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Paperback. A survey of the impressive career of Hugo Friedhofer, composer for Hollywood movies. His life is examined through essays, personal letters, and interviews with film historians and friends of the composer, but the largest contribution is by Friedhofer himself in the form of an oral history. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 b&w photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APF; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 214 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810844780
ISBN
9780810844780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.50

Hardback. Noblewoman, heiress, widow, magnate, and sister-in-law to King Henry III, Joan de Valence survived and thrived through some of the most chaotic years of medieval English history. For the first time, Mitchell reaches into the archives to illuminate the story of this overlooked woman and, in turn, reveals new ways of thinking about medieval women. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 charts, 7 black & white illustrations, 6 maps, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230392007
ISBN
9780230392007
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 198 pages, 50 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JH; BGH; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894898317
ISBN
9781894898317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 170 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348. A Prisoner of War Comes Home. 208 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGH; HBWQ; JW. Dimension: 233 x 170 x 13. Weight: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
BRICKTOWER
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781883283513
ISBN
9781883283513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.36

Paperback. Winner of the 2010 Bancroft Prize and finalist for the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Biography: The definitive biography of a heroic chronicler of America's Depression and one of the twentieth century's greatest photographers. Num Pages: 560 pages, 128 black-and-white photos. BIC Classification: AJB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1020.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393339055
ISBN
9780393339055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.61

Paperback. 'A skilful, moving, even humorous book. It is more than an elegy for a lost mother or the charting of one human being's decline .. It is an investigation of memory, which concludes that "Memory, I have come to understand, is everything, it's life itself"' Scotland on Sunday Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BG; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847082695
ISBN
9781847082695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
Counterpoint
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781582437446
ISBN
9781582437446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.89

Hardback. This comprehensive biography of Dolores del Rio considers how her enormously successful career in Hollywood, in Mexico, and internationally, illuminates issues of race, ethnicity, and gender through the lenses of beauty and celebrity. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804784078
ISBN
9780804784078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 19 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 377.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253020604
ISBN
9780253020604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.07

Hardback. Features the biography of Thomas Moore, describing the life and times of a great Irish writer - romantic poet, political satirist, pioneering biographer and the creator of the "Irish Melodies". This work captures the charm of Whig society and casts light on his relationship with Byron. Num Pages: 271 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AVG; AVH; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568. Biography..Tom Moore. 262pp
Edition
First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
1845112520
ISBN
9781845112523
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.00

Hardcover. Sparkling account of Prince Talleyrand's last diplomatic mission Num Pages: 256 pages, 26 black and white illustrations in a 16 page plate section and 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; BGH; HBLL; HBTB; JPSD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784537814
ISBN
9781784537814
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.33
€ 54.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 137 x 9. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926613758
ISBN
9781926613758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Tucked away in the eastern end of the Himalayas lies Bhutan - a tiny, landlocked country bordering China and India. It is a place where people are genuinely content with very few material possessions and the government embraces 'Gross National Happiness' instead of Gross National Product. This offers a glimpse into this quirky mountain kingdom. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKH; BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Hay House UK Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848503755
ISBN
9781848503755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.53

Paperback. A collection of biographies: a gifted artist and shrewd businesswoman; a pioneering scientific researcher; a powerful landowner who conserved acres of Lakeland countryside; a daughter who defied her parents with her first tragically short engagement and who, finally was given a second chance of love and happiness. Num Pages: 608 pages, 4 x 8 page colour/black and white insets. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 464.
Edition
1st Penguin Edition
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141003108
ISBN
9780141003108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.22

Hardback. Born in St Louis, Missouri, Marianne Moore eventually found her way to New York with her mother whom she continued to live with until her mother passed, a familial devotion so intense that William Carlos Williams complained that it was 'pathological' and prevented her from marrying any 'literary guys'. Moore never married. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 241 x 41. Weight in Grams: 782.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571301829
ISBN
9780571301829
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 25.82

Paperback. In A Great Rural Sisterhood, Linda M. Ambrose uses a wealth of archival materials from both sides of the Atlantic to tell the story of Watt's remarkable life and the creation of the Associated Country Women of the World. Num Pages: 352 pages, 24. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442615793
ISBN
9781442615793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.36

Paperback. Linda Ronstadt's charming memoir about her education as a singer, from humble origins in rural Arizona to performing at Madison Square Garden. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16-pp b-w photo insert. BIC Classification: AVGL; AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781451668735
ISBN
9781451668735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.54

Hardcover. Good copy with some shelf wear, nicks and tears to dustwrapper, yellowing of pages but otherwise good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Doubleday
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KKD0007596
ISBN
9780385081405
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Contains the stories behind some of the most notorious murders in Kent's history. This title examines some of the historic crimes that shocked not only the county but Britain as a whole. It features such cases as the doctor who was poisoned with morphine in Faversham; and the couple who were brutally battered to death in their beds in Chislehurst. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 174 x 10. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750948111
ISBN
9780750948111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.60

Paperback. A compendium that brings together thirty-three murderous tales - one from each of London's boroughs - that not only shocked the City but made headline news across the country. It contains the stories behind these heinous crimes, including George Chapman, who was hanged in 1903 for poisoning three women. Series: Murders. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752451244
ISBN
9780752451244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.75

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