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Paperback. From his hiring as a legislative assistant to Kennedy's death in 1963, the author was with him during the key crises and turning points - including the spectacular race for the vice presidency at the 1956 convention, the launching of Kennedy's presidential candidacy, the TV debates with Nixon, and election night at Hyannis Port. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 208 x 54. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Number of pages
- 800
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062280800
- ISBN
- 9780062280800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.22
€ 21.22
Paperback. Teddy captured the Adirondack Golden Gloves title at 139 pounds in 1976. Forced out of competition because of injury, he turned his talents to training fighters, including Mike Tyson and Barry McGuigan. He has also employed his talents in appearing in films and choreographing fight scenes for a television series. This memoir presents his story. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8-pages of black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGS; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060542412
- ISBN
- 9780060542412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.55
€ 13.99
€ 10.55
Hardback. Teddy Reig (1917-1984) was a larger-than-life character, a self-described hustler who had a profound effect on the music world from the 1940s to the 1970s. As a record producer, he captured the work of dozens of leading jazz innovators. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 238 pages, 53ill. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Number of pages
- 238
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- The Life and Times of a Jazz Hustler
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810823266
- ISBN
- 9780810823266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.01
€ 102.01
Paperback. Translator(s): Chandler, Robert; Jackson, Anne Marie; Steinberg, Irina. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; BM; DSK; HBTV4; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782272991
- ISBN
- 9781782272991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.81
€ 17.99
€ 12.81
Paperback. Born into one of Pakistan's most influential families, Tehmina Durrani was raised in the privileged milieu of Lahore high society. She was expected to marry a wealthy Muslim, bear him children and lead a sheltered life of leisure. This is the story of Tehmina's rebellion from an unhappy marriage. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FKP; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 106 x 25. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- 9780552142397
- ISBN
- 9780552142397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.15
€ 10.99
€ 9.15
paperback. Series: Plains Histories Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNN; 3JJP; 3JM; BGH; JFSL3; JPR; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896729834
- ISBN
- 9780896729834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.46
€ 35.99
€ 30.46
"A political biography of Nebraska state senator Ernest (Ernie) Chambers, investigating the tumultuous local and national political climate for African Americans from the late twentieth century to today"--Provided by publisher. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; BGHA; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896727298
- ISBN
- 9780896727298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.06€ 46.80
€ 50.06
€ 46.80
Hardcover. Inspired by his Huguenot heritage, French Protestant pastor Pierre Toureille participated in international Protestant church efforts to combat Nazism during the 1930s and headed a major refugee aid organization in Vichy, France during World War II. This is his story. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBWQ; HRCC93; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299175009
- ISBN
- 9780299175009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.59
€ 38.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. This is the story of Pierre-Charles Toureille, a French Protestant pastor of Huguenot heritage whose efforts resulted in the rescue of hundreds of refugees during World War II, most of them Jewish. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BGH; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299175047
- ISBN
- 9780299175047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.54
€ 35.99
€ 30.54
Paperback. In 1945, the Allied nations agreed on a judicial process, rather than summary execution, to determine the fate of the Nazis following the end of World War II. This title describes personal vendettas among the Allied representatives and the negotiations that preceded the handing down of sentences. Num Pages: 720 pages, 39 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BM; HBJD; JWXK; LBHG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620877883
- ISBN
- 9781620877883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.28
€ 20.28
Paperback. Born in 1945 in the Assamese town of Jorhat, Temsula Ao lost both her parents in quick succession when she was young. Left to fend for themselves, she and her five siblings ran wild, skipping school and wandering the streets. This is a memoir of those early years and the career they led to, which saw Ao become an acclaimed writer. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Zubaan India
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789381017982
- ISBN
- 9789381017982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.40
€ 19.99
€ 18.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 231.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817353759
- ISBN
- 9780817353759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.44
€ 34.99
€ 29.44
The author based the book on Rev. Kennedy's letters, war diaries, and post-war magazine articles, as well as a personal yearlong trip retracing Kennedy's war locales, including conducting interviews with local citizens about their war remembrances. Num Pages: 136 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: BGXA; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 147
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603444705
- ISBN
- 9781603444705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.66
€ 45.99
€ 38.66
Paperback. Long self-identified as a gay man, America's greatest playwright Williams' candour in his book about his love life, sexual encounters, and drug use was found shocking in and of itself. Here, more than thirty years later, Williams' look back at his life is not quite so scandalous as it once seemed. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189291
- ISBN
- 9780141189291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.21
€ 17.99
€ 13.21
Paperback. Series: Blackwell History of the World. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405188166
- ISBN
- 9781405188166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.23
€ 40.23
hardcover. Series: Blackwell History of the World. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781405188173
- ISBN
- 9781405188173
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.39
€ 97.39
Hardcover. Fine in fine cloth covers, lacking dust wrapper. Light pen underscoring. Light shelfwear, remains a fine copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford : Blackwell
- Edition
- 1stEdition.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0028657
- ISBN
- 9780717129133
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408801062
- ISBN
- 9781408801062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.75
€ 11.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; BM; DQ; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Mage Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- POD
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933823621
- ISBN
- 9781933823621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.56
€ 33.99
€ 24.56
Paperback. An Engagement with African Nationalism, 1957-67. 218 pages, 7, 6 black and white, 1 line drawing. A deeply felt and engaging personal account of Zimbabwe's political awakening by one of its best-known historians. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BM; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTR. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 14. Weight: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010711
- ISBN
- 9781847010711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.25
€ 26.99
€ 23.25
Paperback. Teresa Anderson died January 9, 2006, after waging a decade-long battle against cancer. After her cancer diagnosis in 1995, Terri's subject matter expanded from the land and people she loved to include her own fight with the disease. Written in the hospital, this work presents her poems that took on a new dignity and clarity as a result. Num Pages: 96 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: BJ; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- West End Press and Street Sweeper Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780975348680
- ISBN
- 9780975348680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.27
€ 15.99
€ 15.27
Paperback. An autobiography of a Counter Reformation mystic and monastic reformer of sixteenth century Spain. Translator(s): Kavanaugh, Kieran; Rodriguez, Otilio. Num Pages: 392 pages, map. BIC Classification: BGXA; HRCC7; HRCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209077
- ISBN
- 9780872209077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.00
€ 19.99
€ 16.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, 20 b&w. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Merrion Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785371073
- ISBN
- 9781785371073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.18
€ 14.99
€ 14.18
Hardcover. The Queen Elizabeth II Pocket Bible contains everything you need to know about the reigning Queen, the monarcy and the most recent events including the Royal Wedding and the Diamond Jubilee. Packed with trivia and quirky histrorical facts, this is a must-have gift purchase for tourists and royal family fans. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJ; BGR; HBJD1; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 123 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Crimson Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907087486
- ISBN
- 9781907087486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89