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Paperback. The classic story of one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary families - an extensively updated new edition. Num Pages: 688 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BG; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 45. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753818039
- ISBN
- 9780753818039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. A portrait of the remarkable, elusive Rothschild family. It uncovers the secrets behind the family's phenomenal economic success. It also reveals the details of the family's vast political network, which gave it access to and influence over many of the greatest statesmen of the age. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; BGH; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140240849
- ISBN
- 9780140240849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.43
€ 30.99
€ 20.43
paperback. From Crimea to World War II, wars repeatedly threatened the stability of Rothschilds' worldwide empire. Despite these many global upheavals, theirs remained the biggest bank in the world up until the First World War, their interests extending far beyond the realm of finance. This book tells the history of the legendary Rothschild banking dynasty. Num Pages: 576 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BGB; KFFK; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140286625
- ISBN
- 9780140286625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.91
€ 32.99
€ 27.91
Paperback. A heartfelt celebration of the vanished world of his grandfather's intellectual passions. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Halban Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905559640
- ISBN
- 9781905559640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.02
€ 19.99
€ 16.02
paperback. Designed as a text for the second half of the US history survey course, this title is a collection of the best biographical essays from several volumes of "Human Tradition in America". Editor(s): Calhoun, Charles W. Series: The Human Tradition in America. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842051293
- ISBN
- 9780842051293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.62
€ 70.62
Paperback. Donovan's autobiography charts his life from a post-war, Glaswegian childhood to the height of an international career as one of the leading figures of the 1960's music scene. It offers insights into his music and poetry, and the way in which destiny was to play a hand by re-uniting him with the lost love of his life through a chance meeting. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: AVG; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099487036
- ISBN
- 9780099487036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Chronicles the remarkable story of the Huston family, which boasts three Oscar winners, from Walter to John to Angelica, with particular attention to the rich career and tumultous personal life of director/actor John Huston (1906-1987). Num Pages: 872 pages, 61 B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; BGF; BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 64. Weight in Grams: 944.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629142371
- ISBN
- 9781629142371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.52
€ 22.52
Paperback. 1.5 million Polish civilians - arbitrarily arrested by Stalin as enemies of the people following the Soviet invasion of Poland in September 1939 - were deported to slave labor camps throughout the most inhospitable forests and steppes of the Soviet Union. This title presents a story of young Stefan Waydenfeld and his family. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BG; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Publisher
- Aquila Polonica
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607720034
- ISBN
- 9781607720034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.75
€ 29.99
€ 27.75
Hardback. Biographies quote Toni Morrison's birth name as Chloe Anthony Wofford. The author uses the theme of names and naming in her fiction to explore Morrison's own struggle to construct a useable identity as an African American woman novelist. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; BG; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312234027
- ISBN
- 9780312234027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.61
€ 66.61
Hardback. To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 254 pages, Plans transparencies :Includes index. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810812529
- ISBN
- 9780810812529
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.31
€ 97.31
Paperback. Presents a portrait of the writers and wrestlers who played a mentor role in John Irving's development as a novelist, a wrestler and a wrestling coach. This book also gives a picture of a father's dedication to his children. It also details the interrelationship of the disciplines of writing and wrestling. Num Pages: 160 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552996808
- ISBN
- 9780552996808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691629032
- ISBN
- 9780691629032
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.97
€ 133.97
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691604664
- ISBN
- 9780691604664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.92
€ 46.99
€ 33.92
Paperback. Hannah Shah is an Imam's daughter. She lived the life of a Muslim but, for many years, her father abused her in the cellar of their home. At 16, she discovered a plan to send her to Pakistan for an arranged marriage, and she ran away. Hunted by her angry father and brothers, she had to keep moving house to escape them. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846041488
- ISBN
- 9781846041488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. A window onto the lives of the Romantic poets through the re-creation of one legendary night in 1817. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGL; DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393353068
- ISBN
- 9780393353068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Paperback. Exploring Eliot's poetry, drama and essays in relation to his life in America and England, and to four quite different women who offer clues to his guarded character, this book sees his life and work as reciprocal parts of one design, the search for faith. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- Little Brown
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844088935
- ISBN
- 9781844088935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
Paperback. If I had not kissed anyone, or danced with anyone, or had a reason to cry, the music made me feel as if I had gone through all that anyway. This book tells the story of the adventures that music leads us into: getting drunk, falling in love, dying of boredom, cutting our hair, terrifying our parents, wanting to change the world. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 169.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571332274
- ISBN
- 9780571332274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783781164
- ISBN
- 9781783781164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. 8 September 2016 will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the debut of the world's most successful science fiction television series: Star Trek. In this new biography Lance Parkin, author of Aurum's acclaimed Magic Words: The Extraordinary Life of Alan Moore, will go in search of the show's creator, Gene Roddenberry. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: APT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Aurum Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781314470
- ISBN
- 9781781314470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.86
€ 21.99
€ 18.86
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Hatherleigh Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578264711
- ISBN
- 9781578264711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.10
€ 17.99
€ 16.10
Paperback. * du Maurier uses a novelist's skill to portray this 'unknown' Bronte Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844080755
- ISBN
- 9781844080755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Paperback. Sean O'Callaghan is the former head of the IRA's Southern Command, and one of the most senior figures to defect from its ranks. At considerable risk to himself, he has done more than any individual to unlock the code of silence that governs the IRA's members. This is his story. Num Pages: 496 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1DBR; BGA; JKV; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 109 x 32. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552146074
- ISBN
- 9780552146074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lutterworth Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718892241
- ISBN
- 9780718892241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.47
€ 61.47
Paperback. Born of Euro-Indian heritage and due to inherit a principality in Northern India, Dyce Sombre was raised by a Muslim courtesan, served as an MP in London and wandered Europe as he fought insanity charges brought by his English wife. This book recovers Sombre's story and the echoes of his case for modern conceptions of race, privilege and empire. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849040006
- ISBN
- 9781849040006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.03
€ 33.99
€ 31.03