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Biography: general
Hardcover. The dramatic arc of Saigo Takamori's life, from his humble origins as a lowly samurai, to national leadership, to his death as a rebel leader, has captivated generations of Japanese readers and now Americans as well - his life is the inspiration for a major Hollywood film, The Last Samurai, starring Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJC; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471089704
- ISBN
- 9780471089704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.99
€ 38.99
€ 27.99
Paperback. One of the most original, rebellious, and idiosyncratic directors in the American cinema, Nicholas Ray lived and worked with an intensity equal to that of his films. This title offers a selection of the filmmaker's writings, lectures, interviews, and more. Editor(s): Ray, Susan. Num Pages: 243 pages, 20 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APFB; BGA; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 492. Nicholas Ray on Making Movies. 243 pages, 20 b&w photographs. Editor(s): Ray, Susan. One of the most original, rebellious, and idiosyncratic directors in the American cinema, Nicholas Ray lived and worked with an intensity equal to that of his films. This title offers a selection of the filmmaker's writings, lectures, interviews, and more. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: APFB; BGA; DNF. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 19. Weight: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520201699
- ISBN
- 9780520201699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.65
€ 37.99
€ 27.65
Paperback. The autobiography of astronaut John Young. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813049335
- ISBN
- 9780813049335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.68
€ 41.68
Hardback. Num Pages: 576 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 38. Weight in Grams: 946.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition, 1st Printing
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061896453
- ISBN
- 9780061896453
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.91
€ 31.99
€ 28.91
Paperback. Candice Bergen shares her marriage to a famous French director, the birth of her daughter, Murphy Brown, widowhood, and falling in love again. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1x16pg 4-c insert. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 139. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781476746098
- ISBN
- 9781476746098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.22
€ 17.99
€ 17.22
Paperback. A family story, told with restraint and tenderness. This book is a son's unembarrassed tribute to his mother. His memory of walks with her through the narrow lanes to the country schools where she taught and his happiness as she named for him the wild flowers on the bank remained conscious and unconscious presences for the rest of his life. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- 9780571228119
- ISBN
- 9780571228119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.14
€ 12.99
€ 10.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 564 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 37. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143127031
- ISBN
- 9780143127031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.55
€ 21.99
€ 20.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRLM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Moody Press,U.S.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802430793
- ISBN
- 9780802430793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.24
€ 17.99
€ 14.24
Paperback. Even more scurrilous than 'Rome', A Brief History of the Private Lives of the Roman Emperors tells the true story of toga parties, banquets, and the scandalous life of the Caesars. Ancient history with all the boring bits taken out. Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845297190
- ISBN
- 9781845297190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.58
€ 14.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. DIASPORA. In February of 1970, Thomas Lynch, aged twenty-one, bought a one-way ticket to Ireland. This work is part travelogue, part cultural study, part memoir and elegy, and part guidebook for what Lynch calls 'fellow pilgrims' working their way through their own and the larger histories. It is a hymn of praise to Ireland. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 196 x 21. Weight in Grams: 256 300pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Vintage Books USA
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099428190
- ISBN
- 9780099428190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.83
€ 14.99
€ 11.83
Paperback. Acclaim for The Education of a Speculator, a provocative and penetrating look into the mind, the soul, and the strategies of one of the most controversial traders of all time "A compelling and an entertaining read. " -The Wall Street Journal "Victor Niederhoffer gives us page after page of distilled investment wisdom. Num Pages: 464 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: BGB; KFFM1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 34. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471249481
- ISBN
- 9780471249481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 29.93
€ 42.99
€ 29.93
Paperback. Margaret Thatcher was the longest-serving Prime Minister of the twentieth century and one of the most influential figures of the postwar era. This title gives unparalleled insight into her early life, especially through her extensive correspondence with her sister, and recreates brilliantly the atmosphere of British politics. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140279566
- ISBN
- 9780140279566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.64
€ 19.99
€ 13.64
Paperback. Follows the journey of Phil Jackson to the top of basketball's coaching hierarchy. Num Pages: 450 pages, Index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; WSJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803259980
- ISBN
- 9780803259980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.24
€ 34.99
€ 28.24
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821421017
- ISBN
- 9780821421017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.23
€ 29.99
€ 24.23
Paperback. In movies, stage plays, short stories, novels, newspaper articles, poems, and songs, literally hundreds of accomplished authors have been drawn toward the near mythical persona of Henry McCarty, aka William Bonney, alias Billy the Kid. Num Pages: 217 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Globe Pequot Press United States
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762748938
- ISBN
- 9780762748938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.60
€ 17.99
€ 15.60
Paperback. A portrait of the author's pioneer father that grew out of the hours of listening behind the stove or the wood box. This book contains the accounts of the hunts, of the fights with the cattlemen and the sheepmen, of the scarcity of women, when a man had to 'marry anything that got off the train,' of the droughts, storms, wind and isolation. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803293243
- ISBN
- 9780803293243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.81
€ 21.99
€ 18.81
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, 40 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; BGLA; DSBH; DSK; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 223 x 30. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295999364
- ISBN
- 9780295999364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.98
€ 118.98
Paperback. John Wayne remains a constant in American popular culture. Middle America grew up with him in late 1920s and 1930s, went to war with him in 1940s, matured with him in 1950s, and kept the faith with him in the 1960s and 1970s.. This is a biography that reveals the changing scene in Hollywood and America from Great Depression through Vietnam War. Num Pages: 762 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1052.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 762
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803289703
- ISBN
- 9780803289703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.81
€ 44.99
€ 39.81
Paperback. African American artist Faith Ringgold narrates the events of her life from her childhood in 1930s Harlem to her stellar careers as both a best-selling children's writer and well-respected artist whose "story quilts" are displayed in museums worldwide. Num Pages: 304 pages, 40 color illus., 101 b&w illus. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 194 x 17. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822335641
- ISBN
- 9780822335641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.02
€ 32.99
€ 30.02
Paperback. Translator(s): Wilson, Jason. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857423986
- ISBN
- 9780857423986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.21
€ 24.99
€ 20.21
Paperback. From military sportswriter to roving correspondent for the National Observer, from quasi Hell's Angel to counterculture author and gonzo journalist, Hunter S. Thompson led a life of legend. Hunter S. Thompson: The Glory Years tells the remarkable insider's story. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white plates, colour plates. BIC Classification: AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 25.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781599219691
- ISBN
- 9781599219691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.21
€ 15.99
€ 14.21
Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; BGX; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fleming H. Revell Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780800727222
- ISBN
- 9780800727222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.38
€ 11.99
€ 9.38
Paperback. 'Rin Tin Tin is a remarkable book.. A wonderfully entertaining account of one of the strangest partnerships in a very strange milieu' John Banville, Guardian Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 x 8pp b/w plate sectons. BIC Classification: BGF; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781843547099
- ISBN
- 9781843547099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.61
€ 19.99
€ 13.61
Paperback. An autobiography which describes the euphoric highs and desperate lows of Peter Swan's career. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752444376
- ISBN
- 9780752444376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.20
€ 13.99
€ 13.20