Biography
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Biography
Paperback. Tells the story of how author and her long-time friend Sheikh Mohammad Akram Nadwi found a way to confront ugly stereotypes and persistent misperceptions that were cleaving their communities. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGXA; HRH; JFFJ; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 210 x 32. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Holt Paperbacks
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780805098198
- ISBN
- 9780805098198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.57
€ 24.99
€ 20.57
Hardcover. A deeply observant extended homage to orchard farmer Evelyn Curtis Losack and her village of Corrales, New Mexico. Num Pages: 199 pages. BIC Classification: AJCR; BGT; DNF; RN; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 215 x 27. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890135839
- ISBN
- 9780890135839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.52
€ 41.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811216654
- ISBN
- 9780811216654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.67
€ 17.99
€ 16.67
Hardcover. Offers an account of life as a concentration camp prisoner. This title describes the author's deportation to Poland and the twenty months he spend working in Auschwitz. It covers his long journey to Italy at the end of the war through Russia and Central Europe. Levi never raises his voice, complains or attributes blame. Translator(s): Woolf, S. J. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; HBJD; HBTZ1; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 134 x 31. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152227
- ISBN
- 9781857152227
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.45
€ 21.99
€ 17.45
Paperback. Entertaining, beguiling and surprising in equal measure, If Wishes Were Horses is the story of one girl's childhood obsession with ponies and the complex relationship that women have had with horses across the centuries. Num Pages: 368 pages, ill. BIC Classification: BM; WSNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 354. A Memoir of Equine Obsession. 368 pages, ill. Entertaining, beguiling and surprising in equal measure, If Wishes Were Horses is the story of one girl's childhood obsession with ponies and the complex relationship that women have had with horses across the centuries. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BM; WSNF. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 28. Weight: 336.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857891297
- ISBN
- 9780857891297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.66
€ 13.99
€ 10.66
Paperback. 357 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BM. Dimension: 210 x 147 x 28. Weight: 492.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Export/Airside
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857891280
- ISBN
- 9780857891280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.81
€ 17.99
€ 12.81
Paperback. Karen Darke was on a rock-climbing expedition on sea cliffs in Scotland. She fell, and was paralysed. This is Karen's story about coming to terms with her lost of movement from the chest down and regaining the will to live. It is also about the borderline between body and spirit. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTP; VFJD; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905047888
- ISBN
- 9781905047888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.16
€ 20.99
€ 19.16
Paperback. 'You said I was the perfect boyfriend. If you can prove you really love me, perhaps I can be that way again.' Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFE3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008205256
- ISBN
- 9780008205256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.71
€ 11.99
€ 9.71
Paperback. When the news broke that her missing sister Lucy had been murdered, Marian Partington had one of two choices to make. She could let the grief and rage she felt overwhelm her, or she could try to turn her trauma into something good. This moving memoir details Marian's fierce engagement with her loss and refusal to become its victim. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HRLK; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785921407
- ISBN
- 9781785921407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.49
€ 20.49
Paperback. Explores the legacy of one of the most exceptional athletes ever--an entertainer extraordinaire, a daring showman and crowd-pleaser, a wizard with a baseball whose artistry and antics on the mound brought fans out in the thousands to ballparks across the country. Series: Sports and American Culture Series. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FM; BGS; HBJK; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826220141
- ISBN
- 9780826220141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.56
€ 36.99
€ 31.56
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; BGH; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845196851
- ISBN
- 9781845196851
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.90
€ 126.90
Paperback. * The definitive biography of one of rock's most extraordinary legends Num Pages: 464 pages, Section: 24, b/w and colour. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751538106
- ISBN
- 9780751538106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.12
€ 17.99
€ 13.12
Hardcover. A biography of Ignaz Friedman that offers the reader the behind and the between of the life and career of this extraordinary pianist. It examines Friedman's life as a cultured Jewish musician in Poland; his studies in Leipzig and Vienna; his relationship with Manya Friedman; and, his performing career, teaching, and retirement in Australia. Num Pages: 416 pages, 21 b&w illus., 10 music exx. BIC Classification: AVH; AVRG; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 32. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780253353108
- ISBN
- 9780253353108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.90
€ 70.90
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 486 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HRCX1; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691646442
- ISBN
- 9780691646442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 232.98
€ 232.98
Hardcover. Mark Twain was not only a legendary author and humorist; he was also a successful businessman in a variety of ventures. He founded his own publishing house where he made a killing of $2. 5 million in today's dollars by publishing General Ulysses S. Grant's memoirs. Num Pages: 278 pages, ports. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 26. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471933373
- ISBN
- 9780471933373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.34
€ 30.99
€ 24.34
Paperback. Igor Stravinsky was a celebrity composer in an increasingly celebrity-obsessed age. He was a true modern, a man of his time. Stravinsky's extraordinary music reflected and shaped his own times, and resonates with audiences even today. Stravinsky tells of a colourful life lived against the backdrop of the twentieth century's wars and revolutions. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 200 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780234946
- ISBN
- 9781780234946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.01
€ 17.99
€ 14.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; BG; HBJK; HBLW; LAT; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226350103
- ISBN
- 9780226350103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.81
€ 25.99
€ 20.81
Hardcover. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; BGS; BK; WSJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 290 x 227 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1026.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875807591
- ISBN
- 9780875807591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.03
€ 46.99
€ 38.03
Paperback. Dictated in an idiomatic, associative style, this book exposes the doubleness of Carson McCullers's life. A mine of information for anyone interested in McCullers and American literary life in the 1950s, these memoirs are also a testament to the courage and love of life of their author. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography. Num Pages: 256 pages, 21 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 223 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299164447
- ISBN
- 9780299164447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.40
€ 25.40
Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BTC; LAT; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 539.
- Publisher
- Harper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062569318
- ISBN
- 9780062569318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.56
€ 30.99
€ 25.56
Paperback. For disillusioned writer and itinerant barnstormer Richard Bach, belief is as real as a full tank of gas and sparks firing in the cylinders ..until he meets Donald Shimoda - former mechanic and self-described messiah who can make wrenches fly and Richard's imagination soar.. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Publisher
- Arrow Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099427865
- ISBN
- 9780099427865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.15
€ 11.99
€ 10.15
Paperback. This lavishly illustrated book chronicles Liszt's life and times with the help of many rare photographs and contemporary prints. Num Pages: 176 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 171 x 10. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Omnibus Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Pap/Com
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780388717
- ISBN
- 9781780388717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.17
€ 17.99
€ 14.17
Paperback / so. Series: Biographie Und Gesellschaft. Num Pages: 223 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: BG; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 337.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810037855
- ISBN
- 9783810037855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.17
€ 74.17
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813534596
- ISBN
- 9780813534596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 47.87
€ 52.99
€ 47.87