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Biography
Hardback. The telephone lay in pieces on George Cowan's office desk in the basement of Princeton's physics building. It was his first day as a graduate student in the fall of 1941. This memoir is his eyewitness account of how science works and how scientists, as human beings, work as well. It also discusses his career in nuclear physics. Num Pages: 184 pages, 53 halftones. BIC Classification: BM; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826348708
- ISBN
- 9780826348708
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.96
€ 29.99
€ 25.96
Paperback. One of the finest British poets of this century, Roy Fuller was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, the C.B.E., and was elected to the Oxford Professorship of Poetry. The achievements of the late poet, novelist, critic and autobiographer are honoured here in essays and poems by writers who were his friends. Editor(s): Tolley, A.T. Num Pages: 137 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230. . Keywords: "Special Features - Used Books - Biography - Novelists, Poets & Playwrights - Poets,Special Features - Used Books - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - Poetry & Poets,Subjects - Biography"
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Carleton University Press,Canada U.S.A.
- Number of pages
- 137
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- SKU
- KHS0038618
- ISBN
- 9780886292102
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 19.99€ 17.52
€ 19.99
€ 17.52
Paperback. A story of passion and betrayal, about the man who brought Cosa Nostra back from the brink of disaster Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 pp b/w. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- JOHN MURRAY
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719568596
- ISBN
- 9780719568596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.61
€ 14.99
€ 11.61
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, Black and White Photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 215 x 26. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Rizzoli Ex Libris
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847841295
- ISBN
- 9780847841295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.41
€ 26.99
€ 24.41
Hardcover. Num Pages: 62 pages, Illustrations ports. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGHA; GTF; JPSN1; KCM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 62
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772895208
- ISBN
- 9788772895208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.75
€ 18.99
€ 14.75
Paperback. "The two sides of Shaw .. are at the center of .. [this] compulsively readable biography."-Daniel Akst, Wall Street Journal Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; AVRN; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 30. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393340105
- ISBN
- 9780393340105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.10
€ 18.99
€ 17.10
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Romarin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526205841
- ISBN
- 9781526205841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.04
€ 38.99
€ 28.04
Hardcover. Biography. Lenihan. Terrific way of looking through at Ireland's political landscape - through one of its main players.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- SKU
- KTJ0001739
- ISBN
- 9781874597346
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- SKU
- KNW0010419
- ISBN
- 9781874597346
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. * Abacus reissue of Juliet Barker's unrivalled biography of the Bronte sisters, revised for this edition Num Pages: 1184 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 52. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349122427
- ISBN
- 9780349122427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 18.53
€ 22.99
€ 18.53
Paperback. Telling the story of the author's grandparents and parents, and of his brothers' involvement in the violent Mau Mau uprising, this title etches a tumultuous era, capturing the landscape of Kenya, the people and their culture, and the social and political vicissitudes of life under colonialism and war. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 2AB; 3JJ; BM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099548522
- ISBN
- 9780099548522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. My Friend Leonard is the story of an extraordinary friendship formed in the most unlikely circumstances. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719561177
- ISBN
- 9780719561177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.83
€ 13.99
€ 10.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 20 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 31. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Strategic Media Books United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781939521026
- ISBN
- 9781939521026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.21
€ 26.99
€ 18.21
Paperback. It was on 6 June 2004 that BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner and cameraman Simon Cumbers were ambushed by Islamist gunmen in a quiet Riyadh back street. Simon was killed outright. Frank was hit in the shoulder and leg. As he lay in the dust, a figure stood over him and pumped four more bullets into his body at point-blank range. Num Pages: 528 pages, 16pp colour photos, map & author's own line drawings. BIC Classification: BGBA; JPS; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 33. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- The 10th Anniversary edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857502438
- ISBN
- 9780857502438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.44
€ 14.99
€ 11.44
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KNH0003029
- ISBN
- 9780385614603
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. In this biography, Hildred and Ewbank show just what makes one Roy Keane tick. They speak to his family and friends, and with the verve of fans and true experts, uncover the inside story of the football, big money and the men who make it happen. Num Pages: 252 pages, 8pp colour photographs. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 157. Weight in Grams: 574. Nice copy, some shelfwear. Good to very good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Blake Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KST0027293
- ISBN
- 9781857824360
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. * David Bowie is one of our greatest icons. This is the definitive biography. Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 32, colour photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751542936
- ISBN
- 9780751542936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.13
€ 16.99
€ 13.13
Paperback. Tells the story of one of the most beautiful places on earth - still astonishingly unspoilt - on the west coast of Corfu. In the early 1960s, Emma Tennant's parents spotted a magical bay from a cruise and decided to build a house there. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVC; 1DVGS; BG; WTL; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Vintage London
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099422532
- ISBN
- 9780099422532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. Saladin is perhaps the one and only Muslim ruler who emerges with any clarity in standard tales and histories of the Crusades; this is a translation of Baha' al-Din Ibn Shaddad's (1144-1234) account of his life and career. Series Editor(s): Barber, Professor Malcolm; Edbury, Professor Peter W.; Hamilton, Professor Bernard; Housley, Professor Norman; Jackson, Professor Peter. Series: Crusade Texts in Translation. Num Pages: 278 pages, Includes 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; BGH; DNF; HBJF1; HBLC; HRLP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 278
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754633815
- ISBN
- 9780754633815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.16
€ 52.16
Paperback. A book that chronicles bestselling author's long friendship with writer from its beginning to untimely end with both funny and moving moments and stark honesty. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241950548
- ISBN
- 9780241950548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.38
€ 20.99
€ 16.38
Paperback. Series: Men of Faith Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 110 x 177 x 13. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bethany House Publishers
- Publication date
- 1972
- Edition
- Reprinted
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871231826
- ISBN
- 9780871231826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.77
€ 10.99
€ 9.77
Book. Fine copy. Stein
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- KST0010004
- ISBN
- 9780801858079
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Anne Neville was queen to England's most notorious king, Richard III. Dying before the age of thirty, she was always, apparently, the passive instrument of others' evil intentions. This biography seeks to tell the story of Anne's life, and uncovers the real wife of Richard III by charting the twists and turns of her fraught and tragic life. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 125 x 20. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 254
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752441290
- ISBN
- 9780752441290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.11
€ 13.99
€ 13.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888392329
- ISBN
- 9780888392329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.93
€ 18.99
€ 13.93