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Hardback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 272 pages, 49 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; AVGL; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252040108
ISBN
9780252040108
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.71

Paperback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 304 pages, 49 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; AVGL; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252081590
ISBN
9780252081590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.99

Num Pages: 176 pages, over 200 photos. BIC Classification: BGHA; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 896.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764300455
ISBN
9780764300455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 28.47

Hardback. An enlisted man's story of service in the Army Air Corps from private to master Sgt. Series: Schiffer Military History. Num Pages: 160 pages, over 100 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BG; HBT; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 686.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764306907
ISBN
9780764306907
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.35

paperback. Eric Liddell was Scotland's finest athlete. At the height of his fame he slipped quietly out of the limelight to become a missionary in China, where he later came to an unpleasant end in a Japanese internment camp. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 124 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752443522
ISBN
9780752443522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.55

Hardcover. A Jazz Life and Beyond. 350 pages, throughout the book. Reveals the author's obsessions and motivations that have driven him and the dilemmas of surviving as a top creative musician in an often inhospitable world. This book describes the difficulties that accompanied his brilliant career for many years. It shows his ambitions and achievements in classical composing, and his interests outside music. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGJ; BGFA. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 23. Weight: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Northway Publications
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955090899
ISBN
9780955090899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.97

Paperback. Flying High traces the incredible career of the founder and chairman of JetBlue, David Neeleman, from his teenage ventures and beginnings in the travel industry. , to his short stint at Southwest Airlines and the ultimate launch of JetBlue. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KJM; KNGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471756989
ISBN
9780471756989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.98

hardcover. 150 stunning photographs charting the career of Irish motorbike legend Martin Finnegan. Num Pages: 128 pages, over 100 photographs. BIC Classification: BGS; WSPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 260 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1014.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Colourpoint Creative Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856408427
ISBN
9780856408427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; JPVH1; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583229255
ISBN
9781583229255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.38

Paperback. T S C Cooke joined the RAF as war began in 1939, aged 18, and trained to be a bomber pilot. Rising to the rank of squadron leader and decorated three times, Cooke bombed Berlin on 7 October 1940 in a Whitley Mk V, nearly ditching in the North Sea. This title presents his story. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752480428
ISBN
9780752480428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.60

Hardback. Flyboy 2 provides a panoramic view of the last thirty years of Greg Tate's influential cultural criticism of contemporary Black music, art, literature, film, and politics. These essays, interviews, and reviews cover everything from Miles Davis, Ice Cube, and Suzan Lori Parks to Afro-futurism, Kara Walker, and Amiri Baraka. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; AVGN; BGF; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 25. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361800
ISBN
9780822361800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.33

Paperback. Flyboy 2 provides a panoramic view of the last thirty years of Greg Tate's influential cultural criticism of contemporary Black music, art, literature, film, and politics. These essays, interviews, and reviews cover everything from Miles Davis, Ice Cube, and Suzan Lori Parks to Afro-futurism, Kara Walker, and Amiri Baraka. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; AVGN; BGF; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361961
ISBN
9780822361961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.70

Paperback. Paints a vivid portrait of a woman gloriously out of the step with the conventions of her time. Over the course of a dozen years, Scottish plant collector Isobel Wylie Hutchison (1889-1982) explored northern latitudes from the Lofoten Islands of Norway to the far reaches of the American Aleutians. Series: Women in the West. Num Pages: 282 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1MTN; BG; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803273443
ISBN
9780803273443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, 35 photos. BIC Classification: AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
212
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589880634
ISBN
9781589880634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.33

Hardcover. Contains two early attempted novels, draft sermons, and a lengthy fictional dialogue featuring St Ignatius, founder of the Jesuits, the American evangelical Jacob Abbott, and British agnostic Harriet Martineau (with cameo appearances by Protestant reformer John Calvin and the poet Shelley) against an unnamed 'M.S.'. Editor(s): McDonald, Lynn. Num Pages: 816 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGH; DN; HBTB; HP; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1228.
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Number of pages
794
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889204652
ISBN
9780889204652
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.07

Hardcover. Demonstrates Nightingale's astute use of the political process and report on her correspondence with royalty, viceroys and leaders, including such notables as Queen Victoria and W E Gladstone. This book confirms Nightingale as a significant nineteenth-century scholar and illustrate how she integrated her scholarship with political activism. Editor(s): McDonald, Lynn. Num Pages: 992 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; DN; HBTB; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 167 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1464.
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
Number of pages
1050
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889204713
ISBN
9780889204713
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.94

Hardcover. Florence Nightingale is famous as the 'lady with the lamp' in the Crimean War, 1854-56. This title reports on Nightingale's correspondence from the war hospitals and on the staggering amount of work she did post-war to ensure that the appalling death rate from disease (higher than that from bullets) did not recur. Num Pages: 1096 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: BGH; DN; HBTB; JW; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 63. Weight in Grams: 1630.
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
Number of pages
785
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889204690
ISBN
9780889204690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.94

Hardcover. Relates the founding of Florence Nightingale's school at St Thomas' Hospital and her guidance of its teaching for the rest of her life. This title reveals her evolving views on nursing, and on germ theory. It presents material on the early years of the school. It covers the crisis of its near breakdown in the early 1870s. Editor(s): McDonald, Lynn. Num Pages: 944 pages, illus. BIC Classification: BGH; DN; HBTB; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
935
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889204676
ISBN
9780889204676
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.59

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Number of pages
180
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KNW0010412
ISBN
9781860498169
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KNW0010343
ISBN
9781860498169
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Matthew Flinders was the first to circumnavigate and chart the treacherous Terra Australis coastline - he is the man who put Australia on the map. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2x8pp 4x4c. BIC Classification: BG; DN; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Hachette Australia Australia
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780733637384
ISBN
9780733637384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. A gripping, literary recollection of a pilot's experiences during WWII Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . Good copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0012132
ISBN
9780747578116
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A gripping, literary recollection of a pilot's experiences during WWII Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
9780747578116
ISBN
9780747578116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

paperback. Stresses the author's humanistic philosophy. Editor(s): Rees, William. Translator(s): Rees, William. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classic
Condition
New
SKU
9780141183183
ISBN
9780141183183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

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