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Paperback. Love him or hate him, Bill Gates has single-handedly shaped the technological future of the twenty-first century. Created through the independent research of bestselling author Janet Lowe, Bill Gates Speaks documents the life and ambitions of one of the world's most unique business and cultural leaders. Num Pages: 272 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGBA; KJH; U. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons New York
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEX0200692
- ISBN
- 9780471401698
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A biography of two Chinese sisters who took very different paths in their quest to be independent women. The journeys of these extraordinary women spanned the twentieth century and three continents in a saga of East-West cultural exchange and personal struggle. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BG; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742553149
- ISBN
- 9780742553149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.35
€ 28.35
Hardcover. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Methuen Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413777751
- ISBN
- 9780413777751
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.50
€ 25.99
€ 22.50
Num Pages: 506 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; JFSL3; WSNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 42. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 506
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813142715
- ISBN
- 9780813142715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.80
€ 88.80
Hardcover. Presenting Harold Weston's account of his intimate relationship with the wilderness, this title combines an informal history of the Adirondack Mountain Reserve with his own experiences there as a painter and woodsman. It includes Weston's letters and Journal entries, along with illustrations, and explanatory notes. Editor(s): Foster, Rebecca. Num Pages: 272 pages, 68 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AGB; BGA; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608998
- ISBN
- 9780815608998
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.35
€ 21.35
paperback. Illustrator(s): Smith, E. Boyd. Num Pages: 397 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: BG; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1964
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803250000
- ISBN
- 9780803250000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.22
€ 17.22
Hardcover. Examines the life of Jonathan Fisher (1768-1847), a native of Braintree, Massachusetts, and graduate of Harvard College who moved in his late twenties to Blue Hill, Maine, where he embarked on a multifaceted career as a pioneer minister, farmer, entrepreneur, and artist. Num Pages: 336 pages, 85 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 185 x 30. Weight in Grams: 807.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558497436
- ISBN
- 9781558497436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.73
€ 63.73
Paperback. Recounts the expedition's experiences as they continued their journey homeward from present-day Idaho and the party divided for separate exploration. Editor(s): Moulton, Gary E. Num Pages: 456 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; BG; BJ; GBCS; HBJK; HBLL; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- new edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803280151
- ISBN
- 9780803280151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.27
€ 32.99
€ 31.27
Paperback. This reference on Irish mathematicians includes biographies on: Thomas Harriot (1560-1621); William Rowan Hamilton (1805-1865); Robert Murphy (1806-1843); George Boole (1815-1864); George Gabriel Stokes (1819-1903); George Salmon (1819-1904); and John Casey (1820-1891). Editor(s): Houston, Ken. Num Pages: 160 pages, 12pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BG; HBT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 232 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900621496
- ISBN
- 9781900621496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.23
€ 20.23
Paperback. Published in the UK for the first time, The Last American Man is by the author of huge international bestseller Eat, Pray, Love Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BG; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000553
- ISBN
- 9781408801161
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Carnegie-Mellon University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887485893
- ISBN
- 9780887485893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.94
€ 25.99
€ 18.94
Hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442481688
- ISBN
- 9781442481688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.06
€ 19.99
€ 18.06
Paperback. A biography of W B Yeats, it covers the second half of Yeats' life, taking in his controversial political involvements, continued supernatural experiments, his extraordinary marriage, a series of love affairs, and the writing of his greatest poetry. It also weaves together his life and work. Num Pages: 832 pages, 32pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1306. Good clean copy showing light shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0024921
- ISBN
- 9780192806093
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 48.00
€ 48.00
Hardcover. Contains the letters that trace young Sam Clemens' remarkable self-transformation from a footloose, irreverent West Coast journalist to a popular lecturer and author of "The Jumping Frog", soon to be a national and international celebrity. Editor(s): Smith, Harriet Elinor; Bucci, Richard; Salamo, Lin. Series: Mark Twain Papers. Num Pages: 703 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 47. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 703
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520036697
- ISBN
- 9780520036697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.49€ 92.52
€ 123.49
€ 92.52
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; VFJB; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Dey Street Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062346223
- ISBN
- 9780062346223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.42
€ 27.99
€ 23.42
Paperback. During the summer of 2004, when Marsha Hunt decided to risk her life for Jimi Hendrix, he'd been dead for 34 years. Dead since she had her last hit single, was Mick Jagger's secret lover and had his daughter Karis. This book provides an uplifting account of an iconic figure's battle with a disease that affects so many lives. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 x 8pp colour. BIC Classification: BG; MJCL; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 275.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KLN0018121
- ISBN
- 9781845960780
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardback. The Epidemic tells how a vain and reckless businessman became responsible for a typhoid epidemic in 1903 that devastated Cornell University and the surrounding town of Ithaca, N.Y. Eighty-two people died, including 29 Cornell students. Protected by influential friends, William T. Morris faced no retribution for this outrage. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBE; BGB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 37.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762760084
- ISBN
- 9780762760084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.37
€ 23.99
€ 19.37
Paperback. Threesomes, sorbet sex, drunk dialling, multiple orgasms, girly gossip-swaps, buying silk underwear - welcome to dating the modern girl's way. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719563515
- ISBN
- 9780719563515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65
Hardcover. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 209 x 26. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Beaufort Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780825306938
- ISBN
- 9780825306938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.33
€ 25.99
€ 23.33
paperback. Edward II (1284-1327), King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine, was the object of ignominy during his lifetime and calumny since it. This biography does not present Edward II as a heroic or successful king: his deposition after a turbulent reign of nearly twenty years is proof enough that it went terribly wrong. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 704 pages, 20 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 234 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1084.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300178029
- ISBN
- 9780300178029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.21
€ 29.99
€ 24.21
paperback. BIC Classification: AVC; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138271494
- ISBN
- 9781138271494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.83
€ 70.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 32 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCG9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 199 x 3. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Kar-Ben Copies Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 32
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580131308
- ISBN
- 9781580131308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.14
€ 10.14
Hardback. This is a compelling biography of Francis Jeanson, French existential philosopher, member of the French Resistance during World War II, and head of the "Jeanson network," which raised funds for the Algerians during the French-Algerian war. Translator(s): Todd, Jane. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804755085
- ISBN
- 9780804755085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.56
€ 80.56
hardcover. "In War And Peace" is the autobiography of a truly remarkable woman, Daphne Pearson, born May 1911, was the first woman to receive the George Cross for acts of courage in circumstances of extreme danger. Num Pages: 240 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Thorogood United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854182111
- ISBN
- 9781854182111
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.70
€ 4.70