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Paperback. This is the story of Nancy's McCabe's adoption of a daughter and the many obstacles she faced during the adoption and adjustment process. Especially poignant is her struggle to bond with a sick, grieving baby while in a foreign country during political unrest. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; BG; JHBK; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Missouri
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826214959
ISBN
9780826214959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.41

Hardback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1DVU; BGH; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 160 x 37. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801447310
ISBN
9780801447310
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.03

Paperback. Presents the life-affirming call to spiritual arms from world-renowned spiritual teacher. Part adventure narrative, part travelogue, part spiritual guide, this title is suffused with his perspective on life. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FC; BM; HP; HRLK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141394497
ISBN
9780141394497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.53

Paperback. From the famous siege of Constantinople in 1453 through the numerous other campaigns that securely established the Ottoman Empire, this title covers various events in the life of the emperor Mehmed II. Editor(s): Hickman, William C. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 572 pages, 36 colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; BGH; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 870. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ price clipped & has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
572
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0037060
ISBN
9780691010786
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 51.64
€ 15.00

Paperback. Meister Eckhart (c. 1260-1327) was a Dominican philosopher and spiritual master whose thought is among the most daring and difficult in the history of western mysticism. Series: Classics of Western Spirituality Series. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HPC; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
Paulist Press International,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809123704
ISBN
9780809123704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.01

Hardback. Beyond the statistical record of this truly great baseball player, this book focuses on Mel Ott's personal life, his strong family ties, and the contributions that he made to the game of baseball. This volume is enhanced by intimate contact with the Ott family, particularly his daughters Lyn and Barbara, both of whom contributed to the story. Series: American Sports History Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810845985
ISBN
9780810845985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.61

Paperback. In her first biography of a fellow psychoanalyst, the prolific Kristeva considers Klein's life and intellectual development, weaving a narrative that covers the history of psychoanalysis and illuminates Kristeva's own life and work. Translator(s): Guberman, Ross. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231122856
ISBN
9780231122856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.65

Hardback. In her first biography of a fellow psychoanalyst, the prolific Kristeva considers Klein's life and intellectual development, weaving a narrative that covers the history of psychoanalysis and illuminates Kristeva's own life and work. Translator(s): Guberman, Ross. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 304 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: BG; JMAF; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231122849
ISBN
9780231122849
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.18

Paperback. Melanie Klein was probably the most controversial and influential figure on the British psychoanalytic scene. She pioneered the psychoanalysis of children and applied her insights on the infantile origins of unconscious drives to adult analysis. This work assesses her work, life and influence. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
210
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826457707
ISBN
9780826457707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC9; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 501.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Melbourne University Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780522846973
ISBN
9780522846973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.88

Paperback. Professor Frick's biography the first major English language work on Smotryc kyj examines the ways in which established cultures were altered by cross-cultural understandings and misunderstandings, resulting from the confrontation and mutual adaptation of two or more diverse cultures. Series: Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies. Num Pages: 325 pages, 4ill. BIC Classification: BGH; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Harvard University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916458607
ISBN
9780916458607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.08

Hardback. In this text Winifred Kay Thackrey recalls her days as a studio stenographer and crew member during Hollywood's Golden Age. Beginning with her first film as a script stenographer, she describes in vivid detail the atmosphere and the inner-workings of a sound stage. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 348 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810839403
ISBN
9780810839403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.28

Paperback. A family story, told with restraint and tenderness. This book is a son's unembarrassed tribute to his mother. His memory of walks with her through the narrow lanes to the country schools where she taught and his happiness as she named for him the wild flowers on the bank remained conscious and unconscious presences for the rest of his life. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
Edition
Main
SKU
V9780571228119
ISBN
9780571228119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.36

Paperback. Editor(s): Acheson, Katherine O. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551113395
ISBN
9781551113395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 31.69

Hardcover. Translator(s): Klots, Yasha; Ufberg, Ross. Num Pages: 495 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; AN; APB; BGFA; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875804286
ISBN
9780875804286
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 10 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; BG; HBJK; HBLW; JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Trine Day United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936296057
ISBN
9781936296057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.12

paperback. Presents a translation of the memoir Memorias de mi juventud en Cuba: Un soldado del ejercito espanol en la guerra separatista (1895-1898) by Josep Conangla. The English edition is based on the Spanish version edited by Joaquin Roy, who found the memoir and was given access to the Conangla family archives. Editor(s): Roy, Joaquin. Translator(s): Walker, Dolores J. Series: Atlantic Crossings. Num Pages: 184 pages, 5 B&W figures. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KJC; 3JH; BM; HBJK; HBLL; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780817358921
ISBN
9780817358921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.61

Hardcover. Clean copy in fine dustwrapper with minor shelf wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0003629
ISBN
9781853718779
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Kingsley Amis's memoirs are filled with anecdotes, experiences and portraits of famous friends, family, acquaintances. From his childhood days to Oxford and army life, his travels abroad and his years as a successful novelist, this work offers insights into a unique literary life. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099461067
ISBN
9780099461067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.79

Paperback. Long self-identified as a gay man, America's greatest playwright Williams' candour in his book about his love life, sexual encounters, and drug use was found shocking in and of itself. Here, more than thirty years later, Williams' look back at his life is not quite so scandalous as it once seemed. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189291
ISBN
9780141189291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.81

Paperback. The memoirs of Hortense (1646-99) and Marie (1639-1715) Mancini, members of court of Louis XIV, represent earliest examples in France of memoirs published by women under their own names during their lifetimes. This title chronicles the beginnings of women's rights within the confines of an otherwise circumscribed early modern aristocratic society. Editor(s): Nelson, Sarah. Translator(s): Nelson, Sarah. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 254 pages, 2 halftones, 3 maps, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; BGHA; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226502793
ISBN
9780226502793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.63

These memoirs cover all these facets of his remarkable career, as well as his law practice, his work on various commissions of inquiry, and his reflections on family, sport, and art. Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Num Pages: 640 pages, 56. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BG; LAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1110.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442648302
ISBN
9781442648302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.47

Paperback. Offers an account of France hit by wave after wave of revolutions. This book includes a narrative of the major events of author's life - which spanned the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Era and the uneasy period that led up to the Revolution of 1830. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BM; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141393124
ISBN
9780141393124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.81

This text offers both first-hand witness to women's resistance to state violence, and insights into the formation of women's community. It describes how political prisoners forged alliances to demand better conditions and to maintain their sanity in the confines of their cramped cell. Translator(s): Booth, Marilyn. Series: Literature of the Middle East S. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; BG; JFSJ1; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 257.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520088887
ISBN
9780520088887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.18

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Seven Stories Press, U.S.
Number of pages
434
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583226162
ISBN
9781583226162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.89

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Seven Stories Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609803469
ISBN
9781609803469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.92

Paperback. A memoir that offers a picture of the author's growing up in a bourgeois French family, rebelling as an adolescent against the conventional expectations of her class, and striking out on her own with an intellectual and existential ambition exceedingly rare in a young woman in the 1920s. Translator(s): Kirkup, James. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185330
ISBN
9780141185330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.33

Paperback. Third reprint of memoirs that have not ceased to fascinate since the first edition. Winner of H.H. Wingate Prize for Non-Fiction, 1987 Num Pages: 273 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1FBH; 1FBP; BGHA; JFSR1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Peter Halban Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9781870015691
ISBN
9781870015691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.24

hardback. Features George Sherston a shy, sensitive, and rather lonely boy living on the Kent/Sussex border in the early years of the 20th century. In this book, the picture he paints of the Garden of England in the age of pony carts, bicycles and very slow trains is enchanting. Num Pages: 4 pages. BIC Classification: BM; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 144. Good clean copy with some shelf wear.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Abridged
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KGS0000411
ISBN
9781906147709
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 24.99
€ 18.93

Hardback. This full, critical edition of the Pauline Wengeroff's Memoirs of a Grandmother uses women's experience to depict the emergence of Jewish modernity in Russia in the nineteenth century and comment upon the role of gender in shaping Jewish experience. Translator(s): Magnus, Shulamit S. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: BG; BM; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804768795
ISBN
9780804768795
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.54

Paperback. Written between 1845 and 1854 the memoirs contained in this book were intended for Elizabeth's family. These records of life in the early nineteenth century and the Rothiemurchus estate form a picture of her time. Editor(s): Tod, Andrew. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 49. Weight in Grams: 482. 720 pages. Written between 1845 and 1854 the memoirs contained in this book were intended for Elizabeth's family. These records of life in the early nineteenth century and the Rothiemurchus estate form a picture of her time. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGHA. Dimension: 196 x 127 x 49. Weight: 558.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841957579
ISBN
9781841957579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.69

Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BGXA; BM; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Urim Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9789655242652
ISBN
9789655242652
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.77

Hardcover. Part study of Leavis, part memoir of being taught by him and his lasting influence on the author and on a whole generation of English Literature scholars. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BM; DSA; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846318894
ISBN
9781846318894
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.33

Paperback. The first translation into English of a startling 1907 memoir of a writer who was born a boy, was raised as a girl, and who lived as a man. Who was the real N.O. Body, and why did he go to such lengths to hide not just his name but his Jewish identity? Translator(s): Simon, Deborah. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812220612
ISBN
9780812220612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.21

Paperback. Offers an insight into the idiosyncrasies of the English legal system and how it has changed since the late 1960s. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGA; LAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408801291
ISBN
9781408801291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.71

Paperback. .
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590174517
ISBN
9781590174517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.75

Paperback. In a vivid, candid memoir of his own addiction, a renowned neuroscientist articulates exactly how drugs speak to the brain, illuminating both the science of craving and the human condition Num Pages: 336 pages, charts and graphs. BIC Classification: BM; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781610392334
ISBN
9781610392334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.47

Paperback. Translator(s): Neugroschel, Joachim. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590172469
ISBN
9781590172469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.11

Paperback. The first English translation of the memoirs of Anbara Salam Khalidi, the iconic Arab feminist. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM; HBJF1; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745333564
ISBN
9780745333564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.68

paperback. Paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear. ROBINSON
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KRF0022515
ISBN
9780751532685
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95