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Paperback. Werner Heisenberg's task was to build an atomic bomb for Nazi Germany. What precisely did Heisenberg know about the physics of the atomic bomb? How deep was his loyalty to the German government during the Third Reich? Assuming that he had been able to build a bomb, would he have been willing? This book answers these questions. Num Pages: 372 pages, 1 black-and-white photograph, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BG; HBJD; HBLW; HBT; JWMN; PDX; PHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
372
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520229266
ISBN
9780520229266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.38

Hardcover. A memoir by Paul Lendvai, a Hungarian Jew who was arrested by the Nazis as a teenager. He became a communist activist in post-war Budapest, was imprisoned by the communists, and fled to Vienna after the 1956 Revolution. He became a leading journalist and commentator on eastern Europe. Num Pages: 256 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BG; HBJD; HBLW3; JPFC; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st English Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860642685
ISBN
9781860642685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 54.35

Hardback. Luther Lee was one of the founders of Wesleyan Methodism, a 19th-century reformer and an ordained minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. This volume explores his life, politics and theology. One of the author's particular foci is the extent to which Lee impacted the antislavery movement. Series: Studies in Evangelicalism. Num Pages: 296 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBWJ; HRCC2; HRCC95. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810837102
ISBN
9780810837102
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.82

Paperback. First substantial overview of the life and career of Pharrell Williams, the foremost producer of the modern era, and performer in his own right. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: AVGQ; AVGR; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 177 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Omnibus Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783057894
ISBN
9781783057894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 60 colour illus. plus maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Bauhan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872332249
ISBN
9780872332249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JJ; 3JM; BGR; HBJF; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 43. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300228304
ISBN
9780300228304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.59

Hardback. Stephen Crane's short, compact life--"a life of fire," he called it--is surrounded by myths, distortions, and fabrications. Paul Sorrentino has sifted through garbled chronologies and contradictory eyewitness accounts, scoured the archives, and followed in Crane's footsteps. The result is the most accurate account of the poet and novelist to date. Num Pages: 452 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 36. Weight in Grams: 938.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674049536
ISBN
9780674049536
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.79

Paperback. Series: Presidential Wives. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560729303
ISBN
9781560729303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.68

Hardcover. Series: Presidential Wives. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
114
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560729372
ISBN
9781560729372
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.67
€ 56.87

Hardback. Paul Macnamara was managing editor of Cosmopolitan, a publicist, a writer, and a television producer. Between 1945 and 1949 he was director of advertising and publicity for legendary film producer David O. Selznick. His reminiscences include the making of a number of Selznick features, such as Duel in the Sun and Portrait of Jennie. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 207 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APFB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810826946
ISBN
9780810826946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.56

Paperback. This is the authoritative biography of writer, poet, and beat generation icon Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), whose novel On the Road catapulted him to the forefront of the literary world and influenced budding writers for generations to come. Num Pages: 584 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589793668
ISBN
9781589793668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BG; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
The Alpha Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781898595229
ISBN
9781898595229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1MBF; BGA; BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 334.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Liberties Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9781907593420
ISBN
9781907593420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.56

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
New Africa Books (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780864866844
ISBN
9780864866844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.65

Hardback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473860087
ISBN
9781473860087
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.42

Paperback. Paul McGrath is Ireland's best loved sportsman and also its least understood. But, behind the implied glamour of life in the employ of great English clubs like Manchester United and Aston Villa, McGrath wrestled with a range of destructive emotions that made his success in the game little short of miraculous. This is his story. Num Pages: 432 pages, 40 colour photos. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 29. Weight in Grams: 248.
Edition
Revised ed.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099499558
ISBN
9780099499558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Taking on a journey since his working-class Fulham childhood, the author talks about school days, his run-ins with the nuns and other pupils; his disastrous first confession; his meatpacking job; taking acid; leaving home to live in bedsit; his early brushes with the opposite sex, and more. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 126 x 30. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091949341
ISBN
9780091949341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. A memoir about growing up gay in America. From the 1950s through the rebellious 1960s to the self-creating 1970s, the author describes his life, and how he repressed his true sexuality until the day he met the man he feared he'd never meet. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349105499
ISBN
9780349105499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.68

Paperback. Translator(s): Cameron, Professor Euan. Series: Pushkin Blues. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: AKB; AKTH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782273677
ISBN
9781782273677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: BGA; HBJD1; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408834015
ISBN
9781408834015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.29

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