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Biography
paperback. From his stunning discovery of Tyrannosaurus rex one hundred years ago to the dozens of other important new dinosaur species he found, Barnum Brown led a remarkable life (1873-1963), spending most of it searching for fossils - and sometimes oil - in every corner of the globe. This book discloses the details about his life and travels. Num Pages: 384 pages, 44 b/w photographs, 9 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: BGT; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 222 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780520272613
- ISBN
- 9780520272613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 25.22
€ 39.99
€ 25.22
Paperback. Fine in fine dustjacket
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKW0012147
- ISBN
- 9780007317943
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Memoir from the iconic fashion inventor, philanthropist, socialite and powerful feminist, Diane von Furstenberg Num Pages: 256 pages, 16pp colour. BIC Classification: AKB; AKT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781471140297
- ISBN
- 9781471140297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 10.29
€ 19.99
€ 10.29
Hardcover. Full of warm and witty anecdotes, Francis Brennan shares his deeply personal memoirs while letting us in on the secret to his success - his belief in happiness. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; APT; BGFA; KNSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 205 x 24. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780717168781
- ISBN
- 9780717168781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 11.82
€ 16.99
€ 11.82
paperback. Aims to catch the imagination of a public besieged by hack journalism. This title includes writings that are a blend of public and private, news and recollection, reality and description. It traces the development of the author's career as a journalist and examines his fusion of real events with flights of fancy. Editor(s): Pascoe, David. Num Pages: 688 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140435801
- ISBN
- 9780140435801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 14.67
€ 22.99
€ 14.67
Paperback. Suitable for beginning students, this book presents an overview of Aristotle's entire system of thought. Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 8. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872203143
- ISBN
- 9780872203143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.13
€ 15.99
€ 13.13
Paperback. John Colter was a crack hunter with the Lewis and Clark expedition before striking out on his own as a mountain man and fur trader. This title covers the facts and legends about a man who was dogged by misfortune and 'robbed of the just rewards he had earned.' Num Pages: 184 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 165 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803272644
- ISBN
- 9780803272644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.13
€ 17.99
€ 17.13
Paperback. A seminal biography of Thomas Jefferson and a fascinating exploration of his relationship with Sally Hemings. Num Pages: 624 pages, 16 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 35. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393338331
- ISBN
- 9780393338331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.05
€ 31.99
€ 27.05
Rediscovering Jacob Riis: Exposure Journalism and Photography in Turn-...
Yochelson, Bonnie, Czitrom, Daniel
Paperback. Before publishing his book How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis (1849-1914) spent his first years in the US as an immigrant and itinerant laborer, until he landed a job as a muckraking reporter. This book places Jacob Riis' images in historical context. It explores Riis' reporting and activism within the gritty specifics of Gilded Age New York. Num Pages: 296 pages, 96 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJC; AJB; AJCR; BGH; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 80 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226182865
- ISBN
- 9780226182865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.84
€ 21.99
€ 18.84
Hardcover. Num Pages: 840 pages, 14 halftones, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 1203.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1954
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 840
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674014787
- ISBN
- 9780674014787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 209.07€ 181.14
€ 209.07
€ 181.14
Hardcover. Num Pages: 900 pages, 12 halftones, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 1316.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1952
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 900
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674014763
- ISBN
- 9780674014763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 209.07€ 183.81
€ 209.07
€ 183.81
Hardcover. Num Pages: 738 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159. Weight in Grams: 1066.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1951
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 738
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674014749
- ISBN
- 9780674014749
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 209.07€ 181.14
€ 209.07
€ 181.14
hardcover. This is the first comprehensive collection of remarks attributed to Abraham Lincoln by his contemporaries. Much of what is known or believed about the man comes from such utterances, which have been an important part of Lincoln biography. Editor(s): Fehrenbacher, Don E.; Fehrenbacher, Virginia. Num Pages: 648 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1125.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804726368
- ISBN
- 9780804726368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.62
€ 111.62
hardcover. This is a full-length study of one of the major political figures of 20th-century America, Hiram Johnson (1876-1945). Johnson fought for decades against U.S. involvement in foreign affairs, and from his deathbed voted in 1945 against American entry into the United Nations. Num Pages: 456 pages, 45 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 841.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804720816
- ISBN
- 9780804720816
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.31
€ 90.31
paperback. Lets you share the author's 'terror of humiliation' as she enters 'hairdresser country' and follow her dilemma as she wanders through the quandary of illegible handwriting on examination papers and 'longing for the next dyslexic' - on whose paper the answers are typed, not handwritten. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 200 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Profile Books(GB)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781846685361
- ISBN
- 9781846685361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 10.66
€ 19.99
€ 10.66
paperback. Radio 2 presenter Chris Evans's witty memoir about embracing middle age. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: APT; APW; BGFA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 236 x 35. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781780229201
- ISBN
- 9781780229201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 5.70
€ 16.99
€ 5.70
paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JJ; APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- Publisher
- Bonnier Books Ltd
- SKU
- 9781910536698
- ISBN
- 9781910536698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 5.80
€ 11.99
€ 5.80
paperback. Originally published in 2013 in hardcover in a slightly different format by Insight Editions. Num Pages: 124 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Insight Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781608874880
- ISBN
- 9781608874880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 5.70
€ 19.99
€ 5.70
paperback. A celebration of Nigel and all the dogs Monty Don has had and how dogs enrich our lives by the BBC Gardeners' World presenter. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2x 8pp colour. BIC Classification: BM; WM; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 43. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Hodder
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781473641716
- ISBN
- 9781473641716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 6.49
€ 14.99
€ 6.49
hardcover. A riveting memoir from Lady Trumpington, doyenne of the House of Lords, taking her from 1920s London to the beginning of her political career in the early 1960s Num Pages: 256 pages, 16pp b/w bound as 2 x 8. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- PAN Macmillan Adult
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781447256779
- ISBN
- 9781447256779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 5.70
€ 29.99
€ 5.70
paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 171 x 24. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- PAN MACMILLAN
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781447238348
- ISBN
- 9781447238348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.28
€ 5.28
Paperback. An insider's account of life with Sinatra during the heady years of the Rat Pack that's as cool, original and dazzling as the man himself. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AVG; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 289 x 23. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Pan
- Edition
- Reprints
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780330412292
- ISBN
- 9780330412292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 5.44
€ 12.99
€ 5.44
hardcover. From planning to preparation, to training to execution, the author shares his thoughts on his sacrifices, his heroes, and the people who have supported him along the way as well as what's to come as he heads towards the twilight of his stellar career. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Yellow Jersey Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780224100465
- ISBN
- 9780224100465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 6.75
€ 25.99
€ 6.75
Paperback. NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING JOHNNY DEPP AND BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, DAKOTA JOHNSON AND KEVIN BACON Num Pages: 448 pages, 8pp b&w inset. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; BTC; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Edition
- Tie-In - Film Tie-In
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781782116240
- ISBN
- 9781782116240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 5.70
€ 13.99
€ 5.70