Biography
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Biography
Paperback. In the much-anticipated follow-up to Sunday Times bestseller Trapped, foster carer Rosie Lewis tells the heartbreaking true story of 13-year-old Zadie. When the young teenage girl runs away from home and is discovered hiding on the city streets by the police, it is clear that all is not as it should be. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFE1; JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 232. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0007597
- ISBN
- 9780007541805
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. During the era of segregation, the Journal of Negro Education published research vital to overturning racial segregation as public policy. Charles Thompson's editorials inspired and mobilized activists, slowly molding public support for human rights. A major player for the NAACP, Thompson chronicles the highs and lows of the civil rights struggle. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFSL3; JN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611475210
- ISBN
- 9781611475210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.19
€ 126.19
Paperback. A collection of personal stories about running and an examination of the culture surrounding the sport Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803234260
- ISBN
- 9780803234260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.56
€ 20.56
Paperback. 'Rin Tin Tin is a remarkable book.. A wonderfully entertaining account of one of the strangest partnerships in a very strange milieu' John Banville, Guardian Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 x 8pp b/w plate sectons. BIC Classification: BGF; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781843547099
- ISBN
- 9781843547099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.16
€ 19.99
€ 15.16
Paperback. States that Charles Schulz, widely syndicated and beloved cartoonist, is also one of the most misunderstood figures in popular culture. This book presents a biography of Schulz that is at once a creation story, a portrait of a hidden genius, and a chronicle contrasting the private man. Num Pages: 704 pages, 2 16-page black and white photo inserts; 243 comic strips throughout. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 156 x 62. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060937997
- ISBN
- 9780060937997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.98
€ 21.99
€ 21.98
Paperback. An account of the author's growing up as the hearing daughter of deaf Jewish parents during the 1930s and 1940s, revealing the challenges deaf people faced during the Depression and afterward. She portrays her family with honesty, and her account provides a living narrative of the Deaf experience in pre- and post-World War II America. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563682872
- ISBN
- 9781563682872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.05
€ 30.99
€ 24.05
Hardcover. Set during the sexual revolution of the sixties, this work recalls the decade's prodigious effect on a generation of Americans that came of age during that transformative time of changing mores. Series: Writing American Women. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGA; VFVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608899
- ISBN
- 9780815608899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.74
€ 25.99
€ 24.74
hardcover. The letters (1907-1929) present immediate accounts of events and relationships that profoundly shaped Hemingway's life and work. Series: The Cambridge Edition of the Letters of Ernest Hemingway. Num Pages: 1870 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 150. Weight in Grams: 3760.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1870
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107128392
- ISBN
- 9781107128392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.19
€ 116.19
Hardback. Maurice Rapf knows movies and the movie business as an insider, from first-hand experience, not from books. His autobiography is the story of one person's interaction with an evolving Hollywood. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 236 pages, 19 b&w photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810835832
- ISBN
- 9780810835832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.51
€ 81.51
Paperback. The real story behind Dame Edna, the international superstar! Num Pages: 352 pages, 24. BIC Classification: APB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409120582
- ISBN
- 9781409120582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.95
€ 21.95
Hardcover. Emily Austin followed the trails of the western frontier to Texas, where she saw the burgeoning young colony erupt in revolution, establish a proud republic, and usher in the period of antebellum statehood. Emily's journey was one of remarkable personal change as the rigors of frontier life shaped her into a uniquely self-reliant southern woman. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 b/w photos, bib., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653518
- ISBN
- 9780875653518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.04
€ 29.99
€ 27.04
Hardcover. Num Pages: 870 pages, 4 halftones, 3 charts, 6 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 1248.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1952
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 870
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674014770
- ISBN
- 9780674014770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 213.13€ 185.15
€ 213.13
€ 185.15
Paperback. When Dr. Martin Luther King arrived in Selma, Alabama, in January, 1965 to organize peaceful demonstrations against discriminatory voting, Sheyann Webb was aged eight and Rachel West Nelson aged nine. This is their account of the events of the winter of 1965 which changed American history. Num Pages: 168 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; BG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817308988
- ISBN
- 9780817308988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.30
€ 19.99
€ 18.30
Paperback. Presenting a journey of resilience, courage, hard work, and sheer will power, this book shows visually on the printed page how Judy, a highly visual thinker, translates her thoughts into words. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- aapc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934575499
- ISBN
- 9781934575499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.54
€ 25.99
€ 22.54
Paperback. The existentialist philosopher chronicles his time in the Resistance in the Second World War. Series: Radical Thinkers. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844677849
- ISBN
- 9781844677849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.23
€ 33.23
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
€ 27.09
€ 27.09
Hardcover. The Washington Post Notable Non-Fiction of 2013 On the seventy-fifth anniversary of Kristallnacht comes this untold story of a teenager whose act of defiance would have dire international consequences. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871404527
- ISBN
- 9780871404527
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.56
€ 29.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 398 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Milo Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903854853
- ISBN
- 9781903854853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.74
€ 11.99
€ 10.74
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Univ College Dublin Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906359133
- ISBN
- 9781906359133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.55
€ 18.99
€ 17.55
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Clarksdale
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905959419
- ISBN
- 9781905959419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.36
€ 19.99
€ 18.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 229 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APF; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 203 x 13. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Silman-James Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781879505292
- ISBN
- 9781879505292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.48
€ 27.99
€ 19.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 255 pages, 200 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; BM; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 205 x 19. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873516402
- ISBN
- 9780873516402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.84
€ 31.99
€ 26.84
Paperback. Paul Weller has used thirty-years of lyrics to explore his personal history and beliefs. Taking as his starting point these lyrics, alongside a lifetime's friendship, Paolo Hewitt shows us the real Paul Weller, the man inside the music. Num Pages: 368 pages, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552156097
- ISBN
- 9780552156097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.01
€ 12.99
€ 11.01
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
€ 12.24
€ 12.24