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Biography
Hardback. A three-part memoir from Jean Govoni Salvadore. Num Pages: 160 pages, 75 Colour, 32 B&W. BIC Classification: 1DST; BM; KNSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Glitterati Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780982379929
- ISBN
- 9780982379929
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.02
€ 31.99
€ 29.02
Paperback. El ritmo is a collection of letters from Salvador Rueda to the Catalonian critic Jose Yxart, first published in Madrid in 1894. El ritmo sets out, in a sometimes ironical tone, a panorama of the state of poetry in Spanish at the end of the nineteenth century. Series: Exeter Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 66 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ADS; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 5. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 66
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859894012
- ISBN
- 9780859894012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.18
€ 39.18
Hardcover. Salvador Novo (1904-1974) was a provocative and prolific cultural presence in Mexico City through much of the twentieth century. This book portrays the codes, intrigues, and dynamics of what, decades later, would be called "a gay ghetto." Translator(s): Feitlowitz, Marguerite. Series: Texas Pan American Literature in Translation Series. Num Pages: 210 pages, 1 b&w photo. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADS; BGLA; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292705418
- ISBN
- 9780292705418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.28
€ 40.28
Hardcover. The volume chronicles how in their poetic skirmishes they sharpened and shaped each other's work - Garcia Lorca defending his verses of absence and elegy and his love of tradition while Dali argued for his theories of "Clarity" and "Holy Objectivity" and the unsettling logic of Surrealism. Editor(s): Maurer, Christopher. Translator(s): Maurer, Christopher. Num Pages: 220 pages, 24 color plates. BIC Classification: 2ADS; ACXD7; AFC; AGB; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Swan Isle Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780967880884
- ISBN
- 9780967880884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 31.03
€ 38.99
€ 31.03
Paperback. A definitive and much-admired biography of Thoreau, now made available (and affordable!) in this first-ever paperback edition of Henry Salt's final version. Editor(s): Salt, Henry S.; Hendrick, George; Hendrick, Willene; Oehlschlaeger, Fritz. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; BG; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780252069062
- ISBN
- 9780252069062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.16
€ 31.99
€ 29.16
Hardcover. Salmon P. Chase first gained prominence during the 1840s and 50s as a leader in the anti-slavery movement and as a founder of the Liberty, Free-Soil and Republican parties, before becoming a Senator. This book sets out his correspondence with many prominent political figures of the day. Editor(s): McLure, James P.; Johnsen, Leigh; Leikin, Steve; Ferraro, William M. Num Pages: 576 pages, 8 halftones, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGHA; HBTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1034.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873385084
- ISBN
- 9780873385084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.98€ 52.74
€ 56.98
€ 52.74
Paperback. On Valentine's Day, 1989, Salman Rushdie received a telephone call from a BBC journalist that would change his life forever: Ayatollah Khomeini, a leading Muslim scholar, had issued him with a death sentence. This book offers an account of how he was forced to live in hiding for over a decade. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 136 x 42. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099563440
- ISBN
- 9780099563440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.21
€ 17.99
€ 13.21
Paperback. Celebrated as queen, politician, and lover, Cleopatra remains an object of fascination more than 2,000 years after her death. In this beautifully illustrated new study, Sally-Ann Ashton deconstructs the image of Cleopatra to uncover the complex historical figure behind the myth. Series: Blackwell Ancient Lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, figures, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405113908
- ISBN
- 9781405113908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.22
€ 45.22
Hardback. This is the first biography of Abel-Smith. It takes a historical perspective to analyse the development of health and social welfare systems since the 1950s, exposing the critical impact of long-running debates on poverty and state responsibility, especially in Britain. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: BG; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 166 x 237 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1058.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447314844
- ISBN
- 9781447314844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.36
€ 55.36
Hardcover. A wonderfully honest and deeply accomplished tribute to a complicated, talented mother and writer - 'An Irish writer whose only equal is Elizabeth Bowen' (Bookseller) - by her daughter. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16ppblack-and-white. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 362 x 33. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Virago
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780349007526
- ISBN
- 9780349007526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 7.99€ 6.23
€ 7.99
€ 6.23
The story of a plantation heiress who threw aside convention, joined the Marines, and fought for civil rights Series: Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography. Num Pages: 144 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; 3JJ; BGH; JFFJ; JFFK; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781496806642
- ISBN
- 9781496806642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.44
€ 34.99
€ 29.44
Paperback.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752460710
- ISBN
- 9780752460710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.20
€ 12.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; BGH; JFSR2; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522856682
- ISBN
- 9780522856682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.51
€ 38.99
€ 33.51
Paperback. Investigative journalist Sally Neighbour investigates how an Australian-born woman migrated to Bali and Indonesia, converted to Islam and Jihad, and became a trusted insider to the Jemaah Islamiyah, Taliban and Al Qaeda leaderships, and Osama bin Laden's inner sanctum. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HRH; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221145
- ISBN
- 9780812221145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.23
€ 44.23
Paperback. Sally Morgan is an ordinary woman with an extraordinary gift: she can communicate with the dead. Her first psychic experience was when she heard voices when she was just nine months old. She saw her first ghost when she was five. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VXP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141038490
- ISBN
- 9780141038490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.28
€ 17.99
€ 13.28
Paperback. A three-generation biography of an Australian family. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Fremantle Arts Centre Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780860681489
- ISBN
- 9780860681489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.72
€ 14.99
€ 11.72
Hardcover. Frances Power Cobbe (1822-1904) was one of the most important 19th century British writers and activists. She worked to improve conditions for delinquent girls and for the sick poor, promoted university degrees for women and roused support for the Union during the American Civil War. This is her biography. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: BGH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922713
- ISBN
- 9780813922713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.65€ 50.73
€ 54.65
€ 50.73
Paperback. Eric Liddell was Scotland's finest athlete. At the height of his fame he slipped quietly out of the limelight to become a missionary in China, where he later came to an unpleasant end in a Japanese internment camp. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 124 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752443522
- ISBN
- 9780752443522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.22
€ 17.99
€ 16.22
Paperback. Scottish broadcaster and author Sally Magnusson cared with her two sisters for their mother Mamie during many years of living with dementia. Sad and funny, wise and honest, this deeply intimate account of insidious losses and unexpected joys is also a call to arms that challenges us all to think differently. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BM; MJND; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444751819
- ISBN
- 9781444751819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.72
€ 14.99
€ 11.72
Paperback. Editor(s): Miller, Sally M. Num Pages: 324 pages, illus. BIC Classification: BGA; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826315946
- ISBN
- 9780826315946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.51
€ 38.99
€ 33.51
Paperback. No Matter What is the uplifting true story of an ordinary couple's journey from a diagnosis of infertility to their decision to adopt two children who suffered abuse in their early life. By turns heart-rending, inspiring and hilarious, Sally and Rob's story offers a rare insight into the world of adoptive parents. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849054317
- ISBN
- 9781849054317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.05
€ 19.05
Paperback. The inside story of the Bechtel family and the empire they've controlled since the construction of the Hoover Dam. Num Pages: 464 pages, 2x8pg 4-c inserts;. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGB; KJZ; KNJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781476706474
- ISBN
- 9781476706474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.69
€ 21.99
€ 19.69
Hardback. Dashiell Hammett changed the face of crime fiction. A controversial political activist who stood for civil liberty, he was also a very private man. In this biography, the author uses fresh research, including interviews with Hammett's family and Hellman's heir, to reexamine his life and works. Num Pages: 264 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 8 x 5 x 140. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611457841
- ISBN
- 9781611457841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.64
€ 24.99
€ 20.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 210 x 24. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Arcade Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628726107
- ISBN
- 9781628726107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61