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Autobiography: general
Paperback. Tells the story of Marjane Satrapi's life in Tehran from the ages of six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. This title paints a portrait of daily life in Iran and of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life. Num Pages: 352 pages, Black and white throughout. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Edition
- Combined
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224080392
- ISBN
- 9780224080392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.19
€ 21.99
€ 16.19
Paperback. * A Childhood Stolen. An Innocence Betrayed. A Life Redeemed * A shocking and inspiring true account of addiction and recovery - in the tradition of The Kid and Ugly Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BTP; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751539738
- ISBN
- 9780751539738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.62
€ 14.99
€ 11.62
Paperback. Mark Twain's "Own Autobiography" stands as the last of Twain's great yarns. This book covers a wealth of critical work done on Twain since 1990. It also includes a discussion of literary domesticity, locating the autobiography within the history of Twain's literary work and within Twain's own understanding and experience of domestic concerns. Editor(s): Kiskis, Michael J. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299234744
- ISBN
- 9780299234744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.27
€ 29.27
Hardcover. Contains the letters that trace young Sam Clemens' remarkable self-transformation from a footloose, irreverent West Coast journalist to a popular lecturer and author of "The Jumping Frog", soon to be a national and international celebrity. Editor(s): Smith, Harriet Elinor; Bucci, Richard; Salamo, Lin. Series: Mark Twain Papers. Num Pages: 703 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 47. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 703
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520036697
- ISBN
- 9780520036697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.45€ 91.86
€ 120.45
€ 91.86
Hardback. Contains 338 letters that document the first two years of the author's loving marriage to Olivia L Langdon. This title recounts a tumultuous time: a growing international fame, the birth of a sickly first child, and the near-fatal illness of his wife. Editor(s): Frank, Michael B.; Salamo, Lin. Series: Mark Twain Papers. Num Pages: 850 pages, 70 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 57. Weight in Grams: 967.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 850
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520203600
- ISBN
- 9780520203600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.45€ 91.86
€ 120.45
€ 91.86
Paperback. Mark Wallington, who want to change the face of British comedy, is going to finance this dream by becoming a gardener. The result is an account of a year spent working in other people's gardens. This is the story of nights spent in the back room of a pub trying to write scripts, and of days spent understanding the British obsession with gardening. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099472674
- ISBN
- 9780099472674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
Hardback. Editor(s): Bland, Larry I.; Stevens, Sharon Ritenour. Series: The Papers of George Catlett Marshall. Num Pages: 856 pages, 72, 9 maps, 63 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBJK; HBLW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 856
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801878718
- ISBN
- 9780801878718
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.89
€ 119.89
Paperback. John and Martha were an ambitious American couple. With six Harvard degrees between them, and living in the refined atmosphere of the Harvard campus, the last thing they expected was to become parents to a Down's Syndrome baby. This is their story. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VFXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749921903
- ISBN
- 9780749921903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. Martha is now in her thirties. Her daughter has left home and she is lonely and vulnerable. The hard knocks have taken their toll on her health. As she teeters on the brink of a nervous breakdown, a phone call summons ghosts from the past. She discovers that one of the family is dead and the others need her help. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780575414
- ISBN
- 9781780575414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.00€ 12.10
€ 15.00
€ 12.10
Paperback. At 16, Martha collapses on the streets, suffering from starvation and exposure. She has reached rock bottom, but after Martha is taken to hospital, Lady Luck smiles kindly on her and she is given the opportunity to get off the streets for ever. Before long, Martha is on the way to leading the normal life she has so long dreamt of. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPK; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845967031
- ISBN
- 9781845967031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.60
€ 14.99
€ 11.60
Paperback. Aged 13, Martha Long is rescued by the courts from the clutches of her evil stepfather and her feckless mother. After numerous arrests for shoplifting, a judge rules that she is to be sent to a convent school. Her initial relief at escaping the abuse and neglect she suffered at home is, however, short-lived. This is her memoir. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845964498
- ISBN
- 9781845964498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.34
€ 15.99
€ 12.34
Paperback. Born a bastard to a teenage mother in the slums of 1950s Dublin, Martha has to be a fighter from the very start. As her mother moves from man to man, and more children follow, they live hand-to-mouth in squalid, freezing tenements, clothed in rags and forced to beg for food. This book tells the story of her early life. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KRF2233227
- ISBN
- 9781845963132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 4.99
€ 12.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 206 pages, illus. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Branden Books
- Number of pages
- 206
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780828320726
- ISBN
- 9780828320726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.47
€ 20.99
€ 15.47
Paperback. Explores the author's relationship with his father. This title also reflects on the life and legacy of the author's cousin, Lucy Partington, who disappeared without trace in 1973 and was exhumed twenty years later from the basement of Frederick West, one of Britain's prolific serial murderers. Num Pages: 416 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099285823
- ISBN
- 9780099285823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.12
€ 16.99
€ 13.12
Paperback. Shadowed by the unhappiness of his warring parents, a broad-minded mother who, like her son, was keen to embrace all things Chinese, and a bigoted father who was enraged by his family's interest in 'going native', Martin Booth's compelling memoir is a journey into Chinese culture and an extinct colonial way of life. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; BGA; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553816723
- ISBN
- 9780553816723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.61
€ 14.99
€ 11.61
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Vertebrate Graphics Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911342311
- ISBN
- 9781911342311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.94
€ 17.99
€ 15.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1MBF; BGA; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780855757779
- ISBN
- 9780855757779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.49
€ 31.99
€ 23.49
Paperback. The story of an ordinary couple with young children escaping from rat-race Britain to a smallholding in northern Spain, from financial security to fresh air but hard toil and no money.. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; BGA; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 23. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- SKU
- KNW0007974
- ISBN
- 9780751535488
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The story of an ordinary couple with young children escaping from rat-race Britain to a smallholding in northern Spain, from financial security to fresh air but hard toil and no money.. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; BGA; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 23. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KLN0018145
- ISBN
- 9780751535488
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. * Timeless, inspiring and universal words of wisdom, this collection features the milestone speeches, including 'I have a dream..', of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the greatest orators of the 20th Century Editor(s): Carson, Clayborne. Num Pages: 416 pages, Section: 16, B&W. BIC Classification: BGA; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349112985
- ISBN
- 9780349112985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.16
€ 16.99
€ 13.16
Paperback. Compelling memoir of a young man who emerged from the darkness of being locked into his body after doctors had given up on him Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; MJN; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471151002
- ISBN
- 9781471151002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.51
€ 13.99
€ 10.51
Paperback. Professor Sir Joseph Rotblat was a distinguished scientist who made a significant contribution to nuclear physics, worked on the development of the atomic bomb, and was suspected of being a Soviet spy. This book describes his personal background and circumstances,and summarises his life, achievements and contribution to mankind. Num Pages: 161 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 161
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845193232
- ISBN
- 9781845193232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.92
€ 31.99
€ 28.92
Paperback. From the moment she came into the world - two weeks early, throwing her parents' lives into disarray - the author has gracefully but firmly done things her own way. This book presents her journey of nearly eighty years. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; JFCA; WBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405912853
- ISBN
- 9781405912853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.58
€ 14.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. This sequel to the bestselling, American Book Award-winning Lakota Woman continues the dramatic story of Mary Brave Bird's life as a Native American in white-dominated society. Brave Bird shares the sorrow of her divorce from American Indian Movement leader Leonard Crow Dog, and her present happiness asa new wife and mother. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGA; JFFJ; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 242 x 28. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802143396
- ISBN
- 9780802143396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.07
€ 15.07