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Biography

Paperback. Presents the life of a man who became a legend in his own lifetime, whose idealistic vigour and determination were matched only by his political realism and supreme organisational abilities. This book provides an insight on Michael Collins life and work. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJG; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 45. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cornerstone
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784753269
ISBN
9781784753269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. How does an Englishman cope when he moves to Italy - not the tourist idyll but the real Italy? This book presents an account of the idiosyncrasies and nuances of Italian culture. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099286950
ISBN
9780099286950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Bedevilled by a crippling condition which nobody could explain or relieve, he confronts hard truths about the relationship between the mind and the body, the hectic modern world and his life as a writer. Teach Us To Sit Still is the visceral, thought-provoking and improbably entertaining story of Tim Parks' quest to overcome ill health. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099548881
ISBN
9780099548881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. How do we find calm in our frantic modern world? The author - lifelong cynic and spirituality-sceptic - finds himself on a Buddhist meditation retreat trying to answer this very question. With brutal honesty and dry wit, he recounts his journey from disbelief to inner peace and tackles one of the great mysteries of our time. Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HRE; VXM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 113 x 7. Weight in Grams: 75.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784872595
ISBN
9781784872595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.91

paperback. How does an Italian become Italian? Or an Englishman English, for that matter? Are foreigners born, or made? The author focuses on his own young children in the small village near Verona where he lives, building a picture of the contemporary Italian family at school, at home, at work, and at play. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286967
ISBN
9780099286967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Hailed as one of the finest books to emerge from the Vietnam War, If I Die in a Combat Zone is a fascinating insight into the lives of the soldiers caught in the conflict. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007204977
ISBN
9780007204977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.65

Paperback. Charles 'Lucky' Luciano was a vicious mobster who rose to become the multimillionaire king of the New York underworld. This is a biography that tells Luciano's real story, from his early days as a top hit man for the mob to his exploits running sex and narcotics empires and revelations about his transatlantic trip to Nazi Germany. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 x 8pp colour & b/w. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845967376
ISBN
9781845967376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. The final word on one of the world's most notorious spies by the MI6 colleague who knew him best. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849548274
ISBN
9781849548274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 64 colour photos & 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; 1KBCB; BTP; WSSN5; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888395238
ISBN
9780888395238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 15.75

Paperback. An exploration of the author's parents' lives, his mother's inexplicable suicide in her late fifties and his own bouts of depression. It conjures up the pebble-dashed home of his childhood and the landscape of postwar suburban England. It tells a story of grief, loss and dislocation, yet also of the power of memory and the bonds of family love. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141191485
ISBN
9780141191485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. A biography of the musician and composer Arthur Russell, one of the most important but least known contributors to the downtown New York music scene during the 1970s and 1980s. It traces Russell's odyssey from his hometown of Oskaloosa, Iowa, to countercultural San Francisco, and eventually to New York, where he lived from 1973 until his death. Num Pages: 448 pages, 85 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 638.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344858
ISBN
9780822344858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; BTM; DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141981086
ISBN
9780141981086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Telling the life of Worcestershire CCC's most influential captain through fascinating pictures - Don Kenyon. Num Pages: 160 pages, 50. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMT; BGS; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 12. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445647562
ISBN
9781445647562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.77

Paperback. Henry Morton Stanley was a cruel imperialist - a bad man of Africa. This book shows the reality of Stanley's life - his trans-Africa journey, a human endurance which solved virtually every one of the continent's remaining geographical puzzles. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1HF; 3JH; BGH; RGR; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 39. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571221035
ISBN
9780571221035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.56

Paperback. An extensively revised edition of Tim Jeal's classic biography published to mark the bicentenary of the great explorer Num Pages: 432 pages, 16pp. b&w illustrations section. BIC Classification: 1HF; BGH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 217 x 34. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Revised, Expanded ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300191004
ISBN
9780300191004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.61

Paperback. Elegant and sophisticated biography of Princess Margaret, the controversial sister of Queen Elizabeth II, the Princess Diana of her day Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: BGR; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753823774
ISBN
9780753823774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.78

Paperback. In 1981, Tim Guest was taken by his mother to a commune in Suffolk. It was modelled on the teachings of the famous Indian 'guru', Bhagwan, who preached a doctrine of Eastern mysticism, chaotic therapy and sexual freedom. This is the story of a little boy alone in a house full of orange people. Num Pages: 301 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; HRQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 132. Weight in Grams: 394. .
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
301
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KEX0199608
ISBN
9781862076327
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803249721
ISBN
9780803249721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Monash University Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2022
Edition
4th Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781922235596
ISBN
9781922235596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.48

Paperback. The first full-length biography of the enduringly popular star of Grease Num Pages: 320 pages, Section: 16, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1MBF; APB; APF; AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749909840
ISBN
9780749909840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

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