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Paperback. Igor Stravinsky was a celebrity composer in an increasingly celebrity-obsessed age. He was a true modern, a man of his time. Stravinsky's extraordinary music reflected and shaped his own times, and resonates with audiences even today. Stravinsky tells of a colourful life lived against the backdrop of the twentieth century's wars and revolutions. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 200 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780234946
- ISBN
- 9781780234946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardcover. 620pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- SKU
- KON0821470
- ISBN
- 9780316910163
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. On a 6,000-mile train trip across the North American continent from New York City to the West Coast, then back to New York ,Jonathan Goodman visited a number of sites of notorious murders. This is a fusion of true crime and travel writing, with reflections on American manners and morals observed during this serendipitous transcontinental journey. Num Pages: 208 pages, 27 photographs & illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227609
- ISBN
- 9780873388252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Focusing on the 1960s, this work addresses the question: how did it feel in that dawn to be alive? Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BG; HBJD1; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 35. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712666657
- ISBN
- 9780712666657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Darwin's theory that our ancestors were apes caused a furore in the scientific world and outside it when The Origin of Species was published in 1859. Analysing Darwin's major insights and arguments, this work reasserts the importance of his work for the development of modern biology. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, halftones and drawings. BIC Classification: BGH; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 114 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192854544
- ISBN
- 9780192854544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
paperback. Paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear. ROBINSON
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1900
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KRF0022515
- ISBN
- 9780751532685
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KLN0017091
- ISBN
- 9780751532234
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. A completely revised and updated biography of Uri Geller in which the world famous man of mystery opens up about his work as a psychic spy for the CIA and Mossad - tying in with the release of a new documentary exploring this previously unknown area of Geller's past Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; VXP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Watkins Media Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780287614
- ISBN
- 9781780287614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.97
€ 11.99
€ 9.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, 48 black & white photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Seren
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781724019
- ISBN
- 9781781724019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardback. Two Owls at Eton - very British, very witty, yet always close to the rawness of the natural world - is a story to delight everyone - whether they ever trod those playing fields, or have never wished to set eyes on the place. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJPG; BM; JNLP; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786060303
- ISBN
- 9781786060303
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Hawthorn Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903458907
- ISBN
- 9781903458907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.32
€ 26.99
€ 20.32
Paperback. A comprehensive new biography exploring the greatness and limits of the 'Iron Chancellor', Otto von Bismarck: a political genius who remade Europe and united Germany between 1862 and 1890 by the sheer power of his great personality. Num Pages: 600 pages, 16pp black & white plates, 3 maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 231 x 45. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 600
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199642427
- ISBN
- 9780199642427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.10
€ 38.99
€ 28.10
hardcover. When Jonathan Taylor was eight he began to find his father puzzling. Doctors diagnosed Parkinson's disease, and Jonathan became one of his father's carers, taking it in turn with his family to look after him. This is the story of a son's struggle for recognition from a father who is being transformed mentally and physically by the disease. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BTP; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 137 x 28. Weight in Grams: 372. Good clean copy with light nicks and tears to dust jacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Granta Books London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001219
- ISBN
- 9781862079557
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Eareckson. Fine copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- PICKERING I
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- SKU
- KST0003348
- ISBN
- 9780720804324
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 6.44
€ 6.44
Paperback. When Asad was eight years old, his mother was shot in front of him. With his father in hiding, he was swept alone into the great wartime migration that has scattered the Somali people throughout the world. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; BG; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099563778
- ISBN
- 9780099563778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. In his own words Jonny Wilkinson opens up about what it is like being a national icon and the world's most famous rugby player Num Pages: 256 pages, 16pp colour photos. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747242789
- ISBN
- 9780747242789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. JONNY is the unrelenting, brutally honest account of one of the most revered, successful and complex athletes ever to play rugby for England. Num Pages: 368 pages, col. Illustrations, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Headline
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755313402
- ISBN
- 9780755313402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. The behind-the-scenes diary of Jonny Wilkinson's explosive early career Num Pages: 320 pages, 24pp colour photos. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 96 x 20. Weight in Grams: 198. Good to very good copy, some light shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KRS0019775
- ISBN
- 9780747242437
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Stock market multimillionaire at 26, federal convict at 36, he partied like a rock star, lived like a king, and barely survived his rise and fall as an American entrepreneurial icon. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGBA; JKVK; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 366. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Two Roads
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001427
- ISBN
- 9781444778120
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. One day everything changed for Jordan in a car accident. This is the inspiring true story of how a girl got her life back. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJD; VSP; WJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409171522
- ISBN
- 9781409171522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89