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Biography

Hardcover. Through a collection of letters, journal entries, essays, and even local recipes, this work provides a detailed portrait of life in Cairo, recording daily revelations. This work offers insight into the complexities of Egyptian culture, alternately taking on roles of linguist and political interpreter. Series: Arab American Writing. Num Pages: 136 pages, 12 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608547
ISBN
9780815608547
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.64

Paperback. Reveals the impact of political decisions on the people of Burma, from the terrible cost to the children of imprisoned dissidents - allowed to see their parents for only fifteen minutes every fortnight - to the effect of inflation on the national diet and of state repression on traditions of hospitality. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJPR; 3JMC; BJ; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141041445
ISBN
9780141041445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.90

Paperback. Early nineteenth-century insights into Cairo life from the sister of famed Orientalist Edward Lane Editor(s): Kararah, Azza. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; BGHA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150. .
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774167621
ISBN
9789774167621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.72

Hardback. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BG; BJ; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875801230
ISBN
9780875801230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.59

Paperback. Editor(s): Manning, Susan. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BJ; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199554744
ISBN
9780199554744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.35

Paperback. * The bestselling and moving collection of letters to Vera Brittain from a lost generation - four young men who lost their lives in the great war Editor(s): Bishop, Alan; Bostridge, Mark. Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 8, b/w pix. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BJ; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 196 x 30. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844085705
ISBN
9781844085705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 338 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
CavanKerry Press United States
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933880198
ISBN
9781933880198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.30

Paperback. A collection of the correspondence between Katherine Mansfield and John Middleton Murry. Their lives were inextricably, and often painfully, intertwined until her tragically early death from tuberculosis in 1923. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8pp illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 34. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
VIRAGO PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860689454
ISBN
9780860689454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; AN; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 205 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559360951
ISBN
9781559360951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.09

Paperback. By the end of the 15th century Cassandra Fedele was arguably the most famous woman writer and scholar in Europe. This collection of letters reveals the central, mediating role Cassandra Fedele occupied in a community of scholars otherwise inaccessible to women. Translator(s): Robin, Diana. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADT; BJ; DNF; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 12. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226239323
ISBN
9780226239323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.73

Hardcover. Editor(s): Beard, James Franklin. Num Pages: 484 pages, 12 halftones, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 0. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
484
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674014695
ISBN
9780674014695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.90
€ 128.57

Hardcover. Editor(s): Beard, James Franklin. Num Pages: 444 pages, 16 halftones, 2 line illustrations, 1 genealogical chart. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 0. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
444
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674014688
ISBN
9780674014688
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.90
€ 129.48

Hardcover. Editor(s): Beard, James Franklin. Num Pages: 530 pages, 12 halftones, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 0. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
530
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674014671
ISBN
9780674014671
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.90
€ 128.57

Hardcover. Editor(s): Beard, James Franklin. Num Pages: 490 pages, 12 halftones, 5 line illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 0. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
490
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674014664
ISBN
9780674014664
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.90
€ 129.48

Hardcover. Editor(s): Beard, James Franklin. Num Pages: 442 pages, 13 halftones, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 0. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1ST
Number of pages
442
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674014657
ISBN
9780674014657
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.90
€ 129.48

Hardback. Editor(s): Beard, James Franklin. Num Pages: 504 pages, 13 halftones, 3 line illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 0. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1960
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674014640
ISBN
9780674014640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.90
€ 129.07

Hardcover. Kathleen Ferrier, the greatest lyric contralto Britain has ever produced, lost her courageous battle with breast cancer. This collection of 300+ letters and twelve years of her personal diaries give a picture of her life in the muted post-war years. Editor(s): Fifield, Christopher. Num Pages: 356 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; AVG; AVH; BGFA; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 668. 356 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Fifield, Christopher. Kathleen Ferrier, the greatest lyric contralto Britain has ever produced, lost her courageous battle with breast cancer. This collection of 300+ letters and twelve years of her personal diaries give a picture of her life in the muted post-war years. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; AVG; AVH; BGFA; BJ. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 26. Weight: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
BOYE6
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843830122
ISBN
9781843830122
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.86

Paperback. A revised and enlarged paperback edition to mark the centenary of the much-loved singer's birth. Editor(s): Fifield, Christopher. Num Pages: 514 pages, 21, 17 black and white, 4 line drawing. BIC Classification: AVGC9; BGFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 890. 514 pages, 21, 17 black and white, 4 line drawing. Editor(s): Fifield, Christopher. A revised and enlarged paperback edition to mark the centenary of the much-loved singer's birth. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AVGC9; BGFA. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 32. Weight: 888.
Publisher
Boydell Press
Number of pages
514
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Revised Edition Used
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843830917
ISBN
9781843830917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.54

Paperback. The author was a masterful letter writer whose correspondents included Umberto Eco, Primo Levi, Gore Vidal and Pier Paolo Pasolini. This book offers a collection of his letters. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141198323
ISBN
9780141198323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.88

hardcover. Letters by the 18th century blue-stocking grande dame, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. She was a duke's daughter, who married the English ambassador in Constantinople, and the friend of Swift and Pope, whom she numbered among her correspondents. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781857151312
ISBN
9781857151312
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 12.53

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