Biography
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Biography
Paperback. Tracing Fred Astaire's life from his birth in Omaha to his death in his late eighties in Hollywood, this book discusses his early days with his talented and outspoken sister Adele, his gifts as a singer, and his many movie dance partners, among them Rita Hayworth, Eleanor Powell, Cyd Charisse, and Betty Hutton. Series: Icons of America. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASDT; AVGM; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300158441
- ISBN
- 9780300158441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.96
€ 16.99
€ 13.96
Paperback. After surviving a deadly cancer against tremendous odds, college president Roger H Martin enrolled at St John's College, the Great Books school in Annapolis, Maryland, as a sixty-one-year-old freshman. This memoir of his semester at St John's tells of his journey of discovery as he falls in love again with Plato, Socrates, and Homer. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520265875
- ISBN
- 9780520265875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.79
€ 26.99
€ 19.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; G; VFVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 174 x 9. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Atlantic Publishing Co United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781601385116
- ISBN
- 9781601385116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 18.97
€ 27.99
€ 18.97
Paperback. Continues: A ship in the harbor. Chicago, Ill.: Academy Chicago Publishers, 2009. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Academy Chicago Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897336161
- ISBN
- 9780897336161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.71
€ 18.99
€ 17.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; BGH; JKVP1; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781509829408
- ISBN
- 9781509829408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.00
€ 11.99
€ 11.00
hardcover. The standard autorised edition now complete and available as a nine-volume set. Editor(s): Davies, Laurence. Series: The Cambridge Edition of the Letters of Joseph Conrad. Num Pages: 5000 pages, 84 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 177. Weight in Grams: 8800.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 5000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521881906
- ISBN
- 9780521881906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 1,473.18
€ 1,473.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 50 B&W photos. BIC Classification: BGS; WSWY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Greystone Books,Canada Canada
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550547191
- ISBN
- 9781550547191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.45
€ 18.99
€ 18.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, period photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJPG; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907869297
- ISBN
- 9781907869297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.95
€ 13.99
€ 12.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 133 x 31. Weight in Grams: 383.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307986559
- ISBN
- 9780307986559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.74
€ 17.99
€ 16.74
Paperback. * The definitive and explosive account of a harrowing murder case that has shocked Britain Num Pages: 288 pages, Section: 16, colour photos. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751542325
- ISBN
- 9780751542325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.25
€ 15.99
€ 12.25
Paperback. This edition of the letters between Vladimir Nabokov and Edmund Wilson has been expanded and revised to include 59 letters discovered after the book's original publication in 1979. The additional letters and new annotations clarify the correspondence and illuminate the writers' friendship. Editor(s): Karlinsky, Simon. Num Pages: 398 pages, 26 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Rev Exp
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520220805
- ISBN
- 9780520220805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 25.68
€ 35.99
€ 25.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Addax Publishing Group,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781886110663
- ISBN
- 9781886110663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.15
€ 14.99
€ 14.15
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Reader
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781448208203
- ISBN
- 9781448208203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.17
€ 20.99
€ 16.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JFFK; JFMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Feminist Press at The City University of New York United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558617513
- ISBN
- 9781558617513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.87
€ 29.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- CavanKerry Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933880389
- ISBN
- 9781933880389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.53
€ 21.99
€ 18.53
Paperback. Offering a critical analysis of Louis Farrakhan's ascent to national influence, the author argues that the minister's rise to prominence is a function of race and reaction in contemporary America. He probes the origins and significance of Farrakhan in American politics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFF; JFSL1; JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878406586
- ISBN
- 9780878406586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.98
€ 72.98
Paperback. Alexis de Tocqueville may be the most influential political thinker in American history. He also led an unusually active and ambitious career in French politics. This book presents interpretations of Tocqueville's major works and of his place in intellectual history. Num Pages: 664 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 37. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 664
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691114545
- ISBN
- 9780691114545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.84€ 47.13
€ 59.84
€ 47.13
Hardback. Goss' biography of Carol Robinson (1889-1979) presents the life of a serious American pianist within the larger context of American intellectual life. Num Pages: 285 pages, Fr.Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVH; AVRG; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810826267
- ISBN
- 9780810826267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.24
€ 114.24
Paperback. Born a bastard to a teenage mother in the slums of 1950s Dublin, Martha has to be a fighter from the very start. As her mother moves from man to man, and more children follow, they live hand-to-mouth in squalid, freezing tenements, clothed in rags and forced to beg for food. This book tells the story of her early life. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KRF2233227
- ISBN
- 9781845963132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 4.99
€ 12.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Rippey, Theodore F. Series: Brecht Yearbook/Das Brecht-Jahrubuch. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; APT; BGL; DD; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780985195618
- ISBN
- 9780985195618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.92
€ 76.92
Paperback. Sharon Bown's remarkable 16-year career with the RAAF saw her deployed to East Timor, Bali and Afghanistan. From barely surviving a helicopter crash to commanding a combat surgical team, her story is a confronting, but ultimately inspirational, account of what our men and women in the military experience, and the price they pay for their service. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BTM; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 283 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Exisle Publishing Australia
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781925335316
- ISBN
- 9781925335316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.90
€ 26.99
€ 23.90
Paperback. The incredible story of one man's journey from international rugby player to world record breaking extreme adventurer. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp colour. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751556063
- ISBN
- 9780751556063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.46
€ 19.99
€ 14.46
Paperback. A memoir of the author's early life and time starting out as a novelist, as well as diaries recording her in old age. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571203963
- ISBN
- 9780571203963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.13
€ 14.99
€ 11.13
Paperback. * A major account of the life and work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge* Author an authority on Anglo--German cultural connections in the 19th century -- so this book is particularly strong and very accessible too on the German philosophical and literary background. . Series: Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 488 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- NULL
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631207542
- ISBN
- 9780631207542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 52.84
€ 53.99
€ 52.84