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Biography
Paperback. A story of a young boy growing up in the West Kerry Gaeltacht in the 1940s and 1950s. It describes the fun and games of his schooldays, his accordion playing as a teenager, his emigration to London unknown to his parents, his meeting up with his brother and working there, his emigration to Chicago and his marriage and eventual return to Ireland. Translator(s): Fitzmaurice, Gabriel. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- CMD / MERCIER
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781856355506
- ISBN
- 9781856355506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.44
€ 17.99
€ 14.44
paperback. The amazing life story of Maire MacSwiney Brugha, daughter of Terence MacSwiney. Taken by her mother to Germany after her father's death on hunger strike, she was reared as a german girl for years before coming home. Fascinating and eye-opening Num Pages: 320 pages, 80 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BG; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 169 x 23. Weight in Grams: 776. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- O'Brien Press Ltd
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTJ8039298
- ISBN
- 9780862789862
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. Editor(s): Kenny, David. Num Pages: 299 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJC; 3JJF; ANB; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 244 x 26. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848405097
- ISBN
- 9781848405097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.83
€ 17.99
€ 13.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 50 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BG; HBJF; HBTB; JFSL3; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 260 x 26. Weight in Grams: 932.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Blacksmith Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789881376428
- ISBN
- 9789881376428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.99
€ 19.99
€ 14.99
Paperback. This stimulating book covers all area of the twelfth century Muslim philosopher's life from his transmission of Aristotelian thought to the Western world, to his conflict with the Ash'arite theologians. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HPDF; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1ST
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851682690
- ISBN
- 9781851682690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.05
€ 25.99
€ 24.05
Paperback. Active in the Polish campaign of 1939, the conquest of France, the Balkans, the desert with Rommel, as well as in Russia, at Stalingrad and Kursk, the author was present at every major panzer campaign. In 1944, he was moved to the Western Front under Field Marshall von Rundstedt. Num Pages: 256 pages, 32 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862274594
- ISBN
- 9781862274594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.34
€ 19.99
€ 18.34
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Tilman
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909461222
- ISBN
- 9781909461222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.47
€ 16.99
€ 15.47
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€ 15.55
€ 16.99
€ 15.55
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€ 15.43
€ 16.99
€ 15.43
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Tilman
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909461260
- ISBN
- 9781909461260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.58
€ 16.99
€ 15.58
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Tilman
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909461161
- ISBN
- 9781909461161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.55
€ 16.99
€ 15.55
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Tilman
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909461147
- ISBN
- 9781909461147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.34
€ 16.99
€ 15.34
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€ 15.34
€ 16.99
€ 15.34
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€ 15.47
€ 16.99
€ 15.47
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Tilman
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909461321
- ISBN
- 9781909461321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.34
€ 16.99
€ 15.34
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€ 15.47
€ 16.99
€ 15.47
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€ 29.66
€ 32.99
€ 29.66
Hardback. 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: 236 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804724401
- ISBN
- 9780804724401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.76
€ 144.76
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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71