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Biography
Paperback. Presents the world of rhythm and blues from the perspective of an insider. This book features anecdotes about such R&B legends as Otis Redding, Curtis Mayfield, and Dionne Warwick. It chronicles the 'Iceman's' journey from rural Mississippi to Chicago and the founding and eventual breakup of the legendary Impressions vocal group. Series: Black Music and Expressive Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 41 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGK; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217042
- ISBN
- 9780253217042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.49
€ 29.99
€ 26.49
Paperback. In 1992, a climber was left to die by other climbers on Mount Everest, which horrified Joe Simpson who was himself left for dead in Peru in 1985. In this book Simpson explores anecdotally and in heated debates with his climbing companions on Pumori, the moral climate of mountaineering in the 1990s. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8pp colour and 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BTP; DNF; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- KKD0001671
- ISBN
- 9780099756118
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762788415
- ISBN
- 9780762788415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.82
€ 19.99
€ 18.82
Hardback. Jacob Dolson Cox, a former divinity student with no formal military training, was among those who rose to the challenge. In a conflict in which "political generals" often proved less than competent, Cox, the consummate citizen general, emerged as one of the best commanders in the Union army. Series: War and Society in North America. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1225.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821420829
- ISBN
- 9780821420829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.19
€ 90.19
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848325432
- ISBN
- 9781848325432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 34.24
€ 42.99
€ 34.24
Hardback. At a time when women could not vote and very few were involved in the world outside the home, Annie Montague Alexander (1867-1950) was an intrepid explorer, skilled markswoman, philanthropist, and founder and patron of two natural history museums at the University of California, Berkeley. This title presents a luminous portrait of this woman. Num Pages: 397 pages, 46 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; GTB; JFSJ1; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press California
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520227262
- ISBN
- 9780520227262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.99€ 47.20
€ 60.99
€ 47.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 222 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Ariadne Press United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572411579
- ISBN
- 9781572411579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.87
€ 32.99
€ 23.87
Hardcover. Num Pages: 186 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: BG; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873516082
- ISBN
- 9780873516082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.29
€ 20.99
€ 20.29
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0184273
- ISBN
- 9780090860401
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. On 26 June 1996, the "Sunday Independent's" crime reporter Veronica Guerin was shot dead. The "Sunday Independent" denied any culpability in her death, and its officials refuted accusations that the paper's cult of personality and cynical controversialism put its writers in danger. This book exposes the frightening moral bankruptcy of the media. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BTC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 148. Used paperback in very good condition. May have some light shelfwear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRF2231996
- ISBN
- 9780099761518
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.99€ 4.99
€ 10.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. BIC Classification: BGA. Dimension: 137 x 215 x 26. Weight in Grams: 360. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- WH Allen
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0003283
- ISBN
- 9780753556801
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press Dublin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904558729
- ISBN
- 9781904558729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.54€ 52.12
€ 57.54
€ 52.12
Although Alzheimer's disease has been well documented throughout the twentieth century, no biography has been written of the man who was its namesake. This biography is the first, and it covers the life of Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915), his discovery of the disease that currently afflicts some thirty to forty million people, and his subsequent research. Translator(s): Levi, Neil; Burns, Alastair. Num Pages: 256 pages, 49 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; MBX; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118965
- ISBN
- 9780231118965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.01
€ 94.01
Paperback. An accessible biography about Sean MacDiarmada, a leader in the 1916 Rising. Book six in the '16 Lives' series. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 352 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, 1 biography, 1 index, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The O'Brien Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847172631
- ISBN
- 9781847172631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.09
€ 13.99
€ 10.09
Num Pages: 32 pages, 41 color illustrations. BIC Classification: BTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 223 x 12. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 32
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764326844
- ISBN
- 9780764326844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.42
€ 17.42
hardcover. Gennady Andreevich Zyuganov is the leader of Russia's resurgent Communist Party and was Boris Yeltsin's strongest challenger in the summer 1996 presidential elections. This text provides a compilation of Zyuganov's writings on Russia's past and present and her place in the world. Num Pages: 240 pages, photographs, glossary, chronology, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGHA; JPFC; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 453.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563249952
- ISBN
- 9781563249952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.43
€ 178.43
Paperback. The moving story of an indomitable Afghan woman, Shirin-Gol, who rebelled against life within a forced marriage, spent behind the walls of her house, and who wanted an education for her children so that they might have the chance to live free from the fear and poverty she had known since girlhood. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; BG; HBJF; HBLW3; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Century
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- 9780712623391
- ISBN
- 9780712623391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 10.89
€ 15.99
€ 10.89
Hardcover. A collection of songs, rhymes and stories from the childhood of the 'Mother of Folk', Jean Ritchie Num Pages: 80 pages, Nearly 100 colour and black and white photos and original illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: AVGH; AVH; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 213. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781495007880
- ISBN
- 9781495007880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.20
€ 35.20
Paperback. Entertaining and masterly biography of Madame Chiang Kai-shek - the woman who built modern China. Num Pages: 816 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 52. Weight in Grams: 968.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Number of pages
- 816
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753828021
- ISBN
- 9780753828021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.95
€ 21.99
€ 15.95
Paperback. This is a reissue of a memoir published in 1931, featuring a new scholarly introduction." Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781563686689
- ISBN
- 9781563686689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.65
€ 33.99
€ 26.65
Paperback. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 140 x 47. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Avalon Travel Publishing United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871134530
- ISBN
- 9780871134530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.83
€ 20.83
Hardback. Offers a comprehensive reconsideration of the life and literary works of Paulinus of Nola (ca 352-431), a Roman senator who renounced his political career and secular lifestyle to become a monk, bishop, impresario of a saint's cult, and prominent Christian poet. This title traces Paulinus' intellectual and spiritual journey. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 404 pages, 3 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ADL; BG; DSBB; HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520217096
- ISBN
- 9780520217096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74€ 51.21
€ 66.74
€ 51.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, YES. BIC Classification: BGL; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 26 x 151 x 232. Weight in Grams: 479. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0002172
- ISBN
- 9780340752395
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1945
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804706056
- ISBN
- 9780804706056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.16
€ 128.16