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Hardcover. Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) was, with Calder, Noguchi and David Smith, one of the great American sculptors of the 20th century. She created extraordinary work, from room-size installations composed of boxes to gnarled and majestic steel structures. This book tells her life story. Num Pages: 528 pages, 100 illustrations, 34 in colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKB; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 248 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1092.
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500094013
ISBN
9780500094013
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.71

Hardcover. At 11.47pm on July 25th 1978, Louise Brown was the first person ever to be born through science rather than as the result of two people having sex. The birth was hailed as a "miracle" by the world's media, making her instantly famous. For the first time Louise tells the story of her world changing birth and its impact on her life. Num Pages: 240 pages, 30 b/w and colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; BGA; MFKC1; MFKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 27. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Tangent Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909446083
ISBN
9781909446083
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 619 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 34. Weight in Grams: 846.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Number of pages
619
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816637812
ISBN
9780816637812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.83

hardcover. Louisa McCord was a remarkable figure in the intellectual history of antebellum America. A conservative intellectual, she broke the confines of Southern gender roles by owning and managing her own plantation, being politically active in the 1850s, involved in Civil War work, and more. Series: Southern Texts Society. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, geneal. tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; BJ; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1080.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813916538
ISBN
9780813916538
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07

Paperback. Presents the life of the wife of the sixth president, covering her early life abroad, her diplomatic mission in Russia, her role as a famous Washington hostess, and her participation in the political and social events of her time. Editor(s): Michelmore, David L. Num Pages: 432 pages, 15 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300212563
ISBN
9780300212563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.23

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12 pp. b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; BGH; HBJD; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300217452
ISBN
9780300217452
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.24

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464147
ISBN
9781580464147
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.97

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138944169
ISBN
9781138944169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 45.05

Paperback. A biography of Louis Prima, one of the most underrated jazz musicians and entertainers of the twentieth century. It explores Prima's ability to maintain a lifelong career, his knack for self-promotion, and how the cities in which he lived and performed - New York, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas - uniquely and indelibly informed his style. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252070907
ISBN
9780252070907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardcover. Num Pages: 616 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; LAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1338.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610007
ISBN
9780815610007
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 49.27

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; BGR; HBJD; HBLC1; HBWC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635453
ISBN
9780691635453
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.26

Paperback. "Profoundly evocative and altogether admirable.. The writing and detail are so brilliant that I found the volume revelatory."-Tim Page, Washington Post Num Pages: 608 pages, 65 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 139 x 38. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393350807
ISBN
9780393350807
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.91

Hardcover. Series Editor(s): Smith, John David. Series: Library of African-American Biography. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781566638364
ISBN
9781566638364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.78

Paperback. Lou Reed died in 2013. This is the critically acclaimed biography of the songwriter, Velvet Underground member and musician. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409153047
ISBN
9781409153047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Melville House Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612194783
ISBN
9781612194783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.62

Hardcover. Num Pages: 116 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; WDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Clear Light Publishers United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
116
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940666337
ISBN
9780940666337
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 22.06

Paperback. From childhood memories to manic motherhood to middle age, the author tells life as she has lived it. She acknowledges the passing years, from the generational shrinking of underwear to facing the fact that her knees make 'this noise like Rice Krispies' when she exercises. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099559030
ISBN
9780099559030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. Eyewitness stories from eighty years of British flying in war and peace. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; BGH; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 132 x 33. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340838136
ISBN
9780340838136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 574 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 32. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780760320549
ISBN
9780760320549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.87

Paperback. A retrospective of crucial periods in modernism via portraits of its literary lions by the co-founder of the Surrealist Movement. Translator(s): Bernheimer, Alan. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA; DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
City Lights Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872867277
ISBN
9780872867277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.59

Paperback. Paints seven scenes from a boyhood and early adolescence in Korea at the height of the Japanese occupation, 1932 to 1945. This title presents a memory of family and a vivid portrayal of life in a time of anguish. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
40 Anv
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520268128
ISBN
9780520268128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.49

Paperback. A memoir that evokes with deep feeling the sense of uprootendess and exile created by this disruption, something which has been the experience of tens of thousands of people this century. It tells the story of Jewish post-war experience and the tragedies and discoveries born of cultural displacement. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 1KBB; 3JJP; BGA; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099428664
ISBN
9780099428664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: BG; HBW; HBWQ; JWG; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 18.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Lyons Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762781348
ISBN
9780762781348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.12

Paperback. In 1914 one of Britain's most famous sportsmen went off to play his part in the First World War. Like millions of others, he would die. Unlike millions of others, nobody knew how or where. Until now. Lost in France is the true story of Leigh Roose: playboy, scholar, soldier and the finest goalkeeper of his generation. Num Pages: 192 pages, Separate image section. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; BGS; HBWN; WSBX; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785311604
ISBN
9781785311604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.86

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