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Paperback. Darwin's theory that our ancestors were apes caused a furore in the scientific world and outside it when The Origin of Species was published in 1859. Analysing Darwin's major insights and arguments, this work reasserts the importance of his work for the development of modern biology. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, halftones and drawings. BIC Classification: BGH; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 114 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192854544
ISBN
9780192854544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. The classic story of one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary families - an extensively updated new edition. Num Pages: 688 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BG; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 45. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753818039
ISBN
9780753818039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.03

paperback. Focusing on the 1960s, this work addresses the question: how did it feel in that dawn to be alive? Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BG; HBJD1; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 35. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Pimlico
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712666657
ISBN
9780712666657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.66

Paperback. On a 6,000-mile train trip across the North American continent from New York City to the West Coast, then back to New York ,Jonathan Goodman visited a number of sites of notorious murders. This is a fusion of true crime and travel writing, with reflections on American manners and morals observed during this serendipitous transcontinental journey. Num Pages: 208 pages, 27 photographs & illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 327.
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0227609
ISBN
9780873388252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Alfred Kinsey was the twentieth century's first scientifically reputable and most influential researcher into sex. His Sexual Behaviour in the Human Male (The Kinsey Report), published in 1948, was an explosive bestseller. In this book, the author reveals whole new aspects of this complex, heroic, obsessive and ultimately sympathetic man. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Film Tie-in Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844138364
ISBN
9781844138364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. A brilliant personal history from the award-winning author of 'The Corrections'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007234257
ISBN
9780007234257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509800193
ISBN
9781509800193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.76

Hardcover. 620pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st Edition 1st Printing
Publisher
Little, Brown
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
SKU
KON0821470
ISBN
9780316910163
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Igor Stravinsky was a celebrity composer in an increasingly celebrity-obsessed age. He was a true modern, a man of his time. Stravinsky's extraordinary music reflected and shaped his own times, and resonates with audiences even today. Stravinsky tells of a colourful life lived against the backdrop of the twentieth century's wars and revolutions. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 200 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780234946
ISBN
9781780234946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.25

Paperback. Gathers together twenty-nine of the most significant and revealing conversations with Bob Dylan, from the earliest days of his career. This work includes the seminal "Rolling Stone" interviews by Jann Wenner, Jonathan Cott, Kurt Loder and Mikal Gilmore, as well as the "Playboy" interview. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 330.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340923146
ISBN
9780340923146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Susan Sontag, one of the most internationally renowned and controversial intellectuals of the latter half of the twentieth century, still provokes. In 1979, Jonathan Cott, of Rolling Stone magazine, interviewed Sontag first in Paris and later in New York. This title publishes the entire transcript of Sontag's conversation. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300199024
ISBN
9780300199024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.72

Paperback. The critically acclaimed biography of a man respected for his fierce commitment to truth and honesty, and his passionate belief in the avant-garde. Num Pages: 654 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 153 x 33. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
654
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main Market
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330350495
ISBN
9780330350495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.33

Paperback. The records of the Chinese Yuan dynasty do not mention a Marco Polo at all (and they should), and there are some suspicious omissions from Polo's text - no tea, no foot-binding, no mention of Chinese printing, or even of the Great Wall. Did Polo even go to China? Series: Life & Times. Num Pages: 192 pages, 26 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBLC; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light scoring on one page, remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Haus Publishing Limited
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0014764
ISBN
9781905791057
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Togo Heihachiro (1848-1934) was born into a feudal society that had lived in seclusion for 250 years. Delving beyond Togo's finest hour at the Battle of Tsushima, this title portrays the life of a diffident Japanese sailor in Victorian Britain. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906598624
ISBN
9781906598624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.03

Paperback.
Publisher
Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907822575
ISBN
9781907822575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.59

Hardcover. The Japanese delegation at the Paris Peace Conference did not have the Japanese prime or foreign ministers. They were led by Prince Saionji Kinmochi (1849-1940), the 'kingmaker' of early 20th-century Japanese politics whose life spanned the arrival of Commodore Perry, the Japanese civil war, the Meiji Restoration, the Sino-Japanese War and WW I. Series Editor(s): Sharp, Alan. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 tables, 3 black & white halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905791682
ISBN
9781905791682
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Hardback. Darwin's notebook Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps (some col.). BIC Classification: BGT; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752454948
ISBN
9780752454948
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.56

Hardback. Based on a series of six lectures delivered at the Museo Nacional del Prado in 2012, the author examines links between his personal life and his study of Hispanic art of the Golden Age. His adventures are offered as a model for understanding how art history is shaped by life experiences. Num Pages: 208 pages, 40 colour images + 60 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JD; ABA; ACQ; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 182 x 21. Weight in Grams: 782.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300203967
ISBN
9780300203967
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 35.91

Paperback. BIC Classification: BG. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
SilverWood Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781324424
ISBN
9781781324424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
William Collins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008118211
ISBN
9780008118211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.35

Paperback. Series: Picador Classic. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509822546
ISBN
9781509822546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; BGH; JPSH; JPVR; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
None
Condition
New
SKU
V9781431421497
ISBN
9781431421497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.58

Paperback. Look at the woman who may become the next president of America. Combining deep reporting and West Wing-esque storytelling, this book reveals the strategising, machinations and last minute decision-making that have accompanied one of the greatest political comebacks in history. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; 3JMG; BGH; HBJK; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099594697
ISBN
9780099594697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Minor foxing appears on endpapers, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, Inc
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0001847
ISBN
9780593067727
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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