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Paperback. An intelligent, thought-provoking and beautifully crafted memoir, describing a gruelling, yet ultimately inspiring 14-year-battle with mental illness, interwoven with childhood memories of growing up in Africa and Pakistan. Num Pages: 320 pages, Integrated black and white photographs. BIC Classification: BM; VFJJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472121653
ISBN
9781472121653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hyperion
Edition
Box Har/Co
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781401324254
ISBN
9781401324254
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.48
€ 41.47

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
€ 16.13

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
€ 17.21

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 In this biography of Iris Origo, Caroline Moorehead has drawn on unpublished letters, diaries and manuscripts to provide a vivid picture of the life of one of the most intriguing and attractive women of the 20th century.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

€ 14.99
€ 11.81

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: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099284017
ISBN
9780099284017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 13.83

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
€ 16.78

Paperback. Editor(s): Norma, Caroline; Reist, Melinda Tankard. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: BT; JFFE; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Spinifex Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781742199863
ISBN
9781742199863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.25

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

€ 11.09

Hardback. Illustrator(s): MacNaughton, Wendy. Num Pages: 160 pages, B&W illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 457.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632861238
ISBN
9781632861238
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.93

Hardback. Illustrator(s): MacNaughton, Wendy. Num Pages: 176 pages, 4-color throughout. BIC Classification: BM; WNGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 271 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608199778
ISBN
9781608199778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 202 x 7. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752493190
ISBN
9780752493190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.15

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

€ 13.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Chiado Publishing
Number of pages
294
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9789895104437
ISBN
9789895104437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Chiado Publishing Portugal
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9789895112319
ISBN
9789895112319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.43

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

€ 38.99
€ 26.21

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

€ 20.99
€ 20.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; JFSL3; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608462131
ISBN
9781608462131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.82

Paperback. The first full-length biography of the legendary photographer Lee Miller Series: Bloomsbury Lives of Women. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AJB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 400. On Both Sides of the Camera. Series: Bloomsbury Lives of Women. 448 pages, Illustrations. The first full-length biography of the legendary photographer Lee Miller. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AJB; BG. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight: 352.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747581192
ISBN
9780747581192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.92

Paperback. When Carolyn Ellis, a graduate student, and Gene Weinstein, her Professor, fell in love, he was experiencing the first stages of emphysema. As he became disabled and immobile, these two partners fought to maintain their love and to live a meaningful life. This memoir is about what it means to be involved, and in love, with someone chronically ill. Series: Health, Society, & Policy. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BG; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566392716
ISBN
9781566392716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.40

Paperback. Presents the harrowing story of Carolyn Jessop who suffered for the sake of her children. She tried to protect them as the cult's new leader, Warren Jeffs, started marrying girls off younger and younger. But when Carolyn discovered that her twelve-year-old daughter had spent three days at Jeffs' home, she had to take her children and flee. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGXA; HRCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 300. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0009250
ISBN
9780141031514
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. A Biography. 144 pages, illustrations. Offers a look at the enigmatic politician who became the first female nominee on a Republican national presidential ticket. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLX; JP. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 17. Weight: 398.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313377389
ISBN
9780313377389
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.25

Paperback. Published in 1994, this is a paperback edition edition of a study of the life and writings of literary pioneer, Lydia Maria Child. Her writing made and impact on American life as she addressed the issues of her time: slavery, women's rights, treatm Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 832 pages, 10 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 254 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1429.
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
Revised ed.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
832
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
SKU
KEX0212593
ISBN
9780822321637
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 428 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 694. Very good copy with light shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Sammon Publishing Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0016811
ISBN
9780954003104
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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