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Paperback. Bertrand Russell was one of the most influential figures of the 20th century and his autobiography is one of the most compelling and vivid ever written. This compact paperback edition contains an introduction by Michael Foot. Num Pages: 760 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 748.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
760
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415228626
ISBN
9780415228626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.46

Paperback. This volume captures the philospher and public icon's battles with injustice, ignorance and cruelty through more than 400 letters. They express his views on a wide range of subjects and tell us much about the social and political history of the time. Editor(s): Perkins Jr, Ray (Professor of Philosophy, Plymouth State College, New Hampshire, USA). Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Open Court
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812694505
ISBN
9780812694505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.28

hardcover. Charles Stewart's life of sailing and combat on the high seas rivals that of Patrick O'Brien's fictional hero, Jack Aubrey. Stewart held more sea commands (11) than any other U.S. Navy captain and served longer (63 years) than any officer in American naval history. Num Pages: 320 pages, 27 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574885187
ISBN
9781574885187
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.78

Paperback. * ERNEST HEMINGWAY wrote to a friend: 'She can write rings around all of us .. I wish you would get it and read it because it is really a bloody wonderful book' * introduction by MARTHA GELLHORN Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BG; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860685418
ISBN
9780860685418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. The personal account of a giant in American folklore and folk music Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 216 pages, 19. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252075094
ISBN
9780252075094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.10

Paperback. As a child Beth was imprisoned within a Jehovah's Witness family, kept away from her mother, forbidden from wearing a school skirt above her knees by day, abused by her stepfather at night. Years later, she summons the courage to report her stepfather to the police. Will Beth's fight for justice be worth the suffering reawakened? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFE1; JFFE2; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Previous owner's inscription on half title page.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KTG0011265
ISBN
9780091928629
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Eschewing reassuring platitudes and sensational pleas for sympathy, the author charts her struggles with juvenile diabetes, blindness, and a host of other hardships, sharing her feelings of despair and frustration as well as her hard-won triumphs. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFG; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 407. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252072192
ISBN
9780252072192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.76

Paperback. A biography of the Supreme Court Justice of 34 years, Hugo Black, (1886-1971). He once was a member of the Ku Klux Klan, and went on to be one of the most celebrated and important civil libertarians in the history of the USA and the 20th century's chief proponent of the First Amendment. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 207 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823218684
ISBN
9780823218684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. A love story and a journey across the continents of marriage. Num Pages: 240 pages, 19 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393324471
ISBN
9780393324471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.32

paperback. Funny, odd, deeply personal, yet somehow universal, a collection of one woman's most humiliating moments, revealed with wit and gusto. Series: City Lights/Sister Spit. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 171.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
City Lights Publishers United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872866256
ISBN
9780872866256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGA; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817914158
ISBN
9780817914158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFSJ1; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Caitlin Press Canada
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781987915167
ISBN
9781987915167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. For seventy years Socrates was a vigorous citizen of Golden Age Athens, philosophising in the squares and public arenas rather than in the courts of kings, before his beloved city turned on him, condemning him to death by poison. Socrates lived in and contributed to a city that nurtured key ingredients of contemporary civilisation. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: BGH; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 466.
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099554059
ISBN
9780099554059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBTV; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPWF; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801485978
ISBN
9780801485978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Smuggled out of Europe after the collapse of Germany, Eichmann managed to live a peaceful and active exile in Argentina for years before his capture by the Mossad. Though once widely known by nicknames such as 'Manager of the Holocaust', he was able to portray himself, from the defendant's box in Jerusalem in 1960. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784700010
ISBN
9781784700010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. The first woman to be appointed Speaker of the House of Commons, Betty Boothroyd was once a celebrated "Tiller Girl". In her autobiography, she tells of her life, the times campaigning for the Labour Party, the times she lost two by-elections, and her elation at finally becoming an MP. Num Pages: 544 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BGHA; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 116 x 35. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099427049
ISBN
9780099427049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752488134
ISBN
9780752488134
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGA; JFSJ1; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Caitlin Press Canada
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894759632
ISBN
9781894759632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 15.90

Paperback. "Betty Garrett's memoir is a tale of grace under pressure. It's a lovely, moving song of survival."-Studs Terkel Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Derrydale Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568331331
ISBN
9781568331331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.03

Num Pages: 346 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 678.
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813120362
ISBN
9780813120362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.80

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