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Biography: general

hardcover. Using the Spinelli family archive, this text paints a picture of the Florentine merchant family's ascent to prominence in the 14th and 15th centuries. Focusing on Tommaso Spinelli, arts patronage, papal finance and silk and wool manufacturing is glimpsed through letters and financial ledgers. Num Pages: 440 pages, 10 colour & 130 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; AB; ACK; ACND; BGH; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 285 x 228 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1728.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780271019246
ISBN
9780271019246
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.27
€ 106.32

Paperback. 'This is the most gripping book I've read in ages .. It is beautifully written, fascinating, disturbing and often very funny.' Roddy Doyle Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007148110
ISBN
9780007148110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrated in full colour. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; BG; HBTB; JFC; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Primavera Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955789205
ISBN
9780955789205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.68

Paperback. Dermot charts his story through the songs that were playing at each key moment as life unfolded. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 Plates. BIC Classification: APT; AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444790214
ISBN
9781444790214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. An insider's account of day-to-day life inside a Tibetan monastery, this text reveals to Western audiences the details of monastic education. Georges B.J. Dreyfus weaves together autobiographical reflections with a historical overview of Tibetan Buddhism and insights into its teachings. Num Pages: 460 pages, 14 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BG; HREX; HRLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
460
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520232600
ISBN
9780520232600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.56

Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: APW; BGSA; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781742370828
ISBN
9781742370828
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.67

Paperback. * After the international success of HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS & ALIENATE PEOPLE Toby Young returns with another hilarious memoir about social and professional failure Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New edition
SKU
KST0007074
ISBN
9780349118529
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 22. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Bantam
Condition
New
SKU
9780553816464
ISBN
9780553816464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Series: Arkana S. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BG; VXWM; VXWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
6th Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140193664
ISBN
9780140193664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 60 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AVGH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 444. A Journey in Irish Music. 288 pages, 60 b&w photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AVGH; BGF. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 22. Weight: 444.
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
illustrated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843510635
ISBN
9781843510635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.00
€ 17.10

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGF; BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 159. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0013577
ISBN
9780008232627
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. BIC Classification: BGF. Dimension: 234 x 153. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0015353
ISBN
9780008232665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. BIC Classification: BGF. Dimension: 234 x 153. Weight in Grams: 270. Some light shelf wear else as new.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
SKU
KTG0013951
ISBN
9780008232665
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGF; BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 159. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0013322
ISBN
9780008232627
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BG; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 286 x 25. Weight in Grams: 786.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1975
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401018692
ISBN
9789401018692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 152.03

Hardback. .
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750969789
ISBN
9780750969789
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.53

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
€ 11.76

Paperback. Presents an account of the author's childhood in Czernowitz, Ukraine. This title portrays a twilit world suspended between the dying ways of an imperial past and the terrors of the twentieth century. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192734
ISBN
9780141192734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. It began with an unsigned email: "I am a senior member of the intelligence community". What followed was the most spectacular intelligence breach ever, brought about by one man, Edward Snowden. This is the inside story of Snowden's deeds and the journalists who faced down pressure from the US and UK governments to break a remarkable scoop. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 137 x 24. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Guardian Faber Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783350377
ISBN
9781783350377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Prize 2008 Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; KFFM; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 56. Weight in Grams: 574. Warren Buffett and the Business of Life. 832 pages. THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Prize 2008. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGB; KFFM; KJ. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 56. Weight: 596.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
832
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747596493
ISBN
9780747596493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.45

Paperback. The final volume of the trilogy that began with "The Smoking Diaries", this diary reflects Simon Gray's determination to give up smoking. Num Pages: 312 pages, ill. BIC Classification: BGL; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847080721
ISBN
9781847080721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.27

Paperback. When he turned sixty-five, the playwright Simon Gray began to keep a diary: not a careful honing of the day's events with a view to posterity but an account of his thoughts as he had them, honestly, turbulently, digressively expressed. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847080554
ISBN
9781847080554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.27

Paperback. When he turned sixty-five, the playwright Simon Gray began to keep a diary: not a careful honing of the day's events with a view to posterity but an account of his thoughts as he had them, honestly, turbulently, digressively expressed. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847080547
ISBN
9781847080547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.27

Paperback. When the author was 15 she moved to a new school and fell for an older pupil, Daniel. She was thrilled when one afternoon he asked if he could drive her home. But this simple decision would hold her captive as a sex slave for two long years. This book tells her story. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFE1; JFFE2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099588139
ISBN
9780099588139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

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