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Paperback. A reportage by one of Britain's most distinguished non-fiction writers that describes what happened when he got access to the file on him kept during his years in East Germany by the Stasi, the infamous secret police. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HP; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 194 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228. 256 pages. A reportage by one of Britain's most distinguished non-fiction writers that describes what happened when he got access to the file on him kept during his years in East Germany by the Stasi, the infamous secret police. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: BG; HP; JKSW1. Dimension: 194 x 130 x 21. Weight: 232.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848870888
ISBN
9781848870888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.09

Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 14 photoraphs. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803290259
ISBN
9780803290259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.82

Hardcover. Num Pages: 514 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: BG; HRCC91; HRCX1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 200 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1010.
Publisher
IVP
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851119830
ISBN
9780851119830
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.85

Paperback. Sir Jackie Stewart is a remarkable individual. He is one of the few men who have had the experience to speak with authority on all aspects of modern Formula One. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8pp b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BGS; WSPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Virgin Books London
Number of pages
336
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KNW0008422
ISBN
9780753509456
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Sir Jackie Stewart is a remarkable individual. He is one of the few men who have had the experience to speak with authority on all aspects of modern Formula One. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8pp b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BGS; WSPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Virgin Books London
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KLN0015103
ISBN
9780753509456
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Translator(s): Garner, Fradley Hamilton. Series Editor(s): Morgenstern, Dan. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 346 pages, 33 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; APB; AVGJ; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 692.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810882096
ISBN
9780810882096
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.79

Paperback. .
Publisher
Austin Macauley Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849637190
ISBN
9781849637190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. Tim Winton's homage to the ocean and his childhood is a magnificent celebration of life at its limits Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main market ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447203094
ISBN
9781447203094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Hardcover. No one is more responsible for Britain's current obsession with celebrity culture than the late, great gossip columnist Nigel Dempster (1941-2007). For a quarter of a century, as the editor of the Daily Mail's diary, he was the man perfectly placed and qualified to record - and accelerate - the end of the age of deference.. Num Pages: 249 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Short Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906021849
ISBN
9781906021849
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: BG; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Short Books, London
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KLN0018096
ISBN
9781904977308
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Hardback. Num Pages: 748 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 292 x 45. Weight in Grams: 2088.
Publisher
New Generation Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785074813
ISBN
9781785074813
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.17

Paperback. In this autobiography, Tim Rice writes about his early years. He describes his public school days, his early love of comics, cricket and women, his first marriage and his partnership with Andrew Lloyd Webber. Num Pages: 464 pages, 4 8-page b/w sections. BIC Classification: AVGM; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 112 x 32. Weight in Grams: 282. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Coronet
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001283
ISBN
9780340654590
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. The shocking, powerful true story of the lives of 7 young kids, marred by guns, gangs and violence on one of Britain's toughest estates. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0007086
ISBN
9780007267064
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The shocking, powerful true story of the lives of 7 young kids, marred by guns, gangs and violence on one of Britain's toughest estates. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0014924
ISBN
9780007267064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Presents the life of a man who became a legend in his own lifetime, whose idealistic vigour and determination were matched only by his political realism and supreme organisational abilities. This book provides an insight on Michael Collins life and work. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJG; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 45. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cornerstone
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9781784753269
ISBN
9781784753269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. How does an Englishman cope when he moves to Italy - not the tourist idyll but the real Italy? This book presents an account of the idiosyncrasies and nuances of Italian culture. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099286950
ISBN
9780099286950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Bedevilled by a crippling condition which nobody could explain or relieve, he confronts hard truths about the relationship between the mind and the body, the hectic modern world and his life as a writer. Teach Us To Sit Still is the visceral, thought-provoking and improbably entertaining story of Tim Parks' quest to overcome ill health. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099548881
ISBN
9780099548881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

paperback. How does an Italian become Italian? Or an Englishman English, for that matter? Are foreigners born, or made? The author focuses on his own young children in the small village near Verona where he lives, building a picture of the contemporary Italian family at school, at home, at work, and at play. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286967
ISBN
9780099286967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. An exploration of the author's parents' lives, his mother's inexplicable suicide in her late fifties and his own bouts of depression. It conjures up the pebble-dashed home of his childhood and the landscape of postwar suburban England. It tells a story of grief, loss and dislocation, yet also of the power of memory and the bonds of family love. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141191485
ISBN
9780141191485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. A biography of the musician and composer Arthur Russell, one of the most important but least known contributors to the downtown New York music scene during the 1970s and 1980s. It traces Russell's odyssey from his hometown of Oskaloosa, Iowa, to countercultural San Francisco, and eventually to New York, where he lived from 1973 until his death. Num Pages: 448 pages, 85 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 638.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344858
ISBN
9780822344858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 31.02

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