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Paperback. During the summer of 2004, when Marsha Hunt decided to risk her life for Jimi Hendrix, he'd been dead for 34 years. Dead since she had her last hit single, was Mick Jagger's secret lover and had his daughter Karis. This book provides an uplifting account of an iconic figure's battle with a disease that affects so many lives. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 x 8pp colour. BIC Classification: BG; MJCL; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 275.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KLN0018247
- ISBN
- 9781845960780
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. During the summer of 2004, when Marsha Hunt decided to risk her life for Jimi Hendrix, he'd been dead for 34 years. Dead since she had her last hit single, was Mick Jagger's secret lover and had his daughter Karis. This book provides an uplifting account of an iconic figure's battle with a disease that affects so many lives. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 x 8pp colour. BIC Classification: BG; MJCL; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 275.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KLN0018248
- ISBN
- 9781845960780
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. During the summer of 2004, when Marsha Hunt decided to risk her life for Jimi Hendrix, he'd been dead for 34 years. Dead since she had her last hit single, was Mick Jagger's secret lover and had his daughter Karis. This book provides an uplifting account of an iconic figure's battle with a disease that affects so many lives. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 x 8pp colour. BIC Classification: BG; MJCL; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 275.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KLN0018249
- ISBN
- 9781845960780
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Single White Female falls in love with a polygamous West African shaman and explores his indigenous spirituality. Num Pages: 187 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; BM; VXWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782799481
- ISBN
- 9781782799481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.48
€ 16.99
€ 15.48
Hardcover. Some light helf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc New York
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTK0100649
- ISBN
- 9780394575865
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. This study of 13 personal accounts of the Mau Mau revolt by Kenyans, demonstrates that these memoirs serve to refute both the British version of the revolt and that of the leaders of the independent Kenyan state. It also points to the importance of Mau Mau in the making of modern Kenya. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; BG; HBJH; HBLW3; JPFN; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781555875374
- ISBN
- 9781555875374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.00
€ 90.00
Paperback. This volume seeks to go far beyond specialized debates about the alleged superiority of Western traditions. The culmination of Sahlins's ethnohistorical research on Hawaii, is a reaffirmation for understanding difference. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: BG; HBTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226733692
- ISBN
- 9780226733692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.58
€ 40.99
€ 31.58
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Univ College Dublin Pr Dublin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904558644
- ISBN
- 9781904558644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.92
€ 32.99
€ 27.92
Paperback. John and Martha were an ambitious American couple. With six Harvard degrees between them, and living in the refined atmosphere of the Harvard campus, the last thing they expected was to become parents to a Down's Syndrome baby. This is their story. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VFXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749921903
- ISBN
- 9780749921903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Paul and Marie Pireaud, a young peasant couple from southwest France, were newlyweds when World War I erupted. With Paul in the army from 1914 to 1919, they were forced to conduct their marriage by correspondence. This book draws upon the hundreds of letters they wrote and tells their moving story and reveals a personal perspective on war. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674030510
- ISBN
- 9780674030510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.87
€ 35.99
€ 30.87
Paperback. A finalist for the Lincoln Prize, The Sea Captain's Wife "comes surprisingly, and movingly, alive" (Tina Jordan, Entertainment Weekly). Num Pages: 384 pages, 47 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393330298
- ISBN
- 9780393330298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.57
€ 19.99
€ 18.57
Paperback. After a failed suicide attempt and recovery in the mad house, Martha is heading for France to be reunited with the one true love of her life. Father Ralph Fitzgerald rescued her from the streets when she was sixteen and was the first person to show Martha true love and affection. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJP; BGA; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780576114
- ISBN
- 9781780576114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.82
€ 20.99
€ 16.82
Paperback. Martha is now in her thirties. Her daughter has left home and she is lonely and vulnerable. The hard knocks have taken their toll on her health. As she teeters on the brink of a nervous breakdown, a phone call summons ghosts from the past. She discovers that one of the family is dead and the others need her help. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780575414
- ISBN
- 9781780575414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. At 16, Martha collapses on the streets, suffering from starvation and exposure. She has reached rock bottom, but after Martha is taken to hospital, Lady Luck smiles kindly on her and she is given the opportunity to get off the streets for ever. Before long, Martha is on the way to leading the normal life she has so long dreamt of. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPK; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845967031
- ISBN
- 9781845967031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. An instalment of Martha Long's real-life account of abuse, deprivation and cruelty at the hands of her mother's partner and the establishment, Martha is now 16 and her time at the convent school is up. It leads us through her first months of freedom. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845965822
- ISBN
- 9781845965822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.29
€ 14.99
€ 11.29
Paperback. Born a bastard to a teenage mother in the slums of 1950s Dublin, Martha has to be a fighter from the very start. As her mother moves from man to man, and more children follow, they live hand-to-mouth in squalid, freezing tenements, clothed in rags and forced to beg for food. This book tells the story of her early life. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 340. 477pp
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845963132
- ISBN
- 9781845963132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.45
€ 11.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Aged 13, Martha Long is rescued by the courts from the clutches of her evil stepfather and her feckless mother. After numerous arrests for shoplifting, a judge rules that she is to be sent to a convent school. Her initial relief at escaping the abuse and neglect she suffered at home is, however, short-lived. This is her memoir. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845964498
- ISBN
- 9781845964498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.83
€ 13.99
€ 11.83
paperback. On hearing that Jackser, her childhood abuser, is seriously ill, Martha is elated, thinking that finally she will be able to watch him suffer. But in the hospital she sees a frightened, lonely old man and realises with a shock that he seems to regret his earlier actions. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFE2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Mainstream Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781780576770
- ISBN
- 9781780576770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
€ 12.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Addresses itself to the central lacuna of twentieth century thought: the indulgence of communism by intellectuals of the West. In between the personal beginning and the personal ending, this work gives us information about Stalin: Koba the Dread, losif the Terrible. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JFCX; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099438021
- ISBN
- 9780099438021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
paperback. Explores the author's relationship with his father. This title also reflects on the life and legacy of the author's cousin, Lucy Partington, who disappeared without trace in 1973 and was exhumed twenty years later from the basement of Frederick West, one of Britain's prolific serial murderers. Num Pages: 416 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099285823
- ISBN
- 9780099285823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.53
€ 14.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. Scottish murders Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752450087
- ISBN
- 9780752450087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Paperback. A collection of local tales and murder cases from across the county of Lancashire. This title includes more than 60 archive photographs, reward notices and drawings. It contains chapters recounting true cases of theft, violence, villainy and murder, supported by a range of sources (including newspapers and court reports). Series: Murder & Crime. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 163 x 7. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752443584
- ISBN
- 9780752443584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Paperback. Drawing on a wide selection of sources and illustrated with more than fifty images, this collection of tales explores the shadier side of the Lake District's past. It features the tale of the 'Keswick Imposter', who seduced and bigamously married a young lady of Buttermere before being hanged at Castile for fraud. Series: Murder & Crime. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENM; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 234 x 5. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752448053
- ISBN
- 9780752448053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Hardcover. Num Pages: 344 pages, illus. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845195809
- ISBN
- 9781845195809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.45
€ 72.45