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Memoirs

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; AVGN; AVH; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 418 x 25. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613736173
ISBN
9781613736173
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.88

Hardback. In this first-person memoir, Shahla Talebi remembers her years as a political prisoner in Iran. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; BM; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 22. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804772013
ISBN
9780804772013
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.18

Paperback. An account of the author's Spanish years that tells us about the house that captured her heart, the neighbours that became friends, and those that didn't, the hills and wildlife that enchanted her, the building work that nearly broke her and, crucially, the dog that found her, and changed every single one of her best laid plans. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSEB; BM; WND; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Ebury Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091914479
ISBN
9780091914479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.08

Paperback. A graphic novel about chronic pain, mental health complications and mixed experiences of the medical profession from a talented comic book artist who turns years of agony and poor medical management into an hilarious and shockingly frank tale. Num Pages: 224 pages, B&w integrated illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: BM; VFD; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 170. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472136756
ISBN
9781472136756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.51

Paperback. From POZ magazine founder Sean Strub, "a captivating.. eyewitness account from the inside of the AIDS epidemic" (Next). Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; JFFH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781451661965
ISBN
9781451661965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.79

Paperback. In 1962 Sean O Se recorded 'An Poc ar Buile' with Sean O Riada and Ceoltoiri Chualann. It proved a huge success and resulted in seven wonderful years working with Sean O Riada and over sixty years of singing. This is his story. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; AVGH; AVH; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The Collins Press
Condition
New
SKU
KRF2232942
ISBN
9781848892538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. 'This could be the first existential book about cricket I've ever read. It's certainly the most ambitious, and by turns the most beautiful..It's both sweeping and meticulous all at once..I can only say, truly, that my connection to the game feels deeper for having read it.' All Out Cricket Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WSBX; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 32. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473618602
ISBN
9781473618602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardback. One of America's leading pediatric researchers recounts his first year as a young intern at Massachusetts General Hospital. An intriguing topic with vast appeal, written with moving accounts of an education that medical school does not provide. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; BM; MBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 25.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762794539
ISBN
9780762794539
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.95

Hardback. Num Pages: 228 pages, 16 color photos. BIC Classification: BM; JFFZ; WNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634505703
ISBN
9781634505703
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.43

Paperback. This tender memoir chronicles the early years of Sayyid Qutb, one of Egypt's most influential radical Islamist thinkers and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2CSR; 3JJ; BM; DSBH; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610755
ISBN
9780815610755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.76

Paperback. Somekh, a noted student of modern Arabic culture, relates his life as a university professor and writer, taking the reader to Oxford, Princeton and Cairo, and introducing scholars and writers he befriended: S D Goitein, Mustafa Badawi and Haim Blanc, among others. This title presents his story. Num Pages: 170 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJP; BM; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
170
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845195021
ISBN
9781845195021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. As a five-year-old in India, I got lost on a train. Twenty-five years later, I crossed the world to find my way back home. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1MBF; BM; VFVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405930994
ISBN
9781405930994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardback. GOT HERE AS SOON AS I COULD is a collection of syndicated columnist Sarah Smiley's most-loved columns about raising a family in Maine. In these 100 essays, readers will laugh, cry and nod their head "yes" as they remember a time when all of America was as simple and beautiful as it still is today in Vacationland. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEN; 2AB; BM; DNF; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 148 x 26. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608935765
ISBN
9781608935765
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.85

Paperback. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571251278
ISBN
9780571251278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardback. A memoir of Sarah Palin - the first female Republican Vice Presidential candidate. It recounts her political experiences, her time as Mayor of Wasilla and as the first female governor of Alaska, as well as her rapid rise on the national stage during the 2008 campaign. It includes her insights into the personal challenges she's faced. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16-Page Colour Insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; HBJK; HBLX; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 40. Weight in Grams: 652. In good to very good condition. A fine reading copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KRS0014083
ISBN
9780061939891
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Novelist Sarah Moss's compelling account of living in Iceland with two small children, in the wake of the financial crisis and in the year the volcano erupted Num Pages: 368 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DNC; BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847084163
ISBN
9781847084163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Paperback.
Publisher
New Island Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9781848403024
ISBN
9781848403024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.51

Paperback. The gripping true story of a life-long forger working for the French Resistance and clandestine organizations, told to his daughter. Translator(s): Mitchell, Mike (Lecturer in German, University of Stirling). Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; BM; JFSR1; JKVG; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
DoppelHouse Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780997003475
ISBN
9780997003475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.35

Paperback. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTELLER 'A TOUR DE FORCE' Huffington Post - 'SIMPLY EXTRAORDINARY' NEW YORK TIMES 'It's such a savage thing to lose your memory, but the crazy thing is, it doesn't hurt one bit. A blackout doesn't sting, or stab, or leave a scar when it robs you. Close your eyes and open them again. That's what a blackout feels like.' Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473616103
ISBN
9781473616103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. The story of an extraordinary bookshop.. and everything its owner did to keep it afloat. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BM; KNTP; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472108050
ISBN
9781472108050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; 3JH; BM; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 5. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Globe Pequot Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493023165
ISBN
9781493023165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.49

Paperback. 'I hadn't been in Hackney for 24 hours but I knew that the way I saw life and people had changed forever. There was such goodness here but there was a sadness I had never imagined before, and it wasn't even lunchtime yet ..' Num Pages: 352 pages, (1 x 8pp plate section). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; BM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 300. Some light shelf wear else as new.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KTG0002248
ISBN
9780007520077
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

hardcover. From literary journalist Sara Mansfield Taber comes a deep and wondrous memoir of her exotic childhood as the daughter of a covert CIA operative. Born under an Assumed Name portrays the thrilling and confusing life of a girl growing up abroad in a world of secrecy and diplomacy - and the heavy toll it takes on her and her father. Num Pages: 396 pages, 64 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; HBJK; HBTM; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Potomac Books United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597976985
ISBN
9781597976985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.82

Paperback. After a noisy upbringing as one of six children, and adulthood as a vocal feminist and mother, the author began to crave silence. She has spent periods of silence in the Sinai desert, the Australian bush, and the Isle of Skye. This book interweaves these experiences with the history of silence through fairy-tale and myth. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HRLK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847081513
ISBN
9781847081513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

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