Memoirs
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Memoirs
Hardback. The Korean War is enjoying growing popularity and interest after years of neglect. A unique account by a conscript who was uniquely present at two of the key battles of the War. The author records his extraordinary experiences with modest understatement Num Pages: 210 pages, 16pp B & W plates. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJPG; BM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781593431
- ISBN
- 9781781593431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.36
€ 34.36
Paperback. Moving on to describe the harsh lessons learned in 1940s and '50s schooling and subsequently describing his teenage years in the merchant navy, this book explores how growing up in the post-war years was both a challenge and a lot of fun. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESH; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752458403
- ISBN
- 9780752458403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.35
€ 17.99
€ 16.35
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752455181
- ISBN
- 9780752455181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.38
€ 19.99
€ 18.38
Hardcover. "Kapnick Foundation Distinguished Writer-in-Residence Lectures for 2014." Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 192 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813939056
- ISBN
- 9780813939056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.88
€ 19.99
€ 18.88
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 28.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762770458
- ISBN
- 9780762770458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.71
€ 25.99
€ 20.71
Fists Upon a Star: A Memoir of Love, Theatre, and Escape from McCarthy...
James, Florence Bean, Freeman, Jean
Hardcover. Fists upon a Star is the hard-hitting memoir of Florence James, a pioneering American theatre director, whose devastating experience with McCarthyism led her to flee to Canada. Num Pages: 359 pages, 27. BIC Classification: ANF; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889772601
- ISBN
- 9780889772601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.86
€ 30.99
€ 25.86
Paperback. Jami Yeats-Kastner's story is both a personal account of a mother's ultimate loss and a universal message of growth and hope. It is centred on the loss of their young son, Sam, and the deeply spiritual path that this sets her on. It is a very sad book but not a depressing one. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Number of pages
- 150
- Publisher
- Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781431420230
- ISBN
- 9781431420230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.22
€ 15.99
€ 15.22
Paperback. Jan Carew's memoirs, compiled, edited and expanded by Joy Gleason Carew offer an unparalleled insight into the life and work of this pioneering global, multifaceted man and his multiple lives as a novelist, activist, shaper of Black Studies, actor, playwright, painter, agricultural evangelist, advisor to Heads of State and much more. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 234. .
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845232450
- ISBN
- 9781845232450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.52
€ 45.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BM; JFSJ1; JFSK1; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609807498
- ISBN
- 9781609807498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.97
€ 18.99
€ 16.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; MZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 204 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Gotham
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592409129
- ISBN
- 9781592409129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.99
€ 19.99
€ 16.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609806682
- ISBN
- 9781609806682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.97
€ 29.99
€ 24.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPL; BM; KNXB2; TDCT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 38. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781928232278
- ISBN
- 9781928232278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.20
€ 23.99
€ 21.20
Hardback. A scholar of Southern literature and culture, Jan Whitt has written a personal narrative about adoption, childhood abuse, and fifty years of searching for her family in rural Appalachia. This book unflinchingly explores death and loss at the same time that it celebrates the transformative power of love and literature. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DQ; JFSJ1; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761858294
- ISBN
- 9780761858294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.53
€ 81.53
Paperback. During the Cultural Revolution Jan Wong studied in Beijing and reported a fellow student to the authorities. Over thirty years later, she returned to China to find out what happened to the woman she betrayed. Chinese Whispers tells her remarkable story. 'Wong points the way for the future of travel writing.' Book of the Week, The Times Num Pages: 336 pages, maps. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 326. Searching for Forgiveness in Beijing. 336 pages, maps. During the Cultural Revolution, Jan Wong studied in Beijing and reported a fellow student to the authorities. In 2005, she returned to China to find out what happened to the woman she betrayed. In 1972, Jan Wong became one of only two Westerners admitted to Beijing University at the height of the Cultural Revolution. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BM. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight: 326.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843549758
- ISBN
- 9781843549758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.08
€ 26.99
€ 20.08
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Jan Wong Publishing Canada
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780987868503
- ISBN
- 9780987868503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.37
€ 21.99
€ 16.37
Hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; BM; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442208766
- ISBN
- 9781442208766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.97
€ 25.99
€ 23.97
Paperback. Surely touring Italy is the best way of sorting out your relationship with your mother? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBC; 3JJ; 3JM; BM; VFVX; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 25. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Lion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745968933
- ISBN
- 9780745968933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.54
€ 13.99
€ 11.54
Paperback. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Eddie Redmayne as Hawking and Felicity Jones as his wife Jane. It chronicles their relationship, from his early development of ALS to his success in physics. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: BGTA; BM; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Alma Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846883668
- ISBN
- 9781846883668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.58
€ 13.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 1KBB; BM; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555975296
- ISBN
- 9781555975296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.22
€ 16.99
€ 15.22
Paperback. A candid account of rural Breton living, Lessons in Impermanence reveals the development of a very personal philosophy, as Jane and her family embrace the difficulties and triumphs of their alternative lifestyle with wit and humour. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; BM; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 202 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Parthian Books
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909844636
- ISBN
- 9781909844636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.20
€ 12.20