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Paperback. * Poignant first-hand account of life for a young Afghani woman under the Taliban * Like Desert Flower, this simple human story is a powerful way to tell readers around the world of the plight of a people, and this book couldn't be more timely Num Pages: 192 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; BGA; HRH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Virago Press Ltd London
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860499616
- ISBN
- 9781860499616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Paperback. As one of the four members of the inner circle at Hull-House, Julia Lathrop played an instrumental role in the field of social reform for more than fifty years. This biography reveals the influence of Hull-House on the social and political history of the early twentieth century. It provides an account of women's work in voluntary associations. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 330. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252071683
- ISBN
- 9780252071683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.55
€ 19.99
€ 19.55
Paperback. Provides a portrait of East European and American Jewish life in the immigrant generation at the turn of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Cohen, Jocelyn; Soyer, Daniel. Num Pages: 329 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1KBB; 3JJC; HBTB; JFFN; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814716953
- ISBN
- 9780814716953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Hardback. What's in a name? A few vowels and some consonants - or a whole new identity just waiting to burst free? This book rearranges hundreds of famous names to create a parallel universe - like the world we know, but funnier, ruder, and much more vitriolic. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; WDKX; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KLN0018437
- ISBN
- 9780571243945
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.44
€ 5.44
Hardback. What's in a name? A few vowels and some consonants - or a whole new identity just waiting to burst free? This book rearranges hundreds of famous names to create a parallel universe - like the world we know, but funnier, ruder, and much more vitriolic. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; WDKX; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KLN0018591
- ISBN
- 9780571243945
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.44
€ 5.44
Paperback. Young readers can join Granny as she journeys around the world on a magic carpet, shopping for amazing treasures in all of the places she visits, and taking readers on a counting adventure through the different countries of the world. Full color. Illustrator(s): Corr, Christopher. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 245 x 212 x 3. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Barefoot Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905236626
- ISBN
- 9781905236626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.06
€ 9.99
€ 9.06
paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFS; RGC; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Milkweed Editions United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571313249
- ISBN
- 9781571313249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.63
€ 15.99
€ 15.63
For more than thirty years, musician Carlos Varela has been a guide to the heart, soul, and sound of Havana. My Havana is a lyrical exploration of Varela's life and work, and of the vibrant musical, literary, and cinematic culture of his generation. Editor(s): Cumana, Maria Caridad; Dubinsky, Karen; De La Cruz, Xenia Reloba. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1KJC; AVG; DSB; HBJK; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442647718
- ISBN
- 9781442647718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.03
€ 81.03
Paperback. For more than thirty years, musician Carlos Varela has been a guide to the heart, soul, and sound of Havana. My Havana is a lyrical exploration of Varela's life and work, and of the vibrant musical, literary, and cinematic culture of his generation. Editor(s): Cumana, Maria Caridad; Dubinsky, Karen; De La Cruz, Xenia Reloba. Num Pages: 324 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1KJC; AVG; DSB; HBJK; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442615786
- ISBN
- 9781442615786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.16
€ 40.99
€ 38.16
Paperback. A memoir of life, experience, and education of a Lakota child in the late 1800s. The author describes the home life and education of Indian children. Like other boys, he played with toy bows and arrows in the tipi before learning to make and use them and became schooled in the ways of animals and in the properties of plants and herbs. Num Pages: 198 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBNR; 3JH; BG; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 13. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803293342
- ISBN
- 9780803293342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.06
€ 17.99
€ 17.06
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pearson Education (US) United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780789757432
- ISBN
- 9780789757432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.99
€ 24.99
€ 21.99
Hardback. Translation of: Inside IS: 10 Tage im "Islamischen Staat." Num Pages: 288 pages, 48 color photos, maps. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- Greystone Books,Canada
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771642248
- ISBN
- 9781771642248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.45
€ 27.99
€ 25.45
Paperback. In order to penetrate Tibet and reach Lhasa, Madame Alexandra David-Neel used her fluency of Tibetan dialects and culture, and inked skin and tackled some of the roughest terrain and climate in the World. This title presntes her intensive study and daring adventure in mysterious territories of the East. Num Pages: 376 pages, 8-Page Black and White Photo Insert, 1 Map, Halftones throughout. BIC Classification: 1F; HR; JFSJ1; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 137 x 203 x 26. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- unknown
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060596552
- ISBN
- 9780060596552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.58
€ 13.99
€ 10.58
Paperback. The compelling memoir of a Polish-Jewish woman who was an educator, Zionist activist, and feminist leader Editor(s): Hyman, Paula E. Translator(s): Harshav, Barbara. Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 b&w photos, 1 maps, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; APF; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 11. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253215642
- ISBN
- 9780253215642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.79
€ 23.99
€ 23.79
Paperback. The first book chosen in Emma Watson's 'Our Shared Shelf Book Club' Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 43. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780749204
- ISBN
- 9781780749204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.33
€ 13.99
€ 11.33
Paperback. This is the autobiography of the former Taliban Ambassador to Pakistan who negotiated with the US after 9/11 and spent time in Guantanomo. It is the first inside account of what motivates ordinary Afghans to join the Taliban. Editor(s): Strick van Linschoten, Alex; Kuehn, Felix. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; BGHA; JFSR2; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849041522
- ISBN
- 9781849041522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.74
€ 23.99
€ 21.74
Hardback. My Life with Things is Elizabeth Chin's meditation on her relationship with consumer goods and a critical statement on the politics and method of anthropology in which she uses everyday items to intimately examine the ways consumption resonates with personal and social meaning. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT; JHMC; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361183
- ISBN
- 9780822361183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.46
€ 117.46
paperback. My Life with Things is Elizabeth Chin's meditation on her relationship with consumer goods and a critical statement on the politics and method of anthropology in which she uses everyday items to intimately examine the ways consumption resonates with personal and social meaning. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFC; JFFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 341.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361367
- ISBN
- 9780822361367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.06
€ 28.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JJ; 3JM; BGA; JFFK; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 108.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- PM Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629631059
- ISBN
- 9781629631059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.20
€ 12.20
Paperback. At once informative and entertaining, inspiring and challenging, this book provides an understanding of urban development and change over the past forty years in Los Angeles and other city regions of the world. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white halftones, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281745
- ISBN
- 9780520281745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70