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Paperback. By his writings, the surviving bulk of which exceeds that of any other ancient author, Augustine came to influence not only his contemporaries, but also the West since his time. This work traces the development of his thought, discussing his reaction to the thinkers before him, and themes such as freedom, creation, and the trinity. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, halftones and drawings. BIC Classification: BGH; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 114 x 9. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192854520
- ISBN
- 9780192854520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.83
€ 11.99
€ 10.83
Paperback. A biography of Augustine's life, as interpreted by the acclaimed church historian, the late Professor Henry Chadwick. Augustine's intellectual development is recounted with clarity and warmth, providing a characteristically rigorous yet sympathetic narrative of this central figure in the history of Christian thought. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HPCA; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199588060
- ISBN
- 9780199588060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.39
€ 16.99
€ 13.39
Hardcover. Very good clean copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light shelf wear, lightly sunned spine. Tiny scoring to title page, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0014755
- ISBN
- 9780717108664
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The autobiography of one of cricket's best-loved characters. Num Pages: 464 pages, 8pp b/w & 16pp colour. BIC Classification: BGF; BGS; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340770504
- ISBN
- 9780340770504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.00
€ 19.99
€ 15.00
Paperback. Henry Blofeld singles out the most exciting and entertaining cricketers of all time in his irrepressibly enthusiastic book. Num Pages: 368 pages, colour and black and white photographs. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340827291
- ISBN
- 9780340827291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
Paperback. The quintessentially English cricket commentator, writer, oenophile, bon viveur, collector and national treasure, fondly known as "Blowers", tells his riveting life story. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: APW; BGSA; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 200 x 24. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007506408
- ISBN
- 9780007506408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.88
€ 17.99
€ 12.88
Paperback. A selection of short stories about Blofeld's more unusual experiences. From England to Australia; South America to India & the West Indies, he tells of his run-in with Ian Botham & his relationship with Dennis Lillee. These jolly, jaunty japes are sometimes witty, sometimes racy, sometimes spicy, & occasionally incredulous, but never are they dull. Illustrator(s): Mitchell, Bill. Num Pages: 160 pages, 24 b/w. BIC Classification: BM; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Wymer Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908724434
- ISBN
- 9781908724434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.27
€ 17.99
€ 13.27
Hardcover. This selection of letters represents every major private and public event in Adams's life from 1858 to 1918 and confirms his reputation as one of the greatest letter writers of his time. The letters are to an array of correspondents including American presidents, Henry James and young children. Num Pages: 608 pages, 16 halftones and 2 line drawings on a 12-page black & white insert. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JH; 3JJ; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1044.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674387577
- ISBN
- 9780674387577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.12€ 76.12
€ 84.12
€ 76.12
Paperback. Editor(s): Nadel, Ira B. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199552368
- ISBN
- 9780199552368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.11
€ 18.99
€ 15.11
Hardback. Four months after the end of the war, Hitler's personal physician Theo Morell stated to his fellow prisoner Karl Brandt: "In fact, Hitler was never sick. " Brandt, who had been responsible for the "euthanasia" killings and was thus deeply implicated in the crimes of the Nazi regime, disagreed. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652221
- ISBN
- 9780745652221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.60
€ 19.60
Hardback. Editor(s): Eberle, Henrik. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648736
- ISBN
- 9780745648736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.60
€ 19.60
Hardcover. In this absorbing collection of stories and trivia readers will find answers to the amazing and extraordinary aspects of Austen's life, work and legacy. From her development as a world-class author, secrets of her own life and loves, through insights into her novels and their characters along with the changing reception to them over the years. Num Pages: 144 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 179 x 15. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Rydon Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910821121
- ISBN
- 9781910821121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. Magician of the North is the first full-scale biography of this extraordinary man. William George Armstrong was a visionary inventor, engineer and businessman who bestrode the 19th-century world like a colossus, bringing global renown to his great Elswick works on the Tyne, while adding lustre to Britain's imperial might. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; TBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- McNidder & Grace
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857160423
- ISBN
- 9780857160423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.87
€ 20.99
€ 16.87
Hardcover. This book is a study of everyday life in rural north China in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century told through the story of one man's life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804750684
- ISBN
- 9780804750684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.23
€ 103.23
Paperback. This book is a study of everyday life in rural north China in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century told through the story of one man's life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804750691
- ISBN
- 9780804750691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.17
€ 25.99
€ 24.17
paperback. .
- Publisher
- NYRB Classics
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590170014
- ISBN
- 9781590170014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.33
€ 23.99
€ 16.33
Paperback. A beautiful book, as beautiful in the simple clarity of its wisdom as in the terrible beauty of the transformation to which it calls us. -- New Oxford Review Num Pages: 160 pages, Black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Darton,Longman & Todd Ltd
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780232520781
- ISBN
- 9780232520781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.44
€ 16.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781563681226
- ISBN
- 9781563681226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.96
€ 32.99
€ 25.96
Paperback. The sensational sequel to 'Papillon'. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 111 x 19. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Hunter Publishing+inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780586040102
- ISBN
- 9780586040102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
€ 10.69
Paperback. In January 2014 the author was informed that he had cancer. This book is not about death, but about what it means to be human. It is about love and jealousy, courage and fear, about what it is like to live with a fatal illness. It is also about why the cave painters 40,000 years ago chose the very darkest places for their fascinating pictures. Translator(s): Thompson, Laurie. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784701567
- ISBN
- 9781784701567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.41
€ 17.99
€ 13.41
Hardcover. Colth binding slightly rubbed, clean text
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- NISBET London
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1917
- SKU
- KLN0004641
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 46.00
€ 46.00
Paperback. An Officer and a Gentlewoman is the first female perspective on Sandhurst and the making of a female British Army officer. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BM; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256. 336 pages. When the author ditched her City job and decided to attend officer training at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, she had no military experience. On her arrival she was a complete novice: she'd never fired a rifle, she couldn't march; she couldn't even shine her shoes. This book charts her absorbing journey through Sandhurst and on to Afghanistan. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; BM; JWT. Dimension: 199 x 132 x 22. Weight: 260.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472102171
- ISBN
- 9781472102171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.86
€ 15.99
€ 11.86
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 67 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 608. JG 52 on the Russian Front 1943-45. 224 pages, Over 67 black and white photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBWQ; JW. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight: 608.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887404467
- ISBN
- 9780887404467
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 28.47
€ 42.99
€ 28.47
Paperback. Abandoned by her mother, who left to pursue a career as a camp guard at Auschwitz-Birkenau, loathed by her step-mother, cooped up in a cellar, starved, parched, lonely amidst the fetid crush of her neighbours, Helga Schneider endured the horrors of wartime Berlin. This book presents an account of her survival. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGA; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0019522
- ISBN
- 9780099443735
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99