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Biography
hardcover. The lives of the outstanding scholars celebrated in the volume often reveal unexpected personal and professional backgrounds. Taken together they build up a picture of the development of Britain's intellectual life. Series: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy. Num Pages: 468 pages, 20 halftone portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BK; BM; GTN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197265857
- ISBN
- 9780197265857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.05
€ 183.05
hardcover. This volume contains the newly transcribed and annotated text of one of Oscar Wilde's unpublished notebooks that functioned as a major ante-text of Historical Criticism (1879). The notebook illuminates Wilde's practices of research and composition, contains the unused materials Wilde studied, and shows his wit and imagination at work. Editor(s): Smith, Philip E. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGL; BJ; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199688012
- ISBN
- 9780199688012
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.17
€ 183.17
Paperback. Since the 1960s, Martin Luther King, Jr, has personified black leadership with his use of direct action protests against white authority. Booker T Washington pursued a different strategy to lift his people. This biography reveals how conditions in the segregated South led Washington to call for a less contentious path to freedom and equality. Num Pages: 528 pages, 54 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFSL3; JN; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060371
- ISBN
- 9780674060371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.82
€ 36.99
€ 30.82
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Beacon Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807070734
- ISBN
- 9780807070734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.04
€ 17.99
€ 16.04
Hardcover. Biography of Soviet agent Kim Philby, the 'Third Man' in the Cambridge spy ring at the heart of Britain's secret cold war. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVU; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGH; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898676
- ISBN
- 9780859898676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.46
€ 141.46
Paperback. When Casey Stengel was named the manager of the Yankees in 1949, baseball wags were stunned. What had Stengel ever done? His work managing the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves had been long on personality and remarkably short on success. Num Pages: 316 pages, 14 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574888744
- ISBN
- 9781574888744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.51
€ 17.99
€ 17.51
paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Soft Skull Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781593765439
- ISBN
- 9781593765439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.47
€ 17.99
€ 16.47
Paperback. The autobiography of an advanced Western seeker; a wild journey towards Enlightenment that includes many out-of-body experiences. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782799078
- ISBN
- 9781782799078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.02
€ 20.99
€ 19.02
Hardcover. A biography of five-time Grammy winner, Lionel Richie, who has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide. For 9 consecutive years he had no 1 singles in America. It is also the story of two broken marriages, personal insecurities, near-death experiences and an insight into the man behind a success story that broke the rules. Series: Popular Music History. Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845531850
- ISBN
- 9781845531850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.04
€ 35.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 268 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Headpress United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900486774
- ISBN
- 9781900486774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.82
€ 26.99
€ 23.82
paperback. A remarkable account of a wildly artistic life, finally restored to its unexpurgated form, with a revealing new introduction by Joan Acocella. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: ASD; BGFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780871403186
- ISBN
- 9780871403186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 18.24
€ 22.99
€ 18.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 1262 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 149 x 73. Weight in Grams: 1770.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 1262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865976832
- ISBN
- 9780865976832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.44
€ 35.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 426 pages, 1. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 186 x 28. Weight in Grams: 902.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Visible Ink Press
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578591916
- ISBN
- 9781578591916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 41.20
€ 47.99
€ 41.20
Paperback. Reissued due to popular demand 'Michael Collins, Himself' delves into Collins' complex character and life, rather than his political contributions. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The Mercier Press Ltd
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781781173916
- ISBN
- 9781781173916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.23
€ 14.99
€ 13.23
paperback. Fourth volume in the bestselling olive series by writer and actress Carol Drinkwater Num Pages: 448 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BGA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780752881393
- ISBN
- 9780752881393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
paperback. The remarkable story of Krystyna Skarbek, aka Christine Granville, George Medal, OBE and Croix de Guerre. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BGH; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781447201182
- ISBN
- 9781447201182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
€ 12.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. This volume captures the philospher and public icon's battles with injustice, ignorance and cruelty through more than 400 letters. They express his views on a wide range of subjects and tell us much about the social and political history of the time. Editor(s): Perkins Jr, Ray (Professor of Philosophy, Plymouth State College, New Hampshire, USA). Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Open Court
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812694505
- ISBN
- 9780812694505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.18
€ 29.99
€ 26.18
paperback. Clare Balding grew up in a rather unusual household. Her father a champion trainer, she shared her life with more than 100 thoroughbred racehorses, mares, foals and ponies, as well as an ever-present pack of boxers and lurchers. As a toddler she would happily ride the legendary Mill Reef and take breakfast with the Queen. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: APT; BGFA; WSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241959756
- ISBN
- 9780241959756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
paperback. The fiftieth anniversary edition of the classic story of Elsa the lioness and the woman who cared for her. Num Pages: 432 pages, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; BM; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780330518239
- ISBN
- 9780330518239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. The lives of all the executed leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising in one volume Num Pages: 256 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The Mercier Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781781171349
- ISBN
- 9781781171349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.88
€ 14.99
€ 13.88