Biography
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Biography
Hardcover. Presents the account of how the author came to be Ernest Hemingway's majordomo, confidant, and friend - his Cuban son. This memoir offers stories of escapades and adventures with Hemingway as well as insightful comments on the writer's work habits, moods, passions, and friendships. It also describes Cuba before and after the revolution. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BM; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- The Kent State University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Impression
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873389778
- ISBN
- 9780873389778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Paperback. Published to coincide with the major release of HBO's upcoming film Hemingway and Gellhorn, starring Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen. Series: Movie Tie-in Editions. Num Pages: 800 pages, 16 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 232 x 33. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Movie Tie-in Edition
- Number of pages
- 763
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393343205
- ISBN
- 9780393343205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.82
€ 26.99
€ 23.82
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Clarksdale
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905959419
- ISBN
- 9781905959419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.11
€ 21.99
€ 21.11
Paperback. 'One January morning in 1941, only a fortnight or so after his seventy-first birthday, the bearded and bespectacled French artist Henri Matisse was lying in a hospital bed preparing to die.' Diagnosed with cancer, the acclaimed painter, and rival of Picasso, seemed to be facing his demise. Then something unexpected happened. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 78.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241969083
- ISBN
- 9780241969083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.39
€ 10.99
€ 9.39
Hardback. Henri Poincar (1854-1912) was not just one of the most inventive, versatile, and productive mathematicians of all time - he was also a leading physicist who almost won a Nobel Prize for physics. This book explores all the fields that Poincar touched, the debates sparked by his investigations, and how his discoveries still contribute to society. Num Pages: 608 pages, 13 halftones. 26 line illus. BIC Classification: BGT; PB; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1006.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152714
- ISBN
- 9780691152714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.78
€ 52.99
€ 37.78
Paperback. Drawn from journals, this book offers an account of a woman's sexual awakening, covering a single year - 1931-32, in Paris, when June fell in love with Henry Miller, undermining her own idealized marriage. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183282
- ISBN
- 9780141183282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Henry Clay was a lawyer in pre-Civil war America, he argued many precedent setting cases, some of them before the U.S. supreme court. He specialized in property law at a time when this included questions pertaining to slavery and handled a significant case involving the interstate slave trade. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813121475
- ISBN
- 9780813121475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.24
€ 42.24
Hardcover. Num Pages: 640 pages, 44 halftones. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226344690
- ISBN
- 9780226344690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.52
€ 58.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; KNDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750958554
- ISBN
- 9780750958554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.37
€ 10.37
Hardback. Henry Friendly is frequently grouped with Oliver Wendell Holmes, Louis Brandeis, Benjamin Cardozo, and Learned Hand as the best American jurists of the twentieth century. In this first, comprehensive biography of Friendly, Dorsen opens a unique window onto how a judge of this caliber thinks and decides cases, and how Friendly lived his life. Num Pages: 512 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; LAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 38. Weight in Grams: 866.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674064393
- ISBN
- 9780674064393
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.13
€ 40.99
€ 34.13
Hardback. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, port. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810839724
- ISBN
- 9780810839724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.24
€ 97.24
paperback. This title paints a portrait of Henry I, son of William the Conqueror. The author vividly describes Henry's life and reign in a time of fundamental change in the Anglo-Norman world. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 588 pages, 16 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300098297
- ISBN
- 9780300098297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.42
€ 29.99
€ 24.42
paperback. This biography provides a comprehensive reappraisal of Henry II, the man and king. W.L. Warren explores a whole range of contemporary sources to illuminate the king's policy and personality, as well as the events of his reign. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 730 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300084740
- ISBN
- 9780300084740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.63
€ 29.99
€ 21.63
paperback. Series: The English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 608 pages, 16 pp. b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGR; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300229714
- ISBN
- 9780300229714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.63
€ 29.99
€ 21.63
Hardback. Editor(s): Dupee, Frederick Wilcox. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 638 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1057.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 638
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691640938
- ISBN
- 9780691640938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 327.39
€ 327.39
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435160
- ISBN
- 9780140435160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.11
€ 26.99
€ 20.11
Hardback. Editor(s): Horne, Philip. Num Pages: 850 pages, 8. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 120. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- The Library of America United States
- Number of pages
- 850
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781598534719
- ISBN
- 9781598534719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.96
€ 40.99
€ 33.96
Paperback. Editor(s): Dupee, Frederick Wilcox. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 638 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGLA; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 638
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691613062
- ISBN
- 9780691613062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 109.52€ 83.52
€ 109.52
€ 83.52
Paperback. The one empire he most coveted, the land that he wanted for his primary home, was the empire of art."-from Henry James: The Imagination of Genius Num Pages: 672 pages, 76, 76 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801862717
- ISBN
- 9780801862717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.20
€ 40.99
€ 34.20
Paperback. A study of one of the most influential and controversial political figures of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 368 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032521
- ISBN
- 9780674032521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.81
€ 45.99
€ 37.81