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Paperback. The first book to uncover the full story behind the so-called Ricin terror plot, which exposes the extent of government spin around security. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11 photographs. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745329277
- ISBN
- 9780745329277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.48
€ 31.99
€ 21.48
Paperback. Bill Russell was not the first African American to play professional basketball, but he was its first black superstar. This title provides a chronicle of the life and career of this brilliant champion and courageous racial pioneer. Num Pages: 448 pages, 27 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269798
- ISBN
- 9780520269798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. The hapless and hilarious tale of a life lived under the constant and ruthless reign of a chocolate biscuit! Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: APT; BM; VFMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KRA0010918
- ISBN
- 9780007386604
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BG; MJNA; VFJB; WNGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405925020
- ISBN
- 9781405925020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.31
€ 11.99
€ 10.31
Hardback. This text reveals Helen Jacobus Apte's emotions and personal faith while facing life's joys, sorrows and contradictions at the start of this century. She ponders her feelings about religion, her native South and patriotism, and tells of events local, national and international that affected her. Num Pages: 222 pages, photographs, family tree, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842027458
- ISBN
- 9780842027458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.85
€ 145.85
Paperback. Presents an account of an expedition gone disastrously wrong. This book details scientific discovery and anecdotes of human resilience in a harsh environment, supported by diary excerpts and accounts from explorers. Num Pages: 720 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 3JJC; BTP; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099530374
- ISBN
- 9780099530374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. This fascinating portrait provides a colourful picture of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century life in four capitals, combining musical and literary history with an account of the social life of the period. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Overture Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714543703
- ISBN
- 9780714543703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.85
€ 26.99
€ 23.85
Paperback. Pauline Garcia Viardot, the daughter of the famous singer and composer Manuel Garcia and younger sister of the celebrated Malibran, was a singer of genius and a woman of outstanding intellect. The first biography of Viardot not only recreates the drama of the prima donna's own life, but perfectly captures the scintillating brilliance of nineteenth- Num Pages: 532 pages. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 136 x 31. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Classics Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 532
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714543710
- ISBN
- 9780714543710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.03
€ 33.99
€ 29.03
Paperback. Although commemorated by Yeats's poem, Michael O'Rahilly is one of the forgotten leaders of the 1916 Rising - the first leader to die, the only one killed in action. This is his story written by his son, beginning in Ballylongford, County Kerry. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 32. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843516712
- ISBN
- 9781843516712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.00€ 14.39
€ 16.00
€ 14.39
Paperback. Born in a surreal Moscow communal apartment where eighteen families shared one kitchen, the author grew up singing odes to Lenin, black-marketeering Juicy Fruit gum at school, and longing for a taste of the mythical West. It was a life by turns absurd, drab, naively joyous, melancholy and, finally, intolerable. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 28. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552777476
- ISBN
- 9780552777476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Holy Trinity Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884653592
- ISBN
- 9780884653592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.72
€ 19.72
Paperback. Winner of the National Trust Outdoor Book of the Year 2011 The story of one man's unlikely quest to create out of a mountainous Welsh landscape a garden fit for inclusion in the prestigious Yellow Book - the 'Gardens of England and Wales Open for Charity' guide - in just one year. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 b/w illus, With index. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; BM; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007216529
- ISBN
- 9780007216529
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.64
€ 15.99
€ 12.64
Paperback. It's a for-your-eyes-only kind of book, so beware-if you don't watch your back it's a sure bet someone will be reading it over your shoulder. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 2-colour illustrations, 50 photo illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 247.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- National Geographic Books United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792253167
- ISBN
- 9780792253167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.31
€ 16.99
€ 15.31
Hardcover. As new.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- SKU
- KRF0017701
- ISBN
- 9780091794286
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Sir Edgar Speyer was a conspicuous figure in the financial, cultural, social and political life of Edwardian London. Head of the syndicate which financed the construction of the deep 'tube lines' and 'King of the Underground', he was also a connoisseur and active patron of the arts who rescued the 'Proms' from collapse. Num Pages: 220 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908323118
- ISBN
- 9781908323118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.12
€ 19.99
€ 15.12
Paperback. Lt Cdr Robert Hichens became a legendary MGB commander and the most highly decorated RNVR officer in the Second World War. His biography provides thrilling first hand accounts of close naval action in the North Sea and English Channel. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16pp B&W Photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473822962
- ISBN
- 9781473822962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bookmarks
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910885123
- ISBN
- 9781910885123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.60
€ 6.60
Hardcover. For the first time, more than 15 years after four boys from London were first thrown together to form what would go on to become one of the most successful and infamous groups of the boyband era, Lee, Antony, Duncan and Simon tell their full, no-holds-barred story in their own inimitable words. Num Pages: 256 pages, 50 col illus. BIC Classification: AVGP; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 159. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0014821
- ISBN
- 9780008222208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Olga Chekhova was a stunning Russian beauty and a famous Nazi-era film actress who Hitler counted among his friends; she was also the niece of Anton Chekhov. After fleeing Bolshevik Moscow for Berlin in 1920, she was recruited by her composer brother Lev, to work for Soviet intelligence. In return, her family were allowed to join her. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: BT; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Penguin Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141017648
- ISBN
- 9780141017648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. n Many people across the world know Antonio Negri as an internationally renowned political thinker whose book, Empire, co-authored with Michael Hardt, is an international bestseller.
Much less well known is the fact that, up until 1979, Negri was a university professor teaching in Paris and Padova. Translator(s): Emery, Ed. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BJ; BM; HPS; JPVH; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644264
- ISBN
- 9780745644264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.26
€ 22.26