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Biography
Paperback. Includes five autobiographical meditations that delves into the author's past, remembering awkward childhood walks with his father, a lifelong obsession with the cinema and fighting in the Italian Resistance against the Fascists. Translator(s): Parks, Tim; Creagh, Patrick; McLaughlin, Martin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 90.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189710
- ISBN
- 9780141189710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. The author was a masterful letter writer whose correspondents included Umberto Eco, Primo Levi, Gore Vidal and Pier Paolo Pasolini. This book offers a collection of his letters. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141198323
- ISBN
- 9780141198323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.88
€ 26.99
€ 18.88
Paperback. Italo Calvino once said that he preferred to give false details about his biography since he felt that even the genuine data of a writer's life shed no light on the creative work. This volume of posthumously collected personal writings is the closest we may ever come to the autobiography of this most private of writers. Translator(s): McLaughlin, Martin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189758
- ISBN
- 9780141189758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Hardback. Translator(s): McLaughlin, Martin. Num Pages: 640 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1020.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691139456
- ISBN
- 9780691139456
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. Illustrated with a range of photographs and engravings - showing the criminals and their crimes, and the towns and villages of Yorkshire in days gone by. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BG; BTC; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 173 x 8. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750947466
- ISBN
- 9780750947466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.45
€ 17.99
€ 16.45
Paperback. How can one experience the trauma of the concentration camps - being reduced to a helpless witness of the brutality of torture, medical experiments, and execution of those around you - how can one survive this and remain the same? This title explores the complex results of this dehumanizing experience. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814715130
- ISBN
- 9780814715130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752452463
- ISBN
- 9780752452463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.54
€ 19.99
€ 18.54
Paperback. The autobiography of Isobel Kuhn, missionary to China. Series: Authentic Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Authentic Lifestyle United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850786238
- ISBN
- 9781850786238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.68
€ 13.99
€ 11.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; JPVH1; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Baraka Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771860406
- ISBN
- 9781771860406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.52
€ 32.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. The first-person account of a 26-year-old who fought in the war in Sierra Leone as a 12-year-old boy. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers London
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007247097
- ISBN
- 9780007247097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.37
€ 15.99
€ 11.37
Paperback. Deeply moved by his mother's memories of a waning era and rapidly disappearing lifestyle, John Ise records the adventures and adversities of his family and boyhood neighbours, the early homesteaders of Osborne County, Kansas, presented here in this work. Num Pages: 408 pages, 37 photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700607754
- ISBN
- 9780700607754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.79
€ 43.79
Paperback. From the moment Karen Blixen arrived in Kenya in 1914 to manage a coffee plantation, her heart belonged to Africa. Drawn to the intense colours and ravishing landscapes, Karen Blixen spent her happiest years on the farm. This book presents her experiences and friendships with the people around her. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183336
- ISBN
- 9780141183336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Random House Inc
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780679600213
- ISBN
- 9780679600213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.89
€ 27.99
€ 22.89
Paperback. Takes up the story of the author when, after war service in the United States, he returns to life as an Oxford don. This title charts years of academic frustration and self-doubt, the intellectual explosion when he moves from philosophy to the history of ideas, his growing national fame as broadcaster and lecturer. Num Pages: 880 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 151 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1066.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 880
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844138340
- ISBN
- 9781844138340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.09
€ 25.99
€ 18.09
Paperback. Publishing some of his work, including Four Essays on Liberty, the author writes on a wide range of topics to a cast of correspondents. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 48. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845952303
- ISBN
- 9781845952303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.96
€ 26.99
€ 18.96
Hardcover. A title covering the period (1960-75), wherein the author publishes some of his most important work, including "Four Essays on Liberty" - the key texts of his liberal pluralism - and the essays later included in "Vico and Herder". He also gives numerous lectures, especially his celebrated Mellon Lectures, published as "The Roots of Romanticism". Num Pages: 704 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: BJ; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 167 x 42. Weight in Grams: 996.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780701185763
- ISBN
- 9780701185763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.47€ 51.62
€ 56.47
€ 51.62
paperback. A remarkable account of a wildly artistic life, finally restored to its unexpurgated form, with a revealing new introduction by Joan Acocella. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: ASD; BGFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780871403186
- ISBN
- 9780871403186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 18.24
€ 22.99
€ 18.24
Paperback. Thinking she is merely checking in on a friend's nonagenarian dad, Isabel Vincent has no idea that the man in the kitchen cooking a sublime meal will end up changing her life. Dinner with Edward is a book about love, nourishment, and how dinner with a friend can, in the words of MFK Fisher, 'sustain us against the hungers of the world.' Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BG. .
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books (division of Workman)
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616206949
- ISBN
- 9781616206949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.74
€ 16.99
€ 14.74
Paperback. 'You know those people who always radiate cheerful optimism? Nauseating aren't they? So proclaims Isabel Losada, Starbucks addict, exercise allergic and self-confessed sceptic as she sets out on the road to enlightenment. This work is suitable for those who have been tempted to dip a toe in the waters of self-discovery. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGXA; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180. Good copy with some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- 4th Impression
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- SKU
- KTG0009019
- ISBN
- 9780747553182
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. She's the Starbucks-addicted, exercise-allergic and self-confessed sceptical author of The Battersea Park Road to Enlightenment - now join Isabel Losada for further travels in the realms of the soul, the senses and the sheer absurdity of life, from a feng shui reading gone hilariously wrong to an ayahuasca ceremony that goes all too right Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Watkins Publishing
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907486395
- ISBN
- 9781907486395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.20
€ 10.99
€ 9.20