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Hardcover. Martin Luther King, Jr's ideas - his call for racial equality, his faith in the ultimate triumph of justice, his insistence on the power of nonviolence to bring about a major transformation of American society - are as vital and timely as ever. This book chronicles the Montgomery bus boycott of 1956. Editor(s): Carson, Clayborne; Burns, Stewart; Carson, Susan; Holloran, Peter. Series: Martin Luther King Papers. Num Pages: 598 pages, 49 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; BG; DNF; JFSL3; JPVH; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 190 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1306.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
598
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520079526
ISBN
9780520079526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.43
€ 55.51

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

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873516020
ISBN
9780873516020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.56

Paperback. Translator(s): Leslie, Tanya. Num Pages: 94 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 94.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
94
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583220528
ISBN
9781583220528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 207 pages, b/w colour. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; BG; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Clear Light Publishers United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574160048
ISBN
9781574160048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.20

Hardcover. This is the story of John Sussex, a highly successful derivatives trader whose career has spanned the radical technological, social and political changes that took place in the City of London during the Eighties and Nineties. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGBA; KFFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470741733
ISBN
9780470741733
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.75

Hardcover. 253pp
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1965
Publisher
Odhams
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KLN0020956
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

Paperback. This is a collection of journals written by Japanese men and women - from all levels of society - who journeyed to American, Europe and China between 1860 and 1920. The diaries record personal views of the countries and their cultures, and express sentiments ranging from delight to disillusionment. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPC; 1FPJ; 1KBB; BG; BJ; HBJF; JFC; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231114431
ISBN
9780231114431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.97

Paperback. On 2 March 1998 ten-year-old the author was snatched off the street by a stranger and bundled into a white van. Hours later she was lying on a cold cellar floor, rolled up in a blanket. When she emerged from captivity in 2006, having endured one of the longest abductions in recent history, her childhood had gone. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFA; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin
Edition
1st Edition 11th Printing
Condition
New
SKU
9780670919994
ISBN
9780670919994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.71

Num Pages: 200 pages, over 100 black and white photos. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 774.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764313073
ISBN
9780764313073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.84

paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; GBCB; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816631544
ISBN
9780816631544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.45

Paperback. Reveals why it is that: too much science is bad for our health '70s rock music is nothing to be ashamed of Hunting foxes while drunk and wearing night-sights is neither big nor clever; we must work harder to get rid of cricket; and the author likes the Germans (well, sometimes). Series: The World According to Clarkson. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: WGCB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 250. Good, clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Penguin Books
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0005467
ISBN
9780141017891
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages, 27 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; JFSJ1; JPHF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 163.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493017287
ISBN
9781493017287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.91

Paperback. In 1952, after two weeks of typhoid fever and mumps, 11-year-old Madan Vasishta awoke one night to discover that he could no longer hear. He was horrified because in India, the word "deaf" described someone who was not really human. This autobiography reveals how his boundless optimism enabled him to persist and prevail. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563682841
ISBN
9781563682841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 23.55

Hardcover. Very good copy with some shelf wear, dustwrapper with sunning to front cover, yellowing of pages
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Hutchinson
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st edition
SKU
KKD0012342
ISBN
9780091738969
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. This is the first new biography in English for nearly eighty years of Italy's foremost writer and thinker, and weaves into a single thread the whole of Dante's life and works. The aim is to make an account of Dante's life accessible to students and to the curious and intelligent but non-specialist reader. All quotations are fully translated. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898454
ISBN
9780859898454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.27

Hardcover. A literary testament showing how Mary Lee Settle's great novels followed the map of her remarkable life. Editor(s): Freeman, Anne. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780393057324
ISBN
9780393057324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.79

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Carrilho, Andre. Num Pages: 40 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Dragonfly Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553498424
ISBN
9780553498424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.42

Paperback / so. Series: Grove Great Lives. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 36. Weight in Grams: 928.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802139344
ISBN
9780802139344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.27

Paperback. The story of a self-destructive hard man, bodyguard and boozer whose life was utterly transformed by Christ Num Pages: 208 pages, 8pp colour. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCC92; JKSW1; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
SPCK Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
1st New edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857212559
ISBN
9780857212559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 438 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 34. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
438
Condition
New
SKU
V9781876756352
ISBN
9781876756352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.89

Hardback. Captures the end of the Ottoman world and a pivotal moment in Palestinian history. This title follows the misadventures of an Ottoman soldier stationed in Jerusalem. Num Pages: 214 pages, 16 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJF; BJ; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520259553
ISBN
9780520259553
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.30

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University College Dublin Press Dublin
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904558729
ISBN
9781904558729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.54
€ 53.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Academy Chicago Publishers United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780897337458
ISBN
9780897337458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.00

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