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Biography
paperback. During the second world war Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio. Left emotionally scarred and unable to form normal relationships Lomax suffered for years until, with the help of his wife Patti and the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture. Num Pages: 256 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FM; BGHA; HBJF; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099582311
- ISBN
- 9780099582311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.64
€ 13.99
€ 10.64
Paperback. A biography of William Wilberforce and a depiction of an era of social reform that changed the world. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JPVH; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Authentic Media
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780783048
- ISBN
- 9781780783048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.94
€ 19.99
€ 15.94
Paperback. A biography of the first Prime Minister of the 20th Century during the height of the British Empire. Series: 20 British Prime Ministers of the 20th Century. Num Pages: 168 pages, 2 black & white halftones, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904950547
- ISBN
- 9781904950547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages, 67 b/w photos & 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870335181
- ISBN
- 9780870335181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 22.14
€ 32.99
€ 22.14
Paperback. Hailed as Newby's 'masterpiece', 'Love and War in the Apennines' is the gripping real-life story of Newby's imprisonment and escape from an Italian prison camp during World War II. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW3; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007367894
- ISBN
- 9780007367894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.45
€ 15.99
€ 11.45
Paperback. Veteran travel writer Eric Newby has a massive following and is cherished as the forefather of the modern comic travel book. However, less known are his adventures during the years he spent as an apprentice and commercial buyer in the improbable trade of women's fashion. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 4. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007367511
- ISBN
- 9780007367511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.45
€ 15.99
€ 11.45
Paperback. This book is a lush and beautiful memoir of a very special house and a superb recreation of a bygone era. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007367900
- ISBN
- 9780007367900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.45
€ 15.99
€ 11.45
Paperback. A chronicle of travels, some homely some exotic, from the man who can make a schoolboy holiday in Swanage as colourful as a walk in the Hindu Kush. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007367870
- ISBN
- 9780007367870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.54
€ 15.99
€ 12.54
Paperback. An engaging and informative first-hand account of the last 'grain race' of maritime history, from respected travel writer Eric Newby. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJG; BT; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- William Collins
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007597833
- ISBN
- 9780007597833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.38
€ 15.99
€ 11.38
Hardcover. This fascinating work profiles Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, the foremost Islamic scholar and mystic of the medieval period. Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; 3H; BGX; HRH; HRLK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851684144
- ISBN
- 9781851684144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.76
€ 33.99
€ 32.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 316 pages, 25 colour & 65 b/w illus. BIC Classification: ACXD7; AFC; AGB; BG; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Mandrake of Oxford United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 316
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869928988
- ISBN
- 9781869928988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.93
€ 40.99
€ 26.93
Hardback. A definitive new biography, deftly interweaving an account of Turner's early life with profound scholarly and aesthetic appreciation of his work Series: J.M.W. Turner: A Life in Art. Num Pages: 552 pages, 350 color + 100 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; AGB; BGF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 241. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300140651
- ISBN
- 9780300140651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.78€ 77.58
€ 100.78
€ 77.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illus. BIC Classification: AC; BGF; JFC. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845197445
- ISBN
- 9781845197445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.50
€ 40.99
€ 36.50
Paperback. The long awaited story of one of Britain's greatest comic legends. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0296129
- ISBN
- 9780007177851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BGSA; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- SportsBooks Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907524363
- ISBN
- 9781907524363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.20
€ 14.20
Paperback. Traces Peter Howard, who was to become one of The Wooden Horse escapers, from his being shot down, through his capture, and first two POW camps. This work gets into the mind of a man determined to escape his captors. It shows that for all the many schemes dreamt up, very few ever got started and of those a 'home run' was like a lottery win. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: BTM; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844155385
- ISBN
- 9781844155385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.25
€ 17.99
€ 14.25
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Primedia E-launch LLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- first
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781943275366
- ISBN
- 9781943275366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.97
€ 26.99
€ 18.97
Paperback. A memoir about growing up of the author - from her colourful family members and her parents' tumultuous marriage, to her father's celebrity friends and the family's eccentric neighbours. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Edition
- Reprint..
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099570080
- ISBN
- 9780099570080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.29
€ 11.99
€ 10.29
Paperback. Ted Hughes's "Birthday letters", published in 1998, was greeted with astonishment and acclaim. In "Ariel's gift", Erica Wagner provides a commentary to the poems, pointing the reader towards the events that shaped them, and, crucially, showing how they draw upon Plath's own work. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8pp b&w halftones, indexes. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571205264
- ISBN
- 9780571205264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.53
€ 15.99
€ 11.53
Hardcover. This work contains two narratives which together offer a portrait of how two German Jews came to terms with the changes in their lives brought on by the Nazis. Translator(s): Goldstein, Brigitte. Series: Jewish Lives S. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 325. Clean copy in good condition
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Translated
- SKU
- KAG0000614
- ISBN
- 9780810111813
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 574 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 32. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780760320549
- ISBN
- 9780760320549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.46
€ 25.99
€ 18.46
Paperback. Translator(s): Lorton, David. Num Pages: 160 pages, 23. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; BGH; HBJH; HBLA; HRKP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 218. 160 pages, 1 map, 15 b&w photographs, 7 drawings. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; BGH; HBJH; HBLA; HRKP1. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 12. Weight: 218. Translator(s): Lorton, David.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801487255
- ISBN
- 9780801487255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.37
€ 27.99
€ 26.37
Paperback. The Chicago World's Fair of 1893 and its amazing 'White City' was one of the wonders of the world. The architect was Daniel H Burnham, the driving force behind the White City, the massive, visionary landscape of white buildings set in a wonderland of canals and gardens. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 496 pages, B & W photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 2AB; AMG; BGH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553813531
- ISBN
- 9780553813531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.82
€ 15.99
€ 11.82
Paperback. Bruno Walter, one of the twentieth century's greatest conductors, lived a fascinating life in difficult times. This book is a biography of Walter. It tells of Walter's close friendship with Gustav Mahler, his relations with Thomas Mann and his family, and his romantic involvement with the soprano Delia Reinhardt. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AVGC4; BGF; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803290082
- ISBN
- 9780803290082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73