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Hardback. Memoirs and Selected Writings. Series: Classic Texts in Music Education. 426 pages, 61, 1 colour, 43 black and white, 17 line drawing. Editor(s): Dickinson, Peter. A memoir by the renowned historian of music education, Bernarr Rainbow, including a selection of his writings and a biographical introduction by Peter Dickinson. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: AV; BM. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 36. Weight: 1098.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843835929
ISBN
9781843835929
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.66

Paperback. The hilarious and passionate NEW YORK TIMES bestselling story of a woman's reckoning with domesticity, mortality and the bittersweet gains and losses of adult life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409118251
ISBN
9781409118251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Hardback. This annotated edition of Clio makes available in a well-documented and illustrated modern text the autobiography of Martha Fowke Sansom. This lively account of Fowke's life is filled with illuminating material on her family background, education, and emotional and social experiences. Editor(s): Guskin, Phyllis J. Num Pages: 210 pages, 11ill. BIC Classification: BGHA; DCQ; DSBD; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874136074
ISBN
9780874136074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.82

Paperback. Elsie Clews Parsons was a pioneering feminist, eminent anthropologist and ardent social critic who challenged Americans to develop flexible and dynamic gender, family and social arrangements. This biography examines the connections linking Parsons' intellectual commitments to her life experience. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 538 pages, 52 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 34. Weight in Grams: 706.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
538
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226139081
ISBN
9780226139081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

paperback. Good clean copy. End of spine and front cover showing some damage. Remains good quality reading copy; internally very clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd London
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0025182
ISBN
9780043320990
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.12

Paperback. This biography rescues from obscurity those in the Irish revolutionary movement who, like Sean McLoughlin, not only envisaged, but fought for, an Ireland very different to the impoverished capitalist neo-colony that would come into being after 1922. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; 3JJG; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The Merlin Press Ltd.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850367058
ISBN
9780850367058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.49

Hardback. Born in London in 1775 to a Maryland merchant and his English wife, Louisa recalls her childhood and education in England and France and her courtship with John Quincy. Her diaries reveal a reluctant but increasingly canny political wife. Her husband emerges in a fullness seldom seen--ambitious and exacting, yet passionate, generous, and gallant. Editor(s): Graham, Judith S.; Luey, Beth; Hogan, Margaret A.; Taylor, C. James. Series: Adams Papers. Num Pages: 960 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; BGHA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
960
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674058682
ISBN
9780674058682
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.79
€ 170.88

paperback. More Than Petticoats: Remarkable Oklahoma Women celebrates the women who shaped the Sooner State. Short, illuminating biographies and archival photographs and paintings tell the stories of women from across the state who served as teachers, writers, entrepreneurs, and artists. Series: More Than Petticoats Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BG; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 12.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780762760282
ISBN
9780762760282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.75

Publication date
2003
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574886955
ISBN
9781574886955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white plates, colour plates. BIC Classification: APB; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 20. Weight in Grams: 515.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557837851
ISBN
9781557837851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.37

Paperback. What does it mean to be English? What does it mean to be British? Is the cross of St George a proud symbol of a great tradition, or the badge of a neo-Nazi? Our identity can change depending on what company we are in. This book presents insights and offers a positive hope for a country teetering on the brink of catastrophe. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552772426
ISBN
9780552772426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.41

Paperback. 'Lucky' Jim Pleass is the last surviving member of Glamorgan's County Championship winning team of 1948, the first time the Welsh team won the highest honour in county cricket. Series: Cricket in Wales. Num Pages: 128 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; BM; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 191 x 8. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
St David's Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902719368
ISBN
9781902719368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 1 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; 3JMG; BGS; WSD; WSWY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 212 x 33. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Canada
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143196020
ISBN
9780143196020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.96

Hardcover. Series: Presidential Wives. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
114
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560729372
ISBN
9781560729372
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.34
€ 56.87

Paperback. Series: Screen Classics. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813147123
ISBN
9780813147123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.94

Paperback. Winner of the 2013 Agatha, Anthony and the Macavity Awards for Best Crime Non-Fiction. The world's greatest mystery writers on the world's greatest mystery novels. Editor(s): Connolly, John. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: BG; CB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 234 x 55. Weight in Grams: 964.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473612181
ISBN
9781473612181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.86

Paperback. Covering the years 1976 to 1978, this title offers an account of a farcical summer afternoon spent floating down a French river on a lilo in the company of Shirley Williams; an alarming trip up the wrong (and by no means dormant) volcano in Guatemala; meeting Nabokov; taking part in Any Questions with Enoch Powell. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857549300
ISBN
9781857549300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

Hardcover. Gathered together for the first time, here is a comprehensive record of the motoring achievements and competition history of Briggs Swift Cunningham II. Num Pages: 844 pages, Over 1500 colour & mono photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; WSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 220. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Dalton Watson Fine Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854432605
ISBN
9781854432605
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 266.21
€ 215.02

Paperback. A biography of Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935): Beecher-descendent, zealous reformer, exhilarating lecturer, prolific writer, scandalous divorcee, "unnatural mother," international celebrity, and life-long controversialist. Num Pages: 568 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804738897
ISBN
9780804738897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; BGX; HBJF; HPDF; HRKN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 246 x 33. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Basic Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465025510
ISBN
9780465025510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.18

Paperback. Editor(s): Gallyon, Margaret. Num Pages: 146 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BG; HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The Alpha Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
SKU
V9781898595335
ISBN
9781898595335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.60

Hardback. During her mother's long death from Alzheimer's, Jeanne Murray Walker learned to navigate the memories and history that connects her to her mother, her family and her own childhood in hopeful and beautiful ways. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BM; MJND; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 31. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455544981
ISBN
9781455544981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 28.43

Paperback. The first biography in over half a century of New York's first governor and vice president under Jefferson and Madison, George Clinton analyzes the public career of this pivotal founder who has remained lost to history. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780945612179
ISBN
9780945612179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.51

Paperback. Both the quest for natural knowledge and the aspiration to alchemical wisdom played crucial roles in the scientific revolution, as William R. Newman demonstrates in this work on George Starkey (1628-1665), America's first famous scientist. Num Pages: 340 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; BG; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226577142
ISBN
9780226577142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.92

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