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Paperback. Entertaining and masterly biography of Madame Chiang Kai-shek - the woman who built modern China. Num Pages: 816 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 52. Weight in Grams: 968.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Phoenix
Number of pages
816
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753828021
ISBN
9780753828021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.43

Paperback. A memoir of the author's journey raising three daughters with autism. It includes stories that lay everything on the table - from family, friends, and enemies to basement floods to birthdays to (possible) heroin addictions - eviscerating and celebrating the absurd. Num Pages: 219 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; JMP; VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616084592
ISBN
9781616084592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.71

Hardcover. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 840.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Mage Publishers
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933823737
ISBN
9781933823737
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.99
€ 64.85

Hardcover. Lowry's writing often transports readers into other worlds. Now, we have the rare opportunity to travel into a real world that is her own - her life. Num Pages: 272 pages, black and white photographs. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 163 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
HMH Books for Young Readers
Edition
Rev Exp
Condition
New
SKU
V9780544807969
ISBN
9780544807969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.27

Hardback. In this moving memoir Jane Lazarre, a white Jewish mother, describes her experience being married to an African American man and raising two sons as she learns, from family experience, teaching, and her studies, about the realities of racism in America. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: BK; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Anniversary, Twentieth Anniversary Edition with a
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361473
ISBN
9780822361473
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.77

paperback. Despite talk of bulls, bears and stock-market crashes, the depression meant little to young brothers Alun and Arthur as they carved their initials into the sycamore tree below Hope Mountain. They longed to see the great ships that would bring their father home. Eagerly they follow the progress of their father, famous Welsh tenor Jabez Trevor. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 3JJG; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Parthian Books
Edition
First Edition - Softcover
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906998066
ISBN
9781906998066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Crime or Compassion? is the compelling and heart-breaking account of the price one woman paid for caring for her friend. An unforgettable read that asks a fundamental question: what would you do? Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; LAQ; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 2. Weight in Grams: 338. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0002777
ISBN
9781473649859
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Recounts the accomplishments of fifteen Black American men and women, including Martin Luther King, Mary McLeod Bethune, Adam Clayton Powell, and Booker T. Washington. Editor(s): Franklin, John Hope; Meier, August. Series: Blacks in the New World. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JFSL3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780252009396
ISBN
9780252009396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.22

Hardback. Born in 1852 in the last years of serfdom, Vera Figner came of age as Imperial Russian society was being rocked by the massive upheaval that culminated in the Bolshevik revolution of 1917. At first champion of populist causes and champion of women's higher education, Figner later became a leader of the terrorist party The People's Will. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 362 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253012845
ISBN
9780253012845
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.56

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Monsoon Books Singapore
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9789810586928
ISBN
9789810586928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, B/W photo insert on gloss. BIC Classification: BGBA; BM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781610390828
ISBN
9781610390828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.31

Hardback. n Many people across the world know Antonio Negri as an internationally renowned political thinker whose book, Empire, co-authored with Michael Hardt, is an international bestseller.

Much less well known is the fact that, up until 1979, Negri was a university professor teaching in Paris and Padova. Translator(s): Emery, Ed. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BJ; BM; JKVP; JPVH; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 538.

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644257
ISBN
9780745644257
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.77

Paperback. Living in a world of darkness doesn't mean we must surrender, but to survive, we need to occasionally unleash the diva from within. Num Pages: 305 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785350153
ISBN
9781785350153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.09

hardcover. Failing to get into any of the London-based drama schools, the author accepted a place at Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre and before graduating had been given his first break as a voice artist on the satirical puppet show Spitting Image. This book deals with authors childhood surrounded by foster kids, his teenage years and more. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APFB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 244 x 36. Weight in Grams: 686. Good clean copy, with light nicks and tears to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Century
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0001329
ISBN
9781780891712
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 172 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; BTH; KNTJ; KNXB1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 209 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Spokesman Books
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851247960
ISBN
9780851247960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.52

hardcover. Clean copy fine in dust wrapper. DW showing some light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0005977
ISBN
9780571161089
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.23

Hardcover. The widow of American Sniper Chris Kyle shares their private journey, a moving and universal chronicle of love and family, service and patriotism, grief and sacrifice, faith and purpose. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; BM; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 35. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
William Morrow
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062398086
ISBN
9780062398086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.74

paperback. Offers insights into Picasso's life and work. This title reveals Picasso at the height of his powers, producing not only the costumes and sets for such Diaghilev Ballets Russes productions as Parade and Tricorne but some of his most important sculpture and paintings. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJ; ACX; AFC; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 186 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Pimlico
Condition
New
SKU
9781845951290
ISBN
9781845951290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 31.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; BM; JFSJ1; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 19.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762791347
ISBN
9780762791347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.18

paperback. Drawing on unpublished correspondence and other archival sources, this biography of Philip of Spain places him within the social, cultural, religious and regional context of his times. In doing so the author aims to reveal much about Philip the youth, the man, the husband and often troubled King. Num Pages: 400 pages, 32 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 664. Good clean copy. Covers showing a little shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0030976
ISBN
9780300078008
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.49

Paperback. A memoir of the author's early life and time starting out as a novelist, as well as diaries recording her in old age. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571203963
ISBN
9780571203963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.46

Paperback. Combat helicopter pilots in the Vietnam War flew each mission in the face of imminent death. Begun as a series of letters to Department of Veterans Affairs, this compelling memoir of an aircraft commander in the 116th Assault Helicopter Company - "The Hornets" - relates his experience of the war in frank detail. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPL; BM; HBWS2; JWG; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476666099
ISBN
9781476666099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.36

Paperback. Translator(s): Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa. Series: Vintage Classics. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 204 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
RANDOM HOUSE INTERNATIONAL
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375719011
ISBN
9780375719011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.86

Paperback. Originally published by Hammond World Atlas in 2009. Num Pages: 192 pages, Color photos throughout, color illustrations throughout, B&W photos throughout,. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629144566
ISBN
9781629144566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.24

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