Biography
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Biography
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Dundurn Group Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550020960
- ISBN
- 9781550020960
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.25
€ 19.25
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Dundurn Group Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781459706439
- ISBN
- 9781459706439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.34
€ 26.99
€ 24.34
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Science for Peace Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888666574
- ISBN
- 9780888666574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.26€ 79.13
€ 92.26
€ 79.13
paperback. A new look at the man who gave us ideas "the medium is the message" and "global village". Num Pages: 336 pages, 17. BIC Classification: BG; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0037639
- ISBN
- 9780262631860
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Viking
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0037580
- ISBN
- 9780670866755
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. Brought up a strong Catholic in Belfast, Mar tin McGartland decided to help put a stop to the cruelty of the IRA. He worked as a British agent inside the IRA, and is reported to have saved the lives of over fifty people. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 320 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BG; HBJD1; HBLW3; JKVF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 177 x 20. Weight in Grams: 172. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0037274
- ISBN
- 9781857822014
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. The picture we have of Socrates' trial and death - created by his immediate followers and perpetuated in countless works of literature and art ever since - is that a noble man was put to death in a fit of folly by the ancient Athenian democracy. This work presents an account of one of the defining periods of Western civilization. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; BGH; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 164 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 520. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0037082
- ISBN
- 9780571235506
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. From the famous siege of Constantinople in 1453 through the numerous other campaigns that securely established the Ottoman Empire, this title covers various events in the life of the emperor Mehmed II. Editor(s): Hickman, William C. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 572 pages, 36 colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; BGH; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 870. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ price clipped & has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 572
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0037060
- ISBN
- 9780691010786
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 51.64€ 15.00
€ 51.64
€ 15.00
hardcover. This study focuses on James Legge (1815-1897), one of the most important 19th-century figures in the cultural exchange between China and the West. The narrative illuminates the era in which Legge lived as well as the surroundings in which he worked. Num Pages: 810 pages, 38 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1FPC; BGH; GTB; HBJD1; HBLL; HRAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1421. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0037006
- ISBN
- 9780520215528
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. This is the first major biography of Max Weber to appear in more than 80 years. Radkau was able to make use of previously unavailable source material, including the extensive correspondence of Max Weber and that of his wife, Marianne Weber. Num Pages: 700 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGA; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 67. Weight in Grams: 1186. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Polity
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036831
- ISBN
- 9780745641478
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. Starting from the formula "Cogito ergo sum", this is intellectual biography of Descartes traces his intellectual development from childhood, establishing the connections between his intellectual and personal life, and placing these in the context of the cultural environment of the time. Num Pages: 520 pages, halftones, line figures. BIC Classification: BG; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1035. Starting from the formula "Cogito ergo sum", this is intellectual biography of Descartes traces his intellectual development from childhood, establishing the connections between his intellectual and personal life, and placing these in the context of the cultural environment of the time. Num Pages: 520 pages, halftones, line figures. BIC Classification: BG; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1035. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036733
- ISBN
- 9780198239949
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. A work which places Faraday and his innovative science in the context of the Sandemanians, the small Christian sect to which he belonged. His allegiance to this obscure fundamentalist sect was the foundation of both his social and political views and many aspects of his science. Num Pages: 370 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; BG; HRCC99; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 554. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0038216
- ISBN
- 9780333588024
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kyle Cathie
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0038108
- ISBN
- 9781856260534
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. DJ price clipped & has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037884
- ISBN
- 9780241123928
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. Adventure, shipwreck, storms and survival on the high seas. Series: Voyages Promotion. Num Pages: 304 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1MTS; BTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicholson
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KAM0001239
- ISBN
- 9780753809877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.12
€ 6.12
paperback. Rudolph Hoess was Commandant of Auschwitz during the war. He was taken prisoner by the British. Between his trial and his execution he was ordered to write his autobiography. This is it. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1DVP; BGHA; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicholson
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KAM0001230
- ISBN
- 9781842120248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.02
€ 8.02
Paperback. A deeply moving memoir about the loss of childhood and its impact on adult life. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781844081189
- ISBN
- 9781844081189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.70
€ 14.99
€ 11.70
paperback. This is the amazing true story of Margaret Ann Bulkley, the young woman who broke the rules of Georgian society to become one of the most respected surgeons of the century. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: BG. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781786071194
- ISBN
- 9781786071194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.60
€ 15.99
€ 13.60
Hardcover. Num Pages: 454 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 835.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- Popular Press 1
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879720636
- ISBN
- 9780879720636
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.74
€ 35.74
paperback. Translator(s): Abe, Ryuichi; Haskel, Peter. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; BG; DCF; HREZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824817770
- ISBN
- 9780824817770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.67
€ 40.67
Paperback. In the 1930s, swing music reigned, and the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra was the hottest and hippest attraction on the black dance circuits. This book traces the development of the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra from its infant days as a high school band in Memphis to its record-breaking tours across the United States, Canada, and Europe. Series: Jazz Perspectives. Num Pages: 344 pages, 20 b&w photographs, 12-page plate section. BIC Classification: AVGJ; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472033591
- ISBN
- 9780472033591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.49
€ 37.49
Paperback. A biography of John Sturges. It examines his childhood in California during the Great Depression; his apprenticeship in the editing department of RKO Pictures, where he worked on such films as "Gunga Din"; his service in the Army Air Corps in WWII; and his emergence as one of the first independent producer-directors in Hollywood. Series: Wisconsin Film Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299228347
- ISBN
- 9780299228347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.74
€ 35.74
Kaiso!: Writings by and About Katherine Dunham (Studies in Dance Histo...
. Ed(S): Clark, Veve A.; Johnson, Sara E.
paperback. A collection of writings by and about Katherine Dunham, the African American dancer, choreographer, anthropologist, and social activist. This edition includes scholarly articles, Dunham's essays on dance and anthropology, press reviews, interviews, and chapters from Dunham's unpublished volume of memoirs, "Minefields". Editor(s): Clark, Veve A.; Johnson, Sara E. Num Pages: 576 pages, 26 b&w photos. BIC Classification: ASD; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299212742
- ISBN
- 9780299212742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.40
€ 40.40
Paperback. This volume tells of a relationship between Hugo Wolf, one of the greatest masters of the German art song, and Melanie Kochert, the wife of a prominent Viennese jeweller with whom Wolf shared a lifelong emotional, spiritual, and artistic bond. Editor(s): Grasberger, Franz. Translator(s): Urban, Louise McClelland (Professor Emerita of Voice, University of Maryland, USA). Num Pages: 333 pages, 21 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AVG; BGF; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299194444
- ISBN
- 9780299194444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.19
€ 34.19