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Paperback / so. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BG; BGF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Three Rivers Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307461193
ISBN
9780307461193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.00

Paperback. A biography of the celebrated Chinese writer of the 20th century, Lu Xun. It seeks to set aside all the propaganda that has accrued over the decades since his death, and present him as a credible human being, neither aggrandized nor belittled. Brief sketches of Lu Xun's work are appended. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JJ; BG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The Chinese University Press Hong Kong
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629960605
ISBN
9789629960605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.02

Paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Grove Press, Black Cat United Kingdom
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802170132
ISBN
9780802170132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.54

hardcover. There are few couples in the history of 20th-century American art and culture more prominent than Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz. Between 1915, when they first began to write to each other, and 1946, when Stieglitz died, O'Keeffe and Stieglitz exchanged over 5,000 letters. This title features some 650 letters. Series: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Num Pages: 800 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGB; AJB; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 194 x 64. Weight in Grams: 2010.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300166309
ISBN
9780300166309
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.05

Paperback. Written with the passion of an obsessive, Nicotine addresses a life of addiction, from the epiphany of the first drag to the perennial last last cigarette. With comic insight and meticulous precision, Hens deconstructs every facet of the dependency and offers a brilliant disquisition on the psychopathology of addiction. Translator(s): Calleja, Jen. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DNF; VFL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Fitzcarraldo Editions
Condition
New
SKU
9781910695074
ISBN
9781910695074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; BGA; HBJK; HBLW3; WZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Republic of Texas Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556228940
ISBN
9781556228940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. * From the author of the bestselling BOOKSELLER OF KABUL, 101 DAYS is a fascinating and insightful account of the Iraq war. It's already a huge bestseller in Europe, with rights sold in 9 countries. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JM; BT; HBJF1; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844081400
ISBN
9781844081400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.48

Paperback. A first-person saga, recounting one man's life but relating the experience of many. Mike Carney, the oldest living native Blasket Islander, left in 1937 to seek a better future in Dublin and eventually America. This memoir is the last of a long line of books written by Blasket Islanders, incl Tomas O'Crohan, Micheal O'Sulleabhain and Peig Sayers. Num Pages: 224 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 244. Some light shelf wear, otherwise a very good copy.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Gill
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
KRF2232737
ISBN
9781848891654
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
CavanKerry Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933880334
ISBN
9781933880334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.53

Hardback. Jeffers' book chronicles Theodore Roosevelt's lifelong quests and expeditions--thrilling and often dangerous journeys that produced much important scientific research and took him across North America, South America, and Africa. Num Pages: 328 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 17 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878332908
ISBN
9780878332908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.68

Paperback. Introduces readers to the basics of volcanology. This book follows the author as he descends into the steaming crater of the Soufri re Volcano on the island of St Vincent, as he conducts research on lava flows on the desolate south shore of the Island of Hawaii, and as he struggles to understand the explosion at Mount St Helens. Num Pages: 180 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: BG; RBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 257.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070179
ISBN
9780691070179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.39

Paperback. Tells the story of an extraordinary connection between a teacher and a student. This title describes the transformation that takes place in a student's heart, as he and his teacher reverse roles, as they age, as they are buffeted by life itself. Num Pages: 184 pages, 9 halftones. 46 line illus. BIC Classification: BM; PB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691150383
ISBN
9780691150383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.16

Hardback. An important study of horn-player Pee Wee Erwin and the big band era of music. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 453 pages, 69ill. BIC Classification: AVGF; AVGJ; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
453
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810819450
ISBN
9780810819450
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.85

Paperback. The inside story of the one of the most successful British stand-up comedians, as told by the person best qualified to reveal all about the man behind the comic, his wife of over 20 years - Pamela Stephenson. Num Pages: 432 pages, (2x16pp colour plates). BIC Classification: AS; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st. Edition : 1st. Printing
SKU
KLN0018611
ISBN
9780007110926
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Great traders are able to recognize and adapt to changing market environments. They take their mistakes and use them to become better traders. Great traders possess the discipline to manage a losing trade as well as a winning one. This book offers these qualities. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118627891
ISBN
9781118627891
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.25

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Hertfordshire Press United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907396656
ISBN
9781907396656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.48

Paperback. This engaging story of an eighteenth century Scottish laird whose brief arranged marriage was annulled on the grounds of his mental capacity -- which seen through modern eyes can be identified as autism. It is a story of villainy and innocence, and provides a fascinating historical context to which the latest theories on autism are applied. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: BG; JMH; JMR; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 164 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631220893
ISBN
9780631220893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 436 pages, 9 colour maps, 27 b/w maps, 11 colour photos & 21 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nickelodeon Press United States
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
SKU
V9780982138410
ISBN
9780982138410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.20

Num Pages: 327 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
LibertyTree Press United States
Number of pages
327
Condition
New
SKU
V9780988655614
ISBN
9780988655614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.43

Hardback. Editor(s): Sexton, James. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 41. Weight in Grams: 898.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566636292
ISBN
9781566636292
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.13

Paperback. The first volume of three in this biography of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, this volume deals with Rousseau's early life and work from 1712 to 1754. Num Pages: 382 pages, 16 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 3JF; BG; HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 575.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226118628
ISBN
9780226118628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.55

Paperback. A Teenage Struggle Toward Freedom From Hatred. Num Pages: 120 pages, 17 PHOTOS. BIC Classification: BG. Dimension: 210 x 147 x 7. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
LIT Verlag
Condition
New
SKU
V9783643903686
ISBN
9783643903686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.82

Hardcover. BIC Classification: BG. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Alfred Publishing Co.(UK)Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780399172083
ISBN
9780399172083
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.11

Hardcover. Clean copy. Fine in dust jacket. DJ has some wear and tear but remains good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Warner Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKE0000157
ISBN
9780446517829
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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