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Biography

Hardcover. Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) was, with Calder, Noguchi and David Smith, one of the great American sculptors of the 20th century. She created extraordinary work, from room-size installations composed of boxes to gnarled and majestic steel structures. This book tells her life story. Num Pages: 528 pages, 100 illustrations, 34 in colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKB; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 248 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1092.
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500094013
ISBN
9780500094013
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.50

A history of the women who served Russia as wartime nurses during the Great War, featuring heretofore untold and highly compelling stories, filled with danger and deprivation, excitement and opportunity, sorrow and trauma, scandal and controversy. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; BK; HBWN; MBX; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 825.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700621255
ISBN
9780700621255
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH; BGFA; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609804244
ISBN
9781609804244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.55

Paperback. Growing up amongst the fields and woods and characters of the place, this memoir is about the authors childhood in a remote Cotswold village, a village before electricity or cars, a timeless place on the verge of change. It also depicts a world that is both immediate and real and belongs to a now-distant past. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWG; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
Edition
New Ed
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099285663
ISBN
9780099285663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 196 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241243671
ISBN
9780241243671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. Andalusia is a passion - and fifteen years after his last visit Laurie Lee returned. He found a country broken by the Civil War, but the totems of indestructible Spain survive: the Christ in agony, the thrilling flamenco cry - the pride in poverty, the gypsy intensity in vivid whitewashed slums, and the cult of the bullfight. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099479710
ISBN
9780099479710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. The stooping figure of my mother, waist-deep in the grass and caught there like a piece of sheep's wool, was the last I saw of my country home as I left it to discover the world' Abandoning the Cotswolds village that raised him, the young Laurie Lee walks to London. There he makes a living labouring and playing the violin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; BM; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241953280
ISBN
9780241953280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Selected from the book Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. Also in the Vintage Minis series: Liberty by Virginia Woolf Eating by Nigella Lawson Swimming by Roger Deakin Drinking by John Cheever Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWG; BM; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 110. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784872922
ISBN
9781784872922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.78

Paperback. The author was still a young man when he decided to fight for the Republican cause in Spain's civil war. But though he braved icy, storm-swept mountains alone to contact Republican sympathisers, he was immediately suspected of being a Nationalist spy. This title tells the story of his experiences as a Republican soldier. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; BM; HBWP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241953297
ISBN
9780241953297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. Presents a sequence of early recollections, beginning with the dazzling lights and sounds of my first footings on earth in a steep Cotswold valley some three miles long. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241953273
ISBN
9780241953273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.86

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803280465
ISBN
9780803280465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.73

Hardback. How a New Englander became a princess, made literary history, and helped create Italy s most romantic garden." Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 839.
Publisher
McGill-Queen´s University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773548183
ISBN
9780773548183
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.89

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BTC; VFDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
SelectBooks
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590792698
ISBN
9781590792698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.85

Paperback. Presents the autobiography of Laurent Fignon, who is one of the charismatic cyclists of all time. This book shows his fans the glimpse of what really went on behind the scenes of this epic sport: the friendships, the rivalries, the betrayals, the scheming, the parties, the girls, and, the performance-enhancing drugs. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Yellow Jersey Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224083195
ISBN
9780224083195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.27

Paperback. Reveals Laurens van der Post's extraordinary and eventful life. This book is a distillation of the experiences that have moved him at the deepest level of the imagination and made him the exceptional person and writer he was. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099429852
ISBN
9780099429852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear. VAN DER POST
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
PENGUIN
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
SKU
KRF0025024
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Contains the features of the acclaimed Florida edition of the two works of Sterne's last year of life, "A Sentimental Journey" and "Continuation of the Bramine's Journal", including a selection of its notes. Several additional documents provide context for understanding these works in relation to Sterne's life and other writings. Editor(s): New, Melvyn; Day, W.G. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BJ; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
252
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208001
ISBN
9780872208001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.85

Paperback. Biography...Michael Davitt. 314pp. First paperback edition
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Four Courts Press Ltd
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
9781846822650
ISBN
9781846822650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.88

Paperback. Series: The Iroquois and Their Neighbours. Num Pages: 232 pages, 31 black & white illustrations, 4 maps, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; JFSL9; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610793
ISBN
9780815610793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJPN; BTC; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062458360
ISBN
9780062458360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.35

Paperback. The writings of the Marquis de Sade have attained notoriety in the canon of world literature. Sade himself is often celebrated as a heroic apostle of individual rights and a giant of philosophical thought. In this detailed work, Laurence Bongie tests these claims. Num Pages: 348 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DNF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226064215
ISBN
9780226064215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.60

Paperback. "A richly detailed story that is equal parts heartbreaking, inspiring .. and full of fascinating science .. masterful."-San Francisco Chronicle Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: BTP; WGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 209 x 31. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393351262
ISBN
9780393351262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.34

Paperback. Paul Green was winner of a Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1927 and helped bring southern writing to the attention of the world. This volume features Green's drama and fiction, with texts of three plays and six short stories. His life is also outlined and examined by Laurence Avery. Series: Chapel Hill Books. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustration, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DNF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0228250
ISBN
9780807847084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; PSVT7; TVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 242 x 20. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Dexter Haven
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903660171
ISBN
9781903660171
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.85

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