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Biography
Paperback. Beginning in 1949, while Elvis Presley and Sun Records were still virtually unknown - and two full years before Alan Freed famously 'discovered' rock 'n' roll - Dewey Phillips brought rock 'n' roll to the Memphis airwaves. This book illustrates Phillips' role in turning a huge white audience on to previously forbidden race music. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 320 pages, 22 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252077326
- ISBN
- 9780252077326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.93
€ 26.99
€ 26.93
Paperback. With over a million copies already sold this is the bestselling story of how one adorable and lovably roguish library cat touched the lives of everyone he came into contact with. Num Pages: 320 pages, B&W Integrated. BIC Classification: 1KBBNF; BM; WNGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340953952
- ISBN
- 9780340953952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.78
€ 14.99
€ 11.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 824 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1157.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 824
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816699476
- ISBN
- 9780816699476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.09
€ 27.09
Paperback. Alfredo Di Stefano was the magician behind Real Madrid's five European Cups in a row. He would lead Madrid as a team whose playing style others learnt from, whose stylishness was envied and whose widespread appreciation elsewhere help portray Franco's otherwise isolated and right-wing Spain in a more flattering light. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091958565
- ISBN
- 9780091958565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Paperback. A biography of the impresario of the arts and creator of 'The Ballets Russes'. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ASDL; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 173 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1024.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846681646
- ISBN
- 9781846681646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.69
€ 25.99
€ 17.69
Hardcover. In Paris and London, Diaghilev drew together a talented group of artists such as Picasso, Bakst and Fokine, as well as dancers like Nijinsky, Lifar and Karsavina, and the composers Igor Stravinsky and Sergei Prokofiev. This book examines Diaghilev's destructive and tempestuous affair with his protege Nijinsky and his friendship with Jean Cocteau. Num Pages: 300 pages, 30 B&W and colour. BIC Classification: ASDL; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905791910
- ISBN
- 9781905791910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.69
€ 26.99
€ 18.69
Paperback. A selection of dialogues and letters from one of the most influential masters of Latin prose. This text includes "Consolation to Helvia" written to Seneca's mother to soothe the pain of separation, and the dialogues of "On the Shortness of Life", and "On Tranquility of Mind". Editor(s): Costa, C.D.N. Translator(s): Costa, C.D.N. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140446791
- ISBN
- 9780140446791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages, 8 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 10. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Blacksmith Books Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789881774248
- ISBN
- 9789881774248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.91
€ 13.99
€ 10.91
Num Pages: 468 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFSJ1; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155. .
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bancroft Press United States
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610881005
- ISBN
- 9781610881005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.37
€ 34.99
€ 23.37
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061759291
- ISBN
- 9780061759291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.11
€ 18.99
€ 16.11
Hardcover. From age ten, the author was determined to make a life in music-a decision that influenced every choice she would make. This title recounts this passionate young musician's coming-of-age from prairie small-town South Dakota to bar sets in Austin and New York City to the world stage at the Grammys. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061759598
- ISBN
- 9780061759598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.39
€ 26.99
€ 22.39
Hardcover. A spirited biography of the financier and bon vivant whose lavish lifestyle embodied the Gilded Age One of the most colorful figures of the most glamorous era in U.S. history, James Buchanan "Diamond Jim" Brady was the high lord of the New York glitterati during the Gilded Age. Brady's was a classic rags-to-riches story. Num Pages: 368 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471391029
- ISBN
- 9780471391029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.14
€ 36.99
€ 29.14
Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 35 x 144 x 225. Weight in Grams: 597. Clean copy in good condition. Some shelf wear. Hardcover, dustjacket in good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KRF0008871
- ISBN
- 9780340897904
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJP; APB; BGL; FA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286. In good condition. A well read copy
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- 1st. Edition
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KRS0010902
- ISBN
- 9780340898451
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJP; APB; BGL; FA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Edition
- 1st. Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KHN0000661
- ISBN
- 9780340898451
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Born in 1910, Diana was the most beautiful and the cleverest of the six Mitford sisters. She was eighteen when she married Bryan Guinness, of the brewing dynasty, by whom she had two sons. After four years, she left him for the fascist leader, Oswald Mosley - a course of action that horrified her family. This title offers her portrait. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099470274
- ISBN
- 9780099470274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.49
€ 21.99
€ 17.49
Paperback. Diana Vreeland has been called the fashion editor of the twentieth century. An epic self-mythologizer, she had an incredible aura of glamour, a great eye, and a genius for life. This title includes more than 300 illustrations, photographs, and drawings, many by the fashion photographers of her time such as Louise Dahl Wolfe, Irving Penn, and more. Num Pages: 320 pages, 325 Colour. BIC Classification: AKT; BGF; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 211 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062032089
- ISBN
- 9780062032089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.81
€ 30.99
€ 29.81
Paperback. Inspector Ken Wharfe, the first royalty protection officer to publish a memoir, was a crucial figure in the life of Diana, Princess of Wales, for nearly seven years. This account presents the most intimate portrait of Diana to date, as well as a fitting tribute to one of the outstanding figures of our age. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGR; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 31. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786061133
- ISBN
- 9781786061133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.57
€ 14.99
€ 11.57
Paperback. Aims to tell what really happened that tragic night when Princess Diana died. This work discloses why the Mercedes was taking the wrong route to Dodi's flat. It uncovers incriminating information about the owner of the infamous white Fiat Uno from French security sources. It reveals evidence surrounding the events of that fateful night. Num Pages: 400 pages, map. BIC Classification: BGR; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 110 x 26. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099471349
- ISBN
- 9780099471349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.63
€ 20.99
€ 16.63
Hardcover. Clean copy, very good D.J. Spencer
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1st. Edition
- SKU
- KST0034758
- ISBN
- 9780684800097
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The acclaimed international bestseller, now with a new introduction from the authors telling the full story of their quest for the truth about the life and death of princess Diana. Num Pages: 416 pages, 16 pp colour (2x8). BIC Classification: BGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 27. Weight in Grams: 280. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KAK0010818
- ISBN
- 9780340821794
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Diane Arbus's photographic images of dwarfs, twins, transvestites, and freaks were becoming part of the iconography of the age when Arbus committed suicide in 1971. This book examines Diane's life through: her childhood; her marriage to Allan Arbus; the emotional upheaval surrounding the end of that marriage; and more. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2. BIC Classification: AJB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099470366
- ISBN
- 9780099470366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.19
€ 17.99
€ 13.19
hardcover. Diane Arbus was one of the greatest photographers of the last century. Her portraiture of freaks, circus performers, twins, nudists and others on the social margins connected with a wide public at a deep psychological level. This biography begins at the moment Arbus quit the world of commercial photography to be an artist, and ends with her death. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: AJB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 166 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1326.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780224097703
- ISBN
- 9780224097703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 27.76
€ 39.99
€ 27.76
Hardback. Culled from the six volumes of "The Diaries of George Washington" completed in 1979, this selection of entries reveals the lifelong preoccupations of the public and private man. Num Pages: 640 pages, 18 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 38. Weight in Grams: 934.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813918563
- ISBN
- 9780813918563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.43
€ 87.43