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Paperback. Born in colonial India into a despised caste of former tree climbers, Ayya lost his mother as a child and came of age in a small town in lowland Burma. Forced to flee at the outbreak of World War II, he returned to southern India after a treacherous 1,700-mile journey by rail, boat, bullock cart, and foot. Num Pages: 232 pages, 17 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; GTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 359.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253012500
ISBN
9780253012500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.02

Paperback. "Remarkable..a richly detailed, affecting account..Giridharadas seeks less to uplift than illuminate..Which of these men is the "true American" of the title? That there is no simple answer to that question is Giridharadas's finest accomplishment."--Ayad Akhtar, New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; BTP; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393350791
ISBN
9780393350791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.41

Paperback. Drawn from journals, this book offers an account of a woman's sexual awakening, covering a single year - 1931-32, in Paris, when June fell in love with Henry Miller, undermining her own idealized marriage. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183282
ISBN
9780141183282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Explosive, bestselling account of Mexico's drug cartels and the government - business nexus that enables them. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BTC; JKVG; JKVM; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 143 x 31. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Verso
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781682968
ISBN
9781781682968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.50

paperback. In 1957, Joseph Spagna and five other men waited to board a bus called the Sunnyland. Their plan was: ride the bus together - three blacks and three whites - get arrested and take their case to the US Supreme Court. This book chronicles the story of an American family against the backdrop of one of the civil rights movement's lesser-known stories. Series: River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize. Num Pages: 286 pages, 5 Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HBJK; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780803217126
ISBN
9780803217126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.92

Paperback. Ana de San Bartolome (1549-1626) was a contemporary and close associate of St Teresa of Avila. Her life was a blend of religious activism and spiritual forcefulness that characterized the first generation of Discalced, or reformed Carmelites. This book presents her autobiography. Editor(s): Donahue, Darcy. Translator(s): Donahue, Darcy. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; BGXA; HRCC7; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226143729
ISBN
9780226143729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.82

Paperback. The highly anticipated first book from award-winning comedian, writer, producer and actress, Amy Schumer. Num Pages: 336 pages, (2x8pp plates). BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008172381
ISBN
9780008172381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Middleton, Jeff. Num Pages: 240 pages, 35. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Broadway Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781400080465
ISBN
9781400080465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; APB; BM; VFJD; WSWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 203 x 22. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062379108
ISBN
9780062379108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.58

Paperback. A memoir in essays in the bestselling tradition of Tina Fey's Bossypants and Caitlin Moran's How To Be a Woman Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: APB; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447283317
ISBN
9781447283317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. Twenty-three-year-old widows don't sleep around - do they? Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Headline Review
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755319565
ISBN
9780755319565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WSSN3; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Chicago Review Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613733486
ISBN
9781613733486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.34

Paperback. The perfect illustrated introduction to the life, death and recent rediscovery of Richard III Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 165 x 9. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445621753
ISBN
9781445621753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.32

Paperback. When Edward of York seized the English throne in 1461, he could have chosen any bride he wanted, but it was the beautiful widow, Elizabeth Wydeville, who captured his heart. A new assessment of the tumultuous life of the real White Queen and her husband. Num Pages: 304 pages, 40. BIC Classification: BG; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 217 x 35. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445654935
ISBN
9781445654935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Discover the true story of Richard III's mother, one of her era's great survivors Num Pages: 336 pages, 47. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGR; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 30. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445644806
ISBN
9781445644806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.36

Paperback. The real story of the 'Kingmaker's Daughter'. Published to coincide with the reburial of Richard III Num Pages: 304 pages, 49 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 23. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445633121
ISBN
9781445633121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.55

Paperback. The story of the six wives of Henry VIII from the viewpoint of the women themselves. Num Pages: 400 pages, 75. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; BK; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445660394
ISBN
9781445660394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

Paperback. The biography of Henry VII's queen, and mother of Henry VIII, the true story of the 'White Princess' Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445633145
ISBN
9781445633145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.36

Paperback. Extraordinary lives, tangled relationships, innovative art: the story of sisters Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf and their Bloomsbury Group. Num Pages: 336 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; 3JJC; ACX; BGF; BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445660080
ISBN
9781445660080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. Lavrentii Beria has long symbolized all the evils of Stalinism, haunting the public imagination both in the West and in the former Soviet Union. This is a biography of Lavrentii Beria, Stalin's notorious police chief and for many years his most powerful lieutenant. Num Pages: 344 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVU; BGH; JPFC; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
338
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691010939
ISBN
9780691010939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781517902278
ISBN
9781517902278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.72

paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; BM; JFFE2; JFSP2; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Beacon Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780807052273
ISBN
9780807052273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.42

Paperback. "Thirty essays on land and life in the American West; poetic prose describing the author's experiences as a wife, mother, cook, ranch hand, and writer living the cowboy life"--Provided by publisher. Series: Voice in the American West. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 213.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896728875
ISBN
9780896728875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.64

Paperback. .
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786490322
ISBN
9781786490322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.05

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