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Biography

Paperback. From the moment Karen Blixen arrived in Kenya in 1914 to manage a coffee plantation, her heart belonged to Africa. Drawn to the intense colours and ravishing landscapes, Karen Blixen spent her happiest years on the farm. This book presents her experiences and friendships with the people around her. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183336
ISBN
9780141183336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. The first-person account of a 26-year-old who fought in the war in Sierra Leone as a 12-year-old boy. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers London
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Later Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007247097
ISBN
9780007247097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. Italo Calvino once said that he preferred to give false details about his biography since he felt that even the genuine data of a writer's life shed no light on the creative work. This volume of posthumously collected personal writings is the closest we may ever come to the autobiography of this most private of writers. Translator(s): McLaughlin, Martin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189758
ISBN
9780141189758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Includes five autobiographical meditations that delves into the author's past, remembering awkward childhood walks with his father, a lifelong obsession with the cinema and fighting in the Italian Resistance against the Fascists. Translator(s): Parks, Tim; Creagh, Patrick; McLaughlin, Martin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 90.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189710
ISBN
9780141189710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

paperback. Editor(s): Gorodetsky, Gabriel. Num Pages: 632 pages, 72 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVUA; 3JJG; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 274 x 49. Weight in Grams: 812.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300221701
ISBN
9780300221701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, over 90 photographs. BIC Classification: AJC; BGS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 225. . Some minor shelf wear but otherwise in a good condition
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
APPLETREE PRESS LTD
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KSC0001127
ISBN
9780862818531
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. "Frontispiece - Spine Faded . 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall Original Blue Cloth. A good clean copy. 1st Edition".
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Collins
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1954
Edition
1st
SKU
KON0522890
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Clean copy in good dustwrapper
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
International Textbook
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1970
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KEX0225344
ISBN
9780249440058
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
International Textbook
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1970
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KLN0001809
ISBN
9780249440058
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. "Bibliography: p. 205-207. Commissioning organisation: [by] Ivor Brown. 212 p. illus., ports. 23 cm. Original cloth. As new, in dw." Keywords: Bernard shaw - Ireland - authors - Biography
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Nelson London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1965
Edition
First Edition.
SKU
KEX0038429
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 25.99
€ 7.42

Hardcover. Keywords: Bernard shaw - Ireland - authors - Biography
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Nelson London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1965
Edition
First Edition.
SKU
KHS0033666
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 25.99
€ 22.70

Hardcover. 87pp
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
International Textbook
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1970
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KHS1028855
ISBN
9780249440058
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Keywords: Bernard shaw - Ireland - authors - Biography
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1965
Publisher
Nelson London
Edition
First Edition.
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KEX0184612
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 25.99
€ 7.42

Paperback. The extraordinary story of a Palestinian doctor who, despite witnessing the death of three of his daughters in the Israeli incursion into Gaza in January 2009, continued his medical and humanitarian work aimed at bringing the people of the region together in peace. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JMC; BM; JKSR; JWLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 194. A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity. 256 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. The extraordinary story of a Palestinian doctor who, despite witnessing the death of three of his daughters in the Israeli incursion into Gaza in January 2009, continued his medical and humanitarian work aimed at bringing the people of the region together in peace. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JMC; BM; JKSR; JWLP. Dimension: 169 x 203 x 17. Weight: 192.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408822098
ISBN
9781408822098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.31

Paperback. In the tradition of THIS BOY'S LIFE and THE LIAR'S CLUB, a raucous, poignant, luminously written memoir about a boy striving to become a man, and his romance with a bar. Num Pages: 384 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BM; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 26. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340828830
ISBN
9780340828830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.60

paperback. This is an absorbing account of the life and work of one of Russia's most inventive and exuberant novelists and playwrights. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 208 pages, 25 black and white. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 200 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781780237411
ISBN
9781780237411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. A readable and absorbing account of the great Emperor Justinian detailing the social structure of sixth-century Byzantium and Justinian's wars which restored Italy, Africa and part of Spain to the Empire. Series: Roman Imperial Biographies. Num Pages: 360 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 1QDAZ; BGH; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 216 x 27. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415237260
ISBN
9780415237260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.51

Hardcover. Folio.Covers stained. Religion in Ireland.First edition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
PRONI
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
SKU
KEX0288548
ISBN
9780905691107
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 35.00

Paperback. Can civilization save us from ourselves? In this book, that is the question the author asks in a series of six letters written during dark nights of the soul. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; BM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 161.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910702369
ISBN
9781910702369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. 'THE POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR' Sunday Times 'You will not read a more important book about America this year' Economist 'The best book about the alienation within America' Evening Standard 'The memoir gripping America.. Vividly articulates the despair and disillusionment of blue-collar America' Sunday Times Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; JFFM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008220563
ISBN
9780008220563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.08

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