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hardcover. This first scholarly edition of the writings of a unique Native American woman details an extraordinary life in a combination of genres including oral history, ethnography, and western adventure sketches. Editor(s): Kilcup, Karen L. Num Pages: 208 pages, 15 b&w photos, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813028668
ISBN
9780813028668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.34

hardcover. A biography of LeRoy Collins, whom the Florida House of Representatives eulogized as the "Floridian of the Twentieth Century. This book argues that the courageous moral leadership of Collins not only spared Florida the humiliation that befell other southern states, but also was responsible for modernizing all the branches of the state government. Editor(s): Mormino, Gary R.; Arsenault, Raymond. Num Pages: 344 pages, 15 b&w photos, 3 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813029696
ISBN
9780813029696
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.42

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Dundurn Group Ltd Canada
Edition
Signed by Author
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554887743
ISBN
9781554887743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.09

Hardcover. When Mississippi John Hurt (1892-1966) was 'rediscovered' by blues revivalists in 1963, his musicianship and recordings transformed popular notions of pre-war country blues. This title offers an exploration of this legendary creator's life and times. Num Pages: 272 pages, 45 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: AVGK; AVH; AVRL1; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Condition
New
SKU
V9781617030086
ISBN
9781617030086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.81

paperback. This second volume of autobiography is a portrait of adolescence in Dublin in the 1940s and 1950s. Leonard stirs in theatre ancedotes, vignettes of Patrick Kavanagh and Brendan Behan and divulges his own beginnings as a writer. The result is a humorous analysis of Dublin and Dubliners. Series: Methuen biography. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJPG; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Methuen Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780413771483
ISBN
9780413771483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.72

paperback. Aged just 17, the author walked on stage for the first time in a Glasgow comedy club and brought the house down. He only had a five-minute set but in that short time he discovered that he really could earn a living from making people laugh. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: ASZB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KAM0000982
ISBN
9781405913768
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 8.02

paperback. The author of the massively bestselling Steve Jobs biography writes the whole history of the digital age Num Pages: 560 pages, Integrated & illustrated timeline. BIC Classification: BGT; BK; UY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 36. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KAM0000990
ISBN
9781471138805
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 8.02

paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 277 photos & images. BIC Classification: AVGT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 215 x 12. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Iron Pages Books (DE)
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KAM0001015
ISBN
9783940822079
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 8.02

paperback. The acid, hilarious, confessional, provocative bestselling memoirs of our greatest contrarian, and the author of god Is Not Great. 'If Hitchens didn't exist, we wouldn't be able to invent him.' Ian McEwan Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BM; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 468. Very good clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0037150
ISBN
9781843549222
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 8.61

paperback. A biography of Liam Mellows. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; 3JJG; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 532. Good clean copy. Keywords: Ireland, Revolutionary Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Lawrence & Wishart Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0037189
ISBN
9781905007011
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.00

paperback. 264 wood and ivory carvings of animals, plants and people, none of them larger than a matchbox; apprentice potter Edmund de Waal was entranced by the collection when he first encountered it in the Tokyo apartment of his great uncle Iggie. When he inherited them, he discovered that they unlocked a story larger than he could have imagined. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: AFKC; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 114 x 28. Weight in Grams: 348. Good clean copy. With light wear to front cover, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0037283
ISBN
9780099539551
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

paperback. A collection of the translated letters of the 17th-century correspondent and friend of Descartes, Princess Elisabeth. Her questions provoked Descartes to think about ethics and the passions. The volume contains a running commentary on the historical, biographical and intellectual context. Num Pages: 202 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BG; HPC; HPQ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 228 x 12. Weight in Grams: 278. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0037407
ISBN
9780847692651
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. In the sixties, Fitzhugh Mullan was an activist in the civil rights struggle. While in medical school, Mullan was shocked by gaps in what the students learned, and the lack of humanity in the classroom. This book charts the state of medical school and practices in the 1960s and 70s. Series: Conversations in Medicine and Society. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; BGT; JPW; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472031979
ISBN
9780472031979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.68

Paperback. Features an American memoir of growing up in New York with eccentric uncles. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747579328
ISBN
9780747579328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.23

Paperback. "Shadow Child" presents an examination of the grief of a father over the death of his baby daughter. Translator(s): Garrett, Sam. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: BG; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 84.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747579731
ISBN
9780747579731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.04

paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 1KLCM; BGH; HBJK; JP; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Trinity University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595347886
ISBN
9781595347886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.93

Paperback. 8vo. .Good clean copy..First edition.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0289297
ISBN
9780717127979
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. Providing a full-length investigations of Pierre de Fermat's life and work, this title provides rare insight into the mathematical genius of a hobbyist who never sought to publish his work, yet who ranked with his contemporaries Pascal and Descartes in shaping the course of modern mathematics. Num Pages: 456 pages, 67 figs. BIC Classification: 3JD; BG; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 657. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0037544
ISBN
9780691036663
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. Collects interviews and profiles of the man whose name remains synonymous with Mickey Mouse, Snow White, Donald Duck, Sleeping Beauty, and others. Bringing over twenty interviews from the late 1920s to the late 1960s, this book traces Disney's career from "Steamboat Willie" to the construction of Disneyland. Editor(s): Jackson, Kathy Merlock. Series: Conversations with Comic Artists Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB; APFV; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781578067138
ISBN
9781578067138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.64

Paperback. This book traces the life and times of Eric Worrell, the original reptile danger man and naturalist, and the iconic tourist attraction he established, The Australian Reptile Park, which continues to be a leader in wildlife tourism, conservation, education and research. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; WNCK; WNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of New South Wales Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781742232324
ISBN
9781742232324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.82