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Biography

Paperback. A true, rare, and haunting story about life inside the deadly Gaza Strip, a refugee's daring escape, and hope. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; BTP; JFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
O Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785352218
ISBN
9781785352218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.87

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
€ 29.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, maps, frontispiece. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bauhan (William L.),U.S. United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872331754
ISBN
9780872331754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.67

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
€ 28.68

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

€ 83.50
€ 63.58

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
€ 15.22

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
€ 16.65

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
€ 7.66

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

€ 14.99
€ 11.32

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
€ 29.40

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

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

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

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
€ 13.29

Hardback. Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HRQM2; VXA; VXP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 652.
Publisher
Insight Editions
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608875221
ISBN
9781608875221
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.65
€ 52.10

Paperback. Describes the lives of twelve women, whether saints and reformers or seers and spiritualists - who spoke out against the mainstream teachings of the Church. This book outlines their beliefs, their attempts to make themselves heard, their clashes with the spiritual authorities, the influence they achieved and the legacies they left behind. Num Pages: 160 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HRC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 231 x 13. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Lutterworth Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718830243
ISBN
9780718830243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.27

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
€ 14.75

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
€ 12.95

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

€ 19.99
€ 14.72

Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; VFJB; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Dey Street Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062346223
ISBN
9780062346223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.42

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