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Biography

Paperback. In 1948, at the age of 15, Manu Dibango left Africa for France, bearing three kilos of coffee for his adopted family and little else. This autobiography chronicles his life, from his birth in Cameroon to his achievements as a composer, producer, performer, film-score writer and humanitarian. Translator(s): Raps, Beth G. Num Pages: 158 pages, 44 halftones. BIC Classification: AVGH; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 283.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226144900
ISBN
9780226144900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.23

Paperback. At the end of a steep gravel road in one of the remotest corners of South Africa's Eastern Cape lies the village of Ithanga. Home to a few hundred villagers, the majority of them unemployed, it is inconceivably poor. This title explores the lives of a community caught up in a battle to survive the ravages of the plague, the African AIDS epidemic. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing London
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099524199
ISBN
9780099524199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. An entertaining narrative that encapsulates the complete experience of walking the West Highland Way. It brings to life one of the classic Long Distance walks. Num Pages: 144 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; BM; WSZC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 217 x 7. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Whittles Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849950879
ISBN
9781849950879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.68

Paperback. 1988. FBI agent Joe Navarro divides his time between SWAT assignments, flying air reconnaissance, and working counter-intelligence. It was while on a routine assignment - interviewing a 'person of interest', a former US soldier named Rod Ramsay with links to another soldier, that Navarro thought he smelled a rat. This book tells this story. Num Pages: 288 pages, B & W photos. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBLW3; JPS; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Bantam Press
Condition
New
SKU
KSK0000306
ISBN
9780593078167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.63

Paperback. 1988. FBI agent Joe Navarro divides his time between SWAT assignments, flying air reconnaissance, and working counter-intelligence. It was while on a routine assignment - interviewing a 'person of interest', a former US soldier named Rod Ramsay with links to another soldier, that Navarro thought he smelled a rat. This book tells this story. Num Pages: 288 pages, B & W photos. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBLW3; JPS; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Bantam Press
Condition
New
SKU
KSK0000307
ISBN
9780593078167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.63

paperback. This monumental triple biography weaves together the personal and public lives of the triumvirate behind the 1917 Russian Revolution. Num Pages: 680 pages, 54. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPHL; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1094.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cooper Square Press
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815411772
ISBN
9780815411772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.24

Paperback. An amazing, funny and poignant true story of the incredible romantic luck that an anonymous donor's sperm brings to three women. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BT; VFVG; VFXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749954895
ISBN
9780749954895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. Translator(s): Goshgarian, G. M. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HP; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801487583
ISBN
9780801487583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

Paperback. Translator(s): Kostant, A.; Woyczynski, Wojbor Andrzej. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BG; PBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817643713
ISBN
9780817643713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062007308
ISBN
9780062007308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.57

Num Pages: 256 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; HRCV; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062007285
ISBN
9780062007285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.86

paperback. Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book. Num Pages: 104 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; 3JJG; BJ; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816673063
ISBN
9780816673063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.29

Hardback. With background information and commentary provided by expert Adrian Greenwood, meticulously footnoted, this is a worthy addition to the literature of the Napoleonic Wars. Editor(s): Greenwood, Adrian. Num Pages: 272 pages, 51. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JH; BJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445654560
ISBN
9781445654560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.73

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848847545
ISBN
9781848847545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.95

Paperback. Set in Kent, the author returns to those trees of his youth to breath life into the changing character of a single woodland year. He reveals how precious they are to the English countryside. Illustrator(s): Parker, Agnes Miller. Series: Nature Classics Library. Num Pages: 144 pages, b/w engravings. BIC Classification: BM; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Little Toller Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908213020
ISBN
9781908213020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.82

Paperback. With his infectious energy and charisma, Gok Wan has an incredible gift of making women feel more confident within themselves. This title is a memoir of Gok that reveals all about his life changing period. It discusses what he learnt during this time that helped him bounce back to become a stylist to the stars, every woman's best friend. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: APT; BGFA; WJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091938383
ISBN
9780091938383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KIN0007829
ISBN
9780091938956
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAK0004141
ISBN
9780091938956
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; HPCF7; JFFK; PST; WNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231173865
ISBN
9780231173865
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; HPCF7; JFFK; PST; WNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231173872
ISBN
9780231173872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.23

Paperback. Career-spanning biography of one of the most acclaimed and innovative musicians of the past three decades. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 black and white and colour in plate section. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 217 x 25. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publisher
Jawbone Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908279606
ISBN
9781908279606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.83

Paperback. Stahl's classic book on Thucydides is one of the most profound and widely respected modern studies of the Athenian historian. Published in German in 1966 as Thukydides: Die Stellung des Menschen im geschichtlichen Prozess, it has not been available in English until now. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; BG; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publisher
Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905125326
ISBN
9781905125326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.04

Paperback.
Publisher
Thomas Nelson Publishers United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781400204724
ISBN
9781400204724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.73

Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BM; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 306 x 212 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1064.
Publisher
Crecy Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902109398
ISBN
9781902109398
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.92

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