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Paperback. Nestled at southern end of California's San Joaquin Valley, the city of Bakersfield is best known for farming, oil fields, and a brand of country music called Bakersfield Sound. This title offers an exploration of what social and economic factors led to this country music hotbed and looks at the stars who rose to fame with roots in Bakersfield. Num Pages: 96 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGL; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 277 x 8. Weight in Grams: 494. Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and California Country. 96 pages, col. Illustrations. Nestled at southern end of California's San Joaquin Valley, the city of Bakersfield is best known for farming, oil fields, and a brand of country music called Bakersfield Sound. This title offers an exploration of what social and economic factors led to this country music hotbed and looks at the stars who rose to fame with roots in Bakersfield. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGL; BGF. Dimension: 215 x 277 x 8. Weight: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Country Music Hall of Fame
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780915608065
- ISBN
- 9780915608065
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.72
€ 21.99
€ 20.72
Paperback. To save precious centuries-old Arabic texts from Al Qaeda, a band of librarians in Timbuktu pulls off a brazen heist worthy of Ocean's Eleven. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3JJPN; BGX; GLC; GLP; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 139 x 16. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781476777412
- ISBN
- 9781476777412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. * The hilarious, heartwarming and surprisingly inspiring account of one BBC Breakfast TV presenter's secret passion for bees..! Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; TVHH; WNCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751544053
- ISBN
- 9780751544053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Offers an account of how British boffins triumphed across the decades in creating everything from computer games to Martian landers. This book contains chapters on the Beagle II, Elite - the 80s computer game, the Blue Streak missile, Concorde, mobile phone technology and the Human Genome Project, among others. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; BG; PDZ; TB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571214976
- ISBN
- 9780571214976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. For almost three decades, Georgia Tann was nationally lauded for her work at her children's home. In reality she was selling many of her charges - often neglected abused, and stolen from their birth parents - to wealthy clients nationwide. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 237.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782194576
- ISBN
- 9781782194576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QFM; 3H; BGH; HBJF; HBLC; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 201 x 33. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375761379
- ISBN
- 9780375761379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.82
€ 25.99
€ 17.82
Paperback. The slaughter of thirteen innocent people at a Mission school in Zimbabwe shocked the world. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8pp plate section. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJPL; BGX; HRAM9; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857217899
- ISBN
- 9780857217899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.43
€ 15.99
€ 14.43
Paperback. Now in paperback, the story of one of our nation's most infamous and horrific crimes: The Saxtown Massacre. The 1874 murder of a family of five near St. Louis grabbed national headlines like no murder had since the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and investigations into the crime exposed the flaws of nineteenth-century law enforcement. Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 21.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762788606
- ISBN
- 9780762788606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.20
€ 17.99
€ 15.20
Paperback. From Winston Groom, the best-selling author of Forrest Gump; Shiloh, 1862; and Vicksburg, 1863, comes the fascinating story of three extraordinary heroes who defined aviation during the great age of flight. Num Pages: 464 pages, 50 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; JWG; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 37. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781426213694
- ISBN
- 9781426213694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.37
€ 18.37
Hardcover. Tells the fascinating story of three extraordinary heroes who defined aviation during the great age of flight. This book takes us from the feats of World War I through the heroism of World War II and beyond, including daring military raids and survival-at-sea. It includes barnstorming to flying blindfolded, and a kidnapping to secret spying. Num Pages: 464 pages, 25 Black and White Photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; JWG; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 38. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society United States
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781426211560
- ISBN
- 9781426211560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.97
€ 32.99
€ 26.97
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752468860
- ISBN
- 9780752468860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.35
€ 13.99
€ 13.35
Hardcover. "Commissioning organisation: Bonham Carter, Mark (Editor) 342p. Cloth." Keywords: Subjects
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Eyre & Sporttiswoode Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1905
- SKU
- KON0708634
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 80.89€ 10.00
€ 80.89
€ 10.00
Paperback. Yukichi Fukuzawa (1835-1901) was a leading figure in the cultural revolution that transformed Japan from an isolated feudal nation into a full-fledged player in the modern world. Dictated by Fukuzawa in 1897, this autobiography offers a vivid portrait of the intellectual's life story and a rare look inside the formation of a new Japan. Translator(s): Kiyooka, Eiichi. Num Pages: 480 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; BGHA; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231139878
- ISBN
- 9780231139878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.89
€ 43.99
€ 30.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 414 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 27. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 414
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1967
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811202268
- ISBN
- 9780811202268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.48
€ 23.99
€ 20.48
Hardcover. 8vo. Good copy in original cloth with dustwrapper
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- MacGibbon & Kee
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1968
- SKU
- KEX0300758
- ISBN
- 9780261620520
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Hardcover. 669pp. Index. Usual library markings. Cover is slightly stained
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1946
- SKU
- KON0826285
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. Second printing." 7 p. 1., 3-669 p. ports. 22 cm. Publishers cloth. Fine clean copy with bright gilt title on spine, well defined edges and firm binding, clean and crisp pages, with slightly buffed original dw, suggestion of shelf wear to t". Keywords: "White, William Allen, , Journalists , Journalists"
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Publication date
- 1966
- SKU
- KEX0138306
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. In 1821, at the age of seventy-seven, Thomas Jefferson decided to "state some recollections of dates and facts concerning myself." The Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson, introduced here by historian Michael Zuckerman, gives us a glimpse into the private life and associations of one of America's most influential personalities. Editor(s): Ford, Paul Leicester. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812219012
- ISBN
- 9780812219012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.28
€ 26.99
€ 25.28
Hardcover. 748pp. A Selection from the work of Jean Delvaux who was born in 1949 and lives in Luxembourg
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1963
- SKU
- KON0818041
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
paperback. In the Japanese labor movement of the early twentieth century, no one captured the public imagination as vividly as Osugi Sakae (1885-1923): rebel, anarchist, and martyr. This work offers a glimpse into a Japanese boy's life at the time of the Sino-Japanese (1894-95) and the Russo-Japanese (1904-5) wars. Series: Voices from Asia S. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; BGHA; HBTB; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 45.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520077607
- ISBN
- 9780520077607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.80
€ 34.99
€ 25.80
Paperback. One of America's leading black intellectuals teams up with Myrlie Evers-Williams to bring us the first-ever definitive look at the life, work, and tragic death of civil rights hero Medgar Evers Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BGHA; JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Basic Civitas Books
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465021789
- ISBN
- 9780465021789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.65
€ 23.99
€ 20.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 396 pages, 8 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226302522
- ISBN
- 9780226302522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.89
€ 32.99
€ 25.89
Paperback. * Timeless, inspiring and universal words of wisdom, this collection features the milestone speeches, including 'I have a dream..', of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the greatest orators of the 20th Century Editor(s): Carson, Clayborne. Num Pages: 416 pages, Section: 16, B&W. BIC Classification: BGA; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349112985
- ISBN
- 9780349112985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.39
€ 13.39
Paperback. From hustling, drug addiction and armed violence in America's black ghettos Malcolm X turned to the puritanical fervour of the Black Muslims. He became identified in the white press as a teacher of race hatred. This autobiography reveals his integrity and the fierce idealism which led him to reject both liberal hypocrisies and black racialism. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGA; JFSL3; JPVH; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185439
- ISBN
- 9780141185439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08