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Paperback. A biography of Virginia Woolf which moves freely between a detailed life-story and attempts to understand significant questions. She is presented as occupying a distinct and even uneasy position within the Bloomsbury Set, and also as a radically sceptical, subversive, courageous feminist. Num Pages: 912 pages, illustrations facsimiles, geneal. table, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ACG; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099732518
ISBN
9780099732518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.29

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
€ 29.22

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
€ 23.46

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
€ 35.32

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

€ 23.31

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
€ 42.06

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
€ 41.92

paperback. .
Publisher
Semiotexte
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584351993
ISBN
9781584351993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.67

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
€ 21.90

Paperback. Features sixty-three short essays. Both a memoir and an exploration of the artistic process, this book not only reveals the author's particular experience as a gay artist captivated by the transience and physicality of his media and his life, but also his thoughts on the more technical aspects of his vocation. Translator(s): Bononno, Robert. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: AJ; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 204 x 12. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226132341
ISBN
9780226132341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.11

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

€ 33.99
€ 22.84

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

€ 154.92

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

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

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

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

€ 178.28

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

€ 42.23

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
€ 20.16

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

€ 20.99
€ 20.23

Paperback. Editor(s): Higgins, Jeff V.; Brady, Christopher M. Num Pages: 119 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
119
Condition
New
SKU
V9781621002666
ISBN
9781621002666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.56
€ 52.00

Paperback. .
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784161132
ISBN
9781784161132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.22

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

Hardcover. A fascinating biography of the visionary behind the shareholder activist movement "Bob Monks is a truly rare creature, not only a businessman turned political activist, which is rare enough, but an activist in and on behalf of business, which makes him virtually unique. " -Nelson W. Aldrich, Jr. Num Pages: 378 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JP; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 806.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
378
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471174486
ISBN
9780471174486
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.43
€ 43.47

Hardback. Tells the story of the author's time as Britain's most senior representative in Southern Iraq, trying to keep the region together as the rest of the country descended in to murderous violence. This book provides a portrait of the absurdities of life inside the occupying coalition. Num Pages: 240 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; BGHA; HBJF1; HBLX; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845117061
ISBN
9781845117061
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.35

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