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Hardback. At age 36, acclaimed poet Marya Zaturenska's work reached its full potential even as she battled emotional and physical illness. Recently rediscovered diaries, published here, reflect that crucial period in the poet's life. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 photographs, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815607144
ISBN
9780815607144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.64

Paperback. A 'retired career anorexic' examines herself and her, and our, culture in a masterpiece of confessional literature. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFH; VFJJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Flamingo
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006550891
ISBN
9780006550891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

hardcover. Letters by the 18th century blue-stocking grande dame, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. She was a duke's daughter, who married the English ambassador in Constantinople, and the friend of Swift and Pope, whom she numbered among her correspondents. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781857151312
ISBN
9781857151312
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Lady Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) was described by a contemporary, as 'one of the most extraordary shining characters in the world..'. Her newly edited letters tell of her travels through Europe to Turkey in 1716. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 2AB; BG; BJ; JFC; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853816796
ISBN
9781853816796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. .
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Broadview ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554810420
ISBN
9781554810420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.85

Paperback. Includes a travel book and a biography of its author. Editor(s): Holmes, Richard. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations, map, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DN; BGH; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140432695
ISBN
9780140432695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Hardcover. The strength of the government of Devon in the early seventeenth century lay in the quality of its leaders. They ruled together in harmony, free from rivalries, the influence of any powerful resident nobles and saved from religious conflicts. This book emphasizes this strength through a series of biographical studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH; JFSC; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 712.
Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895132
ISBN
9780859895132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.97

Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, illus. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 166 x 37. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613735329
ISBN
9781613735329
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. Self-styled adventurer, literary wit, and statesman of science, Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis stood at the center of Enlightenment science and culture. This work offers a portrait of this man, revealing how his private life and public works made him a man of science in eighteenth-century Europe. Num Pages: 468 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; BGT; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 185 x 23. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
468
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226793610
ISBN
9780226793610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.06

Hardcover. Gathers 142 letters written by Mary Telfair of Savannah to her best friend Mary Few of New York. Telfair was born in 1791 to a wealthy, slaveholding family. Few, born in 1790, moved with her family from Savannah to New York in 1799. Self-exiled because of their antislavery views, the Fews never returned Georgia yet remained close to the Telfairs. Editor(s): Wood, Betty. Series: Southern Texts Society. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 1KBBFG; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 689.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820329208
ISBN
9780820329208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 2 x 16 page B&W inserts B&W art throughout. BIC Classification: AJB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Rev Upd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620408001
ISBN
9781620408001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.31

Paperback. Born in Jedburgh in 1780, Mary Fairfax was the daughter of one of Nelson's captains, she taught herself algebra in secret, and made her reputation in celestial mechanics with her 1831 translation of Laplace's Mecanique celeste as The Mechanism of the Heavens. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; PB; PDX; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841951362
ISBN
9781841951362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.73

Paperback. Winston and Clementine Churchill wrote to each other constantly throughout the 57 years of their life together. Written solely for each others eyes, their letters serve as a revealing portrait of their characters and their relationship, and as a unique political and social history, as international affairs were rarely absent from their thoughts. Num Pages: 768 pages, 32 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1012.
Publisher
Black Swan
Number of pages
768
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552997508
ISBN
9780552997508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.99

Paperback. At ninety years old, the author is the only surviving child of Winston and Clementine Churchill. This title follows her early life from an idyllic childhood in her own 'Garden of Eden' at Chartwell to her ATS service in mixed anti-aircraft batteries during the war. It offers a glimpse into her personal diary. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 199 x 36. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552770927
ISBN
9780552770927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Clementine, Lady Spencer-Churchill died in 1977, aged 92. In this updated biography, her daughter, Mary Soames, throws new light on her mother, her 57-year marriage to Winston, her strongly held political views and a life that spans many of the major events of the 20th century. Num Pages: 656 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 52. Weight in Grams: 902.
Publisher
Doubleday
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385607414
ISBN
9780385607414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 104 pages, 156 photos. BIC Classification: BGA; MJNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 215 x 5. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888396617
ISBN
9780888396617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 22.06

Paperback. Editor(s): Salu, Mary; Farrell, Robert T. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801478871
ISBN
9780801478871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.39

paperback. The biography of Jane Digby, an 'enthralling tale of a nineteenth-century beauty whose heart - and hormones - ruled her head.' Harpers and Queen Num Pages: 384 pages, (16 page section). BIC Classification: BGH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Edition
8th reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9781857024692
ISBN
9781857024692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.91

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393324143
ISBN
9780393324143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.63

Paperback. *The story of one of the most famous of all British families - the Churchills Num Pages: 640 pages, Section: 32, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 42. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349119786
ISBN
9780349119786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. A fascinating 'dual' biography of Richard and Isabel Burton. Num Pages: 928 pages, Section: 16, B&W. BIC Classification: BG; DSBF; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 59. Weight in Grams: 966.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
928
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349110165
ISBN
9780349110165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.90

Paperback. * A biography of one of the most remarkable women of the Tudor era - next to Queen Elizabeth the most powerful woman in England. Num Pages: 576 pages, Section: 16, colour. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 37. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349115894
ISBN
9780349115894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. * Reissue of the acclaimed biography of aviator Amelia Earhart Num Pages: 512 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; TRPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 35. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Film Tie-in Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349121765
ISBN
9780349121765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. * A revealing - amusing and sad - biography of a unique family Num Pages: 624 pages, Section: 24, B&W. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 38. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349115054
ISBN
9780349115054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

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