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Hardcover. Presents stories about sports persons: sports stars, less-known athletes and relatively unknown physical education teachers and sports scientists. This work presents essays that deal with problems associated with writing sport biographies - how does an author navigate among myths and truths? Editor(s): Christensen, Mette Krogh. Num Pages: 191 pages, tables. BIC Classification: BGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779340848
ISBN
9788779340848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.17

Paperback. During World War I, Georgina Howell worked her way up from spy to army major to become one of the most powerful woman in the British Empire. After the defeat of the Ottoman Empire, she was instrumental in drawing the borders that define the region today, including creating an independent Iraq. This book deals with her life and work. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143107378
ISBN
9780143107378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. For Gertrude Stein and her wife Alice B Toklas, life in Paris was based upon the rue de Fleurus and the Saturday evenings and 'it was like a kaleidoscope slowly turning'. Audacious, sardonic and characteristically self-confident, this title offers a definitive account by an American in Paris. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185361
ISBN
9780141185361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292704428
ISBN
9780292704428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.87

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

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

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

€ 15.99
€ 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

€ 15.99
€ 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

€ 15.99
€ 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

Hardcover.
Publisher
Wisdom Publications,U.S. United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780861713134
ISBN
9780861713134
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.06

Paperback. What my father didn't do in the war. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Lion Hudson
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745968544
ISBN
9780745968544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.48

Hardback. Offering an account on Mother Teresa, this work throws light on this remarkable and influential woman, exploring her childhood, her role in Balkan politics and attitude to the Balkan conflicts of the 1980s and 1990s. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCX7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415392464
ISBN
9780415392464
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.01

Hardcover. Translator(s): Prasse, Karl G. Series: Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Num Pages: 385 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 255 x 176 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
385
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772894171
ISBN
9788772894171
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 46.48

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

Hardback. Chronicles the life and times of Mohammad Reza Shah, who ruled from 1941 to 1979 as the last Iranian monarch. This biography provides a perspective on key events in Iranian history, including the 1979 revolution, US-Iran relations, and Iran's nuclear program. Num Pages: 740 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJP; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 232 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1158. 740 pages, Illustrations. Chronicles the life and times of Mohammad Reza Shah, who ruled from 1941 to 1979 as the last Iranian monarch. This biography provides a perspective on key events in Iranian history, including the 1979 revolution, US-Iran relations, and Iran's nuclear program. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JJP; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW3. Dimension: 164 x 232 x 29. Weight: 1144.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
740
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520253285
ISBN
9780520253285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.37
€ 64.66

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. Seducer, gambler, necromancer, swindler, swashbuckler, poet, self-made gentleman, bon vivant, Giacomo Casanova was a notorious lover of the Western world. This title contains the highlights of Casanova's life: his youth in Venice as a precocious ecclesiastic; his dabbling in the occult; his imprisonment and escape; and his amorous conquests. Editor(s): Pizzamiglio, Gilberto. Translator(s): Sartarelli, Stephen; Hawkes, Sophie. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140439151
ISBN
9780140439151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

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

€ 51.10
€ 47.17

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

€ 51.10
€ 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

Hardcover. Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 198 x 11. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Royal Academy of Arts
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910350348
ISBN
9781910350348
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.95

Hardback. A bird's-eye view of Bill Gibson's 60 years as a cameraman. He photographed the likes of John Kennedy, Winston Churchill and Ronald Reagan. Gibson also gives a few tips, he reveals why you should never open your left eye when covering dangerous assignments and why you don't always need film. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 22 b&w photographs, index. BIC Classification: AJB; APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810838451
ISBN
9780810838451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.61

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