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Kildare Dobbs - Running the Rapids - 9781843510703 - V9781843510703 7%OFF

Running the Rapids

Kildare Dobbs

Paperback. A self-portrait of a man of letters driven by a restless hunger for adventure, it takes the readers on a voyage, from a gas-lit big-house childhood in 1930s Tipperary, to college days at Cambridge, enraptured by Carl Jung and Wilhelm Reich, to commando training and naval service in the World WarII, protecting Allied convoys from Uboat attack. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd Ireland
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843510703
ISBN
9781843510703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

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Kimma Parish - She Said It Best: Dolly Parton: Wit & Wisdom to Color & Display - 9781250134547 - V9781250134547 10%OFF

She Said It Best: Dolly Parton: Wit & Wisdom to Color & Display

Kimma Parish

Paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF; BGL; GBCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
St Martin´s Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Clr Csm
Condition
New
SKU
V9781250134547
ISBN
9781250134547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.23

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Klaus Wagenbach - Kafka - 9781906598884 - V9781906598884 21%OFF

Kafka

Klaus Wagenbach

Hardcover. A biography that provides a meticulously researched insight into the author's family background, his education and employment, his attitude to his native city, his literary influences, and his relationships with women. Series: Literary Traveller. Num Pages: 120 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 2ACG; BGL; DSBH; DSK; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 116 x 13. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
The Armchair Traveller at the Bookhaus United Kingdom
Number of pages
120
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906598884
ISBN
9781906598884
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

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Kristia Himmelstrup - En Sejlbad for Vindstille: En Biografi Om J. P. Jacobsen (Danish Edition) - 9788763540797 - V9788763540797 21%OFF

En Sejlbad for Vindstille: En Biografi Om J. P. Jacobsen (Danish Editi...

Kristia Himmelstrup

Hardcover. Num Pages: 335 pages, 50 illus. BIC Classification: BGL. Dimension: 172 x 246 x 29. Weight in Grams: 932.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763540797
ISBN
9788763540797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.86
€ 40.41

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Kurt Vonnegut - Kurt Vonnegut: Letters - 9780099582946 - V9780099582946 25%OFF

Kurt Vonnegut: Letters

Kurt Vonnegut

Paperback. Peppered with insights, one-liners and missives to the likes of Norman Mailer, Gunter Grass and Bernard Malamud, the author is funny, wise and modest. As he himself said: 'I am an American fad-of a slightly higher order than the hula hoop.' This title deals with these works. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 38. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099582946
ISBN
9780099582946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

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Kurt Wolff - Kurt Wolff - 9780226104805 - V9780226104805 20%OFF

Kurt Wolff

Kurt Wolff

Paperback. Kurt Wolff (1887-1963) was a singular presence in the literary world of the twentieth century, a cultural force shaping modern literature itself and pioneering significant changes in publishing. This title deals with his works. Editor(s): Ermarth, Michael. Translator(s): Schneider, Deborah Lucas. Num Pages: 252 pages, 2 halftones, 2 figures. BIC Classification: BGLA; DNF; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780226104805
ISBN
9780226104805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.22

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Lady Antonia Fraser - My History: A Memoir of Growing Up - 9781780227948 - V9781780227948 9%OFF

My History: A Memoir of Growing Up

Lady Antonia Fraser

Paperback. The childhood and early life memoir of Antonia Fraser, one of our finest narrative historians. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780227948
ISBN
9781780227948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

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Langston Hughes - Letters from Langston: From the Harlem Renaissance to the Red Scare and Beyond - 9780520285347 - V9780520285347 27%OFF

Letters from Langston: From the Harlem Renaissance to the Red Scare an...

Langston Hughes

Paperback. Langston Hughes was an innovator of jazz poetry and a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. This book offers a collection of letters between Hughes and four confidantes sheds light on his life and politics. It deals with his life and work. Editor(s): Crawford, Evelyn Louise; Patterson, Mary Louise. Num Pages: 424 pages, 30 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; BJ; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. .
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520285347
ISBN
9780520285347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

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Langston Hughes - Letters from Langston: From the Harlem Renaissance to the Red Scare and Beyond - 9780520285330 - V9780520285330 24%OFF

Letters from Langston: From the Harlem Renaissance to the Red Scare an...

Langston Hughes

Hardback. Langston Hughes was an innovator of jazz poetry and a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. This book offers a collection of letters between Hughes and four confidantes sheds light on his life and politics. It deals with his life and work. Editor(s): Crawford, Evelyn Louise; Patterson, Mary Louise. Num Pages: 424 pages, 30 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; BJ; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520285330
ISBN
9780520285330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.65
€ 72.21

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Laura Shaine Cunningham - SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS - 9780747579328 - KNW0008264

SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS

Laura Shaine Cunningham

Paperback. Features an American memoir of growing up in New York with eccentric uncles. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New edition
SKU
KNW0008264
ISBN
9780747579328
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

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Lauren Slater - The $60,000 Dog. My Life with Animals. - 9780807001912 - V9780807001912 21%OFF

The $60,000 Dog. My Life with Animals.

Lauren Slater

Paperback. BIC Classification: BGA; BGLA; DNF; WNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Beacon Press United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807001912
ISBN
9780807001912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.06

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Laurie Lee - Red Sky at Sunrise: Cider with Rosie, As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, A Moment of War - 9780241953273 - V9780241953273 25%OFF

Red Sky at Sunrise: Cider with Rosie, As I Walked Out One Midsummer Mo...

Laurie Lee

Paperback. Presents a sequence of early recollections, beginning with the dazzling lights and sounds of my first footings on earth in a steep Cotswold valley some three miles long. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241953273
ISBN
9780241953273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

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Laurie Lee - Village Christmas: And Other Notes on the English Year - 9780241243671 - V9780241243671 21%OFF

Village Christmas: And Other Notes on the English Year

Laurie Lee

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 196 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241243671
ISBN
9780241243671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

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Lawrence Jackson - Ralph Ellison: Emergence of Genius - 9780820329932 - V9780820329932

Ralph Ellison: Emergence of Genius

Lawrence Jackson

Paperback. A biography of Ellison that focuses on the author's early life. Containing photographs, it draws from archives, literary correspondence, and interviews with Ellison's relatives, friends, and associates. It traces the writer's path from poverty in dust bowl Oklahoma to his rise among the literary elite. Num Pages: 544 pages, 21 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820329932
ISBN
9780820329932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.52

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Lawrence M. Crutcher - George Keats of Kentucky - 9780813136882 - V9780813136882

George Keats of Kentucky

Lawrence M. Crutcher

Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813136882
ISBN
9780813136882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.92

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Lawrence P. Jackson - Chester B. Himes - 9780393063899 - V9780393063899 8%OFF

Chester B. Himes

Lawrence P. Jackson

Hardback. The definitive biography of the groundbreaking African American author who had an extraordinary legacy on black writers globally. Num Pages: 640 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393063899
ISBN
9780393063899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.17

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Leah Lakshmi Piepznia-Samarasinha - Dirty River - 9781551526003 - V9781551526003 26%OFF

Dirty River

Leah Lakshmi Piepznia-Samarasinha

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551526003
ISBN
9781551526003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.58

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Lee Prosser - Mark Twain - 9780764338816 - V9780764338816 26%OFF

Mark Twain

Lee Prosser

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 30 color & 15 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 9. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764338816
ISBN
9780764338816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.13

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Leo Damrosch - Eternity´s Sunrise: The Imaginative World of William Blake - 9780300223644 - V9780300223644 19%OFF

Eternity´s Sunrise: The Imaginative World of William Blake

Leo Damrosch

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 40 color + 56 b/w illus. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300223644
ISBN
9780300223644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.05

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Leo Damrosch - Jonathan Swift: His Life and His World - 9780300205411 - 9780300205411 18%OFF

Jonathan Swift: His Life and His World

Leo Damrosch

Paperback.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9780300205411
ISBN
9780300205411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.50

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Leonora Carrington - Down Below - 9781681370606 - V9781681370606 17%OFF

Down Below

Leonora Carrington

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: ACXD7; BGFA; BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 126. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781681370606
ISBN
9781681370606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

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Lesley Blanch - Far to Go and Many to Love: People and Places - 9780704374348 - V9780704374348 28%OFF

Far to Go and Many to Love: People and Places

Lesley Blanch

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Quartet Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780704374348
ISBN
9780704374348
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.42

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Lesley Blanch - On the Wilder Shores of Love: A Bohemian Life - 9780349005461 - V9780349005461 9%OFF

On the Wilder Shores of Love: A Bohemian Life

Lesley Blanch

Paperback. The story of a fascinating, bohemian - and, at times outrageous - life that spanned the twentieth century - the perfect book for fans of the Mitfords. Num Pages: 464 pages, 25 b/w photos integrated. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DN; DSBH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 333 x 31. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349005461
ISBN
9780349005461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

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Leslie Garis - House of Happy Endings - 9780224082402 - V9780224082402 76%OFF

House of Happy Endings

Leslie Garis

Hardcover. Leslie Garis' grandparents, Howard and Lillian Garis, were, from the turn of the century to the 1950s, authors of books for children. This book tells how in a large romantic house in Amherst, Massachusetts, she and her two brothers, her parents and grandparents aimed to live a life that mirrored the idyllic world the elder Garises created. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 33. Weight in Grams: 488. 352 pages, Illustrations. Leslie Garis' grandparents, Howard and Lillian Garis, were, from the turn of the century to the 1950s, authors of books for children. This book tells how in a large romantic house in Amherst, Massachusetts, she and her two brothers, her parents and grandparents aimed to live a life that mirrored the idyllic world the elder Garises created. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 33. Weight: 488.
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224082402
ISBN
9780224082402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 6.16

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