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Biography
Paperback. Founding father of the famous monastery on the island of Iona, a site of pilgrimage ever since his death in 597, St Columba was born into one of the ruling families in Ireland at a time of immense expansion for the Irish Church. This account of his life is written by the ninth abbot of Iona, and a distant relative of St Columba. Translator(s): Sharpe, Richard. Num Pages: 432 pages, maps, tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BG; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140444629
- ISBN
- 9780140444629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.13
€ 16.99
€ 12.13
Hardcover. Letters to My 16 1/2-Year-Old-Self. 120 pages. Editor(s): Page, Samantha. From Me To Me: Letters to my 161/2-year-old-self is a collection of just such letters written by some of South Africa's best loved and ordinary personalities to their younger selves and published with photographs of them as teenagers. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BJ. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 15. Weight: 320.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Jacana Media
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781431404223
- ISBN
- 9781431404223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.76
€ 21.99
€ 19.76
Paperback. For fans of Call the Midwife and Nurse On Call, comes a funny, poignant account of life as a Devon country doctor. Editor(s): White-Cooper, Deborah. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWD; BGA; MBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSG0013211
- ISBN
- 9781447252122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Editor(s): Ramirez, Sergio. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 556 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 3JJG; BGH; HBJK; HBTB; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1171.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 556
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691637471
- ISBN
- 9780691637471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 267.46
€ 267.46
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907677748
- ISBN
- 9781907677748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.07
€ 29.99
€ 21.07
Hardback. Flyboy 2 provides a panoramic view of the last thirty years of Greg Tate's influential cultural criticism of contemporary Black music, art, literature, film, and politics. These essays, interviews, and reviews cover everything from Miles Davis, Ice Cube, and Suzan Lori Parks to Afro-futurism, Kara Walker, and Amiri Baraka. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; AVGN; BGF; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 25. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361800
- ISBN
- 9780822361800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.05
€ 120.05
Paperback. A gripping, literary recollection of a pilot's experiences during WWII Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . Good copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0012132
- ISBN
- 9780747578116
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. The Human Tradition in Colonial America is an entertaining as well an enlightening book that brings the colonial period to life through the stories of the colorful participants who helped mold the British dependency that would eventually become the United States. Editor(s): Rhoden, Nancy L.; Steele, Ian K. Series: The Human Tradition in America. Num Pages: 323 pages, map, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 323
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842027007
- ISBN
- 9780842027007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.20
€ 61.20
Hardback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 232 pages, 45 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: AVGK; BK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252040085
- ISBN
- 9780252040085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.83
€ 122.83
Paperback. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr, has been called the greatest jurist and legal scholar in the history of the English-speaking world. In this collection of his speeches, opinions, and letters Richard Posner reveals the fullness of Holmes' achievements as judge, historian and philosopher. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; LAB; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226675541
- ISBN
- 9780226675541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.67
€ 34.99
€ 27.67
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; BM; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 35.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762778805
- ISBN
- 9780762778805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.27
€ 26.99
€ 21.27
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803237698
- ISBN
- 9780803237698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.92
€ 38.99
€ 34.92
In the Unlikeliest of Places: How Nachman Libeskind Survived the Nazis...
Annette Libeskind Berkovits
Paperback. With just a box of tapes, Annette Libeskind Berkovits tells more than her father's story: she builds an uncommon family saga and reimagines a turbulent past. Num Pages: 396 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HBTB; HBTZ1; JFSL3; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 202 x 39. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771122481
- ISBN
- 9781771122481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.69
€ 20.99
€ 20.69
Paperback. The meteoric rise of "Killer Diller" Barry Diller has been a major player in the entertainment industry for more than thirty years. Always on the cutting edge, he revolutionized television with such groundbreaking concepts as the movie-of-the-week and the miniseries. Num Pages: 348 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KNTC; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471299486
- ISBN
- 9780471299486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.51
€ 27.99
€ 22.51
Paperback. Editor(s): Kerr, Donald. Num Pages: 176 pages, colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 7. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Otago University Press New Zealand
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877276651
- ISBN
- 9781877276651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.34
€ 23.99
€ 18.34
Hardback. Combat, cigars, and whiskey--from the jungles of Cuba and the mountains of the Northwest Frontier, to the banks of the Nile and the plains of South Africa, comes this action-packed tale of Winston Churchill's adventures as a war correspondent in the Age of Empire. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 pages black-&-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBWM; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 38. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306823817
- ISBN
- 9780306823817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 21.99
€ 32.99
€ 21.99
Paperback. Series: Borealis Book S. Num Pages: 138 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 135 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873511780
- ISBN
- 9780873511780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.27
€ 9.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BTC; WDMC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 199.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780062213082
- ISBN
- 9780062213082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.35
€ 19.99
€ 17.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Color illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; BGH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 190 x 20. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Trinity University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595341389
- ISBN
- 9781595341389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.91
€ 32.99
€ 29.91
Hardcover. This revealing look at the life and career of Howard Stern examines his role as a champion of free speech and his amazing success at bringing his own unique brand of "reality" radio to the airwaves. Series: Greenwood Biographies. Num Pages: 109 pages, 7. BIC Classification: APB; BGF; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Greenwood
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313380327
- ISBN
- 9780313380327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.46
€ 49.46
hardcover. An autobiography of composer and pianist Xaver Scharwenka (1850-1924), which originally appeared in German in 1922 (Leipzig). It includes an introduction providing an overview of Scharwenka's life and work, a comprehensive discography, and a CD of representative selections of Scharwenka's musical compositions. Translator(s): Petig, William E. Num Pages: 186 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810856691
- ISBN
- 9780810856691
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.14
€ 153.14
Hardcover. On a rainy morning in early 2003, Nia Vardalos found out that she had been nominated for an Oscar for writing the sceenplay for "My Big, Fat Greek Wedding". This title shows how stubborn optimism can work in one's favor, and how it was this optimism that brought Nia to her daughter against all of the odds. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062231833
- ISBN
- 9780062231833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 23.91
€ 29.99
€ 23.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Quest Books,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780835609159
- ISBN
- 9780835609159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.43
€ 17.99
€ 17.43
Paperback. This study of the work of Angela Carter deals with a range of her writings, including "Shadow Dance", "The Magic Toyshop", "The Passion of Eve", "Nights at the Circus", "Wise Children", "The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman" and "The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories". Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719053160
- ISBN
- 9780719053160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.98
€ 34.98