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Biography
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759878
- ISBN
- 9781894759878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.58
€ 20.99
€ 15.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BTM; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751545883
- ISBN
- 9780751545883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.32
€ 14.99
€ 14.32
Hardback. The story of the nation's most shocking crime after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln-the 1874 ax murder of a family of five in the small German-immigrant town of Saxtown that tore apart a community, grabbed national headlines, and revealed the flaws of 19th-Century law enforcement Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BTC; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 30.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762786978
- ISBN
- 9780762786978
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.80
€ 25.99
€ 20.80
Paperback. In a remote corner of the world, forgotten for nearly three thousand years, lived an enclave of Kurdish Jews so isolated that they still spoke Aramaic, the language of Jesus. Mostly illiterate, they dwelt in harmony with their Muslim and Christian neighbors in the mountains of northern Iraq. This book tells their story. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; BM; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781565129337
- ISBN
- 9781565129337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 10.91
€ 17.99
€ 10.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 205 x 17. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc) United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307956460
- ISBN
- 9780307956460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.86
€ 20.99
€ 17.86
Paperback. Bernard Berenson: Formation and Heritage explores the intellectual world of Berenson (1865-1959), who put the connoisseurship of Renaissance art on a firm footing at the turn of the twentieth century. Essays explore his relationships with various cultural figures including William James, Jean Paul Richter, Katherine Dunham, and many others. Series: Villa I Tatti Series. Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACND; BGA; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 177 x 28. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674427853
- ISBN
- 9780674427853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 37.63
€ 39.99
€ 37.63
Paperback. This gripping biographical study, published here for the first time in paperback, explores the immensely complicated relationship that existed between A.L. Rowse and his native Cornwall. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; BG; GTB; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897983
- ISBN
- 9780859897983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.34
€ 37.34
Paperback. The life story of the outstanding jazz vocalist Sathima Bea Benjamin sheds light on South African jazz history, women in jazz, and American music as a transnational art form. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 384 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AVGJ; AVH; BGFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532. South African Women Thinking in Jazz. Series: Refiguring American Music. 376 pages, 32 illustrations. The life story of the outstanding jazz vocalist Sathima Bea Benjamin sheds light on South African jazz history, women in jazz, and American music as a transnational art form. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AVGJ; AVH; BGFA. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 24. Weight: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349143
- ISBN
- 9780822349143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.38
€ 32.99
€ 32.38
Hardcover. Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; BGH; HBJF1; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633587
- ISBN
- 9780815633587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.22
€ 62.22
Paperback. Now in paperback, the story of one of our nation's most infamous and horrific crimes: The Saxtown Massacre. The 1874 murder of a family of five near St. Louis grabbed national headlines like no murder had since the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and investigations into the crime exposed the flaws of nineteenth-century law enforcement. Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 21.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762788606
- ISBN
- 9780762788606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.11
€ 17.99
€ 15.11
Paperback. Through her own story of midlife upheaval, the author of the beloved Mitten Strings for God invites mothers to rediscover the wonder of ordinary days with their families as they approach the 'letting go' that comes with raising teenagers. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFXC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780446409490
- ISBN
- 9780446409490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.99
€ 17.99
€ 15.99
Paperback. An account of the Vietnam War, as seen by the American PFCs, sergeants and platoon leaders in the rivers and jungles and trenches. Into their stories, Lehrack has woven a narrative that explains the events they describe and places them into both a historical and a political context. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, 35 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BG; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; JWD; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700605347
- ISBN
- 9780700605347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.38
€ 43.38
Paperback. A biography of Paul Bowles, the famously enigmatic writer-composer. It questions the biographer's role, the subject's credibility, and the very nature of 'truth' in the telling of a life. It talks of Bowles' difficult childhood and of his grief over his wife's - the author Jane Bowles, who died in 1973 - illness, of exile, dreams, and madness. Num Pages: 354 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; AVH; BGF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224933
- ISBN
- 9780520224933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.51
€ 33.99
€ 24.51
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin Australia
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781742378411
- ISBN
- 9781742378411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.13
€ 18.99
€ 17.13
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; KNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 13. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Wings Press
- Edition
- Third Edition, Third edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916727680
- ISBN
- 9780916727680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.89
€ 25.99
€ 23.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 198 pages, 50 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JH; BGH; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894898317
- ISBN
- 9781894898317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.75
€ 27.99
€ 19.75
Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APW; BGFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813134505
- ISBN
- 9780813134505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.90
€ 23.90
Paperback. Series: Brief Lives. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 126 x 10. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hesperus Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843919209
- ISBN
- 9781843919209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.54
€ 13.99
€ 12.54
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Trent Editions United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 149
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780905488431
- ISBN
- 9780905488431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.18
€ 10.18
Hardcover. Robert Louis Stevenson was one of the finest and most delightful of letter writers. This is one of a set of eight volumes containing his collected letters. The edition contains nearly 2800 letters. Volumes V and VI cover the period from July 1884 to September 1890. Series: The Collected Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson. Num Pages: 474 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JH; BGA; BJ; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 950.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300061901
- ISBN
- 9780300061901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.38
€ 49.99
€ 35.38
Paperback. Nigel Hamilton brings all the magisterial authority he brought to his Whitbread-winning biography of Monty, and all the talent for tracking down and verifying hidden, controversial material that he showed in JFK: Reckless Youth, which topped the American bestseller charts for months, in this new biography of Bill Clinton. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 530. 784pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KLN0023378
- ISBN
- 9780099461425
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A group of US soldiers emailed their observations and experiences from Iraq and their candid opinions on fighting an insurgency. This collection of emails from American soldiers carries the reader from the alleys and city streets to the homes of long-suffering Iraqis, and from the soldiers' concrete bunkers to the 'majestic' army base. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; 3JMC; BJ; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS5; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616086176
- ISBN
- 9781616086176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.32
€ 18.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; BGX; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271064222
- ISBN
- 9780271064222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.48
€ 42.99
€ 33.48
Hardcover. Aristocrat, literary celebrity, 'Rose Queen', devoted wife, lesbian, recluse, iconoclast - Vita Sackville-West was many things, but she was never straightforward. Her life is re-told here in a dazzling new biography. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 240 x 39. Weight in Grams: 746. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear, dustwrapper has some minor edge wear but remains good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KKD0007390
- ISBN
- 9780007486960
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95