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Paperback. Isabella de' Medici was the hostess of a glittering circle in Renaissance Florence. Beautiful and liberated, she not only matched the intellectual accomplishments of her male contemporaries, but sought sexual parity also, engaging in an adulterous affair with her husband's cousin. This title illuminates this often misunderstood figure. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571230310
- ISBN
- 9780571230310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.08
€ 12.08
Paperback. Editor(s): Norma, Caroline; Reist, Melinda Tankard. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: BT; JFFE; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781742199863
- ISBN
- 9781742199863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.96
€ 26.99
€ 18.96
Paperback. In this biography of Iris Origo, Caroline Moorehead has drawn on unpublished letters, diaries and manuscripts to provide a vivid picture of the life of one of the most intriguing and attractive women of the 20th century. Num Pages: 474 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Allison & Busby
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749016562
- ISBN
- 9780749016562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.85
€ 17.99
€ 13.85
Paperback. A biography of Martha Gellhorn, whose fearless reporting from the front made her a legend, and whose private life was often messy and volcanic. As a young woman, she was a witness of the suffering in America caused by the Depression. She risked her life in the Spanish Civil War, which was the subject of some of her finest writing. Num Pages: 560 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BGB; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 132 x 40. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099284017
- ISBN
- 9780099284017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.63
€ 23.99
€ 16.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJP; 3JM; BM; JFSJ1; JPHL; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Portobello Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846275951
- ISBN
- 9781846275951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hyperion
- Edition
- Box Har/Co
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781401324254
- ISBN
- 9781401324254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.15€ 49.54
€ 59.15
€ 49.54
Paperback. An intelligent, thought-provoking and beautifully crafted memoir, describing a gruelling, yet ultimately inspiring 14-year-battle with mental illness, interwoven with childhood memories of growing up in Africa and Pakistan. Num Pages: 320 pages, Integrated black and white photographs. BIC Classification: BM; VFJJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472121653
- ISBN
- 9781472121653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BT; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Milo Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903854846
- ISBN
- 9781903854846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.83
€ 11.99
€ 10.83
Paperback. The enthralling story of a dynamic empire whose impact is felt to this day Num Pages: 720 pages, 2 x 8pp b&w illustrations and six maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3H; BGH; HBJF1; HBLC; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719561122
- ISBN
- 9780719561122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.66
€ 23.99
€ 17.66
Paperback. Caroline Akrill reveals the frequent disasters and the occasional triumphs of her long association with a string of equine characters. Engagingly witty, endearingly frank, sometimes surprising, but always amusing, Caroline Akrill regards the horse from the safety of the stable door and scrutinises him with candour and affection. Illustrator(s): Pilgrim, Anne. Num Pages: 208 pages, cartoons. BIC Classification: BG; WNGH; WSNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 0. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Robert Hale Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851316437
- ISBN
- 9780851316437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.34
€ 10.34
paperback. Covers the first year following the author's rise to fame. This title recounts her struggles with celebrity, middle-class expectations, and the racial and social tensions her success had exacerbated. It tells that the fall back into poverty is as easy as the struggle to escape it is difficult. Translator(s): Arrington, Melvin S.; Levine, Robert M. Series: Engendering Latin America. Num Pages: 189 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; BGHA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 16. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Bison United States
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803275997
- ISBN
- 9780803275997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.92
€ 20.99
€ 20.92
Hardback. A collection of personal letters to friends from a foreign correspondent who is trying to understand what she witnessed during the iconic human disasters of our time - in Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan, and New York City on September 11th, among the other places. Series: Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: BJ; HBG; JFFE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691129037
- ISBN
- 9780691129037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.56
€ 26.99
€ 20.56
Hardcover. Good copy with some shelf wear, nicks and tears to dustwrapper but otherwise good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Constable
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KKD0007592
- ISBN
- 9780094792708
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. The gripping account of World War Two's legendary heroine, who risked her life to save her country and her lover. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1 x 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444724622
- ISBN
- 9781444724622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.41
€ 17.99
€ 13.41
Paperback. A collection of stories of after-death communication. It demonstrates how contact with the spirit world can be a catalyst in healing grief. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: BT; HRQM2; VXPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846941078
- ISBN
- 9781846941078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.54
€ 18.99
€ 17.54
CD-Audio. A memoir by the iconic singer-songwriter chronicling her story from her beginnings in Brooklyn through her remarkable success as one of the world's most acclaimed musical talents, to her present day as a leading performer and activist. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 134 x 38. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company United States
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611133639
- ISBN
- 9781611133639
CD
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 24.42
€ 35.99
€ 24.42
Paperback. The long-awaited memoir from one of the world's most acclaimed musical talents. She created the soundtrack of our lives. At last, she shares hers Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844088867
- ISBN
- 9781844088867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Ayebia Clarke Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956240163
- ISBN
- 9780956240163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.66
€ 23.99
€ 17.66
Paperback. Assesses the activism, writing, and legacy of Claudia Jones (1915-1964), a pioneering Afro-Caribbean radical intellectual active in the U.S. and U.K. Num Pages: 344 pages, 31 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGH; JFFK; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First edition, paperback issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341161
- ISBN
- 9780822341161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. "The I'm a Celebrity Get me out of Here..! jungle creates some unlikely heroes. But the daughter of Britain's most recognizable former prime Minister is perhaps the most unlikely yet. Her self-deprecating humour and fearsome streak endeared her to millions" Independent Num Pages: 336 pages, 8pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Headline Review
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755317080
- ISBN
- 9780755317080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.81
€ 13.00
€ 11.81
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Avalon Publishing Group United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580053709
- ISBN
- 9781580053709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 5.69
€ 20.99
€ 5.69
Paperback. From the winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. In a time of death and terror, Gbowee brought Liberia's women together--and together they led a nation to peace. In the process, she emerged as an international leader who changed history. Num Pages: 266 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFD; BM; HBJH; JFSJ1. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Beast Books United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Trade Paper Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780984295197
- ISBN
- 9780984295197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.02
€ 19.99
€ 15.02
Hardcover. Designed by Y. Gannushkin". Commissioning organisation: [Translated from the Russian by Margaret Wettlin]. 431 p. ports. 21 cm. Associated Names: Wettlin, Margaret,. Associated Dates: 1907-. Publishers cloth. Very good clean copy in dark navy bl". Keywords: Subjects
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1960
- Publisher
- Foreign Languages Pub. House Moscow
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0157855
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.00€ 4.99
€ 12.00
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Designed by Y. Gannushkin". Commissioning organisation: [Translated from the Russian by Margaret Wettlin]. 431 p. ports. 21 cm. Associated Names: Wettlin, Margaret,. Associated Dates: 1907-. Publishers cloth. Very good clean copy in dark navy bl". Keywords: Subjects
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1960
- Publisher
- Foreign Languages Pub. House Moscow
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0157854
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.00€ 4.99
€ 12.00
€ 4.99