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Paperback. A biography of Paul Bowles, the famously enigmatic writer-composer. It questions the biographer's role, the subject's credibility, and the very nature of 'truth' in the telling of a life. It talks of Bowles' difficult childhood and of his grief over his wife's - the author Jane Bowles, who died in 1973 - illness, of exile, dreams, and madness. Num Pages: 354 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; AVH; BGF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520224933
ISBN
9780520224933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. Colin Miller chronicles developments of the 1940s and '50s through the eyes of a Norfolk schoolboy and teenager. Series: In Old Photographs. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; 3JJPG; BT; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750942478
ISBN
9780750942478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.52

Hardcover. Clean copy. Fine in dustjacket. DJ has some wear and tear to edges but remains good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Parragon Book Service Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KOC0021761
ISBN
9781407562612
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Nice copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Parragon Book Service Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0246904
ISBN
9781407562612
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: BGXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 249.
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Later Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345495792
ISBN
9780345495792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.01

Hardback. Here we have the compelling biography of Lady Lucy Houston DBE, campaigner for women's rights, ardent champion of Winston Churchill and devoted Royal Air Force patron. Num Pages: 248 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 241 x 24. Weight in Grams: 850.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473879362
ISBN
9781473879362
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.56

Hardback. Cleopatra - a brave, astute, and charming woman - continues to fascinate centuries after she ruled Egypt. This title includes essays that explore such topics as Cleopatra's controversial trip to Rome, her suicide by snake bite, and the afterlife of her love potions. Editor(s): Miles, Margaret M. Num Pages: 250 pages, 28 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; BGH; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472. A Sphinx Revisited. 250 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Miles, Margaret M. Cleopatra - a brave, astute, and charming woman - continues to fascinate centuries after she ruled Egypt. This title includes essays that explore such topics as Cleopatra's controversial trip to Rome, her suicide by snake bite, and the afterlife of her love potions. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; BGH; HBJH; HBLA. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 21. Weight: 472.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
250
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520243675
ISBN
9780520243675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.23
€ 45.72

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781416556305
ISBN
9781416556305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 148 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFG; BGH; HBJD; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Progressive Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780930852863
ISBN
9780930852863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. Editor(s): Gleason, Mildred Diane; Tarver, H. Micheal, Ph.D. Num Pages: 153 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 162 x 11. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
153
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626184633
ISBN
9781626184633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.00
€ 70.11

Paperback. In late 1942, along with so many others who signed up to support the war effort, thirty-year-old Mildred Radawiec left a comfortable position as a nurse at the University of Michigan Hospital and postponed her marriage to a soon-to-be doctor to volunteer as a surgical nurse in the major battle theaters of the war. Num Pages: 454 pages, 43 b&w photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BM; HBWQ; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
454
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472033317
ISBN
9780472033317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.12

Hardcover. Mil Penner was brought up on a Mennonite family farm in Section 27 in McPherson County, Kansas. In this collection of vignettes, he traces the influence of pioneer roots on the present generation as he chronicles the transformation of the land from untouched prairie to productive farm. Num Pages: 232 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; HRCZ; KNAC; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700611966
ISBN
9780700611966
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGH; GTJ; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
Just World Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781682570029
ISBN
9781682570029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.79

Paperback. When the Nazis invaded Hungary in 1944, they sent virtually the entire Jewish population to Auschwitz. A Hungarian Jew and a medical doctor, Dr Miklos Nyiszli was spared from death for a grimmer fate: to perform scientific research on his fellow inmates under the supervision of the infamous Angel of Death: Dr Josef Mengele. Translator(s): Kremer, Tibere; Sevear, Richard. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 200 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141392219
ISBN
9780141392219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

paperback. * This is the autobiography of Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the world's most famous gun, the AK-47. * Offers a fascinating history of the weapon's development and spread throughout the world, as well as a window into the turbulent history of Russian in the twentieth century. * Contains over 30 halftones. Translator(s): Brown, Andrew. Num Pages: 202 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745636924
ISBN
9780745636924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.62

paperback. Mikhail Gorbachev is the man who changed everything. It was Gorbachev's initiative that raised the Iron Curtain; his actions that resulted in one of the era's most symbolic events, the demolition on the Berlin Wall; his reforms that set in train events leading to the fall of Communism. This book tells the human story. Num Pages: 1056 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 61. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Doubleday
Number of pages
1056
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385613293
ISBN
9780385613293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.22

Paperback. Translation of: Undulbas kerees; originally published in 1864 in Radlov's anthology Samples of the national literatures of the Turkic peoples; published in 1894 in an expanded version in the Moscow missionary journal Orthodox news (no. 5). Translator(s): Warden, John. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGA; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Holy Trinity Publications
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884651840
ISBN
9780884651840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.38

Paperback. This selection from the diaries and letters of the Bulgakovs, mostly translated for the first time into English, provides an insightful glimpse into a fascinating period of Russian history and literature, telling the tragic tale of the fate of an artist under a totalitarian regime. Translator(s): Cockrell, Roger. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BGLA; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 222 x 33. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847496058
ISBN
9781847496058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Gypsy Boy is the first commercial memoir written by someone on the inside of the notoriously secretive culture of the Romany Gypsies. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340977989
ISBN
9780340977989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. The follow-up to the Number 1 bestseller, GYPSY BOY. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444720228
ISBN
9781444720228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

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