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Biography
Paperback. In 1975 Kapuscinski flew into Luanda in Angola, to cover the murderous civil war that had broken out after independence. This book is a record of his experiences there, of a city and a country that seemed, for a prolonged period, to have taken leave of the world, to enter a nightmare of anarchy. Translator(s): Brand, William; Mrockowska-Brand, Katarzyna. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1HFMA; BG; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141186788
- ISBN
- 9780141186788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.93
€ 13.99
€ 10.93
Paperback. Creates an account of post-colonial Africa seen at once as a whole and as a location that wholly defies generalised explanations. This book gives a sustained meditation on themosaic of peoples and practices we call 'Africa', and an impassioned attempt to come to terms with humanity itself as it struggles to escape from foreign domination. Translator(s): Glowczewska, Klara. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; BGHA; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140292626
- ISBN
- 9780140292626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.72
€ 14.99
€ 11.72
Paperback. In 1964, renowned reporter Ryszard Kapuscinski was appointed by the Polish Press Agency as its only foreign correspondent. He befriended Che Guevara in Bolivia, Salvador Allende in Chile and Patrice Lumumba in the Congo. This title is Kapuscinski's story, his eyewitness account of the emergence of the Third World. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFG; BGBA; DNJ; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862079595
- ISBN
- 9781862079595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.67
€ 13.99
€ 10.67
Paperback. Translator(s): Fraleigh, Matthew. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BJ; DNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University East Asia Program
- Edition
- paperback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933947518
- ISBN
- 9781933947518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 24.76
€ 34.99
€ 24.76
Paperback. "It's a very weird sensation to be shot at .. Very often you see the gunman when it's too late or you don't see him at all. You might as well just be targets on a rifle range. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8pp colour photos & ills, c 70 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJPL; BJ; HBWS; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909384071
- ISBN
- 9781909384071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.01
€ 26.99
€ 20.01
Hardcover. Num Pages: 261 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- University of North Texas Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780929398860
- ISBN
- 9780929398860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.51
€ 33.99
€ 28.51
Paperback. Editor(s): Norris, Susanna Montgomerie. Num Pages: 256 pages, photos & illus. BIC Classification: BGHA; BJ; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Otago University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877578755
- ISBN
- 9781877578755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.13
€ 26.99
€ 20.13
Hardback. Translator(s): Zavadivker, Polly. Num Pages: 208 pages, 18 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Abridged - Annotated
- SKU
- V9780253020451
- ISBN
- 9780253020451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.06
€ 19.06
Paperback. Keywords: "Darwin, Charles - Theory of Evolution - Natural Selection - Biology"
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Mercury Books London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0185931
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Examines the impact of Harry Partch's hobo years from a variety of perspectives, exploring how the composer both engaged and frustrated popular conceptions of the hobo. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 368 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580464956
- ISBN
- 9781580464956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.11€ 68.51
€ 76.11
€ 68.51
paperback. A study of the life and reign of Henry VII. S.B. Chrimes explores the circumstances surrounding Henry's acquisition of the throne, examines the personnel and machinery of government, and surveys the king's social, political and economic policies, law enforcement and foreign strategy. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 390 pages, 42 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300078831
- ISBN
- 9780300078831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.00
€ 29.99
€ 21.00
Paperback. In a career forged in the saddle on scout duty along the Rio Grande, Arthur Hill witnessed dramatic changes from 1947 to 1974. From the Lone Star Steel strike, the KKK, and the "Dixie Mafia" to problems of drug-running and illegal immigration, Arthur Hill's life as a Texas ranger illuminates both the present and the past. Series: American Liberty & Justice. Num Pages: 288 pages, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; BGH; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896729841
- ISBN
- 9780896729841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.43
€ 32.99
€ 27.43
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590177068
- ISBN
- 9781590177068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.02
€ 18.99
€ 17.02
Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, More than 75 facsimile illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMF; 3JH; BJ; WQN; WSSN; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472945181
- ISBN
- 9781472945181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Hardcover. Editor(s): Stillman, B. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BG; PB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Edition
- 1978th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387903484
- ISBN
- 9780387903484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.29
€ 138.29
Paperback. 102pp. Keywords: Biography, Avon lady
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Minerva Press London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- SKU
- KHS1012161
- ISBN
- 9781861065872
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Illustrator(s): Steinberg, Saul. Num Pages: 188 pages, black and white throughout. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- DAUNT BOOKS
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781907970573
- ISBN
- 9781907970573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 9.39
€ 16.99
€ 9.39
Paperback. Narrates how two charismatic, exceptionally talented physicists - J Robert Oppenheimer and Hans A Bethe - came to terms with the nuclear weapons they helped to create. This work tells the story of modern physics, the development of atomic weapons, and the Cold War. Series: Princeton Series in Physics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; JWMN; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127859
- ISBN
- 9780691127859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.97
€ 45.99
€ 32.97
Hardback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; BGX; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780271064215
- ISBN
- 9780271064215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.25€ 70.02
€ 84.25
€ 70.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; BGX; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271064222
- ISBN
- 9780271064222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.60
€ 42.99
€ 32.60
Paperback. A childhood memoir about a rarely recorded world. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ACY; BG; C; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 166 x 10. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773538641
- ISBN
- 9780773538641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.84
€ 21.84
Paperback. Some minor shelf wear but remains very good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KTJ0044368
- ISBN
- 9780717143856
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Good copy with some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KTG0017313
- ISBN
- 9780717143870
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRA0012947
- ISBN
- 9780717140060
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99