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Biography: general
Paperback. Deals with the desire of Guanya, an African princess, to escape a repulsive fate: betrothal to a wealthy man twenty years older than she. Worse, he is a polygamist, compensating for his own ugliness with the beauty of many wives. Guanya must combat his eagerness, her mother's wish, and a tribal tradition that is as entrenched as it is oppressive. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 10. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 114
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803297555
- ISBN
- 9780803297555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.46
€ 17.99
€ 17.46
Paperback. Around about August 1948, Mr and Mrs Cyril Wakeman had an early night and some time later, at Perivale in Middlesex, Mrs Wakeman produced a bonny baby son. They named him Richard, but he quickly became known as Rick. Rick was a likeable little fellow who had a talent for the piano and for making trouble. Music became Rick's life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848090057
- ISBN
- 9781848090057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.82
€ 15.99
€ 11.82
Paperback. An autobiographical account of growing up in colonial Barbados during and after the Second World War. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902669700
- ISBN
- 9781902669700
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.62
€ 17.99
€ 17.62
Paperback. Ghost hunting, the world of art, film, literature, and dysfunction comes life cycling from the past to the present for the daughter of a famous ghost hunter and a Russian countess. Take a deadly roller coaster ride with two domineering and spiritually pro Num Pages: 254 pages, 37 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764328954
- ISBN
- 9780764328954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.28
€ 18.99
€ 14.28
Paperback. Describes the author's early life in a farm-labour camp in Livingston, California, and the path that took him, through naval service and graduate school, far beyond Livingston. This book describes decades of toil and progress before the Filipino community entered the socio-political mainstream. Series: The Scott & Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies. Num Pages: 52 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; BG; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295986425
- ISBN
- 9780295986425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.64
€ 38.64
Paperback. Granting extraordinary access to their private world, Osama's wife and son reveal the frightening transformation of a loving husband into a hardened terrorist. Num Pages: 320 pages, ill. BIC Classification: BGH; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851689019
- ISBN
- 9781851689019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.08
€ 17.99
€ 14.08
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Tyndale House Publishers United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781414339368
- ISBN
- 9781414339368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.25
€ 18.99
€ 18.25
Paperback. The story of a feast two years in the making, from the farmer who harvested the vegetables, raised the animals, and prepared the meal. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BG; TV; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393350630
- ISBN
- 9780393350630
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.17
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€ 17.17
Paperback. An autobiography that tells Groucho Marx's rags-to-riches story with a difference. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 pages printed with text = 272pp total. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753519509
- ISBN
- 9780753519509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.04
€ 19.99
€ 16.04
Paperback. Acclaimed on first publication, 'Groovy Bob' is the cult biography of hedonistic gallery owner Robert Fraser and a dazzling evocation of 1960s culture and counter-culture. Taste-maker, heroin addict and promiscuous homosexual, Fraser astonished London with the artists he introduced, including Warhol, Blake, Haring, Oldenburg and Basquiat. Num Pages: 350 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPK; ABQ; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Heni Publishing
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993010392
- ISBN
- 9780993010392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.44
€ 18.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 243 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; BG; HBJK; HBLW; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780920576816
- ISBN
- 9780920576816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.00
€ 20.99
€ 20.00
Paperback. Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonalds is the personal story behind founder Ray Croc's amazing success. The Founder, is a major motion picture based on Ray Kroc's life, to be released on August 5th, 2016 in wide distribution Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGB; KNDF; KNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 107 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- St Martin´s Press
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9781250130280
- ISBN
- 9781250130280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.58
€ 11.99
€ 11.58
Hardback. Translator(s): Carley, Lionel. Num Pages: 256 pages, Ill.mus.exs. BIC Classification: AVH; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714529615
- ISBN
- 9780714529615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.63
€ 26.99
€ 23.63
Paperback. Father Joseph was an aspirant to sainthood and a practising mystic, yet his ruthless exercise of power succeeded in prolonging the unspeakable horrors of the Thirty Years War. This title explores how an intensely religious man could lead such a life and how he could reconcile the seemingly opposing moral systems of religion and politics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; DSK; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099477822
- ISBN
- 9780099477822
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. A collection of essays on Pope Gregory the Great, many taken from a symposium held in 1993. Gregory emerges as a figure interpreting the past - by receiving, synthesizing and developing the teachings of earlier writers - and presenting a persuasive theological and pastoral agenda. Editor(s): Cavadini, John C. Series: Notre Dame Studies in Theology. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3F; BGH; HRCC2; HRCC7; HRCM; HRCX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268010430
- ISBN
- 9780268010430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.86
€ 32.99
€ 29.86
Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 287 x 19. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764342066
- ISBN
- 9780764342066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 28.60
€ 43.99
€ 28.60
Paperback. * The subtle portrait of a great but difficult man on the legendary island of Capri by the renowned author of THE TRANSIT OF VENUS Num Pages: 160 pages, Section: 8, B&W. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2AHA; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 12. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860498732
- ISBN
- 9781860498732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.84
€ 15.99
€ 11.84
hardcover. Born into a Quaker family, Nathanael Greene had nothing in his background that pointed to a military career. His total military training before mid-1775, when he abandoned pacifism, consisted of serving as a private in the Rhode Island militia for a few hours each week. Num Pages: 144 pages, 16 b&w illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLH; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574889123
- ISBN
- 9781574889123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.74
€ 24.74
Paperback. * Strong ecological themes plus a romantic dream fulfilled in this autobiographical account by the famous Kon-Tiki explorer. Num Pages: 320 pages, Section: 16, B&W. BIC Classification: 1QSPS; BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349109879
- ISBN
- 9780349109879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. . Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTJ0033543
- ISBN
- 9780863223433
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99