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Biography
Paperback. A psychological portrait of the twenty-sixth president of the United States, a man whose personal obsession with masculinity profoundly influenced the fate of a nation. This book argues that Theodore Roosevelt struggled, like many of his contemporaries, with what it meant to be a man in the modern era. Num Pages: 299 pages, 57 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 185 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226876092
- ISBN
- 9780226876092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.29
€ 34.99
€ 27.29
Paperback. Never before have the diaries and letters of young people from all sides of World War Two been woven together to provide an account of what it was like to grow up amidst the daily struggles and horrors of this devastating war. Num Pages: 352 pages, (b/w illus throughout). BIC Classification: 3JJH; BJ; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007303571
- ISBN
- 9780007303571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.10
€ 12.10
Paperback. A comprehensive, highly absorbing portrait of this complex artist. Translator(s): Haddad, Nordine. Series: Art & Ideas. Num Pages: 352 pages, 150 colour & 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ACV; AFC; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714837512
- ISBN
- 9780714837512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.19
€ 24.99
€ 17.19
Hardback. GOT HERE AS SOON AS I COULD is a collection of syndicated columnist Sarah Smiley's most-loved columns about raising a family in Maine. In these 100 essays, readers will laugh, cry and nod their head "yes" as they remember a time when all of America was as simple and beautiful as it still is today in Vacationland. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEN; 2AB; BM; DNF; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 148 x 26. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608935765
- ISBN
- 9781608935765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.04
€ 20.99
€ 20.04
Paperback. A refreshing new perspective on some of the most infamous reprobates of the Midwest. Series: Outlaw Tales. Num Pages: 160 pages, 17 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; BTC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493016761
- ISBN
- 9781493016761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.32
€ 17.99
€ 15.32
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571251278
- ISBN
- 9780571251278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.25
€ 14.99
€ 12.25
Paperback. Portland Place is the diary of then-BBC Secretary Sarah Shaw for the year of 1971, a humorous and charming perspective of life at the BBC and for a woman at the time. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPL; APT; BJ; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472124692
- ISBN
- 9781472124692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, Around 120 colour photographs, plans and paintings. BIC Classification: BGH; HB; WMQL; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. .
- Publisher
- National Trust
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909881549
- ISBN
- 9781909881549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.88
€ 26.99
€ 19.88
Paperback. A narrative of the family odyssey across the America and of their early years in California. It presents the portrait of a remarkable woman. Num Pages: 144 pages, Map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 10. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803258563
- ISBN
- 9780803258563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.13
€ 19.99
€ 17.13
Hardcover. A rare first-person account of life in the twentieth-century South, "He Included Me" weaves together the story of a black family eight children reared in rural Alabama, their mother a schoolteacher, their father a minister and the emerging self-portrait of a woman determined, like her parents, to look ahead." Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTB; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820311418
- ISBN
- 9780820311418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.52
€ 34.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGHA; HBJH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Stormberg Publishers,South Africa
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780620254069
- ISBN
- 9780620254069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.19
€ 9.19
Hardback. A memoir of Sarah Palin - the first female Republican Vice Presidential candidate. It recounts her political experiences, her time as Mayor of Wasilla and as the first female governor of Alaska, as well as her rapid rise on the national stage during the 2008 campaign. It includes her insights into the personal challenges she's faced. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16-Page Colour Insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; HBJK; HBLX; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 40. Weight in Grams: 652. In good to very good condition. A fine reading copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KRS0014083
- ISBN
- 9780061939891
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The story of Sarah Outen's five-year 25,000 mile journey looping the planet by cycling across Europe, Asia, and North America, and canoeing and kayaking across the North Pacific and the North Atlantic. This is her adventure and inner journey, and also a call to action, to redefine your own boundaries, to be courageous, and to dare to d Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; BTP; WSQ; WSS; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473655287
- ISBN
- 9781473655287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.66
€ 14.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. The Twilight Saga may have made 'R-Patz' a household name - and earned him a spot on the bedroom walls of teenage girls around the world - but gone are the days when he was just seen as a pretty face. He is carving a formidable reputation as a serious actor, artist and ambassador - a true modern day matinee idol. This is his unofficial biography. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784186036
- ISBN
- 9781784186036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.94
€ 14.94
Paperback. Novelist Sarah Moss's compelling account of living in Iceland with two small children, in the wake of the financial crisis and in the year the volcano erupted Num Pages: 368 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DNC; BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847084163
- ISBN
- 9781847084163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.58
€ 13.99
€ 10.58
Hardcover. Offers an answer to people who have asked the author, "What was it like to grow up in Africa?" This title contains stories about "home" from different perspectives, long before the Congo became independent in 1960. Num Pages: 112 pages, 86 images. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; 1KBBSR; 3JJG; BGA; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Phoenix International
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780976800743
- ISBN
- 9780976800743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.46
€ 35.99
€ 30.46
Hardback. On an August evening in 1933, in a quiet, working-class neighborhood in Paris, eighteen-year-old Violette Noziere gave her mother and father glasses of barbiturate-laced 'medication', which she told them had been prescribed by the family doctor; one of her parents died, the other barely survived. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; BTC; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260702
- ISBN
- 9780520260702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.55€ 45.40
€ 58.55
€ 45.40
Paperback. Lindsay Lohan was born in New York, NY, on 02 July 1986, she started modelling and acting at the tender age of 3. Lindsay's acting talent was officially recognised with a Young Artist Award for Leading Actress (which she shared with "Stepmom's" Jena Malone), and nominations for a Young Star Award and a Blockbuster Entertainment Award. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2X8 page illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 172 x 19. Weight in Grams: 227. Good, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KSG0005423
- ISBN
- 9781844542505
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848403024
- ISBN
- 9781848403024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.08
€ 16.99
€ 13.08
Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Peter Owen Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780720612226
- ISBN
- 9780720612226
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 8.19
€ 8.19
Paperback. Samora Machel led FRELIMO, the Mozambican Liberation Front, to victory against Portuguese colonialism in 1974, and the following year became independent Mozambique's first President. This biography presents the many different faces of the man Nelson Mandela called 'a true African revolutionary'. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BGH; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTR; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849041942
- ISBN
- 9781849041942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.99
€ 29.99
€ 26.99
Paperback. An exquisite blend of memoir and nature writing, River House is one young woman's story about returning home. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WSSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Tin House Books United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780982569139
- ISBN
- 9780982569139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.10
€ 17.99
€ 17.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 274 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVP; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 214 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Paul Mould Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904959755
- ISBN
- 9781904959755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 5.00
€ 16.99
€ 5.00
Tennessee Women: Their Lives and Times (Southern Women: Their Lives an...
Sarah L. Wilkerson Freeman
Hardcover. Including suffragists, civil rights activists, and movers and shakers in politics and in the music industries of Nashville and Memphis, as well as many other notables, this collective portrait of Tennessee women offers fresh perspectives and insights into their dreams, their struggles, and their times. Editor(s): Freeman, Sarah L. Wilkerson; Bond, Beverly Greene. Num Pages: 456 pages, 17 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; BGH; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Volume 1 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820329482
- ISBN
- 9780820329482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.75€ 102.72
€ 114.75
€ 102.72