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Paperback. On May 28th, 1996, Sabine Dardenne, twelve years old, was kidnapped by Marc Dutroux, a paedophile and multiple offender who had already raped other young girls in Belgium. I Choose to Live is her testimony - both courageous and uplifting. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDB; BGA; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214. Fine copy showing minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Translation
- SKU
- KSS0016684
- ISBN
- 9781844082681
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. This work offers a first-hand view of the sufferings of the 668 American prisoners of war who worked on the infamous Japanese "Death Railway" in Burma during World War II. In 22 interviews with former prisoners, the story of their diseases, punishments, camaraderie and work conditions is told. Editor(s): Marcello, Ronald E. Num Pages: maps, reading list, index. BIC Classification: 1FMB; BG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWXK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842024280
- ISBN
- 9780842024280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.57
€ 73.57
Paperback. Jean O'Hara is now a prominent psychiatrist in London, but she grew up in a humble tenement flat in Hong Kong in the 1960s. Jean developed a fascination for medicine and moved to the UK to attend medical school. This book is her account of a childhood steeped in the culture of China, and first steps in a career in medicine. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Mereo Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861517364
- ISBN
- 9781861517364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.41
€ 20.99
€ 19.41
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691613086
- ISBN
- 9780691613086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 37.42
€ 51.99
€ 37.42
Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; HBJD1; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 33. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- IMG Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780902869608
- ISBN
- 9780902869608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.25
€ 17.99
€ 16.25
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: BGH; BM; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 26.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762772735
- ISBN
- 9780762772735
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.65
€ 24.99
€ 19.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 201 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BG; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 230 x 13. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Michigan State University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870137259
- ISBN
- 9780870137259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.46
€ 20.99
€ 19.46
Hardcover. This text is a collection of letters that were sent over a period of seven years, between a mother and daughter who lived in South Carolina and Philadelphia respectively. The correspondence offers a sweeping view of antebellum Charleston, Philadelphia and Newport, Rhode Island. Series: Women's Diaries & Letters of the Nineteenth-Century South S. Num Pages: 520 pages, 49 halftones, 12 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; 2AB; 3JH; BGHA; BJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1139.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Univ of South Carolina Pr
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570033759
- ISBN
- 9781570033759
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.66
€ 45.99
€ 38.66
Hardback. Hans Staden's sixteenth-century account of shipwreck and captivity by the Tupinamba Indians of Brazil was an early modern bestseller. This title presents a retelling of the German sailor's eyewitness account, showing both why it was so popular at the time and why it remains an important tool for understanding the opening of the Atlantic world. Num Pages: 216 pages, 35, 31 black & white halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 3JB; BGH; HBLH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403458
- ISBN
- 9781421403458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.69€ 58.97
€ 64.69
€ 58.97
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; BGX; WSD; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Tyndale House Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781414337272
- ISBN
- 9781414337272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.58
€ 16.99
€ 15.58
Paperback. The inside story of the one of the most successful British stand-up comedians, as told by the person best qualified to reveal all about the man behind the comic, his wife of over 20 years - Pamela Stephenson. Num Pages: 432 pages, (2x16pp colour plates). BIC Classification: AS; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st. Edition : 1st. Printing
- SKU
- KLN0018611
- ISBN
- 9780007110926
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; MBD; VFD; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 175.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771121880
- ISBN
- 9781771121880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.46
€ 25.46
Paperback. A touching and fascinating window on the way ordinary people lived more than a century ago. This book tells of the lives of working-class Londoners in the early years of the century, the ups and downs of existing on the breadline leap into life from its pages, helped by the authors wit and humour. Num Pages: 156 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: B; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 204 x 9. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Memoirs Publishing
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861511638
- ISBN
- 9781861511638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.32
€ 13.99
€ 13.32
Paperback. In this biography, Douglas Patey follows Evelyn Waugh's career from the comfortable middle-class home he was anxious to flee, through his escapades at Oxford, his adventures in South America and Africa, his experience of war, to his last years as veiled autobiographer. Series: Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 456 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631231349
- ISBN
- 9780631231349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.61
€ 57.61
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; BTM; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Granville Island Publishing Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894694483
- ISBN
- 9781894694483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.72
€ 26.99
€ 18.72
Paperback. Series: Borealis Book S. Num Pages: 702 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGH; KNGT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 974.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 702
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873512619
- ISBN
- 9780873512619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.34
€ 73.34
Hardback. Series: Bunin. Num Pages: 347 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BGHA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 347
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566630832
- ISBN
- 9781566630832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.76
€ 45.76
Hardcover. Num Pages: 351 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Mercer University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865549777
- ISBN
- 9780865549777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.43
€ 33.99
€ 28.43
Hardcover. How did one create and maintain for oneself the persona of scientist at the beginning of the twentieth century? What special conditions bore upon scientific women, and on married women in particular? This book provides a composite picture not only of the making of Marie Curie, but the making of modern science itself. Series: Science-Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226235844
- ISBN
- 9780226235844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.25€ 76.87
€ 93.25
€ 76.87
Paperback. County Armagh, the Orchard County, has a rich heritage of myth and legends which is captured in this collection of tales by local storyteller Frances Quinn. Discover the places where the Craobh Rua - the Red Branch Knights - once roamed and the haunts of the powerful Queen Macha, along with tales of fairy mischief, heroic deeds and murderous crime. Num Pages: 192 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845888145
- ISBN
- 9781845888145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.21
€ 14.99
€ 13.21
Hardback. A collection of intellectual biographies of economists, which the author has written over the last 16 years, focusing on their contributions to economics as well as their background and personal characteristics. The author has also written "On Political Economists and Modern Political Economy". Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333569559
- ISBN
- 9780333569559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.21
€ 122.21
Paperback. This history traces the rise of William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson, Chicago's famous reform mayor, from his upper class roots to his years as a teenaged cowboy, from his fame as a star athlete to the years as a master politician in a world where the ward boss ruled and whiskey for the voters cost a quarter a shot. Num Pages: 370 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; BGH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810123199
- ISBN
- 9780810123199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.43
€ 26.99
€ 23.43
Multiple-component retail product. Over 9,000 entries outline the lives and careers of prominent Irish men and women, including writers, scientists, politicians and musicians. Editor(s): McGuire, James; Quinn, James. Num Pages: 9672 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; GBCB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 272 x 209 x 190. Weight in Grams: 7072. 9 vol plus 2 supplement vols = 11 vols complete. Clothbound covers showing very light shelfwear, else as new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press Dublin / Cambridge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KTJ8038937
- ISBN
- 9780521633314
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 895.00
€ 895.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 4 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764331145
- ISBN
- 9780764331145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.99
€ 18.99
€ 13.99