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Biography
Paperback. Annie Proulx, one of America's finest writers, invites us to share her experience in the building of her new home on a rich plot of untouched, unspoilt prairie and her pleasure in uncovering of the layers of American history locked beneath the topsoil. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWY; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007231997
- ISBN
- 9780007231997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.45
€ 15.99
€ 11.45
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; BGTA; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691631745
- ISBN
- 9780691631745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 236.81
€ 236.81
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGTA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 265 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691602202
- ISBN
- 9780691602202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.24€ 59.60
€ 77.24
€ 59.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 colour plates, 37 colour illustrations, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 3JJC; BGH; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752494449
- ISBN
- 9780752494449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.65
€ 23.99
€ 20.65
Paperback. Derek Niemann draws on original diaries, letters and drawings, to show how Conder, Barrett, Waterston and Buxton were forged by their wartime experience into the giants of postwar wildlife conservation. Their legacy lives on. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTP; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780721361
- ISBN
- 9781780721361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVGS; BM; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241981658
- ISBN
- 9780241981658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. What draws us to the beauty of a peacock, the flight of an eagle, or the song of a nightingale? Why are birds so significant in our lives and our sense of the world? And what do our ways of thinking about and experiencing birds tell us about ourselves? This title presents a meditation on the variety of human responses to birds. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8 color illus. 32 halftones. 25 line illus. BIC Classification: BM; JHBS; JHMC; PSVW6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154282
- ISBN
- 9780691154282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.49
€ 26.99
€ 20.49
Paperback. Alex Horne is not a birdwatcher. But his dad is, so with the prospect of fatherhood looming on his own horizon, Alex decided there was no better time to really get to know both his father and his father's favourite hobby. So he challenged his dad to a Big Year: from 1 January to 31 December they would each try to spot as many birds as possible. Num Pages: 384 pages, Integrated line drawings. BIC Classification: BM; WH; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Ebury Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753515761
- ISBN
- 9780753515761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.54
€ 23.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. The inside story of Birmingham CID's fight against crime in the '70s and '80s. Num Pages: 264 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; BTC; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445657875
- ISBN
- 9781445657875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.14
€ 30.14
Paperback. An illustrated collection of 100 personal accounts of young men and women who served in the armed forces during the Second World War. Series: Voices of the Second World War. Num Pages: 128 pages, 107. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; 3JJH; BK; HBWQ; JWLF; WQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445658599
- ISBN
- 9781445658599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.78
€ 23.78
Hardback. Num Pages: 372 pages, 29, 27 black & white halftones, 1 maps, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 187 x 29. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801448881
- ISBN
- 9780801448881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.10
€ 42.99
€ 38.10
Paperback. Features letters that are addressed, with just two exceptions, to Sylvia Plath, the American poet to whom the author was married. This book became an instant bestseller on its publication in 1998 and won the Forward Prize for Poetry in the same year. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 214 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571194735
- ISBN
- 9780571194735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.01
€ 17.99
€ 13.01
Hardback. Keywords: Subjects - Religion & Spirituality - Biography - Bishop - General
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Clonmore and Reynolds Ltd. Dublin
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEX0190917
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Provides up-to-date assessment of one of the key figures in modern European history. Includes new chapters on Bismarck and militarism, and on Bismarck as chancellor. Substantially expanded throughout to take account of recent historiography. Series: Historical Association Studies. Num Pages: 144 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631203278
- ISBN
- 9780631203278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.93
€ 45.99
€ 45.93
Paperback. A comprehensive new biography exploring the greatness and limits of the 'Iron Chancellor', Otto von Bismarck: a political genius who remade Europe and united Germany between 1862 and 1890 by the sheer power of his great personality. Num Pages: 600 pages, 16pp black & white plates, 3 maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 231 x 45. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 600
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199642427
- ISBN
- 9780199642427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.83
€ 38.99
€ 27.83
Paperback. * The charming, witty and slightly disreputable memoirs of Alex James - artist, musician, bass player with Blur, and the perfect chronicler of the Britpop generation Num Pages: 288 pages, Section: 24, colour pix. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349119939
- ISBN
- 9780349119939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.62
€ 16.99
€ 12.62
Hardback. Ally Hilfiger, daughter of designer Tommy Hilfiger, shares her story of battling, and eventually recovering from, Lyme disease. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGFA; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781455567065
- ISBN
- 9781455567065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 23.01
€ 30.99
€ 23.01
Paperback. As a child in a small rural village in Sierra Leone, Mariatu Kamara lived peacefully surrounded by family and friends. Rumors of rebel attacks were no more than a distant worry. But when 12-year-old Mariatu set out for a neighboring village, she never arrived. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162. 224 pages. As a child in a small rural village in Sierra Leone, Mariatu Kamara lived peacefully surrounded by family and friends. Rumors of rebel attacks were no more than a distant worry. But when 12-year-old Mariatu set out for a neighboring village, she never arrived. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFDE; BGA. Dimension: 197 x 133 x 15. Weight: 162.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408805190
- ISBN
- 9781408805190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.64
€ 15.99
€ 11.64
Hardcover. Joanne Frye reflects on her experience as a literary scholar and single mother, seeing her life as the convergence of "three strands of contemporary culture; feminism, literature and changing ideas of motherhood." Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609698
- ISBN
- 9780815609698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.29
€ 30.99
€ 27.29
Paperback. In the early 50s, Maria Grammatico and her sister were sent by their impoverished mother to live in a convent in Erice, on the western coast of Sicily. Leaving at 22, Maria had nothing to show for her hard life there except the ability to make the cakes and delicacies she has made her life's work. Num Pages: 240 pages, line drawings, photos. BIC Classification: 1DSTC; BG; WBVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553814651
- ISBN
- 9780553814651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.87
€ 19.00
€ 16.87