Biography
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Biography
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Fons Vitae,US United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781887752206
- ISBN
- 9781887752206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.04
€ 25.99
€ 22.04
Paperback. The Algerian warrior and Sufi saint, Emir Abd el-Kader, shows his spiritual qualities in the fight against the French colonial authorities. "The New York Times" called the Emir "one of the few great men of the century," while Abraham Lincoln and Pope Pius IX both commended the Emir for rescuing 15,000 Christians while in exile in Damascus. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JH; BGX; HBJH; HBLL; HRHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- World Wisdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936597178
- ISBN
- 9781936597178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.19
€ 24.99
€ 21.19
Paperback. On 11 September 2001, in a cafe in London, Ahmed Errachidi watched as the twin towers collapsed. He was appalled by the loss of innocent life. But he couldn't possibly have predicted how much of his own life he too would lose because of that day. This book makes you rethink what it means to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JM; BGHA; JPVR; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099572299
- ISBN
- 9780099572299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.22
€ 11.99
€ 10.22
Paperback. Finally in paperback comes Mo' Meta Blues Questlove's New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed psychedelic, punch-drunk memoir Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 x 8pp insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; AVGR; BGFA; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781455501373
- ISBN
- 9781455501373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.74
€ 19.99
€ 14.74
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pallas Athene
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843681182
- ISBN
- 9781843681182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.19
€ 21.99
€ 20.19
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910745632
- ISBN
- 9781910745632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.18
€ 21.99
€ 16.18
paperback. Aidan Dooley tells the story of his journey with Tom Crean; how his one-man play was written, and how it grew from an unknown show with an unknown actor into an award-winning hit that has been performed from Dublin to Dubai, and from Broadway to the Antarctic ice. Num Pages: 192 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1MTS; 2AB; APB; BM; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 332 x 23. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- The Collins Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848892835
- ISBN
- 9781848892835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.21
€ 14.99
€ 13.21
paperback. In this bawdy memoir, Irish author Aidan Higgins dissects the pretensions of a Catholic family in County Kildare. He examines the mystery of growing up, his rearing on a run-down estate, the decline of a family fortune, and the wide world that he discovered in London and South Africa. Num Pages: 352 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 256. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032485
- ISBN
- 9780749396947
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. As an RAF medical officer, Aidan had served in France, survived Dunkirk, and was plunged into adventures in the Japanese-American arena. Interned by the Japanese in Java, he helped his fellow prisoners in awful conditions. His life was literally saved by the dropping of the Nagasaki atom bomb. This title presents his account. Num Pages: 260 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; BGH; HBG; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Grub Street
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904943402
- ISBN
- 9781904943402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.65
€ 11.99
€ 10.65
Paperback. Growing up in the suburbs of Dublin, Aidan Storey was the youngest of seven, a much-loved, happy child who enjoyed family life and all the usual rough-and-tumble games he played with friends in his garden. The only difference was, when the friends left and the garden was quiet, Aidan was visited by Angels. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGXA; VXPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd London
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848270800
- ISBN
- 9781848270800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.16
€ 17.99
€ 13.16
Paperback. Aileen Wuornos was executed at the age of 46. She was a child prostitute, fleeing an abusive childhood, straight into a disastrous adulthood of difficult affairs. Her metamorphosis from victim to attacker had brutal consequences: a stream of dead men. This book is her story, in her own words. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 196. My True Story. 288 pages, 8pp b/w illustrations. Aileen Wuornos was executed at the age of 46. She was a child prostitute, fleeing an abusive childhood, straight into a disastrous adulthood of difficult affairs. Her metamorphosis from victim to attacker had brutal consequences: a stream of dead men. This book is her story, in her own words. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BTC. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight: 196.
- Publisher
- John Blake
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844542376
- ISBN
- 9781844542376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.83
€ 13.99
€ 10.83
Paperback. Editor(s): Kester, Lisa; Gottlieb, Daphne. Num Pages: 352 pages, B&W photos throughout, B&W illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Counterpoint United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781593762902
- ISBN
- 9781593762902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.25
€ 17.99
€ 17.25
Paperback. An Italian SCHINDLER'S LIST, this is the inspirational story of Gino Bartali, who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and secretly aided the Italian Resistance during the Second World War. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753828144
- ISBN
- 9780753828144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.44
€ 13.99
€ 11.44
Hardback. For anybody who has ever given up journaling after being intimidated when facing a blank page, this book makes it easy to take a snapshot of your inner life in just a few minutes each day. The beauty of this journal is that it enables readers to track their emotional growth as well as keep track of memories. Num Pages: 368 pages, four colour printed endpapers and a ribbon marker. BIC Classification: BJ; CBV; WZS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- St Martin´s Press
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Gjr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250108869
- ISBN
- 9781250108869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.34
€ 17.34
Hardback. Memoir of the highest-ranking prisoner detained by the Tamil Tigers during Sri Lanka's civil war Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKS; 3JMC; BM; HBJF; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849046404
- ISBN
- 9781849046404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.64
€ 32.99
€ 28.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 216 x 7. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd India
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788120768420
- ISBN
- 9788120768420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.99
€ 6.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 8 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780394714394
- ISBN
- 9780394714394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.50
€ 19.99
€ 14.50
Paperback. From the author of "The Savage God," a unique memoir of growing old, and a lesson in not going gently into that good night. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408841020
- ISBN
- 9781408841020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.41
€ 14.99
€ 11.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 61 colour photos & 69 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AVGT; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- IP Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783931624569
- ISBN
- 9783931624569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.52
€ 26.99
€ 18.52
Hardcover. They were in a two-man race to break the sound barrier. It was October 1947, a time before high-speed digital computers, when predictions of what would happen to fighter planes at such speeds were nebulous. Num Pages: 282 pages, photographs, index. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJP; BGH; TBX; TGMF1; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842027328
- ISBN
- 9780842027328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.73
€ 70.73
Hardback. If an umpire could steal the show in a Major League game, the author might well have been the one to do it. Tough but fair, in his thirty years as a professional umpire he took on some of baseball's great umpire baiters, while ejecting any number of the game's elite - once tearing a hamstring in the process. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 photographs, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: BM; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 22. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803246881
- ISBN
- 9780803246881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.40
€ 38.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white halftones, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BTH; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 746. 324 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BTH; BTP. Dimension: 221 x 153 x 21. Weight: 744.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Protea Boekhuis
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869196929
- ISBN
- 9781869196929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.04
€ 23.99
€ 21.04
Hardback. From the #1 bestselling author -- a book about an award-winning comedian who decided to run for office and then discovered why award-winning comedians tend not to do that From the no 1 bestselling author -- a book about an award-winning comedian who decided to run for office and then discovered why award-winning comedians tend not to do that. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781455540419
- ISBN
- 9781455540419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 19.88
€ 29.99
€ 19.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 430 pages, Photographs, colour & b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1038. 430 pages, Photographs, colour & b&w illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BTM. Dimension: 220 x 157 x 31. Weight: 1036.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Protea Boekhuis
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869194109
- ISBN
- 9781869194109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.88
€ 25.99
€ 21.88