Biography
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Biography
Paperback. For thousands of years we have recorded real lives - the lives of others, and of ourselves. For what purpose and for whom has this universal and timeless pursuit endured? What obstacles have lain in the path of biographers in the past, and what continues to confound biographers today? This title answers these questions. Num Pages: 360 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 140 x 48. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674034716
- ISBN
- 9780674034716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.06
€ 36.99
€ 31.06
Paperback. Biographies are one of the most popular and best-selling of the literary genres. Why do people like them? What does a biography do and how does it work? This Very Short Introduction examines different types of biographies, why certain people and historical events arouse so much interest, and how they are compared with history and fiction. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 b&w halftone. BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 113 x 11. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199533541
- ISBN
- 9780199533541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Annie Proulx, one of America's finest writers, invites us to share her experience in the building of her new home on a rich plot of untouched, unspoilt prairie and her pleasure in uncovering of the layers of American history locked beneath the topsoil. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWY; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007231997
- ISBN
- 9780007231997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.48
€ 15.99
€ 11.48
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGTA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 265 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691602202
- ISBN
- 9780691602202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.28€ 60.10
€ 77.28
€ 60.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 colour plates, 37 colour illustrations, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 3JJC; BGH; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752494449
- ISBN
- 9780752494449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.73
€ 23.99
€ 17.73
Paperback. Derek Niemann draws on original diaries, letters and drawings, to show how Conder, Barrett, Waterston and Buxton were forged by their wartime experience into the giants of postwar wildlife conservation. Their legacy lives on. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTP; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780721361
- ISBN
- 9781780721361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVGS; BM; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241981658
- ISBN
- 9780241981658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. What draws us to the beauty of a peacock, the flight of an eagle, or the song of a nightingale? Why are birds so significant in our lives and our sense of the world? And what do our ways of thinking about and experiencing birds tell us about ourselves? This title presents a meditation on the variety of human responses to birds. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8 color illus. 32 halftones. 25 line illus. BIC Classification: BM; JHBS; JHMC; PSVW6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154282
- ISBN
- 9780691154282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.82
€ 26.99
€ 24.82
Paperback. The inside story of Birmingham CID's fight against crime in the '70s and '80s. Num Pages: 264 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; BTC; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445657875
- ISBN
- 9781445657875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.22
€ 30.22
Paperback. An illustrated collection of 100 personal accounts of young men and women who served in the armed forces during the Second World War. Series: Voices of the Second World War. Num Pages: 128 pages, 107. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; 3JJH; BK; HBWQ; JWLF; WQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445658599
- ISBN
- 9781445658599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.85
€ 23.85
Hardback. Num Pages: 372 pages, 29, 27 black & white halftones, 1 maps, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 187 x 29. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801448881
- ISBN
- 9780801448881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.93
€ 43.99
€ 43.93
Paperback. Features letters that are addressed, with just two exceptions, to Sylvia Plath, the American poet to whom the author was married. This book became an instant bestseller on its publication in 1998 and won the Forward Prize for Poetry in the same year. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 214 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571194735
- ISBN
- 9780571194735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
€ 17.99
€ 13.07
Paperback. "Ekirch out-kidnaps Stevenson in this thrilling, thoroughly documented story." -Booklist, starred review Num Pages: 288 pages, 26 black-and-white illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: BTC; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393340013
- ISBN
- 9780393340013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.58
€ 17.99
€ 16.58
Hardback. Keywords: Subjects - Religion & Spirituality - Biography - Bishop - General
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Clonmore and Reynolds Ltd. Dublin
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEX0190917
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Provides up-to-date assessment of one of the key figures in modern European history. Includes new chapters on Bismarck and militarism, and on Bismarck as chancellor. Substantially expanded throughout to take account of recent historiography. Series: Historical Association Studies. Num Pages: 144 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631203278
- ISBN
- 9780631203278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.41
€ 46.41
Paperback. * The charming, witty and slightly disreputable memoirs of Alex James - artist, musician, bass player with Blur, and the perfect chronicler of the Britpop generation Num Pages: 288 pages, Section: 24, colour pix. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349119939
- ISBN
- 9780349119939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.68
€ 16.99
€ 12.68
Hardback. Ally Hilfiger, daughter of designer Tommy Hilfiger, shares her story of battling, and eventually recovering from, Lyme disease. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGFA; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781455567065
- ISBN
- 9781455567065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.18
€ 30.99
€ 24.18
Paperback. As a child in a small rural village in Sierra Leone, Mariatu Kamara lived peacefully surrounded by family and friends. Rumors of rebel attacks were no more than a distant worry. But when 12-year-old Mariatu set out for a neighboring village, she never arrived. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162. 224 pages. As a child in a small rural village in Sierra Leone, Mariatu Kamara lived peacefully surrounded by family and friends. Rumors of rebel attacks were no more than a distant worry. But when 12-year-old Mariatu set out for a neighboring village, she never arrived. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFDE; BGA. Dimension: 197 x 133 x 15. Weight: 162.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408805190
- ISBN
- 9781408805190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. In the early 50s, Maria Grammatico and her sister were sent by their impoverished mother to live in a convent in Erice, on the western coast of Sicily. Leaving at 22, Maria had nothing to show for her hard life there except the ability to make the cakes and delicacies she has made her life's work. Num Pages: 240 pages, line drawings, photos. BIC Classification: 1DSTC; BG; WBVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553814651
- ISBN
- 9780553814651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.91
€ 21.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 106. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780425278482
- ISBN
- 9780425278482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.77
€ 11.77