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Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856832833
ISBN
9780856832833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.33

Paperback. Sun Ra's music as it is about his passionate, often wildly unorthodox views on the galaxy, black people and spiritual matters. With the various incarnations of his inimitable Arkestra, his repertoire ranged from boogie-woogie to swing to be-bop to fusion to New Age, and his influence extended throughout the jazz and rock worlds. Num Pages: 512 pages, 8pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841950556
ISBN
9781841950556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.77

Paperback. Miles Davis was one of the crucial influences in the development of modern jazz. This book tells the story of Miles' childhood, his depressions and his relationship with heroin as well as the more familiar public career. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: AVGJ; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099281832
ISBN
9780099281832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 842 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGHA; JPL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 250 x 175 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1932.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
842
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772897592
ISBN
9788772897592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 85.57
€ 69.91

In this study, John T. Shawcross uses extensive new archival research to scrutinize several misunderstood elements of Milton's life, including his first marriage and his relationship with his brother, brother-in-law and nephews. He also examines Milton's numerous royalist connections. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813122915
ISBN
9780813122915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.76

Paperback. A biographical account of John Milton. It features readings, chronologies, and attention to symbol from etymology to archetype. The work seeks to take the reader into the most interior stirrings of a 17th-century mind. Series: Studies in the English Renaissance. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JD; BG; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813190211
ISBN
9780813190211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.73

hardcover. Clean copy. Thompson
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Simpkin Marshall
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1923
SKU
KST0030200
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
326
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718893019
ISBN
9780718893019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.78

Hardback. Sports radio personality JT the Brick's poignant memoir of losing his best friend to cancer - a crash course in what really matters in life and how to live when you know you're going to die. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; MJCL; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455527908
ISBN
9781455527908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 202 photos. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 704.
Publisher
Jeske, Otger, u. Matthias Mader. I.P. Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9783940822048
ISBN
9783940822048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.01

Paperback. Charlie Hall was born into a working class family in 1899. In 1920 he left England to start a new life in New York. Incredibly, within a few years he had moved to Hollywood, and was appearing in films with some of the greatest silent comedy stars of all time. How did this come about? This book answers various questions about Charlie Hall. Num Pages: 208 pages, 74 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 187 x 12. Weight in Grams: 526. A Biography of Charlie Hall. 208 pages, 74 b/w illustrations. Charlie Hall was born into a working class family in 1899. In 1920 he left England to start a new life in New York. Incredibly, within a few years he had moved to Hollywood, and was appearing in films with some of the greatest silent comedy stars of all time. How did this come about? This book answers various questions about Charlie Hall. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Dimension: 241 x 187 x 12. Weight: 508.
Publisher
Brewin Books
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781858584836
ISBN
9781858584836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.00

Paperback. The gripping true story of the hunt for a man-eating tiger across the forbidding landscape of Russia's Far East.. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 x 8pp colour + maps. BIC Classification: 1FCS; 3JJPR; BT; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340962589
ISBN
9780340962589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. In 1997, Grant Hadwin committed an act of violence - he destroyed the Golden Spruce of the Queen Charlotte Islands. The tree was a scientific marvel, beloved by the Haida people who believed it sacred. This book tells the story of what pushed him to such an act, an environmental protest which acts as a metaphor for the challenge the world faces. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JJPR; BT; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099515791
ISBN
9780099515791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. Brings together numerous murderous tales that shocked not only the count but also made national news, including the cases of Charlotte Dymond, whose throat was cut on Bodmin Moor in 1844, and Emily Tredrea, strangled at St Erth in 1909, both by their jilted suitors, and Mary Ann Dunhill,murdered in a Bude hotel in 1931. Series: Sutton True Crime History. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750947077
ISBN
9780750947077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.59

Paperback. Princess Victoria Melita Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; BGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750934695
ISBN
9780750934695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Once a Grand Duchess Num Pages: 270 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750935210
ISBN
9780750935210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.40

Paperback. An examination of some of the Britain's most notorious and shocking cases. It includes such cases as: Hannah Carey, beaten to death by her husband at Warfield in 1851; young Hannah Gould, whose throat was cut by her father in a frenzied attack at Windsor in 1861; and, Minnie Freeman Lee, whose body was discovered in a trunk in 1948. Series: Murders. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESB; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 410.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750951296
ISBN
9780750951296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.68

Paperback. This volume of newly transcribed letters documents the travels of the Victorian naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, during which he famously discovered natural selection independently of Darwin. Vivid with detail, the letters are fully annotated and accompanied by an introduction with a newly reconstructed itinerary. Editor(s): Van Wyhe, John; Rookmaaker, Kees. Num Pages: 352 pages, A number of black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; 3JH; BJ; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199684007
ISBN
9780199684007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.02

Hardcover. This collection of letters previously only available in an extremely rare private publication released over a century ago gives a fascinating first-hand account of life on campaign and of the experience of battle. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 pages of b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; BJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 28. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Frontline Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781848327740
ISBN
9781848327740
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 7.28

Paperback. In this candid and moving memoir, John W. Evans articulates the complicated joys of falling in love again as a young widower. Should I Still Wish chronicles Evans' efforts to leave an intense year of grief behind, to make peace with the natural world again, and to reconnect with a woman who promises a life of abundance and charm. Series: American Lives. Num Pages: 156 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803295223
ISBN
9780803295223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.88

Hardcover. Missionaries have been blamed for some of the worst effects of western imperialism in Africa. This book, based on the letters of Herbert and Doris Gerrard, leaves readers to judge for themselves. Gerrsrd was a medical missionary who served in Zambia and Kenya for 26 years. Num Pages: 280 pages, 16ill.2M. BIC Classification: 1H; BGHA; HBJH; HBLW; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 27. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
I.B.Tauris
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860646591
ISBN
9781860646591
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.43
€ 54.65

Paperback. The is the story of lifetime adventure between man and boat, capturing some of the best elements of traditional sail. The narrative moves through a backcloth of change from the area of Liverpool Docks to Felixstowe and the forging of strong links with Holland in joint classic boat events. Illustrator(s): Kemsley, Walter; Wainwright, Jon. Num Pages: 336 pages, line drawings, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BG; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780953818037
ISBN
9780953818037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.86

Paperback. Thus begins John Water's autobiography. Opening with his upbringing in Baltimore, it covers his friendship with his muse and leading lady, Divine, detailed accounts of how Waters made his first movies, stories of the circle of friends/actors he used in these films, and finally the "sort-of-fame" he achieves in America. Num Pages: 256 pages, Photographs. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 179 x 15. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Thunder´s Mouth Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560256984
ISBN
9781560256984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 15.95

Paperback. A wild and witty self-portrait of the author, America's 'Pope of Trash', told through intimate profiles of his favourite personalities - some famous, some unknown, some criminal, some surprisingly middle of the road. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: APFB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472116154
ISBN
9781472116154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.78

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