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Hardback. A memoir of a life in exile. Anca Vlasopolos recounts her life's journey from Romania to Paris and Brussels, then on to the United States. She writes about the peculiar attributes of displacement in the comtemporary world; the ambiguous identities, and the nostalgia for places dimly recalled. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121309
- ISBN
- 9780231121309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.21€ 46.67
€ 59.21
€ 46.67
Paperback. The acclaimed memoir from the bestselling author of Empress Orchid Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BM; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 210. 320 pages. The acclaimed memoir from the bestselling author of Empress Orchid. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BM; HBJF; HBLW3. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight: 210.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747596035
- ISBN
- 9780747596035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.73
€ 13.99
€ 11.73
paperback. This book argues that forestry is a more diverse and complex activity than has been generally recognized. It also underlines the political character of the profession. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCV; 3JJ; BGB; KNAL; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774807661
- ISBN
- 9780774807661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.49
€ 40.99
€ 36.49
Paperback. Gives us a glimpse of what happens when the normal order of things is suddenly turned upside down, whether it's a natural disaster, a civil war, or a heated political battle. This book explores various dangerous crises, and the impact they have had on the author's life. It discusses the devastating tsunami in South Asia and the suffering Niger. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 pages colour photos. BIC Classification: BGBA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061136689
- ISBN
- 9780061136689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.69
€ 20.99
€ 17.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780770433253
- ISBN
- 9780770433253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.29
€ 17.99
€ 14.29
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Clarkson Potter
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780770433246
- ISBN
- 9780770433246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.24
€ 26.99
€ 20.24
Paperback. He is one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court - but from early childhood Andre Agassi hated the game. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 31. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007281435
- ISBN
- 9780007281435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.17
€ 12.99
€ 10.17
paperback. A charming and sympathetic study of one of literature's most opaque writers and of his interests in music, philosophy, visual arts and the spoken arts. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 180. Very good clean copy showing minor age and wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd Dublin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025447
- ISBN
- 9781843516408
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. Explores the man behind the legend, revealing his development as a ruler of an empire that was shaken to the core by religious and social revolt. This book presents a tale of war, culture and political intrigue during the reign of the legendary Harun al-Rashid from "The Thousand and One Nights". Translator(s): Howe, John. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 288. Clean copy with slight shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Saqi Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKE0000360
- ISBN
- 9780863565502
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Won Book of the Year Adult Non-Fiction-2012 Indie Choice Awards Amazon Best Book of the Month February 2011 "Dubus relives, absent self-pity or blame, a life shaped by bouts of violence and flurries of tenderness."-Vanity Fair Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 387
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393340679
- ISBN
- 9780393340679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.41
€ 23.99
€ 19.41
Paperback. Describes a Negro tramp, a drowned child, a lunatic and other casualties of life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099437833
- ISBN
- 9780099437833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.85
€ 20.99
€ 16.85
Paperback. Drawing on the vast body of scholarship on Francis of Assisi, this book creates a complete and engaging portrait of the saint, and then explores how the memory of Francis was shaped by contemporaries who recollected him in their writings. It presents a reconstruction of Francis' life and work. Translator(s): Cusato, Michael F. Num Pages: 416 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCC7; HRCX8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300198379
- ISBN
- 9780300198379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.48
€ 26.99
€ 20.48
Hardcover. In this lucid study, Andre Wink profiles the greatest of the Mughal emperors, Jalal ad-Din Akbar. Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 160 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JB; BGH; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 202 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851686056
- ISBN
- 9781851686056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.86
€ 34.86
Paperback. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Picador
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Main Market
- SKU
- KEX0203203
- ISBN
- 9780330491884
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. With an introduction by Eimear McBride. A devastatingly powerful, moving and uplifting memoir - now a classic of its genre - that inspired others to tell their own true life stories. Series: Picador Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447275121
- ISBN
- 9781447275121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.77
€ 15.99
€ 11.77
Paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KSS0007469
- ISBN
- 9780330351928
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- BackPage Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909430167
- ISBN
- 9781909430167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.68
€ 13.99
€ 11.68
Paperback. Before Longitude no one remembered John Harrison. The Invention of Nature does the same for Alexander von Humboldt Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 150 x 35. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848549005
- ISBN
- 9781848549005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. The thinking fan's footballer with a thinking fan's football book. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 colour photos. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472232335
- ISBN
- 9781472232335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.85
€ 15.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. Andrew Anthony was shocked by the response of liberal friends and colleagues after 9/11- a belief that America had it coming, a determination to understand the perpetrator rather than support the victim. This memoir offers an account of his political education in Thatcher's Britain and the painful midlife reassessment. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238. Some light shelf wear else as new.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KTG0007763
- ISBN
- 9780099507857
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. After the events of 11 September, the author noticed that many colleagues seemed determined to understand the perpetrator rather than support the victim. America, in their view, had it coming. In rejecting that analysis, the author set out to unpick the prejudices that had come to shape progressive, liberal and wider public opinion. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; JPF; JPFK; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784700423
- ISBN
- 9781784700423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 9.46
€ 20.99
€ 9.46
Paperback. Editor(s): Atherstone, Andrew; Jones, David Ceri. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 232 x 28. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Inter-Varsity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844745531
- ISBN
- 9781844745531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.62
€ 26.99
€ 23.62
Paperback. Drawing on a range of material by and about J.M. Barrie, this is a biography of the novelist, playwright, and author of "Peter Pan or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up". It includes material from recorded interviews with the Llewelyn Davies family and is reissued to mark the centenary of "Peter Pan". Num Pages: 336 pages, 120 illustrations, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSG; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300098228
- ISBN
- 9780300098228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.47
€ 26.99
€ 20.47
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; AVC; AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Publisher
- Blue Rider Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780735210691
- ISBN
- 9780735210691
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.09
€ 27.99
€ 21.09