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Biography
Paperback. Written when George Orwell was a struggling writer in his twenties, this is a memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGL; DNF; HBTB; JFFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184388
- ISBN
- 9780141184388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Alec Douglas-Home was an aristocrat who disclaimed his peerage to become Prime Minister in 1963. Series: 20 British Prime Ministers of the 20th Century. Num Pages: 168 pages, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 194 x 12. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904950677
- ISBN
- 9781904950677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
Hardcover. Num Pages: 36 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 195 x 9. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The Museum of Modern Art, New York
- Edition
- Facsimile
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870706844
- ISBN
- 9780870706844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.43
€ 13.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. The untimely death of Dougal Haston in 1977 robbed climbing of one of its most charismatic, controversial and enigmatic figures. A man of extremes, who managed to combine a rock star's lifestyle with a career at the cutting edge of world mountaineering, Haston remains a cult figure whose deeds have inspired generations of climbers world-wide. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16pp b&w plates. BIC Classification: BGS; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841953403
- ISBN
- 9781841953403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.35
€ 20.99
€ 15.35
Hardback. Sidney Franklin (1903-76) was the last person you'd expect to become a bullfighter. Training with iconic matador Rodolfo Gaona, Sidney's dare spawned a legend. This book tells the story of Sidney Franklin, from his life in revolutionary Mexico to his triumphs in Spain. Num Pages: 336 pages, 17 photographs. BIC Classification: ASZX; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803211292
- ISBN
- 9780803211292
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.70
€ 38.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: AN; APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 245 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781922235725
- ISBN
- 9781922235725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.73
€ 35.99
€ 26.73
Paperback. John Gross is the son of a Jewish doctor who practised at the time of the Second World War. His parents were the children of immigrants, steeped in the language and traditions of a European past, yet outside the home he grew up in a very English world of schools and books. Looking back on his childhood, Gross reflects on this double inheritance. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099422266
- ISBN
- 9780099422266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 222 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759472
- ISBN
- 9781894759472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.78
€ 20.99
€ 15.78
Hardcover. Keywords: Biography, the Barthelme brothers, Gambling. 198pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin (Trade)
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KNW0010005
- ISBN
- 9780395954294
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Translator(s): Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa. Series: Vintage Classics. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 204 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- RANDOM HOUSE INTERNATIONAL
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375719011
- ISBN
- 9780375719011
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.95
€ 19.99
€ 16.95
Hardcover. Corners bumped
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Roy Publishers New York
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1951
- SKU
- KLN0005554
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Carefully preserving the original work's acclaimed narrative style and combination of biography, intellectual history, and literary criticism, this title illuminates the author's works from his first novel "Poor Folk" to "Crime and Punishment" and "The Brothers Karamazov" by setting them in their personal, historical, and ideological context. Num Pages: 984 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1418.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 984
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- With a New preface by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155999
- ISBN
- 9780691155999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.55
€ 40.99
€ 35.55
Paperback. Approaches Dostoevsky psychoanalytically, not as a "patient" to be analyzed, but as a fellow psychoanalyst, someone whose life and fiction are intertwined in the process of literary self-exploration. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BG; DSBF; DSK; JMAF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780814711514
- ISBN
- 9780814711514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.40
€ 27.99
€ 26.40
Paperback. Life in the largely rural county of Dorset has not always been idyllic, for over the years it has experienced numerous murders, some of which are little known outside the county borders, others that have shocked the nation. Series: Murders. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWT; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 177 x 11. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750951074
- ISBN
- 9780750951074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.56
€ 19.99
€ 18.56
Hardback. "A portrait of Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker movement in New York City through photographs taken in 1955 by Vivian Cherry, a documentary photographer, accompanied by excerpts of Dorothy Day's writings selected and edited by her granddaughter, Kate Hennessy"-- Editor(s): Hennessy, Kate. Series: Catholic Practice in North America. Num Pages: 152 pages, 65 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; AJCP; BGX; HRCC7; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 7112 x 18. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823271368
- ISBN
- 9780823271368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.41
€ 47.41
Paperback. The evocative diaries of a young nurse stationed in northern France during the First World War, published for the first time. A rare insight into the great war for fans of CALL THE MIDWIFE. Editor(s): Crewdson, Richard. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGHA; BJ; HBWN; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 123 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780224824
- ISBN
- 9781780224824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.84
€ 13.00
€ 11.84
Paperback. Winner of the 2010 Bancroft Prize and finalist for the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Biography: The definitive biography of a heroic chronicler of America's Depression and one of the twentieth century's greatest photographers. Num Pages: 560 pages, 128 black-and-white photos. BIC Classification: AJB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1020.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393339055
- ISBN
- 9780393339055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.78
€ 26.99
€ 23.78
Hardback. Dorothea Dix was the most politically engaged woman of her generation. An activist who disdained the women's rights and antislavery movements, she sought to promote national harmony. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780674214880
- ISBN
- 9780674214880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.02€ 71.22
€ 78.02
€ 71.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1MBF; BGA; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780855756598
- ISBN
- 9780855756598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.24
€ 30.99
€ 22.24
Paperback. This is an extraordinary account of a young Jewish girl whose childhood was torn apart by the Nazis, who made her way as a dancer, as an actress, as a designer, from Sofia to Vienna to London to Hollywood. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: AKT; APB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 199 x 39. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Troubador Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785899836
- ISBN
- 9781785899836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.10
€ 18.99
€ 15.10