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Biography

Paperback. The shocking first true account from one of the young girls who lived through and survived the Rotherham sex abuse scandal. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JMC; BT; JFFE1; JFFE2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008141264
ISBN
9780008141264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. In The Italian Boy, Sarah Wise not only investigates the case of the London Burkers but also, by making use of an incredibly rich archival store, the lives of ordinary lower-class Londoners. Num Pages: 368 pages, 80. BIC Classification: 3JH; BTC; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844133307
ISBN
9781844133307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. This fascinating book studies Katherine Knollys' life and times, including her intriguing relationship with Elizabeth I. Num Pages: 132 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 149 x 8. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782795858
ISBN
9781782795858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. A autobiography in which the anonymous writer intersperses personal reflections, anecdotes and lyrical poems with accounts of her travels and descriptions of the Japanese countryside. She illuminates her pilgrimages to temples and mystical dreams in exquisite prose, describing a journey that can be read as a metaphor for life itself. Translator(s): Morris, Ivan. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations, maps, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2AFS; BG; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140442823
ISBN
9780140442823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. In 1998, Sarbjit Athwal was called by her husband to attend a family meeting. Within three weeks of that meeting, Surjit Athwal, Sarbjit's sister-in-law, was dead. After the killing, Sarbjit fought secretly for justice for nine long, scared years. This book is about a woman who risked everything to see that justice was done. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 x 4pp colour plates. BIC Classification: BGA; BTC; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Virgin Books
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753541548
ISBN
9780753541548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. As a five-year-old in India, I got lost on a train. Twenty-five years later, I crossed the world to find my way back home. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1MBF; BM; VFVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405930994
ISBN
9781405930994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. A heartfelt celebration of the vanished world of his grandfather's intellectual passions. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Halban Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905559640
ISBN
9781905559640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.92

Hardback. A biography of two Chinese sisters who took very different paths in their quest to be independent women. The journeys of these extraordinary women spanned the twentieth century and three continents in a saga of East-West cultural exchange and personal struggle. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: BG; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 170 x 26. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742553132
ISBN
9780742553132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. A biography of two Chinese sisters who took very different paths in their quest to be independent women. The journeys of these extraordinary women spanned the twentieth century and three continents in a saga of East-West cultural exchange and personal struggle. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BG; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742553149
ISBN
9780742553149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.24

Paperback. Somekh, a noted student of modern Arabic culture, relates his life as a university professor and writer, taking the reader to Oxford, Princeton and Cairo, and introducing scholars and writers he befriended: S D Goitein, Mustafa Badawi and Haim Blanc, among others. This title presents his story. Num Pages: 170 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJP; BM; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
170
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845195021
ISBN
9781845195021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 177 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Bloomsbury India
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789385936654
ISBN
9789385936654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. This book traces the spiritual journey of Satish Kumar - child monk, peace pilgrim, ecological activist and educator. In it he traces the sources of inspiration which formed his understanding of the world as a network of multiple and diverse relationships. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; HRLK; JPWD; RNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Green Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903998182
ISBN
9781903998182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.28

Paperback. Series: Jewish Lives. Num Pages: 200 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: BGL; BGX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 146. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300219722
ISBN
9780300219722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.63

Paperback. Chronicles a harsh world in which young women faced the realities of sex for sale and were deprived of their freedom and identity. This work also tells of the author's life after leaving the geisha house, painting a panorama of the grinding poverty of rural life in wartime Japan. Translator(s): Rowley, G. G. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; BGA; HBJF; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 168. Clean copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KOC0012729
ISBN
9780099462040
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This tender memoir chronicles the early years of Sayyid Qutb, one of Egypt's most influential radical Islamist thinkers and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2CSR; 3JJ; BM; DSBH; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610755
ISBN
9780815610755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.52

Paperback. The story of Junius Irving Scales - the only American ever to be convicted solely for being a member of the Communist Party - following Scales from his privileged southern upbringing through the awakening of his social conscience, his civil- and labor-rights work, his arrest and trials, his disillusionment with the Party, and his time in prison. Num Pages: 480 pages, 13 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGH; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820327853
ISBN
9780820327853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.88

paperback. Translator(s): Schaeffer, Kurtis R. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HREX; HRLP7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195152999
ISBN
9780195152999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 222 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGA; MN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
tfm Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
222
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903378144
ISBN
9781903378144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, over 220 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 220 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764312663
ISBN
9780764312663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 35.32

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: BG; HB; JNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Braun-Verlag United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9783765090196
ISBN
9783765090196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.74

Hardback. Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) was one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century. Selected unpublished correspondence written between 1903 and 1950 includes the responses of the addressees. Gives a vivid picture of the historical controversies between the composer and other major figures in the field. Num Pages: 340 pages, Fr.Ill.mus.exs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AVGC6; AVH; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810824522
ISBN
9780810824522
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.22

Paperback. Translator(s): Stump, Jordan. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JJPR; 3JM; BT; HBTZ; JFSL1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 259 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Archipelago Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780914671534
ISBN
9780914671534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.88

Paperback. Editor(s): Scholder, Amy. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Avalon Travel Publishing United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802136718
ISBN
9780802136718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 198 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BM; RBC; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691630663
ISBN
9780691630663
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.86

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