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Biography
Paperback. Comedian and radio host Sara Benincasa's life hasn't always been a funny joyride. Since childhood, she strugged with panic disorder, becoming by age twenty-one a full-on obsessive, cowering, trembling agoraphobe. Terrified to leave her own apartment, she stacked empty cans and jars against the wall of her tiny studio apartment. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062024428
- ISBN
- 9780062024428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.60
€ 16.99
€ 14.60
Paperback. Tavis Smiley recounts the story of his friendship with Maya Angelou Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Back Bay
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTJ8038655
- ISBN
- 9780316341776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.28
€ 7.28
Hardback. Editor(s): Terhune, Alfred McKinley; Terhune, Annabelle Burdick. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 688 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGLA; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1114.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691643199
- ISBN
- 9780691643199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 320.50
€ 320.50
Paperback. Looks at the superstar Billy Joel's entire career, including his troubled youth as a gang member; the controversy surrounding his first hit, Captain Jack his legal problems; his storied marriage with Christie Brinkley; and, his continued artistic frustration. Num Pages: 300 pages, one eight-page photo insert. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 226 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572. The Life and Times of an Angry Young Man. 300 pages, one eight-page photo insert. Looks at the superstar Billy Joel's entire career, including his troubled youth as a gang member; the controversy surrounding his first hit, Captain Jack his legal problems; his storied marriage with Christie Brinkley; and, his continued artistic frustration. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Dimension: 151 x 226 x 27. Weight: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617130052
- ISBN
- 9781617130052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99
€ 20.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 146. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Archipelago Books United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780914671404
- ISBN
- 9780914671404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.92
€ 17.99
€ 14.92
Hardcover. Takes us on a journey guided by Freud's idea that our psychological complexes are sources of our weaknesses and our strengths. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JMAF; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568214481
- ISBN
- 9781568214481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.19
€ 163.19
Hardcover. Following closely on the heels of his recent biography of George III, the author turns to the reign of his grandfather, George II, to set the record straight. This book sets out to demonstrate the unfairness of charges that George II was a puppet king overshadowed by towering politicians such as Walpole, and later, Pitt. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780859898072
- ISBN
- 9780859898072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.00
€ 136.00
Hardback. Consists of mini-biographies of 15 Americans who lived during the Antebellum period in American history. This anthology presents a portrait of the lives of lesser-known Americans. Editor(s): Morrison, Michael A. Series: The Human Tradition in America. Num Pages: 251 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842028349
- ISBN
- 9780842028349
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.99
€ 157.99
Paperback. Sifting through reports from newspapers, magazines, personal memoirs, and letters, this work brings readers the first-person accounts of marches, encampments, skirmishes, and full-blown battles, as seen by participants on both sides of the civil war. It features illustrations, including maps of battlefields, troop movements, and fortifications. Editor(s): Cozzens, Peter. Num Pages: 632 pages, 120 Line Drawings. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 39. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252074516
- ISBN
- 9780252074516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.49
€ 27.99
€ 26.49
Paperback. 'I wanted to return to the place where I was born and see it with new eyes. I had no idea where my family was in Somalia. At first it seemed impossible - almost as impossible as a camel girl becoming a fashion model.. Num Pages: 240 pages, Section: 4, colour. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844080083
- ISBN
- 9781844080083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.14
€ 14.99
€ 12.14
Hardback. In 1970s Las Vegas-a heyday of Mafia misdeed in Sin City-a fearless young man launched a crusade to eradicate organized crime in the casinos. In the process, he revolutionized gaming lawenforcement, came within a hair's breadth of death, and wasbetrayed by a system that was dirty to its core. Hit Me! is his story. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; BTC; JKV; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 34.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762780723
- ISBN
- 9780762780723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.67
€ 29.99
€ 22.67
Paperback. Through the case of a single well-placed official, Chen Hongmou (1696-1771), this book studies the consciousness and the governing project of the 18th-century Chinese official-elite. Num Pages: 616 pages, 14ill.1M. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1034.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804748186
- ISBN
- 9780804748186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 45.34
€ 50.99
€ 45.34
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Boydell Press
- Number of pages
- 422
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843835783
- ISBN
- 9781843835783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.72
€ 53.72
Hardcover. Contains the letters that trace young Sam Clemens' remarkable self-transformation from a footloose, irreverent West Coast journalist to a popular lecturer and author of "The Jumping Frog", soon to be a national and international celebrity. Editor(s): Smith, Harriet Elinor; Bucci, Richard; Salamo, Lin. Series: Mark Twain Papers. Num Pages: 703 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 47. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 703
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520036697
- ISBN
- 9780520036697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.93€ 90.42
€ 118.93
€ 90.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Folklore Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894864565
- ISBN
- 9781894864565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.18
€ 10.99
€ 9.18
Paperback. 'Hugely enjoyable .. It reads like a novel, a fantasy tale of rags to riches' Charles Handy in The Sunday Times Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; JFFR; KNTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340766996
- ISBN
- 9780340766996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.48
€ 14.99
€ 11.48
Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; BGB; JPWF; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873513913
- ISBN
- 9780873513913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.75
€ 26.99
€ 23.75
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780091949037
- ISBN
- 9780091949037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; BTC; HBJK; HBTB; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613736692
- ISBN
- 9781613736692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.94
€ 18.94
Hardcover. 8vo. Very good copy.. First edition. . Irish Politics and Politicans.. 20th Century Ireland.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The Mercier Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0310305
- ISBN
- 9781856353687
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Mixed media pr. Presents the life stories of twelve extraordinary women who lived passionately and recorded in poetry their happiness and heartbreaks. Num Pages: 429 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; 3JB; BGH; DCQ; DSBD; DSC; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 187 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1205.
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 429
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823221806
- ISBN
- 9780823221806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.34
€ 116.34
Paperback. An authoritative and ground-breaking biography of the 8th Century theologian and statesman Alcuin of York, revealing his importance for the period. Num Pages: 226 pages, 12 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; BGX; HRCC2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780227173466
- ISBN
- 9780227173466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.38
€ 46.38
Paperback. Ever since being brought up by The Beatles, Frankie Boyle has been a tremendous liar. Join him on his adventures with his chum Clangy The Brass Boy and laugh as he doesn't accidentally kill a student nurse when a party gets out of hand. Num Pages: 304 pages, (2x8pp plates). BIC Classification: APB; BGFA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007324514
- ISBN
- 9780007324514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 9.73
€ 13.99
€ 9.73
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859917940
- ISBN
- 9780859917940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.69
€ 156.69