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Collected biographies

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
€ 13.39

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
€ 15.91

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

€ 66.17

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
€ 25.12

Paperback. .
Publisher
Apress
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781484223635
ISBN
9781484223635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.53

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

€ 42.43

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
€ 9.35

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

€ 38.99
€ 34.78

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

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

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

€ 17.99
€ 16.65

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
€ 14.23

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

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

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
€ 21.32

Hardback. A vibrantly illustrated chain of entanglements (romantic and otherwise) between some of our best-loved writers and artists of the twentieth century--fascinating, scandalous, and surprising. Num Pages: 96 pages, 4-color illustrations throughout; two fold-out spreads. BIC Classification: BGF; BGL; BK; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 191 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632866554
ISBN
9781632866554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.24

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

€ 23.99
€ 20.39

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

€ 178.07

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
€ 15.96

Paperback. Jacqueline Bouvier was a twenty-year-old debutante from a wealthy East Coast family. Susan Sontag was twenty-four, a precocious Jewish intellectual from a family of modest means. Angela Davis, a French major at Brandeis from a prominent African American family in Birmingham, Alabama, found herself the only black student in her year abroad program. Num Pages: 300 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BK; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226054872
ISBN
9780226054872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.38

Hardback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 232 pages, 45 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: AVGK; BK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252040085
ISBN
9780252040085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.40

Paperback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 232 pages, 45 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: AVGK; BK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252081576
ISBN
9780252081576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.84

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