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Biography: general
paperback. An Irish bestseller 'A remarkable book that is unique in the annals of its kind .. sublime' Dr Bruce Greyson, co-editor of The Handbook of Near Death Experiences Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: AGB; BGFA; BM; HRLK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781473614161
- ISBN
- 9781473614161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 6.93
€ 14.99
€ 6.93
paperback. This work combines two volumes of memoir "Breakfast the Night Before" and "Saturday's Child". It offers a personal view of Irish rural life from the "Economic War" of the 1930s to the farming boom and recession of the 1970s. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGBA; KNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781901866568
- ISBN
- 9781901866568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 6.93
€ 12.99
€ 6.93
hardcover. The extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became one of the most powerful women in history. Num Pages: 656 pages, 8pp colour plates + 4 b&w maps. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1098.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908800008
- ISBN
- 9781908800008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 6.23
€ 24.99
€ 6.23
paperback. An eyewitness account of an eventful journey on an emigrant vessel. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSA; 3JH; BGHA; HBTB; JFFN; JPVH1; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 132. Very good copy showing minor shelf wear and age
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Mercier Press Dublin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025397
- ISBN
- 9781856350914
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. Deals with Oscar's astonishing erotic odyssey through Victorian London's sexual underworld. Oscar Wilde emerges as a man driven personally and creatively by his powerful desires for sex with men, in this book, the author argues that Oscar's Wilde's life and work can only be fully understood and appreciated in terms of his sexuality. Num Pages: 736 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 42. Weight in Grams: 564. Good clean copy showing light age and wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornerstone U.K.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0025432
- ISBN
- 9780099415459
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 x b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; BGH; BGT; MMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 x b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; BGH; BGT; MMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Inscribed affectionately by author. Very good copy showing minor age and wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Irish Academic Press Ltd London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025576
- ISBN
- 9780716532699
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. From the international best-selling author of Longitude, Galileo's Daughter is the fascinating story of the relationship between the great Italian scientist Galileo and his daughter, Virginia. Num Pages: 448 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HRCX8; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 326. Very good copy showing minor age and wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025751
- ISBN
- 9781857027129
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. A biography of a mathematical genius who at the age of thirty-one, suffered from a devastating breakdown and was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Yet after decades of leading a ghost-like existence, he was to re-emerge to win a Nobel Prize and world acclaim. Num Pages: 464 pages, 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; PBUD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 36. Weight in Grams: 512. Very good copy showing minor age and wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025754
- ISBN
- 9780571212927
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. * Inspirational, dramatic and extraordinary - the autobiography of a Somalian nomad circumcised at 5, sold in marriage at 13, who became an American model and is now at the young age of 30, the UN spokeswoman against circumcision Num Pages: 256 pages, Section: 8, B&W. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; BGA; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216. Very good copy showing minor age and shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Virago New York
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025895
- ISBN
- 9781860497582
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452. Good copy showing light age and wear. Light ink staining to page edges. Remains a nice copy with clean text throughout
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Wisdom Publications U.S.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0026021
- ISBN
- 9780861712830
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. Tomas O'Crohan was born on the Great Blasket Island in 1856 and died there in 1937, a great master of his native Irish. He shared to the full the perilous life of a primitive community, yet possessed a shrewd and humorous detachment that enabled him to observe and describe the world. Translator(s): Flower, Robin. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216. 2000 edition. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Good clean copy. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031477
- ISBN
- 9780192812339
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.00
€ 12.00
paperback. In this account of life in post-war literary Dublin, Anthony Cronin writes of the frustrations and pathologies of this generation: the excess of drink; the shortage of sex; the insecurity and begrudgery; the limitations of cultural life in mid-century Ireland, and the bittersweet pull of exile. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 270. Very good clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031480
- ISBN
- 9781901866421
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.00
€ 12.00
Paperback. Tells the story of the author's parents' lives - largely in their own words. They remember every detail of their Dublin childhoods. Through their eyes, we see the intensely Catholic society of their youth being transformed into the vibrant, modern Ireland. This is the author's first non-fiction book. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 199 x 22. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099449225
- ISBN
- 9780099449225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.50
€ 21.99
€ 17.50
Paperback. "In the year 216 B.C., Hannibal of Carthage, faced with an opposing Roman army twice the size of his own, outwitted the enemy at Cannae by means of a strategy which has become a classic of its kind. As" Num Pages: 288 pages, 27 illustrations, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306804984
- ISBN
- 9780306804984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.41
€ 20.99
€ 19.41
Hardcover. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780990895893
- ISBN
- 9780990895893
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.12
€ 140.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGA; HBTB; JFSL3; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927051948
- ISBN
- 9781927051948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.76
€ 14.99
€ 11.76
A Badger Boy in Blue: The Civil War Letters of Chauncey H. Cooke (Grea...
(With An Introduction And Appendix By William...
paperback. Chauncey Cooke enlisted in the Union army in 1862 at only sixteen, after lying about his age. His letters to family members paint a realistic and compelling picture of daily life in the Civil War. He also describes the boredom of camp, the chaos of battle, and the suffering caused by illness. Series: Great Lake Books Series. Num Pages: 144 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780814333433
- ISBN
- 9780814333433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
hardcover. In November 1774, a pamphlet to the "People of America" was published in Philadelphia and London. It forcefully articulated American rights and liberties and argued that the Americans needed to declare their independence from Britain. This book features a portrait of one of the most complex and controversial of the American revolutionaries. Num Pages: 410 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780814767658
- ISBN
- 9780814767658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 8.02
€ 24.99
€ 8.02
hardcover. Brutus is a household name, yet little known apart from his involvement in Caesar's murder. This is the first dedicated biography in over 30 years. It puts this important figure in historical context and looks beyond his most famous act. Num Pages: 192 pages, 8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; BGH; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Military
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848847767
- ISBN
- 9781848847767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 8.02
€ 29.99
€ 8.02
paperback. Born in Trinidad in 1901, Oliver C. Cox immigrated to the US in 1919, establishing himself as a controversial sociologist. McAuley's approach to Cox's life and work is shaped by his belief that Cox's Caribbean upbringing and background gave him an unorthodox perspective on race and social change. Series: The African-American Intellectual Heritage S. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 445. Very good clean copy. Old price sticker on front cover, otherwise as new
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0031552
- ISBN
- 9780268034733
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
paperback. "Preferring Paul to John was like preferring Cliff Richard to Elvis Presley, or Donovan to Dylan. John was the leader; he was his own man."-Martin Amis Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 457. Good clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031755
- ISBN
- 9780306812705
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
hardcover. 7 April 1926: on the steps of the Capitol in Rome, surrounded by chanting Fascists, The Honourable Violet Gibson raises her old revolver and fires at the Italian head of state, Benito Mussolini - the darling of Europe's ruling class. The bullet narrowly misses the dictator's bald head, hitting him in the nose. This book tells her story. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; BGH; JPFQ; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 726. 7 April 1926: on the steps of the Capitol in Rome, surrounded by chanting Fascists, The Honourable Violet Gibson raises her old revolver and fires at the Italian head of state, Benito Mussolini - the darling of Europe's ruling class. The bullet narrowly misses the dictator's bald head, hitting him in the nose. This book tells her story. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; BGH; JPFQ; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 726. Fine in fine dust wrapper, remains of price label on front, otherwise as new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0031887
- ISBN
- 9780571239771
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
paperback. Mahler's music is an intimate reflection of his life and thought, and his continual self-questioning on matters of belief and the role of mankind. This volume draws on documentary evidence, and gives an account of his childhood and youth, and of his years as an opera conductor in Cassel, Prague, Leipzig, Budapest, Hamburg, and Vienna. Series: Master Musicians Series. Num Pages: 244 pages, 8 pp black and white halftones, 26 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400. Good clean copy. Covers showing v. light shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032023
- ISBN
- 9780198164807
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
paperback. An 18th-century adventure - a true story of love, murder and survival.. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JF; BGH; BTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780553815399
- ISBN
- 9780553815399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 11.64
€ 16.99
€ 11.64