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Biography
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
€ 34.72
€ 34.72
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
€ 34.63
€ 34.63
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
€ 14.99€ 12.18
€ 14.99
€ 12.18
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. Always innovative, often provocative, and frequently polarizing, Andrea Dworkin carved out a unique position as one of the women's movement's most influential figures. She wrote thirteen books, ranging across feminist theory, fiction and poetry. This book is her memoir. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826494429
- ISBN
- 9780826494429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.76
€ 25.99
€ 19.76
Paperback. In this graphic and yet surprisingly funny account of her and others' extraordinary careers, Lankford unveils a world in which park rangers struggle to maintain their idealism in the face of danger, disillusionment, and, sometimes, death. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DQ; RGR; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 21.
- Publisher
- Falcon Guides
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762752638
- ISBN
- 9780762752638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.48
€ 16.99
€ 15.48
paperback. A collection of the translated letters of the 17th-century correspondent and friend of Descartes, Princess Elisabeth. Her questions provoked Descartes to think about ethics and the passions. The volume contains a running commentary on the historical, biographical and intellectual context. Num Pages: 202 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BG; HPC; HPQ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 228 x 12. Weight in Grams: 278. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037407
- ISBN
- 9780847692651
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
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€ 11.69
€ 13.99
€ 11.69
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€ 14.55
€ 19.99
€ 14.55
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
€ 14.99€ 11.80
€ 14.99
€ 11.80
Paperback. A Highland soldier journeys by land and canoe in the 1830s to attend the "gift-giving" ceremony on Manitoulin Island. Editor(s): McLean, Scott A. Num Pages: 108 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; BG; DN; HBT; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 22.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Natural Heritage Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 108
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781896219561
- ISBN
- 9781896219561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.16
€ 18.99
€ 18.16
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€ 5.68
€ 20.99
€ 5.68
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
€ 34.75
€ 34.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, c 40 colour and b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BM; HBJH; HBWS; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909982772
- ISBN
- 9781909982772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 23.69
€ 30.99
€ 23.69
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
€ 25.99€ 20.44
€ 25.99
€ 20.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 plus line drawings. BIC Classification: BM; WNGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- New World Library
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608683987
- ISBN
- 9781608683987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.47
€ 16.99
€ 16.47
Paperback. Hollywood, Interrupted is a sometimes frightening, occasionally sad, and frequently hysterical odyssey into the darkest realms of showbiz pathology, the endless stream of meltdowns and flameouts, and the inexplicable behavior on the part of show business personalities. Num Pages: 394 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 146 x 29. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 394
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471706243
- ISBN
- 9780471706243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.84
€ 33.84
Paperback. Serving as an introduction to the well-known French writer - Flaubert, this work explores his fascinating and at times controversial life, examining his works and the circumstances in which they were written and published. It is suitable for those with an interest in Flaubert or nineteenth-century France. Series: Brief Lives. Num Pages: 167 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hesperus Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 167
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843919025
- ISBN
- 9781843919025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.10
€ 17.99
€ 17.10