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Paperback. Displayed on European stages from 1810 to 1815 as the Hottentot Venus, Sara Baartman was one of the most famous women of her day. This book tells the entwined histories of an illusive life and a famous icon. It raises questions about the possibilities and limits of biography for understanding those who live among different cultures. Num Pages: 248 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGH; HBTQ; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147963
ISBN
9780691147963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.29

Paperback. Editor(s): Acheson, Katherine O. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551113395
ISBN
9781551113395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.85

Paperback. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1966
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226751269
ISBN
9780226751269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.49

Paperback. Pioneering missionary doctor served 43 years in China during transformative first half of the 20th-century. Num Pages: 436 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BG; HBJF; HBLW; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
409
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888644176
ISBN
9780888644176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 29.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 842.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
784
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632207180
ISBN
9781632207180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, illus. BIC Classification: BG; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Prometheus Books United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781573927949
ISBN
9781573927949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.08

Paperback. When Sam Cooke was shot dead in a cheap motel in Hollywood, he was one of America's most successful pop stars. This title follows Cooke's life in a racist America where his voice was one of the first to reach beyond the segregated audiences and command a white following, Cooke himself becoming a player in the fledgling civil rights movement. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: AVGQ; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Virgin Publishing
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753540022
ISBN
9780753540022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.67

Paperback. Paris Nights: My Year at the Moulin Rouge opens with a bored twenty-seven-year old Cliff Simon staring out at the ocean from his beachfront house, wishing he was somewhere else. Gavin Mills telephones him from Paris inviting him to join him at the iconic Moulin Rouge. Num Pages: 203 pages, Colour photography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; ANB; ASZH; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 175 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Primedia E-launch LLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
first
Condition
New
SKU
V9781943848928
ISBN
9781943848928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.26

Paperback. Updated with a chapter on his 50th anniversary celebrations Num Pages: 416 pages, 4 b/w and colour photo sections. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 286.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Headline Review
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Updated ed.
SKU
KNW0010782
ISBN
9780755315895
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Covering Sid's early years in South Africa and life as a ladies' hairdresser, his obsession with gambling and women, his questioning by Scotland Yard in a murder case, Hancock's Half Hour and the Carry On films, and Sid's death on stage at the age of 63, Cliff Goodwin reveals the amazing truth behing the legend. Num Pages: 256 pages, ill. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 110 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753539132
ISBN
9780753539132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. Oliver Reed died as he had invariably lived: drinking with friends while making yet another film - "Gladiator". Drawing on material from those who knew him, this book reveals much about Reed's past, such as his involvement with the south London underworld, and the women in his life. Num Pages: 336 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Virgin Books
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753505199
ISBN
9780753505199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.54

Paperback. A personal memoir from a leading figure in the gay rights movement, and partial inspiration for the forthcoming television mini-series When We Rise from Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, executive producer Gus Van Sant, and starring Guy Pearce, Mary-Louise Parker, Carrie Preston, and Rachel Griffiths. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 273 x 24. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472126658
ISBN
9781472126658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JPFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
PM Press United States
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604865004
ISBN
9781604865004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.53

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 36. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
HarperOne
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062376138
ISBN
9780062376138
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BM; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062376145
ISBN
9780062376145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.37

Hardcover. Clay Lewis crosses seven generations of his family to illuminate a heritage of romantic hope and abject defeat, seeking freedom through understanding. It is an exploration of how his family was changed by history - from the Civil War to the Great Depression. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820320090
ISBN
9780820320090
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.80

Paperback. Winner of the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2014 A rich historical biography of 'those wild Wyndhams' - three cultured aristocratic sisters born into great privilege in late Victorian Britain. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; BK; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 32. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007544912
ISBN
9780007544912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.74

Paperback. First English translation of short novel by influential and pioneering surrealist Portuguese writer, Antonio Pedro. Series: Aris & Phillips Hispanic Classics. Num Pages: 116 pages. BIC Classification: A; B. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Aris & Phillips
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910572061
ISBN
9781910572061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.48

Paperback. A new critical biography of Joseph Beuys, arguably the most important and controversial German artist of the late twentieth century. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 192 pages, 25 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; ACXJ; AFKP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130. .
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780237350
ISBN
9781780237350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.55

Paperback. The dramatic saga of a remarkable woman who was deeply involved in the political culture of her time. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386. An excellent, clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press of New England
Edition
874th ed.
Number of pages
292
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KRS0018833
ISBN
9780874518832
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

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