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Hardback. Born in 1941, Tubten Khetsun is a nephew of the Gyatso Tashi Khendrung, one of the senior government officials taken prisoner after the Tibetan peoples' uprising of March 10, 1959. This autobiography talks of his prison experiences as well as the state of civil society following his release. Translator(s): Akester, Matthew. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJP; BGHA; HBJF; HBLW3; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780231142861
ISBN
9780231142861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.56
€ 80.25

Paperback. Tells the story of the Tibetan people. This title offers an introduction to Tibetan Buddhism. It presents a quest for purification and buddhahood in a single lifetime, tracing the path of a great sinner who became a great saint. Translator(s): Quintman, Andrew. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143106227
ISBN
9780143106227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.93

Hardback. In the bloodiest conflict Europe had ever experienced, Amalia Elisabeth fought to save her tiny German state, her Calvinist church, and her children's inheritance. Tryntje Helfferich reveals how this embattled ruler used diplomacy to play the European powers against one another, while raising one of the continent's most effective fighting forces. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JD; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 179 x 27. Weight in Grams: 686.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073395
ISBN
9780674073395
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.60

hardcover. A riveting memoir from Lady Trumpington, doyenne of the House of Lords, taking her from 1920s London to the beginning of her political career in the early 1960s Num Pages: 256 pages, 16pp b/w bound as 2 x 8. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
PAN Macmillan Adult
Condition
New
SKU
9781447256779
ISBN
9781447256779
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. A number of nefarious characters have passed through Maine on their way to infamy, including the pirates Dixie Bull and Edward Teach (aka Blackbeard) and gangster Al Brady. The scoundrels assembled in this book, however, are either Maine natives or notorious individuals whose mischief, misdeeds, or mayhem were perpetrated in the Pine Tree State. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEN; BG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608932863
ISBN
9781608932863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.37

Paperback. Editor(s): Stephens, Troy; Duncan, Jon. Num Pages: 366 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BK; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 263 x 184 x 27. Weight in Grams: 900.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
366
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781622575640
ISBN
9781622575640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 253.08
€ 172.78

DVD. Num Pages: 1 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 194 x 15. Weight in Grams: 96.
Format
DVD
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Triumph Books
Edition
DVD
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600780066
ISBN
9781600780066
DVD
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.16

Paperback. Friedrich Engels is one of the most attractive and contradictory figures of the nineteenth century. Born to a prosperous mercantile family in west Germany, he spent his career working in the Manchester cotton industry, riding to the Cheshire hounds, and enjoying the comfortable, middle-class life of a Victorian gentleman. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGH; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 352.
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141021409
ISBN
9780141021409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.08

Paperback. Emerging from the South American wilderness after adventures related in The Incredible Voyage, Tristan Jones finally makes it home to Britain to find his vessel, the tiny, nearly indestructible Sea Dart, impounded by customs officials because he cannot pay the tax. In his quest for the means to liberate his boat, he takes any work he can get. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Sheridan House
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780924486302
ISBN
9780924486302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.30

Hardcover. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; KCU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 254 x 18. Weight in Grams: 846.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Urban Land Institute
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874203486
ISBN
9780874203486
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.19

Paperback / so. BIC Classification: BG; WSJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616082499
ISBN
9781616082499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.03

Hardcover. Translator(s): Trinley, Sharpa Tulku Tenzin. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: BGXA; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Wisdom Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780861710775
ISBN
9780861710775
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.81

Paperback. Working with the Curlew is an intimate and evocative account of an era before factory farming, when farmers worked closely with nature and the rhythm of the seasons, a smallholding could sustain a family, and there were enough small farms for a shepherd to climb the ladder to ownership. Num Pages: 128 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BG; TV; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Green Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903998342
ISBN
9781903998342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.65

Paperback. A true story of a group of talented ecologists who, as a hobby, spent forty summers at their privately owned field laboratory in a beautiful corner of south-west Ireland. Editor(s): Booth, Mark. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; PSAF; PSPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 265.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099416166
ISBN
9780099416166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.95

Paperback. Presents the tale of the author's growing love of the sea, from family holidays in Whitley Bay as a boy, to his first over zealous attempts at diving. This work introduces us to a eclectic mix of sea-loving characters all of whom have helped to inform and shape his own journey to becoming a marine biologist. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; WNCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New edition
SKU
KLN0018155
ISBN
9780099446583
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Hardcover. Vodafone is on of the largest mobile telecommunications network group in the world. Its phenomenal growth can be attributed largely to one person, chief executive Sir Christopher Gent. This book examines the dramatic rise of Gent and Vodafone and assesses the underlying forces driving the man and the company. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KJ; KNTT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Capstone
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841124315
ISBN
9781841124315
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.30

Paperback. Three decades after his death, Nick Drake is recognized as one of the true geniuses of English acoustic music. This groundbreaking biography reconstructs a vanished life while perfectly capturing the bohemian scenes surrounding the music business in London in the late '60s and early '70s. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Piatkus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749951337
ISBN
9780749951337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 158 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: BG; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563680823
ISBN
9781563680823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: ANC; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 159 x 10. Weight in Grams: 267.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810856783
ISBN
9780810856783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.64

Paperback. A hugely entertaining memoir of an Essex bad girl who did time in jail but turned her life around to become a successful farmer. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 x 8pp colour plate. BIC Classification: BGBA; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471100901
ISBN
9781471100901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

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