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Paperback. The definitive biography of Maggie Smith, grande dame of stage and screen, and a national treasure; named best memoir at the Woman & Home Readers' Choice Awards and Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: ANB; APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474600941
ISBN
9781474600941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. In his autobiography, Crawford recalls his childhood, early memories and his early years in showbusiness and the friendships it led to. Stage hits such as "The Phantom of the Opera" and films such as "Hello Dolly!" are remembered. He offers both professional and personal anecdotes. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: AN; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 27. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
416
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099406419
ISBN
9780099406419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Paperback. Michael Crichton (the creator of TV's "ER") writes about true stories of life in the emergency rooms of Massachusetts General Hospital: a construction worker is seriously injured in a scaffolding collapse; a young man nearly severs his hand; and three other true-life stories. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BT; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 112 x 18. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099601111
ISBN
9780099601111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Lee Kuan Yew, first Prime Minister of Singapore, is a figure whose international stature far exceeds that of the tiny island over which he presided for thirty years. This book analyses the origin and substance of Lee's ideas. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 3JJP; BGH; HBJF; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Talisman Publishing Singapore
Number of pages
282
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9789834431303
ISBN
9789834431303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.60

hardcover. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing v. light shelf wear. Signed. Text is crisp and clear and remains a fine copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Liberties Press
Edition
First edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031376
ISBN
9781905483099
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 38.00

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Vertebrate Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906148942
ISBN
9781906148942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGB; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Manor House Publishing Inc Canada
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780973195620
ISBN
9780973195620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 22.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGB; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Manor House Publishing Inc Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780973195651
ISBN
9780973195651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.93

Paperback. Michael Davitt's "Jottings in Solitary" consists of his drafts on many topics, written while a prisoner in solitary confinement in Portland Convict Prison, 1881-2. Published here for the first time, they contain an autobiographical fragment and a frankly annotated list of Irish MPs of the time. Series: Classics of Irish History S. Num Pages: 288 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; DNF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JPVH3; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 123 x 183 x 25. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Edition
(reprint).
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621915
ISBN
9781900621915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.66

Paperback. Arturo Barea (1897-1957) is often seen as merely a spontaneous writer with a passion against injustice. This biography is based on numerous interviews with people who knew Barea. It revisits Barea's writing qualities and deficiencies in the context of stimulating intersections of literature and politics, and of Spain and England. Num Pages: 243 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 2ADS; BGL; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
243
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194697
ISBN
9781845194697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.48

Hardback. Arturo Barea (1897-1957) is often seen as merely a spontaneous writer with a passion against injustice. This biography is based on numerous interviews with people who knew Barea. It revisits Barea's writing qualities and deficiencies in the context of stimulating intersections of literature and politics, and of Spain and England. Num Pages: 244 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGL; DS; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845192884
ISBN
9781845192884
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.60

hardcover. Alfred von Tirpitz (1849-1930), who joined the Prussian Navy in 1865 as a midshipman, was chiefly responsible for rapidly developing and enlarging the German Navy, especially the High Seas Fleet, from 1897 until the years immediately prior to the First World War. Num Pages: 136 pages, 15 b&w photos, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574884449
ISBN
9781574884449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 16 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3H; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; JPHL; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 132 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300223514
ISBN
9780300223514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.32

Paperback. Get out and collect the seasons from the creators of the No.1 bestselling Naturama. Illustrator(s): Doran, Melissa. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AGN; BJ; PSVS; YB; YBC; YBG; YN; YNN; YNPH; YR. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 210 x 146. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Gill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780717175451
ISBN
9780717175451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. Tells a story about Christian Longo, a man accused of the multiple murder of his own wife and three children. After the deaths, Longo fled to Mexico, where he passed himself off as Michael Finkel, New York Times journalist. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099464570
ISBN
9780099464570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Hardcover. December 2004 marked the bicentenary of Benjamin Disraeli's birth. This work examines Disraeli's novels in order to construct a portrait of the man, his context and enduring reputation. His literary career ran from 1826 to 1880. His novels can be read as the breeding ground for his ideas, gestated away from the pressure cooker of Parliament. Num Pages: 221 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903900307
ISBN
9781903900307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.16

Paperback. The quick-witted boy from a poor and struggling family, who overcame disadvantages and shouldered many burdens to make a go of his life; who found happiness, had it snatched away from him, and in the end, after many difficulties, perhaps found it again. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571270590
ISBN
9780571270590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.25

Hardback. Covers half a lifetime and the range of Frayn's theatrical writing. This title reflects on his path into theatre: the 'doubtful beginnings' of his childhood, his subsequent scorn as a young man and, surprisingly late in life, his reluctant conversion. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; BGF; BGL; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0003665
ISBN
9780571240555
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
New Generation Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755213405
ISBN
9780755213405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.23

paperback. Originally published in 2013 in hardcover in a slightly different format by Insight Editions. Num Pages: 124 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Insight Editions
Condition
New
SKU
9781608874880
ISBN
9781608874880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. A moving story of Marine Operators doing what they do best, Level Zero Heroes brings to life the mission of the US. Marine Special Operations Team 8222 that fought side by side in Afghanistan, in a narrative as action packed and emotional as anything to emerge from the Special Operations community contribution to the Afghan War. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 map, 16 page colour photograph inserts. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; BTM; HBJF1; HBWS4; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 33. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Griffin Publishing
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781250070296
ISBN
9781250070296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.78

Paperback. This expanded edition features new photographs and a new epilogue on the impact of the discovery of Karl Plagge-especially the story of 83-year-old Alfons von Deschwanden, who, after fifty years of silence, came forward as a veteran of Plagge's unit. His testimony is now part of this growing witness to truth. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUF; 3JJH; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
Expanded ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823224418
ISBN
9780823224418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.96

Paperback. Tells the story of one of America's most notorious wrongful convictions, that of Steven Avery, a Wisconsin man who spent eighteen years in prison for the violent assault of Penny Beernsten. This book exposes the failings of the justice system and its devastating consequences for both the accused and the victims. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Windmill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0019387
ISBN
9780099510833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Tells the story of one of America's most notorious wrongful convictions, that of Steven Avery, a Wisconsin man who spent eighteen years in prison for the violent assault of Penny Beernsten. This book exposes the failings of the justice system and its devastating consequences for both the accused and the victims. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 218. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Windmill Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004099
ISBN
9780099510833
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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