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Paperback. Twists and Turns is a tale on the scale of Greek myth, about the inescapable entanglements of family relationships, that can lead one, in hyperbolic mode, to envision murder and suicide, for, as Cixous writes, "with love's force one hates. " And yet, "everything twists and turns": this is a tale with profoundly touching reversals. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745663289
- ISBN
- 9780745663289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.26
€ 22.26
Hardcover. Twists and Turns is a tale on the scale of Greek myth, about the inescapable entanglements of family relationships, that can lead one, in hyperbolic mode, to envision murder and suicide, for, as Cixous writes, "with love's force one hates. " And yet, "everything twists and turns": this is a tale with profoundly touching reversals. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745663272
- ISBN
- 9780745663272
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. Shaun Ryder has lived a life of glorious highs and desolate lows. As lead singer of the "Happy Mondays", he turned Manchester into Madchester, combining all the excesses of a true rock'n'roll star with music and lyrics. This title presents his story. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552165471
- ISBN
- 9780552165471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. A powerful and gripping human story of the 2012 London Olympics hero Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444779585
- ISBN
- 9781444779585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. From the author of the phenomenal Sunday Times bestsellers 'One Child' and 'Ghost Girl', comes a startling and poignant memoir of three people's victimisation and abuse - and their heartbreaking but ultimately successful steps to recovery, with the help of Torey Hayden, an extraordinary teacher. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 113 x 29. Weight in Grams: 242. Clean copy in good condition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- KIN0005414
- ISBN
- 9780007198207
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. From the author of the phenomenal Sunday Times bestsellers 'One Child' and 'Ghost Girl', comes a startling and poignant memoir of three people's victimisation and abuse - and their heartbreaking but ultimately successful steps to recovery, with the help of Torey Hayden, an extraordinary teacher. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 113 x 29. Weight in Grams: 242. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- KST0021509
- ISBN
- 9780007198207
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. In slightly shelf worn dustjacket, remains very good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- B&H Books
- Number of pages
- 332
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KLJ0000039
- ISBN
- 9780805431445
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Air-route development in Africa was a result of Sir Alan Cobham's 1929 flight through and round Africa in a flying-boat. Lady Cobham accompanied her husband throughout the journey. This work features Sir Alan Cobham's account of his journey. First published in 1930, it is illustrated with over 50 photographs from the trip, from the family archive. Num Pages: 192 pages, 55. BIC Classification: BGA; TRPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752441818
- ISBN
- 9780752441818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.68
€ 19.99
€ 18.68
Paperback. The story of life in the frontline from the world's first dot.comic. In 1998, when Amazon.com went to temp agencies to recruit people, they gave them a simple directive: send us your freaks. Thus began Mike Daisey's love affair with the world's biggest bookstore. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGB; KNP; KNTP; UDB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 191. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001658
- ISBN
- 9781841157658
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. Maurice O'Sullivan was born on the Great Blasket in 1904, and this work tells the story of his youth and of a way of life which belonged to the Middle Ages. Translator(s): Davies, Moya Llewellyn; Thomson, George. Num Pages: 320 pages, endpaper maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BG; DNF; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238 298pp. Reissued, 2000
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New e. edition
- SKU
- 9780192813251
- ISBN
- 9780192813251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.04
€ 14.99
€ 11.04
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590170427
- ISBN
- 9781590170427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.91
€ 18.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. Joel Agee, the son of James Agee, was raised for 12 years in East Germany, where his stepfather, the novelist Bodo Uhse, was a member of the privileged communist intelligentsia. This is the story of how young Joel failed to become a good communist, becoming instead a fine writer. Num Pages: 330 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; BGA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226010502
- ISBN
- 9780226010502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. Twelve Years a Slave (1853) is a memoir and slave narrative by Solomon Northup. Northup, a black man who was born free in New York, details his kidnapping and subsequent sale into slavery. After having been kept in bondage for 12 years, he was able to write to friends and family in New York, who were in turn able to secure his release. Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JH; BGHA; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781840225877
- ISBN
- 9781840225877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.28
€ 7.28
Hardcover. The story that inspired the major motion picture, Twelve Years a Slaveis a harrowing, vividly detailed, and utterly unforgettable account of slavery Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 213 x 27. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Edition
- 0037-
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781476767345
- ISBN
- 9781476767345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.68
€ 21.99
€ 19.68
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Parthian Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909844728
- ISBN
- 9781909844728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.36
€ 26.99
€ 20.36
Paperback. 'A timely, direct book examining the modern game through the lens of the thinking fan' James Corden Turning My Back on the Premier League is a month-by-month account of great goals, bad pies and short-lived heroes, and how one fan rediscovered his love for the beautiful game. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 122 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- BLINK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905825820
- ISBN
- 9781905825820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.90
€ 16.99
€ 15.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages, 24 pp colour, 16 pp black and white. BIC Classification: ACVC; AFCC; AGHX; AGN; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241964569
- ISBN
- 9780241964569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. A source of inspiration for Mike Leigh's MR TURNER, in this blend of biography and art history, the author introduces Turner to a new generation, dispels many myths, and depicts him as a giant of the 19th century and a beacon for the 21st. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16pp B&w & 8pp Colour Photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; ACV; AFC; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340628119
- ISBN
- 9780340628119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. B. Jack Copeland celebrates the life and work of one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century. Best known for the role he played in cracking German secret code Enigma during World War Two, and the personal tragedy of his death aged only 41, this is an insight into to the man, his work, and his legacy. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; UY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 20. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198719182
- ISBN
- 9780198719182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.47
€ 16.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. A passionate, critically incisive biography of one of the most influential rappers of all time, Tupac Shakur, and how he came to dominate hip-hop in the 1990s Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: AVGR; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568583877
- ISBN
- 9781568583877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 18.44
€ 19.00
€ 18.44
Hardback. Translator(s): Mitchell, Mike (Lecturer in German, University of Stirling). Series: SB-The German List. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 212 x 32. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857423702
- ISBN
- 9780857423702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.75
€ 27.99
€ 22.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFSL; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226118710
- ISBN
- 9780226118710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. * Subtitled 'An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson', this is a true story of a man's rediscovery of his mentor - a book about second chances. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780751569575
- ISBN
- 9780751569575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. * Subtitled 'An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson', this is a true story of a man's rediscovery of his mentor - a book about second chances. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751529814
- ISBN
- 9780751529814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.19
€ 13.99
€ 12.19