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Paperback. Legendary soprano Maria Callas, whose singing was as sensational as her life, is the subject of this biography by author and columnist Huffington. Huffington tells of Callas' transformation from a shy, chubby girl into one of the greatest opera singers of all time, her passionate love affair with Aristotle Onassis, and her ill-fated marriage. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815412281
- ISBN
- 9780815412281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.65
€ 25.99
€ 25.65
Hardcover. A major new biography of one of America's most storied military figures. Num Pages: 832 pages, 8 pages of illustrations, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBW; HBWJ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393241570
- ISBN
- 9780393241570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.29
€ 47.99
€ 40.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGXA; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Inter-Varsity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844743841
- ISBN
- 9781844743841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.66
€ 13.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. Highly articulate and self-aware, Elyn Saks offers a moving insight into the world of a schizophrenic. This compelling account will bring hope to sufferers and understanding to all. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BG; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844081677
- ISBN
- 9781844081677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141025544
- ISBN
- 9780141025544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.32
€ 25.99
€ 19.32
Paperback. Ben S. Bernanke's rise to chair of the Federal Reserve, the massive financial crisis, and the Fed's bold and effective response. Num Pages: 624 pages, 16 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: BGB; BGH; JP; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393353990
- ISBN
- 9780393353990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.91
€ 24.99
€ 22.91
Paperback. Bestselling author and the most famous woman in a flak jacket Kate Adie sets out on a fascinating journey to discover just who is attracted to living dangerously - and why. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 X 8 pp colour pics. BIC Classification: BGB; KJWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340933220
- ISBN
- 9780340933220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.35
€ 17.99
€ 13.35
Paperback. Virginia Woolf turned to her diary as to an intimate friend, to whom she could freely and spontaneously confide her thoughts on public events or the joys and trials of domestic life. Between 1st January 1915 and her death in 1941 she regularly recorded her thoughts with unfailing grace, courage, honesty and wit. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099518259
- ISBN
- 9780099518259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. * Definitive biography of Hollywood's brightest musical star - Judy Garland (1922-1969). Num Pages: 528 pages, 16 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 36. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751531602
- ISBN
- 9780751531602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 600 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 124 x 43. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1920
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553569971
- ISBN
- 9780553569971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.01
€ 11.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. In 2010, the author was the editor of the Guardian, set himself an almost impossible task: to learn, in the space of a year, Chopin's Ballade No 1 - a piece that inspires dread in many professional pianists. His timing could have been better. This title deals with his works. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: AVRG; BJ; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554745
- ISBN
- 9780099554745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.41
€ 17.99
€ 13.41
Paperback. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; BGA; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press Cork
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859181737
- ISBN
- 9781859181737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.64
€ 10.64
Paperback. The rival stars of the incredibly popular The Twilight Saga films, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, go head-to-head in this unique double biography. Num Pages: 263 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236. 263 pages, Illustrations. The rival stars of the incredibly popular The Twilight Saga films, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, go head-to-head in this unique double biography. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Dimension: 199 x 128 x 19. Weight: 232.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844549160
- ISBN
- 9781844549160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.35
€ 10.99
€ 9.35
Paperback. Hugging the coast and crammed between two rivers, Aberdeen grew up isolated from Scotland's other urban centres. The North East seemed to breed a number of women who lived their lives by deceiving others. One such was Mrs Gordon Baillie from Peterhead. This book tells her story along with other crimes of 19th century Aberdeen and the North East. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 232 x 21. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Black and White Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845027445
- ISBN
- 9781845027445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.62
€ 13.99
€ 10.62
Paperback. Nevil Shute was a writer whose books were looked down on by literary critics and yet when he died he was one of the best selling novelists of his day. Books such as A Town Like Alice and On the Beach still attract new generations of fans and unlike others of his era his novels are still in print. However there was far more to the man than his books Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Troubador Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781788032575
- ISBN
- 9781788032575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.50
€ 15.99
€ 12.50
Paperback. In 1932 the young writer and political activist C.L.R. James arrived in London from his native Trinidad. This volume reveals C.L.R. James's first encounter with the colonial metropolis and the values that had already shaped his intellectual development in Trinidad. Num Pages: 140 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2ABM; 3JJ; BG; DSBH; DSK; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 116 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- First UK edition.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902669618
- ISBN
- 9781902669618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.59
€ 17.99
€ 17.59
hardcover. 200pp. Great Biographies Series
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Paperview U.K. Ltd. U.K.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st. Edition
- SKU
- KHS1018545
- ISBN
- 9771751094006
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Nevill Johnson is better known as a painter and photographer than as a writer. Eoin O'Brien, close friend of Nevill Johnson and literary executor of his estate, has edited his writings in this volume for the first time. The resulting book, provides an intriguing insight into the life of one of the most innovative artists of the 20th century. Editor(s): O'Brien, Eoin. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGF; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843516293
- ISBN
- 9781843516293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.00€ 17.10
€ 20.00
€ 17.10
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Lucis Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853301240
- ISBN
- 9780853301240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.29
€ 18.29
Hardcover. Brings together over 1000 images magnificently illustrating royal festive occasions. Num Pages: 61 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AJC; BGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 385 x 272 x 11. Weight in Grams: 1078. 61 pages, illustrations. Brings together over 1000 images magnificently illustrating royal festive occasions. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AJC; BGR. Dimension: 385 x 272 x 11. Weight: 1050.
- Publisher
- Pi Global Publishing Limited
- Number of pages
- 61
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780954795436
- ISBN
- 9780954795436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.46
€ 19.99
€ 18.46
Paperback. Masur tells the story of the period between September 22, 1862, when Lincoln issued his preliminary Proclamation, and January 1, 1863, when he signed the significantly altered decree. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBTS; HBWJ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674284098
- ISBN
- 9780674284098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.85
€ 36.99
€ 30.85
Paperback. This book is a more personal history than has ever before been written by or about Marianne Faithfull. Anecdotal, conversational, intimate and revealing, this is her no-holds-barred account of her life, her friends, her triumphs and mistakes. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007245819
- ISBN
- 9780007245819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.52
€ 15.99
€ 12.52
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Newcastle Libraries & Information Service United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 156
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857951387
- ISBN
- 9781857951387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.80
€ 15.80
Hardcover. Confessions is a spiritual autobiography of Augustine's early life, family, associations, and explorations of alternative religious and theological viewpoints as he moved toward his conversion. Cast as a prayer addressed to God, it offers a gripping personal story and a philosophical exploration destined to have broad and lasting impact. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Loeb
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996854
- ISBN
- 9780674996854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.68
€ 33.99
€ 28.68