Biography
Results 8905 - 8928 of 18417
Biography
Paperback. A Lot of Loose Ends is Roland's account of his experiences in treating animals of all shapes and sizes in Africa and his many encounters with farmers, pet owners and politicians. Some of the tales he has to tell are hilarious, others hair-raising and a few horrific, but all are fascinating. Num Pages: 396 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 35. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- G2 ENTERTAINMENT
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909304727
- ISBN
- 9781909304727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.90
€ 20.99
€ 18.90
Paperback. From childhood memories to manic motherhood to middle age, the author tells life as she has lived it. She acknowledges the passing years, from the generational shrinking of underwear to facing the fact that her knees make 'this noise like Rice Krispies' when she exercises. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099559030
- ISBN
- 9780099559030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.89
€ 17.99
€ 13.89
Hardcover. Num Pages: 116 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; WDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Clear Light Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 116
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780940666337
- ISBN
- 9780940666337
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.83
€ 27.99
€ 21.83
Never missing a game during his career, the six-time All-Star - Lou Gehrig - set the American League record with 184 RBI in 1931, hit a record 23 grand slams, won two Most Valuable Player awards, and won the 1934 Triple Crown. This biography celebrates a man who was not only a baseball great but also a true American hero. Num Pages: 130 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Chelsea House Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780791094235
- ISBN
- 9780791094235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.54
€ 35.99
€ 30.54
Hardcover. Num Pages: 163 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 163
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560729624
- ISBN
- 9781560729624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.65€ 52.81
€ 67.65
€ 52.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Melville House Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612194783
- ISBN
- 9781612194783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.64
€ 16.99
€ 14.64
Paperback. Lou Reed died in 2013. This is the critically acclaimed biography of the songwriter, Velvet Underground member and musician. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409153047
- ISBN
- 9781409153047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.58
€ 14.99
€ 11.58
Hardcover. Series Editor(s): Smith, John David. Series: Library of African-American Biography. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781566638364
- ISBN
- 9781566638364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.02
€ 27.99
€ 24.02
Paperback. "Profoundly evocative and altogether admirable.. The writing and detail are so brilliant that I found the volume revelatory."-Tim Page, Washington Post Num Pages: 608 pages, 65 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 139 x 38. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393350807
- ISBN
- 9780393350807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.25
€ 20.99
€ 19.25
Paperback. With novels, short story collections, and works of criticism and history to his credit, Louis Auchincloss is definition of prolific. This title traces him from boarding school to his early literary forays at Yale, from law school to naval service in World War II, and then to Wall Street, chronicling his success in both legal and literary careers. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570037115
- ISBN
- 9781570037115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.48
€ 30.99
€ 26.48
Hardback. March 29, 1900, is considered by many to be the day mathematical finance was born. On that day a French doctoral student, Louis Bachelier, successfully defended his thesis Theorie de la Speculation at the Sorbonne. This book provides a translation of Bachelier's seminal work. Num Pages: 208 pages, 17 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; BGB; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691117522
- ISBN
- 9780691117522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.99€ 64.49
€ 83.99
€ 64.49
paperback. 8vo.Original printed wrappers with label removed
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0307309
- ISBN
- 9780571176878
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.00
€ 12.00
Hardcover. Num Pages: 616 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; LAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815610007
- ISBN
- 9780815610007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.10€ 46.80
€ 50.10
€ 46.80
Paperback. A biography of Louis Prima, one of the most underrated jazz musicians and entertainers of the twentieth century. It explores Prima's ability to maintain a lifelong career, his knack for self-promotion, and how the cities in which he lived and performed - New York, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas - uniquely and indelibly informed his style. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252070907
- ISBN
- 9780252070907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.12
€ 29.12
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138944169
- ISBN
- 9781138944169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 49.70
€ 49.99
€ 49.70
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580464147
- ISBN
- 9781580464147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.58
€ 136.58
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12 pp. b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; BGH; HBJD; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300217452
- ISBN
- 9780300217452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.00€ 28.71
€ 35.00
€ 28.71
Paperback. Presents the life of the wife of the sixth president, covering her early life abroad, her diplomatic mission in Russia, her role as a famous Washington hostess, and her participation in the political and social events of her time. Editor(s): Michelmore, David L. Num Pages: 432 pages, 15 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300212563
- ISBN
- 9780300212563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 6.23
€ 29.99
€ 6.23
Series: Who Wrote That?. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 68 x 13. Weight in Grams: 950.
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Chelsea House Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780791067215
- ISBN
- 9780791067215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.59
€ 38.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 619 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 34. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Number of pages
- 619
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816637812
- ISBN
- 9780816637812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.35
€ 26.99
€ 26.35
Hardcover. At 11.47pm on July 25th 1978, Louise Brown was the first person ever to be born through science rather than as the result of two people having sex. The birth was hailed as a "miracle" by the world's media, making her instantly famous. For the first time Louise tells the story of her world changing birth and its impact on her life. Num Pages: 240 pages, 30 b/w and colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; BGA; MFKC1; MFKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 27. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Tangent Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909446083
- ISBN
- 9781909446083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.39
€ 25.99
€ 22.39
Hardcover. Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) was, with Calder, Noguchi and David Smith, one of the great American sculptors of the 20th century. She created extraordinary work, from room-size installations composed of boxes to gnarled and majestic steel structures. This book tells her life story. Num Pages: 528 pages, 100 illustrations, 34 in colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKB; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 248 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1092.
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500094013
- ISBN
- 9780500094013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.19
€ 33.99
€ 24.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages, illustrations, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1MBF; BGA; JFSL9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 172 x 9. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780855753481
- ISBN
- 9780855753481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.33
€ 25.99
€ 19.33
Love amid the Turmoil: The Civil War Letters of William and Mary Vermi...
Mary Vermilion Wiliam Vermilion
Paperback. Editor(s): Elder, Donald C. Num Pages: 408 pages, 5 photos, 4 maps. BIC Classification: BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Of Iowa Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781587296093
- ISBN
- 9781587296093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.49
€ 31.99
€ 27.49