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Biography

Paperback. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; C; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
On Demand
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509859405
ISBN
9781509859405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.85

Paperback. Controversial and revelatory biography of the South African-born cricketer who played for England and was banned from touring his native country Num Pages: 288 pages, Section: 8, b/w. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751534887
ISBN
9780751534887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.64

paperback.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780717148431
ISBN
9780717148431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, Period and recent photographs. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
Edition
1st
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907869525
ISBN
9781907869525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.36

Paperback. On 8th May 1902, Mont Pelee, the island volcano that had remained dormant for so long, had suddenly come alive. Within minutes the city had been destroyed along with its 30,000 inhabitants. This work presents the story of the destruction of a town in Martinique by an erupting volcano, a man who survived it, and a history of the island itself. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJWWM; 3JJC; BT; HBJK; HBLW; JFFC; RNR; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214. Fine copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KNH0011435
ISBN
9780747568438
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. On 8th May 1902, Mont Pelee, the island volcano that had remained dormant for so long, had suddenly come alive. Within minutes the city had been destroyed along with its 30,000 inhabitants. This work presents the story of the destruction of a town in Martinique by an erupting volcano, a man who survived it, and a history of the island itself. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJWWM; 3JJC; BT; HBJK; HBLW; JFFC; RNR; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214. Fine copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New edition
SKU
KNH0011434
ISBN
9780747568438
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. The brutal murder of the Reverend George Parker in the rural village of Oddingley on Midsummer's Day in 1806 - shot and beaten to death, his body set on fire and left smouldering in his own glebe field - gripped everyone from the Home Secretary in London to newspapermen across the country. It was a strange and stubborn case. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMT; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099554677
ISBN
9780099554677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. For some historians and biographers, Maximilien Robespierre (1758-94) was a great revolutionary martyr who succeeded in leading the French Republic to safety in the face of overwhelming military odds. This biography focuses on Robespierre's formative years and the development of an iron will in a frail boy conceived outside wedlock. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 201 x 26. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300197242
ISBN
9780300197242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.32

Hardcover. Used hardback in good to very good condition. With dustjacket. MAYLE
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF0040794
ISBN
9780241128565
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Good copy with some wear to the cover.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Pan Books
Edition
New
Publication date
1990
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KTG0010782
ISBN
9780330312363
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Offers an account of an Englishman's life abroad. This book describes among other curiosities, a school for noses in Haute Provence, the mysterious death of an oversexed butcher, the quest for the finest bouillabaisse and an assortment of the characters who lie in wait in bars and on boules courts. Num Pages: 256 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: BGA; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140242669
ISBN
9780140242669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.84

Paperback. Peter Mayle and his wife did what most of us only imagine doing when they made their long-cherished dream of a life abroad a reality: throwing caution to the wind, they bought a glorious two hundred year-old farmhouse in the Luberon Valley and began a new life. This work lets you discover the joys of French rural living. Illustrator(s): Clancy, Judith. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140296037
ISBN
9780140296037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Hardback. As Japan's pre-Pearl Harbor ambassador to the United States, Admiral Nomura Kichisaburo (1877-1964) played a significant role in a tense and turbulent period in Japanese-US relations. This biography casts light on the life and career of this important figure. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 332 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; BGH; HBJF; HBWQ; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674055995
ISBN
9780674055995
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.99

Paperback. "First California paperback, 2000"--Title page verso. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPVH1; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
First Edition, With a New Foreword by Marc Grossma
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282506
ISBN
9780520282506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.43

Paperback. On the eve of World War II, the Squalus, America's newest submarine, plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic. Miraculously, thirty-three crew members still survived in the stricken vessel. This title presents a moment-by-moment account of the disaster and the man at its centre. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BTP; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 112 x 24. Weight in Grams: 246. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Ebury Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0003333
ISBN
9780091879372
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1x16pp B&W & Colour. BIC Classification: BGBA; BGFA. Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
KRF2233039
ISBN
9781471164750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. The first-ever comprehensive biography of Heinrich Himmler, SS-Reichsfuhrer, Nazi Interior Minister, and Chief of Police, whose name has become a byword for the terror, persecution, and destruction that characterized the Third Reich. Num Pages: 1072 pages, 31 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1344.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199651740
ISBN
9780199651740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.60

Paperback. Joseph Goebbels was one of Adolf Hitler's most loyal acolytes. But how did this club-footed son of a factory worker rise from obscurity to become Hitler's malevolent minister of propaganda, most trusted lieutenant and personally anointed successor? This book answers these question. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 203 x 47. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099523697
ISBN
9780099523697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.58

Paperback. Roy Orbison's music - whether heard in his own recordings or in cover versions of his songs - is a significant part of contemporary American culture despite the fact that he died almost a generation ago. This book looks at the long span of Orbison's career and probes into the uniqueness of his songs, singing, and performance style. Series: Sound Matters. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Temple University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592130375
ISBN
9781592130375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Edition
illustrated edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621656
ISBN
9781900621656
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.60
€ 51.49

Hardcover. Editor(s): Cathcart, Kevin J. Num Pages: 500 pages, 2 b&w plates. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 44. Weight in Grams: 894.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Edition
illustrated edition
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904558033
ISBN
9781904558033
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.60
€ 51.49

Hardcover. Volume three of a collection of surviving letters written by Peter le Page Renouf covering his varied career from his days as a student in Oxford until after his retirement as Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum. This volume covers Renouf's years in Dublin. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 b&w plates. BIC Classification: BGHA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621908
ISBN
9781900621908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.60
€ 51.49

Paperback. Presents the voices of young Americans - former soldiers who have opted out of the war - who draw their power from wrenching honesty about first hand experiences. This book provides a direct account from soldiers that turned their back on what they viewed as an immoral mission, and who refused to sacrifice themselves in the conflict in Iraq. Num Pages: 254 pages, b/w illustrations integrated. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; BGH; BTM; HBJK; HBLW3; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KMK0007987
ISBN
9781844543632
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 200 x 21. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Arcadia Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905147571
ISBN
9781905147571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

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