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Mixed media pr. Presents the life stories of twelve extraordinary women who lived passionately and recorded in poetry their happiness and heartbreaks. Num Pages: 429 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; 3JB; BGH; DCQ; DSBD; DSC; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 187 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1205.
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
429
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823221806
ISBN
9780823221806
Condition: New

€ 116.34

Paperback. An authoritative and ground-breaking biography of the 8th Century theologian and statesman Alcuin of York, revealing his importance for the period. Num Pages: 226 pages, 12 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; BGX; HRCC2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780227173466
ISBN
9780227173466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.38

Paperback. Ever since being brought up by The Beatles, Frankie Boyle has been a tremendous liar. Join him on his adventures with his chum Clangy The Brass Boy and laugh as he doesn't accidentally kill a student nurse when a party gets out of hand. Num Pages: 304 pages, (2x8pp plates). BIC Classification: APB; BGFA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
9780007324514
ISBN
9780007324514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.73

paperback. An insight into the life and world of Civil War-time Washington from the woman's perspective, this collection of letters is a perspective on life in the nation's capital during an important period in American history. Editor(s): Laas, Virginia Jeans. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 787.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252068591
ISBN
9780252068591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.07

Hardcover. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Pimpernel Press
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910258057
ISBN
9781910258057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.56

Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; BGX; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 235 x 42. Weight in Grams: 850.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062318985
ISBN
9780062318985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.24

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143122210
ISBN
9780143122210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.62

Hardback. Editor(s): Norland, Daniel; Rose, Jeffrey. Translator(s): List, Kathleen. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BK; JPVH4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781503601154
ISBN
9781503601154
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.29

Hardback. From his humble theatrical beginnings in upstate New York, to Radio City Music Hall and on to Hollywood, Gavin MacLeod was on the fast track to success. However, a few hard life lessons---like dealing with a divorce---taught Gavin that the key to happiness was only through a deep faith in God. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Thomas Nelson Publishers United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780849947629
ISBN
9780849947629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.70

Paperback. Offers an account of two second-generation Japanese Americans who were demonized as threats to national security during World War II. This book follows their lives before, during, and after the war. It leads through the half century of uncertainty and trauma endured by the family before it was able to confront issues central to its existence. Series: The Scott & Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; BGH; GTB; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295985855
ISBN
9780295985855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.65

Paperback. Celebrates a lifetime of golf shared by a father and son who take on a last trip together to the finest courses of England and Scotland. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKS; BGS; WSJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0002301
ISBN
9780099235521
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. True stories of the Show Me state's most infamous crooks, culprits, and cutthroats. Series: Outlaw Tales. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; BGH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762793969
ISBN
9780762793969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.61

Paperback. Includes a comparison of Aethelwold's career with that of other European monastic reformers; a study of Aethelwold's foundation at Abingdon; and of his involvement with the political crises of the 10th century. This title assesses his skills as a scholar through Latin and Old English texts, and as a teacher from the writings of his pupils. Editor(s): Yorke, Barbara. Num Pages: 236 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC; HRCC1; HRCC7; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
BOYE6
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851157054
ISBN
9780851157054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 38.07

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854112613
ISBN
9781854112613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.67

Hardback. From his dazzling conducting debut in 1943 until his death in 1990, Leonard Bernstein's star blazed brilliantly. This biography examines Bernstein's career against the backdrop of cold war America - blacklisting by the State Department in 1950 and voluntary exile from the New York Philharmonic in 1951 for fear that he might be blacklisted. Num Pages: 296 pages, 9 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257641
ISBN
9780520257641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.53

Paperback. Editor(s): Gillespie, Bruce; Luven, Lynne Van. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926971032
ISBN
9781926971032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.97

Paperback. Paints a picture of the author's idyllic life before her internment and the shock and the horrors of Auschwitz. This book is of interest to readers interested in human nature under the most trying circumstances, to historians of World War II or Jewish history, to veterans and their families who lived through World War II, and more. Series: Life Writing. Num Pages: 205 pages, 12ill.1M. BIC Classification: BGA; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889202924
ISBN
9780889202924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.39

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Grove Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802137036
ISBN
9780802137036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.21

Hardcover. 72pp. Illustrated. Keywords: Irish history, children's literature, religion
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1946
Publisher
M. H. Gill and Son, Dublin
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KHS0075719
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 23.00

hardcover. This volume completes the Cambridge edition of the correspondence of Joseph Conrad. Editor(s): Davies, Laurence; Knowles, Owen; Moore, Gene M.; Stape, J. H. Series: The Cambridge Edition of the Letters of Joseph Conrad. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521881890
ISBN
9780521881890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.59

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Univ College Dublin Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906359140
ISBN
9781906359140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.87

Paperback. From comedy star Chris Gethard, a collection of essays chronicling his bizarre childhood, awkward adolescence, and the hilarious misadventures that followed Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BGFA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 280. True Tales of Seriously Poor Judgment and Stunningly Awkward Adventure. 256 pages, illustrations. Star of Comedy Central's "Big Lake", Chris Gethard has often found himself in awkward and often absurd situations that most people would have safely avoided. This title collects Gethard's most popular stories of growing up as an ill-fated nerd, forced to navigate the perils of adolescence with a name that spells, "Get-hard". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: APB; BGFA; WH. Dimension: 174 x 209 x 18. Weight: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306820304
ISBN
9780306820304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.36

Paperback. Presenting a personal history of Alexander the Great, this book discusses not only his dashing image and heroism, but also the downsides to his personality and the disintegration of his empire, to question whether he really deserves to be called 'Great'. It argues that Alexander sacrificed the empire for his own personal ends. Num Pages: 388 pages, Illustrations , maps , ports. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1033.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Routledge
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405801621
ISBN
9781405801621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.73

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
AK Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849351973
ISBN
9781849351973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.46

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