Biography
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Biography
Paperback. This volume is a reissue of the sequel to 'Princess'. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; BG; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108 x 21. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Edition
- 1st. Edition
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553816938
- ISBN
- 9780553816938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.18
€ 11.99
€ 10.18
Hardcover. Beginning his career as a British Surgeon Major in Afghanistan, George Scott Robertson found himself defending Chitral Fort in 1895 against a besieging force of thousands of tribesmen. He was celebrated as a hero, but this was only one chapter in what was an extraordinary life. This book is the story of an adventurer, ethnographer, and soldier. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32 black and white images. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862274624
- ISBN
- 9781862274624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.55
€ 33.99
€ 28.55
Paperback. Brings together murderous tales that shocked not only the Staffordshire county but made headline news throughout the nation, including the poisonous Dr Palmer, murder on the canal, a tale of infanticide, the body in the gasometer, the chauffeur's revenge, murder on Cannock Chase and more. Series: Sutton True Crime History. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMS; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750947060
- ISBN
- 9780750947060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.29
€ 19.99
€ 18.29
Paperback. The fascinating story of one of England's most famous monarchs, Alfred the Great, from his birth to the discovery of a piece of his pelvis in a cardboard box in a museum in Winchester Num Pages: 272 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; BGH; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445649641
- ISBN
- 9781445649641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.12
€ 20.12
Paperback. Integrates the life and poetry of George Herbert, giving us in Music at Midnight the definitive biography of the man behind some of the most famous poems in the English Language. This book sets the poetry in the whole context of the poet's life and times, so that the reader can understand the frame of mind and kind of society which produced it. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141043401
- ISBN
- 9780141043401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.12
€ 17.99
€ 14.12
Hardcover. Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, is an interesting and controversial figure of the late Georgian and early Victorian British Army. It is said he commanded in more battles than any other British soldier of this period, save for the Duke of Wellington. Series: War and Military Culture in South Asia, 1757-1949. Num Pages: 464 pages, 40 b/w illustrations, 10 maps maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910294611
- ISBN
- 9781910294611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.77€ 41.23
€ 52.77
€ 41.23
Paperback. On Valentine's Day, 1989, Salman Rushdie received a telephone call from a BBC journalist that would change his life forever: Ayatollah Khomeini, a leading Muslim scholar, had issued him with a death sentence. This book offers an account of how he was forced to live in hiding for over a decade. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 136 x 42. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099563440
- ISBN
- 9780099563440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.19
€ 17.99
€ 13.19
Paperback. Mick Fleetwood and the story of the notorious Fleetwood Mac. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 31. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444753271
- ISBN
- 9781444753271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. From his love affairs to his artistic achievements, Gibran is laid bare by the world's leading expert. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851685417
- ISBN
- 9781851685417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.91
€ 17.99
€ 13.91
Paperback. Winner of the 2010 Non-Fiction National Book Award Patti Smith's evocative, honest and moving coming-of-age story of her extraordinary relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVGU; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 266. 320 pages, Illustrations. Winner of the 2010 Non-Fiction National Book Award Patti Smith's evocative, honest and moving coming-of-age story of her extraordinary relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP; AVGU; AVH; BGFA. Dimension: 197 x 139 x 20. Weight: 222.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747568766
- ISBN
- 9780747568766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
€ 17.99
€ 13.09
Paperback. 252 pages, Illustrations, maps. The riveting true account of a young WW2 pilot's heroic journey, illustrated with photographs, maps and excerpts from his log books. Cateogry: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. BIC Classification: BTM. Dimension: 193 x 132 x 21. Weight: 398.
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Number of pages
- 324
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781741751611
- ISBN
- 9781741751611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.15
€ 9.15
Paperback. An autobiography, in which the author - painter, photographer, sculptor, film maker and writer - relates the story of his life, from his childhood determination to be an artist and his technical drawing classes in a Brooklyn high school, to the glamorous and heady days of Paris in the 1940s. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; AJB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141195506
- ISBN
- 9780141195506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
paperback. Covers the early days of New Labour, culminating in their victory at the polls in 1997. This title details the extraordinary tensions between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown as they resolved the question as to which one should stand to become Labour leader. Num Pages: 800 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JMC; BJ; BM; HBJD1; HBLX; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 800
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099493457
- ISBN
- 9780099493457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Paperback. Charles II was thirty when he crossed the Channel in fine May weather in 1660. His Restoration was greeted with maypoles and bonfires, like spring after long years of Cromwell's rule. This title is a portrait of Charles II, exploring his elusive nature through the lens of these ten vital years. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: BGR; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571217342
- ISBN
- 9780571217342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.39
€ 19.99
€ 14.39
Paperback. 'From cancer to cycling superman: is this the greatest story in modern sport?' Guardian Num Pages: 432 pages, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: BGS; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 288. Clean copy.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- SKU
- KLJ0006495
- ISBN
- 9781848544697
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 65 halftones. BIC Classification: ASD; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816638024
- ISBN
- 9780816638024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.06
€ 28.06
Paperback. * Epic memoir by one of the greatest explorers of our time, the Norwegian-born Thor Heyerdahl. Num Pages: 352 pages, Section: 16, B&W. BIC Classification: BGA; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 24. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349112732
- ISBN
- 9780349112732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. Editor(s): Walshe, Eibhear. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780902561663
- ISBN
- 9780902561663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.00€ 24.15
€ 29.00
€ 24.15
Paperback. Between Two Rivers is an honest, funny and moving memoir of Baghdad life from the perspective of a young woman from England transplanted into another culture by love. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908946874
- ISBN
- 9781908946874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.24
€ 12.24
Hardcover. A unique mix of prose and poetry, of the joy of life and the agony of loss. Weaving together fragments from diaries, stories and notebooks - including moving texts written by his two brothers and his mother Stefania herself - Rozewicz creates a portrait of their lives and relationships which is sometimes brutal, often hilarious, and always tender. Translator(s): Bogoczek, Barbara. Num Pages: 96 pages, 15 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Stork Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780957391208
- ISBN
- 9780957391208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.29
€ 19.99
€ 18.29
Paperback. Winner of the National Trust Outdoor Book of the Year 2011 The story of one man's unlikely quest to create out of a mountainous Welsh landscape a garden fit for inclusion in the prestigious Yellow Book - the 'Gardens of England and Wales Open for Charity' guide - in just one year. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 b/w illus, With index. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; BM; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007216529
- ISBN
- 9780007216529
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.30
€ 14.99
€ 11.30
Paperback. Ten years in different directions. The third volume of Michael Palin's celebrated diaries. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 44. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780225326
- ISBN
- 9781780225326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.87
€ 19.99
€ 14.87
Hardback. Who was Nikola Tesla? A visionary inventor? Eccentric genius? Outsider rebel? An immigrant from what is now Croatia, Tesla would move to America and go on to create groundbreaking inventions including some that would change the world. This book reveals the life, drama and mystery surrounding the romantic figure. Num Pages: 248 pages, full colour throughout, includes photographs, include illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGT; PDZ; TBY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 23. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Publisher
- Sterling Publishing Co Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781435142978
- ISBN
- 9781435142978
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.68
€ 19.99
€ 15.68
Paperback. Translator(s): Rubens, Paul. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 283.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590175866
- ISBN
- 9781590175866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.83
€ 18.99
€ 16.83