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Autobiography: general

Paperback. In 1950s rural Ireland a widow conceals pregnancy by travelling to Belfast and giving birth to a girl named Marie Therese. The child was left to face a life of misery in the care of nuns at Nazareth House. This is her story, one of resilience and the need to discover who she really is by tracing the mother that the nuns had told her didn't exist. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1DBR; BGA; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 174 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Colourpoint Creative Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
KRF2233092
ISBN
9781780730653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 4.99

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
KRF2233176
ISBN
9781845963132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 4.99

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

Paperback. The shocking story of a young girl forced into prostitution by her own father, and her painful journey to escape her horrific childhood and build a new life for herself and her sons. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFE1; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 220. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOG0004822
ISBN
9780007268771
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. * The sequel to the no.1 bestselling THE ROAD TO NAB END. * ANGELA'S ASHES without the constant rain. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Abacus
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349116228
ISBN
9780349116228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781910745489
ISBN
9781910745489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.56

Paperback. In this autobiographical work, the author remembers his childhood in Warsaw, and especially the "bet din", or Jewish Court, in his father's home on working-class Krochmalna Street. In a world on the brink of modernity, Singer's gentle parents maintain a stubbornly traditional existence. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACY; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099422662
ISBN
9780099422662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.17

Paperback. Recounts the author's childhood struggle to learn to read, write, paint and finally type, with the toe of his left foot. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Vintage
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749391775
ISBN
9780749391775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. * Now a major film starring Winona Ryder, Whoopi Goldberg and Vanessa Redgrave * A clear-sighted and unflinching memoir of an eighteen-year-old girl about her two year stay in a psychiatric hospital for depression Num Pages: 192 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Virago
Condition
New
SKU
9781860497926
ISBN
9781860497926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.29

Hardcover. With eccentric characters (including her father, "The Wee Wild One") and rich stories, Schwertfeger has painted a fresh picture of Northern Ireland as she lived it and as it remains today as a touchstone for all who have roots in this storied country. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear, remains fine
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0027004
ISBN
9780299198800
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. A third memoir from the author of the huge international bestsellers Angela's Ashes and 'Tis. In Teacher Man, Frank McCourt details his illustrious, amusing, and sometimes rather bumpy long years as an English teacher in the public high schools of New York City.. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206. A third memoir from the author of the huge international bestsellers Angela's Ashes and 'Tis. In Teacher Man, Frank McCourt details his illustrious, amusing, and sometimes rather bumpy long years as an English teacher in the public high schools of New York City. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206. Good, clean copy. Covers and page edges showing some shelfwear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0006609
ISBN
9780007173990
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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

€ 26.99
€ 24.42

Paperback. Frederick Douglass's Narrative recounts his life as a slave in Maryland and escape to freedom in 1838. An important slave autobiography, it is significant both for what it tells us about slave life and about its author. It is here reprinted with contexualizing source material and other writings by Douglass, as well as an introduction discussing its literary and historical significance. Editor(s): McDowell, Deborah E. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780199539079
ISBN
9780199539079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 7.28

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747571124
ISBN
9780747571124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.40

Paperback. Patrick Cockburn's parents had returned to Ireland, unaware of the fact that a polio epidemic had broken out in Cork City. At six, Patrick caught the disease. This is a memoir of Patrick Cockburn's own experience of polio, a portrait of his parents, and the story of the Cork epidemic, a great polio epidemic in the world. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks. Small stain to bottom page edge, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0014776
ISBN
9780099459231
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. The widely acclaimed autobiography of Irish politician and doctor, Noel Christopher Browne. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; HBJD1; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328 281pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Gill Books
Condition
New
SKU
9780717142958
ISBN
9780717142958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.92

Hardback. The fully illustrated edition of Britain's greatest living polar explorer's memoirs, with personal photographs, maps and diaries of his adventures. Num Pages: 256 pages, full colour throughout. BIC Classification: 1MTN; 1MTNG; 1MTS; BGA; RGR; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 265 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1004.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781471153556
ISBN
9781471153556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. The German-born Douglas Sirk, who after a successful career in theatre and film moved to Hollywood in 1937 and directed 30 films starring actors such as Rock Hudson and Lana Turner, talks about his life and work. Series: Directors on Directors. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; APFB; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Edition
Main
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571190980
ISBN
9780571190980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 21.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; 3JM; BGA; JKSN; VFVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241971734
ISBN
9780241971734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.04

Paperback. For fans of Call the Midwife and Nurse On Call, comes a funny, poignant account of life as a Devon country doctor. Editor(s): White-Cooper, Deborah. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWD; BGA; MBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0013211
ISBN
9781447252122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

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