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Paperback. Offers an account of Horatio Nelson's rise to international fame. This book gives us the private as well as the public man, it combines scholarship with a brilliant and compelling style. Num Pages: 960 pages, 16pp b/w, 7 maps. BIC Classification: BGH; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1170.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
960
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845951917
ISBN
9781845951917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 30.79

Paperback. A doctor and physiologist, Griffith Pugh revolutionised almost every aspect of British high-altitude mountaineering, transforming the climbers' attitude to oxygen, the clothes they wore, their equipment, fluid intake and acclimatisation. Yet, far from receiving the acclaim he was due, he was met with suspicion and ridicule. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; MFG; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 139 x 28. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846043659
ISBN
9781846043659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. Born in 1899 to Russian Aristocrats, Tamara de Lempicka escaped the Bolsheviks by exchanging her body for freedom, dramatically beginning a sexual career that included most of the influential men and women she painted. This biography is reissued to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of her death. Series: Bloomsbury Lives of Women. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: ACXD3; AFC; AGB; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 346. Series: Bloomsbury Lives of Women. 448 pages. Born in 1899 to Russian Aristocrats, Tamara de Lempicka escaped the Bolsheviks by exchanging her body for freedom, dramatically beginning a sexual career that included most of the influential men and women she painted. This biography is reissued to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of her death. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACXD3; AFC; AGB; BGA. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight: 346.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408807095
ISBN
9781408807095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.22

Paperback. Translation of 2nd volume of memoir entitled Ontmoetingen ter zee en te land [Adventures at sea and on land], published in 1879 by W.C. De Graaff, Haarlem, Netherlands. Translator(s): Chaiklin, Martha. Num Pages: 216 pages, maps & illus. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603848367
ISBN
9781603848367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.02

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, No illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX; HRAB; HRCC2; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472925275
ISBN
9781472925275
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.43

Paperback. A beautifully written, joyously funny memoir about growing up and finding fame as a young Iranian in London. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: ASZB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472218667
ISBN
9781472218667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. For disillusioned writer and itinerant barnstormer Richard Bach, belief is as real as a full tank of gas and sparks firing in the cylinders ..until he meets Donald Shimoda - former mechanic and self-described messiah who can make wrenches fly and Richard's imagination soar.. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 118.
Publisher
Arrow Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099427865
ISBN
9780099427865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. The sweeping story of one of the most notorious crusader knights, Reynald de Chatillon - a great Christian hero of the Second Crusade and one of the most hated figures in Islamic history. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 x 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3H; BGH; HBJF1; HBLC1; HBWC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782399285
ISBN
9781782399285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.77

Hardcover. Candid and searingly honest, The Acid Test tells of the extraordinary ups and downs of one of English football's groundbreaking figures and is the last word from a player that defied many of the game's boundaries. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 pages of plates. BIC Classification: 1MTANB; 3JJ; 3JM; BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 281 x 29. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
deCoubertin Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909245365
ISBN
9781909245365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.68

Paperback. A re-evaluation of the provocative, visually influential work of Salvador Dali. Series: Art & Ideas. Num Pages: 352 pages. Dimension: 218 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 696.
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714834115
ISBN
9780714834115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.37

Paperback. .
Publisher
Tughra Books
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597842662
ISBN
9781597842662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.25

paperback. Since 1857, hardly a year has gone by without some sort of Bronte 'biography' appearing. These range from pious accounts in Victorian conduct books to Freudian psychobiographies, from plays, films and ballets to tourist brochures and images on tea-towels. This work aims to offer a fresh life to our understanding of the novelists and their culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, facsimiles, , portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099287148
ISBN
9780099287148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.40

Paperback. A film tie-in edition of Vera Brittain's classic autobiography, published to coincide with the major motion picture adaptation starring Dominic West, Emily Watson, Colin Morgan and Kit Harington. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJC; 3JJF; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 142 x 38. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Film tie-in edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349005928
ISBN
9780349005928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Hardback. In Courage to Soar, the official autobiography from US Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, Simone presents the story of how she overcame early childhood challenges to become the most decorated US female gymnast and the only female gymnast to ever win three consecutive World Championship titles. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; BGSA; WSL. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 242 x 193 x 27. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Zondervan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition/First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310759669
ISBN
9780310759669
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.81

Paperback. A colourful biography of George Gershwin, arguably the 20th-century's greatest songwriter. Num Pages: 240 pages. Dimension: 219 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2008 printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714847726
ISBN
9780714847726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
DeVorss & Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875167879
ISBN
9780875167879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.14

Paperback. WHEN THE WORLD WAS BITTEN BY THE HARD-ROCKING, HARD-TOURING AND HARD-DRINKING WHITESNAKE, IT WAS MICKY MOODY'S GRITTY RIFFS AND SIGNATURE BLUESY SLIDE-GUITAR THAT HELPED PROPEL THEM TO INTERNATIONAL STARDOM, AS THEY SHOULDERED ASIDE CONTEMPORARY RIVALS, GOING ON TO SELL MILLIONS OF ALBUMS WORLDWIDE. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: AVGT; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786062161
ISBN
9781786062161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Paperback.
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
9780330371896
ISBN
9780330371896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. A classic of English biography as well as the portrait of a very remarkable woman and an eminently distinguished literary figure. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848681651
ISBN
9781848681651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.77

Paperback. Bestselling author and historian Ilan Pappe tells the story of his struggle against the Israeli academy to reveal truths about the 1948 Nakbah. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745327259
ISBN
9780745327259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.78

Paperback. "The Cretingham Murder". Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BGA; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 172 x 9. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750950688
ISBN
9780750950688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 404 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ABM; AGB; BG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 33. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1957
Edition
First edition, fourth printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811201070
ISBN
9780811201070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGXA; HRCV; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780800720858
ISBN
9780800720858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.34

Paperback. A legendary All Black, global sports icon and Man of the Match in the 2015 Rugby World Cup final, discusses his intriguing and distinguished career. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 colour photos. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 22. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472228970
ISBN
9781472228970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

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