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Biography
Hardcover. At 11.47pm on July 25th 1978, Louise Brown was the first person ever to be born through science rather than as the result of two people having sex. The birth was hailed as a "miracle" by the world's media, making her instantly famous. For the first time Louise tells the story of her world changing birth and its impact on her life. Num Pages: 240 pages, 30 b/w and colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; BGA; MFKC1; MFKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 27. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Tangent Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909446083
- ISBN
- 9781909446083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.60
€ 25.99
€ 22.60
Paperback. The definitive biography of Alexander McQueen which reveals the source of his genius and the links between his dark work and even darker life. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2x8pp Colour Plates. BIC Classification: AKB; AKT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471131806
- ISBN
- 9781471131806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Paperback. He was the very first icon of the silver screen, and is one of the most recognisable faces in Hollywood, even a hundred years on from his first film. This book offers Peter Ackroyd's biography that turns the spotlight on Chaplin's life as well as his work, from his theatrical beginnings in music halls to winning an honorary Academy Award. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099287568
- ISBN
- 9780099287568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
Hardcover. "Modernist scholar Jed Rasula presents the first narrative history of the emergence, decline, and legacy of Dada, showing how this strange artistic phenomenon spread across Europe and then the world in the wake of the Great War, fundamentally reshaping modern culture in ways we're still struggling to understand today"-- Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACX; ACXJ; AGB; BGF; HBLW; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 38. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465089963
- ISBN
- 9780465089963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.49
€ 33.99
€ 26.49
Paperback. Infused with a distinctive Scouse sense of humour, this book tells the story of how Deejay filled his summer holiday having adventures (and misadventures) with his mischievous gang of young friends and working at Wellington Dairy, the family-owned, horse-drawn milk business located in the Liverpool suburb of Garston. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJPK; BGH; BM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750956406
- ISBN
- 9780750956406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.32
€ 15.99
€ 14.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062265401
- ISBN
- 9780062265401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.26
€ 18.99
€ 18.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 82 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APB; APFA; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781630761707
- ISBN
- 9781630761707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.72
€ 21.72
Paperback. As a child Beth was imprisoned within a Jehovah's Witness family, kept away from her mother, forbidden from wearing a school skirt above her knees by day, abused by her stepfather at night. Years later, she summons the courage to report her stepfather to the police. Will Beth's fight for justice be worth the suffering reawakened? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFE1; JFFE2; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Previous owner's inscription on half title page.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- SKU
- KTG0011265
- ISBN
- 9780091928629
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. An autobiography of Mark Twain that describes a chronology of his life, brief family biographies, and an excerpt from the "Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2" - a controversial but characteristically humorous attack on Christian doctrine. Editor(s): Smith, Harriet E.; Hirst, Robert. Num Pages: 440 pages, 21 line figures, 45 black / white photographs, 2 diagrams. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 230 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612. Reader's Edition, Just My Words. 440 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Smith, Harriet E. An autobiography of Mark Twain that describes a chronology of his life, brief family biographies, and an excerpt from the "Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2" - a controversial but characteristically humorous attack on Christian doctrine. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGLA. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 30. Weight: 612.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272255
- ISBN
- 9780520272255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.92
€ 33.99
€ 24.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BM; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 204 x 20. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486804606
- ISBN
- 9780486804606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.33
€ 16.33
Hardback. This is a rare day-to-day account by a young German squadron leader in Jagdstaffel 35 during the grim last year of the war. Originally published in 1933, it provides minute descriptions of kills, losses, and the Germans' step-by-step retreat in the face of increasingly overwhelming Allied forces in the air. Num Pages: 228 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; BJ; HBJD; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612001876
- ISBN
- 9781612001876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.48
€ 31.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. The mesmerizing autobiography of one of the most revered soul, jazz, and blues divas of our time-the late Nina Simone Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332. The Autobiography of Nina Simone. 192 pages, illustrations. "Ms. Simone's vocal and piano style make her a culture unto herself." --New York Times. A gorgeous, inimitable singer and songwriter, Nina Simone (1933-2003) changed the face of both music and race relations in America. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Dimension: 226 x 158 x 15. Weight: 256.
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306813276
- ISBN
- 9780306813276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.39
€ 19.99
€ 16.39
Paperback. One of Britain's greatest footballers, Bobby Lennox epitomises an era in which Celtic were the most successful football club in the UK. In May 1967, he and his fellow Lisbon Lions achieved footballing immortality when they lifted the European Cup - the first British side to do so. Here, Lennox recounts his part in these extraordinary achievements. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2x8pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755314942
- ISBN
- 9780755314942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. One of Britain's favourite TV presenters and novelists brings us his wonderfully evocative and often hilarious childhood memoir Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340831182
- ISBN
- 9780340831182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.81
€ 14.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Extraordinary lives, tangled relationships, innovative art: the story of sisters Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf and their Bloomsbury Group. Num Pages: 336 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; 3JJC; ACX; BGF; BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445660080
- ISBN
- 9781445660080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.29
€ 17.99
€ 14.29
Paperback. Having recalled his life through the story of his physical self in Winter Journal, the author now remembers the experience of his development from within, through the encounters of his interior self with the outer world, as well as through a selection of the revealing letters he sent to his first wife, acclaimed author Lydia Davis. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571303717
- ISBN
- 9780571303717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.48
€ 15.99
€ 11.48
Paperback. Presents a half century of Wall Street history as seen through the lives of one of its most illustrious family. This narrative tells the story of three generations of the legendary Davis family, who rank among the most successful investors in the history of the Street. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGB; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471474418
- ISBN
- 9780471474418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.26
€ 25.99
€ 19.26
Paperback. By the time she was 14, the author knew she had to get out of Akron, Ohio. Her perfect '50s American childhood upturned by a newly acquired taste for rock 'n' roll, motorbikes and the 'get down boys' seen at gigs in and around Cleveland. This book deals with her life and work. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785031465
- ISBN
- 9781785031465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Paperback. 314pp
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Fontana Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- KON0820822
- ISBN
- 9780006373735
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 12 black and white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Souvenir Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780285643604
- ISBN
- 9780285643604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.27
€ 17.99
€ 13.27