Biography
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Biography
paperback. Part musical odyssey, part dazzling love story The Baroness traces Nica's extraordinary, thrilling journey - from England's stately homes to the battlefields of Africa, passing under the shadow of the Holocaust, and finally, to the creative ferment of New York's 1950s jazz scene. Num Pages: 320 pages, Integrated. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJ; AVGJ; BG; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Virago
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0039376
- ISBN
- 9781844086054
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
paperback. A fascinating examination of the extraordinary life of Roger Casement, executed as part of the 1916 rising, fighting the empire that had previously knighted him. Ultimately, he was hanged in Pentonville prison on the 3 August-two years to the day after Britain's declaration of war in 1914. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 428. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- O'Brien Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0039373
- ISBN
- 9781847172648
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
paperback. Tells the story of how a bitter, failed art student from an obscure corner of Austria rose to unparalleled power, destroying the lives of millions and bringing the world to the brink of Armageddon. Num Pages: 1072 pages, 32 pp b/w inset. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 49. Weight in Grams: 844. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0039357
- ISBN
- 9780141035888
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
paperback. Winner of the PEN Hessel-Tiltman prize for history, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography, The Lunar Men captures the creation of the modern world with lucid intelligence, sympathy and wisdom. Num Pages: 608 pages, 16pp colour and 60 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 434. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0039356
- ISBN
- 9780571216109
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
paperback. A new edition of Adam Zamoyski's definitive biography of Chopin, first published in 1979 and unavailable in English for many years. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 290. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- HarperPress
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0039344
- ISBN
- 9780007341856
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
paperback. Written by the author who was raised in a desperately poor village during the height of China's Cultural Revolution, this book tells the story of how he came to be Mao's last dancer. Num Pages: 448 pages, Black and white inset. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPL; ASD; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 304. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0039337
- ISBN
- 9780141040226
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
paperback. Takes us on a seductive journey through author's childhood and adolescence, along Jerusalem's war-torn streets in the 1940s and '50s, and into the infernal marriage of two kind, well-meaning people: his fussy, logical father, and his dreamy, romantic mother. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 370. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0039319
- ISBN
- 9780099450030
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Hardcover. Despite its age, it remains as it did, a very fine copy.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1957
- Publisher
- Watts
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KTJ0000407
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. Despite its age, it remains as it did, a very fine copy.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1957
- Publisher
- Watts
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KTJ0000406
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. Despite its age, it remains as it did, a very fine copy.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1957
- Publisher
- Watts
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KTJ0000404
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 531. Very good clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- TURTLE POINT PRESS
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0249801
- ISBN
- 9781885586247
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Examines the life of the androgynous nineteenth-century American actress and her work on the Anglo-American stage Series: Triangulations: Lesbian/Gay/Queer Theater/Drama/Performance. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AN; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472087495
- ISBN
- 9780472087495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.95
€ 49.95
Identity Technologies: Constructing the Self Online (Wisconsin Studies...
. Ed(S): Poletti, Anna; Rak, Julie
paperback. Editor(s): Poletti, Anna; Rak, Julie. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; GTC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299296445
- ISBN
- 9780299296445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.41
€ 45.41
paperback. The simple idea - a day set aside to focus on protecting our natural environment - was the brainchild of US Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin. This book presents the life of Nelson, a small-town boy who learned his values and progressive political principles at an early age, is woven through the political history of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 704 pages, 29 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BG; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1225.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- Large Print
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299196462
- ISBN
- 9780299196462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.27
€ 28.27
Paperback. Blending poetry, prose and autobiographical details, "Development" and "Two Selves" together constitute a compelling bildungsroman that follows a young woman's process of coming out. Through the fictionalized character Nancy, the novels trace Bryher's life through her childhood and young adulthood. Series: Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 5SL; BG; DCF; DNF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299167745
- ISBN
- 9780299167745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.14
€ 28.14
paperback. Jurgen Herbst's account of growing up in Nazi Germany from 1928 to 1948 is an understated tale of moral awakening. He illustrates how easy it was for a German boy without strong convictions to climb into a position of leadership in the Nazi Jungvolk. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGA; HBJD; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299164140
- ISBN
- 9780299164140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.73
€ 19.99
€ 18.73
Livin' the Blues: Memoirs of a Black Journalist and Poet (Wisconsin St...
University Of Wisconsin Press
paperback. A portrait of Frank Marshall Davis, prominent poet, journalist, jazz critic and civil rights activist on the Chicago and Atlanta scene in the 1920s through the 1940s. Davis was an intimate of Langston Hughes and Richard Wright and an influential editor at a number of American newspapers. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography. Num Pages: 408 pages, 14 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299135041
- ISBN
- 9780299135041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.21
€ 30.99
€ 27.21
The Pathless Way: John Muir and American Wilderness (Mark H Ingraham P...
University Of Wisconsin Press
paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; RGR; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299097240
- ISBN
- 9780299097240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.75
€ 24.99
€ 23.75
Hardcover. Used hardback, with dustjacket, in very good condition. Some light shelf wear. CULLEN
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The Mercier Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRF0043471
- ISBN
- 9781856353816
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Is it possible for humans to discover the key to happiness through a larger than life, bad-boy dog? Just ask the Grogans. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8 pp plate section. BIC Classification: BM; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear to the cover
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KIN0034943
- ISBN
- 9780340922101
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. 40pp. Keywords: Biography
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Press
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KHS1006811
- ISBN
- 9780522841558
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Paperback. A vivid and moving memoir of a young nurse who left behind an idyllic rural life in post-war Britain to work in the world's most hostile places. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8xpp colour. BIC Classification: BGA; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 302. A vivid and moving memoir of a young nurse who left behind an idyllic rural life in post-war Britain to work in the world's most hostile places. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8xpp colour. BIC Classification: BGA; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 302. Good, clean copy. Covers showing minor shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster UK
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0005965
- ISBN
- 9781847397898
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.59
€ 4.59
Hardcover. Clean copy. Fine in dustjacket. DJ has minor wear to edges but remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KOC0021854
- ISBN
- 9780316861014
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Giving an account of the life of a surgeon, this book looks at what it is like to cut into people's bodies and the - literally life and death - decisions that have to be made. It includes chronicles of operations that go wrong; of doctors who go to the bad; why autopsies are necessary; and what it feels like to insert your knife into someone. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; MN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 238. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0039287
- ISBN
- 9781846681325
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 7.43
€ 7.43