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Paperback. Paul Galvin has enjoyed a brilliant and at times controversial career. This book offers a compelling, unflinching account of a career that has fascinated football fans for over a decade. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781848272064
ISBN
9781848272064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. In this autobiographical work, the author remembers his childhood in Warsaw, and especially the "bet din", or Jewish Court, in his father's home on working-class Krochmalna Street. In a world on the brink of modernity, Singer's gentle parents maintain a stubbornly traditional existence. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACY; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099422662
ISBN
9780099422662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.69

Hardcover. Chronicles the life of a young American Catholic priest, Father Leopold Braun, who, as pastor of a small Catholic church near the Lubianka political prison in the heart of Moscow, witnessed Stalin's purges, the Soviet government's campaign against organized religion, and the destruction of World War II. Editor(s): Hamburg, G. M. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16-page gallery. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGX; HBJD; HBLW; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 772.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268021993
ISBN
9780268021993
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGFA; KNTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 291 x 25. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781775540892
ISBN
9781775540892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.28

Paperback. A unique chronicle of an American navy family's life during the Vietnam war years. The book recounts the story of the Stockdale family, including Jim Stockdale's seven years as a prisoner-of-war after his plane was shot down over North Vietnam and his wife Sybil's work negotiating for POW's. Num Pages: 576 pages, 55 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BG; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 39. Weight in Grams: 792.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Edition
Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557507846
ISBN
9781557507846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.86

Paperback. Offers an account of more than five decades of success as a performer, concert promoter, songwriter, music publisher, engineer, and record producer. As witness to and participant in over a half century of music history, this title provides a sophisticated window into American vernacular music. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 352 pages, 37 b&w photographs, discography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGL; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252079818
ISBN
9780252079818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.01

Paperback. The speeches of Nelson Mandela Num Pages: 608 pages, Section: 16, colour. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGHA; JPHL; JPHV; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 145 x 39. Weight in Grams: 500. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KCG0002500
ISBN
9780349117768
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This volume contains the speeches of Nelson Mandela. Num Pages: 608 pages, Section: 16, colour. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGHA; JPHL; JPHV; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 145 x 39. Weight in Grams: 498. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear. MANDELA
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KRF0040840
ISBN
9780349117768
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Covers the years from his childhood in Scotland, where the author's love of climbing was first sparked, through to his development into perhaps the most formidable climber of his generation; his reputation was forged by his successful ascents of familiar peaks by unfamiliar routes (of which the most famous was the Eiger Direct). Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192. 168 pages. Covers the years from his childhood in Scotland, where the author's love of climbing was first sparked, through to his development into perhaps the most formidable climber of his generation; his reputation was forged by his successful ascents of familiar peaks by unfamiliar routes (of which the most famous was the Eiger Direct). Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGS; WSZG. Dimension: 214 x 132 x 16. Weight: 236.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841953915
ISBN
9781841953915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.76

Paperback. Manuel Cortes was a Socialist Party member, an activist in the peasant reform movement and an organizer in the farm workers' unionization struggles. He also became mayor of Malaga, where he was caught up in the ferment of revolutionary Spain in the late 1930s. This title supplements Cortes' ordeal. Num Pages: 256 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPFF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844675968
ISBN
9781844675968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.96

Hardback. Chris Edwards has gone from running a stall in the Wakefield markets to masterminding the UK's cheapest store. In 2015, Chris sold 75 per cent of Poundworld for GBP150million, but he is still in control and determined to drive Poundworld to new heights. This is the truly inspiring story of one man's rise to the very top. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGBA; KJH; KNPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786060266
ISBN
9781786060266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.00

Paperback. This volume is devoted to the smaller and more unusually-shaped works of Carleton E. Watkins, many of which have not been published before. The book also contains an overview of his life, and an edited transcript of a colloquium on his career. Series: In Focus. Num Pages: 144 pages, 55 duotone illustrations. BIC Classification: AGB; AJC; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 192 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892363995
ISBN
9780892363995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages, illus & 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF1; HBTQ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 173 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1010.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845197858
ISBN
9781845197858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.86
€ 52.41

Paperback. In the hell that was World War II, the Eastern Front was its heart of fire and ice. Gottlob Bidermann served in that lethal theatre from 1941 to 1945, and this memoir of those years recaptures his gruelling experiences with an army marching on the road to ruin. Editor(s): Zumbro, Derek S. Translator(s): Zumbro, Derek S. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, 60 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700611225
ISBN
9780700611225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.00

Hardback. Virtually unknown today, Alfred Russel Wallace was the co-discoverer of natural selection with Darwin and an eminent scientist who stood out among his peers as a man of formidable mind and outsized personality. In this biography, Michael Shermer aims to rescue him from the history's sidelines. Num Pages: 448 pages, numerous halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 814.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195148305
ISBN
9780195148305
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.86

Hardcover. Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 196 x 15. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Otago University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877578717
ISBN
9781877578717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.42

Paperback. A vast archive of documents, unread since the sixteenth century, revises the portrait of Spain's best-known king Num Pages: 456 pages, 45 col. illus. & 14 figs. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; BGH; BGR; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 38. Weight in Grams: 644.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300216950
ISBN
9780300216950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.46

Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780800797775
ISBN
9780800797775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8pp Colour Photo Insert. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 241.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345523266
ISBN
9780345523266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KCZ; KFFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Brick Tower Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781883283629
ISBN
9781883283629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.90

Paperback. This paperback edition is updated to include new insights into Holst's life and work resulting from the discovery of important unseen archival materials. Editor(s): Grogan, Christopher. Series: Aldeburgh Studies in Music. Num Pages: 522 pages, 54, 2 colour, 52 black and white. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1182. Series: Aldeburgh Studies in Music. 522 pages, 54, 2 colour, 52 black and white. Editor(s): Grogan, Christopher. This paperback edition is updated to include new insights into Holst's life and work resulting from the discovery of important unseen archival materials. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 35. Weight: 1180.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
522
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843835998
ISBN
9781843835998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.27

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613731109
ISBN
9781613731109
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.94

Paperback. George Best is considered the greatest footballer of our time. Every man envied him and every woman adored him. To mark the 50th anniversary of his debut for Manchester United, this book presents Best at his glorious peak - the precocious goals, the labyrinthine runs, the poise and balletic balance and the body swerves. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: BGS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Windmill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099558583
ISBN
9780099558583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. This extraordinary story is told from the archive documents in the case of Sister Benedetta Carlini, an Abbess who was imprisoned for thirty-five years after being found guilty of a lesbian relationship with another nun. Series: Studies in the History of Sexuality. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Dimension: 203 x 134. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195042252
ISBN
9780195042252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.21

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