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Paperback. Takes you on the author's musical odyssey from being awkward 80s suburban pop geek to 90s jet-set Britpop goddess. In this book, with her band Sleeper, she goes from doing gigs in toilets to gigs in stadiums, and on to the big interviews, constant touring and endless excess via Top of the Pops. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: APB; AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091936525
ISBN
9780091936525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.17

Paperback. Helps you discover how the author is committed to build a better world through responsible, holistic business practices and ventures such as the Virgin Health Bank, which is contributing to regenerative medicine, Virgin Fuels, which has pledged GBP200 million to renewable energy projects, and his company's charitable arm, Virgin Unite. Num Pages: 608 pages, 2 x 16pp b 2 x 16pp colour. BIC Classification: BGBA; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 41. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Virgin Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
9780753519554
ISBN
9780753519554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. 'Nothing makes me happier than talking about depression. Packed with stories, humour and a bit of the serious stuff, I will literally write the book on how it feels to be told "Cheer up, Love"' Susan Calman Num Pages: 272 pages, B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: BGFA; BM; MMJ; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Paperback
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473632042
ISBN
9781473632042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. In 1929, Yorkshire lass Rosina Harrison became personal maid to Lady Astor: the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat and wife of one of England's wealthiest lords. Lady Astor was brilliant yet tempestuous, but outspoken Rose gave as good as she got. This book tells Rose's relationship with Lady Astor. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091943516
ISBN
9780091943516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publisher
Chicago Review Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613747667
ISBN
9781613747667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.10

Paperback. Translator(s): Bush, Peter. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 656.
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590176719
ISBN
9781590176719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 20.57

Paperback. From acclaimed Royal Family biographer Penny Junor comes an authoritative look at the life of Britain's Prince Harry Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 x 8pg colour insets. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; BGR; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444777956
ISBN
9781444777956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. At the end of a steep gravel road in one of the remotest corners of South Africa's Eastern Cape lies the village of Ithanga. Home to a few hundred villagers, the majority of them unemployed, it is inconceivably poor. This title explores the lives of a community caught up in a battle to survive the ravages of the plague, the African AIDS epidemic. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing London
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099524199
ISBN
9780099524199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.41

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 100 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 240 x 25. Weight in Grams: 742.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750961844
ISBN
9780750961844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.46

Hardback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 34 color + 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1DVC; 3H; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 252 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1176.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300209723
ISBN
9780300209723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.29

Paperback. Gives an introduction to Norbert Elias' work that is not part of the "Collected Works of Norbert Elias". Num Pages: 352 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BG; JH. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Univ College Dublin Pr Dublin
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621205
ISBN
9781900621205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Edward Casey, an Irish Cockney from Canning Town, was no war hero. Yet his account of four years of war service with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers provides an interesting chronicle of personal insecurities, Irish unrest and military tourism. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGA; HBJD1; HBLW; JWF; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859181881
ISBN
9781859181881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.64

Paperback. A chronicle of one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers, Charlemagne. It describes his personal life, details his achievements in reviving learning and the arts, recounts his military successes and depicts one of the defining moments in European history: Charlemagne's coronation as emperor in Rome on Christmas Day 800 AD. Translator(s): Ganz, David. Num Pages: 160 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3F; BGH; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140455052
ISBN
9780140455052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 251 x 14. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750962698
ISBN
9780750962698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.25

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGF; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
Chicago Review Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613730386
ISBN
9781613730386
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700615841
ISBN
9780700615841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.34

Paperback. A autobiography in which the anonymous writer intersperses personal reflections, anecdotes and lyrical poems with accounts of her travels and descriptions of the Japanese countryside. She illuminates her pilgrimages to temples and mystical dreams in exquisite prose, describing a journey that can be read as a metaphor for life itself. Translator(s): Morris, Ivan. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations, maps, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2AFS; BG; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140442823
ISBN
9780140442823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. Bill Clinton is both a product and a manipulator of the communications media, and this biography looks inside the tactics and the representations that both the President and his wife have adopted to sway opinion in their favour. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; BGH; JFD; JPQ; JPVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 198 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270. Good copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
SKU
KHN0001880
ISBN
9780099360018
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. This biography explores the life and work of Denis Johnston, barrister, theatre director, film-maker, pioneering television producer, war correspondent, essayist and celebrated playwright. Bernard Adams brings light to the extraordinary secret life of a complex, self-doubting individual. Num Pages: 320 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BGF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 234 x 44. Weight in Grams: 736.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781901866674
ISBN
9781901866674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.00
€ 25.25

Paperback. Her personal life riven by passion, illness and intrigue, Queen Anne presided over some of the most momentous events in British history. Like Antonia Fraser's life of Marie Antoinette or Amanda Foreman's 'The Duchess', 'Queen Anne' is historical biography at its best. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; BGR; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 456.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007203765
ISBN
9780007203765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.76

Paperback. Stresses the author's humanistic philosophy. Editor(s): Rees, William. Translator(s): Rees, William. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183183
ISBN
9780141183183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. Studs Terkel was an American icon who had no use for America's cult of celebrity. He was a leftist who valued human beings over political dogma. In scores of books and thousands of radio and television broadcasts, Studs paid attention - and respect - to "ordinary" human beings of all classes and colours Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JMC; APW; BGF; JP; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 274 x 18. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583675939
ISBN
9781583675939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.30

Paperback. This is the real Jason McAteer: a little bit bruised, a little bit battered. But still fighting. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGSA; WSBT; WSBX; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 268 x 33. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473636064
ISBN
9781473636064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.43

Paperback. An unforgettable depiction of the Roman empire at the height of its power and reach, and an elegantly sensational retelling of the lives and times of the 'twelve Caesars'. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 199 x 29. Weight in Grams: 372. 400 pages, Illustrations. An unforgettable depiction of the Roman empire at the height of its power and reach, and an elegantly sensational retelling of the lives and times of the 'twelve Caesars'. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBLA1. Dimension: 154 x 199 x 29. Weight: 374.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848876859
ISBN
9781848876859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.91

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