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Paperback. Elizabeth Gilbert is in her thirties, she has a husband, a house, and they're trying for a baby - she doesn't want any of it. A bitter divorce and a turbulent love affair later, she emerges battered and bewildered and realises it is time to pursue her own journey in search of three things she has been missing: pleasure, devotion and balance. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1FKA; 1FMN; BGA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 270. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KAC0001475
- ISBN
- 9780747585664
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; WSZG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- HarperOne
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062516886
- ISBN
- 9780062516886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.78
€ 19.99
€ 17.78
Paperback. Details one of the most important rescues in Irish American history Editor(s): Fennell, Philip; King, Marie. Num Pages: 225 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JH; HBTM; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814727744
- ISBN
- 9780814727744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 406 pages, 26 line drawings, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; WN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226042206
- ISBN
- 9780226042206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 38.32
€ 48.99
€ 38.32
Hardcover. A practical guide for tourists and armchair travelers. It features Siena's artistic and architectural past, hidden behind centuries of painting and rebuilding. It takes the reader on a quest of discovery through the well- and not-so-well-traveled roads and alleys of a town both medieval and modern. Num Pages: 256 pages, 33 colour plates, 3 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226207827
- ISBN
- 9780226207827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.00
€ 31.99
€ 25.00
Paperback. Focusing on scenes as broad as a citywide arts festival and as small as a single paving stone in a cobbled walk, this title renders Lisbon from a perspective that varies between wide-eyed and knowing. It reveals the author's struggles with (and love of) the Portuguese language as well as an awkward meeting with Nobel laureate Jose Saramago. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSP; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 147 x 10. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226305158
- ISBN
- 9780226305158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.45
€ 19.99
€ 17.45
Paperback. The rugged land between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus is the front line of a fascinating and formidable clash of cultures; Russia on one side, the predominantly Muslim mountains on the other. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1DVU; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226308593
- ISBN
- 9780226308593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.10
€ 27.99
€ 23.10
Paperback. Erin Hogan hit the road in her Volkswagen Jetta and headed west from Chicago in search of the monuments of American land art. Her journey took her through the states of Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. It also took her through the states of anxiety, drunkenness, and heat exhaustion. This title presents a chronicle of this journey. Series: Culture Trails. Num Pages: 190 pages, 26 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226348469
- ISBN
- 9780226348469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.45
€ 19.99
€ 17.45
Hardcover. Shows that Polar science has changed drastically over the past century. This title includes images of the stark polar landscape that alternate with gritty, close-up shots of scientists working in the field, as they gather crucial information about our planet's distant past, and the risks that climate change poses for its future. Num Pages: 288 pages, 157 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1QMP; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1278. Four Polar Expeditions. 288 pages, 157 colour plates. Shows that Polar science has changed drastically over the past century. This title includes images of the stark polar landscape that alternate with gritty, close-up shots of scientists working in the field, as they gather crucial information about our planet's distant past, and the risks that climate change poses for its future. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QMP; WTLP. Dimension: 286 x 210 x 23. Weight: 1278.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226482477
- ISBN
- 9780226482477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.38
€ 46.99
€ 36.38
Paperback. In this volume, Gorden MacCreagh recounts his adventures with eight "Eminent Scientificos" as they set out to explore the Amazon in 1923 without any idea of what lies ahead of them: rapids, malaria, monkey stew and "dangerous savages". Num Pages: 356 pages, 40 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; BG; JHMC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226500188
- ISBN
- 9780226500188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.10
€ 27.99
€ 23.10
Hardcover. A star par excellence, Dolly Parton is also one of country music's most likable personalities. More than a mere singer or actress, Dolly Parton is a true cultural phenomenon, immediately recognizable and beloved for her talent, tinkling laugh, and steel magnolia spirit. In this book, the author sets out to discover Parton's Tennessee. Series: Culture Trails: Adventures in Travel. Num Pages: 192 pages, 24 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; AVGL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226536521
- ISBN
- 9780226536521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.16
€ 26.99
€ 22.16
Hardcover. Deals with the author's journeys in the Levant, the exotic land that stands at the crossroads of western Asia, the eastern Mediterranean, and northeast Africa. Part travelogue, part field guide, and part literary appreciation, this title assembles six interlinked essays that explore the seaboard of the Levant and its deserts. Num Pages: 176 pages, 5 halftones, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226923673
- ISBN
- 9780226923673
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.15
€ 26.99
€ 22.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 20 b&w illus., 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; JHMC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253021373
- ISBN
- 9780253021373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. An insider's account of the Saami reindeer hunters of Swedish Lapland. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3JJ; BG; JHM; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- 1 Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295980379
- ISBN
- 9780295980379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Hardcover. Series: The Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations, map, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; DNF; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300012514
- ISBN
- 9780300012514
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.25€ 98.87
€ 130.25
€ 98.87
Hardcover. In this exploration of the era of the Grand Tour, contributors from the fields of history, art history, literary history and theory, science history and anthropology investigate the experiences of travellers and their ways of understanding and representing their encounter with the foreign. Editor(s): Chard, Chloe; Langdon, Helen. Series: Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 350 pages, 100 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; AC; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1271.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Paul Mellon Centre BA
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300063820
- ISBN
- 9780300063820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 42.32
€ 53.29
€ 42.32
Paperback. A love story and a journey across the continents of marriage. Num Pages: 240 pages, 19 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393324471
- ISBN
- 9780393324471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.19
€ 24.99
€ 22.19
Paperback. This new Norton Critical Edition recounts the 1527-36 expedition of Cabeza de Vaca, the first Spanish explorer to cross North America. Editor(s): Stavans, Ilan. Translator(s): Frye, David. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 Map. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JB; RGR; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393918151
- ISBN
- 9780393918151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.57
€ 19.99
€ 18.57
Paperback. Jean de Lery had undertaken his arduous voyage to the land of Brazil in 1556, as a youthful member of the first Protestant mission to the New World. This title presents a translation of an early European account of life in the New World. Translator(s): Whatley, Janet. Series: Latin American Literature & Culture S. Num Pages: 340 pages, 9 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; DNF; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520082748
- ISBN
- 9780520082748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.65
€ 35.99
€ 26.65
Paperback. Offers an account of the author's research on the front lines of the global biodiversity crisis - coping with the delays in obtaining permits, learning to outrun advancing army ants, subsisting on a diet of Spam and manioc, and ultimately falling in love with the forest of northern Congo. Num Pages: 336 pages, 49 color illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; WNCK; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674048423
- ISBN
- 9780674048423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.78
€ 27.99
€ 24.78
Paperback. In the late summer of 1839, Thoreau and his older brother John made a two-week boat-and-hiking trip from Concord, to the White Mountains of New Hampshire. After John's death in 1842, Thoreau began to prepare a memorial account of their excursion. This is the story of a river journey depicting the early years of his spiritual and artistic growth. Editor(s): Hovde, Carl F.; Howarth, William L.; Witherell, Elizabeth Hall. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 440 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JH; WN; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 128 x 200 x 15. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691118789
- ISBN
- 9780691118789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.56
€ 26.99
€ 20.56
Paperback. What is it about Germany and the travel book that puts them seemingly at odds? This book offers a traveler's tale of Germany while testing the limits of the travel narrative as a literary form. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; DSBH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126173
- ISBN
- 9780691126173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.03
€ 42.99
€ 31.03
Paperback. How do high mountain ranges form on the face of the Earth? This question has intrigued some of the greatest philosophers and scientists, going back as far as the ancient Greeks. This book tells the story of one scientist, and his quest for the key to this geological mystery. Num Pages: 336 pages, 36 halftones. 38 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; PDZ; RBGF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126203
- ISBN
- 9780691126203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.28
€ 40.99
€ 29.28
Hardback. In 1974 Roland Barthes travelled in China as part of a small delegation of distinguished French philosophers and literary figures. They arrived in China just as the last stage of the Cultural Revolution was getting underway - the campaign to criticize Lin Biao and Confucius. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPL; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745650807
- ISBN
- 9780745650807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.45
€ 66.45