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Biography

Paperback. Yukichi Fukuzawa (1835-1901) was a leading figure in the cultural revolution that transformed Japan from an isolated feudal nation into a full-fledged player in the modern world. Dictated by Fukuzawa in 1897, this autobiography offers a vivid portrait of the intellectual's life story and a rare look inside the formation of a new Japan. Translator(s): Kiyooka, Eiichi. Num Pages: 480 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; BGHA; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139878
ISBN
9780231139878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.01

Hardcover. "Commissioning organisation: Bonham Carter, Mark (Editor) 342p. Cloth." Keywords: Subjects
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Eyre & Sporttiswoode Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1905
SKU
KON0708634
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 80.89
€ 10.00

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752468860
ISBN
9780752468860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. The slaughter of thirteen innocent people at a Mission school in Zimbabwe shocked the world. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8pp plate section. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJPL; BGX; HRAM9; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
SPCK Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857217899
ISBN
9780857217899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.43

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QFM; 3H; BGH; HBJF; HBLC; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 201 x 33. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Modern Library
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375761379
ISBN
9780375761379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.88

Paperback. For almost three decades, Georgia Tann was nationally lauded for her work at her children's home. In reality she was selling many of her charges - often neglected abused, and stolen from their birth parents - to wealthy clients nationwide. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 237.
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782194576
ISBN
9781782194576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.90

Paperback. Offers an account of how British boffins triumphed across the decades in creating everything from computer games to Martian landers. This book contains chapters on the Beagle II, Elite - the 80s computer game, the Blue Streak missile, Concorde, mobile phone technology and the Human Genome Project, among others. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; BG; PDZ; TB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571214976
ISBN
9780571214976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

Paperback. * The hilarious, heartwarming and surprisingly inspiring account of one BBC Breakfast TV presenter's secret passion for bees..! Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; TVHH; WNCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751544053
ISBN
9780751544053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Paperback. To save precious centuries-old Arabic texts from Al Qaeda, a band of librarians in Timbuktu pulls off a brazen heist worthy of Ocean's Eleven. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3JJPN; BGX; GLC; GLP; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 139 x 16. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476777412
ISBN
9781476777412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Nestled at southern end of California's San Joaquin Valley, the city of Bakersfield is best known for farming, oil fields, and a brand of country music called Bakersfield Sound. This title offers an exploration of what social and economic factors led to this country music hotbed and looks at the stars who rose to fame with roots in Bakersfield. Num Pages: 96 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGL; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 277 x 8. Weight in Grams: 494. Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and California Country. 96 pages, col. Illustrations. Nestled at southern end of California's San Joaquin Valley, the city of Bakersfield is best known for farming, oil fields, and a brand of country music called Bakersfield Sound. This title offers an exploration of what social and economic factors led to this country music hotbed and looks at the stars who rose to fame with roots in Bakersfield. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGL; BGF. Dimension: 215 x 277 x 8. Weight: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Country Music Hall of Fame
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780915608065
ISBN
9780915608065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.87

paperback. The Bang-Bang Club was a group of four young photographers, friends and colleagues, Ken Oosterbroek, Kevin Carter, Greg Marinovich and Joao Silva, who covered the last years of apartheid. This title tells their stories, - the stresses, tensions and moral dilemmas of working in situations of extreme violence - and the story of the end of apartheid. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AJB; AJCR; BG; HBJH; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099281498
ISBN
9780099281498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

paperback. No writer is more charismatic than Robert Burns. To his international admirers Burns was a genius, a hero, a warm-hearted friend; yet to the mother of one of his lovers he was a wastrel, and to his political enemies a 'traitor'. This biography presents the remarkable life, loves and struggles of this great poet. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 36. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Pimlico
Condition
New
SKU
9781844139309
ISBN
9781844139309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.68

Paperback. Part musical odyssey, part dazzling love story The Baroness traces Nica's extraordinary, thrilling journey - from England's stately homes to the battlefields of Africa, passing under the shadow of the Holocaust, and finally, to the creative ferment of New York's 1950s jazz scene. Num Pages: 320 pages, Integrated. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJ; AVGJ; BG; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844086054
ISBN
9781844086054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.89

Paperback. The meteoric rise of "Killer Diller" Barry Diller has been a major player in the entertainment industry for more than thirty years. Always on the cutting edge, he revolutionized television with such groundbreaking concepts as the movie-of-the-week and the miniseries. Num Pages: 348 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KNTC; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471299486
ISBN
9780471299486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1. BIC Classification: APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 203 x 24. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Dutton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780451469434
ISBN
9780451469434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.49

Paperback. 'You know those people who always radiate cheerful optimism? Nauseating aren't they? So proclaims Isabel Losada, Starbucks addict, exercise allergic and self-confessed sceptic as she sets out on the road to enlightenment. This work is suitable for those who have been tempted to dip a toe in the waters of self-discovery. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGXA; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180. Good copy with some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
4th Impression
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
SKU
KTG0009019
ISBN
9780747553182
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. She's the Starbucks-addicted, exercise-allergic and self-confessed sceptical author of The Battersea Park Road to Enlightenment - now join Isabel Losada for further travels in the realms of the soul, the senses and the sheer absurdity of life, from a feng shui reading gone hilariously wrong to an ayahuasca ceremony that goes all too right Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Watkins Publishing
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907486395
ISBN
9781907486395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGSA; WSJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141047409
ISBN
9780141047409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Bookstorm
Condition
New
SKU
V9781928257196
ISBN
9781928257196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500292938
ISBN
9780500292938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

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