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Paperback. Helen Tew sailed across the Atlantic in a small boat at the age of 89. This is a remarkable book about a remarkable life, by a remarkable woman whose sense of adventure is both infectious and inspirational. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations, (some colour ) maps. BIC Classification: BGS; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954275075
ISBN
9780954275075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.34

Paperback. A beautifully written memoir, in the vein of H is for Hawk and The Last Act of Love, about mothers and daughters, and living the best life you can, even in the shadow of illness. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 illustrations by author's daughter. BIC Classification: BM; MJCG1; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349007786
ISBN
9780349007786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.06

Hardcover. Num Pages: 340 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; BGFA; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845198213
ISBN
9781845198213
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.03

Paperback. During the turbulent 1960s in Birmingham, Alabama, civil rights attorney Arthur Shores and his family came under repeated attacks by the KKK. Now for the first time, in The Gentle Giant of Dynamite Hill, Shores' daughters tell their story of a man determined to fight on because of his passion and belief in a God who sees all men as equal. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; BGH; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Zondervan
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310336228
ISBN
9780310336228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99

Paperback. Award-winning and critically acclaimed historian Helen Rappaport turns to the tragic story of the daughters of the last Tsar of all the Russias, slaughtered with their parents at Ekaterinburg. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 33. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Unabridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447227175
ISBN
9781447227175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BT; VFJ; YFY; YXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 227 x 185 x 11. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Northstone Publishing Inc Canada
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
SKU
V9781896836799
ISBN
9781896836799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.23

Paperback. An outrageous, hilarious, and touching memoir of childhood as the youngest of nine children in a hardscrabble, beyond-eccentric Maine family Series: A Merloyd Lawrence Book. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEN; 3JJP; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306824234
ISBN
9780306824234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.47

Paperback. The author has been a professional spiritual healer and empathic medium for thirty years. She has filled theatres and auditoriums and appeared on radio and TV. In this title, she tells her story. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BGXA; VXP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099569077
ISBN
9780099569077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.39

Paperback. Presents the story of a quiet scientist and his flamboyant wife, and of their passions for hunting, wild lands, and the grouse and raptor species they were instrumental in saving from destruction. This book provides an account of conservation history over the course of the 20th century, particularly in Wisconsin from the 1920s through the 1970s. Num Pages: 368 pages, 43 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGT; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299180942
ISBN
9780299180942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.05

Paperback. The first and most important of eight volumes chronicling the French Revolution to an England fearful of another civil war. The author's twenty-six letters recounting old regime tyranny and revolutionary events provide both an apology for the Revolution and a representation of it as sublime spectacle. Editor(s): Fraistat, Neil; Lanser, Susan S. Num Pages: 295 pages, Illustrations, map, port. BIC Classification: 3JF; BGH; BJ; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
295
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551112558
ISBN
9781551112558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.16

Paperback. .
Publisher
Peter Owen Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780720615883
ISBN
9780720615883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illus. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845197438
ISBN
9781845197438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.47

Paperback. As a child, Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer, learning the arcane terminology and reading all the classic books. Years later, when her father died and she was struck deeply by grief, she became obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk. This is a book about memory, nature and nation, and more. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WNCB; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9780099575450
ISBN
9780099575450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.89

Hardback. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 3JJP; AJB; AJCR; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439914564
ISBN
9781439914564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 3JJP; AJB; AJCR; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S.
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439914571
ISBN
9781439914571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.43

Paperback. Edward Daly is one of the legendary revolutionaries who participated in the 1916 Easter Rising. Less has been known about Daly until now; in this intimate and fascinating account, Helen Litton traces Edward 'Ned' Daly's life from childhood to commander within the Volunteers. Series Editor(s): Collins, Lorcan. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The O'Brien Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781847172723
ISBN
9781847172723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.09

Paperback. Edward Daly is one of the legendary revolutionaries who participated in the 1916 Easter Rising. Less has been known about Daly until now; in this intimate and fascinating account, Helen Litton traces Edward 'Ned' Daly's life from childhood to commander within the Volunteers. Series Editor(s): Collins, Lorcan. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 250. Good clean copy with some shelf wear. Signed and inscribed by the author
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The O'Brien Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTJ8038255
ISBN
9781847172723
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.00

Paperback. A fascinating examination of the life of Thomas Clarke, a member of the Fenians and was a key leader of the Irish Republican Brotherhood in 1916. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 maps, 24 black & white halftones, 1 index, 1 biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The O'Brien Press Dublin
Condition
New
SKU
9781847172617
ISBN
9781847172617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. Praised by Ian McEwan, Michael Longley, the Guardian and many others, A Time to Speak tells the story of Helen Lewis, shipped from Prague to Auschwitz at the start of WW2 as part of the Final Solution, and her struggle to survive the Holocaust. Num Pages: 128 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Blackstaff Press Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856408557
ISBN
9780856408557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.12

Paperback. Jane Austen's reputation rests on the six novels she wrote in her life - enduringly popular novels which have become part of the fabric of English life, and which have reached new audiences through dramatisations on screen and stage. This book draws on her letters and describes Jane's life in the vicarage at Steventon and at Bath and Chawton. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752453187
ISBN
9780752453187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.46

Hardcover. Captures the public achievement and private pain of a Wisconsin woman and her family. Helen's home influences, Presbyterian background, education and talents impelled her to lead. This book, based on a family's history, speaks about the way we were and are, a stridently materialistic nation with a deep and persistent spiritual component. Series: Wisconsin Land & Life S. Num Pages: 504 pages, 42 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; 3JJ; BG; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 826.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299214500
ISBN
9780299214500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.31

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 134 x 6. Weight in Grams: 68. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0002442
ISBN
9780486292496
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Shattuck, Roger. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590170670
ISBN
9781590170670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. The first full-length scholarly book on Pontius Pilate in English. Series Editor(s): Court, John. Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HRCA; HRCG9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Pbk. Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521616201
ISBN
9780521616201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.31

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