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Biography

Hardback.

Life lessons from leaders in diverse career fields who followed their dreams and found success--just in time for graduation

Num Pages: 208 pages, 30 colour photographs. BIC Classification: BM; VSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 185 x 19. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publisher
Abrams
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781419715709
ISBN
9781419715709
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.46

Hardcover. This fascinating work profiles Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, the foremost Islamic scholar and mystic of the medieval period. Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; 3H; BGX; HRH; HRLK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851684144
ISBN
9781851684144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.76

Paperback. Janusz Korczak devoted himself to the care of orphans in the Warsaw Ghetto after the Nazi occupation of Poland. This volume constitutes his grimly inspiring ghetto diary, and is accompanied by a new introduction by Betty Jean Lifton, the author of a biography of Korczak. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BGHA; BJ; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300097429
ISBN
9780300097429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.09

Paperback. Based on the best part of a decade embedded with the homicide units of the LAPD, this book takes us onto the streets, inside the homes and into the lives of a community wracked by a homicide epidemic. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784700768
ISBN
9781784700768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Compelling memoir of a young man who emerged from the darkness of being locked into his body after doctors had given up on him Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; MJN; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471151002
ISBN
9781471151002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 10.71

Hardcover. A gifted young writer takes a singular journey back to his native Midwestern American Plains. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBBNS; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 147 x 28. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316199841
ISBN
9780316199841
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 28.43

Paperback. Features sixty-three short essays. Both a memoir and an exploration of the artistic process, this book not only reveals the author's particular experience as a gay artist captivated by the transience and physicality of his media and his life, but also his thoughts on the more technical aspects of his vocation. Translator(s): Bononno, Robert. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: AJ; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 204 x 12. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226132341
ISBN
9780226132341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.25

paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages, Section: 8 pages of b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGA; URH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 107 x 32. Weight in Grams: 272.
Edition
3rd. ed.
Publisher
Back Bay
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316212182
ISBN
9780316212182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 236.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841956374
ISBN
9781841956374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.50

Paperback. This is a collection of over 100 tales of murder, ghosts and ghouls, body-snatching and witch-burning, which reveal the darker side of genteel Edinburgh's history. Included are the macabre exploits of the capital's infamous villains - Deacon Brodie, and Burke and Hare. Num Pages: 192 pages, 45 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Mainstream Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851584567
ISBN
9781851584567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Ghosts & gallows Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC; VXQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752463391
ISBN
9780752463391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 59 photos. BIC Classification: AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764343384
ISBN
9780764343384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.24

Hardback. In this first-person memoir, Shahla Talebi remembers her years as a political prisoner in Iran. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; BM; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 22. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804772013
ISBN
9780804772013
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 12 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BT; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 166 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764326882
ISBN
9780764326882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.64

Paperback. The definitive biography of a fascinating and enigmatic figure. Num Pages: 608 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: ACX; AFK; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 150 x 44. Weight in Grams: 690.
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicolson History
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857995015
ISBN
9781857995015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. The true story of what it's like to share your life and home with the world's biggest dog. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8xpp colour. BIC Classification: BM; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849832823
ISBN
9781849832823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.97

Paperback. In her memoir His Bright Light, the author opened her heart to share the story of the loss of her beloved son. In this book, she shows us how she transformed that pain into a campaign of service that enriched her life beyond what she could imagine. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; BM; JFFB; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552165440
ISBN
9780552165440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Editor(s): Leibrich, Julie. Num Pages: 192 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: BT; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 220 x 211 x 14. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Otago University Press New Zealand
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877133831
ISBN
9781877133831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.84

Hardback. An heartbreakingly honest and deeply moving memoir in the words of the son, his wife and his mother of her battle with cancer, from one of the UK's best loved travel writers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; BM; VFJB; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849018579
ISBN
9781849018579
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Reveals the dramatic stories of twenty outstandingly gifted people as they grew from early promise to maturity in Britain. This book also reveals the frustrations and triumphs of the author's remarkable participants, and investigates why some fell by the wayside whilst others reached fame and fortune. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BG; JFSP1; JMC; JNSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415470094
ISBN
9780415470094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.78

Paperback. Explores how music and the muse intertwine in work and in life. This title includes stories, anecdotes, jokes, absurdities, the odd informal homily, pitfalls and pratfalls, and Yorkshire life and death. It is about the dream and reality of what you are, and what you might have been. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 x 8 pp inset. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Viking
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141021249
ISBN
9780141021249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. Ryan Giggs first played for Manchester United in the season before the Premiership began; back when Bryan Robson was still captain. He took possession of United's left wing and never loosened his grip. This title presents his portrait. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col)., col. ports. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Penguin Group
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241962107
ISBN
9780241962107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. When the pioneering naturalist Gilbert White (1720-93) wrote "The Natural History of Selborne" (1789), he created one of the greatest and influential natural history works, his detailed observations about birds and animals providing the cornerstones of modern ecology. This biography tells the story of this clergyman. Num Pages: 256 pages, plates. BIC Classification: BG; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
PROFILE BOOKS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861978073
ISBN
9781861978073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. In this new critical biography Frida Beckman traces Gilles Deleuze's remarkable intellectual journey, mapping the encounters from which his life and work emerged. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 35 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; BGH; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130. .
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780237312
ISBN
9781780237312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.24

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