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Paperback. This is the author's memoir of moving through childhood to gay adulthood through visceral encounters with Hollywood movies: "Hello Dolly!", "The Poseidon Adventure", "Dog Day Afternoon" and "The Sound of Music" Oz". Series: Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies. Num Pages: 250 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGA; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299161644
- ISBN
- 9780299161644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.16
€ 22.16
Paperback. A classic wartime trilogy originally published in the 1960s, this book is the author's account of his service on HMAS Perth, his account of life as a POW in Burma and coal mining in Nagasaki before the atom bomb freed them. Num Pages: 951 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1M; BTM; HBG; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 145 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 951
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522850673
- ISBN
- 9780522850673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.55
€ 61.55
Hardcover. Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; BGH; HBJF1; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633587
- ISBN
- 9780815633587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.97
€ 65.97
Paperback. Follows the soldiers of the Fifty-seventh as they push far into Unionist Kentucky, starve at the siege of Vicksburg, guard Union prisoners at the Andersonville stockade, defend Atlanta from Sherman, and more. Num Pages: 336 pages, 17 b&w photos, 1 table, 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JH; BTM; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820329338
- ISBN
- 9780820329338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.12
€ 29.99
€ 27.12
Hardcover. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; BM; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 156 x 48. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of New South Wales Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781742234175
- ISBN
- 9781742234175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.02
€ 38.02
Paperback. Editor(s): Morton, Lindsey. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; BG; CFF; DQ; GBA; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Unisa Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868886647
- ISBN
- 9781868886647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.75
€ 46.75
Paperback. The man widely believed to have been the model for Alden Pyle in Graham Greene's The Quiet American, Edward G. Lansdale (1908-1987) was a Cold War celebrity. This biography reexamines Lansdale's role as an agent of American Cold War foreign policy and takes into account both his actual activities and the myths that grew to surround him. Series: Culture, Politics & the Cold War. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558494640
- ISBN
- 9781558494640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.78
€ 31.78
Hardcover. Colonel John Henry Patterson was an Irish-born soldier, lion hunter, bridge builder, East African game warden, author, man-about-town, and Zionist. This biography traces Patterson's life from his days as a British socialite to his command of the Jewish Legion of volunteers who helped drive the Turks out of Palestine. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: BGH; JFSR1; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609278
- ISBN
- 9780815609278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.80
€ 29.99
€ 27.80
Hardcover. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: AFC; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 243 x 43. Weight in Grams: 960.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of New South Wales Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781921410888
- ISBN
- 9781921410888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.02
€ 38.02
Hardcover. A biography of Lord Kelvin, that includes Kelvin's personal recollections and data. It lets the documents and letters speak as far as possible for themselves. Series: AMS Chelsea Publishing. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 991.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- American Mathematical Society
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821837436
- ISBN
- 9780821837436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.49
€ 80.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, maps. BIC Classification: BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- South Dakota State Historical Society
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780984650583
- ISBN
- 9780984650583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.80
€ 21.80
Paperback. A story of a young Jewish girl's coming-of-age during the tragic years of the Holocaust. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195035001
- ISBN
- 9780195035001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.52
€ 21.99
€ 20.52
Hardcover. The latest from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography-authoritative and accessible biographies of more than 800 people who shaped national life and who died from 2001 onwards, with over 250 portrait images. This volume extends the coverage of the Oxford DNB, first published as a 60-volume print set in 2004. Editor(s): Goldman, Lawrence. Num Pages: 1280 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; GBCB; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 196 x 53. Weight in Grams: 2022.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199562442
- ISBN
- 9780199562442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 256.97
€ 256.97
Paperback. The second, revised edition of a classic, 19th-century work which captures the pleasures of camping and canoeing in the Adirondacks. The letters of George Washington Sears should interest not only the wilderness lover, but also the boater and craftsman who longs to own the perfect canoe. Editor(s): Brenan, Dan; Lyon, Robert L.; Bond, Hallie (Curator of Collections and Boats, Adirondack Museum, New York, USA). Num Pages: 180 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; WSSN5; WSZR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Adirondack Museum/Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815625940
- ISBN
- 9780815625940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.70
€ 24.70
Hardcover. Tells the story of six young men and the organizations they founded between 1939 and 1948 that would set the stage for the militant Zionist activism. This book provides the story of the role the Bergson group played in raising American public consciousness of Jewish and Zionist concerns. Translator(s): Ordan, Dena. Series: Modern Jewish History. Num Pages: 292 pages, bibliography, glossary, index, 22 black-&-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630630
- ISBN
- 9780815630630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.34
€ 39.34
This text offers both first-hand witness to women's resistance to state violence, and insights into the formation of women's community. It describes how political prisoners forged alliances to demand better conditions and to maintain their sanity in the confines of their cramped cell. Translator(s): Booth, Marilyn. Series: Literature of the Middle East S. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; BG; JFSJ1; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520088887
- ISBN
- 9780520088887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.14
€ 38.14
Paperback. A memoir of Yang Xianyi, renowned scholar, translator and interpreter of Chinese and Western literature. It portrays Yang Xianyi as a light-hearted and mischievous young man who immersed himself in the learning of European culture, ancient and modern, when he studied at Oxford in the 1930s. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; BGA; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629960469
- ISBN
- 9789629960469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.80
€ 21.80
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 pages of B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 3JMG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 236 x 33. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781605989105
- ISBN
- 9781605989105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 19.97
€ 29.99
€ 19.97
Hardcover. Katherine Anne Porter revealed only scant facts about her life, and often gave conflicting accounts. Here, the author finds that Porter's deceptions were a screen for deep personal turmoil, fuelled by multiple marriages, and babies lost to miscarriage, abortion, and stillbirth. Num Pages: 368 pages, 25 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 871.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578067770
- ISBN
- 9781578067770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.97
€ 39.97
Hardcover. Clean copy.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- KEX0200154
- ISBN
- 9780297811022
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Dust wrapper has some minor edge wear but remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- KKD0002927
- ISBN
- 9780297811022
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- St Martin´s Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- KLJ0014529
- ISBN
- 9781403984975
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Part self-help book, personal journey, and meditation on a well-lived life, this title is filled with provocative, and inspirational stories that provide a colorful glimpse into the rise of a young superstar and the philosophy behind his success. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16-Page Color Photo Insert. BIC Classification: BM; WSTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062112415
- ISBN
- 9780062112415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.26
€ 17.99
€ 16.26
Hardback. Remember the wonderfully romantic book of letters by Beethoven, Byron and Napoleon that featured in the Sex and the City film? That collection never actually existed, but all of the letters referenced in the film were real; so Macmillan decided to create Love Letters of Great Men.. Editor(s): Doyle, Ursula. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BJ; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Edition
- Main Market
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230739468
- ISBN
- 9780230739468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.35
€ 21.99
€ 16.35