Biography
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Biography
Paperback. Sam's Millar's story, from his childhood in Belfast, membership of the IRA, time spent in Long Kesh internment camps and the Brinks heist,one of the biggest robberies in U.S. history, and aftermath. Unputdownable. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- O´Brien Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847176400
- ISBN
- 9781847176400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.57
€ 13.99
€ 12.57
Paperback. In September 2008 Navi Pillay was appointed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Num Pages: 200 pages, ill. BIC Classification: BGH; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 113 x 17. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Arcadia Books
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906413453
- ISBN
- 9781906413453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.63
€ 9.99
€ 8.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1HBL; 3JMG; BTM; HBJH; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781444743838
- ISBN
- 9781444743838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1HBL; 3JMG; BTM; HBJH; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0009418
- ISBN
- 9781444743838
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Now in his eighties, Sam Pivnik tells for the first time the story of his life, a true tale of survival against the most extraordinary odds. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 x 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444758399
- ISBN
- 9781444758399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.37
€ 14.99
€ 12.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620402528
- ISBN
- 9781620402528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.99
€ 17.99
€ 13.99
Paperback. Keen observation and astute interviews lead journalist Sam Quinones on the quest to find the authentic modern Mexico--both in Mexico and East L.A., and other parts of the U.S. Num Pages: 336 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BT; DNJ; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826322968
- ISBN
- 9780826322968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.59
€ 37.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BJ; BT; JFFE3; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Human & Rousseau (Pty) Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780798171304
- ISBN
- 9780798171304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.35
€ 18.99
€ 17.35
Paperback. Editor(s): Hammett, Chad. Series: Southwestern Writers Collection Series, Wittliff Collections at Texas State University. Num Pages: 399 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JM; APF; ASZB; BJ; BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 610. Weight in Grams: 851.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292761964
- ISBN
- 9780292761964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.62
€ 21.62
Hardcover. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 166 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1217.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Old Street Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905847075
- ISBN
- 9781905847075
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.60
€ 33.99
€ 28.60
mass_market. Num Pages: 272 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 116 x 27. Weight in Grams: 191.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553562835
- ISBN
- 9780553562835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.97
€ 9.99
€ 9.97
Paperback. Free as in Freedom interweaves biographical snapshots of GNU project founder Richard Stallman with the political, social and economic history of the free software movement. It examines Stallman's unique personality and how that personality has been at turns a driving force and a drawback in terms of the movement's overall success. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KNDH; UBJ. Category: (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 141 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- O´Reilly Media, Inc, USA United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781449324643
- ISBN
- 9781449324643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.76
€ 24.99
€ 18.76
Paperback. The stirring story of the life and 'last fight' of a forgotten British naval legend. Series: Hearts of Oak Trilogy. Num Pages: 352 pages, 3 x colour plate sections and 2 illustrated appendices. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; BGH; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 144 x 34. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849160377
- ISBN
- 9781849160377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.77
€ 26.99
€ 18.77
Hardcover. Letters to My 16 1/2-Year-Old-Self. 120 pages. Editor(s): Page, Samantha. From Me To Me: Letters to my 161/2-year-old-self is a collection of just such letters written by some of South Africa's best loved and ordinary personalities to their younger selves and published with photographs of them as teenagers. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BJ. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 15. Weight: 320.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Jacana Media
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781431404223
- ISBN
- 9781431404223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.37
€ 21.99
€ 20.37
Paperback. Hollywood celebrities feared her. William Randolph Hearst adored her. Between 1915 and 1960, Louella Parsons was America's premier movie gossip columnist and in her heyday commanded a following of more than forty million readers. This biography of Parsons tells the story of her reign over Hollywood during the studio era. Num Pages: 426 pages, 25 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: APF; BGF; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 426
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520249851
- ISBN
- 9780520249851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.26
€ 39.26
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Gallery Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439142745
- ISBN
- 9781439142745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.58
€ 16.99
€ 14.58
Hardback. Anne Bronte is the forgotten Bronte sister, overshadowed by her older siblings - virtuous, successful Charlotte, free-spirited Emily and dissolute Branwell. Tragic, virginal, sweet, stoic, selfless, Anne. The less talented Bronte, the other Bronte. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 224 x 33. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784740214
- ISBN
- 9781784740214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.67
€ 15.67
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Arcturus Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785992117
- ISBN
- 9781785992117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.82
€ 10.99
€ 9.82
Paperback. Sergio Vieira de Mello - a humanitarian, peacemaker and state builder - was at centre of the most significant geopolitical crises. This title tells the story of the man who never stopped learning and of a perilous world whose ills are too big to ignore but too complex to manage quickly or cheaply. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JPSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141020815
- ISBN
- 9780141020815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.00€ 15.79
€ 20.00
€ 15.79
Paperback. The author was forced into exile by Assad's regime. When the uprising in Syria turned to bloodshed, she was determined to take action and secretly returned several times. From the first peaceful protests for democracy to the arrival of ISIS, this is her powerful and courageous testament to what she found inside the borders of her homeland. Translator(s): Gowanlock, Nashwa; Kemp, Ruth Ahmedzai. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 3JMG; BM; HBJF1; JFFE; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846044885
- ISBN
- 9781846044885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.31
€ 19.99
€ 14.31
Paperback. Presents a portrait and intellectual history of novelist and filmmaker Ousmane Sembene. This book offers a comprehensive biography of Sembene and contributes a critical appraisal of his life and art in the context of the political and social influences on his work. Translator(s): Diop, Moustapha. Num Pages: 218 pages, 5 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; APFB; BGF; BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221513
- ISBN
- 9780253221513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.69
€ 20.99
€ 20.69
Paperback. I was abused and forced to marry I was pregnant at thirteen When I escaped my brother tried to kidnap me .. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719564628
- ISBN
- 9780719564628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
€ 13.99
€ 11.00
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Sami Moukaddem
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KLN0018011
- ISBN
- 9780955394706
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.99€ 5.49
€ 6.99
€ 5.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1FBN; BM; JFSJ1; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253022530
- ISBN
- 9780253022530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.84
€ 27.84
Hardcover. "The compelling life and times of a leading figure of modern Coptic Egyptian history" Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HBE; BM; HDDC; HRAM2; HRCC8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150. .
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774168239
- ISBN
- 9789774168239
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.38
€ 40.99
€ 39.38
paperback. This volume contains the letters written during the Civil War by Colonel Patrick R. Guiney, of the Ninth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. This is the sixth volume in a series exploring "The Irish in the Civil War". Series: Irish in the Civil War. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 20. Weight in Grams: 479.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823218134
- ISBN
- 9780823218134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.61
€ 46.61
Hardback. This volume contains the letters written during the Civil War by Colonel Patrick R. Guiney, of the Ninth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. This is the sixth volume in a series exploring "The Irish in the Civil War". Series: Irish in the Civil War. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBWJ; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 22. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823218127
- ISBN
- 9780823218127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.64
€ 102.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; BM; MBP; MMK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812982343
- ISBN
- 9780812982343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.90
€ 17.99
€ 15.90
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471646631
- ISBN
- 9780471646631
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.89
€ 32.99
€ 27.89
hardcover. The acclaimed four-volume edition of the letters of one of the twentieth century's greatest literary figures. Editor(s): Craig, George; Fehsenfeld, Martha Dow; Gunn, Dan; Overbeck, Lois More. Series: The Letters of Samuel Beckett. Num Pages: 3490 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 2ADF; BJ; DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 199 x 153. Weight in Grams: 5538.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781316506578
- ISBN
- 9781316506578
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.41
€ 164.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, portraits, maps. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826316202
- ISBN
- 9780826316202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.40
€ 40.40
Hardback. Sam Kelly's story intersects with the major developments in twentieth-century African American history, from the rich culture of the Harlem Renaissance and the integration of the U.S. Army to the civil rights movement and the political turmoil of the 1960s. Num Pages: 30 illus. BIC Classification: BGA; JN; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990613
- ISBN
- 9780295990613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.42
€ 130.42
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108074384
- ISBN
- 9781108074384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.39
€ 64.39
Hardback. The final years of a steadfast fighter for labor justice Editor(s): Albert, Peter J.; Palladino, Grace. Num Pages: 688 pages, 12 b&w Photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BJ; HBTK; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 48. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252035357
- ISBN
- 9780252035357
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.28
€ 150.28
paperback. Samuel Dresner, a former student and lifelong friend of Heschel's, gives a personal insight into his life and views into the Hasidic movement and the important concept of halakha. Num Pages: 133 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HRAB; HRJ; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3226 x 5182 x 10. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 133
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823221165
- ISBN
- 9780823221165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.27
€ 51.27
Paperback. From the 1950s until his death in 1994, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - revered by his followers worldwide simply as the Rebbe - built the Lubavitcher movement from a relatively small sect within Hasidic Judaism into the powerful force in Jewish life that it is today. This title paints a portrait of Schneerson. Num Pages: 368 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: BGX; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154428
- ISBN
- 9780691154428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.97
€ 30.97
Paperback. A gripping, literary recollection of a pilot's experiences during WWII Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747578116
- ISBN
- 9780747578116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A gripping, literary recollection of a pilot's experiences during WWII Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . Good copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0012132
- ISBN
- 9780747578116
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Harriman House Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857193384
- ISBN
- 9780857193384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.42
€ 26.99
€ 18.42
Paperback. The Lives of the Poets is one of the greatest works of English criticism, but also one of the most diverting. This is the only one-volume paperback edition to make available Johnson's most substantial Lives in unabridged form. Texts are drawn from Roger Lonsdale's authoritative complete edition, and introduced by John Mullan. Editor(s): Lonsdale, Roger. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199226740
- ISBN
- 9780199226740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.82
€ 19.99
€ 14.82