Biography
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Biography
hardcover. This first scholarly edition of the writings of a unique Native American woman details an extraordinary life in a combination of genres including oral history, ethnography, and western adventure sketches. Editor(s): Kilcup, Karen L. Num Pages: 208 pages, 15 b&w photos, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813028668
- ISBN
- 9780813028668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.34
€ 69.34
hardcover. A biography of LeRoy Collins, whom the Florida House of Representatives eulogized as the "Floridian of the Twentieth Century. This book argues that the courageous moral leadership of Collins not only spared Florida the humiliation that befell other southern states, but also was responsible for modernizing all the branches of the state government. Editor(s): Mormino, Gary R.; Arsenault, Raymond. Num Pages: 344 pages, 15 b&w photos, 3 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813029696
- ISBN
- 9780813029696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.42
€ 30.99
€ 28.42
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Dundurn Group Ltd Canada
- Edition
- Signed by Author
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554887743
- ISBN
- 9781554887743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.09
€ 27.99
€ 25.09
Hardcover. When Mississippi John Hurt (1892-1966) was 'rediscovered' by blues revivalists in 1963, his musicianship and recordings transformed popular notions of pre-war country blues. This title offers an exploration of this legendary creator's life and times. Num Pages: 272 pages, 45 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: AVGK; AVH; AVRL1; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617030086
- ISBN
- 9781617030086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.81
€ 149.81
paperback. This second volume of autobiography is a portrait of adolescence in Dublin in the 1940s and 1950s. Leonard stirs in theatre ancedotes, vignettes of Patrick Kavanagh and Brendan Behan and divulges his own beginnings as a writer. The result is a humorous analysis of Dublin and Dubliners. Series: Methuen biography. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJPG; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Methuen Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780413771483
- ISBN
- 9780413771483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.72
€ 9.99
€ 9.72
paperback. Aged just 17, the author walked on stage for the first time in a Glasgow comedy club and brought the house down. He only had a five-minute set but in that short time he discovered that he really could earn a living from making people laugh. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: ASZB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KAM0000982
- ISBN
- 9781405913768
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 8.02
€ 8.02
paperback. The author of the massively bestselling Steve Jobs biography writes the whole history of the digital age Num Pages: 560 pages, Integrated & illustrated timeline. BIC Classification: BGT; BK; UY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 36. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster UK
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KAM0000990
- ISBN
- 9781471138805
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 8.02
€ 8.02
paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 277 photos & images. BIC Classification: AVGT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 215 x 12. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Iron Pages Books (DE)
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KAM0001015
- ISBN
- 9783940822079
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 8.02
€ 8.02
paperback. The acid, hilarious, confessional, provocative bestselling memoirs of our greatest contrarian, and the author of god Is Not Great. 'If Hitchens didn't exist, we wouldn't be able to invent him.' Ian McEwan Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BM; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 468. Very good clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037150
- ISBN
- 9781843549222
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 8.61
€ 8.61
paperback. A biography of Liam Mellows. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; 3JJG; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 532. Good clean copy. Keywords: Ireland, Revolutionary Ireland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Lawrence & Wishart Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037189
- ISBN
- 9781905007011
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.00
€ 10.00
paperback. 264 wood and ivory carvings of animals, plants and people, none of them larger than a matchbox; apprentice potter Edmund de Waal was entranced by the collection when he first encountered it in the Tokyo apartment of his great uncle Iggie. When he inherited them, he discovered that they unlocked a story larger than he could have imagined. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: AFKC; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 114 x 28. Weight in Grams: 348. Good clean copy. With light wear to front cover, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037283
- ISBN
- 9780099539551
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. A collection of the translated letters of the 17th-century correspondent and friend of Descartes, Princess Elisabeth. Her questions provoked Descartes to think about ethics and the passions. The volume contains a running commentary on the historical, biographical and intellectual context. Num Pages: 202 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BG; HPC; HPQ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 228 x 12. Weight in Grams: 278. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037407
- ISBN
- 9780847692651
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. In the sixties, Fitzhugh Mullan was an activist in the civil rights struggle. While in medical school, Mullan was shocked by gaps in what the students learned, and the lack of humanity in the classroom. This book charts the state of medical school and practices in the 1960s and 70s. Series: Conversations in Medicine and Society. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; BGT; JPW; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472031979
- ISBN
- 9780472031979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.68
€ 35.68
Paperback. Features an American memoir of growing up in New York with eccentric uncles. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747579328
- ISBN
- 9780747579328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.23
€ 10.99
€ 9.23
Paperback. "Shadow Child" presents an examination of the grief of a father over the death of his baby daughter. Translator(s): Garrett, Sam. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: BG; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 84.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747579731
- ISBN
- 9780747579731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.04
€ 17.99
€ 13.04
paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 1KLCM; BGH; HBJK; JP; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Trinity University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595347886
- ISBN
- 9781595347886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.93
€ 27.99
€ 24.93
Paperback. 8vo. .Good clean copy..First edition.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0289297
- ISBN
- 9780717127979
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
paperback. Providing a full-length investigations of Pierre de Fermat's life and work, this title provides rare insight into the mathematical genius of a hobbyist who never sought to publish his work, yet who ranked with his contemporaries Pascal and Descartes in shaping the course of modern mathematics. Num Pages: 456 pages, 67 figs. BIC Classification: 3JD; BG; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 657. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037544
- ISBN
- 9780691036663
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. Collects interviews and profiles of the man whose name remains synonymous with Mickey Mouse, Snow White, Donald Duck, Sleeping Beauty, and others. Bringing over twenty interviews from the late 1920s to the late 1960s, this book traces Disney's career from "Steamboat Willie" to the construction of Disneyland. Editor(s): Jackson, Kathy Merlock. Series: Conversations with Comic Artists Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB; APFV; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578067138
- ISBN
- 9781578067138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.64
€ 40.64
Paperback. This book traces the life and times of Eric Worrell, the original reptile danger man and naturalist, and the iconic tourist attraction he established, The Australian Reptile Park, which continues to be a leader in wildlife tourism, conservation, education and research. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; WNCK; WNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of New South Wales Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781742232324
- ISBN
- 9781742232324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.82
€ 32.82