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Biography
Paperback. * Now a major film starring Winona Ryder, Whoopi Goldberg and Vanessa Redgrave * A clear-sighted and unflinching memoir of an eighteen-year-old girl about her two year stay in a psychiatric hospital for depression Num Pages: 192 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Virago
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781860497926
- ISBN
- 9781860497926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.77
€ 13.99
€ 10.77
Hardback. First memoir on bestselling giants of art history (and great eccentrics), Hugh Honour and John Fleming by their friend and neighbour over 60 years. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: AC; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Gibson Square Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783341115
- ISBN
- 9781783341115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.41
€ 26.99
€ 19.41
paperback. A diary of a stay in Papua New Guinea. The author introduces the reader to the family cleaner - Margaret - her extended family, her unreliable husbands and her independent spirit. Then there is Kaman, the gardener, who has to be prised away from his creation so that his employers can enjoy it. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; BG; JFSJ1; WTL; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The Women's History Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953773091
- ISBN
- 9780953773091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.27
€ 17.99
€ 16.27
Paperback. 357 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BM. Dimension: 210 x 147 x 28. Weight: 492.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Export/Airside
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857891280
- ISBN
- 9780857891280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.79
€ 17.99
€ 12.79
Hardcover. As prominent members of the Victorian cultural and artistic world, Sir Charles and Lady Elizabeth Eastlake, along with their nephew Charles Locke Eastlake, enjoyed the friendship and support of influential figures. This biography brings the personality of each of the Eastlakes into focus while exploring their important contributions. Series: National Gallery London. Num Pages: 336 pages, 35 black-&-white illustrations + 5 colour images. BIC Classification: ABQ; ACV; AGC; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 34. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- National Gallery Company Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857095074
- ISBN
- 9781857095074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.94
€ 40.99
€ 28.94
Paperback. Sir Seretse Khama, the first President of Botswana and heir to the kingship of the Bangwato people, brought independence and prosperity to his nation after colonial rule. But for six long years from 1950, Seretse had been forced into exile in England, banned from his own country. His crime? Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 page black and white inset. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; 3JJPG; BGH; BGR; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141026138
- ISBN
- 9780141026138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; 3JJPG; BGH; BGR; HBJH; HBLW; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 280 x 26. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Media tie-in
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141985701
- ISBN
- 9780141985701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.69
€ 18.99
€ 17.69
Paperback. A portrait of the intimate way in which violence pulls lives apart, of an American family caught on the stage of Middle East politics, and of the moral choices required in seeking justice. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 202 pages, 17 illustrations, 2 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JJPN; BM; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609544
- ISBN
- 9780815609544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.46
€ 19.99
€ 19.46
Hardback. The author of Beyond the Notes demonstrates how a working musician draws energy from the events of daily life, and sometimes seeks a refuge from them in music. Num Pages: 276 pages, 8, 8 black and white. BIC Classification: AVRG; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 147 x 29. Weight in Grams: 480. A Pianist's Yearbook. 276 pages, 8, 8 black and white. The author of Beyond the Notes demonstrates how a working musician draws energy from the events of daily life, and sometimes seeks a refuge from them in music. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVRG; BM. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 29. Weight: 494.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 276
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843835578
- ISBN
- 9781843835578
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.80
€ 40.99
€ 33.80
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Bntam Edition
- SKU
- KKD0001275
- ISBN
- 9780553405699
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Providing an insight into the mind of one of the leading intellectuals of the modern age, this title chronicles the cultural, moral, and political journeys of this renowned critic and artist at the height of her powers. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241954461
- ISBN
- 9780241954461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. A selection from Susan Sontag's diaries (from 1947-1963) that takes us from early adolescence though to when Sontag was in her early thirties. It is an honest self-portrait which is also a revealing account of an artist and critic being born. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141045191
- ISBN
- 9780141045191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.69
€ 13.00
€ 11.69
Paperback. In 1912 Captain Robert Falcon Scott confronted defeat and death in the crippling subzero temperatures of Antarctica. This volume finishes the tale of Scott and his British expedition, depicting the staggering 900-mile trek to the South Pole and resolving the debate over the journey's failure. Num Pages: 416 pages, 77 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 3JJC; BGH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300099218
- ISBN
- 9780300099218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.31
€ 30.99
€ 22.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGA; JFSJ1; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 190 x 16. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759540
- ISBN
- 9781894759540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.59
€ 20.99
€ 15.59
Paperback. The author's treatment of the works of the most subtle of all film-makers analyzes the key elements of suspense, humour and tone across the whole of the director's career. The book examines in detail such films as "North by Northwest", "The Birds" and "Notorious", amongst many others. Num Pages: 162 pages, 80 illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Publisher
- British Film Institute
- Number of pages
- 162
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851707792
- ISBN
- 9780851707792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.67
€ 45.99
€ 37.67
Paperback. How did Tennessee become the amazing state that it is today you may wonder? More than Petticoats: Remarkable Tennessee Women recognizes the women who shaped the "Volunteer State." Female teachers, writers, entrepreneurs, and artists from across the state are illuminated through short biographies and archival photographs and paintings. Series: More Than Petticoats Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; BG; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 12.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762769810
- ISBN
- 9780762769810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.06
€ 17.99
€ 15.06
"Women of Privilege" traces the decline of a once-privileged Hudson River Valley family whose neighbors were Vanderbilts, Delanos, and Roosevelts. Based on diaries and journals, and written by a family descendant, it combines biography and memoir with social history. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; JFSC; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Academy Chicago Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897336802
- ISBN
- 9780897336802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.61
€ 35.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. A poignant piece of self-revelation, sprinkled with some trenchant observations on the way the dead hand of history has weighed down the former Warsaw Pact countries Editor(s): Gilman, Sander L. Series: Texts and Contexts. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVH; BG; DSA; HBJD; HBLW3; JFFN; JPFC; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803292611
- ISBN
- 9780803292611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.51
€ 21.51
Hardback. A fascinating look into the life and work of controversial French novelist Irene Nemirovsky Num Pages: 376 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 27. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300171969
- ISBN
- 9780300171969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 7.41
€ 19.99
€ 7.41
Paperback. These two memoirs provide windows into the Sumatran past, in particular, and the early 20th-century history of south-east Asia, in general. In reconstructing their own passage into adulthood, the writers tell the story of their country's turbulent journey to independence. Editor(s): Rodgers, Susan. Num Pages: 348 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMN; BGHA; HBAH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520085473
- ISBN
- 9780520085473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.63
€ 41.99
€ 29.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BM; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 18.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762788194
- ISBN
- 9780762788194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.08
€ 17.99
€ 15.08
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BM; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 25.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762780389
- ISBN
- 9780762780389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.71
€ 25.99
€ 20.71
Hardback. Charles R. Cockerell (1788-1863) was one of the most significant nineteenth-century British architects and a major player in the cultural shift from the Georgian eighteenth to the Victorian nineteenth century. Num Pages: 322 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QRM; 3JH; AMB; BJ; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783272068
- ISBN
- 9781783272068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.19
€ 61.19
Paperback. 'Rin Tin Tin is a remarkable book.. A wonderfully entertaining account of one of the strangest partnerships in a very strange milieu' John Banville, Guardian Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 x 8pp b/w plate sectons. BIC Classification: BGF; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781843547099
- ISBN
- 9781843547099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.16
€ 19.99
€ 15.16