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paperback. Looking back not only at author's own much younger self, but also at the other writers who shared Paris with him - James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald - he recalls the time when, poor, happy and writing in cafes, he discovered his vocation. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780099285045
ISBN
9780099285045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
348
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007333561
ISBN
9780007333561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. "[Makes] history, with all its messiness, ugliness, and even humanity, come vividly alive."-Chicago Tribune Num Pages: 448 pages, 27 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393326062
ISBN
9780393326062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.00

Paperback. Some Adventures, Dangers, and Sufferings of Joseph Plumb Martin. Series: Signet Classics. 269 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGHA; BM; HBJK; HBLL; JW. Dimension: 171 x 114 x 21. Weight: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Signet Classics
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9780451531582
ISBN
9780451531582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.98

Paperback. Even as a pup, Davy Crockett 'always delighted to be in the very thickest of danger.' This book describes his earliest days in Tennessee, his two marriages, his career as an Indian fighter, his bear hunts, and his electioneering. Num Pages: 211 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803263253
ISBN
9780803263253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.63

CD-Audio. A memoir by the iconic singer-songwriter chronicling her story from her beginnings in Brooklyn through her remarkable success as one of the world's most acclaimed musical talents, to her present day as a leading performer and activist. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 134 x 38. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
CD
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company United States
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611133639
ISBN
9781611133639
CD
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 24.65

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; AN; BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 146 x 31. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910376126
ISBN
9781910376126
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 334. Paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear. NAIL
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
KRF0022514
ISBN
9780141014289
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The extraordinary journals chronicling one ordinary woman's life: a fascinating slice of British social history edited and introduced by Simon Garfield Editor(s): Garfield, Simon. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BJ; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 53. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782115724
ISBN
9781782115724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardcover. Virginia Woolf meets Caitlin Moran - the extraordinary journals chronicling one ordinary woman's life, edited and introduced by Simon Garfield Editor(s): Garfield, Simon. Num Pages: 736 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1072. Some shelf wear, dustjacket
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
SKU
KTK0095816
ISBN
9781782115700
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: BGTA; PB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Prometheus Books United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781633881181
ISBN
9781633881181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. Shirley Leach lived in a world of extreme comfort, wealth and status. With every good thing life had to offer, she was due to marry the man she loved - a man who, in turn, adored her. But all this was to change in a single moment. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HRCC7; HRCX8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786062512
ISBN
9781786062512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. At the end of the Second World War, as husbands came back to Civvy Street their wives had the luxury of staying at home with the children. For a short while at least. Soon Evelyn realised she had to find part-time work to make ends meet, and to her astonishment she was offered part-time hours at her old hospital. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KTG0007381
ISBN
9780091941383
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Surprising Matron as well as herself, Evelyn Prentis managed to pass her Finals and become a staff-nurse. Encouraged, she took the brave leap of moving from Nottingham to London. This title offers an account of a nurse in action, that shows a nurse's life would always revolve around the comforting discomfort of porridge and rissoles, and bandages. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 192 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KOC0016554
ISBN
9780091941376
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A Paris Christmas is the charming, funny and improbable tale of how a man who was raised on white bread - and didn't speak a word of French - unexpectedly ended up with the sacred duty of preparing the Christmas dinner for a venerable Parisian family. Previously published as "Cooking for Claudine". BIC Classification: 1DDF; 5HC; BM; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Short Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780722474
ISBN
9781780722474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.31

Hardback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BM; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
St Martin´s Press
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781250130129
ISBN
9781250130129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.83

Hardback. Offers an account of a French woman's impressions of America in the late nineteenth century that reveals an unusual cross-cultural journey through fin de siecle Paris, Chicago, and New York. This translation includes an introductory essay that situates the author's account in the larger context of European visitors to Chicago in the 1890s. Num Pages: 264 pages, 22 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KB; BG; HBJK; JFSJ1; RGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252035135
ISBN
9780252035135
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.95

Hardback. Sheila Kitzinger, passionate campaigner for women's and babies' rights, childbirth educator and author, describes the experiences that have shaped her since childhood and the enormous changes that have taken place over the last 50 years on the subject of birth. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JHM; VFXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 39. Weight in Grams: 786.
Publisher
Pinter & Martin Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780661704
ISBN
9781780661704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.72

Paperback. The inspiring and life-enhancing memoir of the nineteen-year-old cystic fibrosis sufferer who was the subject of two highly-praised Channel 4 documentaries: A Boy Called Alex in 2008 and A Passion for Life in 2009. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: AVH; BGFA; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340978535
ISBN
9780340978535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, 39 halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: BGT; RNKH; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 708.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199782246
ISBN
9780199782246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.27

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