Biography
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Biography
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; AN; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 205 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559360951
- ISBN
- 9781559360951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.89
€ 12.89
Hardback. This original analysis of correspondence between E.M. Forster and Christopher Isherwood illuminates how these two influential writers grappled with WII, their personal relationships, and their creative works. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BJ; DSBH; DSK; JFSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606753
- ISBN
- 9780230606753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.74
€ 118.74
Paperback. A collection of the correspondence between Katherine Mansfield and John Middleton Murry. Their lives were inextricably, and often painfully, intertwined until her tragically early death from tuberculosis in 1923. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8pp illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 34. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- VIRAGO PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780860689454
- ISBN
- 9780860689454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.43
€ 23.99
€ 16.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 338 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- CavanKerry Press United States
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933880198
- ISBN
- 9781933880198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.08
€ 23.99
€ 19.08
Hardback. This fifth volume of Britten's letters covers a period of intense activity in his life and works, culminating in his great pacifist choral masterpiece, War Requiem. Editor(s): Reed, Philip; Cooke, Mervyn. Series: Selected Letters of Britten. Num Pages: 830 pages, 145, 55 black and white, 90 line drawing. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 168 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1740.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 830
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843835912
- ISBN
- 9781843835912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.01€ 53.45
€ 59.01
€ 53.45
Hardcover. Covers the years 1952-57, during which Benjamin Britten wrote three major works for the stage - the Coronation opera "Gloriana", the chamber opera "The Turn of the Screw", and the full-length ballet "The Prince of the Pagodas" - as well as vocal works such as "Canticles II and III" and the Hardy song-cycle "Winter Words". Editor(s): Reed, Philip; Cooke, Mervyn; Mitchell, Donald. Series: Selected Letters of Britten. Num Pages: 633 pages, 57 black and white, 69 line drawing. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1482. The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, 1913-1976. 1952-1957. Series: Selected Letters of Britten. 633 pages, 57 black and white, 69 line drawing. Editor(s): Reed, Philip; Cooke, Mervyn; Mitchell, Donald. Covers the years 1952-57, during which Benjamin Britten wrote three major works for the stage - the Coronation opera "Gloriana", the chamber opera "The Turn of the Screw", and the full-length ballet "The Prince of the Pagodas" - as well as vocal works such as "Canticles II and III" and the Hardy song-cycle "Winter Words". Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: BJ. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 58. Weight: 1486.
- Publisher
- Boydell Press
- Number of pages
- 633
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843833826
- ISBN
- 9781843833826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.01€ 53.45
€ 59.01
€ 53.45
Hardback. The composer's final decade sees a new outpouring of creativity. Editor(s): Reed, Philip; Cooke, Mervyn. Series: Selected Letters of Britten. Num Pages: 880 pages, 140, 50 black and white, 90 line drawing. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 64. Weight in Grams: 1860. 1966-1976. Series: Selected Letters of Britten. 880 pages, 140, 50 black and white, 90 line drawing. Editor(s): Reed, Philip; Cooke, Mervyn. The composer's final decade sees a new outpouring of creativity. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BJ. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 64. Weight: 1848.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 880
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843837251
- ISBN
- 9781843837251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.01€ 53.45
€ 59.01
€ 53.45
Paperback. * The bestselling and moving collection of letters to Vera Brittain from a lost generation - four young men who lost their lives in the great war Editor(s): Bishop, Alan; Bostridge, Mark. Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 8, b/w pix. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BJ; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 196 x 30. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844085705
- ISBN
- 9781844085705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.24
€ 17.99
€ 13.24
Hardback. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BG; BJ; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875801230
- ISBN
- 9780875801230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.37
€ 50.37
Paperback. Early nineteenth-century insights into Cairo life from the sister of famed Orientalist Edward Lane Editor(s): Kararah, Azza. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; BGHA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150. .
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774167621
- ISBN
- 9789774167621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.24
€ 27.24
Hardcover. Through the eyes of a young American female radical socialist, living and working in Barcelona during the Catalan Revolution and the Spanish Civil War, the dreams, the nightmares and the realities of European politics in the age of dictatorship are fully brought to life. An autobiographical commentary written on the eve of World War Two. Editor(s): Hom, Gerd-Rainer. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP; JPFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230527393
- ISBN
- 9780230527393
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.34
€ 62.34
Paperback. Reveals the impact of political decisions on the people of Burma, from the terrible cost to the children of imprisoned dissidents - allowed to see their parents for only fifteen minutes every fortnight - to the effect of inflation on the national diet and of state repression on traditions of hospitality. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJPR; 3JMC; BJ; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141041445
- ISBN
- 9780141041445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.80
€ 16.99
€ 14.80
Hardcover. Through a collection of letters, journal entries, essays, and even local recipes, this work provides a detailed portrait of life in Cairo, recording daily revelations. This work offers insight into the complexities of Egyptian culture, alternately taking on roles of linguist and political interpreter. Series: Arab American Writing. Num Pages: 136 pages, 12 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608547
- ISBN
- 9780815608547
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.12
€ 21.12
Paperback. Through essays, articles, and interviews, this title presents the reader with the momentous changes in Poland and East-Central Europe. Sharing the author's intellectual journey through a tumultuous era, it focuses on the subjects important to him. Translator(s): Cave, Jane. Series: Society and Culture in East-Central Europe S. Num Pages: 346 pages, 7 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVP; BG; HBJD; JPA; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press California
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520217607
- ISBN
- 9780520217607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.80
€ 38.99
€ 27.80
paperback. In the summer of 1936, W H Auden and Louis MacNeice visited Iceland on commission to write a travel book, but found themselves capturing concerns on a scale that were far more international. This is a collaboration in poetry and prose, reportage and correspondence, published in 1937 with the Spanish Civil War newly in progress. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNC; BJ; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571283521
- ISBN
- 9780571283521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 15.83
€ 23.99
€ 15.83
Paperback. Based on the letters that inspired Clint Eastwood's film Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; HBJF; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753823019
- ISBN
- 9780753823019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
€ 13.99
€ 10.86
Hardcover. Cliff and Eunice Holliday went to live in Jerusalem in 1922, during a period of political upheaval and unrest. Cliff had the task of restoring the old city and building control outside. This book contains the letters Eunice wrote home, which portray a city during a critical time in its history. Num Pages: 224 pages, halftones, maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJG; AMVD; BGHA; HBJF1; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 276 x 219 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860640858
- ISBN
- 9781860640858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.01€ 53.63
€ 59.01
€ 53.63
Paperback. Langston Hughes was an innovator of jazz poetry and a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. This book offers a collection of letters between Hughes and four confidantes sheds light on his life and politics. It deals with his life and work. Editor(s): Crawford, Evelyn Louise; Patterson, Mary Louise. Num Pages: 424 pages, 30 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; BJ; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285347
- ISBN
- 9780520285347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.54
€ 33.99
€ 24.54
Hardback. Langston Hughes was an innovator of jazz poetry and a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. This book offers a collection of letters between Hughes and four confidantes sheds light on his life and politics. It deals with his life and work. Editor(s): Crawford, Evelyn Louise; Patterson, Mary Louise. Num Pages: 424 pages, 30 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; BJ; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285330
- ISBN
- 9780520285330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.42€ 71.49
€ 94.42
€ 71.49
Paperback. In 1932 the young writer and political activist C.L.R. James arrived in London from his native Trinidad. This volume reveals C.L.R. James's first encounter with the colonial metropolis and the values that had already shaped his intellectual development in Trinidad. Num Pages: 140 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2ABM; 3JJ; BG; DSBH; DSK; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 116 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- First UK edition.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902669618
- ISBN
- 9781902669618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.34
€ 17.99
€ 17.34