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hardcover. From literary journalist Sara Mansfield Taber comes a deep and wondrous memoir of her exotic childhood as the daughter of a covert CIA operative. Born under an Assumed Name portrays the thrilling and confusing life of a girl growing up abroad in a world of secrecy and diplomacy - and the heavy toll it takes on her and her father. Num Pages: 396 pages, 64 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; HBJK; HBTM; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Potomac Books United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597976985
ISBN
9781597976985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.82

Paperback. Apsley Cherry Garrard (1886-1959) was one of the youngest members of Captain Scott's final expedition to the Antarctic. Cherry undertook an epic journey in the Antarctic winter to collect the eggs of the Emperor penguin. This work presents the biography of Cherry. Num Pages: 368 pages, facsimiles, illustrations, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1MTS; BGH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099437536
ISBN
9780099437536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Conservationist, scholar, soldier, white hunter and fabled lover - Denys Finch Hatton was an aristocrat of leonine nonchalance. This book reveals the truth behind the author's love affairs with the glamorous aviatrix Beryl Markham, and - famously - with Karen Blixen, a romance immortalized in her memoir Out of Africa. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 3JJ; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing London
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099450276
ISBN
9780099450276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

paperback. How to get on well with people, how to adjust to losing someone you love? How to live? This question obsessed Renaissance nobleman Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-92), who wrote free-roaming explorations of his thought. This biography of Montaigne relates the story of his life by way of the questions he posed and the answers he explored. Num Pages: 400 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099485155
ISBN
9780099485155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. 'I hadn't been in Hackney for 24 hours but I knew that the way I saw life and people had changed forever. There was such goodness here but there was a sadness I had never imagined before, and it wasn't even lunchtime yet ..' Num Pages: 352 pages, (1 x 8pp plate section). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; BM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 300. Some light shelf wear else as new.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KTG0002248
ISBN
9780007520077
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 80 pages, 15 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BG; DNF; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 107 x 178. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781477309490
ISBN
9781477309490
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
CavanKerry Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933880389
ISBN
9781933880389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.41

Paperback. King George VI reigned through taxing times. Acceding to the throne upon his brother's abdication, he was immediately confronted with the turmoil in European politics leading up to the Second World War, then the War itself, followed by a period of austerity, social transformation and loss of Empire. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 704 pages, geneal. tables. BIC Classification: BGR; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 47. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241956090
ISBN
9780241956090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.73

Paperback. Jackie Bouvier's privileged upbringing instilled rigid self-control, while her expedient marriage into the Kennedy clan consolidated her determination. This book deals with private Jackie - neglected wife, vigilant mother, obsessive shopper and working widow. Num Pages: 704 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 134 x 46. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241967430
ISBN
9780241967430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

Paperback. Elizabeth II has lived through Abdication, the Blitz and World War Two, the sex and spy scandals of the swinging sixties, the Cold War and the nuclear threat and the Fall of the Berlin Wall. She has known 11 US Presidents including JFK and Ronald Reagan, and other world leaders like President Mandela and Pope John XXII. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; BGR; HBJD1; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Viking
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780670919123
ISBN
9780670919123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Unravels Elizabeth's family secrets - how she was influenced by her father; her troubled relationships with her children; the story of her difficult marriage; and how this remarkable monarch has coped with the pressures of being a mother who is also the most famous woman in the world. Num Pages: 616 pages, illustrations, genealogy, tables. BIC Classification: BGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin Books
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141006550
ISBN
9780141006550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307387981
ISBN
9780307387981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.10

Hardcover. This book explores the gender politics of the reign of Mary I of England from her coronation to her funeral and examines the ways in which the queen and her supporters used language, royal ceremonies, and images to bolster her right to rule and define her image as queen. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DD; 3JB; BGR; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230341043
ISBN
9780230341043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; 3JH; BM; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 5. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Globe Pequot Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493023165
ISBN
9781493023165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.49

paperback. In this nuanced portrait of Athelstan, Sarah Foot offers the first full account of the king ever written. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 284 pages, b/w pls. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300187717
ISBN
9780300187717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 19.04

Paperback. In 'Slave Girl', Sarah Forsyth told the heart-rending story of her ordeal as a young woman sex-trafficked to Amsterdam, and also how she found the courage to get away. In this sequel she tells the story of her mental journey to rid herself of the after-effects of sex slavery, and her painful journey to find the sex slaves she left behind. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782192268
ISBN
9781782192268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Hardcover.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Jonathan Cape London
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st
SKU
KNW0008125
ISBN
9780224085328
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Hardcover. Disentangles the cult of Angela Carter as 'the fairy godmother of magical realism'. Drawing on Carter's own autobiographical articles as well as her novels and short stories, this study examines her engagement with topical issues, assessing the relationship between her life, her times and her art. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 896.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333992937
ISBN
9780333992937
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.88

Paperback. Sarah Gamble's compelling study, now available in paperback, disentangles the cult of Angela Carter as 'the fairy godmother of magical realism' from her own claims to be a materialist and a 'demythologiser' by placing her within the social, political and theoretical context in which she wrote. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DNF; DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230580985
ISBN
9780230580985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.34

Paperback. Niece to Mary, Queen of Scots, granddaughter to the great Tudor dynast Bess of Hardwick, Lady Arbella Stuart was brought up in the belief that she would inherit Elizabeth I's throne.Drawing on contemporary sources, Sarah Gristwood has painted a portrait of a woman in the turbulent years when the Tudor gave way to the Stuart dynasty. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations (some col.), facsims., geneal. tables, map, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553815214
ISBN
9780553815214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

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