing how history imprints itself on private lives, this memoir presents the author's sensuous, harrowing, and altogether remarkable life. It moves from Berlin during the Great War to the artists' set on the Cote d'Azur, through lovers, mentors, seducers and friends, and from genteel yet shabby poverty to relative comfort in London's Chelsea. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140279764
ISBN
9780140279764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.75

Paperback. In January 2014 the author was informed that he had cancer. This book is not about death, but about what it means to be human. It is about love and jealousy, courage and fear, about what it is like to live with a fatal illness. It is also about why the cave painters 40,000 years ago chose the very darkest places for their fascinating pictures. Translator(s): Thompson, Laurie. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784701567
ISBN
9781784701567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KLN0017988
ISBN
9780462099507
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. The Victorian artist and activist William Morris travelled to Iceland in search of an answer to the problem of how to live. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; DNF; RGL; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 121 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910749562
ISBN
9781910749562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. A fascinating account of the life and work of a visionary genius--the father of ecological planning Ian McHarg has done more to advance the principles of environmentally responsible design and planning than anyone alive today. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps, plans, ports. BIC Classification: AMV; BGA; RNC; WMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 25. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471086284
ISBN
9780471086284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.24

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