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Biography
Paperback. Details the secrets of one of history's greatest criminal conspiracies, and of how world-champion boxer Freddie Mills really died. This title tells the tale that moves from London to New York and Las Vegas, down to Miami, into Havana, then on to the Bahamas and back to an unexpected denouement in London. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: BTC; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Mainstream
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845967796
- ISBN
- 9781845967796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.41
€ 20.99
€ 19.41
Hardcover. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Dimension: 260 x 180. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634842150
- ISBN
- 9781634842150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.24€ 189.13
€ 252.24
€ 189.13
Hardcover. Father Theodore Hesburgh was known for his rare energy and ability to carry out a staggering variety of assignments with distinction. This biography traces his life and career, examining his leadership qualities, management strategies and central role as a priest. Num Pages: 308 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 170 x 244 x 34. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Catholic University of America Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813209210
- ISBN
- 9780813209210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.49
€ 47.99
€ 40.49
Paperback. In 1944, at the age of fifteen, Marceline Loridan-Ivens was arrested in occupied France, along with her father. They were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and forcibly separated. Though he managed to smuggle one last note to her, Marceline never spoke to her father again. This memoir offers a deeply moving message from a daughter to a father. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571328024
- ISBN
- 9780571328024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.44
€ 10.99
€ 9.44
Paperback. In his day, Scott was respected for his leadership in the growth and development of Saskatchewan. With the publication of this landmark biography by Gordon L. Barnhart, Scott's pivotal role will be recognized anew by the generations who now live in the province he was instrumental in founding. Num Pages: 188 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 170 x 12. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889771420
- ISBN
- 9780889771420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.60
€ 25.99
€ 22.60
Paperback. Translator(s): Brickman, Caroline Lemak. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: BM; GTE; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781564789969
- ISBN
- 9781564789969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 6.23
€ 19.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJP; APB; BGL; FA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Edition
- 1st. Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KHN0000661
- ISBN
- 9780340898451
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVX; BGF; KNTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 172 x 31. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Select Books Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590791288
- ISBN
- 9781590791288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.93
€ 26.99
€ 24.93
Paperback. Historian Peter Gay tells of his youth as an assimilated, antireligious Jew in Nazi Germany from 1933-39. He describes his family, the life they led, and the reasons they did not emigrate sooner, and he explores his own ambivalent feelings - then and now - toward Germany and the Germans. Num Pages: 218 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; BGA; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300080704
- ISBN
- 9780300080704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.70
€ 28.70
Paperback. Vividly recalling the stigma of her schoolgirl pregnancy and the pain of her separation from the baby, this absorbing and illuminating story follows Emma's search for Oliver, her adopted son. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JKSB; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843101420
- ISBN
- 9781843101420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.62
€ 29.62
Paperback. The acclaimed bestselling biography, now revised and updated to coincide with the film starring Nicole Kidman as Princess Grace Num Pages: 372 pages, two 8-pg inserts, 40-50 images. BIC Classification: BGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Weinstein Books United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602862418
- ISBN
- 9781602862418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.01
€ 17.99
€ 17.01
Paperback. Marking the twentieth anniversary of his assassination in 1980, this volume explores the prophetic spirituality of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador. Series: Modern Spiritual Masters. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Orbis Books (USA) United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570753091
- ISBN
- 9781570753091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.90
€ 20.99
€ 18.90
Hardback. Keywords: "Biography - Shaw, George Bernard"
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Co. London
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEX0190625
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Sealing wars and maritime history are brought into focus in this vivid account of the life of the Alex MacLean, the inspiration for Jack London's Sea-Wolf. Num Pages: 416 pages, 11 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 4217. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814713
- ISBN
- 9780774814713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.81
€ 112.81
Paperback. The first biography in over half a century of New York's first governor and vice president under Jefferson and Madison, George Clinton analyzes the public career of this pivotal founder who has remained lost to history. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780945612179
- ISBN
- 9780945612179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.51
€ 43.51
Paperback. Contains a collection of letters that include correspondence between civilian family members on both sides of the Atlantic during World War II. This book is filled with unguarded reflections on the events, fashion, food, travel, domestic life, leisure, and the upheaval of war. Editor(s): Potter, Angela. Series: Southern Texts Society. Num Pages: 412 pages, 26 b&w photos, 4 genealogical charts. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KBB; 3JJ; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820328027
- ISBN
- 9780820328027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.59
€ 47.59
Hardcover. The volume chronicles how in their poetic skirmishes they sharpened and shaped each other's work - Garcia Lorca defending his verses of absence and elegy and his love of tradition while Dali argued for his theories of "Clarity" and "Holy Objectivity" and the unsettling logic of Surrealism. Editor(s): Maurer, Christopher. Translator(s): Maurer, Christopher. Num Pages: 220 pages, 24 color plates. BIC Classification: 2ADS; ACXD7; AFC; AGB; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Swan Isle Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780967880884
- ISBN
- 9780967880884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.50
€ 40.99
€ 31.50
Hardcover. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper has some minor edge wear but remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- O'Brien Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- KKD0004177
- ISBN
- 9780862783761
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. An important study of horn-player Pee Wee Erwin and the big band era of music. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 453 pages, 69ill. BIC Classification: AVGF; AVGJ; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 453
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810819450
- ISBN
- 9780810819450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.83
€ 150.83
Hardcover. The ten-volume Colonial Series, covering the years 1748-1775, takes the young Washington through his command of the Virginia Regiment during the French and Indian War and then focuses on his political and business activities as a Virginia planter during the fifteen years before the American Revolution. Num Pages: 500 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 171 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1111.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813911441
- ISBN
- 9780813911441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.44
€ 126.44
Paperback. On 8 June 1924, George Leigh Mallory and Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine were last seen climbing towards the summit of Everest. In 1999, Conrad Anker found the body of Mallory on Mount Everest. This title assesses the clues provided by the body, its position, and the possibility that Mallory had successfully climbed the Second Step, a 90-foot sheer cliff. Num Pages: 208 pages, b&w plates. BIC Classification: 1FKN; BGH; RGR; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Robinson Publishing
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841192116
- ISBN
- 9781841192116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. The compelling story of Walker Stacey -- a child who triumphed over his autistic tendencies with the dedicated help of his family When in 1996, Patricia Stacey gave birth to her second child, a baby boy, she quickly noticed an emptiness in his gaze -- a vacant quality that emphasized her sense that he was ill at ease in his own body. Num Pages: 314 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: BG; JNSG2; VFJD; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470869796
- ISBN
- 9780470869796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.06
€ 17.06
Paperback. Mark Twain, who was often photographed with a cigar, once remarked that he came into the world looking for a light. This biography, published on the centennial of the writer's death focuses on Mark Twain, humorist and quipster, and sheds light on the wit, pathos, and tragedy of the author of "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Num Pages: 520 pages, 37 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 32. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269859
- ISBN
- 9780520269859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759489
- ISBN
- 9781894759489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81