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Biography

paperback. The author made his fortune building a mobile phone company from scratch. When he sold it for GBP75 million, he bought Crystal Palace FC, the club he'd supported as a boy, and led them into the Premier League. Ten years later Palace was in administration and Jordan had lost nigh on everything. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 33. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Yellow Jersey
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224091824
ISBN
9780224091824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

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
€ 10.86

Paperback. An important historical record of life at sea during the last quarter of the 20th century, a way of life now vanished. A tale of a highly charged and turbulent life written in a captivating and arresting style. A unique travel story, which paints the world in a way where even the mundane becomes strangely compelling. Num Pages: 192 pages, 18 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BM; HBTM; WGG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170. .
Publisher
Whittles Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849952538
ISBN
9781849952538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.56

Paperback. Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747255161
ISBN
9780747255161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.65

Hardback. The ground-breaking Voices From the Past series tells the stories of the great conflicts of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, from the Battle of Waterloo to the fall of Hitler's Germany, through the words of the politicians, the press, the generals, and the ordinary soldier and civilian that lived and fought through those momentous times. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 pages of b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKX; 3JJH; BK; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 28. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473851597
ISBN
9781473851597
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.69

Hardback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473827516
ISBN
9781473827516
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.26

Hardback. When he was very young, Simon Garfield lusted after rare stamps but could not afford them. When he was older, the passion reignited with almost ruinous results. This book is an examination of obsession and desire, and the search for fulfilment. It is also a story of wooden legs, and, the man who guards stamps for the Queen. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; WCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571235261
ISBN
9780571235261
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; CBW; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
New
SKU
9781444795189
ISBN
9781444795189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.82

Paperback. 'A story of courage, heart, of coming back for more, of love and struggle and the power of both' Joseph O'Connor Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: APFB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172. 'A story of courage, heart, of coming back for more, of love and struggle and the power of both' Joseph O'Connor Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: APFB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172. Good clean copy. Showing light shelf wear, remains a nice copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0021588
ISBN
9781444795189
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.82

Paperback. An intimate portrait of the life of Eleanor 'Erlund' Hudson (1912-2011), the watercolourist, etcher and designer who was best known for her evocative depictions of women at work during the Second World War. Num Pages: 116 pages. BIC Classification: AFCC; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 218 x 7. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
John Catt Educational Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909717213
ISBN
9781909717213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.74

Hardback. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509848690
ISBN
9781509848690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BTC; JFFE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 246 x 29. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750965897
ISBN
9780750965897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.20

Paperback. The true (and funny) story of one couple's adventurous move from city life to running a smallholding surrounded by animals in the Devonshire countryside. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEW; BM; TVM; VSZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409154655
ISBN
9781409154655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. When middle age gets mucky: the true and funny story of one man's age-related angsts among the animals on a Devonshire smallholding. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEW; BM; TVM; VSZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409154679
ISBN
9781409154679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. Paperback edition of the Sunday Times Political Book of the Year Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 x 8pp mono. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; BGH; JFFE1; JFFE2; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849548755
ISBN
9781849548755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 25 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AVC; AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 177 x 19. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781257456
ISBN
9781781257456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751564709
ISBN
9780751564709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.97

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Arrow Books Ltd
Edition
New
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KNW0010587
ISBN
9780099410782
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Arrow Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New
SKU
KNW0010511
ISBN
9780099410782
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. An epic survey of Orson Welles' life and work. It shows what it was like to be around Welles, and, what it was like to be him, in which lies the answer to the old riddle: whatever happened to Orson Welles? Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ANB; APFB; APW; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099502838
ISBN
9780099502838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.32

Paperback. An exuberant and entertaining biography of Charles Dickens that captures the essence of the great novelist. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 28. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007445318
ISBN
9780007445318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 11.97

Hardcover. Simon Callow plunges headlong into Wagner's world to discover what it was like to be Wagner, and to be around one of music's most influential figures. The perfect introduction to the Master. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVGC9; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 225 x 27. Weight in Grams: 388. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear in good dustwrapper. Includes newspaper cutting of review of the book in The Times
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
William Collins
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0007672
ISBN
9780008105693
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An alternative autobiography of the well-loved actor and man of the theatre, winner of the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography. BIC Classification: ANB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 35. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Number of pages
436
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848421714
ISBN
9781848421714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.80

Paperback. Few actors are more eloquent, honest or entertaining about their life and their profession than Simon Callow. Being an Actor traces his stage journey from the letter he wrote to Laurence Olivier that led him to his first job, to his triumph as Mozart in the original production of Amadeus. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: APB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099471950
ISBN
9780099471950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

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