Biography: general
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Biography: general
Hardcover. The first volume of this reference provides readers with a biographical account of the Australian senators whose period of prominenece was between 1901 and 1929. It reveals their signifcance, and the significance of senatorial clerks, covering a broad political spectrum. Editor(s): Millar, Ann. Num Pages: 528 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; BGH; GBCB; HBT; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 184 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1385.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Publishing
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522849219
- ISBN
- 9780522849219
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.17
€ 82.17
Paperback. When ex-headmistress Anne Mustoe gave up her job, bought a bike and took to the road, she couldn't even mend a puncture. 12,000 miles and 15 months later, she was home. Her epic solo journey took her around the world, through Europe, India, the Far East and the United States. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1x8 b/w illustration section. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; BG; WSQ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863696503
- ISBN
- 9780863696503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.83
€ 26.99
€ 19.83
Paperback. Prime Ministers Series, Baldwin was at the helm during the General Strike and the Abdication. Series: 20 British Prime Ministers of the 20th Century. Num Pages: 168 pages, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904950608
- ISBN
- 9781904950608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. * The extraordinary roller-coaster story of Anne Robinson's life from alcoholism and a vicious custody battle for her daughter - which haunts her to this day - to her triumphant fight back. * A brave and remarkable book by a woman at the height of her career. Num Pages: 336 pages, Section: 8, b/w. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 248. Some shelf wear, but remains very good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KTJ0006628
- ISBN
- 9780751536249
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 pages plates. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Dovecote Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904349679
- ISBN
- 9781904349679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.13
€ 13.99
€ 13.13
Paperback. Bestselling biography of the enduringly fascinating Wallis Simpson Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; BGR; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Phoenix mass market p/bk
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780753827390
- ISBN
- 9780753827390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.47
€ 5.47
Paperback. An acclaimed biography of Elizabeth I and an examination of the politics and intrigues of her Tudor court. Series: Women in History. Num Pages: 720 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 52. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842126240
- ISBN
- 9781842126240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.27
€ 21.99
€ 16.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 colour plates, 37 colour illustrations, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 3JJC; BGH; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752494449
- ISBN
- 9780752494449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.33
€ 21.99
€ 17.33
Paperback. Long out of print and now published together for the first time, these three volumes of autobiography of the Cornish author and schoolteacher Anne Treneer cover the period from her birth at Gorran in 1891 to her retirement from teaching in 1948. Num Pages: 600 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBKEM; 1DBKEWC; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 37. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895125
- ISBN
- 9780859895125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.09
€ 33.09
Paperback. Presenting the biography of Matsuo Taseko, a peasant woman of the Tokugawa period, honoured and then adopted as a patron saint by rightist nationalists, this text gives perspectives on the practices and intellectual concerns of rural entrepreneurs and their role in the Meiji Restoration. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 424 pages, 20 halftones, 2 maps, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226872377
- ISBN
- 9780226872377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.12
€ 48.12
Hardback. A collection of short biographies of ordinary Japanese men and women, most of them unknown outside their family and locality, whose lives collectively span the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Series: The Human Tradition Around the World Series. Num Pages: 241 pages, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842029117
- ISBN
- 9780842029117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.70
€ 154.70
Paperback. A vivid and moving memoir of a young nurse who left behind an idyllic rural life in post-war Britain to work in the world's most hostile places. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8xpp colour. BIC Classification: BGA; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 302. A vivid and moving memoir of a young nurse who left behind an idyllic rural life in post-war Britain to work in the world's most hostile places. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8xpp colour. BIC Classification: BGA; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 302. Good, clean copy. Covers showing minor shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster UK
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0005965
- ISBN
- 9781847397898
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
Paperback. "Saladin" represents the best kind of biography a portrait of a man who is said to have made an age, and the most complete account we have to date of an age that made the man. The result is a unique view of the Crusades from an Arab perspective, and an erudite biography of a political figure whose image was layered in myth with the passage of time. Num Pages: 704 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FB; BGH; HBAH; HBJF1; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 35. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674283978
- ISBN
- 9780674283978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.79
€ 33.99
€ 28.79
Paperback. The lives of all the executed leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising in one volume Num Pages: 256 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The Mercier Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781781171349
- ISBN
- 9781781171349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.88
€ 14.99
€ 13.88
Hardback. This book examines a wide range of intellectual, ethical, and religious issues through the lens of the reflections of Charles Peguy, on Bernard-Lazare, who was prominent during the Dreyfus Affair. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 204 pages, 2 half-tones. BIC Classification: BG; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804730051
- ISBN
- 9780804730051
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.71
€ 74.71
paperback. Num Pages: 262 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 442. Crazy Fingers. 262 pages, portraits. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 15. Weight: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Backbeat
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879306328
- ISBN
- 9780879306328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.72
€ 19.99
€ 15.72
Paperback. A ground-breaking historical work that explicates Thomas Jefferson's vision of himself, the American Revolution, Christianity, slavery and race. Num Pages: 400 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631492518
- ISBN
- 9781631492518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.30
€ 18.99
€ 17.30
Hardcover. A groundbreaking work of history that explicates Thomas Jefferson's vision of himself, the American Revolution, Christianity, slavery, and race. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871404428
- ISBN
- 9780871404428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.87
€ 36.87
Paperback. Rumours of Jefferson's sexual involvement with his slave Sally Hemings have circulated for two centuries. In this text, the author sets out to intensify the debate, arguing not that the events necessarily took place, but that the evidence for their taking place has been denied a fair hearing. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813918334
- ISBN
- 9780813918334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.59
€ 21.99
€ 21.59
Hardback. Elizabeth Simpson Inchbald (1753-1821) was a leading literary figure of the late 18th century - an actress, playwright and editor of several plays and novels. This work covers her life story, but also provides a look at the society and politics of London in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Num Pages: 632 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; BGH; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 966.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813122366
- ISBN
- 9780813122366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.24
€ 87.24
Paperback. Annie Wood Besant (1847-1933) was a problematic and notorious figure in Victorian England, questioning and then breaking from the Anglican Church to become an atheist, women's rights advocate, and Freethinker. This title includes comparative passages from "An Autobiography", written in 1893 after Besant's conversion to Theosophy. Editor(s): Mackay, Carol Hanbery. Num Pages: 370 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551114484
- ISBN
- 9781551114484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.90
€ 44.99
€ 31.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 32 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JM; BGR; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 275 x 5. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 32
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841653747
- ISBN
- 9781841653747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 7.95
€ 8.99
€ 7.95
Paperback. The story of the Dutch girl who became known as 'the Mother of Malawi' for her work with that country's orphans Num Pages: 320 pages, 8pp colour photo section. BIC Classification: BGXA; HRCX6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson Plc
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857213754
- ISBN
- 9780857213754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.66
€ 18.66
Paperback. Series: Jewish Lives. Num Pages: 280 pages, 17 b/w + 16 color illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 146. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300219685
- ISBN
- 9780300219685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.72
€ 21.72