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Biography: general

paperback. Explorer, novelist, writer and film-maker, Sir Laurens van der Post was one of the most influential figures of our era. Here, in conversation with Jean-Marc Pottiez, he records his ideas and insights into a wide range of issues and personalities, forged by a lifetime of vast experiences and challenges. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099428725
ISBN
9780099428725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.39

Hardback. .
Publisher
Evro Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910505069
ISBN
9781910505069
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.02

Paperback. Updated edition - 25 years on Num Pages: 496 pages, 4x Plate Sections. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJG; BGSA; WSNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473606883
ISBN
9781473606883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.15

Paperback. In August 1808, Sir Richard D Henegan landed in Portugal as part of the British army sent to stop the French invasion of the Iberian Peninsula and put an end to Napoleon's Imperial ambitions. He provides an account of life in the army, describing not only the dangers of fighting, but also the existence for the soldier in Wellington's army. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 10. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Nonsuch Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845880408
ISBN
9781845880408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.21

Paperback. In 1903, Roger Casement, then a British consul, left his consular base on the Lower Congo River and made a journey through the regions of the Upper Congo to investigate at first hand reports of alleged atrocities. This edition brings together Casement's report, together with his diary of that year. Editor(s): O Siochain, Seamas (Senior Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland). Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; 1HFJZ; 3JJC; BG; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; HBTZ; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Univ College Dublin Pr
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781900621991
ISBN
9781900621991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 70ill. BIC Classification: BG; TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 508. 264 pages, 70ill. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BG; TRP. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 28. Weight: 472.
Publisher
The Crowood Press Ltd
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853102851
ISBN
9781853102851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.09

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 300. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSPC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1718.
Publisher
Evro Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910505045
ISBN
9781910505045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 48.05

Paperback. The definitive autobiography from the nation's best-loved broadcaster. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 238. Some Shelf Wear Very Good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KDK0015969
ISBN
9780752881751
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The definitive autobiography from the nation's best-loved broadcaster. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
SKU
9780752881751
ISBN
9780752881751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardback. With an Introduction by a leading modern scholar, this outstanding biography of one of the key royal figures of the modern period also provides a unique inside view on many of the major events of the Victorian era. Num Pages: 2760 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 257. Weight in Grams: 5239.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848859944
ISBN
9781848859944
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 763.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: APB; BGFA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509815494
ISBN
9781509815494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.52

Hardcover. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 162 x 40. Weight in Grams: 766. 8vo.Good clean copy in clean dustwrapper.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Sidgwick & Jackson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main Market
SKU
KEX0290783
ISBN
9780283072574
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.00

Hardcover. This edition will replace the long out-of-print edition of Edward Edwards published in 1868. It contains the full text, in the original spelling, with modern punctuation, of all known surviving letters, 240 in all, compared with Edwards' 160, in most cases taken from the original manuscripts, many never before published. Num Pages: 466 pages, 6 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 176 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1014.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895279
ISBN
9780859895279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.45

Paperback. Sir Walter Scott's two-volume biography of the great Irish satirist Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), first published in 1826. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420. Fine copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
326
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KST0011482
ISBN
9781108034180
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 6.75

Paperback. A dazzling collection of essays by the bestselling author of What I Loved - thought-provoking, engaging, illuminating reflections on what it means to be human Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444732658
ISBN
9781444732658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Based on testimonies from Sistren collected and edited by Honor Ford Smith into a vivid record of women's lives, the stories in this collection retain all the emotional depth of works of the imagination, yet they are at the same time invaluable records of oral history. Series: Caribbean Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 298 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; BG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9789766401566
ISBN
9789766401566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.74

Paperback. A biography of the impresario of the arts and creator of 'The Ballets Russes'. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ASDL; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 173 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1024.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846681646
ISBN
9781846681646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.26

Hardcover. This collection of 216 letters offers an accessible, single-volume distillation of the exchange spanning 50 years between celebrated brothers William and Henry James. Their correspondence demonstrates the persons, places, and events that effected the Euro-American world from 1861-1910. Editor(s): Berkeley, Elizabeth M. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BGA; HPC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1134.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813916941
ISBN
9780813916941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.15

Paperback. Living in a world of darkness doesn't mean we must surrender, but to survive, we need to occasionally unleash the diva from within. Num Pages: 305 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785350153
ISBN
9781785350153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.86

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Publishing, Skyhorse. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; BGH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620874738
ISBN
9781620874738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.71

Paperback. It seems excessive..but that doesn't mean it didn't happen. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: AVGT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 37. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007257775
ISBN
9780007257775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.17

Paperback. A classic of epic endurance now a major motion picture, The Way Back, starring Ed Harris, Mark Strong and Colin Farrell, directed by Peter Weir. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Robinson Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845296445
ISBN
9781845296445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.60

Paperback. The harrowing true tale of seven escaped Soviet prisoners who desperately marched out of Siberia through China, the Gobi Desert, Tibet, and over the Himalayas to British India. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: BGH; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 18.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
Media Tie In, Reprint
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781599219752
ISBN
9781599219752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 50 b/w photos & line art. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894974394
ISBN
9781894974394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.32

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