Biography
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Biography
Paperback. In this, her bestselling journal, May Sarton writes with keen observation and emotional courage of both inner and outer worlds: a garden, the seasons, daily life in New Hampshire, books, people, ideas-and throughout everything, her spiritual and artistic journey. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Co. London
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393309287
- ISBN
- 9780393309287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.56
€ 16.99
€ 15.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1x16pp B&W & Colour. BIC Classification: BGBA; BGFA. Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KRF2233039
- ISBN
- 9781471164750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 4.99
€ 12.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This reference on Irish mathematicians includes biographies on: Thomas Harriot (1560-1621); William Rowan Hamilton (1805-1865); Robert Murphy (1806-1843); George Boole (1815-1864); George Gabriel Stokes (1819-1903); George Salmon (1819-1904); and John Casey (1820-1891). Editor(s): Houston, Ken. Num Pages: 160 pages, 12pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BG; HBT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 232 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900621496
- ISBN
- 9781900621496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.37
€ 21.99
€ 20.37
Hardcover. A Selection from Contemporary Tourist Journals. Series: Scottish History Society 6th Series. 266 pages, 43, 42 black and white, 1 line drawing. Editor(s): Durie, Alastair J. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; 3JH; BJ; WTLC. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 24. Weight: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Scottish History Society
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780906245309
- ISBN
- 9780906245309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.32
€ 33.99
€ 28.32
Paperback. Gervase Phinn thinks he's heard just about everything in his two years as a school inspector, but a surprising enquiry from an angelic six-year-old reminds him never to take children for granted. His marriage to Christine Bentley, finding somewhere idyllic to live in the Yorkshire Dales, and chance of a promotion. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGA; JNKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141005225
- ISBN
- 9780141005225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.85
€ 13.99
€ 10.85
Hardcover. Editor(s): Cuneen, Christopher. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: BG; GBCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 167 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1186.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Publishing
- Edition
- Supplement
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522852141
- ISBN
- 9780522852141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.23
€ 62.23
Paperback. The only English translation available of the reflections of the son of Peig Sayers, the last of the Great Blasket poets and storytellers. Translator(s): Enright, Tim. Num Pages: 160 pages, 8 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; BG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192813206
- ISBN
- 9780192813206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.63
€ 16.63
Paperback. The first comprehensive English-language Grossman biography Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252073526
- ISBN
- 9780252073526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.55
€ 37.99
€ 34.55
Hardcover. Norman Rockwell, as much as Walt Disney or Ronald Reagan, provided America with a mirror of its dreams and aspirations. As the star illustrator for The Saturday Evening Post for nearly half a century, Rockwell portrayed a fantasy of civic togetherness, of American decency and good cheer. Num Pages: 512 pages, 8 pages of colour illustrations & 73 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; AKLB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 38. Weight in Grams: 775.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780374113094
- ISBN
- 9780374113094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.48
€ 30.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. Editor(s): Gems, Gerald R. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGS; HBTB; JFSL3; WSBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803266797
- ISBN
- 9780803266797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.67
€ 38.99
€ 35.67
Paperback. Simon Forman was one of the extraordinary personalities of Elizabethan and Jacobean London. Like most doctors, he was also an astrologer, reading the stars for all and sundry. This book uncovers Forman's private world, that of a compulsive womaniser who kept a coded diary, a record of promiscuity as colourful as the journals of Pepys and Boswell. Num Pages: 240 pages, facsimiles, , portraits. BIC Classification: BGH; MBX; VXFA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188. Light shelf wear, else as new.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KTG0021070
- ISBN
- 9780099289623
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. This annotated edition of Clio makes available in a well-documented and illustrated modern text the autobiography of Martha Fowke Sansom. This lively account of Fowke's life is filled with illuminating material on her family background, education, and emotional and social experiences. Editor(s): Guskin, Phyllis J. Num Pages: 210 pages, 11ill. BIC Classification: BGHA; DCQ; DSBD; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874136074
- ISBN
- 9780874136074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.11
€ 112.11
Hardcover. Part study of Leavis, part memoir of being taught by him and his lasting influence on the author and on a whole generation of English Literature scholars. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BM; DSA; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846318894
- ISBN
- 9781846318894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.38
€ 43.38
Paperback. In 2007, a restored Avro Vulcan Mark 2 - XH558 - took to the skies to help commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Falklands conflict. This work describes what it was like to tame the first prototypes and to master the unusual characteristics necessitated by the Vulcan's shape. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16pp b/w photos, 4pp colour photos. BIC Classification: BM; TRPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Grub Street United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906502300
- ISBN
- 9781906502300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.07
€ 23.07
Paperback. More than Petticoats: Remarkable Washington Women, 2nd Edition celebrates the women who shaped the Evergreen State. Short, illuminating biographies and archival photographs and paintings tell the stories of women from across the state who served as teachers, writers, entrepreneurs, and artists. Series: More Than Petticoats Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBW; BG; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 19.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762760749
- ISBN
- 9780762760749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.91
€ 15.99
€ 13.91
Hardback. From 1837 to 1861, Thoreau kept a Journal that began as a conventional record of ideas, grew into a writer's notebook, and eventually became the principal imaginative work of his career. This work reveals him as an increasingly confident taxonomist creating lists that distill his observations about plant leafing and seasonal birds. Editor(s): Petrulionis, Sandra Harbert (Assistant Professor of English, Pennsylvania State University, USA); Witherell, Elizabeth Hall. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 520 pages, 89 line illus. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691065410
- ISBN
- 9780691065410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.99€ 101.00
€ 133.99
€ 101.00
Hardcover. A group of leading scholars from around the world use archival material alongside Hayek's published work to bring a new perspective on the life and times of one the 20th Century's most influential economists. This much awaited second volume details the life of Hayek from 1899 to1933 covering Hayek's time in Austria and the USA. Editor(s): Leeson, Robert. Series: Archival Insights into the Evolution of Economics. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BG; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137325082
- ISBN
- 9781137325082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.94
€ 122.94
![Thomas Kitching - Life and Death in Changi: The War and Internment Diary of Thomas Kitching [1942-1944] - 9789813065635 - V9789813065635](https://www.kennys.ie/products/thumbs/9789813065635.jpg "Thomas Kitching - Life and Death in Changi: The War and Internment Diary of Thomas Kitching [1942-1944] - 9789813065635 - V9789813065635")
Paperback. Englishman Thomas Kitching died, aged 54, in Changi Prison in April 1944. Interned by the Japanese in 1942, Kitching, who was the Chief Surveyor of Singapore, faithfully kept a diary from December 1941. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BJ; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Landmark Books Pte.Ltd ,Singapore
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789813065635
- ISBN
- 9789813065635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.26
€ 33.99
€ 23.26
paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AVGR; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 158 x 11. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
- Edition
- Original ed.
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594772788
- ISBN
- 9781594772788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.32
€ 20.99
€ 20.32
Hardback. Yoshimasa may have been the worst shogun ever to rule Japan. But his influence on the cultural life of Japan was unparalleled. Yoshimasa is remembered primarily as the builder of the Temple of the Silver Pavilion and as the ruler at the time of the Onin War (1467-1477), after which the authority of the shogun all but disappeared. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; BGH; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130561
- ISBN
- 9780231130561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.53€ 78.02
€ 102.53
€ 78.02
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Ramsden, Ruth. Num Pages: 158 pages, illus. BIC Classification: BG; JFMX; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 8. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Mandrake
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906958268
- ISBN
- 9781906958268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.27
€ 17.99
€ 13.27
Paperback. BIC Classification: BG; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Lutterworth Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718894955
- ISBN
- 9780718894955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.39
€ 54.39
Paperback. The shocking, powerful true story of the lives of 7 young kids, marred by guns, gangs and violence on one of Britain's toughest estates. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0007086
- ISBN
- 9780007267064
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Begins in Ireland during the Second World War where O'Riain tells a tale of a family at war with one another and the violence that lurks behind their love. O'Riain forbidden by his mother to join the Boy Scouts or the reserve national army eventually puts on a uniform - the irregular uniform of the Irish Republican Army (IRA). Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BG; JFFE3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Jacana Media South Africa
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770090781
- ISBN
- 9781770090781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.34
€ 20.99
€ 19.34