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Paperback. Series: Plays. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABU; BG; DD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 162.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Gazelle Distribution Trade
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780868196053
ISBN
9780868196053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.99

Hardback. The criminal lives of 100 Victorian convicts based on the official records of the police and prison authorities. Num Pages: 224 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BTC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473823730
ISBN
9781473823730
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.29

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 134 x 6. Weight in Grams: 74. 80 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGA; JFFG. Dimension: 209 x 134 x 6. Weight: 74.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486292496
ISBN
9780486292496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.25

Paperback. Editor(s): Shattuck, Roger. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590170670
ISBN
9781590170670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.84

Paperback. Jane Austen's reputation rests on the six novels she wrote in her life - enduringly popular novels which have become part of the fabric of English life, and which have reached new audiences through dramatisations on screen and stage. This book draws on her letters and describes Jane's life in the vicarage at Steventon and at Bath and Chawton. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752453187
ISBN
9780752453187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.53

Paperback. Praised by Ian McEwan, Michael Longley, the Guardian and many others, A Time to Speak tells the story of Helen Lewis, shipped from Prague to Auschwitz at the start of WW2 as part of the Final Solution, and her struggle to survive the Holocaust. Num Pages: 128 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Blackstaff Press Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856408557
ISBN
9780856408557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.38

Paperback. A fascinating examination of the life of Thomas Clarke, a member of the Fenians and was a key leader of the Irish Republican Brotherhood in 1916. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 maps, 24 black & white halftones, 1 index, 1 biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The O'Brien Press Dublin
Condition
New
SKU
9781847172617
ISBN
9781847172617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. Edward Daly is one of the legendary revolutionaries who participated in the 1916 Easter Rising. Less has been known about Daly until now; in this intimate and fascinating account, Helen Litton traces Edward 'Ned' Daly's life from childhood to commander within the Volunteers. Series Editor(s): Collins, Lorcan. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The O'Brien Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781847172723
ISBN
9781847172723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 3JJP; AJB; AJCR; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S.
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439914571
ISBN
9781439914571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Paperback. As a child, Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer, learning the arcane terminology and reading all the classic books. Years later, when her father died and she was struck deeply by grief, she became obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk. This is a book about memory, nature and nation, and more. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WNCB; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9780099575450
ISBN
9780099575450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illus. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845197438
ISBN
9781845197438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.90

Paperback. The first and most important of eight volumes chronicling the French Revolution to an England fearful of another civil war. The author's twenty-six letters recounting old regime tyranny and revolutionary events provide both an apology for the Revolution and a representation of it as sublime spectacle. Editor(s): Fraistat, Neil; Lanser, Susan S. Num Pages: 295 pages, Illustrations, map, port. BIC Classification: 3JF; BGH; BJ; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
295
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551112558
ISBN
9781551112558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.87

Paperback. Award-winning and critically acclaimed historian Helen Rappaport turns to the tragic story of the daughters of the last Tsar of all the Russias, slaughtered with their parents at Ekaterinburg. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 33. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Unabridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447227175
ISBN
9781447227175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.91

Paperback. A beautifully written memoir, in the vein of H is for Hawk and The Last Act of Love, about mothers and daughters, and living the best life you can, even in the shadow of illness. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 illustrations by author's daughter. BIC Classification: BM; MJCG1; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349007786
ISBN
9780349007786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. Discusses the difficult style of Wallace Stevens, looks at his major themes, and analyzes, in detail, several of his poems. Num Pages: 86 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 6. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
86
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674945753
ISBN
9780674945753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.90

paperback. On March 15, 1939, the author's father snatched the last exit visa from a distracted clerk to get his wife and child out of Prague. This work offers a narrative of suffering and rescue, survivor guilt, and overcoming obstacles to intergenerational dialogue about a traumatic past. Series: Our Lives: Diary, Memoir, and Letters Series. Num Pages: 210 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Athabasca University Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897425534
ISBN
9781897425534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. Covers the journey around Italy taken by the author, in pursuit of her Italian-Lothario father. Num Pages: 336 pages, B&W photographs. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Gibson Square Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903933947
ISBN
9781903933947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.74

Paperback. The compelling and humorous story of a man born with no arms and his quest to be proved normal in an abnormal world! Num Pages: 240 pages, 8pp b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGA; HRCV9; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 168.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KNW0008383
ISBN
9780340746363
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Quercus MacLehose Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906694197
ISBN
9781906694197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Philippines is Helene Cixous's reverie or 'truedreaming' which intertwines Freud's uneasy views on telepathy,autobiographical memories conflating Algeria and Paris, childhoodand adult life, shared with her brother 'Pete', and literaryevocations from Proust and George du Maurier's forgotten novelPeter Ibbetson. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648163
ISBN
9780745648163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.12

Hardback. Follows the intertwined threads of Jewishness and non-Jewishness that play through the life and works of Jacques Derrida. This book merges the biography and textual commentary in a portrait of the man, his works, and being (or not being) Jewish. Translator(s): Brahic, Beverly Bie. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 168 pages, 9 color illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK; HPCF; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231128247
ISBN
9780231128247
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.52
€ 72.84

Hardback. Philippines is Helene Cixous's reverie or 'truedreaming' which intertwines Freud's uneasy views on telepathy,autobiographical memories conflating Algeria and Paris, childhoodand adult life, shared with her brother 'Pete', and literaryevocations from Proust and George du Maurier's forgotten novelPeter Ibbetson. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648156
ISBN
9780745648156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.12

Hardcover. Twists and Turns is a tale on the scale of Greek myth, about the inescapable entanglements of family relationships, that can lead one, in hyperbolic mode, to envision murder and suicide, for, as Cixous writes, "with love's force one hates. " And yet, "everything twists and turns": this is a tale with profoundly touching reversals. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745663272
ISBN
9780745663272
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.09

Paperback. Twists and Turns is a tale on the scale of Greek myth, about the inescapable entanglements of family relationships, that can lead one, in hyperbolic mode, to envision murder and suicide, for, as Cixous writes, "with love's force one hates. " And yet, "everything twists and turns": this is a tale with profoundly touching reversals. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745663289
ISBN
9780745663289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.04

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