Memoirs
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Memoirs
Paperback. An astonishingly candid insight into the life and work of a modern neurosurgeon - its triumphs and disasters. A SUNDAY TIMES bestseller, and shortlisted for the GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD and the COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD, as well as longlisted for the SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BM; MNN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780225920
- ISBN
- 9781780225920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.83
€ 13.99
€ 10.83
Paperback. An updated version of the memoir that changed perceptions of the deaf Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252077395
- ISBN
- 9780252077395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.72
€ 27.99
€ 25.72
Paperback. In 1845, the author went to live in the woods near his hometown of Concord, Massachusetts. In this book, he documents his passion for the landscape and wildlife of Walden Pond, and his philosophical and political motivations for rejecting the materialism. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; BM; JFSF; JFSS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784872410
- ISBN
- 9781784872410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.30
€ 10.99
€ 9.30
Paperback. A selection of short stories about Blofeld's more unusual experiences. From England to Australia; South America to India & the West Indies, he tells of his run-in with Ian Botham & his relationship with Dennis Lillee. These jolly, jaunty japes are sometimes witty, sometimes racy, sometimes spicy, & occasionally incredulous, but never are they dull. Illustrator(s): Mitchell, Bill. Num Pages: 160 pages, 24 b/w. BIC Classification: BM; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Wymer Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908724434
- ISBN
- 9781908724434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.95
€ 17.99
€ 13.95
Paperback. In January 2014 the author was informed that he had cancer. This book is not about death, but about what it means to be human. It is about love and jealousy, courage and fear, about what it is like to live with a fatal illness. It is also about why the cave painters 40,000 years ago chose the very darkest places for their fascinating pictures. Translator(s): Thompson, Laurie. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784701567
- ISBN
- 9781784701567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. An Officer and a Gentlewoman is the first female perspective on Sandhurst and the making of a female British Army officer. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BM; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256. 336 pages. When the author ditched her City job and decided to attend officer training at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, she had no military experience. On her arrival she was a complete novice: she'd never fired a rifle, she couldn't march; she couldn't even shine her shoes. This book charts her absorbing journey through Sandhurst and on to Afghanistan. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; BM; JWT. Dimension: 199 x 132 x 22. Weight: 260.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472102171
- ISBN
- 9781472102171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.60
€ 14.99
€ 11.60
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- AK Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849351973
- ISBN
- 9781849351973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.67
€ 18.99
€ 17.67
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780743266253
- ISBN
- 9780743266253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.78
€ 17.99
€ 16.78
paperback. On March 15, 1939, the author's father snatched the last exit visa from a distracted clerk to get his wife and child out of Prague. This work offers a narrative of suffering and rescue, survivor guilt, and overcoming obstacles to intergenerational dialogue about a traumatic past. Series: Our Lives: Diary, Memoir, and Letters Series. Num Pages: 210 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Athabasca University Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897425534
- ISBN
- 9781897425534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.87
€ 30.99
€ 27.87
Paperback. A beautifully written memoir, in the vein of H is for Hawk and The Last Act of Love, about mothers and daughters, and living the best life you can, even in the shadow of illness. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 illustrations by author's daughter. BIC Classification: BM; MJCG1; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349007786
- ISBN
- 9780349007786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.06
€ 11.99
€ 10.06
Paperback. An outrageous, hilarious, and touching memoir of childhood as the youngest of nine children in a hardscrabble, beyond-eccentric Maine family Series: A Merloyd Lawrence Book. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEN; 3JJP; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306824234
- ISBN
- 9780306824234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.47
€ 15.99
€ 15.47
Paperback. As a child, Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer, learning the arcane terminology and reading all the classic books. Years later, when her father died and she was struck deeply by grief, she became obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk. This is a book about memory, nature and nation, and more. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WNCB; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099575450
- ISBN
- 9780099575450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.89
€ 14.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 3JJP; AJB; AJCR; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439914571
- ISBN
- 9781439914571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.43
€ 38.99
€ 35.43
Paperback. Praised by Ian McEwan, Michael Longley, the Guardian and many others, A Time to Speak tells the story of Helen Lewis, shipped from Prague to Auschwitz at the start of WW2 as part of the Final Solution, and her struggle to survive the Holocaust. Num Pages: 128 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Blackstaff Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856408557
- ISBN
- 9780856408557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.12
€ 12.12
Paperback. The powerful story of two sisters separated at birth, one abused and one loved, and their search to understand their past. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BM; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447228875
- ISBN
- 9781447228875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
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€ 10.74
Paperback. From the publisher of Marley & Me and Dewey, this is the uplifting and affecting tale of Cleo the kitten, who helps to heal a family after a terrible tragedy. Num Pages: 304 pages, black and white. BIC Classification: BM; VFJX; WNGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 254. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Publication date
- 2010
- SKU
- KTG0008940
- ISBN
- 9781444700145
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The eagerly anticipated follow-up to the bestseller Cleo, Helen Brown's frank and often funny account of a power struggle between a mother, her daughter and the insane family cat (previously entitled Cats & Daughters). Num Pages: 336 pages, b&w photos in prelims. BIC Classification: BM; MJCL; VFJB; WNGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444736717
- ISBN
- 9781444736717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.46
€ 14.99
€ 11.46
Paperback. Canadian journalist Heidi Kingstone lived in Kabul between 2007 and 2011. Her memoir is replete with idealists and chancers, gunrunners and warlords. She interviewed generals and partied with powerbrokers and fashionistas. Her account of the last years of ISAF-controlled Kabul is vividly atmospheric, deeply personal and at times shockingly painful. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; BM; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Advance Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910408032
- ISBN
- 9781910408032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.16
€ 14.99
€ 14.16
Paperback. Hazel is terrified of horses - but one will help her survive the hardest year of her life. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJB; WSNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745968490
- ISBN
- 9780745968490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.16
€ 13.99
€ 13.16
Hardcover. The captivating diaries of an Egyptian political exile, novelist, and libertine intellectual in sixties Europe Editor(s): Hawas, May. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DFG; 1HBE; BGLA; BM; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150. .
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774168123
- ISBN
- 9789774168123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.58
€ 36.99
€ 31.58
Paperback. In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, the author began running to keep fit. A year later, he'd completed a solo course from Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such races, he reflects upon the influence the sport has had on his life and on his writing. This title presents his portrait. Translator(s): Gabriel, Philip. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099526155
- ISBN
- 9780099526155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. Harold Drinkwater was not supposed to go to war. He was told he was half an inch too short. But, determined to fight for king and country, he found a battalion that would take him and was soon on his way to trenches of the Somme. This book offers a moving testament to one man's struggle to keep his humanity in the face of unimaginable violence. Editor(s): Cooksey, Jon. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091957223
- ISBN
- 9780091957223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.19
€ 21.99
€ 16.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour), portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BM; HRCV; WSJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 232 x 22. Weight in Grams: 452. Some slight wear to the cover but overall in a good condition
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Columba Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KSC0000930
- ISBN
- 9781856078023
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Autumn House Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2016
- SKU
- V9781938769139
- ISBN
- 9781938769139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.86
€ 21.99
€ 18.86