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Paperback. The Book of Margery Kempe is the extraordinary account of a medieval wife, mother, and mystic. The earliest autobiography in English, It describes Kempe's transformation from businesswoman to pilgrim, her visions, hostile encounters with clergy and travels to holy sites abroad. This new translation provides full introduction and notes. Translator(s): Bale, Anthony. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 3H; BGHA; BGXA; HBLC1; HRCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199686643
ISBN
9780199686643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Hardcover. As a composite portrait of this complex, paradoxically private figure, 'John S. Beckett' is a fascinating record of an era seen through the character and achievements of a singular individual whose varied career touched many lives. Num Pages: 567 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; 3JMC; AVGC; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 169 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843516651
ISBN
9781843516651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.00
€ 30.68

Paperback. 101 chance meetings, juxtaposing the famous and the infamous, the artistic and the philistine, the pompous and the comical, the snobbish and the vulgar, told by Britain's funniest writer. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007360642
ISBN
9780007360642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1. BIC Classification: AVGL; AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Blue Rider Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780399185724
ISBN
9780399185724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 333 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; BGHA; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
333
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774165689
ISBN
9789774165689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.55

Hardback. Stephen Crane's short, compact life--"a life of fire," he called it--is surrounded by myths, distortions, and fabrications. Paul Sorrentino has sifted through garbled chronologies and contradictory eyewitness accounts, scoured the archives, and followed in Crane's footsteps. The result is the most accurate account of the poet and novelist to date. Num Pages: 452 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 36. Weight in Grams: 938.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674049536
ISBN
9780674049536
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.79

Paperback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252008610
ISBN
9780252008610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Paperback. This text presents the life story of one of America's best known and most popular photographers and environmentalists of the 20th century. Adams has also been a teacher, musician and crusader over the last six decades. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 half-tones. BIC Classification: AJB; BGA; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Ansel Adams
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821222416
ISBN
9780821222416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.33

Paperback. In 1943, 32 Irish POWs refused a Gestapo request to work for Germany. They were sent to a labour camp, where they were starved, beaten and forced to dig the foundations for a Nazi super-structure. This is the gripping story of Harry Callan's capture, resistance and liberation and his quest to honour the forgotten heroes of Bunker Valentin. Num Pages: 320 pages, Black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1DFG; BGH; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Publisher
The Collins Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848893016
ISBN
9781848893016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.51

Hardcover. Unintimidated by Old World sophistication or travel to undeveloped parts of the globe, Mark Twain spent a surprising amount of time outside the continental United States. Roy Morris, Jr. focuses on the dozen years he lived overseas and the books he wrote encouraging middle-class Americans to follow him around the world, at the dawn of mass tourism. Num Pages: 279 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Belknap Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674416697
ISBN
9780674416697
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.84

Paperback. Author is the world's leading collector of VCs; his trust owns 146. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16pp b/w photos converted for SR. BIC Classification: BGH; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Review
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755316335
ISBN
9780755316335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 255. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472944580
ISBN
9781472944580
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.60

paperback. Maurice O'Sullivan was born on the Great Blasket in 1904, and this work tells the story of his youth and of a way of life which belonged to the Middle Ages. Translator(s): Davies, Moya Llewellyn; Thomson, George. Num Pages: 320 pages, endpaper maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BG; DNF; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
Edition
New e. edition
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192813251
ISBN
9780192813251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.20

Hardback. Originally published in 2006 by Xlibris with the subtitle: Paul Cabot and the Boston mutual fund. Series: Columbia Business School Publishing. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGB; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231167468
ISBN
9780231167468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Hardback. Full-length biography of one of the most remarkable British soldiers of the Napoleonic era Num Pages: 276 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBWH; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 241 x 32. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473833944
ISBN
9781473833944
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; BGL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 38. .
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062383341
ISBN
9780062383341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.79

Hardback. The story of an ordinary seaman born in Scarborough who would go on to play a key role in some of the major events of seventeenth-century England. Num Pages: 304 pages, 35. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; BGH; HBTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445661230
ISBN
9781445661230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.76

Paperback. First Lady, Liberal, Conservative, President? Editor(s): Kreitner, Richard. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; BGH; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 129 x 25. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784536350
ISBN
9781784536350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.87

Hardback. .
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750969789
ISBN
9780750969789
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.33

Paperback. What is it really like to be a racer? What is it like to be swept along at 60kmh in the middle of the pack? What happens to the body during a high-speed chute? What tactics must teams employ to win the day, the jersey, the grand tour? The author offers us insight into the mind of a professional cyclist during his last year before retirement. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Yellow Jersey
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224100083
ISBN
9780224100083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. The long-awaited memoir from one of the world's most acclaimed musical talents. She created the soundtrack of our lives. At last, she shares hers Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088867
ISBN
9781844088867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. The intimate and long-awaited memoir of guitar legend Carlos Santana. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; AVRL1; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409156550
ISBN
9781409156550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. In January 1928 Stalin, the ruler of the largest country in the world, boarded a train bound for Siberia where he would embark upon the greatest gamble of his political life. He was about to begin uprooting and collectivization of agriculture and industry across the entire Soviet Union. This book offers an explanation yet of Stalin's power. Num Pages: 976 pages, 2 x 8 b&w plate sections. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 279 x 46. Weight in Grams: 720.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141027944
ISBN
9780141027944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.12

Paperback. The remarkable story of an unlikley entrepreneur who, against all odds, saved her family and inspired her community in Afghanistan Num Pages: 288 pages, port. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JJPR; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848545564
ISBN
9781848545564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

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