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Biography: general
Paperback. Hanif Kureishi offers an insight into the birth of a writer - himself - through this memoir that conjures up a family story of how he found his own literary calling from the ashes of his father's failed attempts in the past even as the world turned upside down and India split in two along religious lines. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- FABER AND FABER
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571224043
- ISBN
- 9780571224043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.79
€ 13.99
€ 10.79
Paperback. Nearing sixty and needing to plan for his and his children's future, the author employed an accountant from a reputable firm. When the accountant recommended investing in a property scheme, he followed his advice - only to find out that the accountant was a fraudster and his entire life savings had vanished. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DNF; DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 117 x 178 x 3. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571323197
- ISBN
- 9780571323197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.99€ 6.93
€ 6.99
€ 6.93
Elizabeth Carter, 1717-1806: An Edition Of Some Unpublished Letters
Hampshire, Gwen, Carter, Elizabeth
Hardcover. Includes 111 letters and a note written by Miss Carter, dating from 1737 to 1804. They provide an understanding of the person whom her nephew Montagu Pennington wishes to portray in his memoirs. They show how generous and dependable a friend she was; how faithful in keeping contact; how witty she could be; and how serious. Num Pages: 227 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: BGL; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874139129
- ISBN
- 9780874139129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.53
€ 122.53
Paperback. This is the story of Dale Hamm, one of the the best-known market hunters (taking waterfowl out of season and selling them to restaurants). Learning his craft from his father, Hamm kept his family in the 1930s and 40s by poaching. Market hunting has died out, but Hamm's reminiscences are vivid. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 245.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809320769
- ISBN
- 9780809320769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.30
€ 24.30
Paperback. An account, by his great-great-grandson, of Professor Matthew Heddle (1828-97, a larger-than-life character and one of Scotland's most famous mineralogists. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; BGT; PNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- NMSE - Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905267989
- ISBN
- 9781905267989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.49
€ 19.99
€ 18.49
Paperback. A book about art, literature, science -- and meteorology Num Pages: 304 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: BGH; PDX; PDZ; WNWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Edition
- Reprints
- Publisher
- Picador
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330391955
- ISBN
- 9780330391955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.80
€ 15.99
€ 11.80
Paperback. It was the divorce that scandalised Georgian England.. She was a spirited young heiress. He was a handsome baronet with a promising career in government. Their marriage had the makings of a fairy tale but ended as one of the most salacious and highly publicised divorces in history. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784701932
- ISBN
- 9781784701932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.75
€ 21.99
€ 16.75
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844677580
- ISBN
- 9781844677580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.38
€ 32.99
€ 28.38
Paperback. The author recounts her life growing up in the Warsaw ghetto and her experiences in the concentration camps of Majdanek, Auschwitz, Ravensbruck and Neustadt-Glewe. It tells of her remarkable survival and of her life after the horrors of the Holocaust. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- M.E. Sharpe United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563247477
- ISBN
- 9781563247477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.27
€ 51.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1MBFW; BGA; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 226 x 17. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780855758301
- ISBN
- 9780855758301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.02
€ 33.99
€ 25.02
Hardcover. Maine-born Dr. Sumner "Jack" Jackson joined the British Army as a volunteer physician during World War I. After the Battle of the Somme, he married a beautiful French Red Cross nurse. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574887730
- ISBN
- 9781574887730
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.68
€ 33.68
hardcover. The highest-paid Hollywood stuntman of the 1960s and 70s and director of the classic Smokey and the Bandit tells incredible stories from his high-speed, high impact life. Num Pages: 336 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 241 x 1. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316078993
- ISBN
- 9780316078993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.43
€ 43.99
€ 30.43
Hardback. Reconnecting Cleland's writing to its literary and social milieu, this study offers new insights into the history of authorship and the literary marketplace and contributes to contemporary debates on pornography, censorship, the history of sexuality, and the contested role of literature in eighteenth-century culture. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 233 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421404905
- ISBN
- 9781421404905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.47€ 54.88
€ 59.47
€ 54.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGXA; HREZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Shambhala
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590308097
- ISBN
- 9781590308097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.52
€ 31.99
€ 22.52
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474601429
- ISBN
- 9781474601429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.53
€ 15.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. Best known for his academy award-winning role as Dith Pran in "The Killing Fields", for Haing Ngor his greatest performance was not in Hollywood but in war-torn Cambodia. Here, in his memoir of life under the Khmer Rouge, is a searing account of a country's descent into hell. Num Pages: 528 pages, photos. BIC Classification: 1FMC; BGA; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Constable and Robinson United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841197937
- ISBN
- 9781841197937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.41
€ 17.99
€ 13.41
Hardback. Num Pages: 265 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3233 x 5830 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823211883
- ISBN
- 9780823211883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.74
€ 110.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 169 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJP; BGHA; HBJF1; HBLW; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- The Feminist Press at CUNY
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558616059
- ISBN
- 9781558616059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.37
€ 17.99
€ 16.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGH; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 219 x 26. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652296177
- ISBN
- 9789652296177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.83
€ 34.99
€ 23.83
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Arsenal Pulp Press Canada
- Edition
- Tra
- Number of pages
- 343
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551523651
- ISBN
- 9781551523651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.79
€ 24.99
€ 23.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 26.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781599214481
- ISBN
- 9781599214481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.94
€ 18.99
€ 15.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; VXPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 17 x 137 x 197. Weight in Grams: 176. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hodder Headline Ireland Ireland
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Number of pages
- 256
- SKU
- KTG0010781
- ISBN
- 9780340993149
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 7.99€ 4.99
€ 7.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. 'From cancer to cycling superman: is this the greatest story in modern sport?' Guardian Num Pages: 432 pages, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: BGS; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 288. Clean copy.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KLJ0006496
- ISBN
- 9781848544697
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
hardcover. Clean copy in original cloth with dustwrapper
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Hachette Books New York
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KEX0249677
- ISBN
- 9780306815874
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99