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Biography
Paperback. Penelope Fitzgerald published her first book aged sixty. She went on to become one of the greatest of English novelists. Her remarkable life spans most of the 20th century, and moves from a Bishop's Palace to a sinking barge, from a demanding intellectual family to hardship and poverty, from a life of teaching and obscurity to a blaze of renown. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 140 x 35. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099546597
- ISBN
- 9780099546597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. Written over a seven-year period to Charles V of Spain, Hernan Cortes's letters provide a narrative account of the conquest of Mexico from the founding of the coastal town of Veracruz until Cortes's journey to Honduras in 1525. The two introductions set the letters in context. Translator(s): Pagden, Mr. Anthony. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 640 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; BGHA; BJ; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 48. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300090949
- ISBN
- 9780300090949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.34
€ 40.99
€ 29.34
Hardcover. Num Pages: 286 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- ECW Press,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770411302
- ISBN
- 9781770411302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.49
€ 26.99
€ 24.49
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, over 150 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGA; JWG; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 221 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1266.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764300738
- ISBN
- 9780764300738
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 35.75
€ 53.99
€ 35.75
Paperback. H-E-R-S-C-U-E: pronounced like the high-pitched sound a dolphin makes with "eeer-keee" sandwiched in the middle. Being baptised Herscue by her Asperger's husband Jomphrey is just one of a collection of tales presented in this frank memoir on the ups, downs, and idiosyncrasies of an Aspie marriage. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; MJNA; VFJD; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 35. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849056960
- ISBN
- 9781849056960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.49
€ 23.49
Paperback. Now, exploring the psychological narrative implicit in that mass of documents, Parker recreates episode after episode that will prove stunningly new, even to Melvilleans. Num Pages: 998 pages, 40, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 248 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 928
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801881855
- ISBN
- 9780801881855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.44
€ 50.99
€ 42.44
Paperback. The concluding volume of Herman Melville: A Biography confirms Hershel Parker's position as the world's leading Melville scholar, demonstrating his unrivaled biographical, literary, and historical imagination and providing a rich new portrait of a great-and profoundly American-artist. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 63, 63 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1056
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801881862
- ISBN
- 9780801881862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.36
€ 50.99
€ 42.36
paperback. .
- Publisher
- Semiotexte
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584351993
- ISBN
- 9781584351993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.21
€ 16.99
€ 14.21
Paperback. Cytomegalovirus is a lucid and spare autobiographical narrative by Herve Guibert (1955-1991) of the everyday moments of his hospitalization due to complications of AIDS. In one of his last works, the acclaimed writer presents his struggle with the disease in terms that are unsentimental and deeply human. Translator(s): Orban, Clara. Series: Forms of Living. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; MBDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3233 x 5193 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780823268573
- ISBN
- 9780823268573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.06
€ 23.99
€ 22.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 434 pages, 240 b/w photos. BIC Classification: AV; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 31. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Publisher
- Music Mentor Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956267986
- ISBN
- 9780956267986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 26.21
€ 38.99
€ 26.21
The Women's Camp in Moringen. A Memoir of Imprisonment in Nazi Germany...
Herz, Gabriele. Ed(S): Caplan, Jane
Hardback. Editor(s): Caplan, Jane. Translator(s): Herz, Hildegard; Hartig, Howard. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450779
- ISBN
- 9781845450779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.08
€ 161.08
Hardcover. 424pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Collins London
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1944
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KHS1031653
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Clean copy in good to very good condition. Some light shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Penguin Biography
- Publication date
- 1960
- SKU
- KRF0005017
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- SKU
- KKD0004559
- ISBN
- 9780049280724
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. The letters in this volume record the last years of Mrs. Piozzi's life. Her correspondence from 1817 to 1821 reads like extensions of her private journals and may be seen as affirmation of hope and ambition as well as decelarations of frustration, grief, anger, and self-pity. Num Pages: 576 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; BJ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 983.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874133950
- ISBN
- 9780874133950
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.33
€ 187.33
Hardback. Love, H is an intimate selection of letters from a forty-year correspondence between writer Hettie Jones and painter and sculptor Helene Dorn, who both survived their time as wives in the Beat bohemia of the 1960s and went on to successful artistic careers of their own. Num Pages: 384 pages, 21 illustrations, incl. 10 in color. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; 3JM; BJ; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361466
- ISBN
- 9780822361466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
Hardcover. This is the first book about the enigmatic author J A Baker, author of The Peregrine. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BG; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Little Toller Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908213495
- ISBN
- 9781908213495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.29
€ 26.99
€ 20.29
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780345422804
- ISBN
- 9780345422804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.01
€ 13.99
€ 12.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJPK; BTC; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Publisher
- Barricade Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781569809006
- ISBN
- 9781569809006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.13
€ 21.99
€ 21.13
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784161132
- ISBN
- 9781784161132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.08
€ 23.99
€ 19.08
Paperback. Nice copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The Woodfield Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0003144
- ISBN
- 9780952845324
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 139 x 32. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903155400
- ISBN
- 9781903155400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.26
€ 23.99
€ 19.26
Paperback. Series: Persephone Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPK; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 12. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906462093
- ISBN
- 9781906462093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.42
€ 18.99
€ 16.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DN; JMAF; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811220040
- ISBN
- 9780811220040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.17
€ 18.99
€ 17.17