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Hardcover. Published for the first time in the centenary year of the Gallipoli Campaign, this is a soldier's story in his own words.Throughout this rare insight into what it was like for an 'civilian soldier' swept up in the fog of war, Beecroft's voice still speaks honestly to us today - of comradeship and devotion to duty, of fear and facing death. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJF; BM; HBJF1; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 193 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Robert Hale Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719816543
- ISBN
- 9780719816543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.49
€ 17.99
€ 16.49
Hardcover. Num Pages: 1600 pages, 50ill. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 90. Weight in Grams: 2360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674454453
- ISBN
- 9780674454453
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.39€ 104.81
€ 111.39
€ 104.81
Paperback. Based on exhaustive research in the Poe family archive, Quinn extracts the life from the legend, and describes how they both were distorted by prior biographies. " Num Pages: 866 pages, 48, 48 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1312.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 864
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801857300
- ISBN
- 9780801857300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.02
€ 44.99
€ 37.02
Paperback. In this second edition of his classic biography, the leading authority on the classical world introduces a fresh generation of student, scholars and readers to a pivotal figure of Rome. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415336611
- ISBN
- 9780415336611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.30
€ 52.30
Paperback. A new edition of Arthur Koestler's gripping tale of arrest, imprisonment, and subsequent escape to London from Nazi-occupied France. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Eland Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907871491
- ISBN
- 9780907871491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.76
€ 19.99
€ 14.76
Paperback. Tells of Arthur Koestler's travels through Russia and remote parts of Soviet Central Asia and of his life as an exile. This book puts in perspective his experiences in Franco's prisons under sentence of death and in concentration camps in Occupied France, and ends with his escape from there in 1940 to England, where he found stability and a home. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics London
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099490685
- ISBN
- 9780099490685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.04
€ 19.99
€ 15.04
hardcover. Diane Arbus was one of the greatest photographers of the last century. Her portraiture of freaks, circus performers, twins, nudists and others on the social margins connected with a wide public at a deep psychological level. This biography begins at the moment Arbus quit the world of commercial photography to be an artist, and ends with her death. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: AJB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 166 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1326.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780224097703
- ISBN
- 9780224097703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 27.76
€ 39.99
€ 27.76
Paperback. The revealing and deeply moving autobiography of one of the greatest American playwrights of the twentieth century Num Pages: 688 pages, 32 pp b/w intergrated. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 44. Weight in Grams: 550. A Life. 688 pages, 32 pp b/w intergrated. The revealing and deeply moving autobiography of one of the greatest American playwrights of the twentieth century. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Dimension: 129 x 197 x 44. Weight: 550.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 688
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408836316
- ISBN
- 9781408836316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.64
€ 12.64
paperback. Introduced to the West by Paul Brunton, Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950) is widely hailed as the greatest Indian saint and sage in modern times, whose teachings continue to influence thousands around the world today. This title interweaves the story of Ramana's life with his spiritual journey. Num Pages: 207 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRG; HRLP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 169 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rider
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781846044083
- ISBN
- 9781846044083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.53
€ 15.99
€ 12.53
Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Shepard, E. H. Num Pages: 192 pages, 8 colour illustrations, 150 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AKLB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 181 x 25. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Publisher
- Jaydem Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- illustrated ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903368022
- ISBN
- 9781903368022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.67
€ 26.99
€ 23.67
Paperback. A phenomenonally precocious schoolboy, Rimbaud was still a teenager when he became notorious as Europe's most shocking and exhilarating poet. This book sets the two sides of Rimbaud side by side with a translation of his exhilarating poetry and a selection of the letters from the harsh and colourful period of his life as a colonial trader. Translator(s): Harding, Jeremy; Sturrock, John. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140448023
- ISBN
- 9780140448023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. The description for this book, Wilson, Volume III: The Struggle for Neutrality, 1914-1915, will be forthcoming. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 758 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 758
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691625935
- ISBN
- 9780691625935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 112.64€ 85.82
€ 112.64
€ 85.82
CD-Audio. Arthur Smith is best known as a comedian, a broadcaster and an opening bat for "Grumpy Old Men". But he has also been a West End playwright, an English teacher, a failed rock star, a busker, a road sweeper and a bombsite boy in post-war Bermondsey. This memoir encompasses a range of funny and often moving experiences by this commentator. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846571794
- ISBN
- 9781846571794
CD
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.78
€ 24.99
€ 17.78
Paperback. Arthur Stanley Bullock grew up in Longhope in the Forest of Dean. After his service in the Great War and his struggle to find employment in Birmingham and south Wales, he worked at Lister's in Dursley. This memoir provides his insight that comes from having been an ordinary intelligent citizen with a sense of moral purpose and an inquisitive mind. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWG; 3JJG; BM; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752447933
- ISBN
- 9780752447933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Paperback. Bill Shirk. 240pp. T.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- The Lyons Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KHS0063938
- ISBN
- 9781592281961
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The Lyons Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0230700
- ISBN
- 9781592281961
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The Lyons Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0230701
- ISBN
- 9781592281961
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The Lyons Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0230702
- ISBN
- 9781592281961
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The Lyons Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0230703
- ISBN
- 9781592281961
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Links the story of Marx's life in London to the places he lived and worked. This book is aimed at visitors who are interested in seeing the places with which he was particularly associated. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BGH; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 6. Weight in Grams: 192. 128 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. Links the story of Marx's life in London to the places he lived and worked. This book is aimed at visitors who are interested in seeing the places with which he was particularly associated. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BGH; WTH. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 6. Weight: 190.
- Publisher
- Lawrence And Wishart Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905007608
- ISBN
- 9781905007608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.48
€ 16.99
€ 15.48
Paperback. BIC Classification: BGT. Dimension: 112 x 177 x 29. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753557525
- ISBN
- 9780753557525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.68
€ 13.99
€ 11.68
Paperback. Elon Musk is an inspirational role model for young entrepreneurs, breaking boundaries and revolutionising the tech-world. He is also the real-life inspiration for the Iron Man series of films. He's not only seen as an entrepreneur in the spirit of a Steve Jobs but as an inventor and bold thinker. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753545102
- ISBN
- 9780753545102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.02
€ 19.99
€ 15.02
Paperback. South African born Elon Musk is the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity. Musk wants to save our planet; he wants to send citizens into space, to form a colony on Mars; he wants to make money while doing these things; and he wants us all to know about it. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; KJH; KND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780753555644
- ISBN
- 9780753555644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.08
€ 15.99
€ 12.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illus. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845195410
- ISBN
- 9781845195410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.90
€ 33.99
€ 30.90