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Paperback. Chronicles the remarkable story of the Huston family, which boasts three Oscar winners, from Walter to John to Angelica, with particular attention to the rich career and tumultous personal life of director/actor John Huston (1906-1987). Num Pages: 872 pages, 61 B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; BGF; BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 64. Weight in Grams: 944.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Edition
Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629142371
ISBN
9781629142371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.50

Paperback. Donovan's autobiography charts his life from a post-war, Glaswegian childhood to the height of an international career as one of the leading figures of the 1960's music scene. It offers insights into his music and poetry, and the way in which destiny was to play a hand by re-uniting him with the lost love of his life through a chance meeting. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: AVG; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099487036
ISBN
9780099487036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.89

paperback. Designed as a text for the second half of the US history survey course, this title is a collection of the best biographical essays from several volumes of "Human Tradition in America". Editor(s): Calhoun, Charles W. Series: The Human Tradition in America. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842051293
ISBN
9780842051293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.99

Paperback. A heartfelt celebration of the vanished world of his grandfather's intellectual passions. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Halban Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905559640
ISBN
9781905559640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

paperback. From Crimea to World War II, wars repeatedly threatened the stability of Rothschilds' worldwide empire. Despite these many global upheavals, theirs remained the biggest bank in the world up until the First World War, their interests extending far beyond the realm of finance. This book tells the history of the legendary Rothschild banking dynasty. Num Pages: 576 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BGB; KFFK; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140286625
ISBN
9780140286625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.84

Paperback. A portrait of the remarkable, elusive Rothschild family. It uncovers the secrets behind the family's phenomenal economic success. It also reveals the details of the family's vast political network, which gave it access to and influence over many of the greatest statesmen of the age. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; BGH; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140240849
ISBN
9780140240849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.60

Paperback. The classic story of one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary families - an extensively updated new edition. Num Pages: 688 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BG; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 45. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753818039
ISBN
9780753818039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.08

Paperback. Did Patrizia Reggiani murder Maurizio Gucci in 1995 because his spending was out of control? Did she do it because he was about to marry is mistress? Or, could it be that she didn't do it at all? Sara Forden takes the reader behind the scenes. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations facsim., geneal. table, portraits. BIC Classification: BGB; KND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
CustomHse
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
4th printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060937751
ISBN
9780060937751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. A behind-the-scenes look at Wall Street's top banker Following the eleventh-hour rescue of Bear Stearns by JP Morgan, Jamie Dimon's profile reached stratospheric levels. And while the deals and decisions he's made have usually turned out to be the right ones, his journey to the top of the financial world has been anything but easy. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; KFFK; KNST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Wiley
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470924693
ISBN
9780470924693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 122. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
David Philip, Publishers Johannesburg
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780864860637
ISBN
9780864860637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 438 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 34. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
438
Condition
New
SKU
V9781876756352
ISBN
9781876756352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

Paperback. World-famous horse gentler Monty Roberts tells the stories of those horses he has loved most and learned most from throughout his career Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 x 8pp colour photos. BIC Classification: BGA; WNGH; WSNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Headline
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755313457
ISBN
9780755313457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.93

Paperback. Follows Roger Garfitt on his journey from stable boy to jazz dancer, from Oxford dandy to Sixties drop-out. This title presents his story. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099571957
ISBN
9780099571957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Hardback. Num Pages: 242 pages, 1. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609806729
ISBN
9781609806729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JWXV; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 23. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503935747
ISBN
9781503935747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.74

paperback. Little Britches becomes the man in his family after his father's early death, taking on the concomitant responsibilities as well as opportunities. During the summer of his twelfth year he works on a cattle ranch in the shadow of Pike's Peak, earning a dollar a day. Little Britches is tested against seasoned cowboys on the range and in the corral. Illustrator(s): Mawicke, Tran. Num Pages: 279 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: BG; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803282100
ISBN
9780803282100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.62

Paperback. Looks back to an earlier era of care for orphaned and dependent children of Eastern European Jewish immigrants. Within this social history and ethnography, the voices of elders - once wards of the home in the 1930s and 1940s - tell readers what it was really like to grow up in an orphanage. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; BG; HBTB; JKSB1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372. Large format paperback. Clean copy.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press Alabama
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KEX0211643
ISBN
9780817307813
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. Looks back to an earlier era of care for orphaned and dependent children of Eastern European Jewish immigrants. Within this social history and ethnography, the voices of elders - once wards of the home in the 1930s and 1940s - tell readers what it was really like to grow up in an orphanage. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; BG; HBTB; JKSB1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372. Large format paperback. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press Alabama
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KEX0211642
ISBN
9780817307813
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Hardback. The friendship of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr, noted US jurist, and the Irish clerical savant, Canon Patrick Sheehan, operated largely through these letters, written from 1903 until Sheehan's death in 1913. They discussed with equal insight issues such as faith, the economic man, and the classics. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJC; BGA; HPC; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 321.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823215256
ISBN
9780823215256
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 16 page picture section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Red Planet
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905959761
ISBN
9781905959761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.69

Hardback. Translator(s): Bryant, Nigel. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783271313
ISBN
9781783271313
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.67

Paperback. Mary Prince was a freed slave from Bermuda who achieved notoriety when she published her autobiography at a time when abolition debates were raging. This book details the ill-treatment she received by her various owners and her escape to England where she sought refuge with Christian missionaries. Editor(s): Salih, Sara. Num Pages: 160 pages, notes. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBTS; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140437492
ISBN
9780140437492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Hardcover. Num Pages: 416 pages, over 670 b/w and color photographs, line drawings. BIC Classification: BG; TRP; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 286 x 39. Weight in Grams: 2584.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764307270
ISBN
9780764307270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.52
€ 43.19

Hardcover. Reproduces 14 images from a 15th century manuscript, now in the J. Paul Getty Musuem. The commentary places the manuscript within its context as an account of Alexander's life. Series: Monographs on Illuminated Manuscripts. Num Pages: 117 pages, 29 col and 13 b/w plates. BIC Classification: AC; AFT; AKLB; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 430 x 349 x 44. Weight in Grams: 3992.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
117
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892363711
ISBN
9780892363711
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.34
€ 108.11

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