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Paperback. A wonderfully honest and beautifully-written memoir from one of the most intriguing football managers of the last 25 years. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472211491
ISBN
9781472211491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 300ill.(some col.). BIC Classification: BG; HPDF; HRK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1034.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Himalayan Institute Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780893891497
ISBN
9780893891497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 39.77

Paperback. Illuminating the life of Simon Cowell and delving into backstage scandal, tabloid rumour and the cut-throat worlds of music and television, this book presents a detailed insider's account of entertainment mogul Simon Cowell's rise to meteoric fame and all of the controversial highs and lows along the way. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 200 x 31. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571278374
ISBN
9780571278374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. One morning Mel Toews put on his coat and hat and walked out of town, prepared to die. A loving husband and father, faithful member of the Mennonite church, and immensely popular schoolteacher, he was a pillar of his close-knit community. Yet after a lifetime of struggle, he could no longer face the darkness of manic depression. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 193.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571278695
ISBN
9780571278695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. Chronicles a significant period in American cultural history and race relations, as it glorifies the popularized home of the Lindy Hop, and the birthplace of such memorable dance fads as the Big Apple, Shag, Truckin', Peckin', Susie Q, Charleston, Peabody, Black Bottom, Cake Walk, Boogie Woogie, Shimmy, and tap dancing. Editor(s): Jensen, Evette. Num Pages: 261 pages, 52 b&w illustrations, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ASD; ASZH; AVGJ; BGF; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566398497
ISBN
9781566398497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.10

Paperback. BIC Classification: BGH; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781554982
ISBN
9781781554982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.88

paperback. This text is a biography of the American military historical figure Oliver Otis Howard. It looks at his career as a distinguished army officer in two wars, and his philanthropical work as the founder of two universities, and the promoting of African-American education with the Freedman's Bureau. Series: The North's Civil War. Num Pages: 379 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BG; HBJK; HBLL; HBT; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
379
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823219889
ISBN
9780823219889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.83

paperback. An accessible but comprehensive political biography of the extraordinary feminist, socialist and anti-racist campaigner, Sylvia Pankhurst. Num Pages: 176 pages, notes, references, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGH; JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745315188
ISBN
9780745315188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 27.05

Paperback. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
194
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403916532
ISBN
9781403916532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Series: Association of the United States Army Foreign Military Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; 1HFMS; 3JJP; BGH; JPSH; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 169 x 30. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813146959
ISBN
9780813146959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.37

Paperback. .
Publisher
PENGUIN BOOKS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241964439
ISBN
9780241964439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.91

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hatherleigh Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781578264698
ISBN
9781578264698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.21

Paperback. A biography of the last Ranee of Sarawak, born into the aristocracy as Sylvia Brett in 1885 and destined to become 'Queen of the Headhunters'. Num Pages: 384 pages, 85, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMNX; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co London
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753823811
ISBN
9780753823811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.92

Hardcover. Series: Opuscula Graecolatina S. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
204
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772896755
ISBN
9788772896755
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.40
€ 46.95

Paperback. A biography of Soren Kierkegaard, it potrays him as a man whose writings came to control him. It explores the events and relationships that formed Kierkegaard including his guilt-ridden relationship with his father, his rivalry with his brother, and his tortured relationship with his fiancee Regine Olsen. Translator(s): Kirmmse, Bruce H. Num Pages: 896 pages, 32 halftones. 3 maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1246.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
896
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691127880
ISBN
9780691127880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.95

Paperback. This study of a man whose character and achievements have been much debated is based on a review of virtually every published and unpublished English source in British and US libraries and archives, including the important archive of Lawrence's letters and papers in the Bodleian Library. Num Pages: 280 pages, photographs, illustrations, map, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 177 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786413072
ISBN
9780786413072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; BM; HRCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Zondervan United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310341222
ISBN
9780310341222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.71

Hardcover. In Tables in the Wilderness, Preston Yancey, a conservative, active Christian, goes on a journey that many readers have also taken: the change from a secure faith into an overturned life. In the process Preston finds that God speaks in the wilderness, in understandings that are bigger than answers about God's will, and even in the silences between Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGXA; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Zondervan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310338826
ISBN
9780310338826
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.28

Paperback. When Bridget Harrison arrived in Manhattan to work for America's most famous tabloid, the New York Post, she was in at the deep end from day one. Dispatched by day to cover murders and muggings in the roughest corners of New York, by night she began to write a column about her search for love in a dating shark tank. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BG; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 300. Some minor shelf wear, but remains very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Corgi
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KTJ0007434
ISBN
9780552153713
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Steiner's (1909-52) classic study Taboo and three other essays, on superstition, enslavement and the early Hebrew lineage system, and Chagga law and truth comprise the first of two volumes collecting the work of the Prague-born social and cultural anthropologist who ended his brief career at Oxford. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: Bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BG; JFC; JFSR1; JHBT; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571817112
ISBN
9781571817112
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.19

Paperback. 'If it is possible to be as dedicated, gifted, modest and influential as England's fly-half, then sport really is a place where inspiration can be found' Daily Mail Num Pages: 352 pages, 8pp colour photos. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 292.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Headline
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755318452
ISBN
9780755318452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Charlie Oatway was born into a family who were often in prison and always on the wrong side of the law. Unable to learn his lessons in school, Charlie was soon involved in petty crime and it seemed his life would follow that of his dad and uncles. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: BGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 197 x 8. Weight in Grams: 88. 8vo.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Quick Reads edition
Publisher
Corgi Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KEX0296461
ISBN
9780552161787
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Born in Listowel, County Kerry, Tadhg Kennelly is the son of a Kerry football star and grew up playing GAA both for local and county teams. He debuted for the Sydney Swans in 2001 and went on to become one of their star players. In 2005 he won an AFL Premiership medal with the Swans, the first Irishman to do so. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 468. 8vo .Illustrated. First edition.The Gaelic Athletic Association is an Irish amateur sporting and cultural organisation.It promotes traditional Irish sports including hurling ,gaelic football camogie and handball.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The Mercier Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0307919
ISBN
9781856356398
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. How a gambling addiction brought a City high-flier to a shuddering halt, but led him to discover his real self. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8pp col plate section. BIC Classification: BG; JFFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Lion Hudson
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745956473
ISBN
9780745956473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.49

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