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Biography
Paperback. A narrative of the changing experiences of ordinary people during war, and thoughts on the aftermath of war and whether 'peace' really meant peace, for everyone. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8pp b & w pics. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BGA; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846680748
- ISBN
- 9781846680748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Hardback. Num Pages: 191 pages. BIC Classification: AGB; BG; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 455 x 382 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1682.
- Publisher
- Hatje Cantz
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783775741804
- ISBN
- 9783775741804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.57
€ 52.99
€ 37.57
Paperback. The definitive story of the father of modern football, Herbert Chapman. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474600798
- ISBN
- 9781474600798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. A fascinating insight into the secret of football manager Jose Mourinho's incredible success - now fully updated to include his spectacular return to Chelsea. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409161288
- ISBN
- 9781409161288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. The true wartime story of William Ash - the inspiration for Steve McQueen's character in The Great Escape. A thrilling tale of incredible courage and resilience, from one of Britain's bestselling military historians. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 x 8pp b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BGH; HBWQ; JWG; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782390251
- ISBN
- 9781782390251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Patrick Cockburn's parents had returned to Ireland, unaware of the fact that a polio epidemic had broken out in Cork City. At six, Patrick caught the disease. This is a memoir of Patrick Cockburn's own experience of polio, a portrait of his parents, and the story of the Cork epidemic, a great polio epidemic in the world. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks. Small stain to bottom page edge, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0014776
- ISBN
- 9780099459231
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The author recounts his command of the 7th Armoured Brigade Group - the Desert Rats - during the Gulf War; from preparation and training, to coping with the pressures of a ground war on unfamiliar terrain. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp B&w Photographs, 8pp Colour Photographs, Maps. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 3JJPR; BGHA; HB; JWD; JWKT; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 111 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Hodder Paperbacks
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTG0021030
- ISBN
- 9780340682463
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Shortlisted for the 2008 BBC4 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction Num Pages: 450 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 39. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Edition
- Reprints
- Publisher
- Picador
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330440097
- ISBN
- 9780330440097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Soren Kierkegaard (1813-55), one of the original thinkers of the nineteenth century, wrote on religious, psychological, and literary themes. This book shows how Kierkegaard developed his views in emphatic opposition to prevailing opinions. It provides an introduction by showing how Kiekegaard has influenced contemporary thought. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, Numerous halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 109 x 9. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192802569
- ISBN
- 9780192802569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Clare Hollingworth was the first war correspondent to report the outbreak of WWII, described as 'the scoop of the century'. Her career spanned 40 years and she wrote for the Daily Telegraph, the Economist, the Observer, the Guardian, and reported from Palestine, Algeria, China, Vietnam, and became the first Telegraph's China correspondent since the formation of the People's Republic of China in 1949. She retired in 1981. She died in Hong Kong aged 105 in January 2017 and her death made headlines around the world. Written by Clare's great-nephew, this is the only official account of a memorable life. Brilliantly reviewed in its self-published iteration. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: BG. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473664814
- ISBN
- 9781473664814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. An account of all the horror, boredom and exhilaration of war. It tells the story of how a modern soldier is made, from the testosterone-heavy breeding ground of Sandhurst to the nightmare of Iraq and Afghanistan. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BM; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141039268
- ISBN
- 9780141039268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Hardcover. Biography. 112pp
- Publisher
- Arlen House
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781851320219
- ISBN
- 9781851320219
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.00
€ 30.00
Paperback. Text in Irish. Clean copy showing some age and shelf wear with mylar covering. Mylar peeling and with nicks and tears. Remains a good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1965
- Publisher
- An Clóchomhar Tta
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0009380
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. 334p. 16mo. Half-leather, with paper sides, and title in gilt on spine. Raised bands. Spine sunned, bumped. Some foxing throughout. The front hinge is split, otherwise the binding is tight. Usual library markings
- Condition
- Used, Acceptable
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- William Lay London
- Publication date
- 1857
- SKU
- KHS1017664
Hardback
Condition: Used, Acceptable
€ 195.00€ 45.00
€ 195.00
€ 45.00
Paperback. Presents an account of the author's Irish rural upbringing that describes a patriarchal society surviving on the edge of poverty, sustained by the land and an insatiable love of gossip. This title includes tales of schoolboy skirmishes, blackberrying and night-time salmon-poaching. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BG; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141184203
- ISBN
- 9780141184203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.37
€ 15.99
€ 12.37
Paperback. The bestselling letters between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- JOHN MURRAY
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719568572
- ISBN
- 9780719568572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
hardcover. Clean copy. Fine in dustwrapper. DW has some wear to edges but remains very good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Blackwater Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- SKU
- KOC0027434
- ISBN
- 9780861214952
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.00
€ 10.00
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780717154029
- ISBN
- 9780717154029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 18.38
€ 22.99
€ 18.38
Paperback. Mary Wesley published her first novel at seventy and went on to write a further nine bestsellers, including the legendary The Camomile Lawn. Many of her stories were inspired by her experiences during the Blitz, and by her marriages. The author highlights the links between Wesley's real life and her fiction. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099498179
- ISBN
- 9780099498179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Who was Jean Moulin? The official answer is that he was General de Gaulle's emissary to occupied France and became the political head of the Resistance in 1943. However, Marnham searches for the key to Moulin's political convictions and suggests that he may have been working to a private agenda. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16pp b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWKW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. Weight in Grams: 426. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002902
- ISBN
- 9780712665841
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95