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Biography
A Pioneer in Yokohama: A Dutchman´s Adventures in the New Treaty Port
C. T. Van Assendelft De Coningh
Paperback. Translation of 2nd volume of memoir entitled Ontmoetingen ter zee en te land [Adventures at sea and on land], published in 1879 by W.C. De Graaff, Haarlem, Netherlands. Translator(s): Chaiklin, Martha. Num Pages: 216 pages, maps & illus. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603848367
- ISBN
- 9781603848367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.70
€ 20.99
€ 16.70
Paperback. Two men, both advancing in years, converse deep in the French countryside. One is an artist, the other his gardener. On finishing his work, the gardener enters the studio and looks over the artist's shoulder. As the artist draws, the gardener talks. But, all the while the bond between these two very different men is deepening. Translator(s): Miller, George. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AGB; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Edition
- New, Translation
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0007788
- ISBN
- 9781862078406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, No illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX; HRAB; HRCC2; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472925275
- ISBN
- 9781472925275
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 22.16
€ 32.99
€ 22.16
Paperback. A beautifully written, joyously funny memoir about growing up and finding fame as a young Iranian in London. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: ASZB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472218667
- ISBN
- 9781472218667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.58
€ 14.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. For disillusioned writer and itinerant barnstormer Richard Bach, belief is as real as a full tank of gas and sparks firing in the cylinders ..until he meets Donald Shimoda - former mechanic and self-described messiah who can make wrenches fly and Richard's imagination soar.. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Publisher
- Arrow Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099427865
- ISBN
- 9780099427865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.07
€ 11.99
€ 10.07
Paperback. One night in August 1323, a captive rebel baron, Sir Roger Mortimer, drugged his guards and escaped from the Tower of London. With the king's men-at-arms in pursuit he fled to the south coast, and sailed to France. There he was joined by Isabella, the Queen of England, who threw herself into his arms. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099552222
- ISBN
- 9780099552222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.99
€ 16.99
€ 12.99
Hardback. An Artist's War Num Pages: 272 pages, 300 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; ACXD; AGB; BJ; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 250. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750982382
- ISBN
- 9780750982382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.24
€ 38.99
€ 33.24
Paperback. The sweeping story of one of the most notorious crusader knights, Reynald de Chatillon - a great Christian hero of the Second Crusade and one of the most hated figures in Islamic history. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 x 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3H; BGH; HBJF1; HBLC1; HBWC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782399285
- ISBN
- 9781782399285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.42
€ 13.99
€ 10.42
Hardback. Heart-rending letters of love gone sour from notable men and women Editor(s): Bass, Eleanor. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; BK; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 206 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785781681
- ISBN
- 9781785781681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.37
€ 13.99
€ 10.37
Paperback. In mid to late March 1913 Edward Thomas took a bicycle ride from Clapham to the Quantock Hills. The poet recorded his journey; In Pursuit of Spring was published in 1914. One of his most important works, it stands as an elegy for a lost world. Thomas photographed much of what he saw. The prints are now published for the very first time. Series: Nature Classics. Num Pages: Photographs included taken by Edward Thomas. BIC Classification: 1DBKES; 3JJC; BM; DN; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Little Toller Books United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908213433
- ISBN
- 9781908213433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.85
€ 19.99
€ 17.85
Paperback. A re-evaluation of the provocative, visually influential work of Salvador Dali. Series: Art & Ideas. Num Pages: 352 pages. Dimension: 218 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714834115
- ISBN
- 9780714834115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.99
€ 23.99
€ 16.99
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Tughra Books
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597842662
- ISBN
- 9781597842662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.46
€ 16.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. Since 1857, hardly a year has gone by without some sort of Bronte 'biography' appearing. These range from pious accounts in Victorian conduct books to Freudian psychobiographies, from plays, films and ballets to tourist brochures and images on tea-towels. This work aims to offer a fresh life to our understanding of the novelists and their culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, facsimiles, , portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099287148
- ISBN
- 9780099287148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.13
€ 16.99
€ 13.13
Paperback. A film tie-in edition of Vera Brittain's classic autobiography, published to coincide with the major motion picture adaptation starring Dominic West, Emily Watson, Colin Morgan and Kit Harington. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJC; 3JJF; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 142 x 38. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Film tie-in edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349005928
- ISBN
- 9780349005928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.13
€ 16.99
€ 13.13
Paperback. A colourful biography of George Gershwin, arguably the 20th-century's greatest songwriter. Num Pages: 240 pages. Dimension: 219 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2008 printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714847726
- ISBN
- 9780714847726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.60
€ 19.60
Hardcover. Num Pages: 340 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; BGFA; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845198213
- ISBN
- 9781845198213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.03
€ 126.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- DeVorss & Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875167879
- ISBN
- 9780875167879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.52
€ 20.99
€ 19.52
Paperback. WHEN THE WORLD WAS BITTEN BY THE HARD-ROCKING, HARD-TOURING AND HARD-DRINKING WHITESNAKE, IT WAS MICKY MOODY'S GRITTY RIFFS AND SIGNATURE BLUESY SLIDE-GUITAR THAT HELPED PROPEL THEM TO INTERNATIONAL STARDOM, AS THEY SHOULDERED ASIDE CONTEMPORARY RIVALS, GOING ON TO SELL MILLIONS OF ALBUMS WORLDWIDE. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: AVGT; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786062161
- ISBN
- 9781786062161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.82
€ 11.99
€ 9.82
Paperback. Finally the full-length memoir of Battle of Britain and Siege of Malta hero Tom Neil, one of the last fighter pilots alive today, who shot down fourteen enemy aircraft. Num Pages: 640 pages, 120. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DSM; 3JJH; BM; HBWQ; JWG; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 50. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445660332
- ISBN
- 9781445660332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.72
€ 41.72
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Picador
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780330371896
- ISBN
- 9780330371896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 5.70
€ 11.99
€ 5.70
Paperback. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Picador
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Main Market
- SKU
- KEX0203203
- ISBN
- 9780330491884
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Colleen Stan was a sweet-natured 20-year-old when she set out to hitchhike from her home in Washington to southern California. Seven years later, she emerged from hell, the victim of a bizarre and chilling crime. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 109 x 30. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780352325617
- ISBN
- 9780352325617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.00
€ 21.99
€ 16.00
Paperback. A classic of English biography as well as the portrait of a very remarkable woman and an eminently distinguished literary figure. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848681651
- ISBN
- 9781848681651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.40
€ 19.99
€ 15.40
Paperback. Bestselling author and historian Ilan Pappe tells the story of his struggle against the Israeli academy to reveal truths about the 1948 Nakbah. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745327259
- ISBN
- 9780745327259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 20.05
€ 29.99
€ 20.05