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Paperback. Introduces readers to medieval life through the experience of Peter Abelard, the master of the Paris schools, whose career included, seducing Heloise, being castrated, accused of treason, condemned as a heretic, as well as writing his memoirs - his "story of calamities". Num Pages: 432 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3H; BGH; HBJD; HBLC; HPCB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631214441
ISBN
9780631214441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; VXPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 17 x 137 x 197. Weight in Grams: 176. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hodder Headline Ireland Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of pages
256
SKU
KTG0010781
ISBN
9780340993149
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 7.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Aims to discover the historical King Arthur, his Camelot and his final resting place. This book uncovers vital evidence for Arthur's historical existence, revealing the truth behind the romance, and the Grail and Excalibur legends. A medieval manuscript in Oxford's Bodleian Library finally identifies King Arthur's burial site: the real Avalo. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; BGH; HBJD1; HBLA; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 0. Weight in Grams: 180. Good copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Arrow London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0010152
ISBN
9780099296812
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. A reference book on the life and works of the influential impressionist artist, Pierre-Auguste Renoir. It includes an exploration of the artist's personal life, education, artistic influences and historical context at a time when the Impressonist style was still developing. It also features a gallery of Renoir's work in 300 pictures. Num Pages: 256 pages, 500 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 300 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1648. An Illustrated Exploration of the Artist, His Life and Context, with a Gallery of 300 of His Greatest Works. 256 pages, 500 colour illustrations. A reference book on the life and works of the influential impressionist artist, Pierre-Auguste Renoir. It includes an exploration of the artist's personal life, education, artistic influences and historical context at a time when the Impressonist style was still developing. It also features a gallery of Renoir's work in 300 pictures. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC; AGB; BGF. Dimension: 237 x 300 x 27. Weight: 1648.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Anness
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754823476
ISBN
9780754823476
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. In this sequel to Catherine Cookson's collection of essays and poems, "Let Me Make Myself Plain", she offers a further selection of thoughts, recollections and observations on life - and death - together with more of the poems she prefers to describe as "prose on short lines". Num Pages: 336 pages, 8pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 107 x 24. Weight in Grams: 200. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0010071
ISBN
9780552143844
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. The remarkable life story of the legendary singer, from impoverished Iowa farm boy to superstardom. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 334. Good copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
W&N
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0010066
ISBN
9780753826577
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. The legend of Pope Joan - the woman who, dressed as a man, headed the Catholic church in the early 9th century - has always been a subject of fascinated speculation. This book attempts to reveal what can be known about this legend, using secret histories, medieval carvings and tarot cards. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BG; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KKD0009972
ISBN
9780749320676
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

paperback. Best known for his provocative take on cultural issues in The Intellectuals and the Masses and What Good Are the Arts?, the author describes the events that formed him - an escape from the London blitz to an idyllic rural village, army service in Egypt, an open scholarship to Oxford and an academic career that saw him elected. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGLA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 522. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Main
Number of pages
384
SKU
KKD0009969
ISBN
9780571310920
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. An In Cold Blood for our time, a chilling, compulsive story of a writer unwittingly caught in the wake of a grifter-turned-murderer. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; BG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Publication date
2014
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
SKU
KSS0008460
ISBN
9781472119353
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. At the outset of his career Ted Hughes described letter-writing as 'excellent training for conversation with the world', and he was to become a prolific master of this art which combines writing and talking. This title documents the course of a life at once resolutely private but intensely attuned to other lives. Editor(s): Reid, Christopher. Num Pages: 784 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571221394
ISBN
9780571221394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 4.18

Paperback. The second volume of the autobiography of Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Num Pages: 400 pages, 28 b/w plates (12pp). BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780006388890
ISBN
9780006388890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. Spanning 1979-1987, this title charts the author's arrival at Cambridge up to his thirtieth birthday. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 143 x 31. Weight in Grams: 370. Clean copy with some shelf wear with minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
KSS0008355
ISBN
9780141039800
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Outlines S. Num Pages: 128 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 148 x 8. Weight in Grams: 180. Series: Outlines S. 128 pages, b&w photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Dimension: 184 x 148 x 8. Weight: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Absolute Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781899791736
ISBN
9781899791736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 540 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 31. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931859400
ISBN
9781931859400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.30

Paperback. Writing with grace, wit, and remarkable candor, actress Claire Bloom looks back at her crowded life: her accomplishments on stage and screen; her romantic liaisons with some of the great leading men of our era; and at "the most important relationship" of her life--her marriage to author Philip Roth. of photos. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Little Brown Hardbacks (a & C)
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089444
ISBN
9781844089444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.42

Paperback. * The inspirational autobiography of Shirley Williams - a good and much-loved politician - out now in paperback Num Pages: 432 pages, Section: 32, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844084753
ISBN
9781844084753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.31

Paperback. Vibrant and candid memoirs of the late, great British character actor, Pete Postlethwaite. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Edition
1st
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780220031
ISBN
9781780220031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. A heart-warming story of a London couple making a new life in Italy, a lonely dog and a house that's brought back to life. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BM; VSW; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444708301
ISBN
9781444708301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. This is life on the road with James Blunt, with the backdrop story being the 'All the Lost Souls' tour, including photos never seen before Num Pages: 384 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755319954
ISBN
9780755319954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. Legendary trainer of Red Rum tells his remarkable life story in his own inimitable style Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w, 1 x 8pp colour photos. BIC Classification: BGS; WSNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Headline
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755313730
ISBN
9780755313730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

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