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Paperback. Recalls the author's working-class Jewish childhood in the East End of London. This book describes the overcrowded tenements of Brick Lane and Whitechapel, the smell of pickled herring and onion bread, the rattle of sewing machines and chatter in Yiddish. It also relates stories of his parents, who fled from Russia in 1914. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BM; WQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189307
ISBN
9780141189307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. "Columbia is lost; there are no survivors" -- President George W Bush, 1 February 2003. Ramon's life stands as a beacon to those who despair of triumph in a difficult world. Num Pages: 64 pages, photos. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BG; HBJF1; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 6. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652293169
ISBN
9789652293169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. A personal account of extended consciousness. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BT; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905047000
ISBN
9781905047000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.43

Paperback. Captain Scott's own account of his tragic race with Roald Amundsen for the South Pole thrilled the world in 1913. This new edition of his Journals publishes for the first time a complete list of the changes made to Scott's original text before publication. Editor(s): Jones, Max. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 592 pages, 17 halftones, diagrams, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1MTS; BJ; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536801
ISBN
9780199536801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Hardcover. Keywords: Stephen Spender. 510pp. Pages quite browned
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
SKU
KNW0012000
ISBN
9780571136179
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 18.00

Hardback. Series: Hakluyt Society, Extra Series. Num Pages: Includes 20 maps and 26 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; BJ; HBLL; HBTM; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
978
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472453235
ISBN
9781472453235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 238.12

Paperback. Gives an account of everyday life in Algeria during decolonization. This journal captures the heartbreak of a writer profoundly aware of the social and political turmoil of the time. It is suitable for those interested in the history of European colonialism and the tragedies of contemporary Algeria. Editor(s): Fouillade, Claude. Translator(s): Wolf, M. E.; Fouillade, Claude. Num Pages: 340 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BJ; HBT; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780803269033
ISBN
9780803269033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.28

Hardback. Mercers journal is the most outstanding eyewitness account of the Waterloo campaign ever published. As the bicentenary of Waterloo approaches, this beautifully prepared, scholarly edition of Mercers work will be essential reading for anyone who wishes to know what it was really like to fight in the final, great battle against Napoleon. Editor(s): Uffindell, Andrew. Num Pages: 400 pages, 60 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JH; BJ; HBJD; HBWH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 239 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1038.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Unabridged, Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848843653
ISBN
9781848843653
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.60

Paperback. A truthful, personal and insightful exploration of the state of arts funding and carrying on in the face of adversity, by the renowned founder of Out of Joint. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JMG; AN; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848421790
ISBN
9781848421790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Phoenix ed
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226572611
ISBN
9780226572611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.94

Paperback. Born in a little Maine village in 1814, Osborne Russell ran away to sea at the age of sixteen, but he soon gave up seafaring to serve with a trading and trapping company in Wisconsin and Minnesota. In 1834 he signed up for Nathaniel Wyeth's expedition to the Rocky Mountains and the mouth of the Columbia. Num Pages: 241 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1965
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803251663
ISBN
9780803251663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.78

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Quercus MacLehose Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906694197
ISBN
9781906694197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155592
ISBN
9781903155592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.29

Paperback. Michael Davitt's "Jottings in Solitary" consists of his drafts on many topics, written while a prisoner in solitary confinement in Portland Convict Prison, 1881-2. Published here for the first time, they contain an autobiographical fragment and a frankly annotated list of Irish MPs of the time. Series: Classics of Irish History S. Num Pages: 288 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; DNF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JPVH3; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 123 x 183 x 25. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Edition
(reprint).
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621915
ISBN
9781900621915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.66

Paperback. A widely praised memoir about a young woman who dared to follow her dream Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: ASZW; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860496950
ISBN
9781860496950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.89

Hardback. The first in-depth look at the life and career of Joss Whedon - creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and one of the most influential figures to emerge from American popular culture during the last quarter-century. Num Pages: 448 pages, 8-page b/w plates section. BIC Classification: APTD; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 734. Fine in fine dustwrapper with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Quarto Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KAK0008166
ISBN
9781845137199
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Abandoned in Paris by her aristocratic husband, Josephine's future did not look promising. But while her friends and contemporaries were sent to the guillotine during the Terror that followed the Revolution, she survived prison and emerged as the doyenne of a wildly debauched party scene. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 201 x 24. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9780099551423
ISBN
9780099551423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.29

Hardback. Her performing days numbered, Josephine Baker did something outrageous: she transformed her chateau into a theme park whose main attraction was her Rainbow Tribe--12 children from around the globe, adopted as the family of the future. Matthew Pratt Guterl concludes that Baker was a serious activist, determined to make a positive difference. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; ASD; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 212 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674047556
ISBN
9780674047556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.96

Paperback. An unforgettable portrait of the Austro-Hungarian author of The Radetzky March, this biography in letters - selected here for the first time by Michael Hofmann - is classic European literature at its finest Translator(s): Hofmann, Michael. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847083418
ISBN
9781847083418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 69ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGB; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1007.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271007489
ISBN
9780271007489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.61
€ 77.77

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