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Biography
Paperback. A gutsy woman's tale of marrying the Chief Mate of a mammoth containership and sailing the seas with today's modern mariners. Num Pages: 236 pages, 19. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781882593507
- ISBN
- 9781882593507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.47
€ 15.47
Hardcover. Robert Louis Stevenson was one of the finest and most delightful of letter writers. This is one of a set of eight volumes containing his collected letters. The edition contains nearly 2800 letters. Volumes V and VI cover the period from July 1884 to September 1890. Series: The Collected Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson. Num Pages: 474 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JH; BGA; BJ; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 950.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300061901
- ISBN
- 9780300061901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 34.78
€ 48.99
€ 34.78
Paperback. Kuczynski's fascinating memoir relates her experiences of life in East Germany as a student, a fledgling academic philosopher, an independent writer, and, above all, as a woman. Translator(s): Steinhoff, Anthony J. Series: German & European Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJP; BM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442616226
- ISBN
- 9781442616226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.08
€ 30.99
€ 28.08
Paperback. The fascinating true story of four generations of Chinese women, FORGED FROM SILVER DOLLAR transports you to the world of tumultuous twentieth-century China - from the very top of society to the very bottom and back again. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; BG; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Hachette Australia
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780733632310
- ISBN
- 9780733632310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.48
€ 26.99
€ 18.48
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
€ 15.99€ 15.08
€ 15.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813533896
- ISBN
- 9780813533896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.79
€ 45.99
€ 40.79
Hardcover. Designed by Y. Gannushkin". Commissioning organisation: [Translated from the Russian by Margaret Wettlin]. 431 p. ports. 21 cm. Associated Names: Wettlin, Margaret,. Associated Dates: 1907-. Publishers cloth. Very good clean copy in dark navy bl". Keywords: Subjects
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1960
- Publisher
- Foreign Languages Pub. House Moscow
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0157854
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.00€ 4.99
€ 12.00
€ 4.99
Hardback. This is the story of Yukichi Fukuzawa, one of the most effective business entrepreneurs in early modern Japan. He was the inspiration of the Yokohama Specie Bank, the basis of Japsn's sound banking system, and helped to lead the old established House of Mitsui into the modern age. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; BGH; KCB; KCZ; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333801215
- ISBN
- 9780333801215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.84
€ 122.84
Paperback. The schooner Integrity was built in a famous boatyard in the 1960's in Massachusetts, and she was the dream boat of her owner, Waldo Howland. She cruised in the West Indies and crossed the Atlantic to visit Ireland and England. Then she was sold, and there began a chain of events which led to adventure, chicanery and eventually tragedy. Series: Seafarer S. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BTP; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850364255
- ISBN
- 9780850364255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.97
€ 16.97
Paperback. The memoir of Pierre Franey, one of the most influential and beloved culinary figures, who came to the United States from his native France for the 1939 World's Fair and stayed on to help revolutionize the fine dining scene in New York City Series: At Table. Num Pages: 288 pages, 36 illustrations, 101 recipes. BIC Classification: BM; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803234697
- ISBN
- 9780803234697
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Condition: New
€ 21.47
€ 21.47
Paperback. During World War II, Roger Hilsman fought in Burma with the legendary Merrill's Marauders until he was machine-gunned. Then, at age twenty-five, he led a battalion of indigenous troops behind Japanese lines. At the war's end, he headed a POW rescue mission to Manchuria, where the prisoners included his own father. Series: Memories of War. Num Pages: 342 pages, maps, 15 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FPC; BG; HBJD; HBJK; HBWQ; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574886917
- ISBN
- 9781574886917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.40
€ 15.99
€ 15.40
Hardcover. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper has some minor edge wear but remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- O'Brien Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- KKD0004177
- ISBN
- 9780862783761
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
The Yankee Comandante. The Untold Story of Courage, Passion, and One A...
Sallah, Michael; Weiss, Mitch
hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; BGH; HBJK; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 30.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780762792870
- ISBN
- 9780762792870
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.97
€ 27.99
€ 22.97
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838739
- ISBN
- 9781843838739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.04
€ 32.99
€ 28.04
Paperback. Diego - a poor boy from a Buenos Aires shanty-town, his genius with a ball took him to the heights of European and World football, and his struggle with the pressures of life inside and outside the game pulled him right back down again. This is the story of Diego Armando Maradona in his own words. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Yellow Jersey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224071901
- ISBN
- 9780224071901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.66
€ 19.99
€ 14.66
Paperback. How important were Sioux authors such as Charles Eastman in the opinion of the writer responsible for Black Elk Speaks? What will be the legacy of modern poetry according to the poet behind The Cycle of the West? This volume offers a glimpse into the social and literary thought of John G. Neihardt. Editor(s): Utecht, Lori Holm. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803283817
- ISBN
- 9780803283817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.80
€ 53.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 291 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 5SL; BG; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Edition
- No Edition Stated
- Number of pages
- 291
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781875559992
- ISBN
- 9781875559992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.54
€ 26.99
€ 18.54
Paperback. Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) is acknowledged as one of the significant and multifaceted composers. This work captures Schoenberg at critical periods of his career: during the first decades of the century, primarily in his native Vienna; from 1926 to 1933, in Berlin; and from 1933 on, in the US. Editor(s): Frisch, Walter. Series: The Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691048611
- ISBN
- 9780691048611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.64
€ 53.99
€ 38.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b/w photos & 4 maps. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 39.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- TouchWood Editions
- Edition
- 1st TouchWood Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894898508
- ISBN
- 9781894898508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.32
€ 27.99
€ 19.32
Paperback. A story of the Bailey family's escape from the gruelling Corbin Glow mines in 1930 to find a better life in Letcher, Kentucky. This account recounts the lives of the mining people whose religion and 'family values' buttressed and sustained them. It is three dimensional account containing humour, but lacking sentimentality. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JJG; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Academy Chicago Publishers United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897335362
- ISBN
- 9780897335362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.71
€ 17.99
€ 16.71
Hardback. Stunning biographical portraits explore the lives of five women--two actresses, two writers, and a painter--who did their best to stand up and cause more trouble than was considered proper in Japanese society. Their lives stretch across a century and a half of explosive cultural and political transformations in Japan. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BG; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113564
- ISBN
- 9780231113564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.01€ 77.50
€ 102.01
€ 77.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 386 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 180 x 29. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594633973
- ISBN
- 9781594633973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.19
€ 16.99
€ 16.19
Hardback. Three questions in 19th-century imperial Africa are covered here - the Krio and the British, the kingdom of Asante and partition of East Africa. Further studies discuss the 20th-century French leaving Africa and the British leaving the Middle East. There is a note on John Hargreaves and his work. Editor(s): Bridges, Roy. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1H; BGH; HBJF1; HBJH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333741139
- ISBN
- 9780333741139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 21.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Lyons Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762780969
- ISBN
- 9780762780969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.63
€ 17.99
€ 15.63