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Paperback. A memoir of a woman's life on a remote Scottish island - from 19-year-old girl to wife of one to mother of five, hotelier, domestic miracle worker, to empty nester to writer. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKSHL; 3JJP; 3JM; BGA; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
John Murray Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444759600
ISBN
9781444759600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Presenting a journey of resilience, courage, hard work, and sheer will power, this book shows visually on the printed page how Judy, a highly visual thinker, translates her thoughts into words. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
aapc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934575499
ISBN
9781934575499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.93

Hardback. This book is an appreciation of and a close analysis of the films of Stuart Erwin, a versatile, complex actor whose work has for many years been unfairly neglected. Additionally, this study places Erwin's career within a social, cultural, literary, and historical context. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810840225
ISBN
9780810840225
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.34

Hardback. Virginia d'Albert-Lake risked her life saving downed airmen along the Comet escape line that stretched from Belgium to Gibraltar. What distinguished her from other resisters was that she was an American citizen who had the option to return to the safety. This work tells the story of an ordinary American woman's heroism in the French Resistance. Editor(s): Litoff, Judy Barrett. Series: World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 322 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
322
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823225811
ISBN
9780823225811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.90

Paperback. This fascinating book tells the remarkable story of an ordinary American woman's heroism in the French Resistance. Editor(s): Litoff, Judy Barrett. Series: World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 322 pages, 16 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823225828
ISBN
9780823225828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.43

Paperback. Eddie Fung has the distinction of being the only Chinese American soldier to be captured by the Japanese during WWII. This memoir tells how his background helped him endure forty-two months of humiliation and cruelty and how his experiences as the sole Chinese American member of the most decorated Texan unit of any war shaped his later life. Editor(s): Yung, Judy. Num Pages: 227 pages, 37 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJF; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 15. Weight in Grams: 341.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295987545
ISBN
9780295987545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.39

Paperback. In September 2011 Judith Tebbutt and her husband David set out on an adventurous holiday to Kenya. A couple for thirty-three years, they had first met in Zambia: Africa had played a major part in their life together. After a joyous week on safari in the Masai Mara, they flew on to a beach resort forty kilometres south of Somalia. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571303069
ISBN
9780571303069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. Suitable for those who want to put "do unto others" in the centre of their lives and reap the unexpected benefits of happiness and health, this book inspires the reader with the day-to-day journey of meaning, gratification and joy that comes from contributing to the lives of others in so many creative ways. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KOC0022169
ISBN
9780670921133
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. How far would you go to be the perfect mother? In this title, the author recounts one woman's attempt to move her family and her life from cosmopolitan London to rural Northumberland. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Paperback Edition
SKU
KNW0010502
ISBN
9780141033433
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. A history of American women activists. It features biographical essays on feminist Bella Abzug and civil rights visionary Fannie Lou Hamer and a chapter on women environmental activists. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520229655
ISBN
9780520229655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. The story of the splendidly unpredictable Russian dancer who ruffled the feathers of the Bloomsbury set and became the wife of John Maynard Keynes Num Pages: 496 pages, 50. BIC Classification: ASDL; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
W&N
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753825785
ISBN
9780753825785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Hardcover. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; ACX; AMKH; BGF; BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500518663
ISBN
9780500518663
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.27

Paperback. Mary Tudor is often written off as a twisted queen who tried desperately to pull England back to the Catholic Church that was so dear to her mother, and sent many to burn at the stake in the process. This biography argues that Mary, neither boring nor basically bloody, was a hard-working, 'hands on', and decisive queen than is commonly recognized. Series: Routledge Historical Biographies. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, figures, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415327213
ISBN
9780415327213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 48.50

Hardback. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; BGH; JFSJ1; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821422328
ISBN
9780821422328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 218 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; BGH; JFSJ1; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821422335
ISBN
9780821422335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Hardcover. A lavishly illustrated retrospective in celebration of the 90th birthday of Judith Kerr, author of The Tiger Who Came to Tea and many other iconic books. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AN; BGL; YNL. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 307 x 239 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1332.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007513215
ISBN
9780007513215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 25.61

Paperback. In the 1950s, shortly after her father's death, Judith Kelly was left in the care of nuns at a Catholic orphanage while her mother searched for a place for them to live. Far from being cared for, Judith found herself in a savage institution where physical, emotional, and sexual abuse was the daily norm. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
New edition
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KRF0037359
ISBN
9780747587149
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This is the extraordinary saga of Countess Evelina van Millingen Pisani, a modern woman who lived in the age of Queen Victoria. A friend of Henry James and Isabella Stewart Gardner, she led a rich but turbulent life that spanned from Rome to Constantinople and Venice. Num Pages: 176 pages, 30 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; BGH; HBTB; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781555934
ISBN
9781781555934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.07

Hardback. Editor(s): Giesberg, Judith. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JH; BM; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 213 x 23. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271063676
ISBN
9780271063676
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.30
€ 55.51

Paperback. Editor(s): Giesberg, Judith. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JH; BM; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271063683
ISBN
9780271063683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.32

Paperback. The Macdonald sisters - Alice, Georgiana, Agnes and Louisa - started life among the ranks of the lower-middle classes. But as wives and mothers they made a single family of the poet Rudyard Kipling, the Pre-Raphaelite painter Edward Burne-Jones, Edward Poynter, and the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin. This title presents Macdonald sisters' story. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations, tables, portraits, notes, index. BIC Classification: BGH; DSBF; DSK; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140284898
ISBN
9780140284898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.70

Paperback. Simon Forman was one of the extraordinary personalities of Elizabethan and Jacobean London. Like most doctors, he was also an astrologer, reading the stars for all and sundry. This book uncovers Forman's private world, that of a compulsive womaniser who kept a coded diary, a record of promiscuity as colourful as the journals of Pepys and Boswell. Num Pages: 240 pages, facsimiles, , portraits. BIC Classification: BGH; MBX; VXFA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188. Light shelf wear, else as new.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KTG0021070
ISBN
9780099289623
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Truran United Kingdom
Number of pages
277
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850221265
ISBN
9781850221265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.51

Hardcover. The untold tale of Mathilde Wesendonck, the muse of many of Richard Wagner s greatest works Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Amadeus Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574674910
ISBN
9781574674910
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.11

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