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Paperback. A fascinating exploration of the life of mountaineer and adventurer, Edmund Hillary - penetrating beyond the legend to reveal a character of paradoxes. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4pp colour photos. BIC Classification: 1MBN; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 233 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877505201
ISBN
9781877505201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.22

Hardcover. It is often assumed that reading about the lives of artists enhances our understanding of their work. This book contains a collection of essays, by a number of respected art historians that attempt to address this relationship by looking at the life and works of such artists as Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan, Van Gogh, Cezanne, and Leonardo da Vinci. Editor(s): Salas, Charles G. Num Pages: 200 pages, 31 colour & 44 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AGB; AVH; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 190 x 20. Weight in Grams: 848.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Getty Research Institute
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892368235
ISBN
9780892368235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566632973
ISBN
9781566632973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.33

Paperback. A complete biography based on a wide range of previously untapped primary sources, covering Wrighta s private life, architecture, and role in American society, culture, and politics. Views Wrighta s buildings as biographical as well as social statements, analyzing his work by type, category, and individual structure. Num Pages: 464 pages, 150 illustrations, photographs, line drawings, bibliography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; AM; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 724.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471857976
ISBN
9780471857976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.62

hardcover. This collection features profiles and vignettes about figures like Jeanine and Alan Pirro, Archbishop Edward Egan and George W. Bush as well as a tribute to former US governor Malcom Wilson. It also incorporates transcripts of the author's TV programme interviews. Series: Communications & media studies. Num Pages: 637 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BG; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 170 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1046.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
637
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823221424
ISBN
9780823221424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.34

Paperback. Translator(s): Enggass, Catherine. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 162 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271730769
ISBN
9780271730769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 243 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; BGX; HBJF; HBLW3; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9781451672916
ISBN
9781451672916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.19

paperback. Despite a long and eventful reign, Britain's George II is a largely forgotten monarch, his achievements overlooked and his abilities misunderstood. This biography paints a richly detailed portrait of the many-faceted monarch in his public as well as his private life. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 27. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300187779
ISBN
9780300187779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 20.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 330. 236pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd London
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
9781906011406
ISBN
9781906011406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.01

Paperback. Editor(s): Drell, Sidney D.; Shultz, George P. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817918958
ISBN
9780817918958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.16

Hardcover. A dual career biography of Tom and Ramsey Clark and their profound impact on American law and society. For nearly three quarters of a century, they influenced presidents, policies, and legal rulings, during careers that tracked closely with some of the most significant and controversial episodes in American history. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: BG; JPH; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619160
ISBN
9780700619160
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.91

paperback. Violet Jessop survived the sinking of both the Titanic and Britannic, and her lively and well-rounded memoir including her first-hand account of the two disasters offers the reader a unique vantage on both the catastrophes and the socioeconomic climate of the time. Editor(s): Maxtone-Graham, John. Num Pages: 276 pages, 34 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; BM; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
Special Centennial
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574093155
ISBN
9781574093155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.69

paperback. A memoir that deals with some very personal, intimate and emotional aspects of the authors' lives. It presents their reflections about whether what they are doing could help find their daughter Madeleine. Num Pages: 496 pages, 2 x 8 page colour picture sections. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
New
SKU
9780552165150
ISBN
9780552165150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.01

paperback. A memoir of George W Bush, America's 43rd president. It takes us on a journey through the defining decisions of his life. It describes his flaws and mistakes, as well as his accomplishments reforming education, treating HIV/AIDS in Africa, and safeguarding the country amid chilling warnings of additional terrorist attacks. Num Pages: 544 pages, col. Illustrations, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; BGHA; BM; HBJK; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Virgin Books
Condition
New
SKU
9780753539965
ISBN
9780753539965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.29

Paperback. "The cumulative effect is overwhelming. Eleanor Roosevelt was right: Hoover's FBI was an American gestapo."-Newsweek Num Pages: 848 pages, 32 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; JKVF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 36. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
848
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393321289
ISBN
9780393321289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.78

Hardback. This full, critical edition of the Pauline Wengeroff's Memoirs of a Grandmother uses women's experience to depict the emergence of Jewish modernity in Russia in the nineteenth century and comment upon the role of gender in shaping Jewish experience. Translator(s): Magnus, Shulamit S. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: BG; BM; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804768795
ISBN
9780804768795
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.69

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white halftones, 24 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589799141
ISBN
9781589799141
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.73

Hardcover. Irving Fisher was one of the greatest and certainly one of the most colorful American economists. Num Pages: 344 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BGB; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557863058
ISBN
9781557863058
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, illus. BIC Classification: BG; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Prometheus Books United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781573927949
ISBN
9781573927949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.57

Hardback. The infamous emperor Caligula ruled Rome from AD 37 to 41 as a tyrant who ultimately became a monster. This book sets the emperor's story into the context of the political system and the changing relations between the senate and the emperor during Caligula's time and finds a rationality explaining his notorious brutality. Translator(s): Schneider, Deborah Lucas; Most, Glenn W.; Psoinos, Paul. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 392. A Biography. 240 pages, Illustrations. The infamous emperor Caligula ruled Rome from AD 37 to 41 as a tyrant who ultimately became a monster. This book sets the emperor's story into the context of the political system and the changing relations between the senate and the emperor during Caligula's time and finds a rationality explaining his notorious brutality. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Dimension: 209 x 150 x 20. Weight: 392. Translator(s): Schneider, Deborah Lucas; Most, Glenn W.; Psoinos, Paul.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520248953
ISBN
9780520248953
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.23

Hardback. Tracing Coolidge's life from his thirteenth birthday until his graduation from Amherst College ten years later, this work outlines the education of a reluctant young man from rural Vermont. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15ill. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBLL; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838752647
ISBN
9780838752647
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.23

Paperback. Translator(s): Leslie, Tanya. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 122.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583225745
ISBN
9781583225745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.48

paperback. This autobiography of historian, Ienaga Saburo, traces his childhood, education, wartime experiences, academic career and two major battles that occupied his later years. One was the fight against the relocation of Tokyo University of Education; the other was the fight against certification. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; BG; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742509894
ISBN
9780742509894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.82

Paperback. Widely regarded as the best British painter since Turner, very little is known about Francis Bacon's life. This book gives us an insight into Bacon's genius. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099307815
ISBN
9780099307815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.53

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