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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. 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
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. 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
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. 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. 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
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. 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
paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32ill. BIC Classification: BG; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 134 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816644513
- ISBN
- 9780816644513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.63
€ 17.99
€ 17.63
Hardcover. Num Pages: 472 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 161 x 33. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1ST
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589797499
- ISBN
- 9781589797499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 27.47
€ 27.99
€ 27.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 472 pages, 30 black & white halftones, 10 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781630760250
- ISBN
- 9781630760250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.24
€ 22.24
hardcover. When retired CEO Ramsay Peard calls his old friend Morine and asks the longtime conservationist to canoe the Connecticut River, Morine says he'd do it under one condition: no camping. Morine recounts their journey of whim, humor, and self-discovery. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 137 x 33. Weight in Grams: 26.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Globe Pequot United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780762754595
- ISBN
- 9780762754595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.45
€ 25.99
€ 20.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 450 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJ; ANB; APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781922235657
- ISBN
- 9781922235657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.18
€ 32.99
€ 24.18
Paperback. * A story of love and survival amidst the great events of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 512 pages, 24pp of b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 1FK; BG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 34. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349117980
- ISBN
- 9780349117980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. A chronicle of one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers, Charlemagne. It describes his personal life, details his achievements in reviving learning and the arts, recounts his military successes and depicts one of the defining moments in European history: Charlemagne's coronation as emperor in Rome on Christmas Day 800 AD. Translator(s): Ganz, David. Num Pages: 160 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3F; BGH; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140455052
- ISBN
- 9780140455052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. 'How had the pair of elderly Jewish lesbians survived the Nazis?' The author asks at the beginning of this work of literary biography and investigative journalism. The pair, of course, is Gertrude Stein, the modernist master and Alice B Toklas, the 'worker bee' who ministered to Stein's needs throughout their forty-year expatriate 'marriage'. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300143102
- ISBN
- 9780300143102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.44
€ 18.44
Paperback. An important and interesting work for academics and professionals in YA librarianship, this book presents a coherent look at the past, present, and future of the field. Series: VOYA Occasional Papers S. Num Pages: 92 pages, 4 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BG; DSY; GLM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 92
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810834231
- ISBN
- 9780810834231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.13
€ 72.13
hardcover. As the first great Jewish player in the major leagues and the first African American to play major-league baseball during the twentieth century, respectively, Hank Greenberg and Jackie Robinson are forever linked because of the barriers they encountered, the discrimination they endured, the athletic gifts they exhibited, and especially the .. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books, Inc. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597978422
- ISBN
- 9781597978422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.66
€ 42.66
Paperback. A striking memoir of religious and cultural tolerance being made available again in the year of the author's 100th anniversary. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; BG; DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862417048
- ISBN
- 9780862417048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.33
€ 16.99
€ 12.33