Biography
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Biography
Paperback. Describes author's early education, uncanny sense of vocation, and development as a literary scholar and cultural critic. This title looks back at how author's career who was influenced by his experience, at the age of nine, of being a refugee from Nazi Germany in the Kinder transport. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 207 x 15. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823228331
- ISBN
- 9780823228331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.65
€ 33.99
€ 30.65
Hardback. The life of Howard Johnson, nicknamed "Stretch" because of his height (6'5"), epitomizes the cultural and political odyssey of a generation of African Americans who transformed the United States from a closed society to a multiracial democracy. Series: Empire State Editions. Num Pages: 216 pages, 25 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; GTB; HBJK; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823256532
- ISBN
- 9780823256532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.98
€ 34.99
€ 29.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Kregel Publications,U.S.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780825444043
- ISBN
- 9780825444043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.99
€ 14.99
€ 13.99
Paperback. Edward of Woodstock, eldest son of Edward III, known as the Black Prince, is one of those heroes of history books so impressive as to seem slightly unreal. His exploits were chronicled by Jean Froissart. This volume discusses the various sources which contain information about him. Num Pages: 152 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; BG; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851154695
- ISBN
- 9780851154695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.00€ 22.82
€ 23.00
€ 22.82
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851155906
- ISBN
- 9780851155906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.15
€ 105.15
Paperback. Includes a comparison of Aethelwold's career with that of other European monastic reformers; a study of Aethelwold's foundation at Abingdon; and of his involvement with the political crises of the 10th century. This title assesses his skills as a scholar through Latin and Old English texts, and as a teacher from the writings of his pupils. Editor(s): Yorke, Barbara. Num Pages: 236 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC; HRCC1; HRCC7; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851157054
- ISBN
- 9780851157054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 38.07
€ 38.99
€ 38.07
Paperback. Features the author's research findings, and his adventures, ranging from the threat of imprisonment in South Africa to a period spent as the personal physician to the multi-millionaire Governor of the Fiji Islands. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGA; MB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 169 x 15. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853237679
- ISBN
- 9780853237679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.56
€ 20.56
Paperback. Translator(s): Wilkinson, John. Num Pages: 240 pages, 34 b/w illus. BIC Classification: BG; HRCC1; HRCR; HRCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856687105
- ISBN
- 9780856687105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.59
€ 32.99
€ 29.59
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856687129
- ISBN
- 9780856687129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.90
€ 33.99
€ 29.90
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857210258
- ISBN
- 9780857210258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.98
€ 11.99
€ 11.98
Paperback. This is the story of the world's exploitation motorway, the girls, the truckers who use them - and the brave few seeking to change things Num Pages: 224 pages, 8pp colour. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; BGX; JFFE1; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857212542
- ISBN
- 9780857212542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.50
€ 11.99
€ 10.50
Paperback. The story of a self-destructive hard man, bodyguard and boozer whose life was utterly transformed by Christ Num Pages: 208 pages, 8pp colour. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCC92; JKSW1; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857212559
- ISBN
- 9780857212559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.96
€ 13.99
€ 12.96
Paperback. The story of a boy from a poor farming background, whose books have become million-copy sellers and whose insights have changed lives across the world. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: BM; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857212948
- ISBN
- 9780857212948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.10
€ 14.99
€ 12.10
Paperback. Catherine's story of how, despite the heartbreak of nursing two daughters till they died, she was able to perceive God's mercy. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGXA; HRC; HRCS; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857214454
- ISBN
- 9780857214454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.50
€ 11.99
€ 10.50
Paperback. Stories from a lifetime spent planting churches in Muslim communities. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16pp colour photo section. BIC Classification: BGXA; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857215192
- ISBN
- 9780857215192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.95
€ 14.99
€ 13.95
Hardback. From the idyll of his Sardinian childhood to the transformative experience of the anti-Fascist resistance, and from postwar militancy to the dismal regression of Italian culture, the author captures memories that are intensely personal and inseparable from political and intellectual experience. Translator(s): Elliot, Gregory. Series: Italian List. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857420817
- ISBN
- 9780857420817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.82
€ 26.99
€ 21.82
Hardback. Egocentric and domineering, the author's grandmother was once a vibrant and sensual beauty. In Indochina at the end of World War II, she thrived in the social life of the French colony. In this memoir, the author reweaves the history of her family - and the legend of her grandmother - leaving no stone unturned and no skeleton in the closet. Translator(s): Alland, Sonia. Series: The French List. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJH; BM; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857421029
- ISBN
- 9780857421029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.35
€ 18.99
€ 16.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- ETT Imprint Australia
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861966974
- ISBN
- 9780861966974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.10
€ 26.10
Hardcover. Alexander I was a ruler with high aspirations for the people of Russia. Cosseted as a young grand duke by Catherine the Great, he ascended to the throne in 1801 after the brutal assassination of his father. This biography focuses on the complex forces that shaped Alexander's tumultuous reign. Translator(s): Emanuel, Susan. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 233 x 39. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- Tra
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804668
- ISBN
- 9780875804668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 51.69
€ 51.99
€ 51.69
Hardcover. One of the greatest Marxist philosophers of the Bolshevik Revolution and an integral force in the creation of the Red Army, Lev Trotsky was expelled from the Party by Joseph Stalin in 1927 and deported in 1929, first to France, then Turkey, and Norway soon after. This title offers an account of Trotsky's time in Oslo. Series: Russian Studies. Num Pages: 430 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 1DVUA; 3JJG; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 37. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804743
- ISBN
- 9780875804743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.68
€ 46.99
€ 46.68