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Autobiography: general
paperback. Chronicles the author's decade in Cuba from 1969 to 1980. This work gives readers an inside look at her children's education, the process through which new law was enacted, the ins and outs of healthcare, employment, internationalism, culture, and ordinary people's lives. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Edition
- None ed.
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813544328
- ISBN
- 9780813544328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.05
€ 52.05
hardcover. Sayo Masuda was a geisha at a hot springs resort, where the realities of sex for sale are unadorned by the trappings of wealth and power. Remarkable for its wit and frankness, the book is a moving record of a woman's survival on the margins of Japanese society -- in the words of the translator, "the superbly told tale of a woman whom fortune never favored yet never defeated." Translator(s): Rowley, G. G. Num Pages: 216 pages, 4 photos. BIC Classification: BGA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129503
- ISBN
- 9780231129503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.57
€ 105.57
paperback. One of two volumes, this is the first complete collection of letters by the political theorist Thomas Hobbes. The letters reflect his many interests, touching on theology, metaphysics, physics, optics, mathematics, psychology and literary criticism. Series: Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes. Num Pages: 588 pages, line drawings throughout. BIC Classification: 3JD; BGA; HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 834. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034142
- ISBN
- 9780198237471
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
paperback. The second of two volumes, this is the first complete collection of letters by the political theorist Thomas Hobbes. The letters reflect his many interests, touching on theology, metaphysics, physics, optics, mathematics, psychology and literary criticism. Series: Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes. Num Pages: 510 pages, line drawings throughout. BIC Classification: 3JD; BGA; HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 738. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034143
- ISBN
- 9780198237488
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
Hardback. Presents the life story of a Serbian woman, preserved in memoirs, letters and mostly diaries, recounts the triumphs and tragedies of a life that takes place against the backdrop of turbulence in the Balkans. This title covers more than half a century, five wars (including the two world wars), and four ideologies. Editor(s): Irvine, Jill; Lilly, Carol. Num Pages: 514 pages, maps and photos. BIC Classification: 1DVWYS; 3JH; 3JJ; BGA; BJ; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Central European University Press Hungary
- Number of pages
- 514
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789639776234
- ISBN
- 9789639776234
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 267.93
€ 267.93
paperback. A globally recognized media lawyer and communications scholar, Monroe Price was born to a Jewish family in Vienna in 1938. In 1939, his family immigrated to the US where Monroe grew up. This autobiography of Monroe focuses on the question of identity, that of a child of refugees or a 21st-century scholar and global citizen. Num Pages: 224 pages, black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Central European University Press Hungary
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789639776593
- ISBN
- 9789639776593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.71
€ 75.71
paperback. The long-awaited autobiography of the archetypal kitchen bad boy - Marco Pierre White Num Pages: 336 pages, 22. BIC Classification: BGA; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Orion
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780752881614
- ISBN
- 9780752881614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.05
€ 13.99
€ 12.05
Paperback. A Mouth Sweeter Than Salt gathers the stories and reflections of the early years of Toyin Falola, the historian of Africa and one of the sons of Ibadan, the notable Yoruba city-state in Nigeria. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 photos. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472031320
- ISBN
- 9780472031320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.57
€ 39.57
Paperback. Considers the many ways in which autobiographical selves emerged from the late medieval period through the seventeenth century, with the aim of understanding the interaction between those individuals' lives and their worlds, the ways in which they could be recorded, and the contexts in which they are read. Editor(s): Bedford, Ronald; Davis, Lloyd; Kelly, Philippa. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472069286
- ISBN
- 9780472069286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.17
€ 47.17
Paperback. This is an account of John and Gerardine Gleeson's quest to conceive, of the serious physical damage Gerardine suffered as a result of in-vitro fertilization, and of her tragic death. Num Pages: 192 pages, ports. BIC Classification: BGA; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142. Clean copy with some reader wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Sitric Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTM0000782
- ISBN
- 9781903305027
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. This second volume of autobiography is a portrait of adolescence in Dublin in the 1940s and 1950s. Leonard stirs in theatre ancedotes, vignettes of Patrick Kavanagh and Brendan Behan and divulges his own beginnings as a writer. The result is a humorous analysis of Dublin and Dubliners. Series: Methuen biography. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJPG; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Methuen Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780413771483
- ISBN
- 9780413771483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.72
€ 9.99
€ 9.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGA; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299127442
- ISBN
- 9780299127442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.89
€ 33.89
Paperback. Jaime Manrique weaves into his own memoir the lives of three important 20th-century Hispanic writers: the Argentine Manuel Puig, the author of "Kiss of the Spider Woman"; the Cuban Reinaldo Arenas, author of "Before Night Falls"; and Spanish poet and playwright Frederico Garcia Lorca. Series: Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADSL; BGA; DSBH; DSG; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 177.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299161842
- ISBN
- 9780299161842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.21
€ 26.21
Paperback. An autobiography of Yi-Fu Tuan, a Chinese American who came to this country as a twenty-year-old graduate student and stayed to become one of America's most innovative intellectuals, whose work has explored the aesthetic and moral dimensions of human relations with landscape, nature, and environment. Series Editor(s): Andrews, William L. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography. Num Pages: 152 pages, 17 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299166649
- ISBN
- 9780299166649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.21
€ 26.21
Paperback. A deeply moving memoir about the loss of childhood and its impact on adult life. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781844081189
- ISBN
- 9781844081189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.70
€ 14.99
€ 11.70
Paperback. Editor(s): Lewis, Hunter. Num Pages: 221 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBTB; HRLK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Axios Press United States
- Number of pages
- 221
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604190540
- ISBN
- 9781604190540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.52
€ 13.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGA; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- NeWest Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 20 Anv
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927063132
- ISBN
- 9781927063132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.36
€ 25.99
€ 18.36
Paperback. This is the fourth installment in Williams' series of autobiographies about her life with autism. A humorous, riveting, roller-coaster of a book, Everyday Heaven covers the monumental nine years from the time Ian left their accidental, 'autistic marriage', to finally knowing what life was like without the invisible cage of her 'Exposure Anxiety'. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 10. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843102113
- ISBN
- 9781843102113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.36
€ 28.36
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784650643
- ISBN
- 9781784650643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.94
€ 10.99
€ 9.94
Hardcover. "Chronicles of Faith" records the life of a man who influenced the course of higher education for African Americans and Africans throughout the twentieth century. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; HR; JFSL3; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159. Weight in Grams: 567. An excellent, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KRS0018128
- ISBN
- 9780817304591
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49