Biography
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Biography
Hardcover. Sleeping sickness, also known as Human African trypanosomiasis, is one of Africa's major killers. Interweaved with African geography, this work presents the author's story which reveals what it is like to be a young doctor falling in love with Africa, and tells of his building of a vocation in the search for a cure for this cruel disease. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1H; BGTA; MBGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 145 x 27. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905222674
- ISBN
- 9781905222674
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.69
€ 26.99
€ 18.69
Paperback. "An utterly unique journey down some of the mind's more mysterious byways .. ranges from the shocking to the simply lovely."-Marya Hornbacher Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393340792
- ISBN
- 9780393340792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.12
€ 15.99
€ 15.12
Paperback. Recounting his solitary childhood in the English countryside, the author presents affectionate portraits of his remote parents - an increasingly unconventional barrister father, whose blindness must never be mentioned, battling earwigs in the mutinous garden, and a vague and endlessly patient mother. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188. Clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Edition
- 1st Penguin Edition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KOC0022155
- ISBN
- 9780140063837
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. Newsmen in Khaki is a personal memoir about The Stars and Stripes, the heroic armed forces newspaper, told through the eyes of the author, who was an Army correspondent and managing editor for editions in North Africa and Sicily during World War II. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGB; HBG; HBWQ; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 233 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589790940
- ISBN
- 9781589790940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.18
€ 25.99
€ 23.18
Paperback. This collection of letters between Freud and his future biographer provides an account of the early years of the psychoanalytical movement. While charting the progress of a friendship, the correspondence also touches upon contemporary events, such as the Russian Revolution and rise of Nazism. Num Pages: 894 pages, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; BGA; JFC; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 44. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 894
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674154247
- ISBN
- 9780674154247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.73€ 51.80
€ 56.73
€ 51.80
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, Approx. 70- 4 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; AFCL; AGHF; BK; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 266 x 307 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2238.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Crown
- Edition
- Deluxe, Signed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804189774
- ISBN
- 9780804189774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 253.78
€ 253.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 358 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTP; JFFH2; JFSK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New Press, The
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620971925
- ISBN
- 9781620971925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.24
€ 20.99
€ 20.24
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780460876353
- ISBN
- 9780460876353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.93
€ 11.93
Paperback. Contains the author's essays that are personal on the surface, and stresses upon what impresses her in really good literature. Num Pages: 149 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 10. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 149
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780803263314
- ISBN
- 9780803263314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.54
€ 18.99
€ 18.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGA; BGF; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781509838530
- ISBN
- 9781509838530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.54
€ 12.99
€ 11.54
paperback. This is the first book to pay tribute to the genuine cinematic contribution of these magnificent performers. Gallafent traces the development of Astaire and Rogers' star personas both together and apart and how the narratives of their films were designed around those personas. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 156 photos. BIC Classification: APB; APF; ASD; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231126274
- ISBN
- 9780231126274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.86
€ 42.86
Hardback. Memoirs and Selected Writings. Series: Classic Texts in Music Education. 426 pages, 61, 1 colour, 43 black and white, 17 line drawing. Editor(s): Dickinson, Peter. A memoir by the renowned historian of music education, Bernarr Rainbow, including a selection of his writings and a biographical introduction by Peter Dickinson. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: AV; BM. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 36. Weight: 1098.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843835929
- ISBN
- 9781843835929
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.31
€ 33.99
€ 28.31
Hardcover. Editor(s): Miller, Rhena Schweitzer; Woytt, Gustav. Translator(s): Lemke, Antje Bultman. Series: The Albert Schweitzer Library. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: BGA; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629948
- ISBN
- 9780815629948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.00
€ 39.00
Hardback. Dmitri Shostakovich was one of the great composers of the 20th century, the first major Soviet composer and a figure of some controversy. This third edition is an up-to-date catalogue of the composer;s works. Num Pages: 720 pages, bibliography, footnotes, index. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1107.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810844322
- ISBN
- 9780810844322
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.56
€ 190.56
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
€ 94.65€ 78.06
€ 94.65
€ 78.06
Paperback. Offers a retrospective of Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher's life - from her childhood in Whittier, California, to the kitchens of Dijon, where she developed her taste for French foods and wines; from the idyllic kitchen at Le Paquis to the isolation of her home in Hemet, California; and finally to her last days in the Napa and Sonoma Valleys. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 184 pages, 24 color illustrations, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BG; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520261686
- ISBN
- 9780520261686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.95
€ 40.99
€ 28.95
Hardcover. This selection of letters represents every major private and public event in Adams's life from 1858 to 1918 and confirms his reputation as one of the greatest letter writers of his time. The letters are to an array of correspondents including American presidents, Henry James and young children. Num Pages: 608 pages, 16 halftones and 2 line drawings on a 12-page black & white insert. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JH; 3JJ; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1044.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674387577
- ISBN
- 9780674387577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.94€ 74.52
€ 83.94
€ 74.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 400 photos. BIC Classification: AJCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780905223919
- ISBN
- 9780905223919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.64
€ 25.99
€ 24.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBWQ; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Daimon Verlag
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783856305857
- ISBN
- 9783856305857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.21
€ 35.99
€ 26.21
Paperback. Takes time out to consider: the madness of Galapagos tortoises; the similarities between Jeremy Paxman and AC/DC's bass guitarist; the problems and perils of being English God's dumbest creation; then there are the cars: whether it's the poxiest little runabout or an exotic, firebreathing supercar, no one does cars like Clarkson. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: WGCB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 324. Clean copy with shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KOC0019090
- ISBN
- 9780141026114
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; MBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759441
- ISBN
- 9781894759441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. Rebecca Haile lived in Ethiopia until she was 11 years old. When the Emperor was deposed by a military coup, her father was shot. Barely surviving, he escaped with his family and settled in Minnesota where they struggled with the strain of their changed circumstances. This book brings into focus the consequences of political upheaval in Ethiopia. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; BG; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897335560
- ISBN
- 9780897335560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.21
€ 18.99
€ 17.21
Paperback. 8vo. Very good copy. First edition. Irish Politics and Politicans.20th Century Ireland.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Poolbeg Press Ltd
- Edition
- Illustrated edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0310241
- ISBN
- 9781853710254
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. Maria Fyfe's political memoir tells the story of fourteen years in office from the point of view of an MP who did not always toe the party line. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910021040
- ISBN
- 9781910021040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.00
€ 19.99
€ 15.00