Collected biographies
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Collected biographies
Paperback. In Seven Men, New York Times best-selling author Eric Metaxas presents seven exquisitely crafted short portraits of widely known---but not well understood---Christian men, each of whom uniquely showcases a commitment to live by certain virtues in the truth of the gospel. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BK; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 213 x 19. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718030957
- ISBN
- 9780718030957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.88
€ 21.99
€ 19.88
Paperback. An illustrated collection of 100 personal accounts of young men and women who served in the armed forces during the Second World War. Series: Voices of the Second World War. Num Pages: 128 pages, 107. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; 3JJH; BK; HBWQ; JWLF; WQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445658599
- ISBN
- 9781445658599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.85
€ 23.85
Hardback. Offering a collection of over 200 pages of rock-n-roll comics, this title features over twenty-seven new grooves inspired by, and in tribute to, the myth and magic of this club of lost stars and their shining, tragic legacy. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BK; DQ; FX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 175 x 17. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Action Lab Entertainment, Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781632291219
- ISBN
- 9781632291219
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 29.78
€ 47.99
€ 29.78
Paperback. Looks at hundreds of autobiographies penned between 1760 and 1900 to offer an account of how the Industrial Revolution was experienced by the working class. This book shows how it raised incomes, improved literacy and offered exciting opportunities for political action. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16-page section of black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; BK; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300205251
- ISBN
- 9780300205251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.13
€ 19.99
€ 16.13
Hardback. Heart-rending letters of love gone sour from notable men and women Editor(s): Bass, Eleanor. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; BK; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 206 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785781681
- ISBN
- 9781785781681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.54
€ 13.99
€ 10.54
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, 25 b&w illus. BIC Classification: BK; HBW; JWG; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295741444
- ISBN
- 9780295741444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.21
€ 38.21
Hardcover. Dr. Avraham Albert Ticho was a Viennese-trained ophthalmologist who immigrated to Ottoman-ruled Jerusalem in 1912. There he married his cousin, the artist Anna Ticho, and together they made their mark on the history of the Land of Israel. In Days of Ticho, the Tichos' story is told in all its fascinating detail. Num Pages: 512 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJ; BGH; BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 184 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1132.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652296658
- ISBN
- 9789652296658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 35.24
€ 53.99
€ 35.24
Paperback. Writing about real lives takes various forms, which overlap and may be combined with each other: biography, autobiography, biographical criticism, biographical fiction, memoir, confession, diary. In these essays, the author considers some particularly interesting examples of life-writing, and contributes several of his own. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BK; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099587767
- ISBN
- 9780099587767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.28
€ 17.99
€ 13.28
Paperback. An authoritative and accessible history of the lives of the kings and queens of England by a renowned historian. Num Pages: 528 pages, 100. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGR; BK; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 33. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445637617
- ISBN
- 9781445637617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Hardback. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BK; DNJ; JFD; KNTY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780821421765
- ISBN
- 9780821421765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BK; DNJ; JFD; KNTY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821421772
- ISBN
- 9780821421772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.05
€ 26.99
€ 25.05
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Apress
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781484223635
- ISBN
- 9781484223635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.80€ 58.34
€ 64.80
€ 58.34
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
€ 42.55
€ 42.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGF; BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782194712
- ISBN
- 9781782194712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.33
€ 10.99
€ 9.33
Hardback. Near the end of the Apollo 15 mission, David Scott and fellow moonwalker James Irwin placed on the lunar soil a small tin figurine called "The Fallen Astronaut". By telling the stories of the sixteen astronauts and cosmonauts who died in the quest to reach the moon between 1962 and 1972, this book conveys the human cost of the space race. Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight. Num Pages: 448 pages, 50 photographs. BIC Classification: BGT; BK; TTDS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 34. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803285095
- ISBN
- 9780803285095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 37.35
€ 40.99
€ 37.35
Paperback. Winner of the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2014 A rich historical biography of 'those wild Wyndhams' - three cultured aristocratic sisters born into great privilege in late Victorian Britain. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; BK; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 32. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007544912
- ISBN
- 9780007544912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.71
€ 20.99
€ 16.71
Paperback. One of Britain's leading music writers tells the stories behind seven musical lives that burned brightly, but all too briefly. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF; BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784291334
- ISBN
- 9781784291334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. More Tales Behind the Tombstones tells the stories behind the deaths (or supposed deaths) and burials of even more of the Old West's most nefarious outlaws, notorious women, and celebrated lawmen. Readers will learn the story behind these legendary characters and visit the sites of tombs long forgotten while legends have lived on. Num Pages: 192 pages, 39 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 1KBBW; 3JH; BGH; BK; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762796304
- ISBN
- 9780762796304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.43
€ 18.99
€ 17.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BK; HBWQ; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613735237
- ISBN
- 9781613735237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.87
€ 14.99
€ 14.87
Paperback. Mary Wollstonecraft and author Mary Shelley were mother and daughter, yet these two extraordinary women never knew one another. Nevertheless, their passionate and pioneering lives remained closely intertwined, their choices, dreams and tragedies eerily similar. This book deals with their life and work. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Windmill Books
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099592396
- ISBN
- 9780099592396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Hardback. Providing a new and illuminating look at 27 women who have changed the world, Dead Feminists ties these historical women and the challenges they faced into the most important issues of today. Num Pages: 192 pages, Full-colour illustrations and photographs. BIC Classification: BK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 325 x 22. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Publisher
- Sasquatch Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781632170576
- ISBN
- 9781632170576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.39
€ 31.99
€ 21.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages, B/W photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; BK; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs,U.S.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610397179
- ISBN
- 9781610397179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.94
€ 24.99
€ 21.94
hardcover. The lives of the outstanding scholars celebrated in the volume often reveal unexpected personal and professional backgrounds. Taken together they build up a picture of the development of Britain's intellectual life. Series: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy. Num Pages: 468 pages, 20 halftone portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BK; BM; GTN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197265857
- ISBN
- 9780197265857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.99
€ 190.99
Paperback. The story of the six wives of Henry VIII from the viewpoint of the women themselves. Num Pages: 400 pages, 75. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; BK; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445660394
- ISBN
- 9781445660394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.90
€ 19.99
€ 15.90