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Paperback. From the author of Restavec: From Haitian Slave Child to Middle-Class American, which has sold more than 25,000 copies, comes a searing memoir that puts a human face on the issue of child slavery and sounds a call to end it through advocacy and education Num Pages: 293 pages, 11 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KJH; BGA; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
293
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780292729292
ISBN
9780292729292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.87

Hardback. .
Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849549783
ISBN
9781849549783
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.21

Paperback. The Dalai Lama sees himself first and foremost as a human being, secondly as a monk and thirdly as the former political leader of Tibet. In this book, we read many hitherto unknown stories from his childhood, his formation as a monk and his gradual development as a leader of his people. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGXA; HREX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846042423
ISBN
9781846042423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

paperback. Electrifying memoir by singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGH; AVH; BGFA; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 37. Weight in Grams: 578. A Memoir of Art, Race & Defiance. 480 pages, Illustrations. Electrifying memoir by singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGH; AVH; BGFA; JPVH1. Dimension: 213 x 138 x 37. Weight: 578.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857865861
ISBN
9780857865861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. What do you do when your wife abducts your children? This title is a provocative journey through complex and controversial territory: child murder, tsunami, international conventions, hatred, cultures at war. It goes to the heart of relations between parents and children, men and women, and between races - to the heart of what it is to be alive. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JKV; VFVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099552680
ISBN
9780099552680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. Presents the story of the life and premature death of Tom Hurndall. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JMC; BG; HBJF1; HBLX; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242. The Life and Tragic Death of Tom Hurndal. 320 pages, Illustrations, map. Presents the story of the life and premature death of Tom Hurndall. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JMC; BG; HBJF1; HBLX; JPW. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight: 242.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747592884
ISBN
9780747592884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.24

Paperback. Ever since being brought up by The Beatles, Frankie Boyle has been a tremendous liar. Join him on his adventures with his chum Clangy The Brass Boy and laugh as he doesn't accidentally kill a student nurse when a party gets out of hand. Num Pages: 304 pages, (2x8pp plates). BIC Classification: APB; BGFA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
9780007324514
ISBN
9780007324514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.41

Hardback. Soap star Don Diamont's most interesting storyline to date is being the real-life father and ringleader of his seven rambunctious boys. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 138. .
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455568918
ISBN
9781455568918
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.82

Paperback. How Mair Thomas found herself at Bletchley Park trying to break the German Enigma Code. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8pp b/w plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBKESU; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Lion Hudson
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745956640
ISBN
9780745956640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.50

Hardback. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319255668
ISBN
9783319255668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.17

Paperback. A memoir of the schooldays of one of the most extraordinary minds Scotland has produced, Hugh Miller. He rose from a modest background to become both a specialist in the field of geology and a generalist in the wider literary world, admired by Carlyle, Dickens and Ruskin. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBF; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 144 x 35. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Black and White Publishing
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781873631188
ISBN
9781873631188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.62

Paperback. Taken from Monty's Observer column, this is a decade in gardening, as recorded by the nation's head gardener Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 line drawings. BIC Classification: BG; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
John Murray Press London
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340834626
ISBN
9780340834626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.89

Paperback. Sally Morgan is an ordinary woman with an extraordinary gift: she can communicate with the dead. Her first psychic experience was when she heard voices when she was just nine months old. She saw her first ghost when she was five. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VXP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141038490
ISBN
9780141038490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

hardcover. In this warmly personal autobiography, Thady Ryan introduces his ancestors-who's who of Ireland's greatest families-and recounts his own sporting life. Series: The Derrydale Press Foxhunters' Library. Num Pages: 300 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BGS; WSNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 185 x 27. Weight in Grams: 871.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Derrydale Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781586670962
ISBN
9781586670962
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.56
€ 61.31

Paperback. A three-generation biography of an Australian family. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Fremantle Arts Centre Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860681489
ISBN
9780860681489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. * A moving memoir by a unique character which delivers a penetrating insight into some of the major events in post-war Britain Num Pages: 528 pages, 16pp of b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 35. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349122458
ISBN
9780349122458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. 'If Ray Mears isn't a Great Living Englishman, then goodness me, who is? Ray is a persuader, pragmatist and populariser in the Durrell-Attenborough-Bellamy tradition.' - Robert Crampton, The Times Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 x 8pp colour. BIC Classification: BGFA; WSZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444778212
ISBN
9781444778212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardback. Demonstrates how one woman's commitment to freedom, self-determination, and human rights can have a profound impact on people all over the globe. In this book, the author describes her Catholic roots, her first step on a long road to standing up to bullies with the defense of her deaf brother Stephen. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 286 pages, 28 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 556. A Vermont Girl's Winding Path to the Nobel Peace Prize. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. 286 pages, Illustrationsstrations. Demonstrates how one woman's commitment to freedom, self-determination, and human rights can have a profound impact on people all over the globe. In this book, the author describes her Catholic roots, her first step on a long road to standing up to bullies with the defense of her deaf brother Stephen. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPH. Dimension: 217 x 149 x 28. Weight: 556.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520270251
ISBN
9780520270251
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

CD-Audio. Arthur Smith is best known as a comedian, a broadcaster and an opening bat for "Grumpy Old Men". But he has also been a West End playwright, an English teacher, a failed rock star, a busker, a road sweeper and a bombsite boy in post-war Bermondsey. This memoir encompasses a range of funny and often moving experiences by this commentator. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Format
CD
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846571794
ISBN
9781846571794
CD
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. Presents a personal and provocative look at poverty in America. This book tells the story of growing up in a large Irish Catholic working-class family in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and draws together the experiences of living in poverty, the role of the church and music. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; HBTB; HRCV; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 263.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Augsburg Fortress United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780806656243
ISBN
9780806656243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

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