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Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16-page b&w insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 717.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The Lyons Press Connecticut
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592289424
ISBN
9781592289424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.97

Hardcover. A biography of Sebastian Walker (1942-91), who founded the internationally acclaimed publishing house Walker Books. Num Pages: 186 pages, Illustrations, ports., facsims. BIC Classification: BGB; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
Walker Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
186
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780744544237
ISBN
9780744544237
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. In 1977, Rubenstein, an avid golfer, travelled to Dornoch in the Highlands. He sought to uncover an authentic sense of self and turned to a place where golf was purest. The experience had a profound effect on him. Twenty-three years later, in 2000, he returned to Dornoch to spend an entire summer. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; BGS; WSJG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Mainstream Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840187052
ISBN
9781840187052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.85

paperback. Recovers one woman's compelling history through a modern-day family's adventures into realms of ultimately timeless experiences Series: American Lives. Num Pages: 328 pages, 14 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803236387
ISBN
9780803236387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.79

Hardcover. An exploration of the fascinating poetry, life, and world of Sappho, including a complete translation of all her poems. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; BGL; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393242232
ISBN
9780393242232
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 848 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 45. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571225002
ISBN
9780571225002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.04

Hardcover. Features a biography of the Romanian-born French philosopher E M Cioran that focuses on his formative years as a mystical revolutionary attracted to right-wing nationalist politics in interwar Romania, his writings of this period, and his self-imposed exile to France in 1937. Editor(s): Johnston, Kenneth R. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 b&w photos, 1 maps. BIC Classification: BG; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 252 x 26. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253352675
ISBN
9780253352675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.97

Paperback. One of only five Britons to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France, the author burst onto the cycling scene as the rawest pure talent this country has ever seen. This title tells the story of a remarkable career told from the perspective of a man who is immersed in the history of the sport he loves. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552169301
ISBN
9780552169301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. A fascinating "oral history" of the actor-director, with countless interviews with family, friends and colleagues and the ex-Mr Madonna himself. Num Pages: 512 pages, 75 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 33. Weight in Grams: 407.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
SKU
KIN0004630
ISBN
9780571215492
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.44

Hardcover. Presents a study of the work of Sean O Dalaigh/John O'Daly, the great 19th-century scribe; compiler and collector of manuscripts, editor, anthologist; and, founder of societies for the publication of Gaelic literature. This text includes an analysis of his sources, manuscript compilations, printed editions and connections in the literary world. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cork University Press
Edition
Chead Choiriu ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859184073
ISBN
9781859184073
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.00

Paperback. This biography rescues from obscurity those in the Irish revolutionary movement who, like Sean McLoughlin, not only envisaged, but fought for, an Ireland very different to the impoverished capitalist neo-colony that would come into being after 1922. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; 3JJG; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The Merlin Press Ltd.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850367058
ISBN
9780850367058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.49

Paperback. An accessible biography about Sean MacDiarmada, a leader in the 1916 Rising. Book six in the '16 Lives' series. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 352 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, 1 biography, 1 index, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The O'Brien Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781847172631
ISBN
9781847172631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.85

Paperback. This biography follows Heuston's life, from his birth in Dublin, to his time as a railway clerk in Limerick. Finally it outlines his move back to Dublin, his joining The Volunteers, the Easter Rising, his imprisonment and execution. Series Editor(s): Collins, Lorcan. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The O'Brien Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781847172686
ISBN
9781847172686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. Sean Connery's personification of secret agent James Bond invigorated Britain and its cinema, allowing a cash-strapped, morale-sapped country in decline to fancy itself still a player on the world stage. This title is both a biography of a star and an investigation of what can happen to a man when the images he creates take over his life. Num Pages: 368 pages, ports. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571238088
ISBN
9780571238088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. BIC Classification: BGHA; BGXA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9781414368740
ISBN
9781414368740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.45

Paperback. At the age of 10, Rowena Farre left the security of her parents' home in India and was sent to live with her aunt on a lonely croft in the wild and remote Highlands of Scotland. This autobiography offers insight into the private affectation of the raw Scottish Highlands on an unassuming young girl who made friendships with a talented seal. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; BGA; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Birlinn General United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841586908
ISBN
9781841586908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.34

Paperback. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be given your own remote islands? Thirty years ago it happened to Adam Nicolson. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKSHL; BG; WQH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006532019
ISBN
9780006532019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1 x 8 page colour plate. BIC Classification: BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408843307
ISBN
9781408843307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.37

Paperback. A new edition of Arthur Koestler's gripping tale of arrest, imprisonment, and subsequent escape to London from Nazi-occupied France. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907871491
ISBN
9780907871491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 x 16 page color insert. BIC Classification: BGSA; KNTJ; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 27. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620405079
ISBN
9781620405079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.68

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