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Biography

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGN; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 217 x 29. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061780066
ISBN
9780061780066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.89

Paperback. States that Charles Schulz, widely syndicated and beloved cartoonist, is also one of the most misunderstood figures in popular culture. This book presents a biography of Schulz that is at once a creation story, a portrait of a hidden genius, and a chronicle contrasting the private man. Num Pages: 704 pages, 2 16-page black and white photo inserts; 243 comic strips throughout. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 156 x 62. Weight in Grams: 928.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060937997
ISBN
9780060937997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.94

Paperback. Series: The journals of Thomas Merton. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; BG; HRCX8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
HarperOne
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060654870
ISBN
9780060654870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.69

paperback. Called "the most important critic of his time" by Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin has only become more influential over the years. Suitable for any scholar wrestling with Benjamin's work, this title offers a look at the man behind much of the twentieth century's most significant criticism. Editor(s): Scholen, Gershom; Adorno, Theodor W. Translator(s): Jacobson, Manfred R.; Jacobson, Evelyn M. Num Pages: 674 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: BJ; DSB; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 159 x 37. Weight in Grams: 930.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780226042381
ISBN
9780226042381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 23.27

paperback. A powerful account of the life of Tamerlane the Great (1336-1405), the last master nomadic power, one of history's most extreme tyrants, and the subject of Marlowe's famous play. Marozzi travelled in the footsteps of the great Mogul Emperor of Samarkland to write this wonderful combination of history and travelogue. Num Pages: 480 pages, 16 col plates (16pp). BIC Classification: BGH; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Condition
New
SKU
9780007116126
ISBN
9780007116126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; BGB; JKSN1; KNTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd Australia
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781742169606
ISBN
9781742169606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.77

hardcover. Jeffrey Record has specialised in investigating the causes of war. In "The Specter of Munich: Reconsidering the Lessons of Appeasing Hitler" (Potomac Books, Inc., 2006), he contended that Hitler could not have been deterred from going to war by any action the Allies could plausibly have taken. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597975346
ISBN
9781597975346
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.19

Paperback. This unique collection of twenty-two papers was written by Northrop Frye during his student years. Made public only after Frye's death in 1991, all but one of the essays are published here for the first time. Editor(s): Denham, Robert D. Series: Collected Works of Northrop Frye. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGL; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 37. Weight in Grams: 992.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442626867
ISBN
9781442626867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.63
€ 58.22

Paperback. Beyond the Box is the first full-length study of the ways in which Skinner's ideas left the laboratory to become part of the post-war public's everyday lives, and chronicles both the enthusiasm and caution with which this process was received. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802096180
ISBN
9780802096180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 colour photos. BIC Classification: BGA; WSTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Blacksmith Books Hong Kong
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9789881613998
ISBN
9789881613998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.73

paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMS; BM; BTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Monsoon Books Singapore
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9789810562342
ISBN
9789810562342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.17

Hardback. In July 2006, at the age of 94, Naguib Mahfouz, the grand old man of Egyptian novels and winner of the Nobel prize for literature in 1988, was admitted to hospital. Here, the author presents a journal of Naguib Mahfouz's final weeks, which contains reminiscences of joyful times they had together and significant events from the writer's life. Translator(s): Smart, Andy; Fouda-Smart, Nadia. Num Pages: 96 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774161254
ISBN
9789774161254
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.40

Paperback. This account of Kosa Pan's journal describes in great detail the arrival in Brest in 1686 of the first full Siamese embassy to reach France. This fragment is apparently all that survives of a massive report of the activities of the embassy written for King Narai. Editor(s): Cruysse, Dirk van der; Smithies, Michael. Translator(s): Busayakul, Visudh. Num Pages: 88 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMT; BJ; HBJD; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 137.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9789747551587
ISBN
9789747551587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.76

Hardback. The account of the author's life, spent between Europe and America, is at the same time an account of his generation, one that came of age between the two World Wars. Recalling not only circumstances of his own situation but that of his friends, the author shows how this generation faced a reality that seemed fragmented.. Num Pages: 200 pages, 20 ills. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJ; BM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455842
ISBN
9781845455842
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.68

Hardback. While bookstore shelves around the world have never ceased to display best-selling life-and-lettersA" biographies in prominent positions, the genre became less popular among academic historians during the Cold War decades. Their main concern then was with political and socioeconomic structures, institutions, and organizations.. Editor(s): Berghahn, Volker R.; Lassig, Simone. Series: Studies in German History. BIC Classification: 1DF; BGH; HBAH; HBJD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455187
ISBN
9781845455187
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.31

Hardback. Wilma and Georg Iggers came from diverse backgrounds, Wilma from a Jewish farming family from the border area of Czechoslovakia, Georg from a Jewish business family from Hamburg. This book relates their experiences of childhood and adolescence and then their lives together. It presents a history of changing conditions in US and Central Europe. Series: Studies in German History. Num Pages: 21 ills, index. BIC Classification: BGA; HBTB; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845451387
ISBN
9781845451387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.34

Paperback. Edith and Victor Turner were among the most influential researchers and teachers and social and cultural anthropology in the twentieth century. This memoir is a testimony to a remarkable partnership and to Edie Turner's own achievements during more than two decades after Victor's untimely death. Num Pages: 293 pages, index. BIC Classification: BG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
293
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845451271
ISBN
9781845451271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.32

hardcover. John Palmer was the most influential and wealthiest British merchant in British India for the first three decades of the nineteenth century. This book presents an account of both of Palmer's business and personal life, showing how his personal relations and circumstances shaped his commercial strategies. Series: Worlds of the East India Company. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5 black and white,. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QDB; 3JH; BGB; HBJF; HBLL; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Boydell Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781843833031
ISBN
9781843833031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.50

Paperback. Follow the author into the depths of his deep grief as he descend into darkness after the loss of his sick wife and back up again through his successful rise from the ashes of loss. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJX; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785351518
ISBN
9781785351518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.31

Paperback. The Prophetic Anti-Gallic Letters was published in 1836 based on Adam Thom's editorials in Montreal Herald. They were never reprinted, despite their importance. More than an anti-French, anti-Republican tract, The Anti-Gallic Letters are crucial to understanding how British North America mutated into the Dominion of Canada in 1867. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Baraka Books Canada
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9781771860918
ISBN
9781771860918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; MQTC; MQVB; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Greystone Books,Canada Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781771641029
ISBN
9781771641029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Finch Publishing Australia
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780987419637
ISBN
9780987419637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.45

Paperback. Shiro Kashiba sparked a food revolution by bringing sushi to Seattle. Today, his inspiration comes from the Pacific Northwest's bounty. Num Pages: 320 pages, Color and B&W photographs and illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBBW; BM; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Chin Music Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780984457625
ISBN
9780984457625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.38

Hardback. In Bed with the Badge is this generation's Burning Bed. Ms. Joyce and her brother, Raymond, tell the bloodcurdling story of how their father, Ray Sheehan, a retired NYPD detective, turned wife-beating into an art form by utilizing the very tactics he was taught in the police force. Num Pages: 288 pages, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Changing Lives Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780984304714
ISBN
9780984304714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.35

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