Biography
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Biography
Paperback. Featuring the flamboyant swimming teacher who spent his spare time fighting bears, the story of how a fight with his teacher paved the way for Al Capone s infamous crime empire, and the bizarre tale of the American teacher who sued her own pupils for not paying attention in her lesson, this book is a real education." Num Pages: 240 pages, black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; JNB; JNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Pavilion
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910232989
- ISBN
- 9781910232989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.12
€ 10.99
€ 9.12
Paperback. In 1987 Joanne Tompkins travelled to the Baffin Island community of Anurapaqtuq to take on the job of principal at the local school. This is the story of the four years she spent there and the many challenges she faced. Num Pages: 176 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1QFM; BG; JFSL9; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802080301
- ISBN
- 9780802080301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.04
€ 34.99
€ 32.04
Hardback. Chronicles the experiences of a black female teaching in public schools in the South Bronx in the era of No Child Left Behind and the Common Core. Addressing "high stakes" that go beyond tests, Faking Sleep examines how and what one must teach poor students of color. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFFJ; JFSL1; JNHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823271405
- ISBN
- 9780823271405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.73
€ 90.73
Paperback. Chronicles the experiences of a black female teaching in public schools in the South Bronx in the era of No Child Left Behind and the Common Core. Addressing "high stakes" that go beyond tests, Faking Sleep examines how and what one must teach poor students of color. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFFJ; JFSL1; JNHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823271412
- ISBN
- 9780823271412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.90
€ 23.99
€ 21.90
Paperback. The first memoir from a woman born and raised in South Darfur. An incredibly powerful first-hand account of the horrors of the genocide. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JMC; BM; HBJH; HBLX; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340963579
- ISBN
- 9780340963579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Hardcover. Fifty years ago Malcolm X told a white woman who asked what she could do for the cause, 'Nothing.' Michael Eric Dyson believes he was wrong. Now he responds to that question. If society is to make real racial progress, people must face difficult truths, including being honest about how Black grievance has been ignored, dismissed, or discounted. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 137 x 28. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250135995
- ISBN
- 9781250135995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.58
€ 26.99
€ 22.58
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907869006
- ISBN
- 9781907869006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.44
€ 16.99
€ 15.44
Paperback. How was Ted Hughes's poetry influenced by Sylvia Plath? What is the importance of his early life on the Yorkshire moors with his elder brother, a life he called Paradise? How did writing Birthday Letters affect his career? This close study of Hughes's poetic development, now available in paperback, answers all these questions and more. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2006th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580978
- ISBN
- 9780230580978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.42
€ 64.42
Hardcover. Good copy with some shelf wear, minor edge wear to dustwrapper. Signed and inscribed by author to previous owner
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- KKD0007697
- ISBN
- 9780297646013
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- William Collins
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008118211
- ISBN
- 9780008118211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.35
€ 25.99
€ 17.35
Paperback. Like the previous Speaks books (Warren Buffett Speaks, Jack Welch Speaks, Bill Gates Speaks, and Oprah Winfrey Speaks), Ted Turner Speaks chronicles the voice and vision of Ted Turner, multimillionaire media pioneer, creator of the Cable News Network, champion yachtsman, and founder of environmental and humanitarian organizations. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471345633
- ISBN
- 9780471345633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 23.86
€ 30.99
€ 23.86
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062259578
- ISBN
- 9780062259578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.52
€ 17.99
€ 15.52
Paperback. New York Times bestselling author Michael Savage delivers a heartwarming book about his experiences and relationship with his dog Teddy. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 188 x 12. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781455536139
- ISBN
- 9781455536139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.04
€ 17.99
€ 16.04
Paperback. The young Jane Austen was a precocious reader, devouring pulp fiction and classic literature, both of which she soon began to imitate and parody. Three volumes of her vivacious teenage writing survive. Devices and themes which appear subtly in her later fiction run riot here: drunkenness, brawling, sexual misdemeanour, theft, and even murder. Editor(s): Sutherland, Kathryn; Johnston, Freya. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages, 13 black and white illustrations, 2 Maps. BIC Classification: 3JF; BJ; DSBF; DSK; FYB. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 196 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198737452
- ISBN
- 9780198737452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.66
€ 13.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. This translation makes entries from a courtier journal accessible to English readers for the first time. The finished work provides startling insights into the Heian court led by Tadahira during the 930s and 940s. NB: This book reads from right to left. Editor(s): Piggott, Joan R; Yoshida, Sanae. Series: Cornell East Asia. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Cornell University East Asia Program United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933947402
- ISBN
- 9781933947402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Hardcover. This translation makes entries from a courtier journal accessible to English readers for the first time. The finished work provides startling insights into the Heian court led by Tadahira during the 930s and 940s. NB: This book reads from right to left. Editor(s): Piggott, Joan R; Yoshida, Sanae. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- East Asia Program
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933947105
- ISBN
- 9781933947105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.75
€ 138.75
Paperback. George Steer, a 27-year-old adventurer, was a friend and supporter of the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie I. He foresaw and alerted others to the fascist game-plan in Africa and all over Europe; initiated new techniques of propaganda and psychological warfare; and saw military action in Ethiopia, Finland, Libya, Egypt, Madagascar and Burma. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBWQ; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 137 x 27. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571298860
- ISBN
- 9780571298860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.95
€ 17.99
€ 12.95
paperback. All Creatures Great and Small for the 21st Century. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BM; MZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780751542660
- ISBN
- 9780751542660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 10.95
€ 19.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. The inspirational true story of one man overcoming enormous odds - including sexual abuse from his alcoholic mother - to choose his own path in life and become a truly exceptional human being. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BTP; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316. Some shelf wear, but remains very good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KTJ0006597
- ISBN
- 9780007256372
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The inspirational true story of one man overcoming enormous odds - including sexual abuse from his alcoholic mother - to choose his own path in life and become a truly exceptional human being. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BTP; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSG0014682
- ISBN
- 9780007256372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99