Biography: general
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Biography: general
Paperback. Eva Figes and her family fled the horror of Nazi Germany when Eva was only six, forced to leave behind them friends, relatives and their housemaid, Edith. Ten years later, Edith suddenly re-emerged in their lives. Having miraculously survived wartime Berlin, she had reluctantly emigrated to hostile, volatile Palestine. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847080684
- ISBN
- 9781847080684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.04
€ 10.99
€ 9.04
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060772628
- ISBN
- 9780060772628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.25
€ 14.99
€ 12.25
Paperback. Misti Morningstar's auto accident leaves her spending weeks in a coma and years recovering from a brain injury that leaves her paralyzed and unable to speak or swallow. Journey Through Brain Trauma is the true story of Louise Morningstar's struggle to help her daughter recover from devastating brain damage. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BG; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878339884
- ISBN
- 9780878339884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.68
€ 14.68
Paperback. "Columbia is lost; there are no survivors" -- President George W Bush, 1 February 2003. Ramon's life stands as a beacon to those who despair of triumph in a difficult world. Num Pages: 64 pages, photos. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BG; HBJF1; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 6. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652293169
- ISBN
- 9789652293169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.62
€ 14.99
€ 11.62
Paperback. This epic autobiography will grip all whose lives have been touched by Jennifer Rees Larcombe, and surprise those who thought they already knew her story. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGXA; HRCV9; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340861578
- ISBN
- 9780340861578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.58
€ 14.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJPN; BGA; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780609810309
- ISBN
- 9780609810309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.46
€ 16.99
€ 15.46
Paperback. These journals offer insight into the quiet, intimate side of Father Alexander Schmemann. The abridged journals reveal his recollections and experiences, and record much of his formative creative thought on all manner of subjects between January 1973 and June 1983. Translator(s): Schemann, Juliana. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BJ; HRCC8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- St Vladimir's Seminary Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- abridged ed
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881412000
- ISBN
- 9780881412000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.16
€ 19.99
€ 18.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Phoenix ed
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226572611
- ISBN
- 9780226572611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.28
€ 31.99
€ 25.28
paperback. An eighteenth-century Frenchman describes life in Paris, the events of the French Revolution, and his own fondness for pranks and jokes. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231061292
- ISBN
- 9780231061292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.01
€ 52.01
Paperback. Previously published: Boise, Id.: Syms-York Co., Inc., 1921. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGA; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620874059
- ISBN
- 9781620874059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.04
€ 15.99
€ 15.04
Paperback. Born in a little Maine village in 1814, Osborne Russell ran away to sea at the age of sixteen, but he soon gave up seafaring to serve with a trading and trapping company in Wisconsin and Minnesota. In 1834 he signed up for Nathaniel Wyeth's expedition to the Rocky Mountains and the mouth of the Columbia. Num Pages: 241 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1965
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803251663
- ISBN
- 9780803251663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.47
€ 21.47
Paperback. In this, her bestselling journal, May Sarton writes with keen observation and emotional courage of both inner and outer worlds: a garden, the seasons, daily life in New Hampshire, books, people, ideas-and throughout everything, her spiritual and artistic journey. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Co. London
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393309287
- ISBN
- 9780393309287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.84
€ 16.99
€ 15.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813900797
- ISBN
- 9780813900797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.25
€ 33.25
hardcover. Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 271 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 93 colour illustrations, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 3JB; 3JD; BGT; PBB; PBF; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 573.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493931606
- ISBN
- 9781493931606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.13
€ 65.13
Paperback. A widely praised memoir about a young woman who dared to follow her dream Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: ASZW; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Virago Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860496950
- ISBN
- 9781860496950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.61
€ 14.99
€ 11.61
Hardback. The first in-depth look at the life and career of Joss Whedon - creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and one of the most influential figures to emerge from American popular culture during the last quarter-century. Num Pages: 448 pages, 8-page b/w plates section. BIC Classification: APTD; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 734. Fine in fine dustwrapper with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Quarto Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KAK0008166
- ISBN
- 9781845137199
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The amazing tale of a resourceful and unscrupulous early-19th-century American adventurer who forges his own kingdom in the wilds of Afghanistan. Num Pages: 400 pages, 35 b/w plates (16pp), With index. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- (Reissue)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007428199
- ISBN
- 9780007428199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.61
€ 17.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Joshua Chamberlain is arguably the most well-known figure in Maine history and this highly accessible biography provides a brief look at his life. Filled with photos, maps, and illustrations, this concise history of a Maine icon is ideal for anyone with even just a passing interest in Maine or the Civil War. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEN; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 163.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608932894
- ISBN
- 9781608932894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.08
€ 15.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807836279
- ISBN
- 9780807836279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.38
€ 59.38
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099551423
- ISBN
- 9780099551423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.39
€ 20.99
€ 16.39
Josephine Foard and the Glazed Pottery of Laguna Pueblo
Lanmon, Dwight P.; Lanmon, Lorraine Welling; ...
In 1899, at the age of fifty-six, Josephine Jefferson Foard moved from the East Coast to Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, where she built her own house and a kiln for firing pottery. This book provides a glimpse into the life of this remarkable woman who ventured to the Southwest as an artist, potter, and entrepreneur. Num Pages: 280 pages, 17 colour photos, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; ACV; AGB; BGH; WFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 26. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826343079
- ISBN
- 9780826343079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Hardback. Her performing days numbered, Josephine Baker did something outrageous: she transformed her chateau into a theme park whose main attraction was her Rainbow Tribe--12 children from around the globe, adopted as the family of the future. Matthew Pratt Guterl concludes that Baker was a serious activist, determined to make a positive difference. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; ASD; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 212 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047556
- ISBN
- 9780674047556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.05
€ 46.99
€ 39.05
Paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 76. Weight in Grams: 1050.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781400077533
- ISBN
- 9781400077533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.77
€ 25.99
€ 24.77
Paperback. This reissue of an 1894 pamphlet celebrates Joseph Ruhomon as the first Indian intellectual in British Guiana, now Guyana. He wrote at a time, Seecharan notes, "when self-deprecation was an instinct..and the construction of this essay was an admirable accomplishment". Num Pages: 90 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KLSG; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of the West Indies Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789766400958
- ISBN
- 9789766400958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.74
€ 30.74