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Paperback. Celebrates the special circumstance of being born and reared in a household where being a woman of mixed race could be a fundamental source of strength, vitality, and courage. This book traces Day Shepherd's journey to Bronzeville, the epicenter of black Chicago during the first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 200 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; BG; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 181 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226318233
ISBN
9780226318233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.45

Paperback. Follows the highly successful hardback edition published by Sandstone Press in 2015 Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: AVGH; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Publisher
Sandstone Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
390
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910985069
ISBN
9781910985069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.41

Paperback. Messrs Barker and Corbett kept a nation laughing for two decades, and despite the work that went into writing, rehearsing and broadcasting almost a hundred episodes to millions of viewers each week, the pair never shared a cross word. This work tells the story of their rise from theatre, through The Frost Report and into their own legendary show. Num Pages: 336 pages, col. Illustrations, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141028040
ISBN
9780141028040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. 192 pages, Illustrations, ports. It is 1963. South Africa is in crisis and the white state is under siege. On 19 August the dreaded Security Police swoop on Griggs bookstore in downtown Durban and arrest Eleanor, the daughter of the manageress. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGH. Dimension: 210 x 149 x 14. Weight: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Jacana Media
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781770098909
ISBN
9781770098909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.59

Paperback. World Snooker Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan's frank and honest account of his astonishingly dramatic life. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409147398
ISBN
9781409147398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Davey Sommers' shocking, raw, real and violent story as told to Ronnie Thompson Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Headline Review
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755319879
ISBN
9780755319879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

Paperback. What really goes on behind bars - the truth about life as a prison officer Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 312. Good clean copy with some minor wear to the cover.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Headline Review
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KTG0011156
ISBN
9780755316663
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A candid, no-holds-barred romp through forty years of drugs, sex and rock n roll Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main Market
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330445047
ISBN
9780330445047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.77

Paperback. With all the SEALs' recent successes, we have been getting a level of attention we are not used to. It's been flattering but something important has been missing from the discussion. This book offers an insight into the extreme bravery, borderline lunacy, and touching camaraderie of this elite brotherhood. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTM; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552169868
ISBN
9780552169868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Hardback. An heartbreakingly honest and deeply moving memoir in the words of the son, his wife and his mother of her battle with cancer, from one of the UK's best loved travel writers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; BM; VFJB; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849018579
ISBN
9781849018579
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 744 pages, 32 pp. illus.; maps; plans. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 143 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1004.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300205480
ISBN
9780300205480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.68

Paperback. Disappointment is temporary; regret is forever. Love with all your heart were just some of the lessons that the author's dad, Bob Hoskins, taught her. In the years following his death, they are words that she keeps close to her heart. Remembering the times they shared together and featuring interviews with those who knew and worked with her dad. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APF; APT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784755737
ISBN
9781784755737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Remembering the times they shared together and featuring interviews with those who knew and worked with her dad - including Judi Dench, Ray Winstone and Robert Zemeckis, the author presents a revealing portrait of one of the country's best-loved actors, and a moving story of a close bond between father and daughter. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 386.
Number of pages
240
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9780091959074
ISBN
9780091959074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 6.00

Paperback. Testimonial text by a Mapuche woman, with commentary and other ethnographic interventions by a US historian. Editor(s): Mallon, Florencia E. Num Pages: 392 pages, 36 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; BG; JFSJ1; JFSL9; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5741 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822329626
ISBN
9780822329626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: BG; MB; MX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 121 x 14. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
B Jain Publishers Pvt Ltd India
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9788170216858
ISBN
9788170216858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.99
€ 6.68

Paperback. .
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849056014
ISBN
9781849056014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.66

paperback. In November 1910, Count Lev Tolstoy died at a remote Russian railway station attended by the world's media. Tolstoy's War and Peace and Anna Karenina are considered two of the greatest novels ever written. This book offers a fresh perspective on his extraordinary life and times. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781251911
ISBN
9781781251911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.23

Hardcover. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKWV; 3JJPR; BGA; RGBP; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 135. .
Publisher
Seren
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781723807
ISBN
9781781723807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.27

Paperback. Series: Documents in American Social History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; HBJK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801482687
ISBN
9780801482687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. Series: Reading Women Writing. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801481840
ISBN
9780801481840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118775011
ISBN
9781118775011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.74

Hardback. Presents Samuel Taylor Coleridge - poet, critic, thinker, plagiarist, cultural omnivore, enchanting companion, feckless husband, fabled conversationalist, guilt-ridden opium addict - in his complexity. This biography shows how Coleridge's writings in verse and prose are especially directly expressive of his opinions and emotions. Series: Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 488 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 846.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631187462
ISBN
9780631187462
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.32

Paperback. * A major account of the life and work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge* Author an authority on Anglo--German cultural connections in the 19th century -- so this book is particularly strong and very accessible too on the German philosophical and literary background. . Series: Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 488 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
NULL
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631207542
ISBN
9780631207542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.44

Paperback. Series: Radical Irish Lives. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGH; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859183090
ISBN
9781859183090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.26

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