Biography
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Biography
Paperback. The father of Nick Vujicic, one of the world's most beloved persons with a disability, shares candidly the mistakes and successes in raising a child with unique challenges - from birth to an independent and satisfying adulthood. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8pp b&w photos. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781760293338
- ISBN
- 9781760293338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.31
€ 19.99
€ 14.31
Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- New edition
- Publisher
- Newleaf
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- SKU
- KOC0026771
- ISBN
- 9780952112204
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This collection of biographies in Western literature is devoted to women. It affords a glimpse of a moment in history when mediaeval attitudes toward women were beginning to give way to more modern views of their potential. Translator(s): Brown, Virginia. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; BG; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674011304
- ISBN
- 9780674011304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.28
€ 38.99
€ 33.28
Paperback. A powerful examination of the passage of time, love, the power of music, and the power of dreams. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785355561
- ISBN
- 9781785355561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.21
€ 14.99
€ 14.21
Paperback. Personal narrative of a German woman surviving five years in Russian prison camps. Editor(s): Marshall, Heather. Translator(s): Gahler, Hans Rudolf, MD. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVUA; 3JJ; 3JM; BM; HBJD; HBTB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781772120387
- ISBN
- 9781772120387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.56
€ 38.99
€ 28.56
Hardcover. The diaries of Pius II give us an intimate glimpse of the life and thought of one of the greatest of the Renaissance popes. This edition contains a fresh Latin text based on the last manuscript written in Pius's lifetime. Editor(s): Meserve, Margaret; Simonetta, Marcello (Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, Wesleyan University, USA). Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: BGH; DNF; HRCX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674011649
- ISBN
- 9780674011649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.07
€ 38.99
€ 33.07
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 3JJH; BM; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Monsoon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814625357
- ISBN
- 9789814625357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.97
€ 16.97
Paperback. John Killen brings together the legends, folklore, traditions and stories that have been associated with St Patrick across the centuries. Num Pages: 160 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3D; BGX; HBJD1; HRLP1; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 122. .
- Publisher
- Blackstaff Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856409585
- ISBN
- 9780856409585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.12
€ 16.12
Hardback. A broad view of the opportunities afforded to those in the library profession and of an activist whose influence resonated at a critical time. Num Pages: 27 pages, 22 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BGA; GL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810832411
- ISBN
- 9780810832411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.97
€ 154.97
Paperback. Kim Ku was highly involved in the struggle for Korea's independence from Japan, and now the autobiography of this celebrated national figure, before only available in Korean, Chinese, or Japanese, has been translated into English. Kim's writings detail the rise of Korea, from inception to the modern 'Two Koreas.' Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BG; G; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- University Press of America
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761821588
- ISBN
- 9780761821588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 111.69
€ 111.69
Paperback. Like a real-life Scarface Jon was born into the upper levels of the Gambino crime family and witnessed his first murder at age seven. He became a one-man juvenile crime wave before joining an assassination squad in Vietnam. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2018
- SKU
- V9780091949419
- ISBN
- 9780091949419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.28
€ 10.99
€ 9.28
Paperback. Edward Gibbon was one of the world's greatest historians and a towering figure of his age. When he died in 1794 he left behind the unfinished drafts of his memoirs, which were posthumously edited by his friend Lord Sheffield. Recounting Gibbon's sickly childhood in London, he distils his genius for history into a remarkable gift for autobiography. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QSM; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140432176
- ISBN
- 9780140432176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.93
€ 17.99
€ 13.93
Paperback. A biography of Nikos Kazantzakis. It describes his struggle with political questions that were in reality aspects of a fervent religious search. It features his experiments with communism in turbulent Greece, his visits to Soviet Russia, and the publication of his epic "Odyssey" in 1938. Series: Princeton Modern Greek Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHM; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128801
- ISBN
- 9780691128801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.93
€ 45.99
€ 32.93
Hardback. Helps you in understanding the history of late ancient and medieval Christianity and the history of Christian piety. This title reveals highly developed devotion to Mary's compassionate suffering at the Crucifixion, anticipating by several centuries an influential medieval style of devotion known as "affective piety". Translator(s): Shoemaker, Stephen J. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300175042
- ISBN
- 9780300175042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.09
€ 34.09
Paperback. In 1989, J. Michael Bishop and Harold Varmus were awarded the Nobel Prize for their discovery that normal genes under certain conditions can cause cancer. In this book, Bishop reveals how he and Varmus made their momentous discovery. Series: The Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures. Num Pages: 288 pages, 27 halftones, 8 line illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016255
- ISBN
- 9780674016255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.30
€ 35.99
€ 30.30
Hardback. Putting Greek writer Nikos Kazantzakis's (1883-1957) vast output into the context of his lifelong spiritual quest and the turbulent politics of twentieth-century Greece, this title argues that Kazantzakis was a deeply flawed genius. It covers his life after 1938, the period in which he wrote "Zorba the Greek" and "The Last Temptation of Christ". Series: Princeton Modern Greek Studies. Num Pages: 640 pages, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: 2AHM; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 999.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128139
- ISBN
- 9780691128139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.54€ 73.01
€ 95.54
€ 73.01
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; HPCF7; JFFK; PST; WNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231173865
- ISBN
- 9780231173865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.87€ 74.63
€ 97.87
€ 74.63
Hardcover. This chronology covers the whole sweep of Evelyn Waugh's varied and eventful life and career, including his numerous friendships, his active social life and his exotic travels. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Publisher
- PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
- Number of pages
- 172
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333638941
- ISBN
- 9780333638941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.15€ 83.08
€ 135.15
€ 83.08
Paperback. An alternative autobiography of the well-loved actor and man of the theatre, winner of the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography. BIC Classification: ANB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 35. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books
- Number of pages
- 436
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848421714
- ISBN
- 9781848421714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.58
€ 19.99
€ 15.58
Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8 page image insert plus in-text illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; ACND; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781605989792
- ISBN
- 9781605989792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.68
€ 31.99
€ 26.68
Paperback. Drawing on Philip Johnsons correspondence, personal photographs, and speeches, and on interviews with his friends and contemporaries, this biography presents information and discussion of the architect's family, travels and friends, as well as his many buildings and spaces. Num Pages: 484 pages, 125 halftones. BIC Classification: AMB; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 484
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226740584
- ISBN
- 9780226740584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 37.50
€ 48.99
€ 37.50
Paperback. A selection of letters, articles, and notes also includes the short story "A Couple of Writers" and the first chapters of Raymond Chandler's last Philip Marlowe novel, "The Poodle Springs Story", left unfinished at his death. Num Pages: 275 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520208353
- ISBN
- 9780520208353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.42
€ 33.99
€ 24.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 400 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; BGH; HBJH; HBLA1; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 285 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1414.
- Publisher
- Skira
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Spanish Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788857230788
- ISBN
- 9788857230788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.71
€ 29.99
€ 21.71
Paperback. Compelling true-life stories about mariners' dreadful experiences at sea during the heyday of deep-sea commercial sail. Recounted mainly as original narratives compiled from the Casualties columns and pages of Lloyd's List. A wealth of fascinating topics including strandings, mutiny, murder, messages in a bottle and seaquakes. Num Pages: 480 pages, liberally illustrated with engravings, maps and photographs. BIC Classification: BTP; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 240 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1256.
- Publisher
- Whittles Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849950893
- ISBN
- 9781849950893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 39.56
€ 42.99
€ 39.56