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This text offers both first-hand witness to women's resistance to state violence, and insights into the formation of women's community. It describes how political prisoners forged alliances to demand better conditions and to maintain their sanity in the confines of their cramped cell. Translator(s): Booth, Marilyn. Series: Literature of the Middle East S. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; BG; JFSJ1; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 257.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520088887
ISBN
9780520088887
Condition: New

€ 36.26

paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742530584
ISBN
9780742530584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: BGXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fortress Press
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780800632595
ISBN
9780800632595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.39

paperback. As city editor of Pulitzer's New York Evening World, Charles E Chapin was the model of the take-no-prisoners newsroom tyrant: he drove reporters relentlessly - and kept his paper in the center ring of the circus of big-city journalism. This book tracks Chapin's rise from legendary Chicago street reporter to celebrity powerbroker in New York. Series: Communications & Media Studies. Num Pages: 470 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BGB; BTC; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
470
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823222681
ISBN
9780823222681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.51

paperback. Funny, odd, deeply personal, yet somehow universal, a collection of one woman's most humiliating moments, revealed with wit and gusto. Series: City Lights/Sister Spit. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 171.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
City Lights Publishers United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872866256
ISBN
9780872866256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.90

Paperback. This work of compelling lyrical unity tells the story of growing up black in the colonial world of Martinique. Translator(s): Warner, Keith Q. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Three Continents Pr
Edition
1st English language ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780914478683
ISBN
9780914478683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.08

Num Pages: 144 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 15 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BGH; JKVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138939967
ISBN
9781138939967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 184.88

Paperback. This collection of historical profiles chronicles the most mysterious, bizarre and often overlooked homicides in Louisiana history. Drawing on contemporary records and, where available, the recollections of those who provide a coherent version of the facts, these mesmerizing tales detail some of the more gruesome episodes in Louisiana history. Num Pages: 212 pages, 25 photos & illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476662954
ISBN
9781476662954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.53

paperback. Documenting the changes occurring since the 1984 study, this edition provides a collection of life histories from the women of Mutira. Two new introductory chapters frame the life histories within the context both of significant macro-level transitions in Kenya and current thinking on gender. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 3JJ; BG; JFSF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 216 x 32. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Lynne Rienner Publishers United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555876029
ISBN
9781555876029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.84

paperback. This set of diaries (1841-1864) brings to light the journal notations of James Henry Hammond, a prominent South Carolina planter and slaveholder. They reveal a man whose fortune and intellect combined to make him an important leader, but whose flaws kept him from true greatness. Num Pages: 372 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University South Carolina Pr United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570032226
ISBN
9781570032226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.31

Paperback. Now in its second edition, Leadership Embodied is an instructive collection of short biographical essays focusing on Navy and Marine Corps personnel, who have demonstrated notable leadership characteristics. Num Pages: 249 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBW; JWF; TTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 188 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612513034
ISBN
9781612513034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.47

Paperback. 8vo.Some minor wear otherwise a good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0264505
ISBN
9780316027106
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Series: Focus on the Family. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: BGX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers United States
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589976399
ISBN
9781589976399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.35

paperback. The story of Abelard and Heloise remains one of the world's most celebrated and tragic love affairs. This title follows the path of their romance from its reckless and ecstatic beginnings when Heloise became Abelard's pupil, through the suffering of public scandal and enforced secret marriage, to their eventual separation. Translator(s): Radice, Late Betty. Num Pages: 384 pages, further reading, notes, maps, index. BIC Classification: BGH; DNF; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
9780140448993
ISBN
9780140448993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

paperback. Presents a personal chronicle of Fanny, a young girl growing up Jewish in a small midwestern town. This novel charts Fanny's emotional growth through her relationship with her mother, the shrewd, sympathetic Molly Brandeis. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DSB; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 25. Weight in Grams: 377.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252069468
ISBN
9780252069468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.22

paperback. Traces the political journey of a leading worker radical whose life and experiences encapsulate radicalism's rise and fall in the United States. Integrating indigenous and international factors that determined the fate of American communism, this book provides an understanding of the basis for radicalism among twentieth-century American workers. Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252070518
ISBN
9780252070518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.83

paperback. Eschewing reassuring platitudes and sensational pleas for sympathy, the author charts her struggles with juvenile diabetes, blindness, and a host of other hardships, sharing her feelings of despair and frustration as well as her hard-won triumphs. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFG; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 407. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252072192
ISBN
9780252072192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.53

Paperback. An amazingly rich window onto a lost world of African American history Num Pages: 464 pages, 33 photographs; 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 1KBBES; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 865. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252074400
ISBN
9780252074400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.33

hardcover. Translator(s): Johnston, David, Governor General of Canada. Num Pages: 450 pages, 16 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: BGHA; JWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1082.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd (US)
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9780887407185
ISBN
9780887407185
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 31.33

paperback. The biography of Jane Digby, an 'enthralling tale of a nineteenth-century beauty whose heart - and hormones - ruled her head.' Harpers and Queen Num Pages: 384 pages, (16 page section). BIC Classification: BGH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Edition
8th reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9781857024692
ISBN
9781857024692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.91

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