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Paperback. Following authors experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, chronicled in Homage to Catalonia, in this book he brings to bear all the force of his humanity, passion and clarity, describing with bitter intensity the bright hopes and cynical betrayals of that chaotic episode. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183053
ISBN
9780141183053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Self-made millionaire and mayor of Toledo, Ohio (1897-1904), Samuel M. Jones was one of the most important reformers of the progressive era. He implemented profit-sharing and day-care for factory workers, municipal-owned utilities, and free legal counsel. The compelling story of the only man in America to have run a city by the Golden Rule. Photos. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBTB; HRCV; JPHL; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 703.
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813120621
ISBN
9780813120621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.27

Mixed media pr. Editor(s): Goldberg, Esther Ann. Num Pages: 156 pages, maps (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 245 x 13. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853037248
ISBN
9780853037248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.12

Paperback. Editor(s): Goldberg, Esther Ann. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853036227
ISBN
9780853036227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.12

Hardback. From 1934 to 1954 Joseph I Breen, a media-savvy Victorian Irishman, reigned over the Production Code Administration, the Hollywood office tasked with censoring the American screen. This title tells the story of Breen's ascent to power and the widespread effects of his reign. Num Pages: 440 pages, 60 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; APFA; BGF; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231143585
ISBN
9780231143585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.58
€ 79.12

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

€ 26.99
€ 22.04

Paperback. They're the baddest bad asses Hollywood: Marlon Brando, Dennis Hopper, Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson. These are men for whom rules did not apply, men for whom normal standards of behaviour were simply too wearisome to worry about. This title takes you on a tour of sexual activity, misbehaviour of an Olympic standard, and genuine madness. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Preface Publishing
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848091245
ISBN
9781848091245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: APF; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 220 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Robert D. Reed Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934759851
ISBN
9781934759851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.64

Hardcover. Blaise Cendrars, one of twentieth-century France's most gifted men of letters, came to Hollywood in 1936 for the newspaper "Paris-Soir". This book records Cendrars' experiences on Hollywood's streets and at its studios and hottest clubs. Illustrator(s): Guerin, Jean. Translator(s): White, Garrett. Num Pages: 195 pages, photograph, 29 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BGB; KNTC; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780520078079
ISBN
9780520078079
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.15

Paperback. Busty babe Holly Hagan has had viewers of Geordie Shore glued to their screens ever since the first series. Filled with genuinely touching stories and inside accounts of what they don't show you on TV, Holly has laid herself bare, physically and emotionally. If you think you know all there is to know about Holly from Geordie Shore, think again. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784183363
ISBN
9781784183363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.33

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. How can one experience the trauma of the concentration camps - being reduced to a helpless witness of the brutality of torture, medical experiments, and execution of those around you - how can one survive this and remain the same? This title explores the complex results of this dehumanizing experience. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814715130
ISBN
9780814715130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. In 2005, Rob and Jo Gambi became the first married couple to achieve the ultimate adventurer's ambition when they climbed the 'Seven Summits' (the highest mountains on all seven continents) and skied to both the North and South Poles together in record time. This work tells the story of love and survival against the odds. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16pp colour plates. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749951375
ISBN
9780749951375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJX; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781928337294
ISBN
9781928337294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFSL3; JNA; JNU; YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Beacon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807052440
ISBN
9780807052440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 203 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JFSJ1; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849823043
ISBN
9781849823043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback. A biography of the musician and composer Arthur Russell, one of the most important but least known contributors to the downtown New York music scene during the 1970s and 1980s. It traces Russell's odyssey from his hometown of Oskaloosa, Iowa, to countercultural San Francisco, and eventually to New York, where he lived from 1973 until his death. Num Pages: 448 pages, 85 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 638.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344858
ISBN
9780822344858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 195 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; KNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Old Street Publishing United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906964085
ISBN
9781906964085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.37

Paperback. Joe Rosenblatt and Barry Callaghan, poets of perspicacity, pizzazz, and probity, have been combative, ecstatic compadres for over 40 years. Hoggwash, a convergence by epistle, is a tribute not just to their enduring friendship but to the life of the imagination itself. There is no record of correspondence like this, anywhere in the world. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Exile Editions Canada
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550965094
ISBN
9781550965094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.15

Paperback. David Hockney's career has spanned and epitomised the art movements of the past five decades. Volume 1 covered his early life. This volume finds him flitting between Notting Hill and California, where he took inspiration for the swimming pool series of paintings. It also illuminates the glamorous circles he moved in, and his relationships. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 234 x 32. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
New
Publication date
2017
SKU
V9781780890081
ISBN
9781780890081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. David Hockney's career has spanned and epitomised the art movements over the years. With access to interviews, family and friends and Hockney's own notebooks and paintings, this volume delivers a revelatory account of the man who many believe to be Britain's greatest artist. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AFC; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 234 x 29. Weight in Grams: 868.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846057090
ISBN
9781846057090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Hardcover. Num Pages: 424 pages, 40pp photographs. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 3JH; BGH; HBJM; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 242 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1124.
Publisher
Otago University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877578663
ISBN
9781877578663
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.10

Paperback. An analysis of 20th century historian Eric Hobsbawn, assessing his scholarly record and the intellectual and political journey his life represents. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBAH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745328447
ISBN
9780745328447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 24.34

Paperback. Thomas Hobbes, the first great English political philosopher, has had the reputation of being a pessimistic atheist. This study evaluates Hobbes's philosophy, describing him to have been passionately concerned with the refutation of scepticism, and to have developed a theory of knowledge, which rivalled that of Descartes in its importance. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; BG; HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 110 x 11. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192802552
ISBN
9780192802552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

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