Biography
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Biography
Paperback. This book is an engaging presentation of the life and work of the legendary French philosopher, political activist and mystic Simone Weil. Palle Yourgrau assesses Weil's controversial critique of Judaism, and her radical re-imagination of Christianity; and analyses how Weil's personal struggles influenced her mature philosophy. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 192 pages, 22 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BG; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861897985
- ISBN
- 9781861897985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.01
€ 17.99
€ 14.01
Paperback. The incredible true story of the death of Jimmy Hoffa, the most famous hit in Mafia history. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 pp black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444710502
- ISBN
- 9781444710502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.77
€ 14.99
€ 11.77
Paperback. Today, Paddy Armstrong is a husband and father, and it has been over twenty-seven years since his conviction was quashed. But the memory of his experiences lives on. For the first time and with unflinching candour, he lays bare the experiences of those years and their aftermath. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BT; BTP; JKSW1; JKVF; JKVP1; JMK; JMQ; JPWL; LASD; LATC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Gill Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780717172474
- ISBN
- 9780717172474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.80
€ 19.99
€ 15.80
Paperback. At the centenary of the commencement of the First World War, Atlantic re-issue this evocative biography of Douglas Haig - one of the most controversial commanders of the Great War. Num Pages: 528 pages, 3x4pp b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; BGH; HBWN; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 40. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782392248
- ISBN
- 9781782392248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 17.97
€ 26.99
€ 17.97
Paperback. Updated edition of the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling memoir of Britain's best-loved actress, Dame Judi Dench. Num Pages: 352 pages, 32. BIC Classification: APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780224404
- ISBN
- 9781780224404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Hardback. These ten letters by Rainer Maria Rilke speak directly to the young, offering unguarded thoughts on such diverse subjects as creativity, solitude, self-reliance, living with uncertainty, the shallowness of irony, the uselessness of criticism, career choices, sex, love, God, and art (which is only another way of living, Rilke writes). Translator(s): Harman, Mark. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 124 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First edition, 1st printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674052451
- ISBN
- 9780674052451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.19
€ 18.99
€ 17.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. Dimension: 196 x 130. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- O´Brien Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847177827
- ISBN
- 9781847177827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.92
€ 12.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Sandstone Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910124512
- ISBN
- 9781910124512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.43
€ 11.99
€ 10.43
Paperback. This book is a study of everyday life in rural north China in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century told through the story of one man's life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804750691
- ISBN
- 9780804750691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.10
€ 26.10
Paperback. Accessible introduction to the life and times of one of the towering figures of the American Civil Rights movement Series: Revolutionary Lives. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 131 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745335056
- ISBN
- 9780745335056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.49
€ 21.99
€ 16.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 912 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Critical
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691172491
- ISBN
- 9780691172491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.39
€ 42.99
€ 30.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 35 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 177 x 18. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804107334
- ISBN
- 9780804107334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.48
€ 9.99
€ 8.48
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Tommies Guides
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908336781
- ISBN
- 9781908336781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.01
€ 25.99
€ 21.01
Paperback. A story of four of the greatest thespian boozers who ever walked - or staggered - off a film set into a pub; of drunken binges of near biblical proportions, parties and orgies, broken marriages, drugs, riots and wanton sexual conquests. They got away with it because of their extraordinary acting talent and because the public loved them. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Preface Publishing
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848090187
- ISBN
- 9781848090187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.76
€ 14.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. The entire range of Courbet's work, from landscapes to erotic nudes. Translator(s): Bernard, Xavier; Strim, Laurent. Series: Art & Ideas. Num Pages: 352 pages. Dimension: 219 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 707.
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714831800
- ISBN
- 9780714831800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.17
€ 24.99
€ 17.17
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Little Knoll Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- A new edition of 'Jack Hargreaves - A Portrait'
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780992722043
- ISBN
- 9780992722043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.42
€ 19.99
€ 18.42
Paperback. Born a free man in New York State in 1808, Solomon Northup was kidnapped in Washington, DC, in 1841. He spent the next twelve years as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. During this time he was frequently abused and often afraid for his life. In this book, he gives an account of his captivity. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JH; BM; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143106708
- ISBN
- 9780143106708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780800731748
- ISBN
- 9780800731748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.37
€ 17.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 339 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Lawrence Hill Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781569765678
- ISBN
- 9781569765678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.92
€ 17.99
€ 17.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWG; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 6. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752467504
- ISBN
- 9780752467504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.35
€ 17.99
€ 16.35
Paperback. On the afternoon of December 30, 1903, during a sold out matinee performance, a fire broke out in Chicago's Iroquois Theatre. This work provides a chronicle of this event to assess the titanic tragedy of the fire itself and also the municipal corruption that kindled the flames beforehand and the political cover-ups hidden in the smoke. Num Pages: 240 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJC; BT; HBTB; JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809327218
- ISBN
- 9780809327218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.93
€ 36.93
Paperback. From a mass of material including interviews with Moore's friends, his former assistants and students, dealers, collectors, museum officials, and leading architects with whom he worked, Roger Berthoud has built up a lively and engaging picture of Moore's life and career as a sculptor. Num Pages: 560 pages, 196 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AFKB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1202.
- Publisher
- Giles de la Mare Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900357227
- ISBN
- 9781900357227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.00
€ 26.99
€ 18.00
Paperback. A thorough and up-to-date biography of Nelson Mandela by Africa scholar Martin Meredith Num Pages: 672 pages, 16pp b-w plates. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 43. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847399328
- ISBN
- 9781847399328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.81
€ 17.99
€ 12.81
Paperback. * In this carefully researched account, acclaimed biographer, Michael White tells the story of Machiavelli's life and reveals how his ideas have been misunderstood and his name misappropriated as a result. Num Pages: 320 pages, Section: 8, b/w. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349115993
- ISBN
- 9780349115993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.20
€ 17.99
€ 13.20