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paperback. The Disaster Artist is the hilarious, behind-the-scenes story of cult cinematic phenomenon The Room, as well as the tale of an odd and inspiring Hollywood friendship. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Sphere
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751561876
- ISBN
- 9780751561876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.86
€ 13.00
€ 11.86
Paperback. One day Greg Mortenson set out to climb K2 - the world's second highest mountain - in honour of his younger sister, but when another member of his group fell ill, they turned around and Greg became lost in the mountains of Pakistan. He wandered into a poor village, where the chief and his people took him in. Num Pages: 240 pages, full colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FKP; BM; JKSN1; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Children´s UK
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141329000
- ISBN
- 9780141329000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 12.54
€ 13.00
€ 12.54
Paperback. Written by a mountaineer who in 1993, after a terrifying and disastrous attempt to climb K2, drifted cold and dehydrated, into an impoverished Pakistan village in the Karakoram Mountains. It tells how moved by the inhabitants' kindness, he promised to return and build a school. It tells the story of that promise and its outcome. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FKP; BM; JKSN1; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141034263
- ISBN
- 9780141034263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Paperback. Presents the author's extensive work in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan after a massive earthquake hit the region in 2005. This book offers information on the unique ways he has built relationships with Islamic clerics, militia commanders, and tribal leaders even as he was dodging shootouts with feuding Afghan warlords. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FKP; BM; JKSN1; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141047140
- ISBN
- 9780141047140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.67
€ 23.99
€ 17.67
Paperback. "John Betjeman". Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 190 x 5. Weight in Grams: 132. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747810513
- ISBN
- 9780747810513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.89
€ 8.89
paperback. The Bang-Bang Club was a group of four young photographers, friends and colleagues, Ken Oosterbroek, Kevin Carter, Greg Marinovich and Joao Silva, who covered the last years of apartheid. This title tells their stories, - the stresses, tensions and moral dilemmas of working in situations of extreme violence - and the story of the end of apartheid. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AJB; AJCR; BG; HBJH; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099281498
- ISBN
- 9780099281498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. Stories from a lifetime spent planting churches in Muslim communities. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16pp colour photo section. BIC Classification: BGXA; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857215192
- ISBN
- 9780857215192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.43
€ 14.43
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Methuen Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413777898
- ISBN
- 9780413777898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.61
€ 23.99
€ 20.61
Paperback. The news story of the year: an explosive expose of how British military intelligence really works, from the inside. Num Pages: 280 pages, 16 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; BT; JPSH; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- O'Brien Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862788438
- ISBN
- 9780862788438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.57
€ 13.99
€ 12.57
Hardback. Grit examines the remarkable life and political career of Paul Martin Sr., a liberal reformer and cabinet minister from 1945 to 1968, who championed health care and pension rights, new meanings for Canadian citizenship, and internationalism in world affairs. Series: Grit. Num Pages: 992 pages, 32 b&w photos. BIC Classification: B; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774829113
- ISBN
- 9780774829113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.45
€ 47.45
Hardback. 8vo.Original cloth with dustwrapper
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- SKU
- KEX0280168
- ISBN
- 9781408835487
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press Cork
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859184288
- ISBN
- 9781859184288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 31.26
€ 39.00
€ 31.26
paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; BGA; DSA; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816626076
- ISBN
- 9780816626076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.86
€ 33.99
€ 30.86
Paperback. When he turned sixty-five, the playwright Simon Gray began to keep a diary: not a careful honing of the day's events with a view to posterity but an account of his thoughts as he had them, honestly, turbulently, digressively expressed. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847080547
- ISBN
- 9781847080547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.22
€ 10.99
€ 9.22
Paperback. When he turned sixty-five, the playwright Simon Gray began to keep a diary: not a careful honing of the day's events with a view to posterity but an account of his thoughts as he had them, honestly, turbulently, digressively expressed. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847080554
- ISBN
- 9781847080554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.26
€ 10.99
€ 9.26
Paperback. Gives an account of the year in which the author struggled to come to terms with terminal lung cancer. This title sets darkly comic depictions of the medical team against joyful accounts of sunlit days with this beloved wife, Victoria. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847081001
- ISBN
- 9781847081001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.26
€ 10.99
€ 9.26
Paperback. The final volume of the trilogy that began with "The Smoking Diaries", this diary reflects Simon Gray's determination to give up smoking. Num Pages: 312 pages, ill. BIC Classification: BGL; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847080721
- ISBN
- 9781847080721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.26
€ 10.99
€ 9.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JKSW1; JKV; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Primedia E-launch LLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- first
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781943276028
- ISBN
- 9781943276028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.35
€ 24.99
€ 17.35
Hardback. More than a conventional biography, Grant Wacker's interpretive study deepens our understanding of why Billy Graham has mattered so much to so many, and how his uncanny ability to appropriate trends in the wider culture allowed him to transform his born-again theology into a moral vocabulary capturing the aspirations and fears of average Americans. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: BGX; HBJK; HBLW; HRAX; HRCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674052185
- ISBN
- 9780674052185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.13
€ 47.99
€ 40.13
Paperback. Grant Stoddard left Britain for the States with the clothes on his back, a fascination with all things American, and a burning hope for something bigger. Then fate in the guise of an X-rated online contest intervened. Winning first prize - sexual intercourse with an infamous married sex columnist - changed everything. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 195 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266. Clean copy with very light shelfwear. Good to very good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- VIRGIN BOOKS
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KST0017355
- ISBN
- 9780753512715
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 8pp colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; VXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 276. 216 pages, 8pp colour illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BG; VXH. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 17. Weight: 272.
- Publisher
- Campion Books
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780954633813
- ISBN
- 9780954633813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.69
€ 13.99
€ 11.69
hardcover. Editor(s): Buttigieg, Joseph A. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 608 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: BGA; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1180.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231060820
- ISBN
- 9780231060820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.11€ 79.38
€ 104.11
€ 79.38
Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; BGH; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428. First edition. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Fine in fine dustjacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Appletree Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KOC0020269
- ISBN
- 9780862819781
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. Based on conversations with directors and actors who knew her, this book is a study of the British post-war dramatist, Sarah Kane. It covers all her major plays and productions, as well as unpublished material and reviews, and looks at her continuing influence after her tragic early death. Series: Theatre: Theory, Practice, Performance. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719059568
- ISBN
- 9780719059568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.83
€ 26.99
€ 26.83