Biography
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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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 16.99
€ 15.51