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paperback. This biography of George IV, king between 1820 and 1830, provides a reassessment of the monarch's character, reputation and achievement. E.A. Smith does not minimize the king's faults but focuses on the positive qualities of his achievement in politics and in the patronage of the arts. Series: The English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300088021
ISBN
9780300088021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 30.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 957.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Edition
1st Naval Institute Press Pbk
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591145806
ISBN
9781591145806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.92

Paperback. Presents an account of the vitality and bravery of the Marines in the battles at Peleliu and Okinawa. Presenting a chronicle of action and courage, this memoir features the experience of the author in the South Pacific during World War II. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QSPS; BGH; HBJM; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Presidio Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780891419068
ISBN
9780891419068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.96

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871401502
ISBN
9780871401502
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 114 x 11. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
PM Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604865219
ISBN
9781604865219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.06

Hardcover. Num Pages: 158 pages, over 100 color/bw images. BIC Classification: BGH; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764339516
ISBN
9780764339516
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 27.47

Paperback. Series: Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in History. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 18.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762778546
ISBN
9780762778546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.83

Hardback. Documents the literary friendship between the English novelist EM Forster and the Greek-Alexandrian poet CP Cavafy. This book includes extant letters, the earliest published Cavafy translations, facsimiles of Cavafy's authorial revisions, poems by EM Forster, archival photographs, and related letters. Editor(s): Jeffreys, Peter. Num Pages: 176 pages, 10 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774162572
ISBN
9789774162572
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.57

paperback. Edward Lynch enlisted when he was just 18 - one of thousands of fresh-faced men who were waved off by the crowds as they embarked for France. It was 1916 and the majority had no idea of the reality of the Somme trenches. Private Lynch was one of those who survived. Written from the perspective of an ordinary 'Tommy', this book tells his story. Editor(s): Davies, Will. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16pp B & W photos, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; BGHA; HBJD; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bantam
Condition
New
SKU
9780553819137
ISBN
9780553819137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Paul is the most powerful human personality in the history of the Church. A missionary, theologian, and religious genius, in his epistles he laid the foundations on which later Christian theology was built. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 176 pages, halftones and drawings. BIC Classification: BGH; HRCC1; HRCG; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 113 x 10. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
5.8.2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192854513
ISBN
9780192854513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 848 pages. BIC Classification: ACVN; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1018. Romantic to Revolutionary. 848 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACVN; AGB; BGF. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 52. Weight: 1014.
Publisher
Merlin Press
Number of pages
848
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850366808
ISBN
9780850366808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.81

Paperback. A biography of the historical figure of Jesus. It studies the relationship between Judaism and Christianity, distinguishing the certain from the improbable, and assessing the historical and religious context of Christ's time. It discusses the spread of Christianity. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HRCA; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140144994
ISBN
9780140144994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.62

Hardcover. Max Esser, a native of Cologne, Germany, played a leading role in the establishment of large-scale cocoa and other plantations in the early stages of Germany's colonial adventures in Cameroon. The main body of this work consists of translated selections of Esser's book An der Westknste Afrikas that Editor(s): Chilver, E.M.; Roschenthaler, Ute. Num Pages: 2 maps, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFJA; 3JH; BGH; HBJH; HBLL; JHMC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 232 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571819888
ISBN
9781571819888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.57

Paperback. Presents an account of a season at a professional football club. The author charts the progress of Millwall during a season that begins with high hopes and ends with him on the transfer list. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140102901
ISBN
9780140102901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.02

Hardcover. In December 1954, for his part in an arms raid on Omagh army barracks, Dublin man Eamonn Boyce was convicted on three counts of this archaic offence and sentenced at the Belfast Winter Assizes to twelve years' imprisonment. This book provides an account of his prison regime; IRA command structures; education; and relations with fellow prisoners. Editor(s): Bryson, Anna. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, ports., facsims. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 51. Weight in Grams: 920.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The Lilliput Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843511298
ISBN
9781843511298
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.00
€ 30.68

Publisher
United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812241853
ISBN
9780812241853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.33

Paperback. Currently an elected hereditary peer in the House of Lords, Robert Washington Shirley, the 13th Earl Ferrers, served in five British governments under Prime Ministers from Harold MacMillan to John Major. In this book he recalls his long and varied political career as he relates the events that have shaped his life. Num Pages: 272 pages, ill. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0012784
ISBN
9781849542913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Currently an elected hereditary peer in the House of Lords, Robert Washington Shirley, the 13th Earl Ferrers, served in five British governments under Prime Ministers from Harold MacMillan to John Major. In this book he recalls his long and varied political career as he relates the events that have shaped his life. Num Pages: 272 pages, ill. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0012822
ISBN
9781849542913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. A summary and analysis of the Supreme Court's impact on American law and government during the tenureship of Warren Burger. Earl M. Maltz contends that in many areas of constitutional law the Burger Court produced the most liberal jurisprudence in history. Series: Chief Justices of the United States Supreme Court. Num Pages: 350 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BG; HBJK; HBLW3; LNAA; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570033353
ISBN
9781570033353
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.63

Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Triumph Books United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600788529
ISBN
9781600788529
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.79

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Condition
New
SKU
V9780374534912
ISBN
9780374534912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.80

Paperback. Beginning with her breakthrough alongside husband Sonny Bono in the '60s, it takes in the high highs-and low lows-of the '70s, the big-screen success of the '80s, and global superstardom in the '90s, and continues right up to her comeback alongside Christina Aguilera in Burlesque. Num Pages: 272 pages, Black and White Photo Insert. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 645. All I Really Want to Do. 272 pages, Black and White Photo Insert. Beginning with her breakthrough alongside husband Sonny Bono in the '60s, it takes in the high highs-and low lows-of the '70s, the big-screen success of the '80s, and global superstardom in the '90s, and continues right up to her comeback alongside Christina Aguilera in Burlesque. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Dimension: 215 x 153 x 25. Weight: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Backbeat Books
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781617134524
ISBN
9781617134524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.59

Paperback. The authoritative biography of Bonhoeffer -- theologian, Christian, man for his times. Num Pages: 1048 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BG; HRCC9; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 65. Weight in Grams: 1756.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Fortress Press
Edition
Rev Sub
Condition
New
SKU
V9780800628444
ISBN
9780800628444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.53
€ 69.15

Hardcover. Num Pages: 416 pages, over 670 b/w and color photographs, line drawings. BIC Classification: BG; TRP; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 286 x 39. Weight in Grams: 2584.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764307270
ISBN
9780764307270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.33
€ 41.89

Paperback. For five years, Echo Fling accompanied her son Jimmy to doctors, medical specialists, learning consultants and psychologists. Aged ten, Jimmy was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome. This is the book that Echo needed when she first set out to have Jimmy diagnosed, and it will enable parents and teachers to understand and help other children with AS. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JMC; VFD; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853027116
ISBN
9781853027116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.11

Paperback. On the night of 7 May 2015, Ed Balls thought there was a chance he would wake up the next morning as the new Chancellor of the Exchequer. Instead, he woke up without a job. Twenty-one years earlier he had left a promising career in journalism to work for Labour in opposition. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JM; BGHA; JPFF; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784755935
ISBN
9781784755935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
UNSW Press Australia
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781742233154
ISBN
9781742233154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.74

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Vertebrate Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906148980
ISBN
9781906148980
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.23

Paperback. This introductory guide to Walt Whitman weaves together the writer's life with an examination of his works. ? An innovative introductory guide to Walt Whitman. ? Weaves together the writer's life with an examination of his works. ? Focuses especially on Whitman's evolving masterpiece Leaves of Grass. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405118187
ISBN
9781405118187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.22

Hardcover. Jackie Robinson, Branch Rickey, and the hidden hand of God that changed history Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGS; HRCV9; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718088804
ISBN
9780718088804
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAL; 3D; BGX; HBJF1; HBLA; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 200 x 11. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750961240
ISBN
9780750961240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.15

Paperback. Based on unprecedented access to private correspondence, unpublished manuscripts and attuned to a musically inclined poet's skill in close listening, Who Can Afford to Improvise? retraces the full arc of James Baldwin's passage across the pages and stages of his career amplifying our sense of his contemporary relevance. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823276837
ISBN
9780823276837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.33

Hardback. Biography of actress Sharon Tate, wife of director Roman Polanski, who was murdered by the Manson cult forty years ago. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 pages b/w photos. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306818899
ISBN
9780306818899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 20.03

hardcover. Ed Walsh, son of a Cork butcher, was a young man in a hurry when he returned to Ireland in 1970 to set up an institute of education when Limerick wanted a university. This inspiring, frank and often funny memoir, by a passionate educational leader, vividly describes the making of the first new university established in the Republic of Ireland. Num Pages: 240 pages, Photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BG; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 990. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ with some minor wear but remains good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The Collins Press
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTJ8039102
ISBN
9781848891234
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Irish Academic Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
9780716531708
ISBN
9780716531708
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.00
€ 47.23

Paperback. Birmingham would definitely not be the place that it is today, without Eddie Fewtrell. Born one of ten children in the 1930s, in the backstreets of Aston, much of Eddie's childhood was spent keeping house and caring for his younger brothers. By the 1970s he became the most powerful man in Birmingham's Clubland. Num Pages: 328 pages, 106 b/w & colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 173 x 24. Weight in Grams: 596. The Eddie Fewtrell Story. 328 pages, 106 b/w & colour illustrations. Birmingham would definitely not be the place that it is today, without Eddie Fewtrell. Born one of ten children in the 1930s, in the backstreets of Aston, much of Eddie's childhood was spent keeping house and caring for his younger brothers. By the 1970s he became the most powerful man in Birmingham's Clubland. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGA. Dimension: 239 x 173 x 24. Weight: 610.
Publisher
Brewin Books
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781858584065
ISBN
9781858584065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 133 x 56. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Rep Mti
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812988536
ISBN
9780812988536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812983357
ISBN
9780812983357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.55

CD-Audio. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ASZB; BGA; BGFA; BM; DN; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
CD
Publication date
2017
Edition
Unabridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405932455
ISBN
9781405932455
CD
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.85

paperback. The hugely entertaining, and extremely candid, autobiography of one of the most colourful characters in motor sport Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: BGSA; WSPC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Orion
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752893174
ISBN
9780752893174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.74

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