Biography: general
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Biography: general
Paperback. Drawing extensively on Tchaikovsky's uncensored letters and diaries, this biography explores the composer's life in the artistic culture of nineteenth-century Russian society, revealing how he became a figure of international renown. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 250 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780236544
- ISBN
- 9781780236544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.76
€ 16.99
€ 13.76
Paperback. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was the founding father of the Turkish Republic. He transformed it from a battle-scarred ruin into a regional power and is still hailed as a hero today. Num Pages: 688 pages, 16pp illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; BGH; HBJD; HBJF; HBLW; HBWN; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Number of pages
- 688
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719565922
- ISBN
- 9780719565922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.50
€ 19.99
€ 14.50
Paperback. Tells how Clarice Lispector through long exile abroad and difficult personal struggles, matured into a great writer, and asserts, for the first time, the deep roots in the Jewish mystical tradition that make her the true heir to Kafka as well as the unlikely author of "perhaps the greatest spiritual autobiography of the twentieth century". Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846147814
- ISBN
- 9781846147814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.03
€ 21.99
€ 16.03
Paperback. From the renowned and award-winning biographer of Emily Dickinson, T. S. Eliot, Charlotte Bronte and Mary Wollstonecraft among others, a universal story about mothers and daughters. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; VFVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Virago Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844088911
- ISBN
- 9781844088911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
€ 10.69
Hardback. Drawing on the diaries of contemporaries, personal correspondence, the minutes of Quaker meetings, business and probate records, pamphlets, and other sources, this book shows that Woolman and his neighbors were far more engaged with the problems of inequality, trade, and warfare than previously understood. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HRCC97. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 162 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812244052
- ISBN
- 9780812244052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.36
€ 62.36
Paperback. The autobiography of the most Do-It-Yourself of punk bands, NOFX Num Pages: 352 pages, 50 black-&-white photographs. BIC Classification: APB; AVGU; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306824777
- ISBN
- 9780306824777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.46
€ 24.99
€ 17.46
Paperback. In 2008, Mark Beaumont smashed the world record for cycling around the world, by an astonishing 81 days. This title tells the story of a 15,000 mile expedition that once again broke the barriers of human achievement. It offers a trip through the diverse cultures of the Americas. Num Pages: 464 pages, 3x8 colour. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGSA; WSQ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552163972
- ISBN
- 9780552163972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.22
€ 15.99
€ 12.22
Paperback. In 1792, when he was forty-seven, the Spanish painter, Francisco de Goya contracted a serious illness which left him stone deaf. The author follows Goya through the remaining thirty-five years of his life. He writes of the elderly painter with the intimacy of an old friend, seeing through his eyes and sharing the silence in his head. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ACV; AFC; AGB; BGH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099437253
- ISBN
- 9780099437253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.44
€ 14.99
€ 11.44
Paperback. With an introduction by Eimear McBride. A devastatingly powerful, moving and uplifting memoir - now a classic of its genre - that inspired others to tell their own true life stories. Series: Picador Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447275121
- ISBN
- 9781447275121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.66
€ 11.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. The remarkable story of Patrick O'Connell, the former Ireland and Manchester United captain who saved Barcelona from extinction died destitute in London, where he lies in an unmarked grave. Num Pages: 232 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; BGS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445654683
- ISBN
- 9781445654683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.65
€ 24.99
€ 18.65
Paperback. SO good. SO funny. SO naughty. SO honest. The intimate and hilarious memoir of the country's favourite TV presenter comes to paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 x 8pp. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340833490
- ISBN
- 9780340833490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.58
€ 14.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. Lavrentii Beria has long symbolized all the evils of Stalinism, haunting the public imagination both in the West and in the former Soviet Union. This is a biography of Lavrentii Beria, Stalin's notorious police chief and for many years his most powerful lieutenant. Num Pages: 344 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVU; BGH; JPFC; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 338
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691010939
- ISBN
- 9780691010939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.29
€ 45.99
€ 32.29
Paperback. You're a male trainee in Britain's toughest profession - think you can make the cut? Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BG; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 192. A Student Nurse's Story. 272 pages. As punishment for some youthful high jinks, 16-year-old Jimmy Frazier is made to volunteer in a London hospital. The experience shocks him, and he swears he will never set foot on a ward again. Two decades later, older but not a lot wiser, some strange twists of fate lead Jimmy back to hospital - but this time as a student nurse. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BG; MQC. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight: 192.
- Publisher
- Constable
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845293956
- ISBN
- 9781845293956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.98
€ 11.99
€ 9.98
Hardback. One hundred years after the Russian Revolution, Zizek shows why Lenin's thought is still important today Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786631886
- ISBN
- 9781786631886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.88
€ 16.99
€ 15.88
Paperback. In this text, Frank Henderson, Commandant of the Second Battalion of Dublin's Irish Volunteers, reveals the influence of his parents and the Christian Brothers in moulding his militancy and pride in Irish culture. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 88 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLW; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 197 x 6. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859181430
- ISBN
- 9781859181430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.64
€ 10.64
Paperback. A beautiful book, as beautiful in the simple clarity of its wisdom as in the terrible beauty of the transformation to which it calls us. -- New Oxford Review Num Pages: 160 pages, Black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Darton,Longman & Todd Ltd
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780232520781
- ISBN
- 9780232520781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.96
€ 15.99
€ 12.96
Paperback. Simon de Montfort's combination of charisma, determination, and fearlessness made him one of the greatest men of his age. This new biography marks 750 years since Montfort established the earliest forerunner of our modern parliament. Num Pages: 336 pages, 37. BIC Classification: 3H; BGH; HBJD; HBLC; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 124. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445660110
- ISBN
- 9781445660110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.45
€ 13.99
€ 11.45
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Mandrake
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906958602
- ISBN
- 9781906958602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.46
€ 19.99
€ 14.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 100 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AM; AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 171 x 13. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Plexus Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859653381
- ISBN
- 9780859653381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.29
€ 20.99
€ 20.29
Hardcover. Roddy Connolly was the son of James Connolly and a significant political figure in his own right. In a career that lasted over 60 years, he played a central role in many of the Irish Left?s most important political initiatives. This book examines for the first time his career and evaluates his contribution to Irish politics in the 20th century. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press Dublin
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859184202
- ISBN
- 9781859184202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.00€ 38.37
€ 49.00
€ 38.37