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Biography
Paperback. "Doing things by the book" acquires a whole new meaning in Brandon R. Schrand's memoir of coming of age in spite of himself. The "works cited" are those books that serve as Schrand's signposts as he goes from life as a hormone-crazed, heavy-metal wannabe in the remotest parts of working-class Idaho to a reasonable facsimile of manhood. Series: American Lives. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 0th edition
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803243378
- ISBN
- 9780803243378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.37
€ 17.99
€ 17.37
Paperback. Working with the Curlew is an intimate and evocative account of an era before factory farming, when farmers worked closely with nature and the rhythm of the seasons, a smallholding could sustain a family, and there were enough small farms for a shepherd to climb the ladder to ownership. Num Pages: 128 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BG; TV; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Green Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903998342
- ISBN
- 9781903998342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.91
€ 10.99
€ 9.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBEN; BM; KNAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556439148
- ISBN
- 9781556439148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.95
€ 18.99
€ 16.95
Paperback. Fearless memoir of a forensic pathologist's "rookie season" as a NYC medical examiner, and the cases that shaped her as both a physician and mother. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGTA; MMQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781476727264
- ISBN
- 9781476727264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.48
€ 15.99
€ 11.48
Paperback. Grant Stoddard left Britain for the States with the clothes on his back, a fascination with all things American, and a burning hope for something bigger. Then fate in the guise of an X-rated online contest intervened. Winning first prize - sexual intercourse with an infamous married sex columnist - changed everything. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 195 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266. Clean copy with very light shelfwear. Good to very good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- VIRGIN BOOKS
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KST0017355
- ISBN
- 9780753512715
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Working on the Inside goes backstage into the inner lives of respected actors like Liam Neeson, Vanessa Williams, Phylicia Rashad, Edward Herrmann, Kristin Chenoweth and many others to reveal the deep spirituality each one relies on in their lives and work. Num Pages: 160 pages, port. BIC Classification: APF; BGF; HRCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742533196
- ISBN
- 9780742533196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.82
€ 27.99
€ 22.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- NeWest Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781896300733
- ISBN
- 9781896300733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.75
€ 20.99
€ 15.75
Hardcover. Editor(s): Patton, Randall L. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BM; JFFJ; JFSL3; KNDV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820348001
- ISBN
- 9780820348001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.03
€ 58.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Quest Books,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780835609005
- ISBN
- 9780835609005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.29
€ 17.99
€ 16.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 203 x 16. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812983845
- ISBN
- 9780812983845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.55
€ 19.99
€ 16.55
Hardback. * Looks at the impact of grief on Wordswortha s great poetry. * Explains the importance of the poeta s great, unfinished epic a The Reclusea to his work as a whole. * Includes 20 illustrations from original notebooks. * Contains the first annotated text of a The White Doe of Rylstonea . . Num Pages: 400 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 168 x 27. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631206385
- ISBN
- 9780631206385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.20
€ 141.20
Paperback. Whether recalling Philip Glass experiences working at Bethlehem Steel, traveling in India, driving a cab in 1970s New York, or his professional collaborations with the likes of Allen Ginsberg, Ravi Shankar, Robert Wilson, Doris Lessing, and Martin Scorsese, this book affirms the power of music to change the world. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571323746
- ISBN
- 9780571323746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.50
€ 19.99
€ 14.50
Paperback. Paperback, very good condition. GRANT.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Picador
- Number of pages
- 324
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main Market
- SKU
- KRF0027300
- ISBN
- 9780330518352
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. After his father's early death Jean-Paul Sartre was brought up at his grandfather's home in a world even then eighty years out of date. This work provides background to the philosophy of one of the profoundest thinkers of the twentieth century. Translator(s): Clephane, Irene. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BG; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd London
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183466
- ISBN
- 9780141183466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Rarely is a crime committed without there being some evidence in the form of language. This title features a series of chapters where gripping cases are described - involving murder, sexual assault, hate mail, suspicious death, code deciphering, arson and even genocide. It details how forensic linguistics helps the law beat the criminals. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286. Solving Crime Through Forensic Linguistics. 208 pages. Rarely is a crime committed without there being some evidence in the form of language. This title features a series of chapters where gripping cases are described - involving murder, sexual assault, hate mail, suspicious death, code deciphering, arson and even genocide. It details how forensic linguistics helps the law beat the criminals. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BTC. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 15. Weight: 230.
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441193520
- ISBN
- 9781441193520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.15
€ 27.15
Paperback. For many, Scrabble is merely a board game. For others it is an intellectual pilgrimage. This title chronicles the story of how Scrabble has grown from a diversion invented by an unemployed architect during The Great Depression into the successful, challenging and beloved game of today. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; WDMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Yellow Jersey
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0001981
- ISBN
- 9780224060615
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids, Patti Smith writes of her childhood in this glittering memoir Num Pages: 96 pages, ill. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 118 x 188 x 13. Weight in Grams: 136. 96 pages, ill. National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids, Patti Smith writes of her childhood in this glittering memoir. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BM. Dimension: 118 x 188 x 13. Weight: 162.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408832301
- ISBN
- 9781408832301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.68
€ 19.99
€ 14.68
Paperback. Hogarth Press exhibition catalogue highlights its international scope, genres, and diverse range of published titles. Series: Bruce Peel Special Collections Library. Num Pages: 142 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551952406
- ISBN
- 9781551952406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.91
€ 41.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. aeo This is new in paperback. aeo This book is the first comprehensive discussion of the life and work of Americaa s finest comedian. aeo The hardback sold extremely well, and was widely and favourably reviewed. Num Pages: 230 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; BGF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745608907
- ISBN
- 9780745608907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.74
€ 25.74
Paperback. Editor(s): Bjorkman, Stig. Num Pages: 432 pages, 70 illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 32. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571223176
- ISBN
- 9780571223176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.36
€ 26.99
€ 18.36
Paperback. In an unprecedented television program, Woody Allen spoke to the camera for the first time about the entire range of his work, in an interview with Richard Schickel. But the presentation contained only a small fraction of the interview. This book reprints the complete conversation between the two men. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566636025
- ISBN
- 9781566636025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.63
€ 16.99
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Hardback. Between these pages, the reader finds Woody Allen reflecting on his major preoccupations - the battle of the sexes, the conflict between reality and fantasy in his films, mortality, religion and the role that chance plays in the unfolding of our lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, index. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 180 x 22. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566635288
- ISBN
- 9781566635288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.60
€ 24.99
€ 21.60
Paperback. Ben Law's incredible sense of the land and his respect for age old traditions offers a wonderful insight into the life of Prickly Nut Wood. Num Pages: 256 pages, 50 b/w illus, With index. BIC Classification: BGA; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007551927
- ISBN
- 9780007551927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.68
€ 13.99
€ 11.68
Hardcover. Presents the life of Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), from his early years during the American Civil War, through his academic and political career and US' involvement in the First World War, to Wilson's role at Versailles, including the construction of his 14 Points, his principles for the reformation of Europe, and the consequences of Versailles. Series Editor(s): Sharp, Alan. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 tables, 3 black & white halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905791620
- ISBN
- 9781905791620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44