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Paperback. Gives an account of the year in which the author struggled to come to terms with terminal lung cancer. This title sets darkly comic depictions of the medical team against joyful accounts of sunlit days with this beloved wife, Victoria. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847081001
ISBN
9781847081001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.26

Paperback. When he turned sixty-five, the playwright Simon Gray began to keep a diary: not a careful honing of the day's events with a view to posterity but an account of his thoughts as he had them, honestly, turbulently, digressively expressed. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847080554
ISBN
9781847080554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.26

Paperback. When he turned sixty-five, the playwright Simon Gray began to keep a diary: not a careful honing of the day's events with a view to posterity but an account of his thoughts as he had them, honestly, turbulently, digressively expressed. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847080547
ISBN
9781847080547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.22

paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; BGA; DSA; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816626076
ISBN
9780816626076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Hardcover.
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859184288
ISBN
9781859184288
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Hardback. 8vo.Original cloth with dustwrapper
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KEX0280168
ISBN
9781408835487
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Hardback. Grit examines the remarkable life and political career of Paul Martin Sr., a liberal reformer and cabinet minister from 1945 to 1968, who championed health care and pension rights, new meanings for Canadian citizenship, and internationalism in world affairs. Series: Grit. Num Pages: 992 pages, 32 b&w photos. BIC Classification: B; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774829113
ISBN
9780774829113
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.45

Paperback. The news story of the year: an explosive expose of how British military intelligence really works, from the inside. Num Pages: 280 pages, 16 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; BT; JPSH; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
O'Brien Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862788438
ISBN
9780862788438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.57

Paperback. .
Publisher
Methuen Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413777898
ISBN
9780413777898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.61

Paperback. Stories from a lifetime spent planting churches in Muslim communities. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16pp colour photo section. BIC Classification: BGXA; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
SPCK Publishing
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857215192
ISBN
9780857215192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.43

paperback. The Bang-Bang Club was a group of four young photographers, friends and colleagues, Ken Oosterbroek, Kevin Carter, Greg Marinovich and Joao Silva, who covered the last years of apartheid. This title tells their stories, - the stresses, tensions and moral dilemmas of working in situations of extreme violence - and the story of the end of apartheid. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AJB; AJCR; BG; HBJH; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099281498
ISBN
9780099281498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. "John Betjeman". Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 190 x 5. Weight in Grams: 132. New.
Publisher
Shire Publications
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9780747810513
ISBN
9780747810513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.89

Paperback. Presents the author's extensive work in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan after a massive earthquake hit the region in 2005. This book offers information on the unique ways he has built relationships with Islamic clerics, militia commanders, and tribal leaders even as he was dodging shootouts with feuding Afghan warlords. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FKP; BM; JKSN1; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141047140
ISBN
9780141047140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.67

Paperback. Written by a mountaineer who in 1993, after a terrifying and disastrous attempt to climb K2, drifted cold and dehydrated, into an impoverished Pakistan village in the Karakoram Mountains. It tells how moved by the inhabitants' kindness, he promised to return and build a school. It tells the story of that promise and its outcome. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FKP; BM; JKSN1; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141034263
ISBN
9780141034263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. One day Greg Mortenson set out to climb K2 - the world's second highest mountain - in honour of his younger sister, but when another member of his group fell ill, they turned around and Greg became lost in the mountains of Pakistan. He wandered into a poor village, where the chief and his people took him in. Num Pages: 240 pages, full colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FKP; BM; JKSN1; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Random House Children´s UK
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141329000
ISBN
9780141329000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.54

paperback. The Disaster Artist is the hilarious, behind-the-scenes story of cult cinematic phenomenon The Room, as well as the tale of an odd and inspiring Hollywood friendship. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Sphere
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751561876
ISBN
9780751561876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.86

Paperback. Flyboy 2 provides a panoramic view of the last thirty years of Greg Tate's influential cultural criticism of contemporary Black music, art, literature, film, and politics. These essays, interviews, and reviews cover everything from Miles Davis, Ice Cube, and Suzan Lori Parks to Afro-futurism, Kara Walker, and Amiri Baraka. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; AVGN; BGF; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361961
ISBN
9780822361961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.59

Hardback. Flyboy 2 provides a panoramic view of the last thirty years of Greg Tate's influential cultural criticism of contemporary Black music, art, literature, film, and politics. These essays, interviews, and reviews cover everything from Miles Davis, Ice Cube, and Suzan Lori Parks to Afro-futurism, Kara Walker, and Amiri Baraka. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; AVGN; BGF; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 25. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361800
ISBN
9780822361800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.81

paperback. Speaking for the first time about the profound impact that his brother's death had on him, the author offers a tribute to Duane that only a younger brother could write, showing how, to this day, he still confronts the grief of losing his big brother, even as Duane continues to guide and inspire him. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16 Page Colour Insert with Black and White Photos Throughout. BIC Classification: BM; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 28. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
William Morrow Paperbacks
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062112057
ISBN
9780062112057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.42

Paperback. Bestsellers Gregg Olsen and Rebecca Morris investigate one of the century's most puzzling disappearances and a father who killed his sons. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWU; 3JMC; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 105 x 30. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
St Martin´s Press
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9781250066688
ISBN
9781250066688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.70

Paperback. The warm, funny memoir of Gregor Fisher, the much loved Scottish actor best known for Rab C. Nesbitt, told as he uncovers his dramatic family history. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 279 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008150457
ISBN
9780008150457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.63

Hardback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526100290
ISBN
9781526100290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.93

Paperback. Presents an account of the author's childhood in Czernowitz, Ukraine. This title portrays a twilit world suspended between the dying ways of an imperial past and the terrors of the twentieth century. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192734
ISBN
9780141192734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.23

Paperback. Translator(s): Neugroschel, Joachim. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590172469
ISBN
9781590172469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

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