×


 x 

Shopping cart

Biography

Results 121 - 144 of 16648

Biography

hardcover. Editor(s): Albanese, Catherine L. Series: Religion in North America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HRAX; HRLK; HRLM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 641.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780253022431
ISBN
9780253022431
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.46

Paperback. Flyboy 2 provides a panoramic view of the last thirty years of Greg Tate's influential cultural criticism of contemporary Black music, art, literature, film, and politics. These essays, interviews, and reviews cover everything from Miles Davis, Ice Cube, and Suzan Lori Parks to Afro-futurism, Kara Walker, and Amiri Baraka. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; AVGN; BGF; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361961
ISBN
9780822361961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 228. In the Underworld of the South African Sex Industry. 168 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGA. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 10. Weight: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Tafelberg
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780624049265
ISBN
9780624049265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.73

Paperback. Frederick Douglass's Narrative recounts his life as a slave in Maryland and escape to freedom in 1838. An important slave autobiography, it is significant both for what it tells us about slave life and about its author. It is here reprinted with contexualizing source material and other writings by Douglass, as well as an introduction discussing its literary and historical significance. Editor(s): McDowell, Deborah E. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780199539079
ISBN
9780199539079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 7.28

Hardback. The Life of Sharatchandra Chatopadhyay presents a historical critical assessment of the novelist's upbringing and the experiences that informed his work. The author exposes Sharatchandra's innate conservative worldview and his romantic platonic concept of human sexuality that informs all his love stories. Num Pages: 180 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BM; BGL; DSB; HBJF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611475074
ISBN
9781611475074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.72

Paperback. Kathy suffered in silence as she was battered by her father and molested by local boys. When she was sent to a psychiatric unit, she suffered terrifying electric-shock therapy and further cruelty at the hands of her supposed carers. This book presents the author's harrowing account of her ruined childhood and of her subsequent fight for justice. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: BG; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 20. Weight in Grams: 160. Well read, but remains good
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
SKU
KST0004061
ISBN
9781845961466
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A study of the life of the great Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky. It presents the history of nineteenth-century Russia, with Dostoevsky's mind as a refracting prism. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BGH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 257 x 192 x 25. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
The University Press Group Ltd United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691013558
ISBN
9780691013558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.09

Hardback. Fred Terman was an outstanding American engineer, teacher, entrepreneur and manager. Terman was also deeply devoted to his students, to engineering, and to Stanford University. This biography focuses on the weave of personality and place across time. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JNM; TBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1338.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804749145
ISBN
9780804749145
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.43

Hardcover. In their own time, Lewis Carroll, Robert Louis Stevenson and Algernon Charles Swinburne were highly successful writers. Part of the "Lives of Victorian Literary Figures" series, this three-volume facsimile edition draws together a range of biographical sources relating to these three celebrated Victorian authors. Editor(s): Pite, Ralph; Hubbard, Tom; Rooksby, Rikky. Series: Lives of Victorian Literary Figures. Num Pages: 1360 pages, Illustrations, ports, facsims. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 2494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
1360
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781851969050
ISBN
9781851969050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 565.42

Paperback. Very seldom does one come across so inspiring a volume. . . . It belongs in every Irish-American library. . . . Anyone with an interest in the Civil War and/or the history of the Irish in America should own a copy of this very fine work. -Irish Edition Editor(s): Kohl, Lawrence Frederick; Richard, M.C. Series: Irish in the Civil War. Num Pages: 170 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 319.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823211647
ISBN
9780823211647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.67

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393339970
ISBN
9780393339970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.94

Hardback. From My Recent Past is a memoir written by Russian revolutionary Grigory Gershuni (1870-1908). The book depicts his revolutionary activities, arrest, tribunal, and years of imprisonment. It is presented here in English translation by Katya Vladimirov, with an introduction by Katya Vladimirov and an afterword by Jack Moran. Translator(s): Vladimirov, Katya. Num Pages: 116 pages, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJC; BM; JPWL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Lexington Books
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9781498522175
ISBN
9781498522175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.67

Hardback. Recounts the life and career of American president Ronald Reagan. This work covers his small-town Midwestern roots through to his Hollywood film star days to his presidential role as redeemer of the American dream and victorious leader in the Cold War. It also analyzes the qualities of leadership that enabled him to meet each challenge and crisis. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742543751
ISBN
9780742543751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.66

Paperback. * a major new analysis of the hidden networks and alliances that lie behind George W. Busha s power * uncovers the ideological sources of the Bush Administration and its highly controversial a war on terrora * written by the celebrated French reporter and author of the best--selling book Busha s War. . Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; BGH; HBJK; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745633497
ISBN
9780745633497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 108 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BTH; WNCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781493023240
ISBN
9781493023240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.61

Hardcover. Num Pages: 512 pages, Photographs. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 210 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1996.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House Israel
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652295224
ISBN
9789652295224
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 37.40

Hardcover. This is a part of a collection of eight volumes of nearly 2800 letters. Volumes I and II reveal Stevenson's struggles to achieve success as an author - including his time as a student, his work, and his travels. They also introduce the people who became his chief correspondents for life. Series: The Collected Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JH; BGA; BJ; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300060218
ISBN
9780300060218
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 32 pages, 32 b/w illus. BIC Classification: BM; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 217 x 3. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
Number of pages
32
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888396556
ISBN
9780888396556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.43

Paperback. A biographical account of John Milton. It features readings, chronologies, and attention to symbol from etymology to archetype. The work seeks to take the reader into the most interior stirrings of a 17th-century mind. Series: Studies in the English Renaissance. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JD; BG; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813190211
ISBN
9780813190211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.90

Hardback. A revisionist 1999 account of the career of Elizabeth I's 'favourite', the 2nd Earl of Essex. Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History. Num Pages: 468 pages, 8 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 874.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
468
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521434850
ISBN
9780521434850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.25

Hardback. Peter Worsley's studies at Cambridge were interrupted by war service as a communist officer in the colonial forces in Africa and India, which got him interested in anthropology. His book on The Third World introduced that term into the English language. On retirement as Professor Emeritus of the University of Manchester, he wrote Knowledges. Num Pages: 12 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: BGA; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845453701
ISBN
9781845453701
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: BGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
HarperCollins
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789351364801
ISBN
9789351364801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.78

Paperback. The turbulent story of the radical Left in the eloquent words of one of its foremost leaders Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Verso Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781781688182
ISBN
9781781688182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. "An American in Victorian Cambridge" is a richly detailed account of student life in the Cambridge of the 1840s. The rationale for the book, which is as appealing today as it was then, is that this is pre-eminently a book about an American student at an English university. In this new edition, some substantial additions have been made. Editor(s): Stray, Chris. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; 3JH; BM; HBTB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898256
ISBN
9780859898256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.67

Page 6 of 694

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!