Biography
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Biography
Paperback. Beate Sirota Gordon was born in Vienna, but in 1929 her family moved to Japan so that her father, a noted pianist, could teach, and she grew up speaking German, English, and Japanese. In 1946, at age twenty-two, she helped to draft the new postwar Japanese constitution. This title chronicles the unlikely string of events that led her to that role. Num Pages: 176 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPG; BM; HBJF; HBLW3; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 162 x 10. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226132518
- ISBN
- 9780226132518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.08
€ 23.99
€ 19.08
Paperback. Provides an account of life of the author's first tour of duty in Vietnam - the blood, fear, camaraderie, and tedium of combat and maneuver. First published in 1987, this book shows an eager young recruit growing before the reader's eyes into a proud but bloodied combat veteran. Series: Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; BGHA; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585446049
- ISBN
- 9781585446049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.33
€ 24.33
Paperback. A delightful and beguiling look at life on a small Paris street. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BM; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 210 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393353402
- ISBN
- 9780393353402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.35
€ 18.99
€ 17.35
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Trolley Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904563518
- ISBN
- 9781904563518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.92
€ 33.99
€ 28.92
Paperback. When Caroline Roberts accepted a job at 25 Cromwell Street, the infamous address of Fred and Rose West, she was only 16. Realising that there was something very malevolent about the couple, she left their employment soon after. A month later she was abducted by the Wests and suffered violent sexual abuse at their hands. Num Pages: 288 pages, ill. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216. 288 pages, ill. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BTC. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Blake
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843589525
- ISBN
- 9781843589525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.34
€ 15.34
Paperback. Late on the evening of 24 January 1991 the patrol was compromised deep behind enemy lines in Iraq. A fierce fire-fight left the eight men unscathed, but they were forced to run for their lives. This title tells the story of courage under fire, of hairbreadth escapes, of the trained soldiers in the world fighting against adverse conditions. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJPR; BTM; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBWS3; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099556671
- ISBN
- 9780099556671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.80
€ 12.99
€ 11.80
paperback. Fourth volume in the bestselling olive series by writer and actress Carol Drinkwater Num Pages: 448 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BGA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780752881393
- ISBN
- 9780752881393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Fancy rafting across the Atlantic? Famous traveller requires 3 crew. Must be OAP. Serious adventurers only. Num Pages: 208 pages, same plate section as HB - no LS help required. BIC Classification: 1QSA; BTP; WSSN3; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472121134
- ISBN
- 9781472121134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- And Other Stories
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908276889
- ISBN
- 9781908276889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.70
€ 13.99
€ 11.70
Paperback. A gripping account of the three infamous trials which forged the enduring legacy of the world's greatest and most controversial defence lawyer. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8pp b-w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BG; LAZ; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471135354
- ISBN
- 9781471135354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.41
€ 12.99
€ 11.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 305 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BGF; WDKX; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Tyndale House Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781414334493
- ISBN
- 9781414334493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.29
€ 18.99
€ 17.29
Hardback. A true story of newlyweds on a four-and-a-half year circumnavigation aboard a sailboat. Single for many years, with her children grown, Sharon Ragle found herself facing a solitary future. Little did she know that one step off her familiar path would lead to adventure, romance and a life at sea. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: BG; WSSN3; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574091458
- ISBN
- 9781574091458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.31
€ 27.99
€ 24.31
Paperback. Editor(s): Jones, Julia; Simpson, Lesley. Num Pages: 384 pages, 72 b&w photographs & line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAX; 3JJH; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 28. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Golden Duck (UK) Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 4th Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781899262038
- ISBN
- 9781899262038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.54
€ 19.99
€ 18.54
Paperback. Clean copy in good to very good condition. Some light shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- The Mercier Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRF0005003
- ISBN
- 9780853426370
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Good copy with some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- The Mercier Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- SKU
- KTG0010337
- ISBN
- 9780853426370
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. In THE NURSES, journalist Alexandra Robbins peers behind the staff only door to write a lively, fast paced story. Robbins followed real like nurses in four hospitals and interviewed hundreds of others in a captivating book filled with joy and violence, miracles and heartbreak, dark humour and narrow victories, gripping drama and unsung heroism. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 41. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Workman Publishing Company
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761189251
- ISBN
- 9780761189251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.74
€ 20.99
€ 15.74
Hardback. Based on extensive sources, including newspapers, trial documents, and local histories, this gripping account of a seemingly typical woman who achieved extraordinary notoriety will appeal to true crime lovers and historians alike. Num Pages: 320 pages, 19, 7 black & white halftones, 12 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BTC; HBJK; JFSJ1; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421420202
- ISBN
- 9781421420202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.20
€ 41.99
€ 34.20
Hardcover. Explores the deeper tension between the ideal of Puritan family life and its messy reality, complicating the way America has thought about its Puritan past Series: North American Religions. Num Pages: 251 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition, 1st Printing
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814723722
- ISBN
- 9780814723722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.23
€ 43.23
Paperback. Deals with the mind of the fortieth US President Ronald Reagan and the writers and thinkers to whom he turned for advice, inspiration, humor, and hope. This title includes Reagan's own writing and his favorite quotations, proverbs, and excerpts from speeches, poetry, and literature. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062065148
- ISBN
- 9780062065148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.50
€ 18.99
€ 16.50
Hardback. Collected by the Ronald Reagan Foundation, this book includes both Reagan's own original writing that honors a lifetime of work in the arts and politics, and includes his favorite quotations, proverbs, and excerpts from speeches, poetry, and literature. It encapsulates a lifetime of reflections on work, marriage, and family in classic one liners. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white halftones, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 218 x 30. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062065131
- ISBN
- 9780062065131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.95
€ 32.99
€ 26.95