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Biography: general
Paperback. As a child in a small rural village in Sierra Leone, Mariatu Kamara lived peacefully surrounded by family and friends. Rumors of rebel attacks were no more than a distant worry. But when 12-year-old Mariatu set out for a neighboring village, she never arrived. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162. 224 pages. As a child in a small rural village in Sierra Leone, Mariatu Kamara lived peacefully surrounded by family and friends. Rumors of rebel attacks were no more than a distant worry. But when 12-year-old Mariatu set out for a neighboring village, she never arrived. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFDE; BGA. Dimension: 197 x 133 x 15. Weight: 162.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408805190
- ISBN
- 9781408805190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. In the early 50s, Maria Grammatico and her sister were sent by their impoverished mother to live in a convent in Erice, on the western coast of Sicily. Leaving at 22, Maria had nothing to show for her hard life there except the ability to make the cakes and delicacies she has made her life's work. Num Pages: 240 pages, line drawings, photos. BIC Classification: 1DSTC; BG; WBVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553814651
- ISBN
- 9780553814651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.91
€ 21.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. Nathan is a young, impressionable boy who is saved from the Nazis by Catholic gentiles in his homeland, Holland. But in order to survive he must learn to be a good Catholic and undergo baptism. From there it is only a small leap to begin his studies in the Catholic priesthood. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Gefen Publishing House
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789652297990
- ISBN
- 9789652297990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.29
€ 18.99
€ 14.29
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006512349
- ISBN
- 9780006512349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Born in 1953 to Anglo-Jewish/Nigerian parents, Pauline Black was subsequently adopted by a white, working class family in Romford. Never quite at home there, she escaped her small town background and discovered a different way of life - making music. This is an autobiography from the front woman of influential ska band, The Selecter. Num Pages: 256 pages, ill. BIC Classification: AVGS; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846687914
- ISBN
- 9781846687914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Born in slavery, Charles Young was the third black graduate of West Point, the first black US military attache and the highest-ranking black officer in the Regular Army until his death. This biography of Young's years at West Point chronicles the challenges that Young faced, and provides a window into life at West Point in the 1880s. Num Pages: 258 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: BGH; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 273.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803293151
- ISBN
- 9780803293151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.63
€ 17.99
€ 17.63
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Palgrave ed
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312294458
- ISBN
- 9780312294458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.13
€ 66.13
Paperback. Recounts the accomplishments of fifteen Black American men and women, including Martin Luther King, Mary McLeod Bethune, Adam Clayton Powell, and Booker T. Washington. Editor(s): Franklin, John Hope; Meier, August. Series: Blacks in the New World. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JFSL3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780252009396
- ISBN
- 9780252009396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.73
€ 41.99
€ 37.73
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; KNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 13. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Wings Press
- Edition
- Third Edition, Third edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916727680
- ISBN
- 9780916727680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.34
€ 25.34
Paperback. Conceived within a clandestine relationship between a black man and a married white woman, Spain was born in Mississippi during the mid-1950s. This title portrays the dehumanizing conditions in the prisons, the pervasive abuses in the criminal justice system, and the case for overturning Spain's conspiracy conviction. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BG; JFSL3; JKV; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781566397506
- ISBN
- 9781566397506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.47
€ 38.99
€ 35.47
Paperback. The final word on the only name synonymous with heavy metal - Black Sabbath. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: AVGT; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409118466
- ISBN
- 9781409118466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. This volume chronicles the life and career of the historian, teacher and university administrator, Horace Mann Bond. It discusses his prodigious early output of scholarly books and articles, and his career-long interest in what he felt were affinities between Africans and African Americans. Num Pages: 288 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFSL3; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463. Previously read but remains in good to very good condition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Reissue
- Publisher
- Univ of Georgia Pr
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- SKU
- KIN0006241
- ISBN
- 9780820316444
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This work of compelling lyrical unity tells the story of growing up black in the colonial world of Martinique. Translator(s): Warner, Keith Q. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Three Continents Pr
- Edition
- 1st English language ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780914478683
- ISBN
- 9780914478683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.10
€ 26.10
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; BGH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 209 x 19. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc India
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780345453488
- ISBN
- 9780345453488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.73
€ 19.99
€ 17.73
Paperback. * A personal story of the Second World War brought to life against the backdrop of the Black Watch - Scotland's best-known regiment Num Pages: 320 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 110 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349123363
- ISBN
- 9780349123363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Don Camsell joined the SBS in 1974. From Oman to the hills of Port Stanley, from the bottom of Giralter harbour to the deep, cold, black waters of Loch Long and from the QE2 to the back alleys of Belfast, his new role demanded that he fought in just about every theatre of war - overt or covert. Num Pages: 256 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: BGA; JWF; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 109 x 16. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753505120
- ISBN
- 9780753505120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.91
€ 21.99
€ 16.91
paperback. A biography of Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 246. Paperback in very good condition.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Tempus Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRF2233537
- ISBN
- 9780752447278
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 14.99€ 4.99
€ 14.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471758853
- ISBN
- 9780471758853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.29
€ 37.99
€ 33.29
Paperback. The deeply moving memoir of a child with an unbreakable spirit Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 334. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KOC0005747
- ISBN
- 9780349114774
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. A memoir by Paul Lendvai, a Hungarian Jew who was arrested by the Nazis as a teenager. He became a communist activist in post-war Budapest, was imprisoned by the communists, and fled to Vienna after the 1956 Revolution. He became a leading journalist and commentator on eastern Europe. Num Pages: 256 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BG; HBJD; HBLW3; JPFC; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st English Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860642685
- ISBN
- 9781860642685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.45€ 54.92
€ 59.45
€ 54.92
Paperback. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTELLER 'A TOUR DE FORCE' Huffington Post - 'SIMPLY EXTRAORDINARY' NEW YORK TIMES 'It's such a savage thing to lose your memory, but the crazy thing is, it doesn't hurt one bit. A blackout doesn't sting, or stab, or leave a scar when it robs you. Close your eyes and open them again. That's what a blackout feels like.' Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473616103
- ISBN
- 9781473616103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Biography of the last British Prime Minister of the 20th Century. Series: 20 British Prime Ministers of the 20th Century. Num Pages: 168 pages, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904950738
- ISBN
- 9781904950738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 574 pages. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691654423
- ISBN
- 9780691654423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 292.94
€ 292.94
Hardback. Num Pages: 456 pages, 30 color + 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; BGR; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 261 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1102.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300219265
- ISBN
- 9780300219265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.64
€ 43.99
€ 31.64