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Hardback. The first African American to head a branch of the New York Public Library (NYPL), Regina Andrews led an extraordinary life. Allied with W E B Du Bois, she fought for promotion and equal pay against entrenched sexism and racism. This book offers the portrait of Andrews' activism. Num Pages: 168 pages, 23 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: BGH; GL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252038501
- ISBN
- 9780252038501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.86
€ 62.86
Hardback. A biographical account of the insights, memories and professional knowledge of Paul Landres. Director of many 1950s television series, Paul Landres reminiscences are mixed with the authors own narration. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 photographs, index. BIC Classification: APFB; APT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810838161
- ISBN
- 9780810838161
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.49
€ 138.49
Paperback. A biography of noted Indiana businessman John Purdue, whose donations of time and money led to the founding of Indiana's greatest land-grant university, Purdue University, in 1869. The book incorporates research efforts by previous writers with facts gleaned from newspapers and official documents. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557532879
- ISBN
- 9781557532879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.55
€ 16.99
€ 16.55
paperback. * This is the autobiography of Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the world's most famous gun, the AK-47. * Offers a fascinating history of the weapon's development and spread throughout the world, as well as a window into the turbulent history of Russian in the twentieth century. * Contains over 30 halftones. Translator(s): Brown, Andrew. Num Pages: 202 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745636924
- ISBN
- 9780745636924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.62
€ 24.62
Paperback. DERRY 55pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Ulster Historical Foundation Belfast
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780953960446
- ISBN
- 9780953960446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 241 x 29. Weight in Grams: 892.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Heimdal
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782840484325
- ISBN
- 9782840484325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.43
€ 51.99
€ 43.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 114 x 11. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- PM Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604865219
- ISBN
- 9781604865219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.55
€ 17.99
€ 15.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBJQ. Dimension: 212 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Folklore Publishing
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894864404
- ISBN
- 9781894864404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.46
€ 10.99
€ 9.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1x16pp B&W & Colour. BIC Classification: BGBA; BGFA. Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KRF2233039
- ISBN
- 9781471164750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 4.99
€ 12.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 195 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; KNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Old Street Publishing United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906964085
- ISBN
- 9781906964085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.37
€ 12.37
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart Inc. Canada
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780771030499
- ISBN
- 9780771030499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.99
€ 26.99
€ 21.99
Paperback. George Pine was born in Bristol in 1891. He fought in WW1 and spent his working life on the Bristol trams. When he was 80, George wrote his life story. For the past 10 years his grandson (by marriage) Clive Burlton has been editing, researching and annotating George's story. He has included 200 archive photographs and illustrations. Illustrator(s): Burt, Joe. Editor(s): Jones, Richard. Num Pages: 224 pages, World War 1 and other archive photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGH; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 245 x 10. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Tangent Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906477462
- ISBN
- 9781906477462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.62
€ 19.99
€ 18.62
Hardcover. Botsford. Fine cop, with fine D.J
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KST0004868
- ISBN
- 9781862078178
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 6.44
€ 6.44
Paperback. A narrative reconstruction and reconsideration of the 1979 murder of Cary Ann Medlin, the author's third grade classmate, and the execution twenty years later of Robert Glen Coe, the man convicted of the crime, the first in Tennessee in forty years. Reminiscent of the best crime writing of Capote, Didion and Baldwin. Num Pages: 173 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of New Orleans Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 173
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608010189
- ISBN
- 9781608010189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.86
€ 17.99
€ 15.86
Paperback. When Katie Piper was 24, her life was near perfect. Young and beautiful, she was well on her way to fulfilling her dream of becoming a model. But then she met Daniel Lynch on Facebook and her world quickly turned into a nightmare. After being held captive and brutally raped by her new boyfriend, Katie was subjected to a vicious acid attack. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; BTP; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 234. Good clean copy showing some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps to cover
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- KSS0014175
- ISBN
- 9780091940768
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 135. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781722664
- ISBN
- 9781781722664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.87
€ 26.87
Hardcover. Biography of Soviet agent Kim Philby, the 'Third Man' in the Cambridge spy ring at the heart of Britain's secret cold war. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVU; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGH; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898676
- ISBN
- 9780859898676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.46
€ 141.46
Hardback. This extensive index continues the editors' policy of indexing all concepts to provide intellectual access. Editor(s): United States Congress; Bickford, Charlene Bangs; Bowling, Kenneth R.; Veit, Helen E.; DiGiacomantonio, William Charles. Series: Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791. Num Pages: 1128 pages, 10, 8 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BJ; HBJK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 64. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421416069
- ISBN
- 9781421416069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.94€ 112.03
€ 124.94
€ 112.03
paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1900
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KKD0003446
- ISBN
- 9780747266426
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. The personal account of a giant in American folklore and folk music Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 216 pages, 19. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252075094
- ISBN
- 9780252075094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.98
€ 23.99
€ 21.98
Hardback. A woman unexpectedly finds her best self through a sleepy bundle handed over at the airport in this heartfelt and surprising memoir. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JKSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 218 x 23. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393068177
- ISBN
- 9780393068177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.51
€ 27.99
€ 23.51
Paperback. The world changes when you lose somebody you love.. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- V9781848545694
- ISBN
- 9781848545694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
paperback. Despite a long and eventful reign, Britain's George II is a largely forgotten monarch, his achievements overlooked and his abilities misunderstood. This biography paints a richly detailed portrait of the many-faceted monarch in his public as well as his private life. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 27. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300187779
- ISBN
- 9780300187779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 20.08
€ 29.99
€ 20.08
Paperback. With a description of what an MI feels like and how people around the patient react, this memoir provides a view of the author's experience and the emotions that accompanied it. It describes the pain of the attack, the forced inactivity of recuperation, and the melancholy of embracing life anew while accepting a heightened awareness of mortality. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; MJD; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 143 x 12. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268037260
- ISBN
- 9780268037260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.02
€ 25.99
€ 24.02