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Autobiography: general

Paperback. A personal recollection of Esther Royer Ayers's youth spent in a highly restrictive and confined religious community. Her story is as much a search for identity and a longing for a mother's love as it is a tale about a totalitarian culture that led to her departure from the Old Order Mennonite religion. Num Pages: 192 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; BGA; HBTB; HRCC99. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed
SKU
V9781559362412
ISBN
9780873388283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.56

Paperback. Offers an account of the IRA bomb that killed the author's 14-year-old twin brother, his grandparents and a family friend, published on the 30th anniversary of the atrocity. This title reveals a story of courage and fortitude as he, his family, and their English and Irish friends dealt with the shocking assassinations and their aftermath. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPL; BGA; HBJD1; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099543589
ISBN
9780099543589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.78

Paperback. .
Publisher
Austin Macauley Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849637190
ISBN
9781849637190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. Bedevilled by a crippling condition which nobody could explain or relieve, he confronts hard truths about the relationship between the mind and the body, the hectic modern world and his life as a writer. Teach Us To Sit Still is the visceral, thought-provoking and improbably entertaining story of Tim Parks' quest to overcome ill health. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099548881
ISBN
9780099548881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. An exploration of the author's parents' lives, his mother's inexplicable suicide in her late fifties and his own bouts of depression. It conjures up the pebble-dashed home of his childhood and the landscape of postwar suburban England. It tells a story of grief, loss and dislocation, yet also of the power of memory and the bonds of family love. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141191485
ISBN
9780141191485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. In 1981, Tim Guest was taken by his mother to a commune in Suffolk. It was modelled on the teachings of the famous Indian 'guru', Bhagwan, who preached a doctrine of Eastern mysticism, chaotic therapy and sexual freedom. This is the story of a little boy alone in a house full of orange people. Num Pages: 301 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; HRQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 132. Weight in Grams: 394. .
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
301
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KEX0199608
ISBN
9781862076327
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

From 1837 to 1861 Thoreau kept a Journal that began as a conventional record of ideas, grew into a writer's notebook, and eventually became the principal imaginative work of his career. This volume presents nearly eight hundred manuscript pages of this Journal. Editor(s): Neufeldt, Leonard N.; Simmons, Nancy Craig. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 800 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 138 x 215 x 52. Weight in Grams: 924.
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
800
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691065359
ISBN
9780691065359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 142.34
€ 110.03

Paperback. * Epic memoir by one of the greatest explorers of our time, the Norwegian-born Thor Heyerdahl. Num Pages: 352 pages, Section: 16, B&W. BIC Classification: BGA; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 24. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349112732
ISBN
9780349112732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.48

Hardcover. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612099903
ISBN
9781612099903
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 259.12
€ 177.44

Hardback. A highly entertaining account of a middle-aged man's love affair with sailing, an elegant and introspective meditation on the nature of obsession, and an insightful reflection on the years of learning and practice that molded author Tom Froncek into an expert sailor. Num Pages: 228 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574091793
ISBN
9781574091793
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.02

Offers vivid memories of Thomas Dionysius Clark's personal and academic journey, a journey that took him from Mississippi to Kentucky and North Carolina, to leadership of the nation's major historical organizations, and to visiting professorships in Austria, England, Greece, and India, as well as in universities throughout the United States. Num Pages: 448 pages, 75 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JJ; BGA; HBAH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 907.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813124018
ISBN
9780813124018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.24

Offers vivid memories of Thomas Dionysius Clark's personal and academic journey, a journey that took him from Mississippi to Kentucky and North Carolina, to leadership of the nation's major historical organizations, and to visiting professorships in Austria, England, Greece, and India, as well as in universities throughout the United States. Num Pages: 448 pages, 75 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JJ; BGA; HBAH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 898.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813124001
ISBN
9780813124001
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.90

Paperback. Born in 1931, the illegitimate child of an abandoned mother, Thomas Bernhard was brought up by an eccentric grandmother and adored grandfather. He ran away from home at 15 and at 18, was put in a hospital ward for the old and terminally ill when he caught pneumonia. This volume tells his story. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099442530
ISBN
9780099442530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. When the author was 15 she moved to a new school and fell for an older pupil, Daniel. She was thrilled when one afternoon he asked if he could drive her home. But this simple decision would hold her captive as a sex slave for two long years. This book tells her story. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFE1; JFFE2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099588139
ISBN
9780099588139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.89

Hardcover. In these memoirs, Father Theodore Hesburgh chronicles the transformation of Notre Dame from a somewhat mediocre midwestern university into a major teaching and research institution. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBT; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268010386
ISBN
9780268010386
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.21

Hardback. * The correspondence of Theodor Adorno and Thomas Mann documents a rare encounter of creative tension between literary tradition and aesthetic modernism spanning the years 1943-1955. * The letters offer the reader a fascinating insight into the lives of two of the most important figures of twentieth-century intellectual life. Editor(s): Lonitz, Henri. Translator(s): Hoban, Wieland. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745623351
ISBN
9780745623351
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.51

Hardback. The surviving correspondence between Walter Benjamin and Theodor W. Adorno. * This is the first time all of the surviving correspondence between Adorno and Benjamin has appeared in English. * Provides a key to the personalities and projects of these two major intellectual figures. Num Pages: 392 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; BGA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745618180
ISBN
9780745618180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.98

Paperback. The heartbreaking story of a little girl who was sold into prostitution by the person she should have been able to trust most - her mother. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFE1; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 246. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KTG0009419
ISBN
9780340960851
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The Nervous System and the Universe in Other Words. 192 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGA. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 13. Weight: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Synergetic Press Inc.,U.S.
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907791423
ISBN
9780907791423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.65

Paperback. In fifty-four short chapters, the author recounts memories of her mother, ponders her own Mormon faith, and contemplates the notion of absence in art and in our world. She deals with the question: What does it mean to have a voice? Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 117 x 18. Weight in Grams: 178.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Picador USA United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781250024114
ISBN
9781250024114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.61

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