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Hardcover. The memories of David Shachar are a journey through the tunnel of time: from wanderings in Poland to the life of a refugee in World War II, and on to a soldier's life fighting the Nazis. After the war, while studying radio electronics in Paris, David cut his studies short and came to Israel to fight in the War of Independence. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white halftones, colour illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 246 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House Israel
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652295460
ISBN
9789652295460
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.79

Hardback. In her new memoir, Caitlyn Jenner chronicles her life as Bruce and her brave transition into womanhood. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
SKU
9781409173946
ISBN
9781409173946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. Offers an account of George Crook's campaigns during the American Indian Wars. This book brings to life the entire American frontier. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBW; JFSL9; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626365438
ISBN
9781626365438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.14

Blending biography, studio history and film criticism, this comprehensive work on Franics Ford Coppola contains interviews with the director and his colleagues and examines Coppola's production journals and screenplays. Num Pages: 426 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 151 x 32. Weight in Grams: 742.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813123042
ISBN
9780813123042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.32

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Lawrence and Wishart Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
764
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853154600
ISBN
9780853154600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.21
€ 54.35

Hardcover. A 2014 New York Times Book Review Notable Book From an "imaginatively twisted and fearless" writer (Los Angeles Times), a hilarious memoir of middle age. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JM; BM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393088687
ISBN
9780393088687
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.01

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; JFFK; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 31. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Nation Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568585383
ISBN
9781568585383
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.59

Hardcover. Follows Campbell's life from 1823-1830, years filled with the storm of opinions in the pages of his successful magazine, "The Christian Baptist", which won mixed hostility and support in Baptist and Presbyterian communities. This volume records Campbell's experience as a politician and delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention in 1829. Editor(s): Cummins, D.Duane. Num Pages: 280 pages, 30 b&w photos, bib, index. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCC99; HRCX1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 785.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875653433
ISBN
9780875653433
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. An issue facing transitional democracies around the world has been what to do with the security apparatuses left over from the old regime. This text explores this using true stories of torture victims in Brazil and Uruguay who, faced with the paralysis of the new regime, settled their own accounts. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 1KLSU; BG; JHM; JPH; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 204 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226893945
ISBN
9780226893945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. "The compass' rocky evolution is charted with an enthusiast's passion..A fascinating adventure."-Bernadette Murphy, Los Angeles Times Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: BTH; RGR; TRLN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393327137
ISBN
9780393327137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 656 pages, 116 Black and White illustrations and 16 pages in full color. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564789921
ISBN
9781564789921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.76

Hardcover. Sculptor, architect, painter, playwright, and scenographer, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) was the last of the universal artistic geniuses of early modern Italy. This biography leads us through Bernini's feuds and love affairs, scandals and sins. Num Pages: 415 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 772.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
First edition, second printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226538525
ISBN
9780226538525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.26

Paperback. Begins when the author announces to his bride of two months that they will build a boat and sail to the South Pacific. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BT; WSSN3; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574090031
ISBN
9781574090031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.67

Paperback. In this text, Allen Shawn puts aside ultimate judgements about Arnold Schoenberg's place in music history to explore the composer's world in a series of linked essays that are searching and suggestive. Num Pages: 368 pages, 22 halftones, 2 line illustrations, 124 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 27. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674011014
ISBN
9780674011014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.78

Hardcover. An emigration story, this book explores the rapid expansion of identity at the cusp of American life. Told in a first-person narrative, it is also a love story, in which the romantic protagonist is torn between Russian and Western women. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJPN; BGA; JFFN; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
Apparent First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608936
ISBN
9780815608936
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.34

Paperback. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 177 x 19. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Bantam
Edition
6.1.1984
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780553265965
ISBN
9780553265965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 32 b&w plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; BM; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 225 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816646845
ISBN
9780816646845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.06

Paperback. Clean copy with minor shelf wear and sunning to spine
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Macmillan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0002524
ISBN
9780330029339
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations (some colour) colour facsimiles, portraits (some colour). BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 170 x 12. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Plexus Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859652704
ISBN
9780859652704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.14

Paperback. Series: Medieval Cultures S. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816632688
ISBN
9780816632688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.35

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; VSP; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762783090
ISBN
9780762783090
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Folklore Publishing Canada
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894864305
ISBN
9781894864305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback. This 1906 two-volume memoir provides an unparalleled glimpse into the Rossetti family and its friendships with many Victorian cultural figures. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies. Num Pages: 318 pages, 8 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; BM; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge Library Collection United Kingdom
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9781108060264
ISBN
9781108060264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.64

Paperback. Ex-libris with usual markings. Clean copy with some shelf wear, slight sunning to page edges with minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KSS0011928
ISBN
9780140063745
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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