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Paperback. Hanna Greally spent the best part of the 1940s and 1950s incarcerated in a psychiatric hospital in the Irish Midlands. In her first book "Birds Nest Soup" she recounted the terrible suffering she endured there. This title gives an account of her life in Coolamber Manor Rehabilitation Centre in County Longford. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJP; BM; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Attic Press Dublin
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855942127
- ISBN
- 9781855942127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.88
€ 11.88
Paperback. Paints a vivid portrait of a woman gloriously out of the step with the conventions of her time. Over the course of a dozen years, Scottish plant collector Isobel Wylie Hutchison (1889-1982) explored northern latitudes from the Lofoten Islands of Norway to the far reaches of the American Aleutians. Series: Women in the West. Num Pages: 282 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1MTN; BG; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803273443
- ISBN
- 9780803273443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.55
€ 21.99
€ 21.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, 35 photos. BIC Classification: AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589880634
- ISBN
- 9781589880634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.17
€ 23.99
€ 17.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820334882
- ISBN
- 9780820334882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.57
€ 37.99
€ 32.57
Richard Seaman grew up in Kissimmee Park, Florida. This biography presents Seaman's assessment of Florida's changing cultural landscape through 30 tales, personal experience narratives, legends, fiddle tune repertory, and descriptions of daily life. Num Pages: 296 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; AVRL; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817315535
- ISBN
- 9780817315535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.74
€ 50.99
€ 42.74
Paperback. Recounts a time when range wars, cattle drives, rustling, street brawls, and rum running were commonplace in Florida. Though the focus is on Mizell, Tinsley also gives an engaging history of Florida and the cattle industry.--Tampa Tribune Num Pages: 131 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 131
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813009858
- ISBN
- 9780813009858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.39
€ 21.99
€ 20.39
Paperback. Concise historical introduction to Florence Nightingale and her continuing influence on the world and how we see it. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 130. .
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780281076451
- ISBN
- 9780281076451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.60
€ 13.99
€ 11.60
Hardcover. Series: Collected Works of Florence Nightingale. Num Pages: 704 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: BJ; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1108.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889203716
- ISBN
- 9780889203716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.13€ 133.21
€ 149.13
€ 133.21
Hardcover. Contains two early attempted novels, draft sermons, and a lengthy fictional dialogue featuring St Ignatius, founder of the Jesuits, the American evangelical Jacob Abbott, and British agnostic Harriet Martineau (with cameo appearances by Protestant reformer John Calvin and the poet Shelley) against an unnamed 'M.S.'. Editor(s): McDonald, Lynn. Num Pages: 816 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGH; DN; HBTB; HP; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1228.
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press
- Number of pages
- 794
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889204652
- ISBN
- 9780889204652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.13€ 133.21
€ 149.13
€ 133.21
Hardcover. Demonstrates Nightingale's astute use of the political process and report on her correspondence with royalty, viceroys and leaders, including such notables as Queen Victoria and W E Gladstone. This book confirms Nightingale as a significant nineteenth-century scholar and illustrate how she integrated her scholarship with political activism. Editor(s): McDonald, Lynn. Num Pages: 992 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; DN; HBTB; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 167 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1464.
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 1050
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889204713
- ISBN
- 9780889204713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.13€ 133.21
€ 149.13
€ 133.21
Hardcover. Florence Nightingale is famous as the 'lady with the lamp' in the Crimean War, 1854-56. This title reports on Nightingale's correspondence from the war hospitals and on the staggering amount of work she did post-war to ensure that the appalling death rate from disease (higher than that from bullets) did not recur. Num Pages: 1096 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: BGH; DN; HBTB; JW; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 63. Weight in Grams: 1630.
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 785
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889204690
- ISBN
- 9780889204690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.13€ 133.21
€ 149.13
€ 133.21
Hardcover. Relates the founding of Florence Nightingale's school at St Thomas' Hospital and her guidance of its teaching for the rest of her life. This title reveals her evolving views on nursing, and on germ theory. It presents material on the early years of the school. It covers the crisis of its near breakdown in the early 1870s. Editor(s): McDonald, Lynn. Num Pages: 944 pages, illus. BIC Classification: BGH; DN; HBTB; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 935
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889204676
- ISBN
- 9780889204676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.13€ 133.21
€ 149.13
€ 133.21
Paperback. A biography that celebrates the life and work of Florence Nightingale on the 100th anniversary of her death. It documents the struggles and achievements of a woman who defied the conventions and standards of Victorian England to blaze her own path. Num Pages: 448 pages, 283 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 218 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- F.A. Davis Company United States
- Edition
- 2010 Anniversary
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803621695
- ISBN
- 9780803621695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 104.53
€ 104.53
Hardcover. Flora Amelia Stone, born in 1852, was at the center of many charities and organizations that addressed the physical, intellectual, cultural, and spiritual needs of Clevelanders, especially the poor, women, and children. This biography of an influential Clevelander is useful for students of women's studies and the history of philanthropy. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; 3JH; BG; JFSJ1; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873388993
- ISBN
- 9780873388993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.51
€ 41.99
€ 34.51
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 photographs, 4 drawings. BIC Classification: 1KB; BM; RNKH1; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 28. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803296428
- ISBN
- 9780803296428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.39
€ 30.39
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Virago Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KNW0010412
- ISBN
- 9781860498169
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Virago Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KNW0010343
- ISBN
- 9781860498169
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Matthew Flinders was the first to circumnavigate and chart the treacherous Terra Australis coastline - he is the man who put Australia on the map. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2x8pp 4x4c. BIC Classification: BG; DN; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Hachette Australia Australia
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780733637384
- ISBN
- 9780733637384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.75
€ 19.99
€ 14.75
Paperback. A gripping, literary recollection of a pilot's experiences during WWII Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . Good copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0012132
- ISBN
- 9780747578116
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A gripping, literary recollection of a pilot's experiences during WWII Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747578116
- ISBN
- 9780747578116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; VXPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236. A Plane Crash.a Lone Survivor.a Journey to Heaven - and Back. 192 pages, Illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BM; VXPR. Dimension: 212 x 140 x 12. Weight: 228.
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764207945
- ISBN
- 9780764207945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.01
€ 17.99
€ 14.01
Paperback. Stresses the author's humanistic philosophy. Editor(s): Rees, William. Translator(s): Rees, William. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183183
- ISBN
- 9780141183183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. The autobiography of the Royal Australian Air Force pilot who led the 'Telstar' aerobatic display team in the 1960s and rose to the rank of Wing Commander. Num Pages: 200 pages, 58 b&w photos and illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 216. The Ups and Downs of Life and in the Air for an Australian Wing Commander. 200 pages, 58 b&w photos and illustrations. The autobiography of the Royal Australian Air Force pilot who led the 'Telstar' aerobatic display team in the 1960s and rose to the rank of Wing Commander. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BG; JWG. Dimension: 211 x 138 x 10. Weight: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Brolga Publishing
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781920785918
- ISBN
- 9781920785918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.27
€ 13.99
€ 13.27
Paperback. The poems and performance art of Hugo Ball and his contemporaries were the beginnings of Dada. This work includes Ball's diaries, the original Dada manifesto and a critical introduction. Translator(s): Raimes, Ann. Series: Documents of Twentieth-Century Art. Num Pages: 324 pages, 14 b&w photographs, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; ACXD7; BG; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520204409
- ISBN
- 9780520204409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.39
€ 35.99
€ 26.39