Biography: general
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Biography: general
paperback. Lenin the man has become part myth arising from the tumult of the Russian Revolution and part image controlled by leaders of the Soviet Union. This work seeks to correct that myth and revise that image, and contains long-concealed documents from the Russian archives. Editor(s): Pipes, Richard. Series: Annals of Communism. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- Later printing
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300076622
- ISBN
- 9780300076622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.41
€ 40.41
Paperback. 192 pages, Illustrations, ports. It is 1963. South Africa is in crisis and the white state is under siege. On 19 August the dreaded Security Police swoop on Griggs bookstore in downtown Durban and arrest Eleanor, the daughter of the manageress. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGH. Dimension: 210 x 149 x 14. Weight: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Jacana Media
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770098909
- ISBN
- 9781770098909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.05
€ 21.99
€ 20.05
Paperback. Since her suicide, fascination with the poet Sylvia Plath has never waned. Plath has been the subject of a novel ("Wintering", by Kate Moses), a feature film ("Sylvia", starring Gwyneth Paltrow), and a film documentary. This book provides an assessment of Plath's life and work, offering essays by leading critics and scholars. Editor(s): Helle, Anita. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 colour illustrations, 12 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472069279
- ISBN
- 9780472069279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.44
€ 38.44
Paperback. As the summer of 1914 drew to a close, it was difficult for a 16 year-old schoolboy to realize that the world for which he had been prepared at Clifton College was itself preparing for war. By 1916, he was commissioned in the Royal Field Artillery. This book gives human account of history. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 pp B & W photos; line drawings/maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; BGHA; BTM; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857501950
- ISBN
- 9780857501950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.81
€ 17.99
€ 12.81
Hardcover. The incredible story of German goalkeeper Lutz Pfannenstiel - the most interesting footballer you've never heard of. A massive bestseller in Germany, this astonishing, fascinating and at times hilarious book relates a football career in which Lutz travelled the world, played for 23 teams on five continents and lived life to the absolute full. Translator(s): Rockey, Matthew. Num Pages: 272 pages, Colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Vision Sports Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909534285
- ISBN
- 9781909534285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.99
€ 17.99
€ 13.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; DSB; JFFK; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231182089
- ISBN
- 9780231182089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.46
€ 33.99
€ 28.46
Paperback. Summoning the vanished world of Jewish livestock dealers in rural Germany, this is a picture of what it was like to live as a Jew in a small German town before and after the Nazis came to power. Hans Frankenthal tells his story the horrors of the Holocaust survived by one man, and its aftermath. Translator(s): Broadwin, John A. Series: Jewish Lives S. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGA; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810118874
- ISBN
- 9780810118874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.67
€ 27.67
Paperback. The incredible true story of living as a modern-day nomad. Editor(s): Roberts, Brian Owen. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 196 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753828670
- ISBN
- 9780753828670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
Hardback. Offers the study of a largely ignored legacy. Scouring archives, discovering diaries, and memoirs in private houses and forgotten drawers, this title recovers the voices of the generation - bootblacks and poets, film directors and farmers, miners, anarchists, and seamstresses - compelled to tell their stories. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; BGA; DSB; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823226788
- ISBN
- 9780823226788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.96
€ 110.96
paperback. This previously unknown collection of letters lets us experience colonial British Columbia through the eyes of a young British naval officer who spent three years on Vancouver Island commanding a Royal Navy gunboat during the Cariboo gold rush. Series: Pioneers of British Columbia. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- UBC Press Canada
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774805735
- ISBN
- 9780774805735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.06
€ 46.06
Paperback. In 1845, a Reading bookseller named John Snare came across the dirt-blackened portrait of a prince at a country house auction. Suspecting that it might be a long-lost Velazquez, he bought the picture and set out to discover its strange history - a quest that led from fame to ruin and exile. This book pays homage to the Spanish master Velazquez. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: AFC; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 239 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099587040
- ISBN
- 9780099587040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.81
€ 17.99
€ 12.81
hardcover. This study focuses on James Legge (1815-1897), one of the most important 19th-century figures in the cultural exchange between China and the West. The narrative illuminates the era in which Legge lived as well as the surroundings in which he worked. Num Pages: 810 pages, 38 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1FPC; BGH; GTB; HBJD1; HBLL; HRAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1421. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0037006
- ISBN
- 9780520215528
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. Author Jeff Guy explains how, after its conquest, the Zulu kingdom was destroyed by imperial policies of divide and rule and how the Colenso family, especially the Bishop's eldest daughter, Harriette, took the lead in resisting colonial exploitation and imperial domination. Num Pages: 512 pages, 37 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; BGH; HBJH; HBLW; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921334
- ISBN
- 9780813921334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.47
€ 51.47
Hardcover. Providing both personal and professional revelations about the mid- to late-20th century book trade in England, this is the autobiography of Christopher Hurst, director of C.Hurst & Co. Publishers. Num Pages: 464 pages, 33ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGBA; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850653257
- ISBN
- 9781850653257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.99
€ 33.99
€ 29.99
Hardcover. During his time as manager of the Detroit Tigers from 1949 to 1951, Red Rolfe recorded daily accounts of each game, including observations about his team's performance, strengths, weaknesses, and tendencies of opposing players and managers. His journals offer an opportunity to find out what a manager is thinking when no one is around to hear. Editor(s): Anderson, William M. Num Pages: 360 pages, 36 tables, 16 pages photos. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472115464
- ISBN
- 9780472115464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.16
€ 115.16
Hardback. Brings together the perspectives of Civil War soldiers on various aspects of the conflict, revealing as much about nineteenth-century America as it does about the war itself. This book investigates the issues engaged by soldiers during the war, including slavery and racial tensions, the divide between soldiers and civilians, and more. Editor(s): Sheehan-Dean, Aaron. Series: New Directions in Southern History. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124131
- ISBN
- 9780813124131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.76
€ 40.76
Paperback. Editor(s): Scott, Tom. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552151047
- ISBN
- 9780552151047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.81
€ 17.99
€ 12.81
paperback. Tells the story of the hard life in an Irish village, looking at characters such as the local tailor, the blacksmith and the farm-wife. The book combines laughter, pathos and innocence with the gossip of a closely-knit community. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 0. Weight in Grams: 204. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Brandon
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKW0001171
- ISBN
- 9780863221422
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. Tells the story of the hard life in an Irish village, looking at characters such as the local tailor, the blacksmith and the farm-wife. The book combines laughter, pathos and innocence with the gossip of a closely-knit community. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 0. Weight in Grams: 204. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Brandon
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0003874
- ISBN
- 9780863221422
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. Tells the story of the hard life in an Irish village, looking at characters such as the local tailor, the blacksmith and the farm-wife. The book combines laughter, pathos and innocence with the gossip of a closely-knit community. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 0. Weight in Grams: 204. Good clean copy showing some shelf wear, nicks and bumps to cover but remains a good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Brandon
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0016347
- ISBN
- 9780863221422
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95