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Paperback. The Grateful Dead are perhaps the most legendary American rock band of all time. For thirty years, beginning in the hippie scene of San Francisco in 1965, they were a musical institution, the original jam band that broke new ground in so many ways. Num Pages: 400 pages, 30 black and white photograph, 16 page colour photograph insert. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 226 x 43. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Griffin Publishing United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781250034007
ISBN
9781250034007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DN; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781563683213
ISBN
9781563683213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.22

Paperback. Liverpool's dynamic music scene gave the world The Beatles. What city could hope to follow that? But 12 years later, in 1974, lightning nearly struck twice. Deaf School were a band formed in John Lennon's old art college, rehearsing in the very same rooms. This full-length biography deals with Deaf School's early days in Liverpool. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 195 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846318603
ISBN
9781846318603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.23

Paperback. Having panhandled as a "deaf" man for 11 years, the author has written a book exposing all the ins and outs of his life exploiting a "disability" to earn hundreds of dollars a day and sheds light on the cultural phenomenon of deaf peddling that thrives today. Illustrations. Num Pages: 136 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563680960
ISBN
9781563680960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 285 pages. BIC Classification: BG; VFJD; VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9780930323110
ISBN
9780930323110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.51

Paperback. In 1952, after two weeks of typhoid fever and mumps, 11-year-old Madan Vasishta awoke one night to discover that he could no longer hear. He was horrified because in India, the word "deaf" described someone who was not really human. This autobiography reveals how his boundless optimism enabled him to persist and prevail. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563682841
ISBN
9781563682841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.34

paperback. When Richard Medugno and his wife learned that their 17-month-old daughter Miranda was deaf, they grieved. In this book, Medugno provides practical information on many of the common challenges faced by hearing parents. He provides a list of games that hearing and deaf children can play together, an important consideration for many families. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9781563682773
ISBN
9781563682773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.12

paperback. This is a personal account of what it is like to be deaf in a hearing world. The book discusses such issues as: mainstreaming and its effect on deaf children and the deaf community; total communication versus oralism; employment opportunities for deaf adults; and public policy toward deaf people. Num Pages: 181 pages, 36 figures, 21 tables, references, index. BIC Classification: BG; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
181
Condition
New
SKU
V9780930323615
ISBN
9780930323615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Quagmire Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780978340926
ISBN
9780978340926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. Winner of the Non-Fiction CWA Gold Dagger Award. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKES; BG; C; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447271840
ISBN
9781447271840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.91

Paperback. One of Britain's leading music writers tells the stories behind seven musical lives that burned brightly, but all too briefly. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF; BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784291334
ISBN
9781784291334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

paperback. In this account of life in post-war literary Dublin, Anthony Cronin writes of the frustrations and pathologies of this generation: the excess of drink; the shortage of sex; the insecurity and begrudgery; the limitations of cultural life in mid-century Ireland, and the bittersweet pull of exile. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272. A Memoir. 208 pages, 3 b&w photographs. In this account of life in post-war literary Dublin, Anthony Cronin writes of the frustrations and pathologies of this generation: the excess of drink; the shortage of sex; the insecurity and begrudgery; the limitations of cultural life in mid-century Ireland, and the bittersweet pull of exile. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DN. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight: 270.
Edition
New
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9781901866421
ISBN
9781901866421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.40

Paperback. The life of Hollywood's number one movie actor, the elusive Robert De Niro, who shuns the limelight and rarely gives interviews, written by the leading film critic and biographer of Spielberg, Kubrick, Woody Allen and George Lucas. Num Pages: 384 pages, 24 b/w plates. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 316.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0013144
ISBN
9780006532309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback / so. Series: Biografias de Grandes Lideres de Nuestros Tiempos. Num Pages: 219 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vida Publishers United States
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9780829752724
ISBN
9780829752724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. Riveting and candid memoir of life behind the scenes as US Ambassador and Prime Minister's Press Secretary - a Sunday Times bestseller Num Pages: 320 pages, 39. BIC Classification: BGHA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753820919
ISBN
9780753820919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Hardcover. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Num Pages: 368 pages, 41 halftones. BIC Classification: APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139. .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226019116
ISBN
9780226019116
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.11

Hardcover. Dr. Avraham Albert Ticho was a Viennese-trained ophthalmologist who immigrated to Ottoman-ruled Jerusalem in 1912. There he married his cousin, the artist Anna Ticho, and together they made their mark on the history of the Land of Israel. In Days of Ticho, the Tichos' story is told in all its fascinating detail. Num Pages: 512 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJ; BGH; BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 184 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1132.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652296658
ISBN
9789652296658
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 35.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; BGSA; WSBT; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022271
ISBN
9780253022271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.99

Paperback. Consisting of a rare memoir and also a diary, this title provides a glimpse into the domestic life of Russia's nobility in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Labzina's accounts of her spiritual development and her social sphere offers insights into male and female sensibilities of the time. Translator(s): Marker, Gary (Professor of History, SUNY, Stony Brook, USA); May, Rachel (Associate Professor of Russian, Macalester College, USA). Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JF; 3JH; BGHA; DN; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875802770
ISBN
9780875802770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 138.75

paperback. Focusing on the 1960s, this work addresses the question: how did it feel in that dawn to be alive? Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BG; HBJD1; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 35. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Pimlico
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712666657
ISBN
9780712666657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.66

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