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Paperback. First published 50 years before political correctness became an accepted rule, Mischief in Greenland is a treasure trove of H.W. Tilman's observational wit. In this account of his first two West Greenland voyages, he pulls no punches with regard to the occasional failings, leaving the reader to seek out the numerous achievements of these voyages. Series: H.W. Tilman - The Collected Edition. Num Pages: 220 pages, Black and white photographs and maps. BIC Classification: 1MTN; 1MTNG; 1QSR; BGA; WSSN3; WSZG; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Tilman
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909461246
ISBN
9781909461246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.50

Paperback. The first voyage in In Mischief's Wake gives H.W. Tilman's report of the loss of Mischief. He buys Sea Breeze and makes landfall in Iceland before heading to East Greenland. Forty miles from Scoresby Sound, 'a polite mutiny' forced him to abandon the voyage. The following year, he completes a voyage he considered 'certainly the happiest'. Series: H.W. Tilman - The Collected Edition. Num Pages: 176 pages, Black and white maps and photographs. BIC Classification: 1DNC; 1MTNG; BTH; WSSN3; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Tilman
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909461369
ISBN
9781909461369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.51

Paperback. .
Publisher
Tilman
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909461260
ISBN
9781909461260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.50

Paperback. .
Publisher
Tilman
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909461161
ISBN
9781909461161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.51

Paperback. .
Publisher
Tilman
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909461147
ISBN
9781909461147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.51

Paperback. .
Publisher
Crescent House United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909461208
ISBN
9781909461208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.51

Paperback. In 1936 an expedition led by H.W. Tilman reached the summit of Nanda Devi in the Garhwal Himalaya. At over 25,000 feet, it was the highest mountain to be climbed until 1950. The Ascent of Nanda Devi is Tilman's well-observed and humorous record of the climb. One of the earliest climbing expedition books to be published, it is regarded as a classic. Series: Tilman: The Collected Edition. Num Pages: 212 pages, black and white photographs and maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKAH; BGA; RGBS; WSZG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Crescent House United Kingdom
Number of pages
212
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909461185
ISBN
9781909461185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.50

Paperback. .
Publisher
Tilman
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909461321
ISBN
9781909461321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.51

Paperback. H.W. Tilman's Two Mountains and a River picks up where Mount Everest 1938 left off. Tilman and various accomplices-including pioneering mountaineer and regular partner Eric Shipton-trek and climb across Nepal, China, Pakistan, Afghanistan and other areas of Asia, including Ishkashim, where the author was arrested on suspicion of being a spy .. Series: H.W. Tilman - The Collected Edition. Num Pages: 256 pages, Black and white photographs and maps. BIC Classification: 1F; BM; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 217 x 29. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Tilman
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909461307
ISBN
9781909461307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.54

paperback. This intimate and richly informative diary kept in 1910 by the young wife of a bustling merchant household in Kyoto is an engaging, unique glimpse into the lives of ordinary people in early twentieth-century Japan. Includes 53 illustrations. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11 half-tones 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJC; BGHA; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804724418
ISBN
9780804724418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Paperback in good to very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hachette Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
SKU
KRF0020470
ISBN
9780786884148
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Paperback in good to very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Hachette Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF0020486
ISBN
9780786884148
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Paperback in good to very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Hachette Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF0020574
ISBN
9780786884148
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Hachette Books
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KOC0019161
ISBN
9780786884148
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Written by Malala for her peers, this is the story of the girl behind the Nobel Prize-winning icon. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKP; BGA; JN; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Hachette Children´s Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780622163
ISBN
9781780622163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. There cannot be many cities where crime could mean anything from stealing a ship to singing a seditious song, but nineteenth century Glasgow was a unique place with an amazing dynamism. This book chronicles the century long struggle of the forces of law and order to bring peace to a troubled city. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
B & W Pub
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845025366
ISBN
9781845025366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. Hugging the coast and crammed between two rivers, Aberdeen grew up isolated from Scotland's other urban centres. The North East seemed to breed a number of women who lived their lives by deceiving others. One such was Mrs Gordon Baillie from Peterhead. This book tells her story along with other crimes of 19th century Aberdeen and the North East. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 232 x 21. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Black and White Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845027445
ISBN
9781845027445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. Dundee in the nineteenth century was a very dangerous place. This title reveals the real nineteenth century Dundee and the ordinary and extraordinary crimes that took place there. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; 3JH; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Black & White Publishing
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845024208
ISBN
9781845024208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.20

Paperback. This volume presents translations of a selection of the letters sent by crusaders and pilgrims from Asia Minor, Syria and Palestine. There are accounts of all the great events from the triumph of the capture of Jerusalem in 1099 to the disasters of Hattin in 1187 and the loss of Acre in 1291. Series Editor(s): Barber, Professor Malcolm; Edbury, Professor Peter W.; Hamilton, Professor Bernard; Housley, Professor Norman; Jackson, Professor Peter. Series: Crusade Texts in Translation. Num Pages: 206 pages, Includes 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1FBP; 1FBS; 3H; BJ; HBJF; HBLC1; HBWC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
206
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472413932
ISBN
9781472413932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.77

Paperback. Mexico, April 2009. The bodies of a pair of undercover military intelligence agents, disguised as campesinos (farmers), are dumped by the side of the road. Beside the corpses is a message on a scrap of paper: 'You'll never get El Chapo.' Such is the fate of many who have dared to try to catch El Chapo, or oppose him. Num Pages: 304 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC; DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141048390
ISBN
9780141048390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

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