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paperback. Presents the stories of 48 American and Asian witnesses who participated in the Vietnam War, including POW Dan Pitzer learning of the American build-up from his bamboo cage; Vietnam operative, Nguyen Tuong Lai describing a terrorist run into Saigon; and, Cambodian teacher Kassie Neou charming his executioners with fairy tales learned from the BBC. Series: Vietnam War Era Classics Series. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; BG; HBJF; HBLW3; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213044
- ISBN
- 9780253213044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
paperback. Offers the life story of Ernie Lopez and his account of daily life in Alcatraz and San Quentin. This book discusses how Ernie Lopez's experiences typify the harsher treatment that ethnic and minority suspects receive in the American criminal justice system, as well as how they reveal the resilience of Chicanos/as and their culture. Num Pages: 246 pages, 8 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BG; JKVP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292706835
- ISBN
- 9780292706835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 203 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 203
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Paul Dry Books ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780966491357
- ISBN
- 9780966491357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 15.90
€ 19.00
€ 15.90
Paperback. Features a survivor's account of the greatest maritime disaster in history. This work provides details of those final moments, including names of passengers pulled from the ocean and of those men who, in a panic, jumped into lifeboats as they were being lowered, causing injury and further danger to life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSAN; 3JJC; BGHA; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750947022
- ISBN
- 9780750947022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.53
€ 13.99
€ 13.53
Paperback. Biography of Harold Lowe, Fifth Officer of RMS Titanic, who was described by another survivor as 'the real hero of the Titanic.' After taking an active role in the evacuation, Lowe took command of a raft of lifeboats, distributing passengers among them so he could return to the wreckage and look for survivors - the only officer to do so. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752469966
- ISBN
- 9780752469966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1090.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781400077304
- ISBN
- 9781400077304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.20
€ 26.20
Paperback. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 177 x 19. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Edition
- 6.1.1984
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780553265965
- ISBN
- 9780553265965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.89
€ 10.99
€ 10.89
hardcover. Alfred von Tirpitz (1849-1930), who joined the Prussian Navy in 1865 as a midshipman, was chiefly responsible for rapidly developing and enlarging the German Navy, especially the High Seas Fleet, from 1897 until the years immediately prior to the First World War. Num Pages: 136 pages, 15 b&w photos, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574884449
- ISBN
- 9781574884449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.81
€ 24.81
Paperback. A fascinating and witty account of the life of Tintin, his creator, and the phenomenon that they became. Num Pages: 336 pages, B&W inset. BIC Classification: AKLC; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848546721
- ISBN
- 9781848546721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. A beautifully illustrated book on the life and message of Sri Ramana Maharshi, an Indian saint of recent times, Timeless in Time explores the life of this beloved holy man. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGXA; HRG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 255 x 12. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- World Wisdom Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Rev. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933316154
- ISBN
- 9781933316154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.33
€ 24.99
€ 23.33
Paperback. The revealing and deeply moving autobiography of one of the greatest American playwrights of the twentieth century Num Pages: 688 pages, 32 pp b/w intergrated. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 44. Weight in Grams: 550. A Life. 688 pages, 32 pp b/w intergrated. The revealing and deeply moving autobiography of one of the greatest American playwrights of the twentieth century. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Dimension: 129 x 197 x 44. Weight: 550.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 688
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408836316
- ISBN
- 9781408836316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.10
€ 19.99
€ 16.10
Paperback. The UK's biggest-selling classical artist reveals how her angelic voice has shot her to superstardom.. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 5. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752884479
- ISBN
- 9780752884479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Methuen Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842752364
- ISBN
- 9781842752364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.68
€ 19.99
€ 18.68
Paperback. A memoir of the author's early life and time starting out as a novelist, as well as diaries recording her in old age. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571203963
- ISBN
- 9780571203963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.57
€ 15.99
€ 11.57
Hardcover. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 192 x 16. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Time
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781618931146
- ISBN
- 9781618931146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.39
€ 20.39
Hardcover. A detailed insight into the exploits of a Royal Air Force fighter pilot straight from the cockpit. The exploits range from intercepting Soviet bombers off Iceland to defending Saudi Arabia in Gulf War One; from flying off the deck of Ark Royal to displays with the Red Arrows; and flying a desk in the UK MoD and NATO HQs. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 colour and 10 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: BGHA; JWMV3; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 172 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781555842
- ISBN
- 9781781555842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.88
€ 25.99
€ 18.88
Paperback. A highly unusual adventure and love story interwoven with Maggie McCune's own extraordinary life Num Pages: 320 pages, 16pp b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747261421
- ISBN
- 9780747261421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Drawing on a rich array of sources, including her father's striking account of his childhood in China, Tiger Writing not only illuminates Gish Jen's work but explores the aesthetic and psychic roots of the independent and interdependent self--each mode of selfhood yielding a distinct way of observing, remembering, and narrating the world. Series: The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 208 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 111 x 27. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072831
- ISBN
- 9780674072831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 214 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; BGB; KJSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Ariadne Press United States
- Edition
- Expanded
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572411524
- ISBN
- 9781572411524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.80
€ 36.99
€ 26.80
Paperback. A memoir of a very unconventional childhood, this work tells a tale of the fading innocence of childhood that is miles ahead of the competition. In the early Seventies, Dave Bennun's family transplanted themselves from Swindon to the wilds of Kenya. For Dave, Kenya was bemusingly new. In Kenya, the childhood memoir takes on a surreal tone. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; BGA; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226. Keywords: Africa/Memoir. 245pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KNW0007019
- ISBN
- 9780091897437
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardcover. Editor(s): Kadar Lynn, Katalin. Num Pages: 450 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVH; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 168 x 38. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880335485
- ISBN
- 9780880335485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.41€ 46.96
€ 59.41
€ 46.96
Paperback. Tiberius has always been one of the most enigmatic of the Roman emperors and Barbara Levick offers a comprehensive and engaging portrait of his life. This new edition contains a new preface and a revised bibliography. Series: Roman Imperial Biographies. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 line drawings, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415217538
- ISBN
- 9780415217538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.62
€ 57.62
Paperback. Presents an account of the life of Tiberius, the second Roman emperor. This title argues that Tiberius' character provides the key to understanding his reign. It portrays Tiberius as a man whose virtues and beliefs were corrupted by power. It shows how Tiberius' fears of conspiracy and assassination caused him to lose his grasp of reality. Series: Blackwell Ancient Lives. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405115292
- ISBN
- 9781405115292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 43.57
€ 44.99
€ 43.57
Hardcover. Presents an account of the life of Tiberius, the second Roman emperor. This title argues that Tiberius' character provides the key to understanding his reign. It portrays Tiberius as a man whose virtues and beliefs were corrupted by power. It shows how Tiberius' fears of conspiracy and assassination caused him to lose his grasp of reality. Series: Blackwell Ancient Lives. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405115285
- ISBN
- 9781405115285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.08
€ 127.08