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Paperback. Jools Holland has had a fascinating life. From playing on bomb sites as a boy in the East End, to skiving off school and then selling millions of records with Squeeze, the first twenty years of his life were eventful, chaotic and colourful. Then came The Tube with Paula Yates, the seminal live music programme that propelled him to fame. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 x 8pages colour. BIC Classification: AVG; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
PENGUIN
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141026770
ISBN
9780141026770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. The most highly acclaimed modern biography of Scotland's most famous poet reissued for the 250th anniversary. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 414. 480 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. Very few poets excite such fanatical, worldwide devotion as Robert Burns (otherwise known as Rabbie Burns, Scotland's Favourite Son, the Ploughman Poet, the Bard of Ayrshire or simply the Bard). This biography evaluates Burns' songs and poetry and discusses the importance and quality of his satirical verse. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGL. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 33. Weight: 408.
Publisher
Constable
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845294694
ISBN
9781845294694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. In this fascinating new biography Ian Kelly reveals the man who changed the way we dress forever - and how his life reflects upon and has influenced our own 21st century culture. Num Pages: 608 pages, 2 x 8pp b/w picture sections. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 36. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340836996
ISBN
9780340836996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. From its construction in the 1660s to its heyday in the 1960s, Cliveden played host to a dynasty of powerful women. Anna Maria, Elizabeth, Augusta, Harriet, and Nancy were five ladies who, over the course of three centuries, shaped British society through their beauty, personalities, and political influence. This book tells their stories. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; BGH; BK; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 41. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Arrow Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099594727
ISBN
9780099594727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. The Stig gets his kit off and reveals how he came to be Top Gear's iconic racing driver and so much more - including what it's like to thrash an Aston Martin DBS, train for the Army and face the terror of Jeremy Clarkson's underwear.. Num Pages: 352 pages, (2x8pp plates). BIC Classification: APT; BGFA; WSPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 35. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007331697
ISBN
9780007331697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. Drawing on a lifetime of work as one of the world's most renowned scientists, conservationists, and animal rights activists, Jane Goodall has written a unique spiritual autobiography that explores her deepest beliefs about spirituality and moral evolution. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 x 8pp b&w inserts. BIC Classification: BGA; PSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780446676137
ISBN
9780446676137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, B/W photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; BG; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 222 x 33. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Basic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465093229
ISBN
9780465093229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 15.75

Paperback. In 2005 the author took part in the Ashes series. As a devastating fast bowler in a brave young England team, he went toe to toe with the might of the seemingly unbeatable Australians. Over the course of fifty-four days he would experience the greatest highs of his career, and plunge to the lowest depths. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 3JJP; BGS; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 341 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Yellow Jersey Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224100281
ISBN
9780224100281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. A pitch-perfect memoir, brilliantly funny, wise and moving, of family, friends and political life over the last sixty years Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 310. My Early Life and Other Mistakes. 384 pages, Illustrations. A pitch-perfect memoir, brilliantly funny, wise and moving, of family, friends and political life over the last sixty years. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGA. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight: 310.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747596479
ISBN
9780747596479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.21

Paperback. Packed with adventure and incidents, Winston Churchill's first 25 years were spent working as a soldier and a war correspondent in India, South Africa and Cuba. Churchill evokes a so-called golden age before 1914 in his autobiography. Num Pages: 388 pages, maps, plan. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
388
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907871620
ISBN
9780907871620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.72

Paperback. History has known no monarch like her. She has travelled farther than all her predecessors put together and lived longer than any of them - Queen Elizabeth II. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGR; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 26. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099551157
ISBN
9780099551157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. The scandalous love triangle at the heart of the Victorian art world. Num Pages: 312 pages, 24 black and white, 10 colour. BIC Classification: ACV; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Duckworth Publishing
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780715641446
ISBN
9780715641446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.12

Paperback. Chronicles the making of an iconic American writer by exploring Ray Bradbury's childhood and early years of his long life in fiction, film, television, radio, and theatre. Num Pages: 360 pages, 24 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252079054
ISBN
9780252079054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. The author had high hopes: the arse of an athlete, the waist of a supermodel, the speed of a gazelle. Defeated by gyms and bored of yoga, she decided to run. Her first attempt did not end well. Six years later, she has run five marathons in two continents. This book tells her story. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Windmill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099558958
ISBN
9780099558958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Helps in understanding the nature and intensity of personal effort that is required for an all-inclusive work on oneself. This book presents a series of talks which the author gave to his pupils in New York in 1930, and an incomplete essay on 'The Outer and Inner World of Man'. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DNF; HPC; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140195859
ISBN
9780140195859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Jill Ker Conway grew up in New South Wales in the 1940s and '50s. This is her account of an Australian childhood in the outback, and subsequently in Sydney, encompassing family tragedy, a devastating struggle with the desert environment, and an evocation of the Australian landscape. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749398941
ISBN
9780749398941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 2 x 16 page B&W inserts B&W art throughout. BIC Classification: AJB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Rev Upd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620408001
ISBN
9781620408001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.31

Paperback. One of the great 20th century political diaries back in print in a new edition with 20% new material Editor(s): Nicolson, Nigel. Num Pages: 496 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753819975
ISBN
9780753819975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. Lucy McDiarmid creates a new kind of literary history, telling an illimuntating tale of the curious occasion of the 'peacock dinner,' when W. B. Yeats and Ezra Pound led four lesser-known poets to the home of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt to eat a peacock. Num Pages: 240 pages, Numerous black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198788331
ISBN
9780198788331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.91

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGFA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 237 x 29. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062469038
ISBN
9780062469038
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.52

Paperback. The sensational autobiography of the controversial Tour de France winner and Team Saxobank owner/manager, Bjarne Riis Translator(s): Bacon, Ellis. Num Pages: 320 pages, Colour section. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 215 x 23. Weight in Grams: 344.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Vision Sports Publishing
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907637513
ISBN
9781907637513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; UY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Arcturus Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784045357
ISBN
9781784045357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.40

Paperback. Powerful true-life stories of children who were saved by the British care system Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BTP; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Paperback Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471129889
ISBN
9781471129889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGF; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 134 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062326676
ISBN
9780062326676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.55

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