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Biography
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMT; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Monsoon Books Pte. Ltd. Singapore
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789810548322
- ISBN
- 9789810548322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.97
€ 10.99
€ 9.97
Hardcover. A biography of Ignaz Friedman that offers the reader the behind and the between of the life and career of this extraordinary pianist. It examines Friedman's life as a cultured Jewish musician in Poland; his studies in Leipzig and Vienna; his relationship with Manya Friedman; and, his performing career, teaching, and retirement in Australia. Num Pages: 416 pages, 21 b&w illus., 10 music exx. BIC Classification: AVH; AVRG; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 32. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780253353108
- ISBN
- 9780253353108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.83
€ 69.83
Paperback. Anthropologist Virginia Drew translates a first-person account of a Tairora woman's life lived in the highlands of New Guinea. The details of her life story are richly interspersed with myth and lore, culture, psychology, and b photographs of her and her fellow villagers. Annotation c. by Book News Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 19 photos. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295976044
- ISBN
- 9780295976044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.87
€ 39.87
Paperback. Soren Kierkegaard's influence has been felt in many areas of human thought from theology to psychology. Nearly 100 of his prayers are gathered here, illuminating his own life of prayer and speaking to the concerns of Christians today. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226470573
- ISBN
- 9780226470573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 13.76
€ 20.99
€ 13.76
Paperback. On May 28th, 1996, Sabine Dardenne, twelve years old, was kidnapped by Marc Dutroux, a paedophile and multiple offender who had already raped other young girls in Belgium. I Choose to Live is her testimony - both courageous and uplifting. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDB; BGA; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214. Fine copy showing minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Translation
- SKU
- KSS0016684
- ISBN
- 9781844082681
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Includes voices of women who traveled west in covered wagons during the 1840s including Tamsen Donner and young Virginia Reed, members of the ill-fated Donner party; Patty Sessions, the Mormon midwife who delivered five babies on the trail between Omaha and Salt Lake City; and, Rachel Fisher. Editor(s): Holmes, Kenneth L. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780803272774
- ISBN
- 9780803272774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.37
€ 21.99
€ 19.37
Paperback. As the author of "Evelina" and "Cecilia", both of which created new dimensions for the novel, Fanny Burney is as well remembered for her memoirs of Johnson, her mastectomy and her account of the Battle of Waterloo. This portrait of Burney paints a picture of this forward-looking woman. Num Pages: 112 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; DSBD; DSK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 182 x 125 x 0. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0020983
- ISBN
- 9781904095187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. The letters in this volume record the last years of Mrs. Piozzi's life. Her correspondence from 1817 to 1821 reads like extensions of her private journals and may be seen as affirmation of hope and ambition as well as decelarations of frustration, grief, anger, and self-pity. Num Pages: 576 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; BJ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 983.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874133950
- ISBN
- 9780874133950
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.38
€ 180.38
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- James Currey United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010131
- ISBN
- 9781847010131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.96
€ 95.96
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€ 13.88
€ 15.99
€ 13.88
Hardback. Contains the scientific work Einstein published during the first decade of his career, and includes some of the most significant achievements of twentieth-century physics. This work includes the famous paper that set forth the special theory of relativity, solving some long-standing difficulties. Editor(s): Stachel, John; Cassidy, David C.; Renn, Jurgen; Schulmann, Robert. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 696 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3JJC; BGA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 190 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691085265
- ISBN
- 9780691085265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.50€ 135.17
€ 179.50
€ 135.17
Hardcover. Through the eyes of a young American female radical socialist, living and working in Barcelona during the Catalan Revolution and the Spanish Civil War, the dreams, the nightmares and the realities of European politics in the age of dictatorship are fully brought to life. An autobiographical commentary written on the eve of World War Two. Editor(s): Hom, Gerd-Rainer. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWP; JPFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230527393
- ISBN
- 9780230527393
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.06
€ 64.06
Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 ft, 1 map, 13 bw images throughout. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; BGH; BGR; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 557.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465066995
- ISBN
- 9780465066995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 22.51
€ 32.99
€ 22.51
Paperback. Englishman Thomas Kitching died, aged 54, in Changi Prison in April 1944. Interned by the Japanese in 1942, Kitching, who was the Chief Surveyor of Singapore, faithfully kept a diary from December 1941. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BJ; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Landmark Books Pte.Ltd ,Singapore
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789813065635
- ISBN
- 9789813065635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.26
€ 32.99
€ 23.26
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Riverhead Trade
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594485695
- ISBN
- 9781594485695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.18
€ 16.99
€ 15.18
Paperback. Yoshimasa may have been the worst shogun ever to rule Japan. But his influence on the cultural life of Japan was unparalleled. Yoshimasa is remembered primarily as the builder of the Temple of the Silver Pavilion and as the ruler at the time of the Onin War (1467-1477), after which the authority of the shogun all but disappeared. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; BGH; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 210 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130578
- ISBN
- 9780231130578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.01
€ 36.99
€ 27.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 118 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BT; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 8. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- NeWest Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 118
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897126073
- ISBN
- 9781897126073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.56
€ 26.99
€ 18.56
Paperback. BIC Classification: BG; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Lutterworth Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718894955
- ISBN
- 9780718894955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.88
€ 54.88
Paperback. Number 1 Bestseller Gangland! investigates who is pulling the strings behind the scenes - the families that form the Irish mafia - and examines the way in which their net has spread across Ireland and beyond. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- O'Brien Press
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KOG0004288
- ISBN
- 9780862785765
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
hardcover. Num Pages: 220 pages, gloss photo section. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- PARKWEST PUBLICATIONS United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955788833
- ISBN
- 9780955788833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.17
€ 19.99
€ 18.17
Hardback. De Blecourt's riveting first-person account of her battle to free her adopted son from a corrupt regime reveals the abiding power of God's protective care. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; BM; HRCV; VFVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Time Warner Trade Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781455515103
- ISBN
- 9781455515103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.71
€ 21.99
€ 17.71
hardcover. This book uses the life of one man-Walter Lenoir of North Carolina-to explore the origins of southern white identity and the ambiguities and complexities embedded in that history with devotion to the Confederate cause. Lenoirs intention to divest himself of his inherited slaves changed with the war's outbreak and he joined the Confederate army. Series: New Narratives in American History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 b/w halftones, 5 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 178 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 329.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195314359
- ISBN
- 9780195314359
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.64
€ 32.64
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566638104
- ISBN
- 9781566638104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.66
€ 27.99
€ 25.66
Paperback. Long known as one of the greatest chess masters of the nineteenth century, William Steinitz had a rich and elevated career and life. This work portrays the life and genius of a man widely known as the "Bohemian Caesar" quite apart from his chess dominance. Annotations for the 15 selected games are provided by modern grandmaster Andy Soltis. Num Pages: 539 pages, photographs & facsimiles, diagrams, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BG; WDMG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- McFarland & Co Inc United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 539
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786428465
- ISBN
- 9780786428465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.01
€ 72.01