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Paperback. In the 1930s, physics was in a crisis. In the post-World War II period, four eminent physicists rose to the challenge and developed a calculable version of Quantum Electrodynamics (QED). This book tells the story of these four physicists, blending discussions of their scientific work with biographical sketches. Series: Princeton Series in Physics. Num Pages: 768 pages, 28 halftones 47 line illus. BIC Classification: BG; PDX; PHK; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1114.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
784
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691033273
ISBN
9780691033273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.90
€ 63.82

Paperback. A collection of thirty-three orations ranging over fifty years, demonstrating how Winston Churchill gradually honed his rhetoric. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141442068
ISBN
9780141442068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. We've sort of flirted with greatness, R E M's Peter Buck admitted. But we've yet to make a record as good as Big Star's Third. Although Big Star were together for less than four years and had little commercial success, influence of their three original albums - continues to grow. This title offers a definitive history of rock's forgotten band. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 Colour and Black and White in Plate Section. BIC Classification: AVH; BGFA; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 735.
Publisher
Outline Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Revised and Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908279361
ISBN
9781908279361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.79

Paperback. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc London
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Paperback
SKU
KEX0220161
ISBN
9780747590316
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. McCullin grew up in London during the aftermath of World War II. He has spent a large part of his life photographing wars in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. In this book he writes of the deprivation of his childhood and the much greater misery and horror he has witnessed during his career. Num Pages: 320 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: AJC; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
VINTAGE (RAND)
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099437765
ISBN
9780099437765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. How to play the fame game - and come out on top. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8pp colour. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Headline Review
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0200283
ISBN
9780755317905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations portraits. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 112 x 21. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Westworld International United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780952921523
ISBN
9780952921523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 225 x 22. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
Veloce Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781787110441
ISBN
9781787110441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.24

Paperback. An autobiography of a Counter Reformation mystic and monastic reformer of sixteenth century Spain. Translator(s): Kavanaugh, Kieran; Rodriguez, Otilio. Num Pages: 392 pages, map. BIC Classification: BGXA; HRCC7; HRCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209077
ISBN
9780872209077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.25

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGA; JFSL3; WTH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 381.
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781492639053
ISBN
9781492639053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.89

Paperback. An innovative and unique study exploring why many readers of Sylvia Plath become so attached to her as a cultural figure. By looking at first encounters with Plath's work through to pilgrimages that they make to places where Plath lived, this study explores why readers become so haunted by Plath. Num Pages: 176 pages, 13 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781555477
ISBN
9781781555477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.18

hardcover. One of America's most important classics, a beautiful special edition hardback of the first and best-loved volume of Maya Angelou's bestselling seven-volume autobiography Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 135 x 34. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349005997
ISBN
9780349005997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.02

Paperback. Luke Jackson serves up a sparkling guide to young adulthood on the autism spectrum in this sequel to his best-selling Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome. Offering personal insights, he covers everything from bullying and drugs to finding a job, navigating relationships, and sex. A must read for all young adults with autism. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; MJNA; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 133 x 253 x 37. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785921964
ISBN
9781785921964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.83

Hardcover. A detailed insight into the exploits of a Royal Air Force fighter pilot straight from the cockpit. The exploits range from intercepting Soviet bombers off Iceland to defending Saudi Arabia in Gulf War One; from flying off the deck of Ark Royal to displays with the Red Arrows; and flying a desk in the UK MoD and NATO HQs. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 colour and 10 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: BGHA; JWMV3; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 172 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781555842
ISBN
9781781555842
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.80

Paperback. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 10 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 115 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195367805
ISBN
9780195367805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. An omnibus edition of Finlay J. Macdonald's nostalgic and often comic accounts of growing up on the Hebridean island of Harris between the wars. They were first published individually in the 1980s as "Crowdie and Cream", "Crotal and White" and "The Corncrake and the Lysander". Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; 2AB; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 36. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751513486
ISBN
9780751513486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141039190
ISBN
9780141039190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.22

Paperback. Chronicling the ups and downs of the amazing world of John Daly, this award-winning book has now been brought right up to date to include all the latest details of Daly's career and family adventures which include a long-awaited comeback in form of the natural-born golfer with the 'killer swing' and the arrest of his ex-wife for drug-. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258. Very cood clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Virgin Books lo
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KEX0225869
ISBN
9780753510100
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, this landmark publication establishes Burlingame as the most assiduous Lincoln biographer of recent memory and brings Lincoln alive to modern readers as never before. Num Pages: 960 pages, 32, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 177 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1504. Volume 1
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
960
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421409733
ISBN
9781421409733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.27

Paperback. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1966
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226751269
ISBN
9780226751269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.08

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