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Paperback. A memoir of a woman's experience with spinal tuberculosis in the 1930s. As well as describing her treatment and time in hospital, it recounts her later family life, her work both as a microbiologist, and as an advocate for minority groups. Num Pages: 200 pages, photos, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BM; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc United States
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786459391
ISBN
9780786459391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.94

hardcover. A poignant, candid chronicle of a beloved nature writer's fifty-year relationship with an iconic American landscape. Num Pages: 352 pages, Map. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; BM; RGBP; WNC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
WW Norton United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393081305
ISBN
9780393081305
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.73

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

paperback. A uniquely personal exploration of the origins of international law, centring on the Nuremberg Trials, the city of Lviv and a secret family history Num Pages: 496 pages, 80 B&W, integrated. BIC Classification: BM; HBTZ; HBWQ; JWXK; LBBR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. . Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Orion Publishing Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0021878
ISBN
9781474601917
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

paperback. 'My husband died, my life collapsed.' Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 312. Good clean copy showing some age and shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0021941
ISBN
9780007388172
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.12

paperback. Translator(s): Pichini, Christine. Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents. Num Pages: 96 pages, 1 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 5SG; BM; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 6. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Semiotexte
Condition
New
SKU
9781584351993
ISBN
9781584351993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.35

Paperback. Andre Hue was a daredevil. By the age of twenty the Anglo-Frenchman had survived shipwreck and years undercover in France, sabotaging German supply lines. Returning to Britain, he was recruited by SOE to parachute behind enemy lines on 5 June 1944, to unite resistance forces in Brittany and paralyze local German troops during the Allied invasion. Series: Penguin World War II Collection. Num Pages: 368 pages, B&W. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141042800
ISBN
9780141042800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.39

Paperback. From a childhood of gothic proportions in a vicarage on the Welsh borders, through adolescence, leaving herself teetering on the brink of the 1960's, Lorna Sage vividly and wittily brings to life a vanished time and place and illuminates the lives of three generations of women. Num Pages: 288 pages, (integrated b&w photos). BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 3JJP; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 280. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0022783
ISBN
9781841150437
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.96

paperback. McClanahan looks for answers in the history of her family Series: Break Away Books. Num Pages: 344 pages, 35 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; BM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Illustriert.
SKU
V9780253008596
ISBN
9780253008596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFW; BM; VSZ; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062223715
ISBN
9780062223715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.10

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: APB; BGF; BM; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062473622
ISBN
9780062473622
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.07

Hardback. Series: American Institutions and Society. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BM; HBJK; HBTB; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801448782
ISBN
9780801448782
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.54

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801450075
ISBN
9780801450075
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.70

Paperback. In 1987 noted poet and author Gary Gildner went to Poland to teach at the University of Warsaw. One day, a Warsaw sportswriter came to his door with a problem - the professional baseball team he had organized could not win; would the professor help? This book is about an American's experience coaching a baseball team in Poland. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; BM; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 341.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803217560
ISBN
9780803217560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.98

hardcover. A memoir that takes us on different meaning in the work of poet William Kloefkorn, whose accounts of the moments and movements of life touch on everything that matters, the prosaic and the profound, the extraordinary in the everyday, and the familiar in the new and strange. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803219328
ISBN
9780803219328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.27

Paperback. A memoir that describes an Omaha Indian, Hollis Dorion Stabler's experiences during World War II - tours of duty in Tunisia and Morocco as well as Italy and France, and the loss of his brother in battle. It tells of growing up as an Omaha Indian in the small-town Midwest of Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Oklahoma in the 1920s and 1930s. Editor(s): Smith, Victoria. Series: American Indian Lives. Num Pages: 190 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BM; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803220836
ISBN
9780803220836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.26

paperback. A Scottish immigrant and a US citizen since 1856, Ferguson enlisted in the Illinois Veteran Volunteers in 1860 and shortly afterward began to keep a diary. This work features entries - from 1864 and 1865 - that describe life in the Tenth Illinois as the troops made their way through Georgia under Sherman. Editor(s): Ellison, Janet Correll; Weitz, Mark A. Num Pages: 161 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BM; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
161
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803220867
ISBN
9780803220867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.05

Paperback. Aims to offer a voice to a generation of women whose stories were shaped and yet simultaneously silenced by an era of domestic strife and global conflict, from World War II to Vietnam. This title presents a memoir of the author's childhood, marriage, and introduction to the culinary arts. Series: At Table. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 13. Weight in Grams: 273.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803220973
ISBN
9780803220973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.10

paperback. A memoir of a Jewish woman's life and her efforts to reconcile the traditions of her faith with her belief in women's equality and the pull of modern American living. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 images. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bison Books United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Updated ed.
SKU
V9780803224490
ISBN
9780803224490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.26

Paperback. Combining the elders' tales - of old loves and ancient dreams, abandonment and loneliness, and the struggle for dignity - with the author's own family's story, this title presents a collective portrait of the often-hidden world of the aged. Series: River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; JFFZ; MQT; VFJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 10. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803224513
ISBN
9780803224513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.55

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