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Paperback. Mahatma Gandhi became a legend in his own time. A tireless fighter for human rights and for Indian independence, his strategy of satyagraha, or passive resistance, earned him the admiration of millions. This biography offers a definitive account of Gandhi's life. It tells the story of one man who changed the world forever. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784700409
ISBN
9781784700409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Beautifully written, powerful and topical story of a woman's decision to honour her suicidal husband's wish that he be allowed to die. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 406. Like new.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9781849837880
ISBN
9781849837880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. The heart-warming true story of a little boy and the cat that changed his life. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BT; WNGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 138 x 27. Weight in Grams: 278. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KRA0011507
ISBN
9780007382743
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Eric Liddell was as close to a saint as any man in modern history has been. Renowned for his athletic prowess, it was also his deeply entrenched values that set him apart from the crowd. These qualities were never better illustrated than in the 1924 Paris Olympics. This is the story of a true hero of our times. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; BGX; HRCX7; JWXR; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127. .
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784160043
ISBN
9781784160043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. In a remote outpost of Now Zad, in Helmand Province, Pen Farthing's tour of duty will change his life forever, but for entirely unexpected reasons ..Appalled by the horrors of a local dog fight, he intervenes to free the victims. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; BM; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091928810
ISBN
9780091928810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Hardcover. Granted access to Wenger's friends and family, players and rival managers, Jasper Rees has written the untold story behind this private man. He follows Wenger from childhood in Alsace, through his stints as a journeyman player, to his coaching days at Nancy, Monaco, Grampus Eight and Arsenal. Num Pages: 244 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), ports. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 239 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Short Books Ltd London
Number of pages
244
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KNW0007673
ISBN
9781904095545
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. From 'Hot from Harlem' to 'Goldfinger', the story of how a two-bit jazz singer from Cardiff became an immortal icon. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 28. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing Plc United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847249753
ISBN
9781847249753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. "Profoundly evocative and altogether admirable.. The writing and detail are so brilliant that I found the volume revelatory."-Tim Page, Washington Post Num Pages: 608 pages, 65 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 139 x 38. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393350807
ISBN
9780393350807
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Paperback. Approaching his middle forties, Gavin Boyter wondered what his life was all about. An ordinary runner, he came to wonder if an ordinary runner might be capable of John O'Groats to Land's End, the longest linear run in Britain. Gavin was neither the first nor the quickest but Downhill from Here is his real triumph. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Publisher
Sandstone Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910985625
ISBN
9781910985625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. Once upon a time, opium was easily available over chemist's counter. The secret of happiness, about which philosophers have disputed for so many ages, could be bought for a penny, and carried in waistcoat pocket. Paradise! So thought, the author, but he soon discovered that 'nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium'. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099528593
ISBN
9780099528593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.19

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 944 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 127 x 37. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Modern Library Inc
Number of pages
944
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375756788
ISBN
9780375756788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.70

Paperback. Describes the author's experience of living on the West Bank since the early eighties. The author tells about the life and gossip of her neighbourhood in Ramallah, her moving family history, and the struggle to live a normal life in an insane situation, based on her diary, which she kept during the Israeli invasion of Ramallah in March 2002. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 150.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Granta Books London
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New edition
SKU
KNW0008648
ISBN
9781862078116
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.99
€ 10.32

Paperback. .
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
456
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940322776
ISBN
9780940322776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.07

Paperback. Surprising Matron as well as herself, Evelyn Prentis managed to pass her Finals and become a staff-nurse. Encouraged, she took the brave leap of moving from Nottingham to London. This title offers an account of a nurse in action, that shows a nurse's life would always revolve around the comforting discomfort of porridge and rissoles, and bandages. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 192 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KOC0016554
ISBN
9780091941376
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Translator(s): Wright, Ann. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: AVGW; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Route
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781901927450
ISBN
9781901927450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BM; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First Edition first Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447285809
ISBN
9781447285809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. A true-life Heartbeat for the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGA; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204. A Yorkshire Dales Copper on the Beat. 272 pages. Yorkshireman Mike Pannett has just taken up a new posting as a local bobby in rural North Yorkshire. It's quite a change from the Met, where he dealt with riots on the capital's streets and drug gangs in Battersea, and found out what it was like to stare down the wrong end of a sawn-off shotgun. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGA; JKSW1. Dimension: 198 x 134 x 19. Weight: 206.
Publisher
Constable
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845298111
ISBN
9781845298111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BM; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Strange Attractor Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907222337
ISBN
9781907222337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.71

Paperback. The story of the woman who rose to be Director-General of Britain's Security Service, MI5, in a career that lasted from 1969 to 1996. Stella Rimington worked to Director level in all main fields of the Service's responsibilities, counter-subversion, counter-espionage and counter-terrorism, Num Pages: 320 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BGA; JPSH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KAK0012808
ISBN
9780099436720
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. This acclaimed biography charts the progress of the brilliant, prolific writer, C. S. Lewis. Num Pages: 480 pages, With index. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
2nd UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007202713
ISBN
9780007202713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.95

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