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Biography
Paperback. The achievements of Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly, two of the greatest popular musical figures of the Twentieth Century have been extensively documented. This book describes the artists' early years, comparing their backgrounds and influences, chronicling their meetings and examining the many amazing parallels in their lives. Num Pages: 160 pages, 54 b/w photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Music Mentor Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780951988855
- ISBN
- 9780951988855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.70
€ 14.99
€ 11.70
Paperback. The hardcover spent months as a #1 national bestseller with over 820,000 copies in print. Now it's in paperback and promises to be an even bigger success! Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 108 x 174 x 25. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Publication date
- 1986
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780425091036
- ISBN
- 9780425091036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.04
€ 11.04
Paperback. Elvis & the Memphis Mafia is the first book to capture the King - the man and the phenomenon - in his full complexity. Num Pages: 806 pages, ports. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 53. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Quarto Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845131289
- ISBN
- 9781845131289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 99.99
€ 99.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780715649985
- ISBN
- 9780715649985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.26
€ 13.99
€ 11.26
Paperback. When George Klein was thirteen, he couldn't have known how important the new kid in class - the one with the guitar, the boy named Elvis - would become in his life. But from the first time GK (as he was nicknamed by Elvis) heard this kid sing, he knew that Elvis Presley was someone extraordinary. This is a memoir of George Klein. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Virgin Publishing
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753539538
- ISBN
- 9780753539538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.57
€ 20.99
€ 16.57
Hardcover. Translator(s): Yanovsky, I.; Yanovsky, V.S. Num Pages: 330 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875801193
- ISBN
- 9780875801193
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.93
€ 37.93
Paperback. When the anthropologist returns to Kenya to begin fieldwork for a new research project, he meets a young man from the Taita Hills who is as interested in the United States as Smith is in Taita. This book tells the story of sorcery, redemption, and transnational friendship in the globalized twenty-first century. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; BJ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281127
- ISBN
- 9780520281127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Hardback. When the anthropologist returns to Kenya to begin fieldwork for a new research project, he meets a young man from the Taita Hills who is as interested in the United States as Smith is in Taita. This book tells the story of sorcery, redemption, and transnational friendship in the globalized twenty-first century. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; BJ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281103
- ISBN
- 9780520281103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.08€ 71.58
€ 94.08
€ 71.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HRA; HRCC99. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Subsequent
- SKU
- V9781556434679
- ISBN
- 9781556434679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.28
€ 15.99
€ 14.28
Paperback. The memoir of the youth of Donald Windham in Depression-era Atlanta. The recollections describe the pleasant memories of his childhood as well as the less happy ones, and recount Windham's increasing desire for a world beyond Atlanta. Series: Brown Thrasher Books. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820318417
- ISBN
- 9780820318417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.74
€ 39.74
Hardback. Journalist David Nolan delves deep to paint a complete picture of the life of this talented musician, from her childhood n rural Scotland to Olympic glory, and offers a glance at what might be next for this prodigious talent. this is a must-read for any fan. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782194613
- ISBN
- 9781782194613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BM; M. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008188634
- ISBN
- 9780008188634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.83
€ 11.99
€ 9.83
Paperback. Aiming to be brutal and moving in equal measure, this book explores pressing global issues, while not losing a sense of the personal. Critical of the West's indifference to developing countries, and the UN's repeated failure to intervene decisively, it provokes controversy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BT; JPSN1; JWLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- and Other Desperate Measures
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091908867
- ISBN
- 9780091908867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.72
€ 19.99
€ 14.72
Paperback. A collection of true stories about flights in civil airliners and smaller aircraft where disaster and massive loss of life seems imminent. Yet each situation is concluded without a single death thanks to the skill of the pilots and their crews. Num Pages: 272 pages, halftones(some colour ). BIC Classification: BT; TRPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 500. 272 pages, halftones(some colour ). A collection of true stories about flights in civil airliners and smaller aircraft where disaster and massive loss of life seems imminent. Yet each situation is concluded without a single death thanks to the skill of the pilots and their crews. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BT; TRPS. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 16. Weight: 488.
- Publisher
- The Crowood Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840373936
- ISBN
- 9781840373936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.49
€ 23.49
Paperback. Learn from the master how to turn yourself into an action hero - the author of The Game turns his hand to survival Num Pages: 432 pages, integrated. BIC Classification: BM; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 117 x 30. Weight in Grams: 230. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- SKU
- KIN0033228
- ISBN
- 9781847677600
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. A biography of one half of the partnership responsible for films such as "The Red Shoes", "Colonel Blimp" and "The Tales of Hoffman". Written by his grandson, the book includes material from Emeric Pressburger's diaries and attempts to show what he brought to the Pressburger/Michael Powell films. Num Pages: 512 pages, 32 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF; CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 0. Weight in Grams: 377.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- V9780571178292
- ISBN
- 9780571178292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.06
€ 26.99
€ 18.06
Hardcover. A revealing look at the real "Emeril live" Emeril Lagasse is a phenomenon--a television chef and restaurateur who has parlayed his outsized personality and gastronomic acumen into a multi--million--dollar culinary empire. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471656265
- ISBN
- 9780471656265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.96
€ 24.99
€ 19.96
Paperback. Explores the theme of friendship in the lives and works of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. This title offers a comprehensive view of how Emerson's and Thoreau's friendships took root and bolstered their individual political, social, and ethical projects. Editor(s): Lysaker, John T.; Rossi, William. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; DNF; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221438
- ISBN
- 9780253221438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.76
€ 24.99
€ 24.76
Paperback. Ralph Waldo Emerson is one of the most important figures in the history of American thought, religion, and literature. The vitality of his writings and the unsettling power of his example continue to influence us more than a hundred years after his death. This work gives us a portrait of the whole man. Num Pages: 684 pages, 26 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BG; DSBF; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1004.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 684
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206892
- ISBN
- 9780520206892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.04
€ 38.99
€ 28.04
Hardback. This book will become the standard work on the life and thought of Emile Durkheim, one of the great founding fathers of sociology. Durkheim remains one of the most widely read thinkers in the social sciences and every student of sociology, anthropology and related subjects must study his now-classic books. Num Pages: 700 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 233 x 69. Weight in Grams: 1420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 700
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745646459
- ISBN
- 9780745646459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.86
€ 95.86
Paperback. Editor(s): Giesberg, Judith. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JH; BM; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271063683
- ISBN
- 9780271063683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.09
€ 20.99
€ 18.09
Hardback. Editor(s): Giesberg, Judith. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JH; BM; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 213 x 23. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271063676
- ISBN
- 9780271063676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.62€ 54.11
€ 64.62
€ 54.11
Hardback. Hale has written intellectual and career biography of an eminent Mexican jurist and politician from the old regime whose ideas survived the Mexican Revolution of 1910-20, despite years of opposition and exile. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758765
- ISBN
- 9780804758765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.26
€ 92.26
Hardcover. Emily Austin followed the trails of the western frontier to Texas, where she saw the burgeoning young colony erupt in revolution, establish a proud republic, and usher in the period of antebellum statehood. Emily's journey was one of remarkable personal change as the rigors of frontier life shaped her into a uniquely self-reliant southern woman. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 b/w photos, bib., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653518
- ISBN
- 9780875653518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.04
€ 29.99
€ 27.04