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Paperback. Buergenthal arrived at Auschwitz at age 10 after surviving two ghettos and a labor camp. Now dedicated to helping those subjected to tyranny throughout the world, Buergenthal writes his story with a simple clarity that highlights the stark details of unimaginable hardship. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJG; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781254004
ISBN
9781781254004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. The best-selling second volume of John Simpson's entertaining autobiography, updated with a new chapter. Num Pages: 464 pages, 30 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BM; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 346. Clean copy in good condition
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Thus
Publisher
Pan Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
SKU
KIN0004677
ISBN
9780330355674
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The best-selling second volume of John Simpson's entertaining autobiography, updated with a new chapter. Num Pages: 464 pages, 30 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BM; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 380. Good copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Pan Books
Edition
First Thus
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRA0011044
ISBN
9780330355674
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A moving, fascinating memoir of Penny Armstrong's years as midwife to an Amish community in rural Pennsylvania. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; BM; MQD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Pinter & Martin Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780662008
ISBN
9781780662008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.42

Paperback. The author was still a young man when he decided to fight for the Republican cause in Spain's civil war. But though he braved icy, storm-swept mountains alone to contact Republican sympathisers, he was immediately suspected of being a Nationalist spy. This title tells the story of his experiences as a Republican soldier. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; BM; HBWP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241953297
ISBN
9780241953297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. One woman's inspirational fight for her soul in the midst of the chaos of Stage 4 cancer. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: BM; MJCL; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
O Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785355455
ISBN
9781785355455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.99

Paperback. Some Adventures, Dangers, and Sufferings of Joseph Plumb Martin. Series: Signet Classics. 269 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGHA; BM; HBJK; HBLL; JW. Dimension: 171 x 114 x 21. Weight: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Signet Classics
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9780451531582
ISBN
9780451531582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.96

Paperback. Shirley Leach lived in a world of extreme comfort, wealth and status. With every good thing life had to offer, she was due to marry the man she loved - a man who, in turn, adored her. But all this was to change in a single moment. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HRCC7; HRCX8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786062512
ISBN
9781786062512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. At the end of the Second World War, as husbands came back to Civvy Street their wives had the luxury of staying at home with the children. For a short while at least. Soon Evelyn realised she had to find part-time work to make ends meet, and to her astonishment she was offered part-time hours at her old hospital. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KTG0007381
ISBN
9780091941383
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A Paris Christmas is the charming, funny and improbable tale of how a man who was raised on white bread - and didn't speak a word of French - unexpectedly ended up with the sacred duty of preparing the Christmas dinner for a venerable Parisian family. Previously published as "Cooking for Claudine". BIC Classification: 1DDF; 5HC; BM; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Short Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780722474
ISBN
9781780722474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.31

Hardback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BM; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
St Martin´s Press
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781250130129
ISBN
9781250130129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.83

Paperback. A personal reflection on learning to live with borderline personality disorder (BPD), offering hope to those with similar conditions. Using poetry to express her lowest moments, the author shares her experience of managing BPD, creating a highly engaging and deeply moving account. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785923319
ISBN
9781785923319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.71

Paperback. From bestselling author and teacher Mary Maccracken comes the engaging and inspiring story of five troubled children who she fought to bring back from the brink Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JNSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
SKU
KIN0036387
ISBN
9780007555185
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Describes author's early education, uncanny sense of vocation, and development as a literary scholar and cultural critic. This title looks back at how author's career who was influenced by his experience, at the age of nine, of being a refugee from Nazi Germany in the Kinder transport. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 207 x 15. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823228331
ISBN
9780823228331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

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
€ 18.68

Hardcover. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 40. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9789351770954
ISBN
9789351770954
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 4.99

Hardback. Translator(s): Smock, Ann; Smock, William. Num Pages: 176 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BM; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231164023
ISBN
9780231164023
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Jimmy Boyle grew up in Glasgow's Gorbals. All around him the world was drinking, fighting and thieving. To survive, he too had to fight and steal.. Kids' gangs led to trouble with the police. Thankfully, Jimmy was able to turn his life around inside the prison walls and eventually released on parole. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; AFKB; AGB; BM; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Ebury Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785033032
ISBN
9781785033032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. A memoir of Marcia Tucker, the first woman to be hired as a curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the founder of the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City. It draws the reader directly into the burgeoning feminist movement and the excitement of the New York art world during that time. Editor(s): Lou, Liza. Num Pages: 226 pages, 35 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; ACX; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
226
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520265950
ISBN
9780520265950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 208 x 11. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Hatherleigh Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781578265671
ISBN
9781578265671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.51

Paperback. Ian Bostridge is one of the outstanding singers, yet his early career was that of a professional historian. This book takes a look at the multifaceted world of classical music through the eyes of someone whose career as a singer has followed a unique trajectory. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: AV; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571252466
ISBN
9780571252466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.60

Hardcover. A memoir like no other, passionate, intelligent and revealing of both the age and the individual. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136. .
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd Dublin
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843514107
ISBN
9781843514107
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.00
€ 17.10

Paperback. The author's childhood had been far from normal, but when she was just nine years old her life changed forever. He discovered that her neighbour was abusing her younger sister, Laraine - and there was a price to pay to make him stop. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; BTP; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091958442
ISBN
9780091958442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. This book is a lush and beautiful memoir of a very special house and a superb recreation of a bygone era. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007367900
ISBN
9780007367900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.50

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