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Paperback. Displayed on European stages from 1810 to 1815 as the Hottentot Venus, Sara Baartman was one of the most famous women of her day. This book tells the entwined histories of an illusive life and a famous icon. It raises questions about the possibilities and limits of biography for understanding those who live among different cultures. Num Pages: 248 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGH; HBTQ; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147963
- ISBN
- 9780691147963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BG; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Clear Light Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574160956
- ISBN
- 9781574160956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.35
€ 24.99
€ 17.35
Paperback. Before Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steve Reeves, or Charles Atlas, there was German-born Eugen Sandow (1867-1925), a muscular vaudeville strongman who used his good looks, intelligence, and business savvy to forge a fitness empire. This book features the story of this first showman to emphasize physique display rather than lifting prowess. Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages, 38. BIC Classification: BG; WSU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Pbk. Ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252073069
- ISBN
- 9780252073069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.14
€ 24.99
€ 23.14
paperback. Describing the life and ideas of the founder of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), this work is a biography of Carlos Fonseca Amador, an important and influential figure of the post-1959 revolutionary generation in Latin America. Num Pages: 288 pages, 18 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; BGH; HBTV; JPF; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822325956
- ISBN
- 9780822325956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Paperback. Bestselling author Giles Milton takes us on a fascinating Jacobean adventure. Num Pages: 416 pages, line drawings throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPJ; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340794685
- ISBN
- 9780340794685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Series: Critical American Studies. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816677870
- ISBN
- 9780816677870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.25
€ 26.99
€ 25.25
Paperback. From Kurosawa's epic "Seven Samurai" to the figure of Darth Vader in "Star Wars", to Manga comics and video games, the figure of the fighting samurai inspires us. This book lets us discover the truth behind the legend. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; BGH; HBJF; WSTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bantam Press.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780553825282
- ISBN
- 9780553825282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.01
€ 14.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Penguin Edition
- SKU
- KKD0001540
- ISBN
- 9780140282344
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Focuses on the remarkable diaries of Pepys and brings his story vividly to life once more. Num Pages: 576 pages, 24pp inset. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 35. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241963265
- ISBN
- 9780241963265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Sceptre
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KSS0003554
- ISBN
- 9780340751244
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Sceptre
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KKD0001759
- ISBN
- 9780340751244
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bethany House Publishers
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- English Language
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871239501
- ISBN
- 9780871239501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.12
€ 9.99
€ 9.12
Paperback. Johnson, born weak and half-blind, shambolic and poverty-stricken, became the most admired and quoted man in the eighteenth century. Thrown out of Oxford for a lack of funds, he rose to celebrity: author of "The Dictionary", a friend to the king, companion of Reynolds, Goldsmith and Garrick. This title presents a portrait of Johnson, and his life. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 31. Weight in Grams: 365.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571226368
- ISBN
- 9780571226368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.08
€ 14.99
€ 12.08
Paperback. The poet, essayist, critic, journalist and lexicographer Samuel Johnson was one of the pre-eminent figures of 18th-century English letters. Johnson was also a legendary wit and conversationalist, whose sharp-tongued pronouncements and many eccentricities are well recorded in Boswell's classic Life. Series: Life & Times. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 201 x 9. Weight in Grams: 258. Some light shelf wear, else as new
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- SKU
- KRA0011120
- ISBN
- 9781904341819
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108074384
- ISBN
- 9781108074384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.31
€ 62.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BGL; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Irish Academic Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780716532903
- ISBN
- 9780716532903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.29
€ 24.99
€ 21.29
Paperback. One man's story of an experience shared by thousands of children. The idyllic upbringing of the child of a Navy officer in Malaya and Singapore during the 1960s. Num Pages: 96 pages, 118 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 1FMS; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 7. Weight in Grams: 224. A Childhood in Singapore and Malaya. 96 pages, 118 b&w illustrations. One man's story of an experience shared by thousands of children. The idyllic upbringing of the child of a Navy officer in Malaya and Singapore during the 1960s. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FMM; 1FMS; BM. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 7. Weight: 220.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445603155
- ISBN
- 9781445603155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.25
€ 17.99
€ 14.25
Paperback. Meet Denver, raised under plantation-style slavery in Louisiana until he escaped---in the 1960s. Then, after another 18 homeless years, God moved, and a godly woman named Deborah prayed, listened, and obeyed. Mountains began to move, beginning with her husband, Ron, an international art dealer accustomed to the world of art-collecting millionaires Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 211 x 18. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780849919107
- ISBN
- 9780849919107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.72
€ 16.99
€ 13.72
mass_market. Num Pages: 272 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 116 x 27. Weight in Grams: 191.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553562835
- ISBN
- 9780553562835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.86
€ 11.99
€ 10.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGA; HBJK; HBW; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927527221
- ISBN
- 9781927527221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.84
€ 15.99
€ 11.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: BGF. Dimension: 155 x 233 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1008.
- Publisher
- W&N
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780297609490
- ISBN
- 9780297609490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.58
€ 23.99
€ 16.58
Num Pages: 256 pages, 350 color & 62 b/w images. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AGB; AGC; AGN; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 310 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 19.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764325915
- ISBN
- 9780764325915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 86.54€ 60.76
€ 86.54
€ 60.76
Hardcover. Clean copy. Fine in dustwrapper. DW has minor wear to edges but remains excellent
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Blackstaff Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- SKU
- KOC0027425
- ISBN
- 9780856406652
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.00
€ 10.00
Paperback. Jami Yeats-Kastner's story is both a personal account of a mother's ultimate loss and a universal message of growth and hope. It is centred on the loss of their young son, Sam, and the deeply spiritual path that this sets her on. It is a very sad book but not a depressing one. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Number of pages
- 150
- Publisher
- Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781431420230
- ISBN
- 9781431420230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.44
€ 16.99
€ 15.44