Biography
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Biography
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807088357
- ISBN
- 9780807088357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.47
€ 20.99
€ 16.47
Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts. Num Pages: 410 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 410
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810855779
- ISBN
- 9780810855779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.34
€ 180.34
Paperback. A portrait of one of the 20th century's, most radical and misunderstood writers. This book follows Lawrence, from his awkward youth in Nottinghamshire, through his turbulent relationship with Frieda, and the years of exile abroad to his premature death at the age of 44. It is a reappraisal of a man, who believed himself to be an outsider. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141007311
- ISBN
- 9780141007311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.32
€ 24.99
€ 18.32
Hardback. Hugh Casey was one of the most colorful members of the iconic Brooklyn Dodgers of the 1940s. He played with the likes of Jackie Robinson, Dixie Walker, Joe Medwick, and Pete Reiser, and along the way he helped redefine the role of the relief pitcher. This book covers Casey's life and career in great detail, the first to truly do so. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BGS; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442277595
- ISBN
- 9781442277595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.18
€ 63.18
Hardcover. Abraham Lincoln projects a larger-than-life image across American history owing to his role as the Great Emancipator. Yet this noble aspect of Lincoln s identity is the dimension that some historians have cast into doubt. The award-winning historian and Lincoln scholar Allen Guelzo offers a vigorous defense of America s sixteenth president." Series: The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBTS; HBWJ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674286115
- ISBN
- 9780674286115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.27
€ 58.27
Paperback. Previously published: Leben f'ur Israel. Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe, 2007. Yesh sakhar. Yerushalayim: Karmel, 2009. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; G. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 180 x 26. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652295392
- ISBN
- 9789652295392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.09
€ 31.99
€ 21.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- Granville Island Publishing Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894694704
- ISBN
- 9781894694704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.48
€ 26.99
€ 18.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADF; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674250703
- ISBN
- 9780674250703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.55
€ 51.55
Paperback. Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; AGB; AJB; AMB; BG; HBJK; JPF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963. .
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252082306
- ISBN
- 9780252082306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.61
€ 46.61
Hardback. Arriving at the port of New York in 1882, a 27-years-old Oscar Wilde quipped he had nothing to declare but my genius. This narrative reveals that Wilde was underselling himself. Num Pages: 264 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066960
- ISBN
- 9780674066960
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.34
€ 38.34
Hardback. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 1565.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571335817
- ISBN
- 9780571335817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 233.64€ 233.10
€ 233.64
€ 233.10
Hardback. Pius II (1405-1464) began life as Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini in a small town near Siena and became a Latin poet and diplomat. This book gives us a glimpse of his life and thoughts. Editor(s): Meserve, Margaret; Simonetta, Marcello. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HBG; HBLC; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674024892
- ISBN
- 9780674024892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.92
€ 34.99
€ 33.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Fleet
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349005409
- ISBN
- 9780349005409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.66
€ 19.99
€ 14.66
Hardback. On a freezing winter's night, a few hours before dawn on May 12, 1969, South African security police stormed the Soweto home of activist and wife of the imprisoned Nelson Mandela, and arrested her in the presence of her two young daughters, then aged nine and ten. This title tells her story. Series: Modern African Writing Series. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; GTB; HBJH; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821421024
- ISBN
- 9780821421024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.27
€ 67.27
Paperback. Rachel Adams' life had always gone according to plan. Everything changed with the birth of her second child, Henry. Just minutes after he was born, doctors told her that Henry had Down syndrome. In this book, she chronicles the first three years of Henry's life and her own transformative experience of becoming the mother of a disabled child. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJD; VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300198911
- ISBN
- 9780300198911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.32
€ 29.32
Paperback. From Christiane Vaussard in Paris, to David Howard in New York City and Larisa Sklyanskaya in San Francisco, Gretchen Warren profiles ten world-renowned master ballet teachers to capture their philosophies, training methods and the classroom presence that makes their instruction magical. Num Pages: 408 pages, 31 b&w photographs, charts, drawings, exercises, notes, bibliography, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ASDL; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813017112
- ISBN
- 9780813017112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.68
€ 35.68
Paperback. Primates of Park Avenue is an "amusing, perceptive and..deliciously evil" memoir of the most secretive and elite tribe, Manhattan's Upper East Side mothers. Num Pages: 272 pages, stepback. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BM; JFC; VFV; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 231 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781476762715
- ISBN
- 9781476762715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.86
€ 18.99
€ 16.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 109 pages. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 108 x 9. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Publication date
- 1986
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780394741048
- ISBN
- 9780394741048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.20
€ 11.99
€ 11.20
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- New Era Publications International APS Denmark
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788764934854
- ISBN
- 9788764934854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 30.47
€ 46.99
€ 30.47
Paperback. No Baggage is a memoir that will resonate with adventurers and homebodies alike-it's at once a romance, a travelogue, and a bright modern take on the ageold questions: how do you find the courage to explore beyond your comfort zone? And can you love someone without the need for commitment, or any expectations for the future? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Running Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Int
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762460045
- ISBN
- 9780762460045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. This study of the life and works of Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem, assesses Cyril's thought in the context of fourth-century theological developments and includes up-to-date translations of a selection of his writings. Series: The Early Church Fathers. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HRCC1; HRCM; HRCX1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 221 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415199049
- ISBN
- 9780415199049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.92
€ 58.92
Paperback. Early nineteenth-century insights into Cairo life from the sister of famed Orientalist Edward Lane Editor(s): Kararah, Azza. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; BGHA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150. .
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774167621
- ISBN
- 9789774167621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.69
€ 26.69
Paperback. Jean Flori's Richard Coeur de Lion was written to mark the eighth centenary of the death of the "knightly king". The book is a tour de force that provides the reader with a reappraisal of Richard's life as well as a study of the myth and reality of Richard's image as the personification of medieval chivalry. Num Pages: 544 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748620470
- ISBN
- 9780748620470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.18
€ 42.99
€ 38.18
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; JPHL; JPSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781681773285
- ISBN
- 9781681773285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.93
€ 27.99
€ 23.93
Paperback. The dazzlingly funny second volume of Danny Baker's memoirs: the television years. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: APW; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780226088
- ISBN
- 9781780226088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.44
€ 13.99
€ 11.44
Paperback. The father of Nick Vujicic, one of the world's most beloved persons with a disability, shares candidly the mistakes and successes in raising a child with unique challenges - from birth to an independent and satisfying adulthood. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8pp b&w photos. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781760293338
- ISBN
- 9781760293338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.19
€ 19.99
€ 14.19
Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- New edition
- Publisher
- Newleaf
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- SKU
- KOC0026771
- ISBN
- 9780952112204
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This collection of biographies in Western literature is devoted to women. It affords a glimpse of a moment in history when mediaeval attitudes toward women were beginning to give way to more modern views of their potential. Translator(s): Brown, Virginia. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; BG; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674011304
- ISBN
- 9780674011304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.05
€ 50.05
Paperback.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803243583
- ISBN
- 9780803243583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.65
€ 20.65
Paperback. A powerful examination of the passage of time, love, the power of music, and the power of dreams. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785355561
- ISBN
- 9781785355561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.13
€ 16.13
Paperback. Personal narrative of a German woman surviving five years in Russian prison camps. Editor(s): Marshall, Heather. Translator(s): Gahler, Hans Rudolf, MD. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVUA; 3JJ; 3JM; BM; HBJD; HBTB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781772120387
- ISBN
- 9781772120387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.59
€ 40.99
€ 28.59
Hardcover. The diaries of Pius II give us an intimate glimpse of the life and thought of one of the greatest of the Renaissance popes. This edition contains a fresh Latin text based on the last manuscript written in Pius's lifetime. Editor(s): Meserve, Margaret; Simonetta, Marcello (Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, Wesleyan University, USA). Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: BGH; DNF; HRCX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674011649
- ISBN
- 9780674011649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 34.48
€ 34.99
€ 34.48
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 3JJH; BM; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Monsoon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814625357
- ISBN
- 9789814625357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.91
€ 11.99
€ 10.91
Hardback. A broad view of the opportunities afforded to those in the library profession and of an activist whose influence resonated at a critical time. Num Pages: 27 pages, 22 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BGA; GL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810832411
- ISBN
- 9780810832411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.95
€ 150.95
Paperback. Edward Gibbon was one of the world's greatest historians and a towering figure of his age. When he died in 1794 he left behind the unfinished drafts of his memoirs, which were posthumously edited by his friend Lord Sheffield. Recounting Gibbon's sickly childhood in London, he distils his genius for history into a remarkable gift for autobiography. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QSM; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140432176
- ISBN
- 9780140432176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.11
€ 17.99
€ 14.11
Paperback. A biography of Nikos Kazantzakis. It describes his struggle with political questions that were in reality aspects of a fervent religious search. It features his experiments with communism in turbulent Greece, his visits to Soviet Russia, and the publication of his epic "Odyssey" in 1938. Series: Princeton Modern Greek Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHM; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128801
- ISBN
- 9780691128801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.07
€ 57.07
Hardback. Helps you in understanding the history of late ancient and medieval Christianity and the history of Christian piety. This title reveals highly developed devotion to Mary's compassionate suffering at the Crucifixion, anticipating by several centuries an influential medieval style of devotion known as "affective piety". Translator(s): Shoemaker, Stephen J. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300175042
- ISBN
- 9780300175042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.04
€ 34.04
Paperback. In 1989, J. Michael Bishop and Harold Varmus were awarded the Nobel Prize for their discovery that normal genes under certain conditions can cause cancer. In this book, Bishop reveals how he and Varmus made their momentous discovery. Series: The Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures. Num Pages: 288 pages, 27 halftones, 8 line illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016255
- ISBN
- 9780674016255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.26
€ 45.26
Hardback. Putting Greek writer Nikos Kazantzakis's (1883-1957) vast output into the context of his lifelong spiritual quest and the turbulent politics of twentieth-century Greece, this title argues that Kazantzakis was a deeply flawed genius. It covers his life after 1938, the period in which he wrote "Zorba the Greek" and "The Last Temptation of Christ". Series: Princeton Modern Greek Studies. Num Pages: 640 pages, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: 2AHM; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 999.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128139
- ISBN
- 9780691128139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.00
€ 117.00
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; HPCF7; JFFK; PST; WNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231173865
- ISBN
- 9780231173865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.95
€ 116.95