Biography
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Biography
Paperback. Mahatma Gandhi became a legend in his own time. A tireless fighter for human rights and for Indian independence, his strategy of satyagraha, or passive resistance, earned him the admiration of millions. This biography offers a definitive account of Gandhi's life. It tells the story of one man who changed the world forever. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784700409
- ISBN
- 9781784700409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.66
€ 19.99
€ 14.66
Paperback. Tells the story of the Tibetan people. This title offers an introduction to Tibetan Buddhism. It presents a quest for purification and buddhahood in a single lifetime, tracing the path of a great sinner who became a great saint. Translator(s): Quintman, Andrew. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143106227
- ISBN
- 9780143106227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.46
€ 14.99
€ 11.46
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 134 x 13. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486406619
- ISBN
- 9780486406619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.99€ 7.66
€ 7.99
€ 7.66
Hardback. Clean copy in good to very good condition. Some light shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Penguin Biography
- Publication date
- 1960
- SKU
- KRF0005017
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. The Life of Oa Reilly is a chronicle of the career of one of the European PGA Toura s most famous caddies--John Oa Reilly--and ita s full of funny stories as only this Irishman can tell them. Like the one about the time he and some fellow caddies were arrested and jailed in East Germany on their way to the German Open in Berlin. Num Pages: 190 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932202151
- ISBN
- 9781932202151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.98
€ 23.98
Paperback. An autobiography of Phineas T Barnum that immortalizes the showman who hoodwinked customers into paying to hear the reminiscences of a woman presented as George Washington's 161-year-old nurse, the impresario who brought Jenny Lind to America and toured Europe with General Tom Thumb, and the grand entrepreneur of the American Museum of New York. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ASZW; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252069024
- ISBN
- 9780252069024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.19
€ 21.99
€ 21.19
Hardcover. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Texts. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 3F; BGX; HRCC7; HRCC8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 176 x 20. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884023814
- ISBN
- 9780884023814
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.07
€ 33.99
€ 29.07
Paperback. aeo Only book published in the last 50 years that treats chronologically and at length the whole Browning corpus. aeo Questions the idea that Browning was an objective, dramatic poet, whose works are distinct and separate from himself. aeo Relates Browning the poet to Browning the man. . Series: Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 292 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631200932
- ISBN
- 9780631200932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.39
€ 58.39
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862412920
- ISBN
- 9780862412920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.45
€ 18.99
€ 13.45
Hardback. The Life of Robert Frost presents a unique and rich approach to the poet that includes original genealogical research concerning Frost s ancestors, and a demonstration of how mental illness plagued the Frost family and heavily influenced Frost s poetry. Series: Wiley Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470658529
- ISBN
- 9780470658529
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.88
€ 87.88
Paperback. Documents the author's story, year by year, from his humble beginnings growing up in the East End of London, becoming one of the nation's most talked-about people overnight to finally moving up the spectrum from guilty pleasure, and getting nearer to national treasure. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 271 x 33. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784755218
- ISBN
- 9781784755218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.46
€ 14.99
€ 11.46
Hardcover. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 842 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: BGX; HRCX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 237 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1326.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
- Edition
- Cri Ant
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884023975
- ISBN
- 9780884023975
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.75€ 62.02
€ 67.75
€ 62.02
Hardback. The Byzantine mystic, writer, and monastic leader Symeon the New Theologian is considered a saint by the Orthodox Church. The Life was written more than 30 years after Symeon's death by his disciple and apologist Niketas Stethatos. This translation, based on an authoritative Greek edition, makes it accessible to English readers for the first time. Translator(s): Greenfield, Richard P.H. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HBLC1; HRCC1; HRCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674057982
- ISBN
- 9780674057982
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.07
€ 38.99
€ 33.07
Paperback. A biography of Samuel Johnson, one of the towering figures of English literature. Editor(s): Womersley, David. Num Pages: 1312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; CFM; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 135 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1022.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140436624
- ISBN
- 9780140436624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 22.32
€ 32.99
€ 22.32
Paperback. Although Samuel Johnson succeeded in becoming one of the leading literary figures of his age, he always suffered from a heightened sense of failure. In this account of his life, DeMaria describes his subject in terms of Johnson's own personal and professional hopes for himself. Series: Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Basil Blackwell Inc, US United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557866646
- ISBN
- 9781557866646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.39
€ 58.39
Hardback. Presents Samuel Taylor Coleridge - poet, critic, thinker, plagiarist, cultural omnivore, enchanting companion, feckless husband, fabled conversationalist, guilt-ridden opium addict - in his complexity. This biography shows how Coleridge's writings in verse and prose are especially directly expressive of his opinions and emotions. Series: Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 488 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631187462
- ISBN
- 9780631187462
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.26
€ 138.26
Paperback. * A major account of the life and work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge* Author an authority on Anglo--German cultural connections in the 19th century -- so this book is particularly strong and very accessible too on the German philosophical and literary background. . Series: Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 488 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- NULL
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631207542
- ISBN
- 9780631207542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 52.84
€ 53.99
€ 52.84
Paperback. This searching biography takes a fresh look at this elusive and misunderstood genius. Series: Musical Lives. Num Pages: 228 pages, 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304. Series: Musical Lives. 228 pages, 20 b/w illus. This searching biography takes a fresh look at this elusive and misunderstood genius. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 15. Weight: 312.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 228
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521595124
- ISBN
- 9780521595124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.23
€ 36.23
The Life of Selina Campbell: A Fellow Soldier in the Cause of Restorat...
Long Hunnicutt, Professor Loretta M.
Paperback. This first biography of Selina Campbell opens a window onto the experience of women in one of the most dynamic religious groups of 19th-century America. Series: Religion and American Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817357559
- ISBN
- 9780817357559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.27
€ 37.27
Hardback. The Life of Sharatchandra Chatopadhyay presents a historical critical assessment of the novelist's upbringing and the experiences that informed his work. The author exposes Sharatchandra's innate conservative worldview and his romantic platonic concept of human sexuality that informs all his love stories. Num Pages: 180 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BM; BGL; DSB; HBJF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611475074
- ISBN
- 9781611475074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.75
€ 118.75
paperback. This biography of Anthony Panizzi (1797-1879), Italian patriot and librarian of the British Museum, was published in 1880. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century. Num Pages: 772 pages, 36 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; GL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1080.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 772
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781108044912
- ISBN
- 9781108044912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.85€ 68.64
€ 68.85
€ 68.64
Hardcover. Walter Scott. Green Cloth. Cloth is scuffed and dulled, but remains good. Nice copy.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Methuen
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1906
- SKU
- KTJ0000115
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 24.00
€ 24.00
paperback. Published amid controversy in 1793-6, this two-volume biography remains an important portrait of Methodism's founders and early history. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 17th and 18th Centuries. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; BGX; HBJD1; HRCC95. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1333.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cambridge Library Collection United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1056
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781108059688
- ISBN
- 9781108059688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 91.02€ 89.68
€ 91.02
€ 89.68
Paperback. * Offers major critical coverage of all Hardya s published work* Provides unique insight into the importance for Hardy of his interest in classical literature* Presents Hardya s character and humanity in all their complexity. . Series: Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631228509
- ISBN
- 9780631228509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.25
€ 52.25