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Collected biographies
Paperback. Inspired by the old African proverb: "When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground," high-school student Morgan Reilly sought to preserve as many Maine libraries as he could by interviewing men and women who served in World War II. All of these veterans taught him something, not just about how to fight a war, but how to live a life. Num Pages: 180 pages, 25 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEN; BGH; BK; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608932634
- ISBN
- 9781608932634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.73
€ 16.99
€ 16.73
Paperback. Chronicles the remarkable story of the Huston family, which boasts three Oscar winners, from Walter to John to Angelica, with particular attention to the rich career and tumultous personal life of director/actor John Huston (1906-1987). Num Pages: 872 pages, 61 B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; BGF; BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 64. Weight in Grams: 944.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629142371
- ISBN
- 9781629142371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.72
€ 21.72
Hardcover. Bringing together the best insights from over 60 of the most inspiring people Huck has spoken to over the yearsalong with exclusive photography and art that has come to embody Huck's distinct aestheticthis book presents a diverse range of truths, creative wisdom and life lessons from those who paddle against the flow. Num Pages: 160 pages, 4-colour Illustrations throughout; 4-colour photos throughout. BIC Classification: AJCP; BGF; BK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 211 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781452138060
- ISBN
- 9781452138060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.93
€ 16.93
Hardback. Editor(s): Marks, Patricia H. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 432 pages, 75 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BK; HBTB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691634760
- ISBN
- 9780691634760
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.63
€ 205.63
Love & War: Twenty Years, Three Presidents, Two Daughters and One Loui...
Carville, James, Matalin, Mary
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; BK; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Plume
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780142181256
- ISBN
- 9780142181256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.81
€ 17.99
€ 16.81
Num Pages: 160 pages, 200 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; BK; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1140.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764347023
- ISBN
- 9780764347023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 24.74
€ 36.99
€ 24.74
Hardback. Now in its third edition, Latin American Classical Composers provides a singular English-language resource for biographical information on hundreds of composers from Central and South America and the Hispanic Caribbean. Gathered from a variety of sources, it fills the gaps left by other major English-language music dictionaries and encyclopedias. Editor(s): Schleifer, Martha Furman; Galvan, Gary. Num Pages: 764 pages, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; AVGC; AVH; BK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1262.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 764
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810888708
- ISBN
- 9780810888708
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.24
€ 190.24
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€ 17.13
€ 17.99
€ 17.13
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€ 14.63
€ 14.99
€ 14.63
Hardcover. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; BK; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 231 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442223318
- ISBN
- 9781442223318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.24
€ 60.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: APF; BGF; BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 288 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Beaufort Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780825308277
- ISBN
- 9780825308277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.39
€ 21.39
Hardcover. Ayii Tendulkar, a young journalist from a small town in Maharashtra, traveled to Germany to pursue a doctorate in statistics. In Berlin, Ayii became a well-known journalist, and he met and fell in love with the renowned filmmaker Thea von Harbou, the writer of the classic films "Metropolis" and "M" and former wife of legendary director Fritz Lang. Series: Zubaan Books. Num Pages: 250 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FKA; BK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Zubaan India
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789381017661
- ISBN
- 9789381017661
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.55
€ 15.99
€ 13.55
hardcover. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJPG; ACX; AGB; BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 307 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Pointed Leaf Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781938461330
- ISBN
- 9781938461330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.94
€ 70.94
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Pownall, Alex. Num Pages: 176 pages, 158 illustrations. BIC Classification: BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 199 x 15. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Graffeg
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909823082
- ISBN
- 9781909823082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.90
€ 24.99
€ 18.90
Paperback. A book of unorthodox obituaries from David Foster Wallace to Osama bin Laden. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785353369
- ISBN
- 9781785353369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.90
€ 15.99
€ 14.90
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
€ 46.99€ 28.90
€ 46.99
€ 28.90
Hardback. Editor(s): Norland, Daniel; Rose, Jeffrey. Translator(s): List, Kathleen. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BK; JPVH4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781503601154
- ISBN
- 9781503601154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.72
€ 26.99
€ 24.72
Hardback. Editor(s): Jarman, Michelle; Monaghan, Leila; Harkin, Alison Quaggin. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: BK; JFFG; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439913871
- ISBN
- 9781439913871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.89
€ 107.89
Paperback. In this moving memoir Jane Lazarre, a white Jewish mother, describes her experience being married to an African American man and raising two sons as she learns, from family experience, teaching, and her studies, about the realities of racism in America. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: BK; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 273.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Twentieth Anniversary Edition with a New Preface
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361664
- ISBN
- 9780822361664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.87
€ 29.99
€ 26.87
Hardback. In this moving memoir Jane Lazarre, a white Jewish mother, describes her experience being married to an African American man and raising two sons as she learns, from family experience, teaching, and her studies, about the realities of racism in America. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: BK; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Anniversary, Twentieth Anniversary Edition with a
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361473
- ISBN
- 9780822361473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.05
€ 114.05
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBS; BK; HBJH; HRHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 14. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780821422304
- ISBN
- 9780821422304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.45
€ 52.45
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
€ 69.70
€ 69.70
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
€ 42.59
€ 42.59
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
€ 40.01
€ 40.01