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Biography: general
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; UDBV; UDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062449283
- ISBN
- 9780062449283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.90
€ 18.99
€ 16.90
Paperback. More antics from the much-loved TOP GEAR presenter, and the No.1 bestselling author of ON THE EDGE. Num Pages: 272 pages, 29. BIC Classification: APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753825631
- ISBN
- 9780753825631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. Now an original comedy-drama series from Netflix, Piper Kerman's New York Times-bestselling memoir of the time she served in a US jail is fascinating, heartbreaking and hilarious. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEC; BM; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349139869
- ISBN
- 9780349139869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.13
€ 11.99
€ 10.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563681042
- ISBN
- 9781563681042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.05
€ 30.99
€ 24.05
The broader social context in which scientists work is just as important to the project of naming, describing, classifying, and, ultimately, explaining life. Num Pages: 392 pages, 11, 11 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BGTA; PSVT7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421406008
- ISBN
- 9781421406008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.89
€ 54.89
Paperback. Platt applied his inventive and creative thinking to problems of rural development in twentieth century Alberta. Num Pages: 336 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGT; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888644800
- ISBN
- 9780888644800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.17
€ 34.99
€ 25.17
Hardcover. Pomper explores the concept of 'democratic heroism', through accounts of eight individuals who, by 'just doing their jobs' have played crucial roles in resolving national problems in the United States. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300100358
- ISBN
- 9780300100358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.31
€ 30.99
€ 22.31
Paperback. Editor(s): Walshe, Eibhear. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780902561663
- ISBN
- 9780902561663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.00€ 24.15
€ 29.00
€ 24.15
Hardback. An introduction to the contrasts and continuities of American women's experiences through nearly four centuries. This book includes women's rights, suffrage, education, health, 'women's liberation,' relations between the sexes, and marriage. Editor(s): Lindenmeyer, Kriste. Series: The Human Tradition in America. Num Pages: 282 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; BGH; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842027526
- ISBN
- 9780842027526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.28
€ 160.28
Paperback. Criminals are not born in a vacuum, and Frank Lucas is no exception. At the age of six he watched his cousin die in a lynching and in that moment of Southern brutality, Frank Lucas, notorious gangster, billion-dollar-heroin importer was born. This title tells the story of this most notorious black gangster to ever rule the streets of New York. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BGA; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091928674
- ISBN
- 9780091928674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.67
€ 19.99
€ 14.67
Paperback. The biography of The Specials' Neville Staple. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: AVGU; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Quarto Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845135423
- ISBN
- 9781845135423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.68
€ 19.99
€ 15.68
Paperback. This book is the first detailed biography of Ernst Mayr. He was an 'architect' of the Synthetic Theory of Evolution, and the greatest evolutionary biologist since Charles Darwin. He is one of the most widely known biologists of the 20th century. Num Pages: 474 pages, 71 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 474
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540717782
- ISBN
- 9783540717782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 181.61
€ 181.61
Hardback. This is the personal story of Margaret Anstee's experiences as Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the UN and Head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Angola from February 1992 to June 1993. It describes the suffering she witnessed and analyzes the reasons for the mission's failure. Num Pages: 582 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMA; 3JJPR; BG; GTJ; HBW; JPSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 48. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 582
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333664452
- ISBN
- 9780333664452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.45
€ 189.45
Paperback. This is the personal story of Margaret Anstee's experiences as Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the UN and Head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Angola from February 1992 to June 1993. It describes the suffering she witnessed and analyzes the reasons for the mission's failure. Num Pages: 582 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMA; 3JJPR; BG; GTJ; HBW; JPSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 892.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 582
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333664469
- ISBN
- 9780333664469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 198.64
€ 198.64
Paperback. Appalled by the numbers of destitute children on the streets of New York, Charles Loring Brace created the Children's Aid Society and organised a programme of adoption across the US. Between 1854 and 1929 some 250,000 children were found homes in the country. This is his story, and theirs. Num Pages: 362 pages, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226616674
- ISBN
- 9780226616674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.93
€ 21.99
€ 18.93
Paperback. A biography of the young Orson Welles, from his prodigious childhood and youth, his triumphs with the Mercury Theatre, to the making of "Citizen Kane". Num Pages: 656 pages, 1. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 43. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099462514
- ISBN
- 9780099462514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.76
€ 19.99
€ 14.76
Paperback. An epic survey of Orson Welles' life and work. It shows what it was like to be around Welles, and, what it was like to be him, in which lies the answer to the old riddle: whatever happened to Orson Welles? Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ANB; APFB; APW; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099502838
- ISBN
- 9780099502838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.29
€ 21.99
€ 16.29
Paperback. George Orwell has become one of the most potent and symbolic figures in western political thought. Including interviews with friends and people who knew him in his years of obscurity, this book offers a human portrait of the writer too often embalmed as a secular saint. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJPR; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 40. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099283461
- ISBN
- 9780099283461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.64
€ 19.99
€ 14.64
Hardback. The inspiring story of the legendary couple whose wildlife films transformed America's perceptions of exotic places. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BG; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 32.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762763603
- ISBN
- 9780762763603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.09
€ 25.99
€ 21.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFSJ1; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781987915167
- ISBN
- 9781987915167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.99
€ 18.99
€ 13.99
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Darton,Longman & Todd Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780232532012
- ISBN
- 9780232532012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.42
€ 13.99
€ 11.42
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Black Rose Books Canada
- Edition
- 1st THUS
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780921689423
- ISBN
- 9780921689423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.18
€ 22.18
Paperback. Oscar Wilde's reputation has shifted dramatically during the twentieth century from outcast in the wake of his trials for homosexual offences, to martyr to the gay cause in the 1980s and 90s, to important figure in the history of writing in English. This title offers readers a short, readable introduction to Oscar Wilde's life, work and afterlife. Series: Writers Lives. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272. Series: Writers Lives. 176 pages. Oscar Wilde's reputation has shifted dramatically during the twentieth century from outcast in the wake of his trials for homosexual offences, to martyr to the gay cause in the 1980s and 90s, to important figure in the history of writing in English. This title offers readers a short, readable introduction to Oscar Wilde's life, work and afterlife. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBF. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 16. Weight: 272.
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826498526
- ISBN
- 9780826498526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.30
€ 32.99
€ 28.30
Hardcover. In the 1890s Oscar Wilde enjoyed one of the most high-profile reputations in Britain; yet, virtually overnight, he was plunged into disgrace and ruin. What were the reasons for this extraordinary reversal of fortune? This title explores Wilde's motivation in prosecuting the Marquess of Queensberry, and elaborates on the precarious legal situation. Num Pages: 272 pages, illus. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845194345
- ISBN
- 9781845194345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.90
€ 126.90