Biography
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Biography
Paperback. Maurice Rosenblatt was one of the behind-the-scenes engineers of the 1954 overthrow of Senator Joseph McCarthy, the anti-Communist chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. This book tells the story of the rise of McCarthy's power and Rosenblatt's role in effecting McCarthy's eventual censure by the Senate. Num Pages: 136 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 255.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295985947
- ISBN
- 9780295985947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFCA; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Ronin Publishing United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781579510329
- ISBN
- 9781579510329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.93
€ 20.99
€ 19.93
Paperback. Alexis de Tocqueville may be the most influential political thinker in American history. He also led an unusually active and ambitious career in French politics. This book presents interpretations of Tocqueville's major works and of his place in intellectual history. Num Pages: 664 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 37. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 664
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691114545
- ISBN
- 9780691114545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.19€ 50.63
€ 65.19
€ 50.63
Paperback. An amusing and poignant memoir from successful song writer Shelly Peiken Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGN; AVH; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781495049255
- ISBN
- 9781495049255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.12
€ 20.99
€ 20.12
Hardcover. Anne Boulton (1768-1829) was her father's 'Fair Maid of the Mill'. Her story is pieced together, like a jigsaw puzzle, from fragments in other people's postscripts. Describing her health, mobility problems, education, interests, clothes, friends, travels, love-life and household, this book provides a fresh perspective on Matthew Boulton himself. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; TDPD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 171 x 20. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860773747
- ISBN
- 9781860773747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.91
€ 33.99
€ 28.91
Paperback. In this entertaining and engaging memoir, former ambassador Sherard Cowper-Coles lifts the lid on embassy life throughout the world. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; BM; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007436019
- ISBN
- 9780007436019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.96
€ 17.99
€ 12.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1HFJA; BM; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062132499
- ISBN
- 9780062132499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.58
€ 15.99
€ 14.58
Hardcover. In September 2008 Dorothy, a female chimp in her late forties, died of heart failure at Cameroon's Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center. A photo of Dorothy's funeral went viral after being published in National Geographic. This memoir follows the chimpanzee's life from the time the author met her at Luna Park Hotel in 1999 until her death. Num Pages: 272 pages, Two 16-Page Color Inserts. BIC Classification: 1HFJA; BM; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- HarperOne
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062132482
- ISBN
- 9780062132482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.83
€ 27.99
€ 23.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 424 pages, 1. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 27. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Publisher
- Power Publications, Sydney
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780994306425
- ISBN
- 9780994306425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.03
€ 70.03
paperback. Series: New feminist library. Num Pages: 300 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853456766
- ISBN
- 9780853456766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.37
€ 15.99
€ 14.37
Paperback. Join Loose Women's Sherrie Hewson on her rollercoaster ride through the laughter, tears and tantrums of an extraordinary life lived on and off the screen. Num Pages: 304 pages, (2x8pp colour plates). BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 280. Good copy
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0241452
- ISBN
- 9780007416257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGXA; HRCC99. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Zondervan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310335580
- ISBN
- 9780310335580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.35
€ 16.99
€ 15.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 125 photos & illus. BIC Classification: APB; AVRL; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Inc.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927575697
- ISBN
- 9781927575697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.71
€ 20.99
€ 15.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781987915013
- ISBN
- 9781987915013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.71
€ 20.99
€ 15.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; HBJK; HBLW; JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Trine Day
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634240406
- ISBN
- 9781634240406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.35
€ 26.99
€ 23.35
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580463898
- ISBN
- 9781580463898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.70
€ 37.99
€ 31.70
Paperback. Life of the eccentric landlord who founded the movement for the protection of animals Num Pages: 317 pages, 27ill. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 414. Good clean copy. Showing light age, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0028822
- ISBN
- 9780946640362
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 11.00
€ 11.00
paperback. Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian human rights lawyer and activist. She is known for defending dissident figures, and for the establishment of a number of non-profit grassroots organisations dedicated to human rights. In 2003, she became the first Muslim woman, and the first Iranian, to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Here, she tells her story. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; BG; JFSR2; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rider
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781846040146
- ISBN
- 9781846040146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 13.73
€ 49.99
€ 13.73
Paperback. Having fought tirelessly for democracy, equality before the law and freedom of speech, Ebadi became a global voice of inspiration. Yet, inside her own country, her life has been plagued by surveillance, intimidation and violence. This book tells shocking stories of how the Iranian authorities eventually forced her into exile. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; BM; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846045028
- ISBN
- 9781846045028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.80
€ 20.99
€ 15.80
Paperback. Dame Cicely Saunders was the founder of the Hospice Movement, in which Britain leads the world. Her work transformed our approach to the care of the dying, and also the debate about euthanasia. She died in 2005 and her memorial service was held in Westminster Abbey in March 2006. This biography includes chapters that cover the years after 1984. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; BGT; MBP; MQCL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780281058891
- ISBN
- 9780281058891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.06
€ 18.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. An authorised biography of one of the great mystics of the 20th century. Bede believed that the future of the world depended on the marriage of East and West and spent his life trying to transcend the divisions between religions. In the 1950s he founded a religious community in Southern India as an international centre for all ages and faiths. Num Pages: 308 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HRAF; HRCX8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903816165
- ISBN
- 9781903816165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.40
€ 16.99
€ 15.40
Hardback. This literary biographical study of mid-Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell places her writing in the context of her attitudes towards creative production, her relationship with publishers, and her literary friendships, as well as examining those events of her life which fed into her work. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333695814
- ISBN
- 9780333695814
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.81
€ 63.81
Paperback. This literary biographical study of mid-Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell places her writing in the context of her attitudes towards creative production, her relationship with publishers, and her literary friendships, as well as examining those events of her life which fed into her work. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333695821
- ISBN
- 9780333695821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Hardcover. Before playwright Charles Gordone (19251995) became a Texan, he became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, for "No Place to Be Somebody", in 1970. This title covers the years prior to this geographical and psychological journey, the childhood and youth that deeply informed Gordones pilgrimage. Num Pages: 245 pages, 35 B/W photos. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896726352
- ISBN
- 9780896726352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.67
€ 31.99
€ 28.67