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Biography: general
paperback. The unlikely rise and colourful life of a flawed sporting legend one of the architects of the footballing magic that we now associate with Brazil s beautiful game. " Translator(s): Downie, Andrew. Num Pages: 432 pages, 36. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Yellow Jersey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780224064330
- ISBN
- 9780224064330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.29
€ 19.99
€ 15.29
hardcover. Series: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 285 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 240 x 30. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813143798
- ISBN
- 9780813143798
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.90
€ 69.90
Paperback. Like many entrepreneurs, the author had no formal business education. But he had great survival instincts, tenacity, and, above all, a nothing to lose mindset. His middle-class childhood ended abruptly when his abusive father succumbed to drug addiction and abandoned the family. This title offers stories and a road map for entrepreneurial success. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGBA; KJH; KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591845997
- ISBN
- 9781591845997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.88
€ 16.99
€ 14.88
Paperback. Ryan Giggs first played for Manchester United in the season before the Premiership began; back when Bryan Robson was still captain. He took possession of United's left wing and never loosened his grip. This title presents his portrait. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col)., col. ports. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Penguin Group
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241962107
- ISBN
- 9780241962107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
Paperback. Includes bibliographical references and index. Series: The World in a Life. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJG; BGH; HBJF1; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190250010
- ISBN
- 9780190250010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.09
€ 50.09
Hardback. Editor(s): Hanley, Ryan Patrick. Num Pages: 600 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: BGH; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154053
- ISBN
- 9780691154053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 38.86
€ 54.99
€ 38.86
Hardback. In 1798 Robert Morris - "financier of the American Revolution", confidante of George Washington, recent US Senator - plunged from the peaks of wealth and prestige into debtor's prison and public contempt. Setting Morris' tale in the context of the nation's founding, this title focuses on an essential yet nearly forgotten American figure. Series: The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-century Culture & History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 56 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300196047
- ISBN
- 9780300196047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.82
€ 43.99
€ 30.82
Paperback. Documents the author's story, year by year, from his humble beginnings growing up in the East End of London, becoming one of the nation's most talked-about people overnight to finally moving up the spectrum from guilty pleasure, and getting nearer to national treasure. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 271 x 33. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784755218
- ISBN
- 9781784755218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 365.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Kodansha USA
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568363561
- ISBN
- 9781568363561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.88
€ 15.99
€ 14.88
Paperback. In 1975 Kapuscinski flew into Luanda in Angola, to cover the murderous civil war that had broken out after independence. This book is a record of his experiences there, of a city and a country that seemed, for a prolonged period, to have taken leave of the world, to enter a nightmare of anarchy. Translator(s): Brand, William; Mrockowska-Brand, Katarzyna. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1HFMA; BG; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141186788
- ISBN
- 9780141186788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.91
€ 13.99
€ 10.91
Paperback. Creates an account of post-colonial Africa seen at once as a whole and as a location that wholly defies generalised explanations. This book gives a sustained meditation on themosaic of peoples and practices we call 'Africa', and an impassioned attempt to come to terms with humanity itself as it struggles to escape from foreign domination. Translator(s): Glowczewska, Klara. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; BGHA; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140292626
- ISBN
- 9780140292626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.76
€ 14.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. In 1964, renowned reporter Ryszard Kapuscinski was appointed by the Polish Press Agency as its only foreign correspondent. He befriended Che Guevara in Bolivia, Salvador Allende in Chile and Patrice Lumumba in the Congo. This title is Kapuscinski's story, his eyewitness account of the emergence of the Third World. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFG; BGBA; DNJ; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862079595
- ISBN
- 9781862079595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.66
€ 13.99
€ 10.66
Paperback. Editor(s): Norris, Susanna Montgomerie. Num Pages: 256 pages, photos & illus. BIC Classification: BGHA; BJ; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Otago University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877578755
- ISBN
- 9781877578755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.20
€ 26.99
€ 20.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BG; VFV; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 185. Used paperback, in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Mainstream Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KRF0037768
- ISBN
- 9781840189094
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Translator(s): Zavadivker, Polly. Num Pages: 208 pages, 18 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Abridged - Annotated
- SKU
- V9780253020451
- ISBN
- 9780253020451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.14
€ 18.14
Hardcover. Examines the impact of Harry Partch's hobo years from a variety of perspectives, exploring how the composer both engaged and frustrated popular conceptions of the hobo. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 368 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580464956
- ISBN
- 9781580464956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.22€ 68.53
€ 76.22
€ 68.53
paperback. A study of the life and reign of Henry VII. S.B. Chrimes explores the circumstances surrounding Henry's acquisition of the throne, examines the personnel and machinery of government, and surveys the king's social, political and economic policies, law enforcement and foreign strategy. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 390 pages, 42 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300078831
- ISBN
- 9780300078831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.21
€ 29.99
€ 24.21
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590177068
- ISBN
- 9781590177068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.74
€ 18.99
€ 16.74
paperback. Illustrator(s): Steinberg, Saul. Num Pages: 188 pages, black and white throughout. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- DAUNT BOOKS
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781907970573
- ISBN
- 9781907970573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 9.99
€ 16.99
€ 9.99
Paperback. Narrates how two charismatic, exceptionally talented physicists - J Robert Oppenheimer and Hans A Bethe - came to terms with the nuclear weapons they helped to create. This work tells the story of modern physics, the development of atomic weapons, and the Cold War. Series: Princeton Series in Physics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; JWMN; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127859
- ISBN
- 9780691127859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.05
€ 46.99
€ 33.05
Hardback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; BGX; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780271064215
- ISBN
- 9780271064215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.37€ 69.92
€ 84.37
€ 69.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; BGX; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271064222
- ISBN
- 9780271064222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.77
€ 42.99
€ 32.77
Paperback. Born in 1899, Alfred Hitchcock directed 57 films in a fifty year career that spanned the history of the moving image, from the silent era to stereo sound, black-and white to Technicolor, widescreen to television, and from Europe to Hollywood. This book displays the range and breadth of Hitchcock scholarship. Editor(s): Allen, Richard; Gonzales, S. Ishii. Num Pages: 380 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Publisher
- British Film Institute
- Number of pages
- 380
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851707365
- ISBN
- 9780851707365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 40.72
€ 48.99
€ 40.72
Paperback. This series aims to bridge the gap between the standard textbook and specialized monograph. It provides A level and undergraduate students with coverage of major themes in British and European history, from the medieval period to the 20th century. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Longman Pub Group
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780582209114
- ISBN
- 9780582209114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 46.92
€ 48.99
€ 46.92