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Biography

Paperback. The incredible true story of Olga Trujillo, whose childhood was devastated by sexual abuse and violence. This memoir follows Olga as she splits herself into "parts" and develops dissociative identity disorder to cope with the abuse, and then struggles to merge these parts and overcome the disorder in adulthood. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
New Harbinger Publications United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572249912
ISBN
9781572249912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.96

Paperback. A collection of personal narratives - essays, letters, and poems - from refugees fleeing Bosnia and Croatia. Taking us behind the barrage of media coverage, it includes stories that tell of perseverance, brutality, forced departure, exile, and courage. Num Pages: 267 pages, 20 photos. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 1DVWYC; BG; HBW; JFFD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206342
ISBN
9780520206342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle's East End Factories. The Sugar Girls went straight to No.10 in the Sunday Times Bestseller List, spending five weeks in the top ten. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJH; 3JJPG; BT; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780007448470
ISBN
9780007448470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 8.95

Paperback. When middle age gets mucky: the true and funny story of one man's age-related angsts among the animals on a Devonshire smallholding. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEW; BM; TVM; VSZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409154679
ISBN
9781409154679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. The journal of Prussian Major General Benno von Studnitz was originally published in 1891 in a very limited German language edition. Now, translated and edited by his great-grandson, the General's journal appears for the first time in English. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; BGHA; BJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 10. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Helion and Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910294406
ISBN
9781910294406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.58

Hardback. The Strong Gray Line profiles members of the West Point class of 2004 who fought and died in service to their country. Alongside these commemorative stories, surviving members describe some of the most brutal combat of the Iraq and Afghanistan war in vivid and stirring vignettes. Editor(s): Wallace, Cory. Num Pages: 332 pages, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBW; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442249752
ISBN
9781442249752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.46

Paperback. The incomplete autobiography of the writer and poet Louis MacNeice, contemporary and friend of Auden, Spender and Day Lewis. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 224. Very good copy with some minor shelf wear, minor edge wear to cover and spine, yellowing of pages
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
SKU
KKD0012350
ISBN
9780571118328
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 196 x 21. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910162217
ISBN
9781910162217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.05

Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Paperbooks Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909593633
ISBN
9781909593633
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.36

Paperback. Offers a biography of Paul Dirac, the famous physicist sometimes called the British Einstein. Based on a previously undiscovered archive of family papers, this book celebrates Dirac's massive scientific achievement while drawing a portrait of his life and work. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 36. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571222865
ISBN
9780571222865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.59

Paperback. The classic bestseller, the great sailing adventure story of Donald Crowhurst. Now a major motion picture. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BG; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 268 x 2. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473635364
ISBN
9781473635364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Translator(s): Paterson, Anna. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3JJPR; 3JM; BTC; JKVC; JKVQ1; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 35. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
Portobello Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846275760
ISBN
9781846275760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.59

Hardcover. A prize-winning historian tells a new story of the black experience in America through the life of a mysterious entrepreneur. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 map; 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393239256
ISBN
9780393239256
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.58

Paperback. Albie Sachs gives an intimate account of his extraordinary life and work as a judge in South Africa. Mixing autobiography with reflections on his major cases and the role of law in achieving social justice, Sachs offers a rare glimpse into the workings of the judicial mind and a unique perspective on modern South African history. Num Pages: 320 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BM; LAQ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199605774
ISBN
9780199605774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Interlink Books United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566569255
ISBN
9781566569255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.29

Paperback. Maria Trapp recalls the events that brought her talented family from Austria to the hills of New England. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations, photos. BIC Classification: AVG; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
William Morrow Paperbacks
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060005771
ISBN
9780060005771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.61

Paperback. The extraordinary and enduring memoir of Axel Munthe, a travel bestseller since first published in 1929, captures the spirit and feel of an era Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BG; MB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
John Murray
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719566998
ISBN
9780719566998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages, 80 photographs. BIC Classification: AGB; AKLC; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Elysee Associates
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993453007
ISBN
9780993453007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. When the author was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 43, she realized that her tits told a story. This book is suitable for everyone who's faced cancer personally, or watched a loved one fight that battle. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; FXL; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 204 x 30. Weight in Grams: 896.
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603090544
ISBN
9781603090544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.14

Paperback. Seducer, gambler, necromancer, swindler, swashbuckler, poet, self-made gentleman, bon vivant, Giacomo Casanova was a notorious lover of the Western world. This title contains the highlights of Casanova's life: his youth in Venice as a precocious ecclesiastic; his dabbling in the occult; his imprisonment and escape; and his amorous conquests. Editor(s): Pizzamiglio, Gilberto. Translator(s): Sartarelli, Stephen; Hawkes, Sophie. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140439151
ISBN
9780140439151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

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