Biography
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Biography
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780800796044
- ISBN
- 9780800796044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.83
€ 16.83
Paperback. In October 2011 the author, two-time Olympic gold-medal rower and one of the greatest endurance athletes the world has ever known, suffered a seizure at home as his young son looked on in horror. This title tells the story of a marriage, of a family and of one man's fight back to be the best husband and father he can be. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 x 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSSN7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099579687
- ISBN
- 9780099579687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Idolized by his fans, Ian Curtis left behind a legacy rich in artistic genius. Mesmerizing on stage but introverted and prone to desperate mood swings in his private life, Curtis died by his own hand on 18 May 1980. This book documents how, with a wife, child and impending international fame, Curtis was seduced by the glory of an early grave. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571313600
- ISBN
- 9780571313600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.31
€ 17.99
€ 14.31
Hardcover. This gripping memoir tells the personal story of a man who has lived at the epicenter of the major events of modern Jewish history. From the ashes of Auschwitz to statehood and theingathering of the exiles, Rabbi Sholom Gold has lived through the most traumatic, tragic, and majestic period in the four-thousand-year saga of thr Jewish people. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 178 x 33. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House Israel
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652296399
- ISBN
- 9789652296399
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 27.80
€ 41.99
€ 27.80
Paperback. An account of the ascent of the 21,000ft Siula Grande peak in the Peruvian Andes. Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had achieved the summit before the first disaster struck. What happened and how they dealt with the psychological traumas that resulted is the subject of this book. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; BTP; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Edition
- 1997 rep
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099771012
- ISBN
- 9780099771012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.77
€ 14.99
€ 11.77
Paperback. Presents an account of the author and Simon's (author's climbing partner) terrifying adventure in the Peruvian Andes. This book shows how the pair dealt with the psychological traumas. It not only tells the story of their survival but is a compelling testament of their friendship. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; WSZG; WSZV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099511748
- ISBN
- 9780099511748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
Hardback. Shanker was condemned by many when he shut down the New York City school system in the bitter strikes of 1967 and 1968, and he was denounced for stirring up animosity between black parents and Jewish teachers. This biography offers a narrative of one of the most important voices in public education and American politics. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 552 pages, 70 illus. BIC Classification: BG; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1180.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231134965
- ISBN
- 9780231134965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.49€ 80.20
€ 103.49
€ 80.20
Hardcover. Used hardback in good to very good condition. With dustjacket. MAYLE
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRF0040794
- ISBN
- 9780241128565
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Series: New Directions in Southern History. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BJ; HBTB; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813134246
- ISBN
- 9780813134246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.17
€ 44.17
Hardcover. The definitive biography of the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture, leader of the only successful slave revolt in world history Num Pages: 352 pages, TBD. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 37. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465094134
- ISBN
- 9780465094134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.73
€ 42.99
€ 38.73
paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 258 x 24. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Number of pages
- 304
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141978826
- ISBN
- 9780141978826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.06
€ 25.99
€ 18.06
Hardcover. Elizabeth Behr-Sigel (1907-2005) was one of the most important Orthodox theologians of the twentieth century. For seventy years she helped her church, dispersed and uprooted from its cultural heritage, adapt to a new world. In her retirement she continued to work on behalf of women and of the ecumenical movement. Editor(s): Plekon, Michael. Translator(s): Ryan, Jerry. Num Pages: 360 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: BGX; HRLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 32. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268033859
- ISBN
- 9780268033859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.72
€ 40.99
€ 38.72
Hardcover. Won Book of the Year Adult Non-Fiction-2012 Indie Choice Awards Amazon Best Book of the Month February 2011 An acclaimed novelist reflects on his violent past and a lifestyle that threatened to destroy him-until he was saved by writing. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393064667
- ISBN
- 9780393064667
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.55
€ 26.99
€ 26.55
Paperback. Won Book of the Year Adult Non-Fiction-2012 Indie Choice Awards Amazon Best Book of the Month February 2011 "Dubus relives, absent self-pity or blame, a life shaped by bouts of violence and flurries of tenderness."-Vanity Fair Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 387
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393340679
- ISBN
- 9780393340679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.73
€ 19.99
€ 19.73
Paperback. The autobiographical novel is Gauch's attempt to come to terms with his father, Herman Gauch - a physician who had joined the National Socialists in the 1920s, who wrote six books of "race research" as a member of the SS, and who to his dying day remained an unrepentant Nazi. Translator(s): Radice, William. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; BG; FA; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810118904
- ISBN
- 9780810118904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.61
€ 18.99
€ 17.61
Paperback. From a mysterious painting found in a Hereford house to the death of an alchemist, and from a new Jack the Ripper suspect to a gold hunt in El Dorado, the author's twenty-five essays take in two murders, three disappearances and a missing Shakespeare play to show the marvel and tenacity of these historical traces. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140296822
- ISBN
- 9780140296822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.48
€ 14.99
€ 12.48
Paperback. The moving, gripping and tell all autobiography of Traci Lords, a former child porn queen, electronica maven and cult movie and TV star. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- It Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060508210
- ISBN
- 9780060508210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.19
€ 10.99
€ 9.19
Paperback. Explores the author's personal response to John Milton and "Paradise Lost", tracing the intersections between a seventeenth-century biblical epic and the routine joys and tragedies of domestic life in contemporary rural Maine. Num Pages: 144 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558497016
- ISBN
- 9781558497016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.39
€ 35.39
Paperback. On a 6,000-mile train trip across the North American continent from New York City to the West Coast, then back to New York ,Jonathan Goodman visited a number of sites of notorious murders. This is a fusion of true crime and travel writing, with reflections on American manners and morals observed during this serendipitous transcontinental journey. Num Pages: 208 pages, 27 photographs & illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227609
- ISBN
- 9780873388252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The man Barron's dubbed "the ultimate Wall Street pro" returns with a stunning follow-up to his bestselling Trader Vic--Methods of a Wall Street Master ("The best investment book of 1992"--The Stock Trader's Almanac). Take an advanced class in his patented trading and investment philosophy and learn how the master makes better investment decisions. Series: Wiley Trading. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KFFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471248477
- ISBN
- 9780471248477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.61
€ 50.99
€ 36.61