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Paperback. With the growth of English cities during the Industrial Revolution came a booming population too vast for churchyards. Beckett Street Cemetery in Leeds was to become the first municipal cemetery in the country. This study relates how the cemetery was started and run, and describes the developing feuds between denominations. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750950602
- ISBN
- 9780750950602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Paperback. The American-born Winnaretta Singer (1865-1943) was a millionaire at the age of eighteen, due to her inheriting a substantial part of the Singer Sewing Machine fortune. Her 1893 marriage to Prince Edmond de Polignac, an amateur composer, brought her into contact with the most elite strata of French society. This book presents her biography. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 572 pages, 29, 29 black and white. BIC Classification: ABQ; AVGC6; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 34. Weight in Grams: 824. A Life of Winnaretta Singer, Princesse De Polignac. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. 572 pages, 29, 29 black and white. The American-born Winnaretta Singer (1865-1943) was a millionaire at the age of eighteen, due to her inheriting a substantial part of the Singer Sewing Machine fortune. Her 1893 marriage to Prince Edmond de Polignac, an amateur composer, brought her into contact with the most elite strata of French society. This book presents her biography. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ABQ; AVGC6; BG. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 34. Weight: 790.
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Number of pages
- 572
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580463331
- ISBN
- 9781580463331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.81
€ 37.99
€ 31.81
Hardback. Editor(s): Walsh, Keri. Num Pages: 376 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: BJ; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231145367
- ISBN
- 9780231145367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.84
€ 54.99
€ 39.84
Paperback. Editor(s): Walsh, Keri. Num Pages: 376 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: BJ; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 546. 376 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Walsh, Keri. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: BJ; KNTP. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 24. Weight: 546.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231145374
- ISBN
- 9780231145374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.53
€ 26.99
€ 20.53
Paperback. The author found a radical solution to his need for freedom, one as ancient as the experiences of the hermits of old Russia: he decided to lock himself alone in a cabin in the middle taiga, on the shores of Baikal, for six months. This title shares his experience. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCS; 3JMG; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 201 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141975481
- ISBN
- 9780141975481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Paperback. Tells the remarkable story of Mary Walker, who in August 1848 fled her owner for refuge in the North and spent the next seventeen years trying to recover her son and daughter. Her freedom, like that of thousands who escaped from bondage, came at a great price - remorse at parting without a word, fear for her family's fate. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 203 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725942
- ISBN
- 9780674725942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.85
€ 34.99
€ 29.85
Paperback. Combining personal memories with political information about Hawai'i's crucial Territorial era, this title discovers the central role played by the author's great-great-grandfather in the politics of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Hawai'i. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; BM; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272040
- ISBN
- 9780520272040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. Combining personal memories with political information about Hawai'i's crucial Territorial era, this title discovers the central role played by the author's great-great-grandfather in the politics of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Hawai'i. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; BM; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270664
- ISBN
- 9780520270664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.99€ 64.94
€ 83.99
€ 64.94
Paperback. On February 26th 2012 seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin was walking home when he was shot and killed in an encounter with a neighborhood watchman. In Rest in Power, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin tell the story of the child they lost, the unresponsiveness of the police, the hostility of the legal system, and the inspiring campaign for justice. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JJPR; 3JM; BTC; JFFE; JFFJ; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909762572
- ISBN
- 9781909762572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.54
€ 17.99
€ 15.54
Paperback. Showing how history imprints itself on private lives, this memoir presents the author's sensuous, harrowing, and altogether remarkable life. It moves from Berlin during the Great War to the artists' set on the Cote d'Azur, through lovers, mentors, seducers and friends, and from genteel yet shabby poverty to relative comfort in London's Chelsea. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140279764
- ISBN
- 9780140279764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.75
€ 20.99
€ 16.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJPK; BT; DSK; JFMP; LNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 242 x 13. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Publisher
- Daunt Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907970979
- ISBN
- 9781907970979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 7.74
€ 8.99
€ 7.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; BJ; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Daunt Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907970405
- ISBN
- 9781907970405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.54
€ 13.00
€ 11.54
Paperback. A biography of Mrs Nassau Senior, 1822-1877, that tells how an extraordinary woman escaped from the constraints of Victorian domesticity to become the first woman in Whitehall and one of Britain's great social reformers. An ardent Christian Socialist radical, Jeanie Senior co-founded the British Red Cross in the Franco-Prussian war. Num Pages: 348 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 348
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845192549
- ISBN
- 9781845192549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.63
€ 32.99
€ 29.63
Hardcover. "Cadenus" is primarily concerned with the relationship between Swift and Vanessa (Esther Van Homrigh), "Swift's Most Valuable Friend" with that between Swift and Stella (Esther Johnson). Both help to determine the precise nature of this triangle, and the impact it had on his writing and career. Illustrator(s): Brocquy, Louis Le. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; BGH; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136. . Clean copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220096
- ISBN
- 9781843510178
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. "Cadenus" is primarily concerned with the relationship between Swift and Vanessa (Esther Van Homrigh), "Swift's Most Valuable Friend" with that between Swift and Stella (Esther Johnson). Both help to determine the precise nature of this triangle, and the impact it had on his writing and career. Illustrator(s): Brocquy, Louis Le. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; BGH; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136. . Clean copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220095
- ISBN
- 9781843510178
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. "Cadenus" is primarily concerned with the relationship between Swift and Vanessa (Esther Van Homrigh), "Swift's Most Valuable Friend" with that between Swift and Stella (Esther Johnson). Both help to determine the precise nature of this triangle, and the impact it had on his writing and career. Illustrator(s): Brocquy, Louis Le. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; BGH; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136. . Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0201819
- ISBN
- 9781843510178
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 204 x 23. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Juggernaut Publication
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789386228093
- ISBN
- 9789386228093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. A wonderfully honest and beautifully-written memoir from one of the most intriguing football managers of the last 25 years. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472211491
- ISBN
- 9781472211491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. The long overdue first UK publication of one of Sven Lindqvist's best-loved books - and the one for which he is most famous in his home country - an exquisitely written meditation on the author's relationship with art. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 145 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847085221
- ISBN
- 9781847085221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; PSAJ; PSAK; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 26. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465054954
- ISBN
- 9780465054954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.86
€ 20.99
€ 15.86