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Biography
paperback. A series of autobiographical fragments, interviews and newspapers extracts in which the painter, theatre designer and film-maker, Derek Jarman, articulates the pain, anxiety and rage which many homosexuals have felt under the physical, legal and cultural attacks of recent years. Num Pages: 176 pages, 16pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APFB; BGA; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 198 x 11. Weight in Grams: 135.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099222910
- ISBN
- 9780099222910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.60
€ 12.99
€ 10.60
paperback. Alan Turing was the extraordinary Cambridge mathematician who masterminded the cracking of the German Enigma ciphers and transformed the Second World War. But his vision went far beyond this crucial achievement. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 768 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; DSK; U. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 41. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099116417
- ISBN
- 9780099116417
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
paperback. For 11 years I was a professional cyclist, competing in the hardest and greatest races on Earth. I was in demand from the world's best teams, a well-paid elite athlete. But I never won a race. I was the hired help. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: BGSA; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780091950941
- ISBN
- 9780091950941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.98
€ 18.99
€ 13.98
hardcover. Letters by the 18th century blue-stocking grande dame, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. She was a duke's daughter, who married the English ambassador in Constantinople, and the friend of Swift and Pope, whom she numbered among her correspondents. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781857151312
- ISBN
- 9781857151312
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 11.73
€ 24.99
€ 11.73
Hardcover. Reflects Samuel Johnson's final wishes for the wording of "The Lives of the Poets", accompanied by notes of value both to general readers and specialists. Editor(s): Middendorf, John H. Series: The Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson. Num Pages: 1640 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 41. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 557
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300123142
- ISBN
- 9780300123142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 379.85€ 281.42
€ 379.85
€ 281.42
paperback. You think you know about Darwinism and intelligent design, but did you know: there is no overwhelming evidence for Darwinism; intelligent design is based on scientific evidence, not religious belief; and, what many public schools teach about Darwinism is based on known falsehoods. This book attempts to look at the correct portrayal of Darwinism. Num Pages: 273 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 185 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Regnery Publishing United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781596980136
- ISBN
- 9781596980136
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.93
€ 26.99
€ 22.93
paperback. Naison's odyssey begins as Brooklyn public schools respond to a new wave of Black migrants and Caribbean immigrants, and established residents flee to virtually all-white parts of the city or suburbs. This memoir offers a participant's account of the New Left's racial dynamics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BG; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Temple University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566399425
- ISBN
- 9781566399425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.49
€ 34.99
€ 31.49
Paperback. Star of the E! hit series Kendra comes a humorous memoir that captures the spirit of one of the most beloved Playboy cover models in history Num Pages: 256 pages, 8-page color insert. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Gallery
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439180921
- ISBN
- 9781439180921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.80
€ 19.99
€ 17.80
leather_bound. Chronicles Bewick's life through the medium of photography with interconnected text. Limited edition hardback in blue cloth slipcase. Quarter leather over blue cloth boards, with cloth and gilt title inlay to spine. Slipcase showing the slighest of shelwear, otherwise as new
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Arlen House Dublin
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0031289
- ISBN
- 9781851320103
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 250.00
€ 250.00
paperback. This is an absorbing account of the life and work of one of Russia's most inventive and exuberant novelists and playwrights. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 208 pages, 25 black and white. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 200 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781780237411
- ISBN
- 9781780237411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.26
€ 14.99
€ 12.26
paperback. The reign of Queen Anne was a period of significant progress for the country, but the Queen has received little credit for these achievements. This biography seeks to shatter the image of a weak and ineffective monarch and establish her as a personality of integrity and invincible stubbornness. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 516 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300090246
- ISBN
- 9780300090246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 30.21
€ 44.99
€ 30.21
paperback. This biography of George IV, king between 1820 and 1830, provides a reassessment of the monarch's character, reputation and achievement. E.A. Smith does not minimize the king's faults but focuses on the positive qualities of his achievement in politics and in the patronage of the arts. Series: The English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300088021
- ISBN
- 9780300088021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 26.54
€ 44.99
€ 26.54
paperback. Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most unfathomable composers in the history of music. How can such sublime work have been produced by a man who seems so ordinary, so opaque - and occasionally so intemperate? This book distills the fruits of a lifetime's immersion as one of Bach's greatest living interpreters. Num Pages: 672 pages, 24pp colour. BIC Classification: AVGC3; AVGD; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141977591
- ISBN
- 9780141977591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 15.99
€ 24.99
€ 15.99
paperback. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 185 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HRG; YQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843311270
- ISBN
- 9781843311270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.09
€ 26.09
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Touchstone
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781416590941
- ISBN
- 9781416590941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.76
€ 26.99
€ 22.76
hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA; VFVX; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Running Press Adult
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780762452484
- ISBN
- 9780762452484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 7.76
€ 19.99
€ 7.76
Paperback. This biography of Adrian Fortescue presents an insightful look at a man, now perceived as an icon of Catholic traditionalism, facing a crisis of conscience over his affiliation with Liberal Catholicism and objections towards the intellectual conservatism of the papacy. Num Pages: 308 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718892746
- ISBN
- 9780718892746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.66
€ 59.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 50 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BG; HBJF; HBTB; JFSL3; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 260 x 26. Weight in Grams: 932.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Blacksmith Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789881376428
- ISBN
- 9789881376428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.84
€ 19.99
€ 14.84
Hardcover. An English-language biography of the incomparably talented printer Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813). It goes beyond Bodoni's capacity as a printer; it examines the life and times in which he lived, the turbulent and always fragile political climate, and the fascinating cast of characters. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JF; AKD; BGH; TDPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 298 x 222 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1043.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- David R. Godine Publisher Inc United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781567925289
- ISBN
- 9781567925289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 38.32
€ 41.99
€ 38.32
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour & b/w photos & map. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harbour
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550177275
- ISBN
- 9781550177275
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.83
€ 31.99
€ 27.83
paperback. Takes us on a seductive journey through author's childhood and adolescence, along Jerusalem's war-torn streets in the 1940s and '50s, and into the infernal marriage of two kind, well-meaning people: his fussy, logical father, and his dreamy, romantic mother. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099450030
- ISBN
- 9780099450030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.60
€ 12.99
€ 10.60
Paperback. A beautifully written and finely observed memoir by a psychotherapist that reveals as much about her as her patients. With a foreword by Hilary Mantel. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 398. 352 pages. A memoir that demonstrates the resilience and life force of human nature. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BM; MMJT. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Constable
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845299729
- ISBN
- 9781845299729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.33
€ 17.99
€ 16.33
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592134236
- ISBN
- 9781592134236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.79
€ 34.79
paperback. Editor(s): Waldman, Jackie. Num Pages: 176 pages, ports. BIC Classification: BT; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Conari Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573249232
- ISBN
- 9781573249232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.81
€ 17.99
€ 16.81