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Hardcover. Editor(s): Gonzalez-Allende, Iker. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. Num Pages: 440 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJ; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 169 x 39. Weight in Grams: 924.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Tamesis Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662766
- ISBN
- 9781855662766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.69
€ 133.69
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 22 photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; 3JMC; 5S; BGSA; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803285309
- ISBN
- 9780803285309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.82
€ 29.82
Paperback. Bestselling author and historian Ilan Pappe tells the story of his struggle against the Israeli academy to reveal truths about the 1948 Nakbah. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745327259
- ISBN
- 9780745327259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.94
€ 33.99
€ 22.94
Hardcover. Features a biography of the Romanian-born French philosopher E M Cioran that focuses on his formative years as a mystical revolutionary attracted to right-wing nationalist politics in interwar Romania, his writings of this period, and his self-imposed exile to France in 1937. Editor(s): Johnston, Kenneth R. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 b&w photos, 1 maps. BIC Classification: BG; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 252 x 26. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253352675
- ISBN
- 9780253352675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.97
€ 44.97
Paperback. Immaculee Ilibagiza grew up in a country she loved. But in 1994 her idyllic world was ripped apart as Rwanda descended into bloody holocaust. For 91 days, she and seven other women huddled silently together in the cramped bathroom of a local pastor while hundreds of machete-wielding killers hunted for them. This book tells her story. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JJPR; BM; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Hay House UK Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781802953
- ISBN
- 9781781802953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.54
€ 19.99
€ 15.54
Paperback. Segatashya was a shepherd born into a penniless and illiterate pagan family in the most remote region of Rwanda. He never attended school, never saw a Bible, and never set foot in a church. Then one summer day in 1982 while the 15-year-old was resting beneath a shade tree, Jesus Christ paid him a visit. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8-page colour plate section. BIC Classification: BGXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Hay House Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781401935825
- ISBN
- 9781401935825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.66
€ 23.99
€ 17.66
Hardback. A legendary figure in his own lifetime, Rabbi Eliahu ben Shlomo Zalman (1720-1797) was known as the "Gaon of Vilna". He was the acknowledged master of Talmudic studies in the intellectual centre of Vilna. This text sheds light on aspects of the Vilna Gaon's "real" character. Translator(s): Green, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520223943
- ISBN
- 9780520223943
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.62€ 49.23
€ 62.62
€ 49.23
Paperback. Now available in English, a provocative new biography of the founder of Hasidism Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGXA; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 33. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Brandeis University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611683080
- ISBN
- 9781611683080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.57
€ 42.99
€ 33.57
Paperback. Translator(s): Zweig, Arnulf. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; BG; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 283.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226423616
- ISBN
- 9780226423616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.27
€ 52.99
€ 41.27
Paperback. How do you make it as a pop star? Why does one boy band make it big and another disappear off the pages of the magazines altogether? Why do girls cost more than boys? Featuring scandals, this book takes you to the heart of one of the most wicked and secretive industries, a world where money talks, bullshit walks and drugs are a way of life. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BT; KNTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552156929
- ISBN
- 9780552156929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. A memoir, which talks about the author (and her husband's) trials and tribulations with IVF. Poked and prodded by endless doctors, pumped full of an exotic cocktail of drugs and forced to try to have sex at the most inopportune moments, she pulls no punches in her account of this process. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BG; VFDW; VFXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KLN0018241
- ISBN
- 9780552154383
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. What makes a restaurant hot? Whose name do you need to drop to get a table? Why is one place booked solid for the next nine months while somewhere equally delicious is as empty and inhospitable as the Gobi desert? This book deals with the tricks of the food trade and what really makes this GBP90 billion a year industry tick. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BT; KNDF; KNSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552167123
- ISBN
- 9780552167123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.79
€ 20.99
€ 16.79
Paperback. Something strange occurs to guests as soon as they check in. Even if in real life they are perfectly well-mannered, decent people with proper balanced relationships, as soon as they spin through the revolving hotel doors the normal rules of behaviour no longer seem to apply. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BT; TTVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250. Good copy with some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- SKU
- KTG0004015
- ISBN
- 9780552151467
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. How does it feel to live and work in the world's most beautiful and luxurious tropical island resort, surrounded by white sandy beaches and aquamarine seas? And how does it feel to be in the lap of luxury when you're thousands of miles from anywhere else? This work takes you behind the scenes at a five-star tropical island resort. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BT; KNSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552154635
- ISBN
- 9780552154635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. Something strange occurs to guests as soon as they check in. Even if in real life they are perfectly well-mannered, decent people with proper balanced relationships, as soon as they spin through the revolving hotel doors the normal rules of behaviour no longer seem to apply. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BT; TTVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTG0010883
- ISBN
- 9780552151467
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Do you know that one drink in the air equals three on the ground? Do you know exactly what happens to your luggage once it leaves your sight? A trawl through the highs, the lows, and the descents of the travel industry, this book catalogues the births, the deaths, the drunken brawls, the sexual antics, and the debauchery of this service industry. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: BT; KNGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Edition
- 1st Corgi
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552153058
- ISBN
- 9780552153058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
Hardcover. A unique combination of social history and style bible Num Pages: 224 pages, 150 colour and black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: AMR; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 297 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1472.
- Publisher
- Pimpernel Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910258774
- ISBN
- 9781910258774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.07€ 54.76
€ 59.07
€ 54.76
Paperback. Whether it is coping with ageing parents, divorce, dating, teenagers, wavering libidos or your saggy bits, this book tells you how to deal with the obstacles while living life to the full. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFSJ1; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Fig Tree
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241967836
- ISBN
- 9780241967836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.84
€ 14.99
€ 11.84
Hardback. Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun (1859-1952), winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920, was both a brilliant and controversial man. This biography offers a nuanced account of this morally ambiguous man. Drawing on Hamsun's extraordinary private archives and on his psychoanalyst's notes, it delves into Hamsun's personal life and character. Translator(s): Skuggevik, Erik; Dawkin, Deborah. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 b/w. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 169 x 36. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- F First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300123562
- ISBN
- 9780300123562
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.31
€ 43.99
€ 31.31
Paperback. Biography of Harold Lowe, Fifth Officer of RMS Titanic, who was described by another survivor as 'the real hero of the Titanic.' After taking an active role in the evacuation, Lowe took command of a raft of lifeboats, distributing passengers among them so he could return to the wreckage and look for survivors - the only officer to do so. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752469966
- ISBN
- 9780752469966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Hardcover. Originally published in German under the title Im Einsatz 'uber Europa. Num Pages: 299 pages, over 100 bw images. BIC Classification: BM; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 166 x 28. Weight in Grams: 832. The Memoirs of Luftwaffe Figher Pilot Gunther Scholz. illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BM; HBW. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 28. Weight: 856.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764337604
- ISBN
- 9780764337604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 28.47
€ 42.99
€ 28.47
Paperback. * Ingrid Betancourt's astonishing, powerful and deeply moving account of her six-year ordeal in the Colombian jungle as a hostage of the terrorist organisation FARC Num Pages: 608 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; BG; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 125 x 41. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844086139
- ISBN
- 9781844086139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. The definitive biography of one of the great heroes of the Second World War Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- MacLehose Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848665965
- ISBN
- 9781848665965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.58
€ 23.99
€ 16.58
Paperback. Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) is one of the great figures of early modern Europe, and one of the least understood. This biography establishes him once and for all as a peer of Erasmus, Shakespeare, and Galileo - a thinker whose vision of the world prefigures ours. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226730240
- ISBN
- 9780226730240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.17
€ 24.99
€ 20.17