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Biography

paperback. Relates the author's childhood in Palestine, the flight to Britain after the catastrophe of 1948, and coming of age in the coffee-bars of Golders Green, the middle-class Jewish quarter in North London. Num Pages: 452 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJP; BGA; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Verso Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781844673681
ISBN
9781844673681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.44

paperback. Tells the story of the death, in sinister circumstances, of the boy-king Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, is one of the most fascinating murder mysteries in English history. This book presents a tale with profound moral and social consequences, rich in drama, intrigue, treason, scandal and violence. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9781784700041
ISBN
9781784700041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 12.37

paperback. Features the story of Siegmund Warburg: the refugee from Nazi Germany who restored the Blitz-shattered City of London as the world's pre-eminent international financial centre. It shows how this scholarly man brought wit, passion and high ethical standards to the world of finance, and more. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; BGB; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141022017
ISBN
9780141022017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

paperback. As father and son, John and Dan Fante's relationship was characterized by competition, resentment, rages, and extended periods of silence. This title traces Dan Fante's family's history from the hillsides of Italy to the immigrant neighborhoods of Colorado to Los Angeles. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA; VFVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 204 x 25. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Condition
New
SKU
9780062027092
ISBN
9780062027092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.78

Paperback. For the first time, this book brings to English-speaking researchers and the public detailed accounts of the crucial experiments carried out with Ossowiecki, which produced evidence of paranormal cognition. Num Pages: 200 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: BG; VXFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 12. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786421121
ISBN
9780786421121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.91

Paperback. Twelve Years a Slave, soon to be a huge new Hollywood film, is the harrowing true story of Solomon Northup who was kidnapped and sold into slavery, enduring unimaginable degradation and abuse until his rescue twelve years later. A powerful and riveting condemnation of American slavery. Num Pages: 199 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JH; BM; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hesperus Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843914716
ISBN
9781843914716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.66

Paperback. A. N. Wilson's Tolstoy is a highly intelligent and accessible biography of the most famous writer in the Russian canon. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 161 x 44. Weight in Grams: 924.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Atlantic Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782390916
ISBN
9781782390916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Quagmire Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780978340957
ISBN
9780978340957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. In his final years, R.D. Laing (1927-1989) was arriving at lectures addled with hashish and brandy. Yet, earlier in the 20th-century he was an influential psychiatrist. Still, the author points out he was a man of contradictions, and mystery, and this text explores and searches into this mystery. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JM; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674953598
ISBN
9780674953598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.94

Paperback. The child of Italian immigrants and an award-winning scholar of Italian literature, Joseph Luzzi straddles these two perspectives in My Two Italies to link his family's dramatic story to Italy's north-south divide, its quest for a unifying language, and its passion for art, food, and family. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BM; HBJD; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 209 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780374535391
ISBN
9780374535391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.47

Paperback. Seven of the 20th century's greatest thinkers describe how they arrived at the ideas for which they are now known. The seven great thinkers are: A.J. Ayer, Martin Buber, Albert Einstein, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Bertrand Russell, and Jean-Paul Sartre. Editor(s): Steele, David Ramsay; Mommer, Kerri. Num Pages: 464 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: BG; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Open Court
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812695045
ISBN
9780812695045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 125 pages, colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 166 x 8. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Dis Voir France
Number of pages
125
Condition
New
SKU
V9782906571952
ISBN
9782906571952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; DSB; HPCF7; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 271.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Three Rooms Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781941110065
ISBN
9781941110065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 396 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Trine Day United States
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937584894
ISBN
9781937584894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Viva Editions United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936740321
ISBN
9781936740321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; VFJK; WGCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Central Recovery Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936290055
ISBN
9781936290055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.53

hardcover. Osip Mandelstam is the maverick Russian poet. This title carries the reader through Mandelstam's early life and education in prerevolutionary Petersburg and at the Sorbonne in Paris and in Heidelberg and his return to revolutionary Russia. Translator(s): Retivov, Tatiana. Series: Studies in Slavic and Russian Literatures, Cultures and History. Num Pages: 200 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1DVU; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934843284
ISBN
9781934843284
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.95

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; JFCA; WCS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Falls Media United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934734162
ISBN
9781934734162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.54

Paperback. The untold story of the creative genius behind major 20th-century movements in therapy and theater and his lasting influence Num Pages: 304 pages, B&W photos throughout, B&W illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: BG; MMH; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 443.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bellevue Literary Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934137840
ISBN
9781934137840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.05

Paperback. A starkly compelling, original chronicle of survival in Nazi-occupied Poland, available in English for the first time Translator(s): Bogin, Magda. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bellevue Literary Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934137451
ISBN
9781934137451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.01

paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 12. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Feral House,U.S. United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781932595130
ISBN
9781932595130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.81

Paperback. On the occasion of his eightieth birthday, friends and colleagues of Michael Novak assembled at Ave Maria University for a conference honouring his life's work. The essays in this collection are the fruits of that event, and together they demonstrate the unity of Novak's career. Editor(s): Shaw, Elizabeth C. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: B; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 132 x 8. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781932589719
ISBN
9781932589719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.55

Paperback. The memoir of the man who "has written some of the very best stories ever published in this country."--Alice Munro Series: Biblioasis Renditions Series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927428955
ISBN
9781927428955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.69

Paperback. A biography of the 8-time Stanley Cup Champion and NHL Hall of Famer Marcel Pronovost. Num Pages: 200 pages, 32 B&W photos. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 557.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926845982
ISBN
9781926845982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.83

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