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Paperback. Adam of Bremen's history of the See of Hamburg and of Christian missions in northern Europe from AD 788 to 1072 is a primary source of knowledge concerning the history, geography and ethnography of the Baltic region and its peoples before the 13th century. Translator(s): Tschan, Francis J. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3F; 3H; BGH; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125758
- ISBN
- 9780231125758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 28.04
€ 37.99
€ 28.04
Hardback. Volume Three of Kipling's letters covers the decade 1900-10, the years in which he published "Kim" and the "Just So Stories". The narrative of his life includes the years in South Africa, his move to Bateman's in Sussex and him being awarded the Nobel Prize. Num Pages: 494 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJC; BGA; BJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 787.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 494
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333637333
- ISBN
- 9780333637333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.02
€ 125.02
Hardcover. Michael Seed should have received what every child deserves: love, care and attention. Instead, his childhood was nothing but a daily ordeal of unspeakable neglect, misery and abuse. This is the story of an individual who, against all the odds, managed to preserve his own dignity and finally escape the horrors of a stolen childhood. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1x8 pages illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 143 x 28. Weight in Grams: 436. Clean copy with some yellowing. Otherwise fine in dust jacket. DJ has some wear and tear to edges, but remains good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KOG0005042
- ISBN
- 9781844543434
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Presents an Iraq War memoir of then-Captain Seth Folsom, commanding officer of Delta Company, First Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, US Marine Corps. This book focuses on Folsom's maturation as a combat leader - and as a human being coming to terms with loss of life on both sides. Num Pages: 424 pages, 23 b&w photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 228 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597971065
- ISBN
- 9781597971065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.31
€ 24.99
€ 23.31
Paperback. An account of the author's life as the manager and producer of one of the world's greatest rock bands, The Rolling Stones, as well as a story of the whole Sixties scene. Andrew Loog Oldham was a hustler of genius, addicted to scandal, notoriety and innovation. Num Pages: 384 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099284673
- ISBN
- 9780099284673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.92
€ 14.99
€ 10.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271036250
- ISBN
- 9780271036250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.15
€ 42.99
€ 33.15
Paperback. A funny, touching and minutely observed account of surviving three children. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BG; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 187.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- O'Brien Press
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KLN0013953
- ISBN
- 9780862789299
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 209 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 13. Weight in Grams: 199.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803279964
- ISBN
- 9780803279964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.01
€ 19.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages, 1 16-page B&W insert 1 16-page 4-color insert. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 41. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608197132
- ISBN
- 9781608197132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.63
€ 16.99
€ 14.63
Hardcover. Beautifully illustrated, this work brings to life a highly treasured personal book and the story behind its creation, use, loss, and rediscovery. It also explores St Margaret's life, her learning, piety, and place in Scottish history. Series: Treasures from the Bodleian Library. Num Pages: 120 pages, 67 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; BGX; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 268 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243709
- ISBN
- 9781851243709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.94
€ 32.99
€ 23.94
Num Pages: 240 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- NBM Publishing Company United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781681120638
- ISBN
- 9781681120638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 20.45
€ 29.99
€ 20.45
Paperback. Human rights workers have achieved positions of formidable power. They have done much good. But the moral ambiguity of their work and questions about whether they can sometimes cause real harm endure. This book tackles those questions. It presents a tale of the bright sides and the dark sides of the humanitarian world built by good intentions. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JPVH; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 114 x 15. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141381
- ISBN
- 9780691141381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.93
€ 24.99
€ 18.93
Paperback. A biography that penetrates Mao's rhetoric and infamous self-will to distil an intimate portrait of a man as withdrawn and mysterious as the emperors he disdained. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753810712
- ISBN
- 9780753810712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; HBJK; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873519045
- ISBN
- 9780873519045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.48
€ 24.99
€ 22.48
Hardcover. This book details how Brown skillfully kept Brown Capital Management afloat through the dot-com bust, 9/11 and the Great Recession. Born to a 13-year-old unwed mother in the rural South, this African-American investment whiz created a Baltimore-based financial firm that accumulated more than $2. 5 billion under management. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470936627
- ISBN
- 9780470936627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.99
€ 29.99
€ 21.99
Hardback. The first African American to head a branch of the New York Public Library (NYPL), Regina Andrews led an extraordinary life. Allied with W E B Du Bois, she fought for promotion and equal pay against entrenched sexism and racism. This book offers the portrait of Andrews' activism. Num Pages: 168 pages, 23 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: BGH; GL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252038501
- ISBN
- 9780252038501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.95
€ 64.95
Hardcover. An autobiography of Michael Young, a key figure in 20th-century British history. The book covers the ideas he has put forward, supporting the family, community and society, and those he has implemented, such as the Consumers' Association. It also looks at the role he has played in British politics. Num Pages: 429 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333750230
- ISBN
- 9780333750230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.60
€ 177.60
Paperback. Good clean copy, like new
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The Mercier Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0026132
- ISBN
- 9781856354660
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 10.00
€ 10.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FMS; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Monsoon Books Singapore
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789810586911
- ISBN
- 9789810586911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.27
€ 15.27
Paperback. Memorable not for his life but his death, Edward V is probably better known as one of the Princes in the Tower, the supposed victim of his uncle, Richard III. This work presents to us the backdrop to this tragically short life - and reveals how he was both the hope of a dynasty and an integral cause of that dynasty's collapse. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; BGR; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 124 x 10. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- V9780752443867
- ISBN
- 9780752443867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.35
€ 16.35
Paperback. In the last decades of the British Empire, Stewart Gore-Brown build himself a feudal paradise in Northern Rhodesia; a sprawling country estate modelled on the finest homes of England, complete with uniformed servants, daily muster parades and rose gardens. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140268348
- ISBN
- 9780140268348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.45
€ 14.99
€ 11.45
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Virgin Books London
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KLN0018258
- ISBN
- 9780753505090
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. This intimate and richly informative diary kept in 1910 by the young wife of a bustling merchant household in Kyoto is an engaging, unique glimpse into the lives of ordinary people in early twentieth-century Japan. Includes 53 illustrations. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11 half-tones 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJC; BGHA; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804724418
- ISBN
- 9780804724418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.59
€ 33.99
€ 30.59
Paperback. Covers Isabel Allende's three books "City of the Beasts", "Portrait in Sepia: A Novel", and "Daughter of Fortune". This book includes four interviews in which Allende discusses her spiritual adventure and political interests. Editor(s): Rodden, John. Num Pages: 324 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADSL; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292702110
- ISBN
- 9780292702110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.76
€ 35.99
€ 32.76