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Paperback. As a girl, Sheila never let her gradual descent into blindness prevent her from trying to do everything a sighted person could do. Then at 17, unable to see to find her way around the house she grew up in, she found herself dreading her future in an 'ever darkening vacuum'. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091943363
ISBN
9780091943363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.02

Paperback. A major biography of Emma Darwin of whom the author writes: 'Darwin's debt to Emma can never be fully estimated. Without her he might have been a clever man who yet achieved nothing' Num Pages: 384 pages, 16pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGH; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001644
ISBN
9780747262480
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

paperback. Editor(s): Currie, Ruth; Bryant, Emma Spaulding. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 518 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 706.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
518
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823222742
ISBN
9780823222742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Paperback. Love, corruption, violence and the dangerous politics of aid in the Sudan, by an exciting new writer. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16 b/w illus, (1 x 8pp mono plate section). BIC Classification: 1HBS; BG; HBJH; HBLW3; JKSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006551478
ISBN
9780006551478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.23

Paperback. In this account of Emmeline Pankhurst's life both before and after the campaign for women's suffrage, historian June Purvis documents her early political work, her active role within the suffrage movement and her role as a wife and mother. Num Pages: 480 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 728.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415325936
ISBN
9780415325936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 500 pages, 30 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 224 x 31. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Merrion Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785370748
ISBN
9781785370748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: BG; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Sentient Publications United States
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591810421
ISBN
9781591810421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.35

Hardback. A comprehensive English-language biography of Emperor Huizong that corrects the prevailing view of this ruler as a decadent political failure who lost the throne to invaders. It recasts the artistically gifted emperor as passionate and paradoxical, yet genuinely ambitious - if too much so - in pursuing glory for his flourishing realm. Num Pages: 656 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; BGH; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 235 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1244.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
656
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725256
ISBN
9780674725256
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.27
€ 55.74

Hardback. This is the extraordinary story of how Japan was dramatically transformed during the long reign of Emperor Meiji, from an isolated island nation to one of the five great powers of the world, poised as a rival in Asia to Russia and the European colonial powers. Num Pages: 928 pages, 20 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJC; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
928
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231123402
ISBN
9780231123402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.11
€ 79.73

Paperback. The life, times and historical legacy of the man who created modern Europe. Num Pages: 448 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BGH; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 326.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857381620
ISBN
9780857381620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardcover. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BJ; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865972025
ISBN
9780865972025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BJ; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865972032
ISBN
9780865972032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.94

Hardback. Empires of the Mind is the first study to examine British literary critic I.A. Richards's effort to foster world peace by promoting an 850-word version of "global" English in China. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804748223
ISBN
9780804748223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.91

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099532392
ISBN
9780099532392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. A brand-new biography of one of the most extraordinary figures of Antiquity. Num Pages: 352 pages, 3 x 8pp colour plate sections. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 114 x 187 x 23. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857381637
ISBN
9780857381637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Hardcover. Zenobia was acknowledged in her lifetime as beautiful and clever, gathering writers and poets, artists and philosophers around her at the Palmyrene court. This narrative explores the legendary queen and charts the progression of her unequivocal declaration, not only of independence of Rome, but of supremacy. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 bw illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBS; BGH; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Continuum
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847250346
ISBN
9781847250346
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 26 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BM; JFFH2; JKSB1; JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 203 x 11. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
North Atlantic Books,U.S.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583949320
ISBN
9781583949320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.31

Paperback. In the tradition of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, an extraordinary Dickensian story of wealth and eccentricity. Num Pages: 496 pages, 73 b&w integrated and 3x8pp colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JMC; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 39. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781782394761
ISBN
9781782394761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.47

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306809989
ISBN
9780306809989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.06

Hardcover. Num Pages: 335 pages, 50 illus. BIC Classification: BGL. Dimension: 172 x 246 x 29. Weight in Grams: 932.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763540797
ISBN
9788763540797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.86
€ 40.48

Paperback. Born in Brussels in 1929, Audrey Hepburn was the daughter of a British father and a Dutch Baroness. After a few West End musicals and minor film parts, she was spotted by the author, Colette, to star in a stage version of her novel, "Gigi". And then Audrey's career took off. This book captures the spirit of an elusive, and vulnerable woman. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Arrow Books
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099487043
ISBN
9780099487043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Reprint of a primary source which gives important insights into the Danish conquest of England in the early eleventh century. Editor(s): Campbell, Alistair. Series: Camden Classic Reprints. Num Pages: 268 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGR; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521626552
ISBN
9780521626552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.46

Paperback. Offers an account of an Englishman's life abroad. This book describes among other curiosities, a school for noses in Haute Provence, the mysterious death of an oversexed butcher, the quest for the finest bouillabaisse and an assortment of the characters who lie in wait in bars and on boules courts. Num Pages: 256 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: BGA; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140242669
ISBN
9780140242669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.84

paperback. Brings together the author's "encounters" with Kenneth Burke - brief talks, position papers, rethinking and reformation of earlier ideas, and analyses of individual texts. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252063503
ISBN
9780252063503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.49

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