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Paperback. Kathy suffered in silence as she was battered by her father and molested by local boys. When she was sent to a psychiatric unit, she suffered terrifying electric-shock therapy and further cruelty at the hands of her supposed carers. This book presents the author's harrowing account of her ruined childhood and of her subsequent fight for justice. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: BG; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 20. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Publication date
2006
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KNW0007913
ISBN
9781845961466
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. When Liz Macintyre's mother died she found a collection of 300 letters from her father Alex, spanning his service in Italy and Egypt in the Second World War. Alex's letters offer an intimate account of war from a regular 'desert rat' and cover such daily matters as football, insects, sandstorms alongside accounts of survival. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752447063
ISBN
9780752447063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.65

Paperback. One man's story of an experience shared by thousands of children. The idyllic upbringing of the child of a Navy officer in Malaya and Singapore during the 1960s. Num Pages: 96 pages, 118 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 1FMS; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 7. Weight in Grams: 224. A Childhood in Singapore and Malaya. 96 pages, 118 b&w illustrations. One man's story of an experience shared by thousands of children. The idyllic upbringing of the child of a Navy officer in Malaya and Singapore during the 1960s. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FMM; 1FMS; BM. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 7. Weight: 220.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445603155
ISBN
9781445603155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Hardcover. "Persepolis" ended in a cliffhanger in 1984, just as 14 year old Marjane was leaving behind her home in Tehran, escaping fundamentalism and the war in Iraq to begin a new life in the West. Here we follow her through the next eight years of her life - four years in Vienna, and four years back in Iran. Num Pages: 192 pages, b&w drawings throught. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224074407
ISBN
9780224074407
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Hardback. .
Publisher
Taschen GmbH
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836561631
ISBN
9783836561631
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.95

Paperback. The explosive autobiography from the brilliant and controversial footballer Luis Suarez. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472224279
ISBN
9781472224279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 45 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750960250
ISBN
9780750960250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.45

Hardcover. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 392 pages, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 750.
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Number of pages
392
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810882812
ISBN
9780810882812
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.04

Paperback. Writer and historian Kaye Jones has investigated the case of Christiana Edmunds, a seemingly demure middle-class young lady who suddenly started sending out poisoned chocolates to fellow residents of Brighton in 1871. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8-page plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; 3JH; BTC; HBTB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781593752
ISBN
9781781593752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. 8vo. Good clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hot Press Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
SKU
KEX0257635
ISBN
9780952494706
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In 2008, a YouTube clip became an internet phenomenon. It showed the emotional reunion of two young men and their pet lion, Christian, after they had left him in Africa to be introduced into his rightful home in the wild. This title tells their story, accompanied by photographs. Num Pages: 208 pages, Over 50 b&w / colour photos in 5 x 8-page sections. BIC Classification: BT; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Broadway Boks,2010
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553820607
ISBN
9780553820607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Blistering and timely interrogation of the politics and motives of an infamous ex-leftist Num Pages: 160 pages, ill. BIC Classification: BGH; JP; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 197 x 11. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Verso
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844679904
ISBN
9781844679904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Hardback. The Byzantine mystic, writer, and monastic leader Symeon the New Theologian is considered a saint by the Orthodox Church. The Life was written more than 30 years after Symeon's death by his disciple and apologist Niketas Stethatos. This translation, based on an authoritative Greek edition, makes it accessible to English readers for the first time. Translator(s): Greenfield, Richard P.H. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HBLC1; HRCC1; HRCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057982
ISBN
9780674057982
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.07

Paperback. Edgar Allan Poe began his literary career composing verses modelled on Byron. Poe has been claimed as the forerunner of modern fantasy. This biography of Poe opens with his end, his final days - no one knows what happened between the time when friends saw him off on the steam-boat to Baltimore and his discovery six days later dying in a tavern. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099287674
ISBN
9780099287674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

paperback. Includes an account of Bernard's Salford childhood, the early days of Joy Division, the band's enormous critical and popular success, and the subsequent tragic death of Ian Curtis. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552170499
ISBN
9780552170499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.66

Paperback. A wry, tender memoir by one of the leading voices on transition and masculinity Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 135. .
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786890887
ISBN
9781786890887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 450 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: APFB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Tomahawk Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
450
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780953192656
ISBN
9780953192656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.86

Hardback. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319255668
ISBN
9783319255668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.17

Paperback. A first volume of memoirs, revisiting the South Africa of half a century ago, of a boy growing up in a small country town with a father he could not respect and a mother he adored. Coetzee evokes the tensions, delights and terrors of childhood, in a world of unexplained rules he knew he must obey. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099268277
ISBN
9780099268277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BM; WH; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472916891
ISBN
9781472916891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.70

Hardback. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JJG; BGA; MZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 105 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509824892
ISBN
9781509824892
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.77

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783463220
ISBN
9781783463220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.48

Paperback. In 2014, Forbes listed Calvin Harris as the world's highest paid DJ for the second year running and he has just scored his fifth number one hit - and his third this year. But just who is Calvin Harris? This biography of the chart-topping sensation, charts Harris' journey from struggling musician to international superstar. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8pp plates. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Black and White Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845029678
ISBN
9781845029678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.63

Paperback. A study of the Yorkist king Edward IV, a crucial figure in the Wars of the Roses. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781554166
ISBN
9781781554166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.15

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