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Biography
Paperback. What my father didn't do in the war. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745968544
- ISBN
- 9780745968544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.54
€ 15.99
€ 12.54
paperback. As the newly appointed County Inspector of Schools in North Yorkshire, the author reveals in this warm and humorous account, the experiences of his first year in the job - and what an education it was! He quickly learns that he must slow his pace and appreciate the beautiful countryside. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGA; JNKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Previous owner's inscription on half title page.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Number of pages
- 288
- SKU
- KTG0012799
- ISBN
- 9780140275421
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 8.99€ 4.99
€ 8.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Gervase Phinn thinks he's heard just about everything in his two years as a school inspector, but a surprising enquiry from an angelic six-year-old reminds him never to take children for granted. His marriage to Christine Bentley, finding somewhere idyllic to live in the Yorkshire Dales, and chance of a promotion. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGA; JNKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141005225
- ISBN
- 9780141005225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.85
€ 15.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. Tells of a life full of happiness, conversation, music and books shared with his three siblings, mother and father. This book is a snapshot of growing up in Yorkshire in the 1950s - reminisce with the author, and share in his personal journey - of school days and holidays as well as his tentative steps into the adult world. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 30. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141026725
- ISBN
- 9780141026725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Awkward teachers, pompous school governors and fearsome lollipop ladies occasionally make the author's hectic job as a school inspector more than difficult. But, for him, the main challenge remains the frankly spoken children. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGA; JNKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141027678
- ISBN
- 9780141027678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.85
€ 15.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. 'Miss, who's that funny man at the back of the classroom? So begins school-inspector Gervase Phinn's second year among the frankly spoken pupils and teachers of North Yorkshire - the sight of Gervase with his notebook and pen provokes unexpected reactions from the children and adults alike. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGA; JNKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140281293
- ISBN
- 9780140281293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.85
€ 15.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. Bestselling author Gervase Phinn writes with warmth and wit on the pleasures and pains of growing older. Num Pages: 288 pages, Black and white drawings throughout. BIC Classification: BGA; JN; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444705409
- ISBN
- 9781444705409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.30
€ 11.99
€ 10.30
Paperback. Life for the Gervase Phinn is about to become not unlike the rambling hills of the Dales themselves - up and down and all over the place. After a routine school inspection - and a rather brutal report - culminates with a teacher being forced into early retirement, Gervase is left feeling his year hasn't exactly begun on the right foot. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGA; JNKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Edition
- First Penguin Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141011318
- ISBN
- 9780141011318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292704428
- ISBN
- 9780292704428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.03
€ 23.99
€ 22.03
Paperback. Editor(s): Burns, Edward. Num Pages: 920 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 920
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231063098
- ISBN
- 9780231063098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 42.32
€ 53.36
€ 42.32
Paperback. For Gertrude Stein and her wife Alice B Toklas, life in Paris was based upon the rue de Fleurus and the Saturday evenings and 'it was like a kaleidoscope slowly turning'. Audacious, sardonic and characteristically self-confident, this title offers a definitive account by an American in Paris. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185361
- ISBN
- 9780141185361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. During World War I, Georgina Howell worked her way up from spy to army major to become one of the most powerful woman in the British Empire. After the defeat of the Ottoman Empire, she was instrumental in drawing the borders that define the region today, including creating an independent Iraq. This book deals with her life and work. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143107378
- ISBN
- 9780143107378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Hardcover. Perhaps the greatest scholar of Jewish mysticism in the 20th century, Gershom Scholem (1897-1982) once said of himself, "I have no biography, only a bibliography." Yet, in thousands of letters written over his lifetime, many of which are included in this volume, Scholem's biography does unfold. Num Pages: 560 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 42. Weight in Grams: 912.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674006423
- ISBN
- 9780674006423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.97€ 58.39
€ 63.97
€ 58.39
Paperback. Translator(s): Zohn, Harry. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DS; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590170328
- ISBN
- 9781590170328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.58
€ 24.99
€ 18.58
hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA; VFVX; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Running Press Adult
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780762452484
- ISBN
- 9780762452484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 7.76
€ 19.99
€ 7.76
Hardcover. Gerry Kennedy set off on a tour through Russia, China, Japan and the USA . Only dimly aware of his Victorian ancestors: George Boole, forefather of the digital revolution and James Hinton, eccentric philosopher and advocate of polygamy, he had directly followed in the footsteps of two dynasties of radical thinkers and doers. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGT; JPWQ; PBB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Attic Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782051855
- ISBN
- 9781782051855
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.82
€ 33.99
€ 24.82
Hardcover.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Gill Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KNW0008037
- ISBN
- 9780717142538
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Gill Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KDK0001806
- ISBN
- 9780717142538
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. 'Bobby' Sands was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army who died on hunger strike while imprisoned at HM Prison Maze. This graphic novel, the first of its kind, brings Bobby Sands' story to life in a whole new way. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJP; BGH; FXZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210. .
- Publisher
- O´Brien Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847178152
- ISBN
- 9781847178152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.21
€ 14.99
€ 13.21
Hardcover. Climbing Ramabang is Irish climber Gerry Galligan's bold and expansive travel diary recounting his assembling of a small team of Irish mountaineers and their attempts on unclimbed mountains and unexplored valleys in the remote corners of the Indian Himalaya, and his subsequent overland trip home. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2x 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1FKA; 1FKAH; BGA; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- Vicarious Publishing
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909461031
- ISBN
- 9781909461031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.73
€ 26.99
€ 23.73