Biography
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Biography
Paperback. Annie Ernaux turns her penetrating focus on those points in life where the everyday and the extraordinary intersect, where "things seen" reflect a private life meeting the larger world. Ernaux's thought-provoking observations map the world's fleeting and lasting impressions on the shape of inner life. Translator(s): Kaplansky, Jonathan. Series: French Voices. Num Pages: 106 pages. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780803228153
- ISBN
- 9780803228153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.09
€ 18.99
€ 13.09
Hardcover. Num Pages: 262 pages, 35 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 167 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Tidewater Publishing
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870335129
- ISBN
- 9780870335129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.40
€ 36.99
€ 27.40
hardcover. Murder, Inc. and the Moral Life: Gangsters and Gangbusters in La Guardia's New York tells the story of the notorious 1930s Brooklyn gang nicknamed "Murder, Inc." Murder, Inc. is as well an extended moral reflection on the phenomenon of gangsters in general and the Murder, Inc. gang in particular Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; BTC; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780823271559
- ISBN
- 9780823271559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.56
€ 86.56
Paperback. Reveals why it is that: too much science is bad for our health '70s rock music is nothing to be ashamed of Hunting foxes while drunk and wearing night-sights is neither big nor clever; we must work harder to get rid of cricket; and the author likes the Germans (well, sometimes). Series: The World According to Clarkson. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: WGCB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 250. Good, clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0005467
- ISBN
- 9780141017891
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The author gave up a successful career as an art dealer while in his late 50s and embraced retirement with a vengeance. He sailed away in his ship Unlikely and circled the globe. In doing so, he created his own universe-a small boat in a large ocean. This book presents his sailing philosophy. Num Pages: 192 pages, 21 line drawings. BIC Classification: BT; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 227 x 14. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574090512
- ISBN
- 9781574090512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.09
€ 18.09
Paperback. Very good copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KKD0012332
- ISBN
- 9780717110346
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. Editor(s): Zacharias, Greg W.; Anesko, Michael. Series: The Complete Letters of Henry James. Num Pages: 384 pages, 9 illustrations, chronology. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4039 x 38. Weight in Grams: 943.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803285477
- ISBN
- 9780803285477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.90
€ 105.90
Paperback. Series: The journals of Thomas Merton. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; BG; HRCX8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- HarperOne
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060654870
- ISBN
- 9780060654870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.69
€ 17.99
€ 16.69
Paperback. Series: Documents in American Social History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; HBJK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801482687
- ISBN
- 9780801482687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.47
€ 30.99
€ 27.47
Paperback. Widely regarded as the finest poet of his generation, Seamus Heaney is the subject of numerous critical studies. This book traces the poet's steps from his early works, through to his receipt of the 1995 Nobel Prize for Literature and his post-Nobel life. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 39. Weight in Grams: 458 524pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571242535
- ISBN
- 9780571242535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.29
€ 19.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. Blind Tom was the stage name of Thomas Greene Wiggins, a blind black pianist born into slavery in 1849. In this focused, consequential study, Southall reformulates the debate surrounding Blind Tom and expands its dimensions significantly. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 b&w photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AVH; BGF; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810845459
- ISBN
- 9780810845459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.42
€ 57.42
Paperback. "Doing things by the book" acquires a whole new meaning in Brandon R. Schrand's memoir of coming of age in spite of himself. The "works cited" are those books that serve as Schrand's signposts as he goes from life as a hormone-crazed, heavy-metal wannabe in the remotest parts of working-class Idaho to a reasonable facsimile of manhood. Series: American Lives. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 0th edition
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803243378
- ISBN
- 9780803243378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.96
€ 19.99
€ 18.96
Paperback. Horrific, horrendous, unspeakable, the Whitechapel murderer, Jack the Ripper, stalked the streets of East London in 1888, slaughtering prostitutes and bewildering the police who were hunting him. This book looks at the evidence left by the murderer. Series Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840220773
- ISBN
- 9781840220773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.24
€ 7.24
Paperback. Melvin Juette has said that becoming paralyzed in a gang-related shooting was 'both the worst and best thing that happened' to him. The incident, he believes, surely spared the then sixteen-year-old African American from prison and/or an early death. It transformed him in other ways, too. This title tells Juette's story. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 Halftones. BIC Classification: BGSA; JFFG; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592134755
- ISBN
- 9781592134755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.41
€ 29.99
€ 26.41
Jefferson's Parliamentary Writings: Parliamentary Pocket-Book and a Ma...
Wilbur Samuel . Ed(S): Howell
Hardback. Editor(s): Howell, Wilbur Samuel. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 490 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPF; JPHC; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 490
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691632599
- ISBN
- 9780691632599
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 231.01
€ 231.01
Paperback. Like the previous Speaks books (Warren Buffett Speaks, Jack Welch Speaks, Bill Gates Speaks, and Oprah Winfrey Speaks), Ted Turner Speaks chronicles the voice and vision of Ted Turner, multimillionaire media pioneer, creator of the Cable News Network, champion yachtsman, and founder of environmental and humanitarian organizations. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471345633
- ISBN
- 9780471345633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 23.09
€ 29.99
€ 23.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 254 x 6. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894974257
- ISBN
- 9781894974257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.71
€ 23.99
€ 16.71
Paperback. Autobiographical impostures, once they come to light, appear to us as outrageous, scandalous. They confuse lived and textual identity and call into question what we believe, what we doubt, and how we receive information. This book examines a range of impostures in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Num Pages: 210 pages, figures. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554583331
- ISBN
- 9781554583331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.74
€ 48.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 31. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Henry Holt & Company Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780805050875
- ISBN
- 9780805050875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.76
€ 24.99
€ 20.76
Paperback. A memoir that explores the author's thirty-plus years of living with bipolar disorder. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Biblioasis Canada
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897231487
- ISBN
- 9781897231487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.32
€ 19.99
€ 18.32
Paperback. Explores the making - and undoing of the self-styled 20th century boy. This biography of Marc Bolan, a pop obsessive, draws from interviews with many friends and colleagues including the late John Peel, brother Harry and band members Mickey Finn and Bill Legend. Num Pages: 408 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Omnibus Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846091476
- ISBN
- 9781846091476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.32
€ 14.99
€ 14.32
paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: APFB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 11. Weight in Grams: 96.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- No Exit Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903047668
- ISBN
- 9781903047668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.65
€ 4.65
Paperback. Beyond question Shelley scholars and 19th-century specialists will value this usefully annotated and carefully produced edition; it may also be that anyone would enjoy the stories themselves.. and the accompanying original engravings. -- Diane Johnson, Washington Post. Num Pages: 512 pages, 33, 33 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 37. Weight in Grams: 749.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Maryland
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801842184
- ISBN
- 9780801842184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.23
€ 43.23
Hardcover. In December 1954, for his part in an arms raid on Omagh army barracks, Dublin man Eamonn Boyce was convicted on three counts of this archaic offence and sentenced at the Belfast Winter Assizes to twelve years' imprisonment. This book provides an account of his prison regime; IRA command structures; education; and relations with fellow prisoners. Editor(s): Bryson, Anna. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, ports., facsims. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 51. Weight in Grams: 920.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843511298
- ISBN
- 9781843511298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.00€ 30.68
€ 40.00
€ 30.68