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Hardcover. Tells the story of a young writer's experiences as a Spitfire pilot in training and during the Battle of Britain, and of the life he led after being shot down. This book describes carefree days at Trinity College, Oxford, training as a fighter pilot, aerial combat and then, after being shot down and cruelly burnt by the flames, of a slow recovery. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BG; HBG; HBJD; HBW; HBWQ; JWG; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Pippin Publishing Corporation Canada
Edition
Commemorative edition
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887511035
ISBN
9780887511035
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JB; 3JD; BM; WNCB; WNGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408868027
ISBN
9781408868027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. Winner of the 1989 Whitbread Prize for Book of the Year, this is the first volume of Holmes's seminal two-part examination of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, one of Britain's greatest poets. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16 b/w plates (16pp). BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007204571
ISBN
9780007204571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Timely reissue of the second volume of Holmes's classic biographies of one of the greatest Romantic poets. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports.,. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 39. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007204564
ISBN
9780007204564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.50

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; BG; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780008168728
ISBN
9780008168728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. An exciting and marvellously readable biography of Captain James Cook, the last of the great navigators. Num Pages: 528 pages, 16pp b/w. BIC Classification: 3JF; BGH; HBG; HBLL; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340825563
ISBN
9780340825563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; BGR; HBJD; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 127. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300228700
ISBN
9780300228700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 colour illustrations, 8 colour plates, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750970204
ISBN
9780750970204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.42

Paperback. A romantic account of the several years that the author spent working behind the counter at Bristol's Revolver Records - a business run from the heart rather than the head. It evokes a golden moment in British cultural history, and celebrates the magical abandon that music offers us. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWS; 3JJPN; AVGP; BM; KNTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571311804
ISBN
9780571311804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

Paperback. From his birth in the lowest stratum of the samurai class to his assassination at the hands of right-wing militarists, Takahashi Korekiyo (1854-1936) lived through tumultuous times that shaped the course of modern Japanese history. This biography underscores the profound influence of Korekiyo on the political and economic development of Japan. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 377 pages, 13 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BGH; HBJF; JPQ; KFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
377
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674036208
ISBN
9780674036208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.53

hardcover. The sudden disappearance of Judge Joseph Crater nearly 75 years ago led to perhaps the most famous missing persons case of the 20th century. "Vanishing Point" is a revealing look at New York as the Jazz Age gave way to the Depression, and one of the most intriguing stories in the annals of urban America. Num Pages: 236 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BTC; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781566636056
ISBN
9781566636056
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.29

Paperback. Traces the course of a spring which rises on an Iron Age hillfort and gradually broadens into a brook, flows through a nearby village and hamlet, skirts a solitary farmhouse and its orchard, before draining into water meadows and a lake where the wildfowl nest. This book presents the details of this ancient landscape, its people and the habitats. Illustrator(s): Tunnicliffe, C. F. Series: Nature Classics Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, b/w engravings. BIC Classification: BM; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Little Toller Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908213006
ISBN
9781908213006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.58

Paperback. The crimes of Jack the Ripper have gone down in history as some of the most brutal and violent ever committed. Providing detailed analysis of the attacks and the investigation, this book also considers acts committed before and after that could also have been the work of the same person. Num Pages: 128 pages, 86 specially-commissioned & archive photographs, 1 full-colour area map. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 192 x 10. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
IMM Lifestyle Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780095073
ISBN
9781780095073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.54

Hardback. Num Pages: 608 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; VXW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1322.
Publisher
North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
Number of pages
608
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Rev Exp
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556438998
ISBN
9781556438998
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 24.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Carnegie-Mellon University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887483288
ISBN
9780887483288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; DSB; HPCF7; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 271.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Three Rooms Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781941110065
ISBN
9781941110065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.18

Paperback. First Lady, Liberal, Conservative, President? Editor(s): Kreitner, Richard. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; BGH; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 129 x 25. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784536350
ISBN
9781784536350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.87

Hardcover. "Few figures from the American Civil War have generated more controversy than Confederate general James Longstreet. As the senior officer present at Pickett's Charge, he has been blamed by many, partic" Num Pages: 304 pages, maps, diagrams. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780938289968
ISBN
9780938289968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 29.31

Paperback. Lucrecia de Leon lived on the fringes of the 16th-century Spanish royal court. As a teenager, Lucrecia had hundreds of dreams about Spain's future that became the stuff of political controversy. This book is based upon surviving transcripts of her dreams and on the records of her Inquisition trial. Num Pages: 229 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: 1DSE; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 59.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520201583
ISBN
9780520201583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.80

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813564746
ISBN
9780813564746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.93

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