Biography
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Biography
hardcover. An experimental biography of Sir Thomas Browne, the 17th century physician, philospher and writer Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; BGH; BGL; HBTB; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 241 x 34. Weight in Grams: 686. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Granta
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0037933
- ISBN
- 9781847089007
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. This study of Benjamin Franklin aims to examine his darker side, revealing his anger, his hostile relationships and great disappointments. It details his adversaries in politics and the sorrow that his son brought him by remaining loyal to Britain. Num Pages: 274 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 63. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0038055
- ISBN
- 9780520213784
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. This book explores Brahe's wide range of activities which encompass much more than his reputed role of astronomer. Num Pages: 464 pages, 70 b/w illus. BIC Classification: BG; JFCX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 782. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0038218
- ISBN
- 9780521650816
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. A candid portrait of a global leader who decided in early life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the public. This book presents the life of a great national and international figure, President Bill Clinton revealed with all his talents and contradictions. Num Pages: 1024 pages, 32. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 50. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099441359
- ISBN
- 9780099441359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 19.53
€ 29.99
€ 19.53
Paperback. Popular biography of C.S. Lewis (1898-1963), the Oxford academic who wrote THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE Num Pages: 272 pages, Section: 8, b/w. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349120683
- ISBN
- 9780349120683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.14
€ 24.14
Paperback. For nine years, John Dowell and his wife spend the summer season at a German spa town in the company of the respectable Ashburnhams. Behind the placid exteriors lie the destructive passions of men and women. This text includes biographical and critical apparatus. Series: Ford Madox Ford programme. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The Folio Society London
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857543001
- ISBN
- 9781857543001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.89
€ 15.99
€ 13.89
paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226067643
- ISBN
- 9780226067643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.87
€ 30.87
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Blackwater Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKW0012911
- ISBN
- 9781841315881
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Used hardcover, with dustjacket, in good to very good condition. MCCARTHY
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Bantam Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRF0040767
- ISBN
- 9780593027295
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Good clean copy. Previous owners mark on ffep, remains a nice copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Oxford Paperbacks
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0010171
- ISBN
- 9780192860903
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.38
€ 4.38
paperback. How does it feel to hold someone's life in your hands? What is it like to cut into someone else's body? What is it like to stand by, powerless, while someone dies because of the incompetence of your seniors? This account illuminates scenes of life and death. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BM; MN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099520696
- ISBN
- 9780099520696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.05
€ 13.99
€ 12.05
paperback. A biography of Augustine's life, as interpreted by the acclaimed church historian, the late Professor Henry Chadwick. Augustine's intellectual development is recounted with clarity and warmth, providing a characteristically rigorous yet sympathetic narrative of this central figure in the history of Christian thought. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HPCA; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780199588060
- ISBN
- 9780199588060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.82
€ 14.99
€ 12.82
paperback. Outlandish alchemist and magician, political intelligencer, apocalyptic prophet, and converser with angels, John Dee (1527 - 1609) was one of the most colourful and controversial figures of the Tudor world. In this book, the author explores Dee's vast array of political, magical, and scientific writings. Num Pages: 352 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300194098
- ISBN
- 9780300194098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.15
€ 17.99
€ 15.15
paperback. The definitive account of the Jimmy Savile story. Num Pages: 624 pages, 2 x 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 40. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781782067467
- ISBN
- 9781782067467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.60
€ 15.99
€ 13.60
paperback. First published in 1937, it's Daisy Fingall's own story, welcoming you to a world long gone. With all the power of first-class fiction, in Kileen Castle, County Meath, we meet the leading figures of Daisy's time -- Parnell, Edward VII, AE, Shaw, Moore, Yeats, and so many more. Num Pages: 454 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 39. Weight in Grams: 596. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains good-very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAM0001371
- ISBN
- 9780946640744
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 7.14
€ 7.14
paperback. For Oscar Wilde, as for many people, reading could be as powerful and transformative an experience as falling in love. He referred to the volumes that radically altered his vision of the world as his 'golden books'. This book explores the personality of Oscar Wilde through his reading. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 378. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains good-very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAM0001377
- ISBN
- 9780099502722
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 7.14
€ 7.14
hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0038403
- ISBN
- 9780340739150
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 7.14
€ 7.14
hardcover. Eoin O'Duffy was one of the most controversial figures of modern Irish history. A crusading moralist, obsessed with the need to counter public immorality, and a closet homosexual and alcoholic, O'Duffy's remarkable life was characterised by self-aggrandisement, fantasy, and contradiction. Num Pages: 470 pages, 12 pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 863. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0038407
- ISBN
- 9780199276554
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 7.14
€ 7.14
hardcover. Moving memoir from the first female President of Ireland, and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 x 8pp inset sections. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPR; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 240 x 32. Weight in Grams: 630. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0038410
- ISBN
- 9781444723311
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 7.14
€ 7.14
paperback. 'It had been a busy few days for Adolf Hitler, but Douglas Hyde had not slipped his mind ..' Hyde's values stood in stark contrast to those of a continental dictator. As a Protestant nationalist and a leading figure in the language revival, he made the office an inclusive one and determined to be a president for all the people of Ireland. Num Pages: 328 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 394 x 27. Weight in Grams: 528. Good clean copy. Author inscription. Book with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The Collins Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0038427
- ISBN
- 9781848892903
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.15
€ 5.15