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hardcover. In this volume of essays the author casts new light on aspects of the writer's life and tackles his writings from a critical angle. Evelyn Waugh emerges as a diffident artist and sensitive recorder of the 1920s. This book looks at both Waugh's private and public lives. Editor(s): Blayac, Alain. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
173
Condition
New
Edition
1992nd Edition
SKU
V9780333538395
ISBN
9780333538395
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.64

Paperback. This is a biographical account of Yeats' life detailing his early family life, his schooldays, his London years, his rise to literary fame, his relationships and marriage, his Oxford period and his career in public life. Num Pages: 504 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333497548
ISBN
9780333497548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.45

Hardback. One of series of three volumes providing a critical assessment of the actual achievement of this university professor, who became the first President of Czechoslovakia. This volume gives a critical survey of some of the major issues of Masaryk's life, concentrating on the years after 1914. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVK; 3JJF; 3JJG; BGH; JPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333462478
ISBN
9780333462478
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.15

Paperback. One of the greatest basketball players of all time finally tells - with relentless honesty - the incredible story of his life. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16pp colour photos and 14pp int. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 212 x 26. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316053501
ISBN
9780316053501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.19

Paperback. Sgt John Basilone is one of the greatest heroes of the Greatest Generation. He was the only Marine in World War II to have received the Medal of Honor, the Navy Cross, and a Purple Heart and is arguably the most famous Marine of all time. This biography looks inside the life of Basilone. Num Pages: 352 pages, 29 black/white photos, one 8-page b/w photo insert. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 333.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Griffin Publishing United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312611446
ISBN
9780312611446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.26

Paperback. Takes us not only into the battles fought from Normandy to Germany, but into the heart and mind of a soldier who beat the odds to become an elite paratrooper and lost his best friend during the nightmarish engagement at Bastogne. Num Pages: 304 pages, two 8 page black/white photo inserts. BIC Classification: BM; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312563233
ISBN
9780312563233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.22

Paperback. Patricia Highsmith, one of the greatest writers of 20th Century American fiction, had a life as darkly compelling as that of her favourite "hero-criminal," the talented Tom Ripley. The author maps out this richly bizarre life from her birth in Texas to Hitchcock's filming of her first novel, "Strangers On a Train", to her self-exile in Europe. Num Pages: 704 pages, includes two 8 page black & white photo inserts. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 746.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Picador
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312363819
ISBN
9780312363819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.68

Hardback. Biographies quote Toni Morrison's birth name as Chloe Anthony Wofford. The author uses the theme of names and naming in her fiction to explore Morrison's own struggle to construct a useable identity as an African American woman novelist. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; BG; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312234027
ISBN
9780312234027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.29

Hardback. Self-made billionaire David Green, founder of America's craft store giant Hobby Lobby tells the secrets he's learned in a life that started humble, stayed faithful, gave continually, and is leaving a lasting legacy. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGXA; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Zondervan United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310347941
ISBN
9780310347941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; BM; HRCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Zondervan United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310341222
ISBN
9780310341222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.99

Hardback. A skinny preacher from rural Pennsylvania armed with only a cross and his faith took on the New York city slum world and its drug lords. David Wilkerson brought to the streets of America's most crime-infested city a combination of tough love and the Gospel shown in his story The Cross and the Switchblade and now told fully within his life's story Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; 3JM; BGX; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Zondervan United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310326274
ISBN
9780310326274
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Zondervan United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310240518
ISBN
9780310240518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 133 x 31. Weight in Grams: 383.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Broadway Books
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307986559
ISBN
9780307986559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.54

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 245.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307475275
ISBN
9780307475275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.74

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BG; BGF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Three Rivers Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307461193
ISBN
9780307461193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKH; BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc) United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307453037
ISBN
9780307453037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.62

Hardback. The inspiring story of the Japanese American "Go for Broke" unit that rescued--against all odds--a trapped American battalion and went on to become the most decorated unit of its size in World War II Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 pages black-&-white photos. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JJH; BTP; HBWQ; JFSL3; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306824456
ISBN
9780306824456
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.82

Paperback. An outrageous, hilarious, and touching memoir of childhood as the youngest of nine children in a hardscrabble, beyond-eccentric Maine family Series: A Merloyd Lawrence Book. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEN; 3JJP; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306824234
ISBN
9780306824234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.27

Paperback. Brothers Forever tells the intimate and personal story of how two Naval academy roommates-US Marine Travis Manion and US Navy SEAL Brendan Looney-defined a generation's sacrifice after 9/11, and how their loved ones overcame heartbreak to carry on in their memory. It is a remarkable story of friendship, family, and war. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 pages b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; BGH; HBWS4; HBWS5; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306823732
ISBN
9780306823732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.50

Paperback. From comedy star Chris Gethard, a collection of essays chronicling his bizarre childhood, awkward adolescence, and the hilarious misadventures that followed Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BGFA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 280. True Tales of Seriously Poor Judgment and Stunningly Awkward Adventure. 256 pages, illustrations. Star of Comedy Central's "Big Lake", Chris Gethard has often found himself in awkward and often absurd situations that most people would have safely avoided. This title collects Gethard's most popular stories of growing up as an ill-fated nerd, forced to navigate the perils of adolescence with a name that spells, "Get-hard". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: APB; BGFA; WH. Dimension: 174 x 209 x 18. Weight: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306820304
ISBN
9780306820304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.31

Paperback. In this compelling biography, an award-winning author recounts the life of James Monroe, who dedicated himself to serving his country and building America's future. b&w photos. Num Pages: 400 pages, 40 photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306819186
ISBN
9780306819186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.22

Paperback. A brutally honest memoir of addiction and recovery by Mike Doughty, the world-renowned solo artist and former lead singer and songwriter of Soul Coughing Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 tables/figures. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Edition
3rd Printing
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306818776
ISBN
9780306818776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.12

Paperback. "From the vaudeville era, through the Astaire-Rogers movies, to the intricate artistry of bebop, tap has dominated American dance with its rhythm, originality, and humor. This book collects the voices" Num Pages: 358 pages, 200 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ASD; ASZH; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 191 x 20. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Edition
REV
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306806353
ISBN
9780306806353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.94

Hardback. Editor(s): Bassuk, Ellen L.; Carman, Rebecca W. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFFH; MBPC; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 152. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306452673
ISBN
9780306452673
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.54

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