Biography
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Biography
Hardback. Editor(s): Dupee, Frederick Wilcox. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 638 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1057.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 638
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691640938
- ISBN
- 9780691640938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 296.34
€ 296.34
Paperback. Flying High traces the incredible career of the founder and chairman of JetBlue, David Neeleman, from his teenage ventures and beginnings in the travel industry. , to his short stint at Southwest Airlines and the ultimate launch of JetBlue. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KJM; KNGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471756989
- ISBN
- 9780471756989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.01
€ 34.01
Paperback. From the magical Beauty and the Beast to the surreal Orpheus films, Jean Cocteau is renowned as a leading figure in European cinema as well as a creative force collaborating with artists as diverse as Picasso, Diaghilev and Edith Piaf. Evaluating Cocteau's career and his personal life, this title focuses on Cocteau's constant self-questioning. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861893543
- ISBN
- 9781861893543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.37
€ 30.37
Paperback. A native of Boston and a physician by training, Samuel G. Howe (18011876) led a remarkable life. He was a veteran of the Greek War of Independence, a fervent abolitionist, and the founder of both the Perkins School for the Blind and the Massachusetts School for Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Children. Married to Julia Ward Howe, author of Battle Hymn Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558499591
- ISBN
- 9781558499591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.34
€ 46.34
Hardcover. Examining two realms of sports and autobiography, this work looks at recurring patterns found in athletes' accounts of their lives and sporting experiences, examining language, metaphor, rhetorical strategies, and other elements to analyze sports from the inside out. It shows that the meaning of sports is intertwined with the telling. Num Pages: 184 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGSA; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826217790
- ISBN
- 9780826217790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.70
€ 48.70
Paperback. A biography of the poet and libertine the Earl of Rochester. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; BGL; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 684. The Life of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester. 480 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. A biography of the poet and libertine the Earl of Rochester. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; BGL; DSBD; DSC. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight: 646.
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580463362
- ISBN
- 9781580463362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.47
€ 64.47
Paperback. How one small sailboat taught the Kennedys about life, family, leadership, and winning Num Pages: 272 pages. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- University Press of New England
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611688658
- ISBN
- 9781611688658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99
€ 27.99
paperback. Nobel laureate and scientific luminary Enrico Fermi (1901-54) was a pioneering nuclear physicist whose contributions to the field were numerous, profound, and lasting. This title features archival material - including correspondence between Fermi and physicist Leo Szilard and a letter from Harry Truman. Editor(s): Cronin, James W. Num Pages: 296 pages, 34 halftones, 84 line drawings. BIC Classification: BGT; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226100883
- ISBN
- 9780226100883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.33
€ 46.33
Hardback. Written as a character study, Young Hamilton, explores the first twenty-six years of Alexander Hamilton's life and is designed to reveal how Hamilton's early years shaped him into the statesman he became. Num Pages: 497 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 40. Weight in Grams: 978.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 497
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823217892
- ISBN
- 9780823217892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.91
€ 114.91
Hardback. This autobiography provides an insight into the life of James Thomas Flexner, a writer of biographies and studies of many well-known individuals, and details the influences of such friends as Bernard Berenson, Edward Hopper and Harry Hopkins. Num Pages: 510 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1027.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 510
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823216604
- ISBN
- 9780823216604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.92
€ 109.92
hardcover. This a portrait of Gilbert Stuart, painter of George Washington and other founding fathers, who once shied away from a self-portrait he had begun to please his bride. Flexner presents a portrait the artist could not face, constructed as he would have constructed it, frank, without flattery. Num Pages: 195 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AFC; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3233 x 5193 x 22. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823216123
- ISBN
- 9780823216123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.56
€ 42.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; BGH; JPHL; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781605984094
- ISBN
- 9781605984094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.32
€ 16.99
€ 15.32
Hardback. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; BGHA; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 470. Fine in fine dust jacket
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KRC0005695
- ISBN
- 9781605982854
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A chronicle of the lives of three men, John Fitch, James Rumsey and Robert Fulton, all striving to invent the first steamboat. The author shows the pattern of their interwoven fates in this tale of "anguished pioneering". Num Pages: 406 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; TBX; TTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 33. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- SKU
- V9780823213764
- ISBN
- 9780823213764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.45
€ 52.45
Hardcover. The volume gathers together, and allows the reader to explore, the diverse experiences of a group of quite unconnected young, wealthy travellers as they made their way through eighteenth-century Europe towards Rome and conveyed their views by letters to friends and family at home. Editor(s): Boulton, James T.; McLoughlin, T. O. Series: Eighteenth Century Worlds. Num Pages: 293 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; BJ; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846318504
- ISBN
- 9781846318504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.21
€ 172.21
Paperback. K E Tsiolkovskii was a science popularizer, novelist, technical inventor, and visionary, whose science fiction writings included futuristic drawings of space stations long before they appeared on any engineer's drawing board. This title shows that Tsiolkovskii was more than either a rocket inventor or a propaganda tool. Series: Centennial of Flight Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, 20 b&w photos, 6 line art illustrations, bib, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGT; TRP; TTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603441681
- ISBN
- 9781603441681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.80
€ 33.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HRCG; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 231.
- Publisher
- Zondervan Publishing Company United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310441816
- ISBN
- 9780310441816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.27
€ 25.99
€ 21.27
Paperback. Balanced and hugely readable, Bette David tells the complete story of one of the most enduringly popular movie stars. Num Pages: 736 pages, 16pp photographs. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 48. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751509403
- ISBN
- 9780751509403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.18
€ 21.99
€ 16.18
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 28.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762770458
- ISBN
- 9780762770458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.35
€ 25.99
€ 20.35
Paperback. Presents the history of Shakespeare, following him through a single year that changed not only his fortunes, but the course of literature. In this one year, we follow what he reads and writes, what he saw, and who he worked with as he creates four of his most famous plays - "Henry V", "Julius Caesar", "As You Like It", and "Hamlet". Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports.,. BIC Classification: BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 124 x 31. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571214815
- ISBN
- 9780571214815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.01
€ 18.99
€ 14.01
Hardback. Tells the story of Paraguay's most notorious ruler Francisco Solano Lopez. Despite the heroic stature he gained after his death, Lopez was a monumentally flawed leader who made the disastrous decisions in 1864 and 1865 to invade Brazil and Argentina. This work offers an analysis of Paraguayan politics and Lopez's life and erratic rule. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 252 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSP; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742537545
- ISBN
- 9780742537545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.47
€ 156.47
Paperback. An unforgettable book of passion, ambition, and what it means to become a writer. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447250708
- ISBN
- 9781447250708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.01
€ 17.99
€ 13.01
Hardcover. "Kapnick Foundation Distinguished Writer-in-Residence Lectures for 2014." Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 192 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813939056
- ISBN
- 9780813939056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.56
€ 19.99
€ 18.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 494 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Regnery Publishing Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 494
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781621573715
- ISBN
- 9781621573715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.78
€ 18.99
€ 18.78