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Biography

Paperback. Penelope Fitzgerald's fascinating portrait of the tragic poet and her life at the heart of the Bloomsbury set. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007142743
ISBN
9780007142743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.45

Paperback. In a remote outpost of Now Zad, in Helmand Province, Pen Farthing's tour of duty will change his life forever, but for entirely unexpected reasons ..Appalled by the horrors of a local dog fight, he intervenes to free the victims. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; BM; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091928810
ISBN
9780091928810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. When Pen Farthing brings stray dogs Nowzad and Tali back from his tour of Afghanistan, little does he know what he has begun. Suddenly he has four dogs to look after - two of whom have never been housetrained. And soon he is inundated with requests from other Marines and soldiers to help bring their rescued dogs home. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1FCA; BM; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091928841
ISBN
9780091928841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.90

Paperback. The SUNDAY TIMES number 1 bestseller -- the extraordinary life story of the greatest footballer ever to play the game. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2 x 16 plates. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781416511212
ISBN
9781416511212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.44

paperback. Storytelling kept alive the myths, legends, and history of the Blasket Islands, which are three miles off Irelands Dingle Peninsula. In her old age, Peig Sayers, 'the Queen of Gaelic storytellers', recounted her life to her son, who recorded the tale in this book. She recalls the events of her life and her simple philosophy. Translator(s): Ennis, Seamus. Num Pages: 160 pages, endpaper map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124. Clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1961
Publisher
Oxford University Press London
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KOG0006448
ISBN
9780192812391
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

paperback. Storytelling kept alive the myths, legends, and history of the Blasket Islands, which are three miles off Irelands Dingle Peninsula. In her old age, Peig Sayers, 'the Queen of Gaelic storytellers', recounted her life to her son, who recorded the tale in this book. She recalls the events of her life and her simple philosophy. Translator(s): Ennis, Seamus. Num Pages: 160 pages, endpaper map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124. Some light shelf wear, otherwise a very good copy.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1961
Publisher
Oxford University Press London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF2232752
ISBN
9780192812391
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Despite Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and pervasive discrimination, a substantial number of African Americans entered the middle class before World War I. This was a life of college graduations, formal weddings, and singing around the piano in the parlor. Peggy Wood was born into such a world in 1912. This is her memoir. Num Pages: 152 pages, 17 black-&-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFFJ; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608776
ISBN
9780815608776
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 12.50

Paperback. An amazing, best of collection of writing by beloved Wall Street Journal columnist and New York Times bestselling author Peggy Noonan. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; DNJ; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455563135
ISBN
9781455563135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.45

Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 295 color & 12 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 225 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1176.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764321443
ISBN
9780764321443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 24.89

Paperback. A sweeping biography of the legendary Spanish queen who was patron of Christopher Columbus, brought the Inquisition to Spain, expelled the Jews from the Iberian Peninsula, and was mother of the first wife of King Henry VIII. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 496 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 36. Weight in Grams: 754.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
492
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812218978
ISBN
9780812218978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.30

Paperback. A memoir of a mother's experience of raising both a gay son and a gay, transgender son that acknowledges her own upbringing in an adopted family. Through the personal narrative of raising children from birth to adulthood, the author offers insights and further resources for other parents of LGBT children. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFSJ5; JFSK2; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785927485
ISBN
9781785927485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 255 pages, 200 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; BM; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 205 x 19. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873516402
ISBN
9780873516402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.84

Hardcover. Containing various articles written by friends and colleagues of Professor Mogens Pedersen, this title features the theme: elite, parties and democracy. Editor(s): Beukel, Erik; Klausen, Kurt Klaudi; Mouritzen, Poul Erik. Num Pages: 342 pages, tables. BIC Classification: BG; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 183 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1044.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
Edition
UK ed.
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9788778385062
ISBN
9788778385062
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.17

Hardcover. No one could have imagined that when Rachel Nickell went for a walk on Wimbledon Common with her son, it would have resulted in such an appalling crime. This is the inside story of the case, including letters between the police and the chief suspect. Num Pages: 416 pages, 16pp colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162. Weight in Grams: 763. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on dustwrapper but otherwise clean
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Blake Publishing
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0005137
ISBN
9781903402511
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Peary, the wife of celebrated arctic explorer Robert E. Peary, joined her husband on his 1891-92 expedition to the Arctic Circle. Num Pages: 312 pages, 67. BIC Classification: 1MTN; BGH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815411987
ISBN
9780815411987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.53

Paperback. Drugs, misery and rock and roll.. the totally candid story of how one woman's addiction to a glamorous life turned into a nightmare and how she brought herself back from the point of no return. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp colour. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 19. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340933206
ISBN
9780340933206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.20

Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: AVGU; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 263 x 18. Weight in Grams: 880.
Publisher
Akashic Books,U.S.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781617753572
ISBN
9781617753572
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 43.70

Hardback. A book about accepting yourself - and your body - and embracing your true identity. It intends to inspire those suffering from an eating disorder as well as those affected by someone close to them who has one. Num Pages: 199 pages. BIC Classification: BG; VFJJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Globe Pequot Press United States
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762748969
ISBN
9780762748969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.60

Paperback. Read the heartwarming story of Pea Horsley, the UK's first professional animal communicator, as she tracks lost animals, tackles troublesome pets and helps people to truly understand their devoted friends. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007326600
ISBN
9780007326600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.61

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bene Factum Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909657625
ISBN
9781909657625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.77

Hardback. Covers a year of Pavel Weiner's life in the Theresienstadt transit camp in the Czech town of Terezin from April 1944 until liberation in April 1945. A Boy in Terezin registers the young boy's insights, hopes, and fears and recounts a passage into maturity during the most horrifying of times. Translator(s): Weiner, Paul; Weiner, Karen. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGHA; BJ; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810127791
ISBN
9780810127791
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.21

Paperback. Country by country, historians follow the routes taken by Che Guevara on his two trips across Latin America in the early 1950s. Editor(s): Drinot, Paulo. Num Pages: 4 photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJPG; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822347675
ISBN
9780822347675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.35

Hardback. This full, critical edition of the Pauline Wengeroff's Memoirs of a Grandmother uses women's experience to depict the emergence of Jewish modernity in Russia in the nineteenth century and comment upon the role of gender in shaping Jewish experience. Translator(s): Magnus, Shulamit S. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: BG; BM; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804768795
ISBN
9780804768795
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.56

Paperback. * Important study of women and power in medieval England. * Sets biographical study of two early English queens in social and political context. * Draws on latest research in womena s and feminist history as anthropology. * Provides insights into structure of medieval rule. . Num Pages: 384 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; 3H; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631227380
ISBN
9780631227380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 49.56

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