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Paperback. In 1815, the young Dublin doctor Barry O'Meara accepted the opportunity of a lifetime to look after Napoleon Bonaparte in his banishment on St Helena. In one of the most isolated places on earth, doctor and patient became intimate friends. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTASH; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
O´Brien Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781847178916
ISBN
9781847178916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.51

hardcover. In 1938, with the Japanese army approaching from Nanking, Huan Hsu's great-great grandfather, Liu, and his five granddaughters, were forced to flee their hometown on the banks of the Yangtze River. But before they left a hole was dug as deep as a man, and as wide as a bedroom, in which was stowed the family heirlooms. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 col plates (8pp). BIC Classification: BM; HBJF; HBLW; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 224 x 39. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Condition
New
SKU
9780007479436
ISBN
9780007479436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 8.29

Paperback. The paperback debut of the bestselling book that tells the no-holds-barred story of Massachusetts' infamous Bulger Brothers, Whitey and Billy, unveiling an unprecedented criminal alliance. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 106 x 29. Weight in Grams: 262. Used paperback in good condition. May have some light shelfwear.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
SKU
KRF2232048
ISBN
9780446618885
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 10.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. This updated edition features a new preface by the author as well as an expanded notes section. Num Pages: 320 pages, Two 16pp B&W inset. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847675606
ISBN
9781847675606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

paperback. He was Britain's most wanted man. He spent seven years in America's toughest penitentiary. You'll like him. During the mid 1980s Howard Marks had forty three aliases, eighty nine phone lines and owned twenty five companies throughout the world. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; BGA; BTC; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9781784705909
ISBN
9781784705909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 15.16

Paperback. In this text, celebrated drug smuggler Howard Marks has collected together all of the unpublished material sent to him over the years from drug users, traffickers, smugglers, and prisoners - people from all walks of life. Also included are selections from Marks' own collection of drug writing. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; DQ; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 394. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0002061
ISBN
9780099428558
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; BTC; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 265 x 23. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9781509809684
ISBN
9781509809684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 6.00

Paperback. Looks back to an earlier era of care for orphaned and dependent children of Eastern European Jewish immigrants. Within this social history and ethnography, the voices of elders - once wards of the home in the 1930s and 1940s - tell readers what it was really like to grow up in an orphanage. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; BG; HBTB; JKSB1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372. Large format paperback. Clean copy.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press Alabama
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KEX0211643
ISBN
9780817307813
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. Looks back to an earlier era of care for orphaned and dependent children of Eastern European Jewish immigrants. Within this social history and ethnography, the voices of elders - once wards of the home in the 1930s and 1940s - tell readers what it was really like to grow up in an orphanage. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; BG; HBTB; JKSB1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372. Large format paperback. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press Alabama
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KEX0211642
ISBN
9780817307813
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. A fascinating insight into one of the most elite special operations units in the world. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16pp B&W Photos. BIC Classification: BTM; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 292. Very good copy with light shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0007328
ISBN
9780751549027
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 'I'm going to tell the truth', I said suddenly, 'about what we did and why, and what it did to us.' Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719569173
ISBN
9780719569173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. 'Do you want to spend your whole life on the tube? Wouldn't you rather live somewhere wild and beautiful and free?' Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKWS; BGA; TVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
John Murray General Publishing Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719565397
ISBN
9780719565397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardcover. Offers an extensive selection of author's letters, arranged by subject so that you can choose from themes including social life, the Court, politics, literature, and the evolution of his Gothic castle and art and book collections at Strawberry Hill. Editor(s): Hadley, William. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; BGL; BJ; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6 x 3. .
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593500
ISBN
9781841593500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. An autobiography of Horace Silver, composer, pianist, and band leader that takes us from his childhood in Norwalk, Connecticut, through his rise to fame as a musician in New York, to his comfortable life 'after the road' in California. Editor(s): Pastras, Phil. Num Pages: 282 pages, 17 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVRG; BGFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426. The Autobiography of Horace Silver. 282 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Pastras, Phil. An autobiography of Horace Silver, composer, pianist, and band leader that takes us from his childhood in Norwalk, Connecticut, through his rise to fame as a musician in New York, to his comfortable life 'after the road' in California. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVRG; BGFA. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 18. Weight: 424.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
282
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520253926
ISBN
9780520253926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.66

Paperback. A frank, illuminating and incandescent memoir by a trailblazing scientist; a moving portrait of a longtime collaboration in work and life; and a book that casts a whole new light on the natural world. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JMP; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Fleet
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349006208
ISBN
9780349006208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. A brilliantly written true story of growing up in Hackney in the 1970s and 80s, surviving poverty, alcoholic parents and the care system Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; BGA; BM; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471129834
ISBN
9781471129834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Joseph Mary Plunkett (1887-1916) from Dublin was one of the leaders of the 1916 Rising, the designer of the military plan and the youngest signatory of the Proclamation. A recognised poet, he was already dying of TB when, aged 28, he married Grace Gifford in Kilmainham Gaol, just hours before he was exectuted on May 4th, 1916. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 204 x 33. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The O'Brien Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781847172693
ISBN
9781847172693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.99
€ 7.81

Paperback. The Great Depression had turned the American dream into a bitter tragedy. That's when Elsie and Homer's epic adventure began .. A journey of a thousand miles. With an alligator on the back seat. And John Steinbeck as a passenger. This is a tale where everything is true,except the bits that are made up. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJG; BM; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008154240
ISBN
9780008154240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

paperback. Reviled and adored in equal measure, and constantly in the news for his controversial statements, this biography explores both the public and private sides of Archbishop Rowan Williams. Num Pages: 496 pages, 2 x 8pp colour. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCC91. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 334. Williams.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
KTJ0000648
ISBN
9780340954331
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 7.13

Paperback. Open Championship hero Darren Clarke tells the gripping and moving story of his life as Britain's best-loved golfer. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 x 8pp plate sections. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444758016
ISBN
9781444758016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

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