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Biography
Paperback. Drawing on memoir, history, and theory, Eli Clare complicates the understanding of cure, seeing it as an ideology that serves contradictory purposes-from saving lives to social control-while critiquing cure rhetoric and the drive to cure disabled people through an insistence of the value of disability. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFG; JFSK; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 341.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362876
- ISBN
- 9780822362876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.01
€ 26.99
€ 25.01
Hardback. Translator(s): Philcox, Richard. Series: SB - The Africa List. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857423764
- ISBN
- 9780857423764
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.28
€ 27.99
€ 22.28
Paperback. A roller coaster ride through the ruins of modern America from the most influential journalist of his generation. Num Pages: 599 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 34. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Verso
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781682951
- ISBN
- 9781781682951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.24
€ 20.24
Paperback. 'Part biography, part collection of tips for the aspiring writer' Guardian. ON WRITING: A MEMOIR OF THE CRAFT is a brilliant book on writing from the number one bestselling writer. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781444723250
- ISBN
- 9781444723250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.56
€ 12.99
€ 11.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 4 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGS; WSN; WSSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 4
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780811722537
- ISBN
- 9780811722537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.60
€ 21.99
€ 18.60
Paperback. The snooker legend reveals all about his turbulent life and career Num Pages: 320 pages, 2x8pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Headline London
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755316618
- ISBN
- 9780755316618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.64
€ 12.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. The first authorised biography of one of Britain's best-loved sportsmen. A special illustrated edition reissued to celebrate Moss's 85th birthday. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BGS; WSPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780228785
- ISBN
- 9781780228785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.65
€ 12.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. When Sir John Hale suffered a stroke that left him unable to walk, write or speak, his wife, Shelia, followed every available medical trail seeking knowledge of his condition and how he might be restored to health. This book is a unique exploration of aphasia - losing the ability to use or comprehend words - as well as of the resilience of love. Num Pages: 272 pages, 41 ill. BIC Classification: BGA; VFG; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1 Revised
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843105640
- ISBN
- 9781843105640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.77
€ 23.99
€ 23.77
Paperback. "Just A Boy" was praised for its unflinching and unself-pitying account of a neglected childhood at the hands of an abusive father and uncaring authorities. This work is an account of how the author used the success of "Just A Boy" to try and save his sister, and of his attempts to make sense of his past. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 113 x 19. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Ebury Press London
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091908645
- ISBN
- 9780091908645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. Fifty years after his first hit single, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bill Medley remains an icon of popular music and one of its most beloved voices. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 pages black-&-white photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306823671
- ISBN
- 9780306823671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.20
€ 20.99
€ 18.20
Paperback. A Sunday Times Bestseller. David Hart Dyke's compelling personal testimony is rejacketed and relaunched in paperback. 'Superbly frank and unsentimental.. The literature of the Falklands War would be much the poorer without this pithy, well constructed and brutally honest account of the fighting at sea.' Saul David, Daily Telegraph Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; BGHA; HBJQ; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 306. A Captain's Story of War at Sea. 304 pages. HMS Coventry's job during the Falklands War was to provide early warning of approaching enemy aircraft. On 25 May, Coventry was attacked by two Argentine Skyhawks and hit by three bombs. Her Captain, David Hart Dyke, himself badly burned, climbed down her starboard side and into a life-raft. This book tells his story. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; BGHA; HBJQ; HBW; JWF. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843545910
- ISBN
- 9781843545910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.40
€ 12.99
€ 11.40
Paperback. * Subtitled 'An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson', this is a true story of a man's rediscovery of his mentor - a book about second chances. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751529814
- ISBN
- 9780751529814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Hardback. Num Pages: 233 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BG; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 181 x 20. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594543890
- ISBN
- 9781594543890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.82€ 96.46
€ 141.82
€ 96.46
Paperback. A depiction of contemporary life in Native America. This book presents an Indian worldview in its holistic complexity and integrity, and is an addition to the literature of white-Indian cultural interrelationships. It presents an account of the author's life on the road, driving throughout Oklahoma and Arkansas teaching poetry in the schools. Series: North American Indian Prose Award. Num Pages: 119 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3404 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 119
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9780803270664
- ISBN
- 9780803270664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.19
€ 16.19
Paperback. Suitable for students of everyday life, this title brings together a collection of the diaries of overland women. It speaks through letters and diaries of the women who traveled west in covered wagons during the 1840s. Editor(s): Holmes, Kenneth L. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; JFFN; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803272743
- ISBN
- 9780803272743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.72
€ 19.99
€ 19.72
Paperback. Editor(s): Midlo Hall, Gwendolyn. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGHA; JFSL3; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816679065
- ISBN
- 9780816679065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.85
€ 26.99
€ 26.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 104 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816690411
- ISBN
- 9780816690411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.04
€ 18.99
€ 18.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 104 pages, Illustrations, plans, transparencies. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Spokesman Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851242415
- ISBN
- 9780851242415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.24
€ 11.24
Paperback. Translator(s): Maree, Claire. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781875559824
- ISBN
- 9781875559824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.21
€ 17.99
€ 13.21
Hardback. On January 25, Alice publicly slashed her ex-fiancee's throat. Her same-sex love was deemed insane by her father that very night, and medical experts agreed. This book recounts this tragic, real-life love story with over 100 illustrated love letters, maps, artifacts, newspaper articles, courtroom proceedings, and intimate, domestic scenes. Illustrator(s): Klann, Sally. Num Pages: 208 pages, 100 b/w illustrations & newspaper clippings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; JKV. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Orange Avenue Publishing
- Edition
- F First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936976607
- ISBN
- 9781936976607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.08
€ 20.08
Paperback. Looks at how the biological facts of motherhood give rise to life-altering emotional and psychological changes. Series: River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803235083
- ISBN
- 9780803235083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.61
€ 19.61
Paperback. Series: African American. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780486411439
- ISBN
- 9780486411439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.29
€ 17.29
Hardcover. View Last Stand's video trailer! A highly regarded environmental journalist turns his attention to one of the most compelling personalities in American business. Last Stand gives us a new, unexpected lens through which to view a previously unsung hero of conservation and offers prescriptions for the future of conservation. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGF; BGT; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 34. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Repackaged
- SKU
- V9780762784431
- ISBN
- 9780762784431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.38
€ 27.99
€ 22.38
Paperback. Working with the Curlew is an intimate and evocative account of an era before factory farming, when farmers worked closely with nature and the rhythm of the seasons, a smallholding could sustain a family, and there were enough small farms for a shepherd to climb the ladder to ownership. Num Pages: 128 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BG; TV; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Green Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903998342
- ISBN
- 9781903998342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.86
€ 10.99
€ 9.86