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Paperback. In 1983, the author turned 30 and was overwhelmed by the desire to escape the confines of his life in Beijing. With his long hair, jeans and artistic friends, he was under surveillance from his work unit and the police, as Deng Xiaoping clamped down on 'Spiritual Pollution'. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 336 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Vintage London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099283294
ISBN
9780099283294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.17

Paperback. In 1998, Sarbjit Athwal was called by her husband to attend a family meeting. Within three weeks of that meeting, Surjit Athwal, Sarbjit's sister-in-law, was dead. After the killing, Sarbjit fought secretly for justice for nine long, scared years. This book is about a woman who risked everything to see that justice was done. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 x 4pp colour plates. BIC Classification: BGA; BTC; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Virgin Books
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753541548
ISBN
9780753541548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 bw in 8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780763897
ISBN
9781780763897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 40.71

Paperback. Since receiving her husband's diagnosis of AS, Katrin Bentley's marriage has improved substantially. This book shares the struggle of one couple to rescue their marriage. It is uplifting and humorous, and includes plenty of tips to making an Asperger marriage succeed. It offers couples hope, encouragement and strategies for their own marriages. Num Pages: 128 pages, 1 b/w photo. BIC Classification: BG; MJNA; VFJD; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 7. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843105374
ISBN
9781843105374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.14

Paperback. This volume is a reissue of the third instalment of Princess Sultana's 'life behind the veil' revelations, by the author of 'Princess and Daughters of Arabia'. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; BGR; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 109 x 21. Weight in Grams: 172.
Edition
New ed.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bantam
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553816945
ISBN
9780553816945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.19

Paperback. Mary Wesley published her first novel at seventy and went on to write a further nine bestsellers, including the legendary The Camomile Lawn. Many of her stories were inspired by her experiences during the Blitz, and by her marriages. The author highlights the links between Wesley's real life and her fiction. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099498179
ISBN
9780099498179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.17

Hardcover. Examines the impact of Harry Partch's hobo years from a variety of perspectives, exploring how the composer both engaged and frustrated popular conceptions of the hobo. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 368 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 720.
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464956
ISBN
9781580464956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.44
€ 68.53

Paperback. Generations are familiar with the haunting black and white television footage of Donald Campbell somersaulting to his death in his famous Bluebird boat on Coniston water in January, 1967. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGS; WSSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 181 x 27. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553815115
ISBN
9780553815115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. Alan Titchmarsh has had a passion for gardening for as long as he can remember. Here, he tells his own story from Ilkley Moor to Pebble Mill and to the final realising of his dream of becoming TV's favourite gardener. Num Pages: 384 pages, 32pp b/w & COLOUR pics. BIC Classification: BGA; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 262. Some minor shelf wear but overall in a very good condition
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KSC0002384
ISBN
9780340765432
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
Simple Truths
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781492649526
ISBN
9781492649526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ASZB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 539.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062123329
ISBN
9780062123329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: AVGT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
IP Verlag Germany
Number of pages
270
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9783931624446
ISBN
9783931624446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.51

hardcover. Clean copy in original cloth with dustwrapper
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hachette Books New York
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KEX0249677
ISBN
9780306815874
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: AVGL; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
A Cappella Books United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Updated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556527470
ISBN
9781556527470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.79

Paperback. Features a recollection of the experience of growing up in the slums of Nechells and Aston. This book features the author remembering all the harshness of daily life. Num Pages: 128 pages, 50 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; BGA; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 166 x 9. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
118
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750949651
ISBN
9780750949651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.41

Paperback. The fourth volume of Clive James's bestselling memoirs Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330481274
ISBN
9780330481274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. Snatched from the streets of Thailand, loaded onto a truck with hundreds of other stolen dogs and destined for the restaurants of Hanoi, Miracle the dog shouldn't be alive today. But an incredible rescue led to a fateful meeting with Amanda Leask, a dog lover from Scotland. This book tells a tale which proves that miracles really can happen. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BT; WNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Ebury Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785032578
ISBN
9781785032578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. The wonderful biography of Winifred Holtby and her friendship with Vera Brittain, now reissued as a Virago Modern Classic Series: VMC. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088706
ISBN
9781844088706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. "An exceptionally vivid and penetrating insight into Hollywood film-making.. Qualifies for that exclusive niche reserved for film star memoirs that are worth much more than a casual flick on the bookshop shelf" (Jonathan Coe, Observer) Series: Picador Classic. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 23. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447289531
ISBN
9781447289531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 4-c photos throughout. BIC Classification: APB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 213 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471159282
ISBN
9781471159282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.91

Paperback. This book takes us deeper into Williams' journey. She recounts the funny, sometimes harrowing awakenings arising from sessions with a cognitive psychologist. We travel with her in her breakthroughs in working with autistic children and adults like her, as she finally finds a way of 'simply being' among others, without selling out who she really is. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853027192
ISBN
9781853027192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.41

Hardback. "Enter Audrey Hepburn's private world in this unique biography compiled by her son that combines recollections, anecdotes, excerpts from her personal correspondence, drawings, and recipes for her favorite dishes written in her own hand, and more than 250 previously unpublished personal family photographs"--Amazon.com. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BGF; WBA; WJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 242 x 31. Weight in Grams: 992.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062284709
ISBN
9780062284709
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.03

Hardback. Teddy Reig (1917-1984) was a larger-than-life character, a self-described hustler who had a profound effect on the music world from the 1940s to the 1970s. As a record producer, he captured the work of dozens of leading jazz innovators. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 238 pages, 53ill. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Number of pages
238
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
The Life and Times of a Jazz Hustler
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810823266
ISBN
9780810823266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.02

Paperback. A magisterial re-evaluation of Britain's greatest ever foreign secretary. Num Pages: 752 pages, 1 x 8pp colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 48. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857388407
ISBN
9780857388407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.61

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