Biography
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Biography
Paperback. In this nuanced portrait of Athelstan, Sarah Foot offers the first full account of the king ever written. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 284 pages, b/w pls. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300187717
- ISBN
- 9780300187717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.20
€ 24.99
€ 19.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; 3JH; BM; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 5. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Globe Pequot Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493023165
- ISBN
- 9781493023165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.97
€ 16.97
Paperback. Originally published in 1978, this is the autobiography of an indomitable woman and her family's 20 years of adventures and misadventures in a desert wilderness. In 1908, Sarah Olds packed up her brood and went homesteading. Her book tells of their hardships, poverty and tribulations. Num Pages: 200 pages, 13 b&w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; BG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- University of Nevada Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874170528
- ISBN
- 9780874170528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.69
€ 17.99
€ 16.69
Paperback. World War II offered women the opportunity to contribute to the work of the country, and Nancy Batson Crews was one woman who made the most of her privileged beginnings and youthful talents and opportunities. She was a high school cheerleader, campus queen, airplane pilot, wife, mother, politician, businesswoman. This work presents her story. Num Pages: 296 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fire Ant Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817355531
- ISBN
- 9780817355531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.25
€ 26.99
€ 23.25
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307387981
- ISBN
- 9780307387981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.78
€ 19.99
€ 17.78
Paperback. Unravels Elizabeth's family secrets - how she was influenced by her father; her troubled relationships with her children; the story of her difficult marriage; and how this remarkable monarch has coped with the pressures of being a mother who is also the most famous woman in the world. Num Pages: 616 pages, illustrations, genealogy, tables. BIC Classification: BGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141006550
- ISBN
- 9780141006550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Elizabeth II has lived through Abdication, the Blitz and World War Two, the sex and spy scandals of the swinging sixties, the Cold War and the nuclear threat and the Fall of the Berlin Wall. She has known 11 US Presidents including JFK and Ronald Reagan, and other world leaders like President Mandela and Pope John XXII. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; BGR; HBJD1; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Viking
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780670919123
- ISBN
- 9780670919123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.44
€ 14.99
€ 11.44
Paperback. Lucrezia Borgia's name has echoed through history as a byword for evil - a poisoner who committed incest with her natural father, Pope Alexander VI, and with her brother, Cesare Borgia. Long considered the most ruthless of Italian Renaissance noblewomen, her tarnished reputation has prevailed long since her own lifetime. This text tells her story. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141014135
- ISBN
- 9780141014135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.21
€ 21.99
€ 17.21
Paperback. Jackie Bouvier's privileged upbringing instilled rigid self-control, while her expedient marriage into the Kennedy clan consolidated her determination. This book deals with private Jackie - neglected wife, vigilant mother, obsessive shopper and working widow. Num Pages: 704 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 134 x 46. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241967430
- ISBN
- 9780241967430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.86
€ 24.99
€ 18.86
Paperback. King George VI reigned through taxing times. Acceding to the throne upon his brother's abdication, he was immediately confronted with the turmoil in European politics leading up to the Second World War, then the War itself, followed by a period of austerity, social transformation and loss of Empire. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 704 pages, geneal. tables. BIC Classification: BGR; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 47. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241956090
- ISBN
- 9780241956090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.18
€ 21.99
€ 16.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- CavanKerry Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933880389
- ISBN
- 9781933880389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.53
€ 21.99
€ 18.53
Hardback. Num Pages: 80 pages, 15 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BG; DNF; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 107 x 178. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781477309490
- ISBN
- 9781477309490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.05
€ 24.05
Paperback. 'I hadn't been in Hackney for 24 hours but I knew that the way I saw life and people had changed forever. There was such goodness here but there was a sadness I had never imagined before, and it wasn't even lunchtime yet ..' Num Pages: 352 pages, (1 x 8pp plate section). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; BM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 300. Some light shelf wear else as new.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KTG0002248
- ISBN
- 9780007520077
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. 'I hadn't been in Hackney for 24 hours but I knew that the way I saw life and people had changed forever. There was such goodness here but there was a sadness I had never imagined before, and it wasn't even lunchtime yet ..' Num Pages: 352 pages, (1 x 8pp plate section). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; BM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KRA0009103
- ISBN
- 9780007520077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. How to get on well with people, how to adjust to losing someone you love? How to live? This question obsessed Renaissance nobleman Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-92), who wrote free-roaming explorations of his thought. This biography of Montaigne relates the story of his life by way of the questions he posed and the answers he explored. Num Pages: 400 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099485155
- ISBN
- 9780099485155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.11
€ 16.99
€ 13.11
Paperback. Conservationist, scholar, soldier, white hunter and fabled lover - Denys Finch Hatton was an aristocrat of leonine nonchalance. This book reveals the truth behind the author's love affairs with the glamorous aviatrix Beryl Markham, and - famously - with Karen Blixen, a romance immortalized in her memoir Out of Africa. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 3JJ; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing London
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099450276
- ISBN
- 9780099450276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.13
€ 16.99
€ 13.13
Paperback. Apsley Cherry Garrard (1886-1959) was one of the youngest members of Captain Scott's final expedition to the Antarctic. Cherry undertook an epic journey in the Antarctic winter to collect the eggs of the Emperor penguin. This work presents the biography of Cherry. Num Pages: 368 pages, facsimiles, illustrations, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1MTS; BGH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099437536
- ISBN
- 9780099437536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.12
€ 16.99
€ 13.12
Paperback. Spanish peasant Bartolome Sanchez believed that God had sent him in divine retribution for the crimes committed by the Inquisition. He soon found himself in the court he believed he was sent to destroy. This book considers the nature of religious inspiration, insanity, and criminal responsibility. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC2; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920016
- ISBN
- 9780813920016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.83
€ 39.83
hardcover. From literary journalist Sara Mansfield Taber comes a deep and wondrous memoir of her exotic childhood as the daughter of a covert CIA operative. Born under an Assumed Name portrays the thrilling and confusing life of a girl growing up abroad in a world of secrecy and diplomacy - and the heavy toll it takes on her and her father. Num Pages: 396 pages, 64 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; HBJK; HBTM; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597976985
- ISBN
- 9781597976985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.12
€ 40.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 283.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226779812
- ISBN
- 9780226779812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.87
€ 14.99
€ 12.87
Hardcover. A study of David Octavius Hill (1802-70), pioneer photographer, painter and lithographer. It analyzes his photographic partnership with Robert Adamson, offering an understanding of its remarkable success, and explains the purpose and intelligence of this work in the context of Hill's life. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 240 pages, 105 b/w + 41 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; ACV; AJB; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 284 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300095340
- ISBN
- 9780300095340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.95
€ 50.99
€ 36.95
Mechthild of Magdeburg gained some renown for her extraordinary book of mystical revelations, "The Flowing Light of the Godhead". Yet her writings dropped into obscurity after her death, many assume because of her gender. This seeks to explain this fate by considering Mechthild's own view of female authorship. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; DSBB; HRCS1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 239 x 31. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812238020
- ISBN
- 9780812238020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.40
€ 102.40
Paperback. Who can forget the image of Sarah Payne? In this haunting memoir, her mother Sara describes the terrible days surrounding the abduction and murder of her daughter by paeodophile, Roy Whiting. A heartrending personal account of every family's worst nightmare. Num Pages: 256 pages, b/w photo sections. BIC Classification: 2AB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196. 231pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KNW0007346
- ISBN
- 9780340862780
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Who can forget the image of Sarah Payne? In this haunting memoir, her mother Sara describes the terrible days surrounding the abduction and murder of her daughter by paeodophile, Roy Whiting. A heartrending personal account of every family's worst nightmare. Num Pages: 256 pages, b/w photo sections. BIC Classification: 2AB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196. 231pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KNW0007344
- ISBN
- 9780340862780
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99