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paperback. In 1966, twelve-year-old Fan Shen, a newly minted Red Guard, plunged happily into China's Cultural Revolution. A story of coming of age in the midst of monumental historical upheaval, this work is a memoir of a young man's harrowing experience during a time of terror. It recounts how Shen escaped, again and again, from his appointed fate. Series: American Lives. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1K; BG; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803293366
- ISBN
- 9780803293366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.82
€ 26.99
€ 23.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BJ; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865972032
- ISBN
- 9780865972032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.94
€ 11.99
€ 10.94
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 plate sections & integrated. BIC Classification: BGT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Buckingham Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956071613
- ISBN
- 9780956071613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.94
€ 33.99
€ 24.94
Paperback. Michael Davitt's "Jottings in Solitary" consists of his drafts on many topics, written while a prisoner in solitary confinement in Portland Convict Prison, 1881-2. Published here for the first time, they contain an autobiographical fragment and a frankly annotated list of Irish MPs of the time. Series: Classics of Irish History S. Num Pages: 288 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; DNF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JPVH3; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 123 x 183 x 25. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Edition
- (reprint).
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900621915
- ISBN
- 9781900621915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.66
€ 27.99
€ 24.66
paperback. Covers the remarkable life of James Joyce's only daughter. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747574132
- ISBN
- 9780747574132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.37
€ 25.99
€ 19.37
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGF; BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 159. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSG0013577
- ISBN
- 9780008232627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Sparano, Vin T. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: BT; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 199.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781510714762
- ISBN
- 9781510714762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.16
€ 17.99
€ 15.16
Paperback. The only English translation available of the reflections of the son of Peig Sayers, the last of the Great Blasket poets and storytellers. Translator(s): Enright, Tim. Num Pages: 160 pages, 8 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; BG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192813206
- ISBN
- 9780192813206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.49
€ 18.49
Hardback. St. Louis-born Martha Gellhorn (1908-98) was the doyenne of twentieth century war correspondence. In this first critical study of her Second World War fiction and journalism, Kate McLoughlin makes the connection between Gellhorn's intrepid progress through the war zone and her textual construction of the woman war reporter. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: BGB; KNTJ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719076367
- ISBN
- 9780719076367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.27
€ 150.27
Paperback / so. BIC Classification: BG; WSJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616082499
- ISBN
- 9781616082499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.40
€ 16.99
€ 14.40
Paperback. Everybody knows her smile, but no one knows her story: Meet the woman who became the most famous artistic subjects of all time - Mona Lisa. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 8pp b-w photo insert. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781451658972
- ISBN
- 9781451658972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.26
€ 19.99
€ 18.26
Paperback. Candice Bergen shares her marriage to a famous French director, the birth of her daughter, Murphy Brown, widowhood, and falling in love again. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1x16pg 4-c insert. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 139. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781476746098
- ISBN
- 9781476746098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.33
€ 20.99
€ 20.33
Hardback. If an umpire could steal the show in a Major League game, the author might well have been the one to do it. Tough but fair, in his thirty years as a professional umpire he took on some of baseball's great umpire baiters, while ejecting any number of the game's elite - once tearing a hamstring in the process. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 photographs, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: BM; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 22. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803246881
- ISBN
- 9780803246881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.82
€ 29.82
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 36. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- HarperOne
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062376138
- ISBN
- 9780062376138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.21
€ 29.99
€ 24.21
Paperback. After a glimpse of kangaroos at Switzerland's Basel Zoo at the age of three, Doris Herrmann's life trajectory became clear. Despite overwhelming physical disabilities - Herrmann was born deaf and later lost her sight - she dedicated her life to the study of Australia's signature marsupials. This book tells her story. Translator(s): Foster, Paul. Num Pages: 248 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: BGA; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 231 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563685590
- ISBN
- 9781563685590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.20
€ 25.99
€ 21.20
Hardcover. Traces the forging of the author's identity from the clash of his youthful home life and the streets of his native mill town. This memoir reveals how a growing understanding of art, culture, friendship, spirituality, family, and class melded to create a man able to live fully in two distinct worlds. Num Pages: 176 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609285
- ISBN
- 9780815609285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.19
€ 13.19
Hardback. A bird's-eye view of Bill Gibson's 60 years as a cameraman. He photographed the likes of John Kennedy, Winston Churchill and Ronald Reagan. Gibson also gives a few tips, he reveals why you should never open your left eye when covering dangerous assignments and why you don't always need film. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 22 b&w photographs, index. BIC Classification: AJB; APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810838451
- ISBN
- 9780810838451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.81
€ 131.81
Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light age and shelf wear. Uncut page edges, with light foxing. Ownership stamp on ffep. Text is crisp and clear and remains a fine copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Random House Inc New York
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0029262
- ISBN
- 9780394509655
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 14.00
€ 14.00
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. 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
Hardcover. This study of 13 personal accounts of the Mau Mau revolt by Kenyans, demonstrates that these memoirs serve to refute both the British version of the revolt and that of the leaders of the independent Kenyan state. It also points to the importance of Mau Mau in the making of modern Kenya. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; BG; HBJH; HBLW3; JPFN; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781555875374
- ISBN
- 9781555875374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.66
€ 89.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBJQ. Dimension: 211 x 134 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Folklore Pub
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894864466
- ISBN
- 9781894864466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.46
€ 10.99
€ 9.46
Paperback. Rebecca Haile lived in Ethiopia until she was 11 years old. When the Emperor was deposed by a military coup, her father was shot. Barely surviving, he escaped with his family and settled in Minnesota where they struggled with the strain of their changed circumstances. This book brings into focus the consequences of political upheaval in Ethiopia. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; BG; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897335560
- ISBN
- 9780897335560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.93
€ 19.99
€ 17.93
Paperback. As a contented wife and mother, Linda Caine has everything she ever wanted. Yet a darkness haunts her. Images flash through her mind leaving her stunned and terrified. She has no idea why. This is Linda Caine's uplifting story from the agonies of mental breakdown to the painful piecing together of the past that was vital for her survival. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552173094
- ISBN
- 9780552173094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.32
€ 10.32