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Biography
Hardback. Offers an account of a French woman's impressions of America in the late nineteenth century that reveals an unusual cross-cultural journey through fin de siecle Paris, Chicago, and New York. This translation includes an introductory essay that situates the author's account in the larger context of European visitors to Chicago in the 1890s. Num Pages: 264 pages, 22 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KB; BG; HBJK; JFSJ1; RGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252035135
- ISBN
- 9780252035135
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.77
€ 57.77
Hardback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BM; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- St Martin´s Press
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781250130129
- ISBN
- 9781250130129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.88
€ 29.99
€ 25.88
Paperback. A Paris Christmas is the charming, funny and improbable tale of how a man who was raised on white bread - and didn't speak a word of French - unexpectedly ended up with the sacred duty of preparing the Christmas dinner for a venerable Parisian family. Previously published as "Cooking for Claudine". BIC Classification: 1DDF; 5HC; BM; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780722474
- ISBN
- 9781780722474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; HBWN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Spokesman Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851248370
- ISBN
- 9780851248370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.46
€ 15.99
€ 14.46
Paperback. Surprising Matron as well as herself, Evelyn Prentis managed to pass her Finals and become a staff-nurse. Encouraged, she took the brave leap of moving from Nottingham to London. This title offers an account of a nurse in action, that shows a nurse's life would always revolve around the comforting discomfort of porridge and rissoles, and bandages. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 192 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- KOC0016554
- ISBN
- 9780091941376
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. At the end of the Second World War, as husbands came back to Civvy Street their wives had the luxury of staying at home with the children. For a short while at least. Soon Evelyn realised she had to find part-time work to make ends meet, and to her astonishment she was offered part-time hours at her old hospital. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- SKU
- KTG0007381
- ISBN
- 9780091941383
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Shirley Leach lived in a world of extreme comfort, wealth and status. With every good thing life had to offer, she was due to marry the man she loved - a man who, in turn, adored her. But all this was to change in a single moment. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HRCC7; HRCX8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786062512
- ISBN
- 9781786062512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
Hardcover. Virginia Woolf meets Caitlin Moran - the extraordinary journals chronicling one ordinary woman's life, edited and introduced by Simon Garfield Editor(s): Garfield, Simon. Num Pages: 736 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1072. Some shelf wear, dustjacket
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KTK0095816
- ISBN
- 9781782115700
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Paperback. The extraordinary journals chronicling one ordinary woman's life: a fascinating slice of British social history edited and introduced by Simon Garfield Editor(s): Garfield, Simon. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BJ; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 53. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782115724
- ISBN
- 9781782115724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 334. Paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear. NAIL
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- KRF0022514
- ISBN
- 9780141014289
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; AN; BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 146 x 31. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910376126
- ISBN
- 9781910376126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.02
€ 19.99
€ 15.02
CD-Audio. A memoir by the iconic singer-songwriter chronicling her story from her beginnings in Brooklyn through her remarkable success as one of the world's most acclaimed musical talents, to her present day as a leading performer and activist. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 134 x 38. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company United States
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611133639
- ISBN
- 9781611133639
CD
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 24.42
€ 35.99
€ 24.42
Paperback. The long-awaited memoir from one of the world's most acclaimed musical talents. She created the soundtrack of our lives. At last, she shares hers Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844088867
- ISBN
- 9781844088867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Even as a pup, Davy Crockett 'always delighted to be in the very thickest of danger.' This book describes his earliest days in Tennessee, his two marriages, his career as an Indian fighter, his bear hunts, and his electioneering. Num Pages: 211 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803263253
- ISBN
- 9780803263253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.34
€ 17.99
€ 17.34
Paperback. "[Makes] history, with all its messiness, ugliness, and even humanity, come vividly alive."-Chicago Tribune Num Pages: 448 pages, 27 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393326062
- ISBN
- 9780393326062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.92
€ 32.99
€ 27.92
Paperback.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 348
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007333561
- ISBN
- 9780007333561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.28
€ 17.99
€ 14.28
paperback. Looking back not only at author's own much younger self, but also at the other writers who shared Paris with him - James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald - he recalls the time when, poor, happy and writing in cafes, he discovered his vocation. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780099285045
- ISBN
- 9780099285045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. A memoir recounting a family s efforts to locate and free a young Brazilian activist arrested, imprisoned, and tortured by the military dictatorship. Editor(s): Green, James N. Translator(s): Nielsen, Rex P. Num Pages: 208 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLS; BG; HB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822347361
- ISBN
- 9780822347361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Paperback. On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Over the course of minutes, they would kill twelve students and a teacher and wound many others before taking their own lives. In this book, Dylan's mother chronicles her journey as a mother trying to come to terms with the incomprehensible. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- WH Allen
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753556818
- ISBN
- 9780753556818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.04
€ 19.99
€ 15.04
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Blackstaff Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSG0019190
- ISBN
- 9780856408304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99