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Biography: general
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€ 14.13
€ 17.99
€ 14.13
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€ 33.20
€ 46.99
€ 33.20
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€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
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€ 16.27
€ 17.99
€ 16.27
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 Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844088935
- ISBN
- 9781844088935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.90
€ 19.99
€ 14.90
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€ 10.61
€ 13.99
€ 10.61
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€ 10.61
€ 13.99
€ 10.61
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
€ 19.99€ 17.88
€ 19.99
€ 17.88
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
€ 16.99€ 15.24
€ 16.99
€ 15.24
Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 316 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1068.
- Publisher
- Wisdom Tree Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788183283557
- ISBN
- 9788183283557
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 30.34
€ 45.99
€ 30.34
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
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
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€ 13.15
€ 17.99
€ 13.15
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lutterworth Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718892241
- ISBN
- 9780718892241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.61
€ 57.61
Paperback. A study of the third president of the United States, this text examines 70 years of letters and private accounts, providing an insight into the contradictions that surround Jefferson. The author recreates the world of the 18th century to demonstrate his subject's position within it. Num Pages: 356 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813917207
- ISBN
- 9780813917207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.23
€ 35.23
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€ 30.19
€ 33.99
€ 30.19
Paperback. Chronicling the drama of Francisca's interrogation and her spirited but ultimately unsuccessful defense, The Inquisition of Francisca - transcribed from more than three hundred folios and published for the first time in any language - will be a valuable resource for both specialists and students of the history and religion of Spain in the. Editor(s): Ahlgren, Gillian T. W. Translator(s): Ahlgren, Gillian T. W. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; BGX; HRAM7; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226142241
- ISBN
- 9780226142241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.27
€ 34.99
€ 27.27
Hardcover. In December 1954, for his part in an arms raid on Omagh army barracks, Dublin man Eamonn Boyce was convicted on three counts of this archaic offence and sentenced at the Belfast Winter Assizes to twelve years' imprisonment. This book provides an account of his prison regime; IRA command structures; education; and relations with fellow prisoners. Editor(s): Bryson, Anna. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, ports., facsims. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 51. Weight in Grams: 920.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843511298
- ISBN
- 9781843511298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.00€ 30.68
€ 40.00
€ 30.68
Paperback. At the age of 28, Piers Morgan was made editor of the "News of the World", the UK's biggest-selling Sunday newspaper. The decade that followed witnessed horrific events like Dunblane, September 11, and the war in Iraq - alongside entertaining sport and celebrity gossip. This book is based on the diaries, which Morgan kept during this period. Num Pages: 496 pages, illustrations, portraits. BIC Classification: BGBA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 124 x 32. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091908492
- ISBN
- 9780091908492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.72
€ 19.99
€ 14.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 179 x 14. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Sentient Publications United States
- Edition
- 1st Sentient Publications Ed
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780971078697
- ISBN
- 9780971078697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.77
€ 26.99
€ 18.77
Hardcover. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGB; KC; KJ; KNTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 37. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- HarperBusiness
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062226761
- ISBN
- 9780062226761
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.90
€ 37.99
€ 31.90
Hardback. This biography of statesman Edmund Burke (1729-1797), covering three decades, is the first to attend to the complexity of Burke's thought as it emerges in both the major writings and private correspondence. David Bromwich reads Burke's career as an imperfect attempt to organize an honorable life in the dense medium he knew politics to be. Num Pages: 474 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; JPA; JPFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 40. Weight in Grams: 874.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674729704
- ISBN
- 9780674729704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.65
€ 47.99
€ 39.65
Paperback. Recounts the kidnapping of the author in Africa aged ten, his service as a slave of an officer in the British Navy for ten years, and his life after he bought his freedom in 1766, growing to become one of the foremost figures of the anti-slavery movement in Britain. This autobiography presents a tale of spiritual quest. Editor(s): Carretta, Vincent. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Rev ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780142437162
- ISBN
- 9780142437162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. The text of Equiano's narrative presented here is that of the 1789 first edition. Editor(s): Sollors, Werner. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 1KBB; BGA; HBJH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 403
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393974942
- ISBN
- 9780393974942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.21
€ 18.99
€ 17.21
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, over 150 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGH; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 840. Story of Hanns Joachim Scharff Master Interrogator of the Luftwaffe. 352 pages, 150ill. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGH; FA. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 28. Weight: 846.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764302619
- ISBN
- 9780764302619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.00
€ 35.99
€ 28.00