Biography
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Biography
Hardcover. When Adeline Yen Mah's mother dies giving birth to her, the family rejects Adeline. In this vivid autobiography, the author describes her, life, struggles and how she comes to be accepted by her family at the time of the Cultural Revolution in China. Series: New Longman Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; BGH. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 207 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Longman
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582848887
- ISBN
- 9780582848887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.43
€ 22.43
Paperback. A story of an unwanted Chinese daughter growing up during the Communist Revolution, blamed for her mother's death, ignored by her millionaire father and unwanted by her Eurasian step mother. It is a story of greed, hatred and jealousy; a domestic drama that is played against the extraordinary political events in China and Hong Kong. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141047089
- ISBN
- 9780141047089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. BIC Classification: AB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Lutterworth Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718894634
- ISBN
- 9780718894634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.87
€ 55.87
Paperback. A few miles from New Orleans, at LaSalle's Landing - in what is now the city of Kenner - stands a life-size bronze statue of two men in combat. One of them is the legendary Gypsy Jem Mace, the first Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World and the last of the great bare-knuckle fighters. This is the story of Jem Mace's life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780233005034
- ISBN
- 9780233005034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.81
€ 13.00
€ 11.81
Paperback. An autobiography of Adrian Carton de Wiart who served in the South African war and both World Wars. He was wounded eight times during the war (including the loss of an eye and a hand), won the VC during the Batle of the Somme, was mentioned in despatches six times. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: BGHA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Military
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844155392
- ISBN
- 9781844155392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.94
€ 19.99
€ 15.94
Paperback. This biography of Charles Darwin attempts to capture the private unknown life of the real man - the gambling and gluttony at Cambridge, his gruelling trip round the globe, his intimate family life, worries about persecution and thoughts about God. Num Pages: 864 pages, 32pp b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JH; BG; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 856
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140131925
- ISBN
- 9780140131925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.09
€ 25.99
€ 18.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845951610
- ISBN
- 9781845951610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.54
€ 23.99
€ 16.54
hardcover. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear, with light wear to dust jacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Yale University Press New York
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0000511
- ISBN
- 9780300082456
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Shortlisted for the 2016 PEN Ackerley Prize, this is a compulsive memoir of addiction and recovery by A. A. Gill, 'by miles, the most brilliant journalist of our age' (Lynn Barber). Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780226439
- ISBN
- 9781780226439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
€ 13.99
€ 11.00
Paperback. The epic story of one of the most famous love affairs in history, by the bestselling author of CAESAR. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 1QDAR; 3D; BGH; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753828632
- ISBN
- 9780753828632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.54
€ 23.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. The story of one of the most brilliant, flamboyant and historically important men who ever lived. Num Pages: 704 pages, 24, 15 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 46. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753821589
- ISBN
- 9780753821589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.61
€ 23.99
€ 16.61
Paperback. The story of how Augustus rose from an obscure teenager to become Rome's first and greatest emperor. Num Pages: 624 pages, 36. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 39. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicholson
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753829158
- ISBN
- 9780753829158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. Dark and foggy Victorian streets, the murderous madman, we all think we know the realities of Victorian crime. This title recounts the murders, by knife and poison. It takes the readers into less familiar parts of Victorian life, uncovering the wicked, the vengeful, the foolish and the hopeless amongst the criminal world of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; BTC; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752452807
- ISBN
- 9780752452807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.54
€ 19.99
€ 18.54
Hardback. With background information and commentary provided by expert Adrian Greenwood, meticulously footnoted, this is a worthy addition to the literature of the Napoleonic Wars. Editor(s): Greenwood, Adrian. Num Pages: 272 pages, 51. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JH; BJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445654560
- ISBN
- 9781445654560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.14
€ 36.99
€ 31.14
hardcover. Num Pages: 16 pages, 34ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGA; HP; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Merlin Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 16
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850364705
- ISBN
- 9780850364705
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.65
€ 26.99
€ 23.65
Hardback. This text examines the profit-strategy approaches of ten of the world's most influential business personalities, including Microsoft's Bill Gates, Andrew Grove, of Intel, and the late Roberto Goizueta, of Coca-Cola. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KJC; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471983910
- ISBN
- 9780471983910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.81
€ 53.81
Paperback. Adrian Kenny's memoir is many things: diary of a frustrated young writer and lover; portrait of bohemian social life in 1970s Dublin; and an intimate history of the rising Catholic middle class, the advanced guard of the Celtic Tiger. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BG; DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Lilliput Pr Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901866377
- ISBN
- 9781901866377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.30
€ 10.30
Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, 141 photos. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 261 x 21. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764346316
- ISBN
- 9780764346316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.72
€ 36.99
€ 31.72
Paperback. A laugh-filled, fictional daily chronicle of family and church exploits, featuring Adrian Plass's literary alter ego and a memorable cast of supporting characters. Num Pages: 128 pages, B & W Line. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Publisher
- Zondervan United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310269120
- ISBN
- 9780310269120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.66
€ 13.99
€ 11.66
paperback. This portrait of Christopher Wren (1632-1723), the great British architect, aims to show us the man behind the legend - a man who was the Surveyor of the King's Works, a pioneering anatomist and mathematician, who devised new navigational instruments and lectured on planetary motion. Num Pages: 480 pages, 24pp halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; AMB; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712673648
- ISBN
- 9780712673648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.74
€ 40.99
€ 28.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; DNF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759908
- ISBN
- 9781894759908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.78
€ 13.00
€ 11.78
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813533896
- ISBN
- 9780813533896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.49
€ 41.99
€ 37.49
Paperback. The highly acclaimed memoir of growing up with Dylan Thomas Editor(s): Campomar, Andreas. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 188. 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. In 1949, after years of nomadic existence, Aeronwy Thomas and her family arrived at the Boat House in Laugharne, a small village on the Welsh coast. Here her father, the poet Dylan Thomas and mother, Caitlin, hoped to find peace, a place to settle and work. This book contains a portrait of growing up and an insight into Dylan Thomas' poetry. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGLA; BM; DSC. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849013642
- ISBN
- 9781849013642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.81
€ 13.00
€ 11.81
Paperback. Agatha Christie's personal memoirs about her travels to Syria and Iraq in the 1930s with her archaeologist husband Max Mallowan, where she worked on the digs and wrote some of her most evocative novels. Num Pages: 304 pages, 40 b/w plates. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007487240
- ISBN
- 9780007487240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.38
€ 13.99
€ 10.38