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Paperback. Classic account of the life of an extraordinary woman and an undervalued artist. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780878881
- ISBN
- 9781780878881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. In June 2000 Peter Houghton, a counselor in palliative care, was weeks from death due to cardiomyopathy. Then he was offered the chance to participate in a clinical trial. Six months later he was not only still alive, but planning a long distance walk for charity and writing this book about his experiences. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JHBZ; MBDC; MBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843100201
- ISBN
- 9781843100201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.82
€ 38.82
Paperback. At the age of 14, Lynsey Calderwood suffered a traumatic brain injury that left her physically unmarked but destroyed her memory. Thrust back into an apparently nonsensical world of which she had no recollection; Lynsey spiralled downwards into depression and eating disorders as she became socially ostracized. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843100652
- ISBN
- 9781843100652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Paperback. Jeanette Purkis spent her early life reacting violently against feelings of embarrassment, anger and confusion about her 'difference' from other people. She was unaware until adulthood that this could be a result of having Asperger Syndrome. Jeanette's remarkable life and her journey towards finding a different kind of normal is inspiring reading. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; MJNA; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843104162
- ISBN
- 9781843104162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
Paperback. Will's anxieties and obsessions can dominate daily life, making a trip to the grocery store seem like a walk across a minefield. But amidst these unpredictable "flip-outs" there are moments of wonder. Kelly Harland's stories explore her son's life to the age of 14, and the unexpected universe she and her husband must learn to navigate with him. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1 photograph. BIC Classification: BG; MJNA; VFD; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843108696
- ISBN
- 9781843108696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.18
€ 31.18
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Pallas Athene Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 40
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843680758
- ISBN
- 9781843680758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.22
€ 18.99
€ 16.22
Paperback. * Celia Robertson tells the heartfelt and moving story of her grandmother's fascinating journey from published Bloomsbury poet to bag lady through diary extracts, journals and correspondence with Virginia and Leonard Woolf Num Pages: 320 pages, 8pp of b/w. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844081882
- ISBN
- 9781844081882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.31
€ 11.99
€ 10.31
Paperback. Told in the distinctive and memorable voices of working class women, this is a first-hand account of working lives at the turn of the last century. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 125 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844088010
- ISBN
- 9781844088010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. A hilarious account of a thirty-something trying to get her life on track Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJ; VS; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848540118
- ISBN
- 9781848540118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Paperback. The world changes when you lose somebody you love.. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- V9781848545694
- ISBN
- 9781848545694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. The highly acclaimed memoir of growing up with Dylan Thomas Editor(s): Campomar, Andreas. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 188. 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. In 1949, after years of nomadic existence, Aeronwy Thomas and her family arrived at the Boat House in Laugharne, a small village on the Welsh coast. Here her father, the poet Dylan Thomas and mother, Caitlin, hoped to find peace, a place to settle and work. This book contains a portrait of growing up and an insight into Dylan Thomas' poetry. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGLA; BM; DSC. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849013642
- ISBN
- 9781849013642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849161862
- ISBN
- 9781849161862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849165013
- ISBN
- 9781849165013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. This book serves as an introduction to Newman's Anglican years, as a man and as a Christian, revealed through a selection of his prose. Series: Fyfield Books. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HRCC91. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781857545456
- ISBN
- 9781857545456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.05
€ 21.99
€ 20.05
Paperback. * A brilliant and revealing new biography of the renowned - and controversial - poet Edith Sitwell, out now in paperback Num Pages: 544 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 36. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Virago
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860499685
- ISBN
- 9781860499685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
Paperback. The year is 1941 and World War II is still in its relative infancy. But for air gunner Sergeant Jack Newton his involvement in the action he wants so badly, comes soon enough - on his first bombing raid over Germany. He was married to 23-year-old girl leader of the Comete Line, whose name is Andree de Jongh. Code name - Dedee. This is their story. Num Pages: 192 pages, 39. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781862274280
- ISBN
- 9781862274280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.65
€ 17.99
€ 16.65
Paperback. Third reprint of memoirs that have not ceased to fascinate since the first edition. Winner of H.H. Wingate Prize for Non-Fiction, 1987 Num Pages: 273 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1FBH; 1FBP; BGHA; JFSR1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Peter Halban Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781870015691
- ISBN
- 9781870015691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.35
€ 6.35
Paperback. 18th century literary salon hostess Lively debauched youth, would even shock modern society Witty correspondence with key thinkers of the time: Voltaire and Horace Walpole Translator(s): Waugh, Teresa. Num Pages: 488 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 36. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Peter Halban Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781870015790
- ISBN
- 9781870015790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.71
€ 16.99
€ 12.71
Hardcover. Major 20th Century artist, fellow of Royal Academy, contemporary of Freud, Bacon and Auerbach Num Pages: 320 pages, 58. BIC Classification: AGB; BG; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1027.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Peter Halban Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781870015813
- ISBN
- 9781870015813
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.07
€ 33.99
€ 23.07
Hardback. Latest in the top-selling Racing Post celebration series - AP McCoy, Frankel, Sea The Stars and Kauto Star - telling racing history in the present tense. Editor(s): Scott, Brough. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Raceform Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910498309
- ISBN
- 9781910498309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.27
€ 26.99
€ 22.27
Paperback. An illuminating account of Wang Jianlin and Wanda - one of China's leading entrepreneurs whose presence is now felt all around the world. Series: China's Leading Entrepreneurs and Enterprises. Num Pages: 256 pages, approx. 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGB; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- LID Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911498278
- ISBN
- 9781911498278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.92
€ 13.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. On 8 June 1924, George Leigh Mallory and Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine were last seen climbing towards the summit of Everest. In 1999, Conrad Anker found the body of Mallory on Mount Everest. This title assesses the clues provided by the body, its position, and the possibility that Mallory had successfully climbed the Second Step, a 90-foot sheer cliff. Num Pages: 208 pages, b&w plates. BIC Classification: 1FKN; BGH; RGR; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Robinson Publishing
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841192116
- ISBN
- 9781841192116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. A special commemorative edition of the bestselling autobiography of one of football's all-time greats Num Pages: 352 pages, 16pp colour and 8pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Headline
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755314300
- ISBN
- 9780755314300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. The inside story of the one of the most successful British stand-up comedians, as told by the person best qualified to reveal all about the man behind the comic, his wife of over 20 years - Pamela Stephenson. Num Pages: 432 pages, (2x16pp colour plates). BIC Classification: AS; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st. Edition : 1st. Printing
- SKU
- KLN0018611
- ISBN
- 9780007110926
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99