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Biography
Paperback. Christine Shawa s new biography uses a wealth of archival sources to paint a vivid portrait of one of the most remarkable and colourful men ever to sit on the papal throne. Admired and hated, his actions were always controversial and made him one of the most influential figures in Renaissance Italy. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DST; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780631202820
- ISBN
- 9780631202820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.39
€ 58.39
Paperback. David Ruggles: A Radical Black Abolitionist and the Underground Railroad in New York City Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGA; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807872642
- ISBN
- 9780807872642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.61
€ 37.61
Paperback. Offers an account of more than five decades of success as a performer, concert promoter, songwriter, music publisher, engineer, and record producer. As witness to and participant in over a half century of music history, this title provides a sophisticated window into American vernacular music. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 352 pages, 37 b&w photographs, discography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGL; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252079818
- ISBN
- 9780252079818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.80
€ 29.99
€ 26.80
Hardback. In this spellbinding book, these scholars offer tantalizing evidence that the First Lady of the Air and her copilot Fred Noonan landed on a deserted tropical island but perished before they could be rescued. Num Pages: 448 pages, 75. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HBLW; JKVF1; TRPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759101302
- ISBN
- 9780759101302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.39
€ 32.99
€ 30.39
Hardcover. One of the greatest Marxist philosophers of the Bolshevik Revolution and an integral force in the creation of the Red Army, Lev Trotsky was expelled from the Party by Joseph Stalin in 1927 and deported in 1929, first to France, then Turkey, and Norway soon after. This title offers an account of Trotsky's time in Oslo. Series: Russian Studies. Num Pages: 430 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 1DVUA; 3JJG; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 37. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804743
- ISBN
- 9780875804743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.40
€ 47.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BK; HBWQ; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613735237
- ISBN
- 9781613735237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.63
€ 14.99
€ 14.63
In the Dark with My Dress on Fire: My Life in Cape Town, London, Havan...
La Guma, Blanche, Klammer, Martin
Paperback. My Life in Cape Town, London, Havana and Home Again. 256 pages, Illustrations, ports. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGHA. Dimension: 201 x 140 x 17. Weight: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Jacana Media
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770099227
- ISBN
- 9781770099227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.13
€ 21.99
€ 20.13
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSB; G. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801421747
- ISBN
- 9780801421747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.63
€ 132.63
Paperback. "First California paperback, 2000"--Title page verso. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPVH1; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First Edition, With a New Foreword by Marc Grossma
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282506
- ISBN
- 9780520282506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 20.89
€ 27.99
€ 20.89
Hardcover. Num Pages: 317 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 2BXF; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1166.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781588140388
- ISBN
- 9781588140388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.87€ 55.67
€ 71.87
€ 55.67
Paperback. Editor(s): Drell, Sidney D.; Shultz, George P. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817918958
- ISBN
- 9780817918958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.72
€ 20.99
€ 19.72
paperback. First published in 1903, this authorised biography of the Liberal Prime Minister Gladstone provides valuable insights into Victorian political life. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century. Num Pages: 2034 pages, 9 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 155. Weight in Grams: 2920.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 2034
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108026802
- ISBN
- 9781108026802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 177.21
€ 177.21
Paperback. Native New Yorker Joe LeBleu, retired from the military, reenlisted after 9/11 and saw action of the leader of a sniper team in both Iraq and Afghanistan. This is his story. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS4; HBWS5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781599214405
- ISBN
- 9781599214405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.63
€ 17.99
€ 15.63
Hardback. A skinny preacher from rural Pennsylvania armed with only a cross and his faith took on the New York city slum world and its drug lords. David Wilkerson brought to the streets of America's most crime-infested city a combination of tough love and the Gospel shown in his story The Cross and the Switchblade and now told fully within his life's story Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; 3JM; BGX; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Zondervan United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310326274
- ISBN
- 9780310326274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.05
€ 24.99
€ 23.05
Paperback. The paperback debut of the bestselling book that tells the no-holds-barred story of Massachusetts' infamous Bulger Brothers, Whitey and Billy, unveiling an unprecedented criminal alliance. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 106 x 29. Weight in Grams: 262. Used paperback in good condition. May have some light shelfwear.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- KRF2232048
- ISBN
- 9780446618885
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 10.99€ 4.99
€ 10.99
€ 4.99
The Montgolfier Brothers and the Invention of Aviation 1783-1784. With...
Charles Coulston Gillispie
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; BGT; TRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641157
- ISBN
- 9780691641157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.90
€ 143.90
Hardback. Series: Routledge Revivals. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH; BM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138913042
- ISBN
- 9781138913042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.80
€ 180.80
paperback. On October 26, 1881, Wyatt Earp, his two brothers, and Doc Holliday shot it out with a gang of cattle rustlers near the O K Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. It was over in half a minute, but those thirty violent seconds turned the thirty-three-year-old Wyatt Earp into the stuff of legend. This biography tells Wyatt Earp's story. Num Pages: 39 images. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803220584
- ISBN
- 9780803220584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.57
€ 23.99
€ 23.57
Hardback. Traces the golden years of particle physics as witnessed by one of the scientists who made seminal contributions to the understanding of what is known as the Standard Model of particle physics. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BG; PDD; PHN; PHP; TBMM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 181
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540213291
- ISBN
- 9783540213291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.49
€ 64.49
Hardback. Keith Lemon's hilarious prequel to BEING KEITH, this is the memoir of his life as a northern youngster. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: APT; BGFA; WHG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781409152477
- ISBN
- 9781409152477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 5.99
€ 5.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; HBJK; HBLX; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 201 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804179096
- ISBN
- 9780804179096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.14
€ 17.99
€ 16.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: APB; AVH; BGF; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 294. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- HarperPB
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0003174
- ISBN
- 9780062476784
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A tale about a dream. The dream of running a restaurant. In Uckfield, East Sussex. Uckfield didn't actually appear in the dream. But for Christopher Nye it was the perfect choice: a small town, but not too small; a town crying out for American-style diner; a town without a McDonald's. Here's the story of how to make it big in small-town Britain. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGBA; TTVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Sort of Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780954221737
- ISBN
- 9780954221737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.87
€ 13.87
Hardback. A true story of six generations of an African American family in Maryland. Based on paintings, photographs, books, diaries, court records, legal documents, and oral histories, the book traces Yarrow Mamout and his in-laws, the Turners, from the colonial period through the Civil War to Harvard and finally the present day. Num Pages: 310 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823239504
- ISBN
- 9780823239504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.02
€ 117.02