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Paperback. This sombre biography of an urban slave who taught himself to read and write, and who ultimately achieved fame as a poet in Cuba's slave society, is presented in both Spanish and English. There is an introduction which sets the text in its historical and cultural context. Translator(s): Garfield, Evelyn Picon. Series: Latin American Literature & Culture S. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, 1 facsim. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADS; BGA; DSBD; HBTS; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Wayne State University Press United States
Edition
Bilingual Ed
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814325384
ISBN
9780814325384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.46

Paperback. .
Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846689567
ISBN
9781846689567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 726. Clean copy in dustwrapper. DW has some edge wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
SKU
KRA0009984
ISBN
9780674719583
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Arriving at the port of New York in 1882, a 27-years-old Oscar Wilde quipped he had nothing to declare but my genius. This narrative reveals that Wilde was underselling himself. Num Pages: 264 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066960
ISBN
9780674066960
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 796 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 45. Weight in Grams: 865.
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812975703
ISBN
9780812975703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.69

Hardback. Few books explore in such a comprehensive fashion the political, economic, ideological, diplomatic, and technological dimensions of this defining moment in world history. Num Pages: 448 pages, 6, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; BGL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801897696
ISBN
9780801897696
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.06

Hardback. Illustrates the sophistication and effectiveness of Martin Luther King, Jr, one of America's best-known advocates for peace and justice, and the organizations he led. This book also look into the surprising emergence of the sit-in protests that sparked the social struggles of the 1960s. Editor(s): Carson, Clayborne; Armstrong, Tenisha; Carson, Susan; Clay, Adrienne; Taylor, Kieran. Num Pages: 703 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 183 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1665.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
703
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520242395
ISBN
9780520242395
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.70
€ 57.54

Hardcover. Martin Luther King, Jr's ideas - his call for racial equality, his faith in the ultimate triumph of justice, his insistence on the power of nonviolence to bring about a major transformation of American society - are as vital and timely as ever. This book chronicles the Montgomery bus boycott of 1956. Editor(s): Carson, Clayborne; Burns, Stewart; Carson, Susan; Holloran, Peter. Series: Martin Luther King Papers. Num Pages: 598 pages, 49 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; BG; DNF; JFSL3; JPVH; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 190 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1306.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
598
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520079526
ISBN
9780520079526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.70
€ 57.54

Hardcover.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Bookman Associates, Inc. New York
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1955
SKU
KLN0005669
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 20.99
€ 4.99

Hardback. In this wry and insightful memoir, distinguished American diplomat John Paton Davies, Jr. describes his upbringing and wartime adventures in Asia, encounters with key twentieth-century figures from Mahatma Gandhi to Joseph Stalin, and how he carried on after his Foreign Service career was cut short by McCarthyism. Series: Haney Foundation Series. Num Pages: 376 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 728.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812244014
ISBN
9780812244014
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.25

Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), ports. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 962.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Winterhouse Editions United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781884381263
ISBN
9781884381263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.64

Paperback. Through biographies of China's most colorful and famous personalities, this book displays the five-thousand-year sweep of Chinese history from the legendary sage emperors to the tragedy of Tiananmen Square. It is written for the general public curious about China and for the student beginning to study its rich cultural heritage. Num Pages: 440 pages, 12 line illus. 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 233 x 27. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691155876
ISBN
9780691155876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. Tracing its beginnings as an underground society which sprang up six hundred years ago in Sicily, to the Mob which went on to run organised crime throughout Italy and America, this work tells the story of one of the most mythical and misunderstood criminal organisation. Num Pages: 496 pages, 8 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Virgin Books London
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753518205
ISBN
9780753518205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Editor(s): Gates, W E B Du Bois Professor of the Humanities and Director of the W E B Du Bois Institute for Afro American Research Henry Louis, Jr., Jr. (W E B Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research Harvard University Harvard University Harvard University Harvard University Harvard University Harvard University Harvard University Harvard University Harvard University Harvard University); Gates, Jr Henry, Louis. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 173 x 41. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Signet
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780451532138
ISBN
9780451532138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, Part-Opener Photos throughout. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 204 x 19. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780307717733
ISBN
9780307717733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.38

Hardback. An intimate, inside look at the life of Sarah Palin as told by those who know her best. Num Pages: 272 pages, 32 pags of colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455516285
ISBN
9781455516285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.01

Paperback. A collection of memoirs of eleven historians who, born around the time of World War II, helped to transform both their discipline and the broader world of American higher education. Editor(s): Banner, James M., Jr.; Gillis, John R. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; HBAH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226036588
ISBN
9780226036588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Hardback. In Bed with the Badge is this generation's Burning Bed. Ms. Joyce and her brother, Raymond, tell the bloodcurdling story of how their father, Ray Sheehan, a retired NYPD detective, turned wife-beating into an art form by utilizing the very tactics he was taught in the police force. Num Pages: 288 pages, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Changing Lives Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780984304714
ISBN
9780984304714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 172 pages, 51 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888395948
ISBN
9780888395948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGHA; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
Edition
1st
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888392947
ISBN
9780888392947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 22.06

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