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Biography
Paperback. From ancient times to the present day, Iranian social, political, and economic life has been dramatically influenced by psychoactive agents. This book looks at the stimulants that, as put by a longtime resident of seventeenth-century Iran, Raphael du Mans, provided Iranians with damagh, gave them a 'kick', got them into a good mood. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 halftones. 6 tables. 1 map. BIC Classification: BGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691144443
- ISBN
- 9780691144443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.97
€ 45.99
€ 32.97
A memoir that looks at the artists Rudolf Nureyev's and Rudi van Dantzig's relationship. Translator(s): De Haan, Katie. Num Pages: 304 pages, 42 b/w photos. BIC Classification: ASDL; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813032092
- ISBN
- 9780813032092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.66
€ 45.99
€ 38.66
Paperback. This is a biography of Martin Heidegger chronicling his ideas, with their debt to Heraclitus, Plato, and Kant, and his personal commitments and betrayals. The author combines accounts of the philosophy with the details of the loves and lapses that tripped this intellectual. Translator(s): Osers, Ewald. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Reprint edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674387102
- ISBN
- 9780674387102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.27
€ 36.99
€ 31.27
Paperback. Rudolph Hoess was Commandant of Auschwitz during the war. He was taken prisoner by the British. Between his trial and his execution he was ordered to write his autobiography. This is it. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1DVP; BGHA; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicholson
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842120248
- ISBN
- 9781842120248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.60
€ 14.99
€ 11.60
Paperback / so. Series: Rheinisch-Westfalische Akademie Der Wissenschaften. Num Pages: 54 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: BG; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 3. Weight in Grams: 109.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 54
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531072029
- ISBN
- 9783531072029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.95
€ 88.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 526 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; BGH; HBJF; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 175 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1171.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 526
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877277132
- ISBN
- 9780877277132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 41.05
€ 45.99
€ 41.05
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGTA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 265 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691602202
- ISBN
- 9780691602202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.60€ 56.23
€ 72.60
€ 56.23
Hardback. This is a rare day-to-day account by a young German squadron leader in Jagdstaffel 35 during the grim last year of the war. Originally published in 1933, it provides minute descriptions of kills, losses, and the Germans' step-by-step retreat in the face of increasingly overwhelming Allied forces in the air. Num Pages: 228 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; BJ; HBJD; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612001876
- ISBN
- 9781612001876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.56
€ 31.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Steiner Books
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880106009
- ISBN
- 9780880106009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.67
€ 40.99
€ 33.67
Hardcover. 8vo. Good copy in dustwrapper
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- SKU
- KEX0258103
- ISBN
- 9780316861014
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, port. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810839724
- ISBN
- 9780810839724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.13
€ 93.13
Hardback. The second part of a four volume collection of more than 6000 of Kipling's public and private letters. This volume presents his life until the end of the 19th century, showing his transformation from an journalist in India into the biggest literary success of the 1890s. Editor(s): Kipling, Rudyard. Num Pages: 396 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; BG; BJ; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 787.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333360866
- ISBN
- 9780333360866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.96
€ 123.96
Hardback. Volume Three of Kipling's letters covers the decade 1900-10, the years in which he published "Kim" and the "Just So Stories". The narrative of his life includes the years in South Africa, his move to Bateman's in Sussex and him being awarded the Nobel Prize. Num Pages: 494 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJC; BGA; BJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 787.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 494
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333637333
- ISBN
- 9780333637333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.03
€ 125.03
Paperback. Editor(s): Hannan, Tony. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 pages black & white. BIC Classification: BK; WSJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Scratching Shed Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780992991708
- ISBN
- 9780992991708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.40
€ 19.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSBM; WSBT; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 231 x 9. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Prime Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789896553036
- ISBN
- 9789896553036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.52
€ 13.99
€ 11.52
Hardcover. The letters of Charles and Bessie Ewing provide eyewitness accounts of the social upheaval and warfare that shook turn-of-the-century China. They discuss their missionary activities in the villages of North China and their struggle to master the Chinese Mandarin dialect. Num Pages: 286 pages, 5 maps, 7 illustrations, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGA; HBJF; HBLL; HRCX7. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Kent State Univ Pr
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873384148
- ISBN
- 9780873384148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.57
€ 45.99
€ 38.57
Paperback. A series of provocative letters, included with Henry James' foreword to the collection on its publication in 1916, which are as much a portrait of the gifted young poet, with all his own prejudices, as they are of two young, optimistic countries at the beginning of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 3JJC; 3JJF; BJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 123 x 12. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Hesperus Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 124
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843914334
- ISBN
- 9781843914334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.28
€ 11.28
Paperback. * A truly remarkable book - a warm, witty and sophisticated memoir from one of our most intriguing and articulate stars Num Pages: 416 pages, Section: 32, colour. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349120584
- ISBN
- 9780349120584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.58
€ 14.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGF. Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group GB
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408705124
- ISBN
- 9781408705124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.64
€ 19.99
€ 14.64
Paperback. A triumphant follow-up to the classic bestseller Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins - fascinating, witty and endlessly entertaining Num Pages: 336 pages, Section: 16, colour photos. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGFA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780349000237
- ISBN
- 9780349000237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.28
€ 12.99
€ 10.28
Paperback. "Wonderfully dark, relentlessly slippery .. I read this entire memoir with my breath held" Julie Myerson, The Observer Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847081742
- ISBN
- 9781847081742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.85
€ 11.99
€ 9.85
Paperback. Rupert Wieloch has seen more than his share of front-line military action. This is his story from troubles in Northern Ireland through to serving as the Senior British Military Commander in Libya following the fall of Gaddafi. As the author puts it: "I hope this book opens eyes to a few unheralded escapades and adds colour to some historic events". Num Pages: 381 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 202 x 32. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Mereo Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861515667
- ISBN
- 9781861515667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.39
€ 24.99
€ 21.39
Paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KSS0001552
- ISBN
- 9780006531333
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KSS0002897
- ISBN
- 9780006531333
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99