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Paperback. Anna Sam spent eight years as a checkout girl. This book is a witty look at what it's really like to work in a supermarket: the relentless grind and less-than-perfect working conditions, along with people-watching and encounters with every kind of customer from the bizarre to the downright rude. Translator(s): Young, Morag. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BM; KNPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 110 x 15. Weight in Grams: 142. 8vo. Some light shelfwear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Gallic Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0273000
ISBN
9781906040291
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Anna Sam spent eight years as a checkout girl. This book is a witty look at what it's really like to work in a supermarket: the relentless grind and less-than-perfect working conditions, along with people-watching and encounters with every kind of customer from the bizarre to the downright rude. Translator(s): Young, Morag. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BM; KNPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 110 x 15. Weight in Grams: 142. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Gallic Books
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KCW0001575
ISBN
9781906040291
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. 'Nothing makes me happier than talking about depression. Packed with stories, humour and a bit of the serious stuff, I will literally write the book on how it feels to be told "Cheer up, Love"' Susan Calman Num Pages: 272 pages, B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: BGFA; BM; MMJ; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Paperback
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473632042
ISBN
9781473632042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. In April 2001, Trevis Gleason was a chef on the rise, teaching at institutions such as Cornell University and California Culinary Academy. Then one day, he suffered a stroke-like episode and was diagnosed with incurable multiple sclerosis. Trevis' humour in the face of his changed life is sure to inspire and have you coming back for seconds. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KB; BM; VFJB; WBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Publisher
The Collins Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781848893023
ISBN
9781848893023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.87

Paperback. A captivating account of life as a notable member of the Serbian elite in the 1980s, and then as the wife of a British diplomat and currently a celebrated international scholar with a first novel due from Random House in 2015. A cancer diagnosis, and its unresolved consequences, results in a moving, hilarious, and profound memoir. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DVWY; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Wilmington Square Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
10th Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908524478
ISBN
9781908524478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 67 colour & 19 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; BM; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 254 x 10. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764347016
ISBN
9780764347016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.47

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC United States
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611599053
ISBN
9781611599053
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.85

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. A memoir of a woman's experience with spinal tuberculosis in the 1930s. As well as describing her treatment and time in hospital, it recounts her later family life, her work both as a microbiologist, and as an advocate for minority groups. Num Pages: 200 pages, photos, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BM; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc United States
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786459391
ISBN
9780786459391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.58

Paperback. An extraordinary first-person account of a childhood spent in the jungle Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JJPN; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088874
ISBN
9781844088874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. Written when the author was eighty-three years old, but dealing with only the first twelve years of her life, this title is constructed as a dialogue between the author and her memory. It interrogates her interlocutor in search of her own intentions, more precise accuracy, and, indeed, the truth. Translator(s): Wright, Barbara. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DVUA; 3JJC; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226922317
ISBN
9780226922317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.14

Paperback. A deeply moving memoir about the loss of childhood and its impact on adult life. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844081189
ISBN
9781844081189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. Wartime Britain through the eyes of children who were there. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BM; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 24. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Amberley
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445647203
ISBN
9781445647203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.04

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783373727
ISBN
9781783373727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

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
€ 20.36

Paperback. Bestselling author Dot May Dunn returns with more of her wonderful life experiences. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMD; 3JJH; BM; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 250 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409148128
ISBN
9781409148128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Hardcover. Great traders are able to recognize and adapt to changing market environments. They take their mistakes and use them to become better traders. Great traders possess the discipline to manage a losing trade as well as a winning one. This book offers these qualities. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118627891
ISBN
9781118627891
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.77

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Yamaguchi, Akira. Num Pages: 208 pages, 36 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231144414
ISBN
9780231144414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.43

Paperback. From the author of international bestsellers A Circle of Children and Lovey comes an inspiring true story of a gifted teacher's determination to understand the 'rotten' city kid everyone has given up on. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JNSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reissue
SKU
KOC0016254
ISBN
9780007555161
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. On 21 July, 1942, the Nazis took control of the small Polish town of Zolkiew, life for Jewish 15-year-old Clara Kramer was never to be the same again. While those around her were either slaughtered or transported, Clara and her family hid perilously in a hand-dug bunker. Living in the house above and protecting them were the Becks. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091924416
ISBN
9780091924416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. From the publisher of Marley & Me and Dewey, this is the uplifting and affecting tale of Cleo the kitten, who helps to heal a family after a terrible tragedy. Num Pages: 304 pages, black and white. BIC Classification: BM; VFJX; WNGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 254. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
John Murray Press
Publication date
2010
SKU
KTG0008940
ISBN
9781444700145
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Presents Madhur Jaffrey's memoir of her childhood in India. With recipes drawn from memories of dinners, lunches, breakfasts, weddings, and picnics, moving effortlessly from the lamb meatballs of Moghul emperors to the tamarind chutneys of the streets, this book is of interest to keen armchair cooks, as well fans of Madhur the world over. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BM; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Ebury Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091908935
ISBN
9780091908935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. The latest installment of hilarious moggy mischief from Tom Cox and his four cats: The Bear, Ralph, Shipley and Roscoe. Num Pages: 256 pages, Integrated throughout. BIC Classification: BM; WNGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751560022
ISBN
9780751560022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. The powerful, personal and iconoclastic memoir of David Wojnarowicz, AIDS activist, author and one of the most provocative artists of his generation. With a new introduction by Olivia Laing. Series: Canons. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; ACXJ; AGB; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main - Canons edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786890276
ISBN
9781786890276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

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