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paperback. When the author wrote it in the immediate aftermath of World War II, most scholars outside Germany viewed Nietzsche as part madman, part proto-Nazi, and almost wholly unphilosophical. This title offers an account of his life and works, and of the uses and abuses to which subsequent generations had put his ideas. Series: Princeton Classics. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HPCD; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 207 x 146 x 38. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- With a New foreword by Alexander Nehamas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160269
- ISBN
- 9780691160269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.99
€ 29.99
€ 26.99
Paperback. An In Cold Blood for our time, a chilling, compulsive story of a writer unwittingly caught in the wake of a grifter-turned-murderer. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; BG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- KSS0008460
- ISBN
- 9781472119353
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A largely autobiographical account of the author's life as one who fell in love first with physics and then with teaching physics to students. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, colour plates. BIC Classification: BGTA; PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 214 x 20. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781451607130
- ISBN
- 9781451607130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.57
€ 15.99
€ 11.57
Paperback. The definitive account of General Douglas MacArthur's rise during World War II, from the author of the bestseller The Admirals. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MK; 3JJH; BGH; HBJM; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316405331
- ISBN
- 9780316405331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.25
€ 25.99
€ 18.25
George Gershwin lived with purpose and gusto, but with melancholy as well, for he was unable to make a place for himself - no family of his own and no real home in music. This book presents the story of this legendary American composer. Num Pages: 216 pages, 33 photographs. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252034442
- ISBN
- 9780252034442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.72
€ 33.72
Paperback. Sir Walter Scott's two-volume biography of the great Irish satirist Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), first published in 1826. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press Cambridge
- Number of pages
- 268
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KMR0005956
- ISBN
- 9781108034197
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. More outrageous than Julia Phillip's 'You'll Never Eat Lunch in this Town Again', more star-studded than Robert Evans's 'The Kid Stays in the Picture', this is the soul-baring memoir of the record industry's most outspoken - and self-destructive - music mogul. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16pp of b/w. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 199 x 23. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349118901
- ISBN
- 9780349118901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. Editor(s): Wang, Hui-Zhong; Tian, Miao. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781621007777
- ISBN
- 9781621007777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 101.06€ 70.85
€ 101.06
€ 70.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations (col.), map. BIC Classification: BGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Blacksmith Books Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789881613813
- ISBN
- 9789881613813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. Born in a rural Kenyan village in 1940, Wangari Maathai was already an iconoclast as a child, determined to get an education even though most African girls then were uneducated. In this autobiography, she tells of her studies with Catholic missionaries. It deals with her life and work. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGA; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099493099
- ISBN
- 9780099493099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Hardback. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFSL1; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 27. Weight in Grams: 40.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Encounter Books,USA United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594032189
- ISBN
- 9781594032189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.00€ 22.03
€ 24.00
€ 22.03
paperback. * Inspirational, dramatic and extraordinary - the autobiography of a Somalian nomad circumcised at 5, sold in marriage at 13, who became an American model and is now at the young age of 30, the UN spokeswoman against circumcision Num Pages: 256 pages, Section: 8, B&W. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; BGA; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Edition
- New Ed
- Publisher
- Virago New York
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860497582
- ISBN
- 9781860497582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. 'I wanted to return to the place where I was born and see it with new eyes. I had no idea where my family was in Somalia. At first it seemed impossible - almost as impossible as a camel girl becoming a fashion model.. Num Pages: 240 pages, Section: 4, colour. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844080083
- ISBN
- 9781844080083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Hardcover.
An intimate look at the founding father of the modern leadership movement Warren Bennis is an acclaimed American scholar, successful organizational consultant and author, and an expert in the field of leadership. His much awaited memoir is filled with insights about the successes and failures from his long and storied life and career. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; BM; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470432389
- ISBN
- 9780470432389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.17
€ 30.99
€ 24.17
Paperback. In the vein of Sheila Hancock's The Two of Us: a touching, funny, personal memoir of much-loved comedian and national treasure Linda Smith, written by her partner of 23 years. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp plate section. BIC Classification: APW; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KNW0008884
- ISBN
- 9780340932797
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Vividly describes the life of jazz musician Johnny Blowers and the atmosphere of America during the time when the big band sound reigned supreme. Includes photos and a discography. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 200 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGF; AVGJ; AVGK; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810831629
- ISBN
- 9780810831629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.26
€ 118.26
Hardback. Contrary to the widely held opinion that most of our hit and standard songs were composed by a handful of top writers-Berlin, Gershwin, Kern, Porter, and Rodgers-the fact is that the vast majority of them were written by relatively unknown composers. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 784 pages, 57 photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGK; AVH; BGF; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 50. Weight in Grams: 975.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 784
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810835702
- ISBN
- 9780810835702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 245.70
€ 245.70
The Quotable George Washington. The Wisdom of an American Patriot.
Washington, George. Ed(S): Lucas, Stephen E.
Hardback. Editor(s): Lucas, Stephen E. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780945612667
- ISBN
- 9780945612667
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.49
€ 44.49
Hardcover. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 583.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 290
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227700
- ISBN
- 9780802007124
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGA; HBJK; HBW; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927527221
- ISBN
- 9781927527221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. At the age of 42, Wayne Fields set upon a sort of pilgrimage when he waded the near 20-mile stretch of a small river in northern Michigan with fly rod in hand. He emerged with this memoir, a meditation on families and ageing, and a response to what time, and streams, bring into our lives. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226248578
- ISBN
- 9780226248578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.23
€ 27.99
€ 23.23
Hardback. James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) invented the key forms of American fiction - the Western, the sea tale, the Revolutionary War romance. This work is the treatment of Cooper's life. It is the story of how, in literature and other endeavours, Americans in his period sought to solidify their political and cultural economic independence from Britain. Num Pages: 752 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1202.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300108057
- ISBN
- 9780300108057
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.54€ 40.40
€ 50.54
€ 40.40
Hardcover. Stunning two-volume slipcased set containing the most comprehensive in-depth companion to Tolkien's life and works ever published, including synopses of all his writings, and a Tolkien gazetteer, who's who and chronology. Num Pages: 2752 pages, Index. BIC Classification: BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Revised and expanded edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008214548
- ISBN
- 9780008214548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.69€ 105.86
€ 142.69
€ 105.86
Paperback. This volume chronicles the life and career of the historian, teacher and university administrator, Horace Mann Bond. It discusses his prodigious early output of scholarly books and articles, and his career-long interest in what he felt were affinities between Africans and African Americans. Num Pages: 288 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFSL3; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463. Previously read but remains in good to very good condition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Reissue
- Publisher
- Univ of Georgia Pr
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- SKU
- KIN0006241
- ISBN
- 9780820316444
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99