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The story of how three young Polish Jewish women attempt to resurrect their lives in the bitter aftermath of World War II. After years in a concentration camp, their search for freedom bears fruit in the promise of a Jewish homeland. But pioneering Israel means new hardships. Series: Religion, Theology and the Holocaust. Num Pages: 192 pages, 21 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJP; BTP; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607359
- ISBN
- 9780815607359
Condition: New
€ 20.41
€ 20.41
Paperback. During the turbulent 1960s in Birmingham, Alabama, civil rights attorney Arthur Shores and his family came under repeated attacks by the KKK. Now for the first time, in The Gentle Giant of Dynamite Hill, Shores' daughters tell their story of a man determined to fight on because of his passion and belief in a God who sees all men as equal. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; BGH; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Zondervan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310336228
- ISBN
- 9780310336228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.46
€ 15.99
€ 15.46
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€ 10.10
€ 11.99
€ 10.10
Paperback. Helen Tew sailed across the Atlantic in a small boat at the age of 89. This is a remarkable book about a remarkable life, by a remarkable woman whose sense of adventure is both infectious and inspirational. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations, (some colour ) maps. BIC Classification: BGS; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780954275075
- ISBN
- 9780954275075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.13
€ 18.99
€ 18.13
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€ 30.54
€ 35.99
€ 30.54
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€ 9.65
€ 10.99
€ 9.65
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
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB; BGFA; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Feminist Press at The City University of New York United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558617681
- ISBN
- 9781558617681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.96
€ 30.99
€ 27.96
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Quercus MacLehose Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906694197
- ISBN
- 9781906694197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.77
€ 13.00
€ 11.77
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
€ 21.71
€ 21.71
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
€ 94.62€ 71.81
€ 94.62
€ 71.81
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
€ 58.86
€ 58.86
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
€ 62.10
€ 62.10
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
€ 21.62
€ 21.62
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780743266253
- ISBN
- 9780743266253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.17
€ 17.99
€ 16.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages, 80 photographs. BIC Classification: AGB; AKLC; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Elysee Associates
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993453007
- ISBN
- 9780993453007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.15
€ 17.99
€ 14.15
Hardback. Marie-Antoinette (1755-1793) continues to fascinate historians, writers, and filmmakers more than two centuries after her death. She became a symbol of the excesses of France's aristocracy in the eighteenth century that helped pave the way to dissolution of the country's monarchy. Num Pages: 216 pages, 225 Color. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 297 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1572.
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606064832
- ISBN
- 9781606064832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.22€ 41.40
€ 53.22
€ 41.40
Paperback. A timeless classic that should be on every book-lover's 'must read' list. First published in 1971, 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD has never been out of print. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 110 x 15. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751503845
- ISBN
- 9780751503845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.18
€ 11.99
€ 10.18
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- AK Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849351973
- ISBN
- 9781849351973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.07
€ 18.99
€ 17.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; VSP; VSPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Career Assurance Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934759448
- ISBN
- 9781934759448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.26
€ 15.99
€ 15.26
Paperback. Abandoned by her mother, who left to pursue a career as a camp guard at Auschwitz-Birkenau, loathed by her step-mother, cooped up in a cellar, starved, parched, lonely amidst the fetid crush of her neighbours, Helga Schneider endured the horrors of wartime Berlin. This book presents an account of her survival. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGA; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0019522
- ISBN
- 9780099443735
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Pocket Books London
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780684827117
- ISBN
- 9780684827117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.09
€ 19.99
€ 18.09
Paperback. Translator(s): Odom, William. Num Pages: 240 pages, 25 B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781632203120
- ISBN
- 9781632203120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.11
€ 15.99
€ 15.11
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 67 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 608. JG 52 on the Russian Front 1943-45. 224 pages, Over 67 black and white photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBWQ; JW. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight: 608.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887404467
- ISBN
- 9780887404467
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 28.00
€ 42.99
€ 28.00