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Paperback. Since the posthumous publication in 1979 of alleged memoirs by Shostakovich, the controversy about the composer and his music has escalated. This book presents the case for the dissident view, arguing that the meaning of the composer's music cannot be appreciated without a knowledge of the terrible times he lived through under Soviet Communism. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845950644
ISBN
9781845950644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.22

Paperback. This major best-selling memoir of a poverty-stricken childhood in Liverpool is one of the most harrowing but uplifting books you will ever read. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJG; BGA; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008180966
ISBN
9780008180966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.58

Hardcover.
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
1st Edition 1st Printing
Publisher
Bantam Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KNW0009132
ISBN
9780593058237
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781775540991
ISBN
9781775540991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.69

Paperback. Alfred Hitchcock was a strange child. Afraid to leave his bedroom, he would plan great voyages, using railway timetables to plot an exact imaginary route across Europe. So how did this fearful figure become the one of the most respected film directors of the twentieth century? This book answers this question. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099287667
ISBN
9780099287667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 200 x 21. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Arcadia Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905147571
ISBN
9781905147571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. Riveting and candid memoir of life behind the scenes as US Ambassador and Prime Minister's Press Secretary - a Sunday Times bestseller Num Pages: 320 pages, 39. BIC Classification: BGHA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753820919
ISBN
9780753820919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. The biography of the blacksmith's son who rose to be Henry VIII's right-hand man. Num Pages: 352 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445640013
ISBN
9781445640013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8-page black and white plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; BG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Black and White Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845020606
ISBN
9781845020606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.49

Paperback. Michael Palin's bestselling diaries of the 1980s, including the filming of THE MEANING OF LIFE and A FISH CALLED WANDA. Num Pages: 704 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 3JJPN; APB; BGFA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 150 x 43. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780229027
ISBN
9781780229027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.86

Paperback. When Charles Dickens set out for America in 1842 he was the most famous man of his day to travel there - curious about the revolutionary new civilization that had captured the English imagination. Num Pages: 352 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 124 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140436495
ISBN
9780140436495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. The autobiography of convicted felon Noel, Razor, Smith. Razor has shot, slashed and robbed his way into gangland legend. The battle of Morden, the massacre at the White Swan, gun fights in Brixton, beatings by police and rival gangs, Razor tells it all. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGA; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141015798
ISBN
9780141015798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.51

Paperback. Series: Step into Reading. Num Pages: 365 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 5. Weight in Grams: 106.
Publisher
Random House Books for Young Readers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679861669
ISBN
9780679861669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.99
€ 6.93

Paperback. Autobiographical stories from Rebecca Front, the award-winning actor of such shows as THE THICK OF IT and NIGHTY NIGHT. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780226118
ISBN
9781780226118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. An autobiography which presents a story that revolves around the author's mother. It offers an account of living with hardship and poverty as seen through the eyes of a sensitive child and woman. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 109 x 25. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Corgi
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552140935
ISBN
9780552140935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300228847
ISBN
9780300228847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.27

Paperback. One of the most highly acclaimed biographies of 2006 -- now published in paperback Num Pages: 384 pages, 8pp b/w plate section. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
John Murray
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719566059
ISBN
9780719566059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.31

Paperback. A title that involves us so deeply that Austen's final illness and death come almost as a personal tragedy to the reader. It presents Austen as remarkably clever; sensitive, but sentimental; tough, yet observant; guarded; and a woman with the devil of a genius in her. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241963272
ISBN
9780241963272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.17

Paperback. 'Hard to put down - it's so personal and raw.' Sunday Times Magazine Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGXA; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton London
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340943670
ISBN
9780340943670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. A biography that offers a fresh portrait of Anne Boleyn, one of England's most captivating queens. Through a wide-ranging forensic examination of sixteenth-century sources, it reconsiders Boleyn's girlhood, her experience at the French court, the nature of her relationship with Henry, and the authenticity of her evangelical sympathies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 black-&-white illustrations + 8pp section. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300170894
ISBN
9780300170894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.16

Paperback. * A brilliantly written, insightful and entertaining life of the disgraced former leader of the Liberal Party - one of the most colourful characters of post-war British politics Num Pages: 624 pages, Section: 16, b&w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BGH; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349142203
ISBN
9780349142203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.75

Paperback. Martin Freeman is one of Britain's best-loved actors. The Unexpected Adventures of Martin Freeman explores the rise to fame of this unassuming actor from Slough to Middle Earth and beyond. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784183370
ISBN
9781784183370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. A selection of dialogues and letters from one of the most influential masters of Latin prose. This text includes "Consolation to Helvia" written to Seneca's mother to soothe the pain of separation, and the dialogues of "On the Shortness of Life", and "On Tranquility of Mind". Editor(s): Costa, C.D.N. Translator(s): Costa, C.D.N. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140446791
ISBN
9780140446791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. The first major biography of Pope Francis traces the life of this revolutionary thinker from his childhood in Argentina to the world leader he is today. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 37. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781760113483
ISBN
9781760113483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.91

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