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Paperback. Surprised by Oxford is the memoir of a skeptical agnostic who comes to a dynamic personal faith in God during graduate studies in literature at Oxford University. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 35. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780849921834
ISBN
9780849921834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.59

Hardcover. A chronological account takes the reader through the key events in the lives of Virginia and Leonard Woolf, and their deaths. Num Pages: 192 pages, 250 colour photographs, 20 archive photographs, 20 artworks. BIC Classification: 1DBKESX; BGL; WMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 288 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1260.
Publisher
Aurum Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909342132
ISBN
9781909342132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 27.23

Paperback. An inspiring story of resilience and the power of optimism - the true story of Alice Herz-Sommer, the world's oldest Holocaust survivor. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444737622
ISBN
9781444737622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.58

Paperback. Isabella de' Medici was the hostess of a glittering circle in Renaissance Florence. Beautiful and liberated, she not only matched the intellectual accomplishments of her male contemporaries, but sought sexual parity also, engaging in an adulterous affair with her husband's cousin. This title illuminates this often misunderstood figure. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571230310
ISBN
9780571230310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFSJ1; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Monkfish Book Publishing Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780982324684
ISBN
9780982324684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.94

Paperback. In this biography of Iris Origo, Caroline Moorehead has drawn on unpublished letters, diaries and manuscripts to provide a vivid picture of the life of one of the most intriguing and attractive women of the 20th century. Num Pages: 474 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749016562
ISBN
9780749016562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

paperback. A biography of Lucie de la Tour du Pin. It includes details about her life in the Court of Versailles, through the French Revolution to Napoleon's rule. It reveals how she recorded people, politics and intrigue, alongside the intriguing minutia of everyday life: food, work, illness, children, manners and clothes. Num Pages: 512 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 134 x 38. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099490524
ISBN
9780099490524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.11

Paperback. A biography of Martha Gellhorn, whose fearless reporting from the front made her a legend, and whose private life was often messy and volcanic. As a young woman, she was a witness of the suffering in America caused by the Depression. She risked her life in the Spanish Civil War, which was the subject of some of her finest writing. Num Pages: 560 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BGB; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 132 x 40. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099284017
ISBN
9780099284017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 257.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Counterpoint United States
Edition
Rev ed
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781582438085
ISBN
9781582438085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.54

Paperback. The enthralling story of a dynamic empire whose impact is felt to this day Num Pages: 720 pages, 2 x 8pp b&w illustrations and six maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3H; BGH; HBJF1; HBLC; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
John Murray
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719561122
ISBN
9780719561122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.22

Paperback. Marcel Duchamp is one of the most important cultural figures of modern times. Drawing on the artist's correspondence and interviews, this title details Duchamp's life-long belief in chance and coincidence, and how that led him to let his life take its own course, constantly travelling, meeting new people and embracing new experiences. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 200 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861892621
ISBN
9781861892621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.86

Paperback. Caroline Akrill reveals the frequent disasters and the occasional triumphs of her long association with a string of equine characters. Engagingly witty, endearingly frank, sometimes surprising, but always amusing, Caroline Akrill regards the horse from the safety of the stable door and scrutinises him with candour and affection. Illustrator(s): Pilgrim, Anne. Num Pages: 208 pages, cartoons. BIC Classification: BG; WNGH; WSNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 0. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Robert Hale Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851316437
ISBN
9780851316437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.88

paperback. Covers the first year following the author's rise to fame. This title recounts her struggles with celebrity, middle-class expectations, and the racial and social tensions her success had exacerbated. It tells that the fall back into poverty is as easy as the struggle to escape it is difficult. Translator(s): Arrington, Melvin S.; Levine, Robert M. Series: Engendering Latin America. Num Pages: 189 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; BGHA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 16. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Bison United States
Number of pages
189
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803275997
ISBN
9780803275997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.84

Hardcover. Editor(s): Zucker, Carole. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
ROUNDHOUSE PUBLISHING GROUP
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781617037450
ISBN
9781617037450
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.82

Paperback. A modern poetry biography, based on the life of American sculptor Harriet Hosmer (1830-1908). It reveals the essential kinship between two women artists. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557288257
ISBN
9781557288257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.02

Paperback. The gripping account of World War Two's legendary heroine, who risked her life to save her country and her lover. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1 x 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444724622
ISBN
9781444724622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.20

Paperback. On a June night in 1959, Betty O'Malley died from lymphatic cancer, leaving behind an alcoholic husband and eight shell-shocked children - seven sons and one daughter, ranging in age from two to fifteen years. The daughter, Carole, was thirteen at the time. Here, she recalls the chaotic course of her family life over the next four years. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; BTP; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558495890
ISBN
9781558495890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.64

He was a trailblazing 20th-century British photojournalist but George Rodger lived in the adventurous tradition of 19th-century explorers. Co-founding Magnum Photos in 1947 with Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa, the modest Rodger was eclipsed by his partners. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 b&w photographs, notes, index. BIC Classification: AJB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 667.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815607625
ISBN
9780815607625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.02

CD-Audio. A memoir by the iconic singer-songwriter chronicling her story from her beginnings in Brooklyn through her remarkable success as one of the world's most acclaimed musical talents, to her present day as a leading performer and activist. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 134 x 38. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
CD
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company United States
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611133639
ISBN
9781611133639
CD
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 23.97

Paperback. The long-awaited memoir from one of the world's most acclaimed musical talents. She created the soundtrack of our lives. At last, she shares hers Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088867
ISBN
9781844088867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.16

Paperback. .
Publisher
Ayebia Clarke Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
242
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956240163
ISBN
9780956240163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.11

Paperback. Assesses the activism, writing, and legacy of Claudia Jones (1915-1964), a pioneering Afro-Caribbean radical intellectual active in the U.S. and U.K. Num Pages: 344 pages, 31 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGH; JFFK; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First edition, paperback issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341161
ISBN
9780822341161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.20

Paperback. "The I'm a Celebrity Get me out of Here..! jungle creates some unlikely heroes. But the daughter of Britain's most recognizable former prime Minister is perhaps the most unlikely yet. Her self-deprecating humour and fearsome streak endeared her to millions" Independent Num Pages: 336 pages, 8pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Headline Review
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755317080
ISBN
9780755317080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.64

paperback. Covers the remarkable life of James Joyce's only daughter. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747574132
ISBN
9780747574132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HRCC7; HRCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
HarperOne
Edition
Eighteenth Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060626457
ISBN
9780060626457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; BG; HBJK; WTH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 255 x 27. Weight in Grams: 846.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Missouri History Museum Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781883982867
ISBN
9781883982867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.52

paperback. Lucretia Mott was a central figure in the interconnected struggles for racial and sexual equality in nineteenth-century America. This biography, the first in thirty years, focuses on Mott's long and controversial public career as an abolitionist, women's rights activist, and Quaker minister. Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812222791
ISBN
9780812222791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.06

paperback. Fourth volume in the bestselling olive series by writer and actress Carol Drinkwater Num Pages: 448 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BGA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Phoenix
Condition
New
SKU
9780752881393
ISBN
9780752881393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Second in the Olive story from the bestselling author of THE OLIVE FARM and THE OLIVE HARVEST - now in a gorgeous new look. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BGA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Phoenix
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753829356
ISBN
9780753829356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.62

Paperback. The third episode of a bestselling story which began with THE OLIVE FARM - now in a gorgeous new look. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BGA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Orion Paperbacks
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753829363
ISBN
9780753829363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. Series: International Nietzsche Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 19 photographs. BIC Classification: BG; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252074677
ISBN
9780252074677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.74

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BG; BGF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Three Rivers Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307461193
ISBN
9780307461193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.96

Hardcover. Num Pages: 584 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1400. The Extraordinary Life of Maria Cosway, Celebrity Artist and Thomas Jefferson's Impossible Love. 584 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 39. Weight: 1400.
Publisher
Column House
Number of pages
584
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9782839901536
ISBN
9782839901536
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 pages of colour. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JH; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 201 x 22. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307476258
ISBN
9780307476258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.23

BIC Classification: BG. .
Publication date
2017
Publisher
SIGNATURE BOOK REPRESENTATION
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597099905
ISBN
9781597099905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.05

Paperback. Editor(s): Carney, Thomas E. Num Pages: 95 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 8. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Number of pages
95
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628080827
ISBN
9781628080827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 145.00
€ 98.19

Paperback. Edited by Mark C. Carnes and published with the American Council of Learned Societies, "Invisible Giants" presents the architects of the USA's past through the eyes of the architects of its future. Editor(s): Carnes, Mark C. Num Pages: 336 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 356. Good copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KEX0241291
ISBN
9780195168839
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Clear Light Publishers United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9781889797168
ISBN
9781889797168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.42

Hardback. Translator(s): Leon, Fernando Gonzalez de. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611483185
ISBN
9781611483185
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.91

Paperback. A teenage revolutionary's gripping, darkly comic account of life, love and fighting for freedom in Latin America in the 1980s Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; BGLA; BM; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846272028
ISBN
9781846272028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.78