Biography
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Biography
Hardcover. The blazingly inventive, fictional autobiography of Mark Leyner, one of America's "rare, true original voices." (Gary Shteyngart) Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316323253
- ISBN
- 9780316323253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.59
€ 30.99
€ 20.59
paperback. Editor(s): Stauffer, John. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 131 x 203 x 9. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Library of America
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781598533514
- ISBN
- 9781598533514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.66
€ 9.66
paperback. On October 26, 1881, Wyatt Earp, his two brothers, and Doc Holliday shot it out with a gang of cattle rustlers near the O K Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. It was over in half a minute, but those thirty violent seconds turned the thirty-three-year-old Wyatt Earp into the stuff of legend. This biography tells Wyatt Earp's story. Num Pages: 39 images. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803220584
- ISBN
- 9780803220584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.82
€ 23.99
€ 21.82
Paperback. A compelling and strange story of how and why Julia Pastrana became one of the most infamous women in Europe and America. Num Pages: 192 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: ASZW; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750933131
- ISBN
- 9780750933131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Hardcover. Num Pages: 302 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Gurze Books United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780936077161
- ISBN
- 9780936077161
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.82
€ 32.99
€ 28.82
Paperback. In 1952, after two weeks of typhoid fever and mumps, 11-year-old Madan Vasishta awoke one night to discover that he could no longer hear. He was horrified because in India, the word "deaf" described someone who was not really human. This autobiography reveals how his boundless optimism enabled him to persist and prevail. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563682841
- ISBN
- 9781563682841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.34
€ 30.99
€ 24.34
Paperback. Simon Forman was one of the extraordinary personalities of Elizabethan and Jacobean London. Like most doctors, he was also an astrologer, reading the stars for all and sundry. This book uncovers Forman's private world, that of a compulsive womaniser who kept a coded diary, a record of promiscuity as colourful as the journals of Pepys and Boswell. Num Pages: 240 pages, facsimiles, , portraits. BIC Classification: BGH; MBX; VXFA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188. Light shelf wear, else as new.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KTG0021070
- ISBN
- 9780099289623
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Robert Weisbrot for the first time considers the Cuban missile crisis in the full context of history. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBG; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPHL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566634779
- ISBN
- 9781566634779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.17
€ 18.99
€ 17.17
paperback. Presents the stories of 48 American and Asian witnesses who participated in the Vietnam War, including POW Dan Pitzer learning of the American build-up from his bamboo cage; Vietnam operative, Nguyen Tuong Lai describing a terrorist run into Saigon; and, Cambodian teacher Kassie Neou charming his executioners with fairy tales learned from the BBC. Series: Vietnam War Era Classics Series. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; BG; HBJF; HBLW3; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213044
- ISBN
- 9780253213044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.29
€ 27.99
€ 26.29
hardcover. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing v. light shelf wear. Signed. Text is crisp and clear and remains a fine copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Liberties Press
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031376
- ISBN
- 9781905483099
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 38.00
€ 38.00
Paperback. The year is 1941 and World War II is still in its relative infancy. But for air gunner Sergeant Jack Newton his involvement in the action he wants so badly, comes soon enough - on his first bombing raid over Germany. He was married to 23-year-old girl leader of the Comete Line, whose name is Andree de Jongh. Code name - Dedee. This is their story. Num Pages: 192 pages, 39. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781862274280
- ISBN
- 9781862274280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.54
€ 17.99
€ 16.54
Hardcover. Series: The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Memoirs. Num Pages: 840 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; BM; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 96. Weight in Grams: 2900.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Yale University Press New Haven, CT
- Number of pages
- 840
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300031973
- ISBN
- 9780300031973
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.64€ 138.49
€ 177.64
€ 138.49
Hardback. Consists of mini-biographies of 15 Americans who lived during the Antebellum period in American history. This anthology presents a portrait of the lives of lesser-known Americans. Editor(s): Morrison, Michael A. Series: The Human Tradition in America. Num Pages: 251 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842028349
- ISBN
- 9780842028349
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.94
€ 156.94
Paperback. It was at Wounded Knee, that Vietnam vet Woody Kipp realized that he, as an American Indian, had become the enemy, the Viet Cong, to a country that he had defended with his life. This memoir tells the story of the long trail that led Kipp from the Blackfeet Reservation of his birth to a terrible moment of reckoning on the plains of South Dakota. Series: American Indian Lives. Num Pages: 176 pages, 7 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5334 x 3633 x 10. Weight in Grams: 205.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803216419
- ISBN
- 9780803216419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.38
€ 16.99
€ 16.38
Paperback. On February 13, 2003, a plane carrying three American military contractors - Marc Gonsalves, Tom Howes, and Keith Stansell - crashed in the mountainous jungle of Colombia. This work presents their tale of survival, friendship, and rescue, revealing the details of their crash, what they witnessed, and how they survived their experiences. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 3JMC; BTM; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061769535
- ISBN
- 9780061769535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.13
€ 19.99
€ 18.13
Paperback. * Popular, mainstream but academically rigorous biography of the millennium's most celebrated writer. Num Pages: 384 pages, Section: 16, Col/B&W. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349112404
- ISBN
- 9780349112404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.46
€ 17.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. A fascinating journey through the Rockies' unruly past-with maps, photos, and more. Series: Crime Buff's Guides. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBW; BTC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 18.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762771639
- ISBN
- 9780762771639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.77
€ 16.99
€ 13.77
Paperback. Editor(s): Zapruder, Ms. Alexandra. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300205992
- ISBN
- 9780300205992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.17
€ 36.99
€ 27.17
Hardcover. Armed with only early boyhood memories, the author begins his quest by setting out from his home in Baltimore for Pittsylvania County, Virginia, to try to find his late grandfather's old home by the railroad tracks in Blairs. This title tells the tale of the ensuing journey, at once a detective story and a moving historical memoir. Num Pages: 272 pages, 45 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; BGH; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition, 1st Printing
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226389493
- ISBN
- 9780226389493
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.11
€ 37.11
Hardback. A fascinating look into the life and work of controversial French novelist Irene Nemirovsky Num Pages: 376 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 27. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300171969
- ISBN
- 9780300171969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 7.41
€ 19.99
€ 7.41
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; HRCV4; HRCV9; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Regnery Publishing Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781621574606
- ISBN
- 9781621574606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.90
€ 26.99
€ 21.90
Hardcover. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604560619
- ISBN
- 9781604560619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.84€ 71.42
€ 101.84
€ 71.42
This work reveals the intimate story of a British-American's role in the American Civil War. William Bradbury's letters home provide a window on the unique relationships among husband, wife, and children while a father was away at war. Num Pages: 408 pages, 21 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813122595
- ISBN
- 9780813122595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.31
€ 60.31
CD-Audio. A memoir by the iconic singer-songwriter chronicling her story from her beginnings in Brooklyn through her remarkable success as one of the world's most acclaimed musical talents, to her present day as a leading performer and activist. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 134 x 38. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company United States
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611133639
- ISBN
- 9781611133639
CD
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 24.42
€ 36.99
€ 24.42