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Biography

Paperback. The book everyone is talking about News, views and hilarious stories from the legend of Newsnight and long-standing quiz master of University Challenge. 'Bursting with good things' Daily Telegraph Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: APT; BM; JPVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270. 8vo.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
SKU
KEX0296478
ISBN
9780008128333
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The witty, incisive and frank memoirs from the legend of Newsnight and long-standing quiz master of University Challenge. Filled with views, opinions and stories from 4 decades in front of the camera. BIC Classification: BM. Dimension: 155 x 237 x 29. Weight in Grams: 520. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
SKU
KOC0012231
ISBN
9780008201531
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. What draws us to the beauty of a peacock, the flight of an eagle, or the song of a nightingale? Why are birds so significant in our lives and our sense of the world? And what do our ways of thinking about and experiencing birds tell us about ourselves? This title presents a meditation on the variety of human responses to birds. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8 color illus. 32 halftones. 25 line illus. BIC Classification: BM; JHBS; JHMC; PSVW6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154282
ISBN
9780691154282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.49

Paperback. Enchanting memoir of a struggling writer living and working in the eccentric Parisian bookshop, 'Shakespeare and Company' Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BGA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753820582
ISBN
9780753820582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Precociously brilliant in his youth, Cyril Connolly was haunted for the rest of his life by a sense of failure and a romatic yearning to recover a lost Eden. His two great books, "The Unquiet Grave" and "Enemies of Promise", are classics of English prose, combining wit, romanticism and merciless self-knowledge. Num Pages: 672 pages, 16pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 36. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Pimlico
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712666350
ISBN
9780712666350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.49

Paperback. A biography of the great 18th-century novelist, Tobias Smollett, by the author of "Cyril Connolly: A Life". It is filled with curious details from the worlds of publishing, medicine, politics and literary life. Num Pages: 316 pages, 8 pp b/w plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 245.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Pimlico
Condition
New
SKU
9780712667784
ISBN
9780712667784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. David Astor is a great exception to the rule. His early life was far from idyllic. At Oxford he suffered the first of the bouts of depression that were to blight his life, and he became a lost soul for much of the Thirties but when he took the Observer on in 1948 he converted a staid Sunday paper into essential reading. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGL; KNTJ; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 35. Weight in Grams: 602.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099552123
ISBN
9780099552123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. A biography that provides the historical background to the various Shakespeare plays and sets his life in the context of his times. Series: Life & Times. Num Pages: 176 pages, 12 black & white halftones, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905791132
ISBN
9781905791132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. The name of John Wilmot, second earl of Rochester, is synonymous with excess. In this biography, Jeremy Lamb examines time the nature of Rochesters alcoholism and its implications for the man and his poetry. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
304
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KLN0018187
ISBN
9780750939133
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. The name of John Wilmot, second earl of Rochester, is synonymous with excess. In this biography, Jeremy Lamb examines time the nature of Rochesters alcoholism and its implications for the man and his poetry. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 220.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KLN0018180
ISBN
9780750939133
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. Mixing stories from The Jeremy Kyle Show with moments from his own life, Britain's biggest daytime television star offers a straight-talking solution to the nation's problems. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: APT; BM; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
336
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KLN0014202
ISBN
9780340980804
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Jeremy & Amy is the first book to tell the story behind internationally famous Monkey World. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: BM; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Short Books
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907595189
ISBN
9781907595189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. Jeremy Johns provides a pictorial history of smuggling in Cornwall. Num Pages: 96 pages, 100. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; BTC; HBJD1; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Ill
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445651682
ISBN
9781445651682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JJPN; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Milkweed Editions United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571313430
ISBN
9781571313430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.08

Paperback. When your children lose their mother can you even try to take her place? Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 195 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pan
Edition
Main Market
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRA0010669
ISBN
9780330543927
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Henri Poincar (1854-1912) was not just one of the most inventive, versatile, and productive mathematicians of all time - he was also a leading physicist who almost won a Nobel Prize for physics. This book explores all the fields that Poincar touched, the debates sparked by his investigations, and how his discoveries still contribute to society. Num Pages: 608 pages, 13 halftones. 26 line illus. BIC Classification: BGT; PB; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1006.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
608
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152714
ISBN
9780691152714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 2 pages, over 1000 bw/color images. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BK; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 298 x 229 x 78. Weight in Grams: 4734.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764342660
ISBN
9780764342660
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.36
€ 112.61

hardcover. Featuring a group of international scholars from the disciplines of history, philosophy, literature and art history, this work offers a reconsideration of the ideas and the impact of the abbe Henri Gregoire, one of the most important figures of the French Revolution and a contributor to the campaigns for Jewish emancipation, and rights for blacks. Editor(s): Popkin, Jeremy D. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBLL; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
2000th Edition
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792362470
ISBN
9780792362470
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.10

Paperback. Takes time out to consider: the madness of Galapagos tortoises; the similarities between Jeremy Paxman and AC/DC's bass guitarist; the problems and perils of being English God's dumbest creation; then there are the cars: whether it's the poxiest little runabout or an exotic, firebreathing supercar, no one does cars like Clarkson. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: WGCB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 324. Clean copy with shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin UK
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KOC0019090
ISBN
9780141026114
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The king of the exasperated quip discovers that: Bombing North Carolina is bad for Yorkshire; we can look forward to exploding at the age of 62; Russians look bad in Speedos. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 252. good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKW0008672
ISBN
9780141028606
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Reveals why it is that: too much science is bad for our health '70s rock music is nothing to be ashamed of Hunting foxes while drunk and wearing night-sights is neither big nor clever; we must work harder to get rid of cricket; and the author likes the Germans (well, sometimes). Series: The World According to Clarkson. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: WGCB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 250. Good, clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Penguin Books
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0005467
ISBN
9780141017891
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Reveals why it is that: too much science is bad for our health '70s rock music is nothing to be ashamed of Hunting foxes while drunk and wearing night-sights is neither big nor clever; we must work harder to get rid of cricket; and the author likes the Germans (well, sometimes). Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: WGCB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 254. Paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear. CLARKSON
Edition
4th Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRF0022476
ISBN
9780141017891
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The king of the exasperated quip discovers that: Bombing North Carolina is bad for Yorkshire; we can look forward to exploding at the age of 62; Russians look bad in Speedos. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 252. Used paperback in good condition.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
2nd Edition
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KNW0015534
ISBN
9780141028606
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Deals with topics such as: if Jesus might have been better off being born in New Zealand; why reflexive pronoun abuse is the worst thing in the world; how Pam Ayres' head trumps Gordon Gecko's underpants, or what a television presenter with time on his hands gets up to. Series: The World According to Clarkson. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405924177
ISBN
9781405924177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

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