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This is the autobiography of Xie Bingying (1906-2000), providing a portrait of a woman fighting to free herself from the constraints of ancient Chinese tradtion amid the changes that shook China during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. Translator(s): Brissman, Lily Chia; Brissman, Barry. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; BGA; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 226 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231122504
- ISBN
- 9780231122504
Condition: New
€ 71.50
€ 71.50
Hardback. This is a study of Wu Li's life and art works in biographical sequence, which focuses on his intellectual development and how it affected his artistic creation. It examines selected pieces in both philosophical and pictorial terms. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index, illustrations, notes. BIC Classification: AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761818434
- ISBN
- 9780761818434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.27
€ 128.27
Paperback. Xiaomei Martell was born on the borders of the Mongolian steppes just two years before Mao launched the Cultural Revolution that was to change China forever. The youngest of four daughters - her name translates as 'Little Sister' - her family had few material goods. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BM; JFC; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099532095
- ISBN
- 9780099532095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.22
€ 11.99
€ 10.22
Hardcover. Features the experiences of American, Chinese, Russian, Korean, and Vietnamese veterans from the Vietnam War, representing the views of both anti-Communist and Communist participants, including Chinese officers of the PLA, a Russian missile-training instr Num Pages: 296 pages, 22 photos, 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; BGH; HBWS2; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813125923
- ISBN
- 9780813125923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.45
€ 39.45
Paperback. A successful New York madam frankly discusses her life, customers, and problems with the law. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- ReganBooks,U.S.
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 30th Anniversary ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060014162
- ISBN
- 9780060014162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.58
€ 19.99
€ 17.58
Paperback. Translator(s): Sartarelli, Stephen. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 101. .
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811222105
- ISBN
- 9780811222105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.02
€ 17.99
€ 16.02
hardcover. An autobiography of composer and pianist Xaver Scharwenka (1850-1924), which originally appeared in German in 1922 (Leipzig). It includes an introduction providing an overview of Scharwenka's life and work, a comprehensive discography, and a CD of representative selections of Scharwenka's musical compositions. Translator(s): Petig, William E. Num Pages: 186 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810856691
- ISBN
- 9780810856691
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.37
€ 159.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages, maps. BIC Classification: BGHA; BGLA; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Paul Dry Books, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Trade Paper Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589880849
- ISBN
- 9781589880849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.82
€ 24.82
Paperback. A biography of Ewan McGregor. Num Pages: 224 pages, 24pp photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153. . 224pp. Keywords: Actors & Actresses, Entertainers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chameleon London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- SKU
- KHS0068658
- ISBN
- 9780233994109
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 7.99€ 4.99
€ 7.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. They called him the 'angriest black man in America' ..Malcolm X inspired many people in the United States. This autobiography, tells of a young, disenfranchised man whose descent into drug addition, robbery and prison was only reversed by his belief in the rights struggle for black America, and his conversion to the Nation of Islam. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141032726
- ISBN
- 9780141032726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.29
€ 14.99
€ 12.29
Paperback. The first book about a much-loved and highly influential performer, songwriter, and producer. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 black and white in plate section. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Jawbone Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908279729
- ISBN
- 9781908279729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.79
€ 19.99
€ 14.79
Paperback. St Claude Avenue, the main street in New Orleans' Ninth Ward, lies between Piety and Desire. Brother-and-sister team Arlet and Sam Wylie talk about their regular and irregular life on the rough-and-tumble street, living above a neighborhood store. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 204 x 6. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of New Orleans Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608010400
- ISBN
- 9781608010400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.34
€ 16.99
€ 15.34
paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Sports Publishing LLC United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781613213094
- ISBN
- 9781613213094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.85
€ 20.99
€ 17.85
Paperback. Caryll Houselander (1901-54), an English Catholic laywoman, artist, and visionary, was driven by a strong identification with the poor that enabled her to proclaim the 'Christing of the World.' This book interweaves texts and images into an encounter with a woman, a 'divine eccentric,' and a gifted reader of souls. Editor(s): Wright, Wendy M. Series: Modern Spiritual Masters. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 209 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Orbis Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570756030
- ISBN
- 9781570756030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.35
€ 21.99
€ 20.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Monday Books
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- KNW0008964
- ISBN
- 9780955285479
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
hardcover. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810832770
- ISBN
- 9780810832770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.60
€ 85.60
Paperback. Series: Paint by Sticker. BIC Classification: AGZ; APB; AVGP; BGF; VFJS; VXM; WF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Workman Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Csm Stk
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781523500130
- ISBN
- 9781523500130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.44
€ 18.44
Paperback. It was at Wounded Knee, that Vietnam vet Woody Kipp realized that he, as an American Indian, had become the enemy, the Viet Cong, to a country that he had defended with his life. This memoir tells the story of the long trail that led Kipp from the Blackfeet Reservation of his birth to a terrible moment of reckoning on the plains of South Dakota. Series: American Indian Lives. Num Pages: 176 pages, 7 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5334 x 3633 x 10. Weight in Grams: 205.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803216419
- ISBN
- 9780803216419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.38
€ 16.99
€ 16.38
Paperback. An autobiography of Woody Guthrie, founder of modern American folk music. This book presents a cynical, earthy and tragic account of his life in an Oklahoma oil-boom town, of the Depression that followed, and of his subsequent travels in, on, and under trains, in stolen cars and on his feet, round an America going rotten from the top downwards. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141187228
- ISBN
- 9780141187228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. Editor(s): Bjorkman, Stig. Num Pages: 432 pages, 70 illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 32. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571223176
- ISBN
- 9780571223176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.36
€ 26.99
€ 18.36