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hardcover. From literary journalist Sara Mansfield Taber comes a deep and wondrous memoir of her exotic childhood as the daughter of a covert CIA operative. Born under an Assumed Name portrays the thrilling and confusing life of a girl growing up abroad in a world of secrecy and diplomacy - and the heavy toll it takes on her and her father. Num Pages: 396 pages, 64 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; HBJK; HBTM; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597976985
- ISBN
- 9781597976985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.12
€ 40.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFSJ1; VFJX; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 209 x 26. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Soho Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616957667
- ISBN
- 9781616957667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.49
€ 17.99
€ 17.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Arsenal Pulp Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551526003
- ISBN
- 9781551526003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.05
€ 23.99
€ 18.05
Paperback. Playwright, novelist, polyglot, pianist, trickster Tomson Highway's Henry Kreisel Lecture on the importance of multilingualism. Illustrator(s): Sokaymoh Frederik, Christine. Series: Henry Kreisel Memorial Lecture Series. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 96.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 56
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781772120417
- ISBN
- 9781772120417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.44
€ 13.99
€ 11.44
Paperback. Born into poverty in Ireland in the 1940s, John J. Mahon stands only 4ft 9in tall. He went to sea as a steward on a passenger liner aged 17, and later served in various ships as a donkeyman, greaser and engine-room hand. This is his story. Num Pages: 393 pages, 12 Black & White. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 136 x 30. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 393
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906266196
- ISBN
- 9781906266196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.98
€ 17.98
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408801062
- ISBN
- 9781408801062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.59
€ 11.99
€ 10.59
paperback. A uniquely personal exploration of the origins of international law, centring on the Nuremberg Trials, the city of Lviv and a secret family history Num Pages: 496 pages, 80 B&W, integrated. BIC Classification: BM; HBTZ; HBWQ; JWXK; LBBR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. . Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0021878
- ISBN
- 9781474601917
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. A father-and-son love story set against epic backdrops and overlooked places Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; BM; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 23.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762771561
- ISBN
- 9780762771561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.09
€ 19.99
€ 17.09
Paperback. Martin Preib is an officer in the Chicago Police Department - a beat cop whose first assignment as a rookie policeman was working on the wagon that picks up the dead. Inspired by Preib's daily life on the job, this title chronicles the outer and inner lives of both a Chicago cop and the city itself. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; BM; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226679822
- ISBN
- 9780226679822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.82
€ 21.99
€ 18.82
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803238312
- ISBN
- 9780803238312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.12
€ 20.99
€ 20.12
Hardback. A three-part memoir from Jean Govoni Salvadore. Num Pages: 160 pages, 75 Colour, 32 B&W. BIC Classification: 1DST; BM; KNSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Glitterati Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780982379929
- ISBN
- 9780982379929
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.60
€ 31.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Series: American Lives. 168 pages, 2 illustrations. Blending narrative and quizzes, memory and numerology, and imagined interviews and conversations with dead presidents on TV, the book dizzily documents the disorienting experience of growing up in a postmodern world. It shows how the major events in the author's early life shaped the way he sees events both global and personal today. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; BM. Dimension: 214 x 144 x 10. Weight: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803229822
- ISBN
- 9780803229822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.13
€ 17.13
Paperback. Knowing next to nothing about fishing, Rosemary McGuire signed on to the crew of the Arctic Storm in Homer, Alaska, looking for money and experience. Cold, hard work and starkly sexist harassment were what she found. Here is her story of life on a fishing boat as the only woman crew member. Series: River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; BM; KNAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826358028
- ISBN
- 9780826358028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.55
€ 20.99
€ 20.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BM; WSZC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Beaufort Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780825307454
- ISBN
- 9780825307454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.22
€ 17.22
Hardcover. Through frank discussions of sex and intimacy, the author explores the consequence of sexual violence on love and relationships, and she illustrates the steep personal cost of sexual violence and the obstacles faced by individual survivors in its aftermath. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFE2; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 50 x 80 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226073705
- ISBN
- 9780226073705
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.75
€ 23.99
€ 19.75
Paperback. A New York Times bestseller: the story of a young woman's struggle with multiple sclerosis and a healer's unusual prescription to renew her energy for life Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VSPM; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780738214306
- ISBN
- 9780738214306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.91
€ 18.99
€ 13.91
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BTC; VFDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- SelectBooks
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590792698
- ISBN
- 9781590792698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.77
€ 26.99
€ 24.77
hardcover. Num Pages: 319 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BM; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780875804415
- ISBN
- 9780875804415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.01
€ 40.01
Hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JMP; VFJB; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 501.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Seal Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580055840
- ISBN
- 9781580055840
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 26.84
€ 38.99
€ 26.84
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 198 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BM; RBC; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691630663
- ISBN
- 9780691630663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.03
€ 124.03
Paperback. The Experiences of a German Infantry Officer. 128 pages, map. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWLF. Dimension: 147 x 230 x 10. Weight: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907677045
- ISBN
- 9781907677045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.71
€ 26.99
€ 19.71
Hardcover. From Rhondda heroes chasing the American dream to rioters staking a claim in their society In the Frame is a powerful alternative history of twentieth-century South Wales, offered from the personal viewpoint of cultural historian Dai Smith. Num Pages: 300 pages, full colour section. BIC Classification: 1DBKWS; 3JJ; 3JMC; BM; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 141 x 35. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906998226
- ISBN
- 9781906998226
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.27
€ 33.27
Paperback. A moving and enchanting memoir told from within one of America's great Hollywood dynasties by the daughter of two famous men - John Huston and John Julius Norwich Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408803066
- ISBN
- 9781408803066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.97
€ 11.99
€ 9.97
Hardcover. A powerful and heartbreaking portrait of the bond between two sisters, in life and beyond death Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BM; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 223 x 33. Weight in Grams: 388. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Dustwrapper has some minor shelf wear, otherwise as new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KCG0000906
- ISBN
- 9781782119975
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99