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Biography: general
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Charlesbridge Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580893428
- ISBN
- 9781580893428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.85
€ 10.85
Hardcover. Melek Ortabasi reassesses the influence of Yanagita Kunio (1875-1962), a folk scholar and elite bureaucrat, in shaping modern Japan's cultural identity. Only the second book-length English-language study of Yanagita, this book moves beyond his pioneering work in folk studies to reveal the full range of his contributions as a public intellectual. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; BGL; DSB; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674492004
- ISBN
- 9780674492004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.73
€ 54.99
€ 46.73
Paperback. Describes the author's early life in a farm-labour camp in Livingston, California, and the path that took him, through naval service and graduate school, far beyond Livingston. This book describes decades of toil and progress before the Filipino community entered the socio-political mainstream. Series: The Scott & Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies. Num Pages: 52 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; BG; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295986425
- ISBN
- 9780295986425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.46
€ 38.46
Paperback. Acclaim for The Education of a Speculator, a provocative and penetrating look into the mind, the soul, and the strategies of one of the most controversial traders of all time "A compelling and an entertaining read. " -The Wall Street Journal "Victor Niederhoffer gives us page after page of distilled investment wisdom. Num Pages: 464 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: BGB; KFFM1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 34. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471249481
- ISBN
- 9780471249481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.69
€ 42.99
€ 30.69
Paperback. Once in Golconda "In this book, John Brooks-who was one of the most elegant of all business writers-perfectly catches the flavor of one of history's best-known financial dramas: the 1929 crash and its aftershocks. It's packed with parallels and parables for the modern reader. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BGB; KCZ; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471357520
- ISBN
- 9780471357520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.95
€ 35.99
€ 28.95
Paperback. A father-and-son love story set against epic backdrops and overlooked places Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; BM; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 23.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762771561
- ISBN
- 9780762771561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.43
€ 20.99
€ 17.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BGF. Dimension: 154 x 233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KRF2232946
- ISBN
- 9781409158622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 243 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; BG; HBJK; HBLW; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780920576816
- ISBN
- 9780920576816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.05
€ 20.99
€ 20.05
paperback. Best known for his provocative take on cultural issues in The Intellectuals and the Masses and What Good Are the Arts?, the author describes the events that formed him - an escape from the London blitz to an idyllic rural village, army service in Egypt, an open scholarship to Oxford and an academic career that saw him elected. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGLA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 522. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 384
- SKU
- KRA0006680
- ISBN
- 9780571310920
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. Traces the forging of the author's identity from the clash of his youthful home life and the streets of his native mill town. This memoir reveals how a growing understanding of art, culture, friendship, spirituality, family, and class melded to create a man able to live fully in two distinct worlds. Num Pages: 176 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609285
- ISBN
- 9780815609285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.65
€ 13.65
Hardcover. This first biography of John Erskine views him in the larger contexts of the mass culture and expanded commercialism that helped propel his fame. It also relates a life narrative that demonstrates perils of academic celebrity along a conceptual path from public intellectual to pop icon. Num Pages: 268 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: BGF; BGL; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230117754
- ISBN
- 9780230117754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.52
€ 67.52
Paperback. George Washington remains the most most enigmatic figure of the American War of Independence. These essays look at both his personal life and character, and his public life as a soldier and political figure. The introduction looks at how Washington has been treated by historians. Editor(s): Higginbotham, R. Don. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920061
- ISBN
- 9780813920061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.36
€ 39.36
Paperback. The incredible story of one man's journey from international rugby player to world record breaking extreme adventurer. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp colour. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751556063
- ISBN
- 9780751556063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
Paperback. A portrait of the remarkable, elusive Rothschild family. It uncovers the secrets behind the family's phenomenal economic success. It also reveals the details of the family's vast political network, which gave it access to and influence over many of the greatest statesmen of the age. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; BGH; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140240849
- ISBN
- 9780140240849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.43
€ 30.99
€ 20.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 214 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; BGB; KJSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Ariadne Press United States
- Edition
- Expanded
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572411524
- ISBN
- 9781572411524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.80
€ 35.99
€ 26.80
Hardback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 448 pages, 32 black and white photographs, 19 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 34. Weight in Grams: 958.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252039942
- ISBN
- 9780252039942
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.82
€ 38.82
Paperback. John de Courcy was a Knight of noble birth but bleak prospects. He fought his way to the notice of Henry II who laughingly granted him Ulster "provided he could conquer it by force". John won his chance at the Battle of Downpatrick in 1177 and ruled his Norman lordship from Carrickfergus Castle until his demise at the hands of King John. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1DBR; 3H; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Colourpoint Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780730691
- ISBN
- 9781780730691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.89
€ 10.89
Paperback. Brings together several Leos Janacek scholars to look closely at a range of issues surrounding his life and work. This book features essays accompanied by translated writings by the composer himself. It includes essays on Naturalism, opera direction, and Tristan and Isolde and four impressionistic chronicles of the 'speech melodies' of daily life. Editor(s): Beckerman, Michael. Series: Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 halftones. 5 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVGC6; AVGC9; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691116761
- ISBN
- 9780691116761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.89€ 42.58
€ 52.89
€ 42.58
Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 287 x 19. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764342066
- ISBN
- 9780764342066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 28.63
€ 42.99
€ 28.63
Hardcover. How did one create and maintain for oneself the persona of scientist at the beginning of the twentieth century? What special conditions bore upon scientific women, and on married women in particular? This book provides a composite picture not only of the making of Marie Curie, but the making of modern science itself. Series: Science-Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226235844
- ISBN
- 9780226235844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.03€ 79.41
€ 94.03
€ 79.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BM; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 18.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762788194
- ISBN
- 9780762788194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.92
€ 18.99
€ 15.92
The first book on the life and work of the pioneer of American cast-iron architecture. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMC; BG; TNC; TNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 264 x 211 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1060.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393730159
- ISBN
- 9780393730159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.16
€ 41.99
€ 35.16
Paperback. One woman's account of triumphing over a childhood at an Indian Residential school. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; BG; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Talon Books,Canada Canada
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780889227415
- ISBN
- 9780889227415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.28
€ 21.99
€ 20.28
Hardback. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 175 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403966254
- ISBN
- 9781403966254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48