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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

Hardcover. "Persepolis" ended in a cliffhanger in 1984, just as 14 year old Marjane was leaving behind her home in Tehran, escaping fundamentalism and the war in Iraq to begin a new life in the West. Here we follow her through the next eight years of her life - four years in Vienna, and four years back in Iran. Num Pages: 192 pages, b&w drawings throught. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224074407
ISBN
9780224074407
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.64

Paperback. Stephen Kuusisto, an American, has been almost completely blind since a post-natal operation severely damaged his retinas. In this autobiography he tells of the years of lonely childhood spent behind bottle-lens glasses, the struggle through high school and college, and first love and sex. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFFG; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 150.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Main
SKU
KLN0017854
ISBN
9780571196968
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. Stephen Kuusisto, an American, has been almost completely blind since a post-natal operation severely damaged his retinas. In this autobiography he tells of the years of lonely childhood spent behind bottle-lens glasses, the struggle through high school and college, and first love and sex. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFFG; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KLN0017855
ISBN
9780571196968
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. Stephen Kuusisto, an American, has been almost completely blind since a post-natal operation severely damaged his retinas. In this autobiography he tells of the years of lonely childhood spent behind bottle-lens glasses, the struggle through high school and college, and first love and sex. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFFG; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KLN0018142
ISBN
9780571196968
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. Stephen Kuusisto, an American, has been almost completely blind since a post-natal operation severely damaged his retinas. In this autobiography he tells of the years of lonely childhood spent behind bottle-lens glasses, the struggle through high school and college, and first love and sex. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFFG; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KNW0009821
ISBN
9780571196968
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. In 2010, the author was the editor of the Guardian, set himself an almost impossible task: to learn, in the space of a year, Chopin's Ballade No 1 - a piece that inspires dread in many professional pianists. His timing could have been better. This title deals with his works. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: AVRG; BJ; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099554745
ISBN
9780099554745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.11

Paperback. Heartwarming nostalgia book about a young and idealistic teacher transforming the lives of her pupils in deprived 1960s Liverpool. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 119 x 23. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444741384
ISBN
9781444741384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. Eleanor Nesbitts introduction contextualises the life of Kailash Puri, Punjabi author and agony aunt, providing the story of the book itself and connecting the narrative to the history of the Punjabi diaspora and themes in Sikh Studies. She suggests that representation of the stereotypical South Asian woman as victim needs to give way to a .. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKP; 3JJ; BGA; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845196028
ISBN
9781845196028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.02

Paperback. A cultural storm swept through the 1960s - Pop Art, Bob Dylan, psychedelia, underground movies - and at its centre sat a bemused young artist with silver hair: Andy Warhol. His studio, the Factory, was the place: where he created the large canvases of soup cans and Pop icons that defined Pop Art. This book deals with this period. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; ACX; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 124 x 25. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189420
ISBN
9780141189420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 104 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: BGA; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 222 x 8. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House Israel
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652294821
ISBN
9789652294821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.20

Paperback. Witty and heartfelt, clear-sighted and irreverent, Poser is the book that sane, sensible and intelligent mothers around the world have been waiting for Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VFM; VFVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9781408822043
ISBN
9781408822043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 222 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555973049
ISBN
9781555973049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.43

Paperback. Shortlisted for the 2016 PEN Ackerley Prize, this is a compulsive memoir of addiction and recovery by A. A. Gill, 'by miles, the most brilliant journalist of our age' (Lynn Barber). Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780226439
ISBN
9781780226439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.83

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780992648
ISBN
9781780992648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.13

Paperback. A story of mothers and daughters, of a struggle with racial identity and a journey to find a sense of belonging Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KAK0006724
ISBN
9781408810019
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611227857
ISBN
9781611227857
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.18
€ 43.07

Paperback. Updated edition of the bestselling story of a woman who, after years of self-doubt and self-denial, learned to embrace and appreciate her Asperger's syndrome traits. Liane Holliday Willey shares, with insight and warmth, the daily struggles and challenges that face many of those who have AS and charts her inspirational journey to self-acceptance. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; MJNA; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Expanded
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849057554
ISBN
9781849057554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.26

paperback. Gramsci developed Marx's ideas with an emphasis on culture rather than economics. This classic work reveals his thinking through letters to friends and family written whilst he was in prison. Translator(s): Henderson, Hamish. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JPFF; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745311302
ISBN
9780745311302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 24.61

hardcover. Editor(s): Buttigieg, Joseph A. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 608 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: BGA; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1180.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780231060820
ISBN
9780231060820
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.04
€ 77.57

Paperback. An international bestseller, Prisoner of Tehran is the astonishing, true account of one woman's remarkable courage in the face of terror. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 x 8pp black & white. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 116 x 19. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719522390
ISBN
9780719522390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. An international bestseller, Prisoner of Tehran is the astonishing, true account of one womans remarkable courage in the face of terror. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 x 8pp black & white. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210. Good clean copy showing light shelf and reading wear, remains a nice copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
John Murray
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KSG0011661
ISBN
9780719562525
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This is an account of John and Gerardine Gleeson's quest to conceive, of the serious physical damage Gerardine suffered as a result of in-vitro fertilization, and of her tragic death. Num Pages: 192 pages, ports. BIC Classification: BGA; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Sitric Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KIN0007521
ISBN
9781903305027
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. The incisive memoir of the first woman to become general director of Cairo's Egyptian Museum Translator(s): Stockman, Russell. Num Pages: 280 pages, 61 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; GM; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 25. .
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774168253
ISBN
9789774168253
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.94

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