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Biography: general
Paperback. Philip Larkin met Monica Jones at University College Leicester in autumn 1946, when they were both twenty-four; he was the newly-appointed assistant librarian and she was an English lecturer. This title consists of nearly two thousand letters, which chronicle various aspects of Larkin's life and the convolutions of their relationship. Editor(s): Thwaite, Anthony. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571239108
- ISBN
- 9780571239108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.47
€ 25.99
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Paperback. We all know the system isn't working. Our governments are corrupt and the opposing parties pointlessly similar. In this book, the author lacerates the straw men and paper tigers of our conformist times and presents, with the help of experts, a vision for a fairer, sexier society that's fun and inclusive. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099594932
- ISBN
- 9780099594932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.38
€ 13.99
€ 10.38
Paperback. This translation makes entries from a courtier journal accessible to English readers for the first time. The finished work provides startling insights into the Heian court led by Tadahira during the 930s and 940s. NB: This book reads from right to left. Editor(s): Piggott, Joan R; Yoshida, Sanae. Series: Cornell East Asia. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Cornell University East Asia Program United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933947402
- ISBN
- 9781933947402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. The bestselling, devastating account of three sisters torn apart, abused and exploited at the hands of a community that robbed them of their childhood. It reveals three lives, separate but entwined, that have experienced unspeakable horror, unrelenting loyalty and unforgettable courage. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 294. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New Ed
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KEX0245351
- ISBN
- 9780007248070
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Air-route development in Africa was a result of Sir Alan Cobham's 1929 flight through and round Africa in a flying-boat. Lady Cobham accompanied her husband throughout the journey. This work features Sir Alan Cobham's account of his journey. First published in 1930, it is illustrated with over 50 photographs from the trip, from the family archive. Num Pages: 192 pages, 55. BIC Classification: BGA; TRPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752441818
- ISBN
- 9780752441818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.45
€ 19.99
€ 18.45
Paperback. A biography of the British singer songwriter who died aged twenty six, having made three albums, all now recognised as classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, facsimiles, portrait. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747535034
- ISBN
- 9780747535034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.82
€ 19.99
€ 14.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, Integrated: 20, int b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMD; 3JJH; BGHA; BJ; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844088119
- ISBN
- 9781844088119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Hardcover. Shedding new light on Mandate Palestine and the Jewish experience in Soviet Moscow, this book reveals the remarkable story of a woman living through some of the most pivotal events of twentieth-century history. Editor(s): Arielli, Nir. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 bw in 8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1FBP; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJF1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 29. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784530808
- ISBN
- 9781784530808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.21€ 54.65
€ 59.21
€ 54.65
Paperback. Derek Paravicini is blind, can't tell his right hand from his left and needs round-the-clock care. But he has an extremely rare gift - he is a musical prodigy with perfect pitch whose piano-playing has thrilled audiences at venues from Ronnie Scott's to Las Vegas, the Barbican to Buckingham Palace. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 304 pages, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: AVH; AVRG; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099513582
- ISBN
- 9780099513582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.03
€ 17.99
€ 16.03
Paperback. The third volume in Robert Douglas's remarkable life story picks up from the bestselling SOMEWHERE TO LAY MY HEAD and brings us up to the present day. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; BGA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340935309
- ISBN
- 9780340935309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Features Gabriel Garcia Marquez who was twenty-three, a young man experimenting with his writing when this mother asked him to come back with her to the village of his grandparents. In this memoir, he recounts his personal experience of returning to the house in which he grew up and the memories that this visit conjured. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- PENGUIN BOOKS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241968772
- ISBN
- 9780241968772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. A revealing insight into the remarkable life of the First World War heroine who saved hundreds of lives. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGH; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 40. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784291327
- ISBN
- 9781784291327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. A study of Sir Maurice Oldfield's life that portrays one of the UK's most important and complex spies of the Cold War era. He was the first Chief of MI6 that hadn't come from an upper-class background or studied at Eton or Oxbridge. Rather, he was a farmer's son from a provincial grammar school. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; HBJD1; HBTW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552171625
- ISBN
- 9780552171625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.66
€ 16.99
€ 12.66
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bethany House Publishers
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- English Language
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871239501
- ISBN
- 9780871239501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.12
€ 9.99
€ 9.12
Paperback. Stalin, like Hitler and other tyrants, won and held power because he had collaborators - hangmen. Drawing on newly released archival material, Donald Rayfield gives us a fuller and more colourful picture of Stalin's inner circle than ever before. Stalin was not the sole author of Stalinism. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141003757
- ISBN
- 9780141003757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.50
€ 24.99
€ 18.50
Paperback. In Somebody to Love, biographers Mark Langthorne and Matt Richards skilfully weave both Freddie Mercury's incredible pursuit of musical greatness with Queen, his upbringing and his endless search for love with the story of a terrible disease that swept across the world in the 1980s. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bonnier Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911600046
- ISBN
- 9781911600046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.65
€ 15.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. Peter has graced the stage with many of the all-time greats from Laurence Olivier and Orson Wells to Judi Dench, and in Summer Wine & Other Stories speaks with great humour and candour about his experiences on and off camera. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782197454
- ISBN
- 9781782197454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.38
€ 10.99
€ 9.38
Paperback. Series: Reverb. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black and white. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 209 x 13. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780231761
- ISBN
- 9781780231761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.88
€ 19.99
€ 15.88
Paperback. After nearly 20 years on our television screens, Lorraine Kelly has become one of the UK's most recognised and well-loved personalities. Written in her own words, this is her story Num Pages: 384 pages, 8pp b/w and 8pp colour photos. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270. Lorraine Kelly. Used paperback, in good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Headline Review
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- KRF0016456
- ISBN
- 9780755317851
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. A publishing phenomena in the 1970s and 80s. Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 8, B&W. BIC Classification: BG; VXFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Omnibus Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751522402
- ISBN
- 9780751522402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39