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Autobiography: general

Paperback. Life for the Gervase Phinn is about to become not unlike the rambling hills of the Dales themselves - up and down and all over the place. After a routine school inspection - and a rather brutal report - culminates with a teacher being forced into early retirement, Gervase is left feeling his year hasn't exactly begun on the right foot. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGA; JNKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
Edition
First Penguin Edition
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141011318
ISBN
9780141011318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Paperback. Bestselling author Gervase Phinn writes with warmth and wit on the pleasures and pains of growing older. Num Pages: 288 pages, Black and white drawings throughout. BIC Classification: BGA; JN; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444705409
ISBN
9781444705409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. 'Miss, who's that funny man at the back of the classroom? So begins school-inspector Gervase Phinn's second year among the frankly spoken pupils and teachers of North Yorkshire - the sight of Gervase with his notebook and pen provokes unexpected reactions from the children and adults alike. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGA; JNKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140281293
ISBN
9780140281293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

Paperback. Awkward teachers, pompous school governors and fearsome lollipop ladies occasionally make the author's hectic job as a school inspector more than difficult. But, for him, the main challenge remains the frankly spoken children. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGA; JNKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141027678
ISBN
9780141027678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

Paperback. Gervase Phinn thinks he's heard just about everything in his two years as a school inspector, but a surprising enquiry from an angelic six-year-old reminds him never to take children for granted. His marriage to Christine Bentley, finding somewhere idyllic to live in the Yorkshire Dales, and chance of a promotion. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGA; JNKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin
Edition
UK ed.
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141005225
ISBN
9780141005225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

paperback. As the newly appointed County Inspector of Schools in North Yorkshire, the author reveals in this warm and humorous account, the experiences of his first year in the job - and what an education it was! He quickly learns that he must slow his pace and appreciate the beautiful countryside. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGA; JNKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Previous owner's inscription on half title page.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of pages
288
SKU
KTG0012799
ISBN
9780140275421
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 8.99
€ 4.99

paperback. Relates the author's childhood in Palestine, the flight to Britain after the catastrophe of 1948, and coming of age in the coffee-bars of Golders Green, the middle-class Jewish quarter in North London. Num Pages: 452 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJP; BGA; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Verso Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781844673681
ISBN
9781844673681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.44

Hardcover. Num Pages: 1512 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 132 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1064.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152906
ISBN
9781857152906
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.84

Paperback. Trask's award-winning translation now appears in paperback for the first time. Translator(s): Trask, Willard R. Num Pages: 728 pages, 32, 32 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 126 x 203 x 45. Weight in Grams: 738.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
728
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
n edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801856624
ISBN
9780801856624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.88
€ 47.37

Paperback. In Rome he charms the Pope; in Naples, he nearly marries a young woman as licentious as he is himself, but she turns out to be his daughter. Translator(s): Trask, Willard R. Num Pages: 704 pages, 32, 32 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 130 x 44. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801856655
ISBN
9780801856655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.88
€ 47.15

Paperback. This double volume is the final part of Venetian Casanova's memoirs, translated from the French between 1966 and 1971. His rich and varied life is recalled in an unabridged work which also includes notes on the social, biographical and geographical background of its genesis. Translator(s): Trask, Willard R. Num Pages: 858 pages, 32, 32 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 129 x 56. Weight in Grams: 874.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
864
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801856679
ISBN
9780801856679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.51

Paperback. Translator(s): Fisch, Max Harold; Bergin, Thomas Goddard. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1ill. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1963
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801490880
ISBN
9780801490880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.97

Paperback. Prev. title: Leading from the center, c2008. Num Pages: 360 pages, ill. BIC Classification: BGA; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
Second Edition with a new Afterword
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700618835
ISBN
9780700618835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: APB; BGA; BGFA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553446685
ISBN
9780553446685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.12

Hardcover. Num Pages: 156 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9781614708759
ISBN
9781614708759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.67
€ 83.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 232 x 20. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906075897
ISBN
9781906075897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.61

Paperback. The bestselling follow-up to Humble Pie, now in paperback. When he was struggling to get his first restaurant in the black, Gordon Ramsay never imagined he'd be famous for a TV show about how to run profitable eateries, or that he'd be head of a business empire. But he is and he did. Here's how. Num Pages: 304 pages, col. Illustrations, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: BGA; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007259885
ISBN
9780007259885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.63

Paperback. Tells you how to: recognize psychic abilities in children and remember your own psychic childhood experiences; understand the difference between psychic awareness and tuning in to the spirit world; develop your ability to hear messages from spirit; and, learn the difference between your imagination and a true message. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VXP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 332. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Hay House UK Ltd
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
KRS0019903
ISBN
9781848500006
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The world's most popular medium answers your spiritual questions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VXP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444790863
ISBN
9781444790863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. This is a memoir of the first 40 years of Gore Vidal's life, ranging back and forth across a rich history. He describes his difficult family, talented friends and interesting enemies with a cast that includes Tennessee Williams, the Kennedys, Jack Kerouac and Norman Mailer. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 149 x 32. Weight in Grams: 378.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349108001
ISBN
9780349108001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Recalls the author's schooldays and Oxford, adolescent encounters with psychoanalysis and Russian roulette, his marriage and conversion to Catholicism, and how he rashly resigned from "The Times" when his first novel, "The Man Within" was published in 1929. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
VINTAGE (RAND) London
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099282570
ISBN
9780099282570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Traces the experiences and encounters of the author's life. This title recalls his time in the British Secret Service in Africa, and his brief involvement in Hollywood. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099282594
ISBN
9780099282594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.84

Paperback. Features a recollection of the experience of growing up in the slums of Nechells and Aston. This book features the author remembering all the harshness of daily life. Num Pages: 128 pages, 50 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; BGA; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 166 x 9. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
118
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750949651
ISBN
9780750949651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.53

hardcover. Editor(s): Buttigieg, Joseph A. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 608 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: BGA; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1180.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780231060820
ISBN
9780231060820
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.12
€ 79.64

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