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Biography

Paperback. The story of the disintegration of a family, set against the collapse of a country, a sequel of sorts to Peter Godwin's award-winning and bestselling memoir, Mukiwa. Num Pages: 352 pages, map, ports. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Picador
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330448185
ISBN
9780330448185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.77

Paperback. Testimonial text by a Mapuche woman, with commentary and other ethnographic interventions by a US historian. Editor(s): Mallon, Florencia E. Num Pages: 392 pages, 36 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; BG; JFSJ1; JFSL9; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5741 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822329626
ISBN
9780822329626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 64 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; BM; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231143219
ISBN
9780231143219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.20

Paperback. What makes life worth living in the face of death? What do you do when when life is catastrophically interrupted? What does it mean to have a child as your own life fades away? This book focuses on facing our mortality and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a gifted writer who became both. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGTA; MJCL; MNN; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781784701994
ISBN
9781784701994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.67

Paperback. Chanrithy Him felt compelled to tell of surviving life under the Khmer Rouge in a way "worthy of the suffering which I endured as a child." Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 black and whtie illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMC; 1FMV; BGA; HBJF; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393322101
ISBN
9780393322101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. A mother's touching, true story of how a rescue cat called Billy transformed her autistic boy's life. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJB; WNGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444769241
ISBN
9781444769241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Picking up where Liar's Poker left off (literally, in the bond dealer's desks of Salomon Brothers) the story of Long-Term Capital Management is of a group of elite investors who believed they could beat the market and, like alchemists, create limitless wealth for themselves and their partners. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KFFM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841155043
ISBN
9781841155043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.38

Paperback. In the shadow of the Holocaust, the Soviet Union's quiet yet brutal campaign against Polish citizens is often overlooked. This book gives voice to the hundreds of thousands of victims of Soviet barbarism. It presents one of the darkest periods of European history and stands as an intimate chronicle of an atrocity yet to receive its historical due. Num Pages: 288 pages, 21 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 1DVUA; 3JJH; BGH; BTM; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226004440
ISBN
9780226004440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBG; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 172. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0004426
ISBN
9781583226148
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. H-E-R-S-C-U-E: pronounced like the high-pitched sound a dolphin makes with "eeer-keee" sandwiched in the middle. Being baptised Herscue by her Asperger's husband Jomphrey is just one of a collection of tales presented in this frank memoir on the ups, downs, and idiosyncrasies of an Aspie marriage. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; MJNA; VFJD; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 35. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849056960
ISBN
9781849056960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JM; BGHA; JP; MJCL; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139111
ISBN
9780349139111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. On Christmas Eve 1971, the packed LANSA flight 508 from Lima to Pucallpa was struck by lightning and went down in dense jungle hundreds of miles from civilization. Of its 93 passengers, only one survived: Juliane Koepcke - here is her fascinating story of survival against all the odds. Translator(s): Benjamin, Ross. Num Pages: 248 pages, B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: BTP; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857885835
ISBN
9781857885835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Maverick movie producer Jerry Weintraub's hilarious, autobiographical account of what it takes to make it to the top, in life and business: a de facto primer in the Art of Persuasion. Num Pages: 384 pages, Integrated: 40, b/w photos. BIC Classification: APFX; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780446548168
ISBN
9780446548168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 285 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803261518
ISBN
9780803261518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.21

Paperback. Examining his tortuous writing methods, his past, his fame, his intimate relationships and his fears of ageing, the author reveals a man trying both to find and to escape himself. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241213131
ISBN
9780241213131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. In this first volume of her much-praised, bestselling trilogy, Esmeralda Santiago's story begins in rural Puerto Rico from the barrio to Brooklyn to high honors at Harvard Series: A Merloyd Lawrence Book. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; AFC; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306814525
ISBN
9780306814525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.49

Paperback. A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Talking to you in English', he said, 'is like touching you with gloves.' Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BM; CJC; JFC; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008100629
ISBN
9780008100629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.38

Paperback.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KLN0018242
ISBN
9781860499593
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Cases of child homicide are rare but they are especially horrific. The author goes behind the sensationalist headlines to investigate why these crimes happen and examines child homicide in our modern violent world. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 109 x 17. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Virgin Books London
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753507582
ISBN
9780753507582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. .
Publisher
Tilman
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909461222
ISBN
9781909461222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.51

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