Biography
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Biography
Paperback. Talks about the life, career, and impact of Rocky Marciano, the legendary heavyweight boxing champion who also stands as a powerful symbol of his times. Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 392 pages, 21 photographs. BIC Classification: BGS; WSTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 386
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072628
- ISBN
- 9780252072628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.11
€ 24.99
€ 23.11
Paperback. Geoffrey Chaucer has some claim to being the greatest poet in the English language. Yet he has also been considered to be an invisible poet, self-depreciating and ironic, leaving only the breath of his comedy behind. In truth a great deal is known of him. He was a royal servant, who was indicted for rape. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 colour plate section, b&w integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099287483
- ISBN
- 9780099287483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.66
€ 8.66
Paperback. Covering the years 1940-1990, this title presents a record of political life. It includes the most notable events, arguments and personal reflections throughout Benn's long and remarkable career. Num Pages: 704 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGHA; JPFF; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 38. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099634119
- ISBN
- 9780099634119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.63
€ 23.99
€ 16.63
Paperback. lt's a book for readers already doing yoga, looking to refresh their practice or find new ways to stay motivated. Now Jessamyn Stanley brings her body-positive, emotionally uplifting approach to yoga in a book that will help every reader discover the power of yoga and how to weave it seamlessly into his or her life. Num Pages: full colour photographs. BIC Classification: BM; VFJJ; VFMG; VSPM; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 167 x 17. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Workman Publishing Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761193111
- ISBN
- 9780761193111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. 'Someone called and said Kurt died. I just f*****g lost it.' Num Pages: 400 pages, (1x8pp plates). BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 196 x 30. Weight in Grams: 292. Very good copy.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- SKU
- KEX0270440
- ISBN
- 9780007391233
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 11.99€ 4.99
€ 11.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. 'How had the pair of elderly Jewish lesbians survived the Nazis?' The author asks at the beginning of this work of literary biography and investigative journalism. The pair, of course, is Gertrude Stein, the modernist master and Alice B Toklas, the 'worker bee' who ministered to Stein's needs throughout their forty-year expatriate 'marriage'. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300143102
- ISBN
- 9780300143102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.63
€ 16.99
€ 13.63
Paperback. The complete inside story of one of the biggest bands of the Merseybeat era. Num Pages: 208 pages, 120. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445656328
- ISBN
- 9781445656328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.91
€ 19.99
€ 15.91
Paperback. The incredible life story of international film star and screen legend, Sophia Loren. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 x 8pp colour. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471140747
- ISBN
- 9781471140747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. Hans Staden's sixteenth-century account of shipwreck and captivity by the Tupinamba Indians of Brazil was an early modern bestseller. This title presents a retelling of the German sailor's eyewitness account, showing both why it was so popular at the time and why it remains an important tool for understanding the opening of the Atlantic world. Num Pages: 216 pages, 35, 31 black & white halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 3JB; BGH; HBLH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403465
- ISBN
- 9781421403465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.76
€ 33.99
€ 28.76
Paperback. Keith Haring is synonymous with the downtown New York art scene of the 1980's. His artwork - with its simple, bold lines and dynamic figures in motion - filtered in to the world's consciousness. This title features ninety black-and-white images of his classic artwork and Polaroid images. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations,. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 147 x 31. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Deluxe
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143105978
- ISBN
- 9780143105978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.87
€ 23.99
€ 20.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: ASZB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 218 x 13. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613747469
- ISBN
- 9781613747469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.71
€ 23.99
€ 22.71
Paperback. At one time during the first half of the twentieth century, Marcus Garvey was the most famous black man on the planet. This title chronicles Garvey's life, the failed business ventures, his misguided negotiations with the Ku Klux Klan, the two wives and the premature obituaries that contributed to his lonely, tragic death. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099501459
- ISBN
- 9780099501459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 500 pages, illustrations port. BIC Classification: BGHA; JKVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 500
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780940322349
- ISBN
- 9780940322349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.76
€ 31.99
€ 22.76
Paperback. In 1965, one song defined a generation caught the questing spirit of the era and changed the rules of the possible in popular music for all time. This book captures the heady atmosphere of the recording studio in 1965 as witnessed by many clustered around the mercurial genius from Minnesota. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571223862
- ISBN
- 9780571223862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.04
€ 17.99
€ 13.04
Paperback. On 16 May 1943, Johnny, alongside 132 specially selected comrades, took off from Scampton airbase in Lincolnshire. For six weeks they had been trained to fulfil one mission that was near impossible: to destroy three dams deep within Germany's Ruhr Valley. In this book, Johnny relives every moment of that fatal night - and the aftermath. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091957759
- ISBN
- 9780091957759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. An extraordinary selection of revealing letters to and from one of the titans of 20th-century music Editor(s): Simeone, Nigel. Num Pages: 624 pages, 29 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGFA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 148 x 49. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300205442
- ISBN
- 9780300205442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.67
€ 23.99
€ 20.67
Paperback. This is the story of Alex James's transition from a leading light of the Britpop movement in the 1990s, to gentleman farmer, artisan cheese-maker and father of five. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007453146
- ISBN
- 9780007453146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.45
€ 15.99
€ 11.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845951610
- ISBN
- 9781845951610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.54
€ 23.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages, illustrations plans, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGB; AMB; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226620725
- ISBN
- 9780226620725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.71
€ 33.99
€ 26.71
Hardcover. A chronological account takes the reader through the key events in the lives of Virginia and Leonard Woolf, and their deaths. Num Pages: 192 pages, 250 colour photographs, 20 archive photographs, 20 artworks. BIC Classification: 1DBKESX; BGL; WMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 288 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1260.
- Publisher
- Aurum Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909342132
- ISBN
- 9781909342132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.04
€ 22.04