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Biography
paperback. Presents a personal chronicle of Fanny, a young girl growing up Jewish in a small midwestern town. This novel charts Fanny's emotional growth through her relationship with her mother, the shrewd, sympathetic Molly Brandeis. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DSB; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 25. Weight in Grams: 377.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252069468
- ISBN
- 9780252069468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.22
€ 27.99
€ 26.22
paperback. Traces the political journey of a leading worker radical whose life and experiences encapsulate radicalism's rise and fall in the United States. Integrating indigenous and international factors that determined the fate of American communism, this book provides an understanding of the basis for radicalism among twentieth-century American workers. Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252070518
- ISBN
- 9780252070518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.83
€ 23.99
€ 21.83
paperback. Eschewing reassuring platitudes and sensational pleas for sympathy, the author charts her struggles with juvenile diabetes, blindness, and a host of other hardships, sharing her feelings of despair and frustration as well as her hard-won triumphs. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFG; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 407. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072192
- ISBN
- 9780252072192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.53
€ 18.99
€ 18.53
Paperback. An amazingly rich window onto a lost world of African American history Num Pages: 464 pages, 33 photographs; 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 1KBBES; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 865. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074400
- ISBN
- 9780252074400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.33
€ 29.99
€ 27.33
hardcover. Translator(s): Johnston, David, Governor General of Canada. Num Pages: 450 pages, 16 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: BGHA; JWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1082.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd (US)
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780887407185
- ISBN
- 9780887407185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.33
€ 44.99
€ 31.33
paperback. The biography of Jane Digby, an 'enthralling tale of a nineteenth-century beauty whose heart - and hormones - ruled her head.' Harpers and Queen Num Pages: 384 pages, (16 page section). BIC Classification: BGH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Edition
- 8th reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781857024692
- ISBN
- 9781857024692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.91
€ 19.99
€ 13.91
Paperback. Precociously brilliant in his youth, Cyril Connolly was haunted for the rest of his life by a sense of failure and a romatic yearning to recover a lost Eden. His two great books, "The Unquiet Grave" and "Enemies of Promise", are classics of English prose, combining wit, romanticism and merciless self-knowledge. Num Pages: 672 pages, 16pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 36. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712666350
- ISBN
- 9780712666350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.49
€ 24.99
€ 18.49
paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, port. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- NYRB Classics
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780940322127
- ISBN
- 9780940322127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.29
€ 19.99
€ 15.29
Jane Campion: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers (Hardcover))
Virginia Wright . Ed(S): Wexman
paperback. Editor(s): Wexman, Virginia Wright. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578060832
- ISBN
- 9781578060832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.84
€ 34.84
paperback. The intimate chronicle of one of our leading composers and writers. Num Pages: 456 pages, 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306809644
- ISBN
- 9780306809644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.31
€ 26.99
€ 20.31
Paperback. Originally published in 1959, this is a collection of Mailer's stories, essays, polemic, meditations and interviews. It may be considered both as a chronicle of a crucial era in the formation of modern American culture, and as a contribution to the autobiographical tradition in American letters. Num Pages: 532 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DNF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 210 x 34. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 532
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674005907
- ISBN
- 9780674005907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.14
€ 42.99
€ 36.14
Paperback. Offers an introduction to the inner world of Stalin's Russia. This work aims to take readers into the minds and hearts of Soviet citizens who recorded their lives during an extraordinary period of revolutionary fervor and state terror. Num Pages: 448 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; BJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032316
- ISBN
- 9780674032316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.97
€ 35.99
€ 30.97
paperback. Translator(s): Dror, Olga. Num Pages: 378 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; BM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780253021649
- ISBN
- 9780253021649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.68
€ 23.99
€ 16.68
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bantam Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780593051498
- ISBN
- 9780593051498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. John Haffenden's acclaimed biography of William Empson (1906-1984), the foremost English literary critic of the twentieth century, is now available in paperback. An authoritative and compelling account and the first of two volumes exploring his remarkable life and work. Num Pages: 720 pages, 16 pages of black-and-white plates. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1097.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199539918
- ISBN
- 9780199539918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.73
€ 60.73
Paperback. Lives and writings of ten great leaders: Clement of Alexandria, Athanasius, Basil the Great, John Chrysostom and others. In them we see the apostolic fire become crystallized not only into dogma and external order but also into some of the world's great religious literature. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HRCC8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1957
- Publisher
- St Vladimir's Seminary Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913836613
- ISBN
- 9780913836613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.54
€ 18.99
€ 17.54
Paperback. The extraordinary life of Mother Maria Skobtsova (1891-1945), a Russian nun who shunned traditional monasticism for a life of service to alcoholics, drug addicts, and the mentally and physically ill. Num Pages: 8 pages, illustrations, portraits. BIC Classification: BGX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- St Vladimir's Seminary Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 8
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913836859
- ISBN
- 9780913836859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.23
€ 17.99
€ 14.23
paperback. Memories of my Life, first published in 1908, is an autobiography by the psychologist, anthropologist, geographer, and inventor Sir Francis Galton. This book contains a detailed account of Galton s life, and will be of interest to students of Victorian history. " Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; BM; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138911444
- ISBN
- 9781138911444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.31
€ 56.31
Paperback. The only English translation available of the reflections of the son of Peig Sayers, the last of the Great Blasket poets and storytellers. Translator(s): Enright, Tim. Num Pages: 160 pages, 8 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; BG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780192813206
- ISBN
- 9780192813206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 9.99
€ 15.99
€ 9.99
Paperback. Written between 1919 and 1923, this book was the first about the Blasket Islands - a tiny, remote community off the west coast of Kerry. The author writes of island life in unadorned sketches from his diary. Other Blasket titles include "The Islandman" and "A Day in Our Life". Translator(s): Enright, Tim. Num Pages: 226 pages, 15 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 234 192pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780192819093
- ISBN
- 9780192819093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 9.99
€ 16.99
€ 9.99
Paperback. A collection of true-life crimes from across the county of Yorkshire. Featuring tales of highwaymen, cut throats, poachers, poisoners, thieves and murderers, it lets you discover the darker side of the county. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 188 x 12. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752460024
- ISBN
- 9780752460024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.23
€ 17.99
€ 14.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BG; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 220. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KRA0012886
- ISBN
- 9780755319091
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Emmet O'Connor uses archival sources, including declassified Soviet Union and FBI files, to cast light on Jim Larkin and his relations with international communism. He aims to uncover the motivation behind Larkin's public persona. Series: Radical Irish Lives. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPF; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 216. Biography..James Larkin. 148pp. Radical Irish Lives Series
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781859183397
- ISBN
- 9781859183397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.52
€ 18.99
€ 14.52
Robert Donald ~ being the authorized biography of Sir Robert Donald
Taylor, Henry Archibald, ~ By H.A. Taylor. Wi...
Hardback. "Commissioning organisation: by H.A. Taylor. With a foreword by J. Ramsay Mac Donald. 288 p. port., illus. 24 cm. Original cloth. Very good, clean copy, with brightly gilt titled spine, and tight binding. Spine sunned, cloth very slightly worn." Keywords: "Donald, Sir Robert,"
- Publisher
- S. Paul
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- KEX0045884
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99