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Biography
Paperback. In the hope of shedding light on questions that continue to spark debate among historians and students of Lincoln, Brooks Simpson presents Think Anew, Act Anew, a concise and inventively annotated collection of documents written by Abraham Lincoln that focus on the interrelated themes of slavery, union, emancipation, and reconstruction. Editor(s): Simpson, Brooks D. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; DNF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harlan Davidson
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780882959757
- ISBN
- 9780882959757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.27
€ 31.27
Hardback. Provocative insights into Beauvoir's philosophical and personal development during wartime Editor(s): Le Bon de Beauvoir, Sylvie; Simons, Margaret A.; Beauvoir, Sylvie le Bon. Translator(s): Cordero, Anne Deing. Series: The Beauvoir Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252033773
- ISBN
- 9780252033773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.61
€ 47.61
Paperback. The publication of de Beauvoir's letters to Sartre caused a storm of controversy in Paris in 1990. Frank and uncensored, they show her experimenting with her freedom within her love for Sartre, and trace the emotional and triangular complications of her life with him. Editor(s): Hoare, Quintin. Translator(s): Hoare, Quintin. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099914907
- ISBN
- 9780099914907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Paperback. A memoir that offers a picture of the author's growing up in a bourgeois French family, rebelling as an adolescent against the conventional expectations of her class, and striking out on her own with an intellectual and existential ambition exceedingly rare in a young woman in the 1920s. Translator(s): Kirkup, James. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185330
- ISBN
- 9780141185330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.73
€ 15.99
€ 11.73
Hardback. In Courage to Soar, the official autobiography from US Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, Simone presents the story of how she overcame early childhood challenges to become the most decorated US female gymnast and the only female gymnast to ever win three consecutive World Championship titles. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; BGSA; WSL. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 242 x 193 x 27. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Zondervan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First Edition/First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310759669
- ISBN
- 9780310759669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.81
€ 26.99
€ 23.81
Paperback. An account of Yeates' ascent of one of the world's largest vertical rock faces, the 4,000 foot Central Tower of Paine in Chile. The greatest difficulties come not from the elements but from within themselves; crippled with fear the team is forced into a retreat but after resting return to complete the climb. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour) maps, portraits (some colour). BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 1KLSX; BM; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099766414
- ISBN
- 9780099766414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. The making of the "Oxford English Dictionary" was a monumental 50 year task requiring thousands of volunteers. One of the keenest volunteers was a W C Minor who astonished everyone by refusing to come to Oxford to receive his congratulations. In the end, James Murray, the "OED's" editor, went to Crowthorne in Berkshire to meet him. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; CFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140271287
- ISBN
- 9780140271287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.38
€ 12.99
€ 10.38
Paperback. Hidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in London's Piccadilly is an enormous and beautiful hand-coloured map - the first geological map of anywhere in the world. Its maker was a farmer's son named William Smith. Born in 1769 his life was beset by troubles. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations, facsimiles, maps, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTP; RGV; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140280395
- ISBN
- 9780140280395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. Forty years after the Manson Family murders, this is the definitive account of the crimes that shocked the world. Num Pages: 464 pages, 2 B & W plate sections. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 32. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340977033
- ISBN
- 9780340977033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Hardcover. A re-exploration of the historic journey made by the first man to walk the Alps from 'end to end' Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrationsstratiosn, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFHA; 3JH; BGH; WSZC; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 28. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908493804
- ISBN
- 9781908493804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.00
€ 23.99
€ 22.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750961073
- ISBN
- 9780750961073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.54
€ 17.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. The world changes when you lose somebody you love.. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- V9781848545694
- ISBN
- 9781848545694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. The internationally bestselling epic history of Russia's imperial dynasty Num Pages: 736 pages, 4x8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJC; BGH; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 280 x 44. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474600873
- ISBN
- 9781474600873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. The first dual biography of the most remarkable political friendship of the twentieth century Num Pages: 480 pages, 2 x 8 B&W. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340923467
- ISBN
- 9780340923467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Embarks on a 23,000-mile trek around the southern-most border of the tropics - a place of both beauty and human suffering. This work is a collection of adventures, strange rituals and exotic wildlife. It also confronts issues such as our changing environment, poverty, and globalisation. Num Pages: 400 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QMT; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- BBC Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846073861
- ISBN
- 9781846073861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Hardback. Combat, cigars, and whiskey--from the jungles of Cuba and the mountains of the Northwest Frontier, to the banks of the Nile and the plains of South Africa, comes this action-packed tale of Winston Churchill's adventures as a war correspondent in the Age of Empire. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 pages black-&-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBWM; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 38. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306823817
- ISBN
- 9780306823817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 28.51
€ 43.99
€ 28.51
Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 ft, 1 map, 13 bw images throughout. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; BGH; BGR; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 557.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465066995
- ISBN
- 9780465066995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.90
€ 33.99
€ 22.90
Paperback. The thrilling true story of the real Great Escape, published to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the escape. Num Pages: 448 pages, 2 x 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444760668
- ISBN
- 9781444760668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Hardcover. 351pp. Index. Glossary. Original boards, bumped. Usual library markings. Keywords: Jewish studies, Israel, history, religion
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- B'nai B'rith Department of Adult Jewish Education New York
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1961
- Edition
- 2nd printing. Series: The B'nai B'rith great books
- SKU
- KHS1009098
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 35.99€ 4.99
€ 35.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Pop manager Simon Napier-Bell had enough of pop groups. He'd had enough of the constant grief at home with his two ex-boyfriends bickering and bleeding him dry; and most of all he'd had enough of the music biz. But then he simultaneously fell in love with a passion - the Far East; and a dynamic duo - George and Andrew - jointly called Wham! Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091897628
- ISBN
- 9780091897628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
Paperback. For any football fan, this is the definitive biography of the man known during his Celtic days as 'Martin the Magnificent'. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782199984
- ISBN
- 9781782199984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.37
€ 10.99
€ 9.37
Paperback. Lina Prokofiev was alone in her Moscow apartment one night when the telephone rang. The caller insisted that she come downstairs to collect a parcel, but when she reached the courtyard she was arrested for treason. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; AVGC6; BGF; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099581789
- ISBN
- 9780099581789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.77
€ 19.00
€ 16.77
Paperback. Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953), arguably the popular composer of the twentieth century, led a life of triumph and tragedy. This book probes beneath the surface of his career and contextualizes his contributions to music on both sides of the nascent Cold War divide. Editor(s): Morrison, Simon. Series: The Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 592 pages, 22 halftones. 39 line illus. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138954
- ISBN
- 9780691138954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGF; BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 159. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSG0013577
- ISBN
- 9780008232627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99