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hardcover. From literary journalist Sara Mansfield Taber comes a deep and wondrous memoir of her exotic childhood as the daughter of a covert CIA operative. Born under an Assumed Name portrays the thrilling and confusing life of a girl growing up abroad in a world of secrecy and diplomacy - and the heavy toll it takes on her and her father. Num Pages: 396 pages, 64 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; HBJK; HBTM; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597976985
- ISBN
- 9781597976985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.58
€ 38.58
hardcover. As the first great Jewish player in the major leagues and the first African American to play major-league baseball during the twentieth century, respectively, Hank Greenberg and Jackie Robinson are forever linked because of the barriers they encountered, the discrimination they endured, the athletic gifts they exhibited, and especially the .. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books, Inc. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597978422
- ISBN
- 9781597978422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.39
€ 42.39
Paperback. County Armagh, the Orchard County, has a rich heritage of myth and legends which is captured in this collection of tales by local storyteller Frances Quinn. Discover the places where the Craobh Rua - the Red Branch Knights - once roamed and the haunts of the powerful Queen Macha, along with tales of fairy mischief, heroic deeds and murderous crime. Num Pages: 192 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845888145
- ISBN
- 9781845888145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.21
€ 14.99
€ 13.21
Paperback. Features Dodie Smith, who was a playwright and novelist, and the author of various classics such as: The Hundred and One Dalmations, and I Capture the Castle. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2ACG; BGL; DSBH; DSG; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845951733
- ISBN
- 9781845951733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.82
€ 20.99
€ 16.82
Paperback. This reference on Irish mathematicians includes biographies on: Thomas Harriot (1560-1621); William Rowan Hamilton (1805-1865); Robert Murphy (1806-1843); George Boole (1815-1864); George Gabriel Stokes (1819-1903); George Salmon (1819-1904); and John Casey (1820-1891). Editor(s): Houston, Ken. Num Pages: 160 pages, 12pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BG; HBT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 232 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900621496
- ISBN
- 9781900621496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.56
€ 23.99
€ 20.56
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904558378
- ISBN
- 9781904558378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.64
€ 23.99
€ 20.64
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904558934
- ISBN
- 9781904558934
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.39€ 46.67
€ 50.39
€ 46.67
Paperback. Aged seven, Scannella's world turns upside down when he is uprooted from his English home, and sent to the heartland of the Cosa Nostra. He forgets that he ever spoke English and survives by the his wit and his fists, adopting the machismo ways of his elders. Every day is a fight for survival, gang violence is the norm, and the Mafia rules. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSTC; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Medina Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909339279
- ISBN
- 9781909339279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.46
€ 15.99
€ 14.46
Paperback. 8vo.Good clean copy . Standard paperback edition.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0291097
- ISBN
- 9781844084098
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
unknown_binding. K2, August 1st, 2008. Thirty climbers are attempting the summit of the most savage mountain on Earth. They make it. But before they start their descent an ice shelf collapses, sweeping away their ropes. It is dark. Their lines are gone. They are low on oxygen. And it is getting very, very cold. How many will make it down alive? Num Pages: 288 pages, 16pp colour inset. BIC Classification: BTP; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141044064
- ISBN
- 9780141044064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.03
€ 15.99
€ 11.03
paperback. A memoir that deals with some very personal, intimate and emotional aspects of the authors' lives. It presents their reflections about whether what they are doing could help find their daughter Madeleine. Num Pages: 496 pages, 2 x 8 page colour picture sections. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552165150
- ISBN
- 9780552165150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.01
€ 14.99
€ 11.01
paperback. An account of the planning and execution of the Bin Laden raid from inside the US Navy Seal team who carried out the extraordinary mission to kill the terrorist mastermind. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMG; BM; HBWS4; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781405911894
- ISBN
- 9781405911894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
paperback. A biography of Wilhelm von Habsburg that intends to reconstruct the life of this extraordinary man - a man who remained loyal to his Ukrainian dreams even after the country's dissolution in 1921. It charts the final collapse of the ancient regime in Europe and the rise of a new world order. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845951207
- ISBN
- 9781845951207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.37
€ 16.99
€ 12.37
paperback. Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian human rights lawyer and activist. She is known for defending dissident figures, and for the establishment of a number of non-profit grassroots organisations dedicated to human rights. In 2003, she became the first Muslim woman, and the first Iranian, to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Here, she tells her story. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; BG; JFSR2; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rider
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781846040146
- ISBN
- 9781846040146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 13.73
€ 49.99
€ 13.73
paperback. It is 2011, and all universities in North Korea have been shut down for an entire year, except for the all-male Pyongyang University of Science and Technology. This is where Suki Kim has accepted a job teaching English. Life at the university is lonely. This book offers a glimpse of life inside the world's most inscrutable country. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; 3JMG; BM; HBJF; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rider
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781846044830
- ISBN
- 9781846044830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.73
€ 19.99
€ 13.73
Paperback. The Centenary Classics series examines the fascinating time of change and evolution in the Ireland of 100 years ago during the 1916-23 revolutionary period. A Chronicle of Jails is Darrell Figgis's account of his arrest in the aftermath of the 1916 Rising and subsequent internment in Ireland and Britain. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BM; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 122 x 186 x 17. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906359942
- ISBN
- 9781906359942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.47
€ 15.99
€ 14.47
paperback. About James Matthew Barrie, who died in 1937, and his funeral was an occasion for national mourning. During his lifetime, this inscrutable, enigmatic man succeeded in his desire to remain only partially known. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 30. Weight in Grams: 316. From the library of Michel Déon. Signed by the author with an inscription to Déon. Clean copy showing some age and shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0021414
- ISBN
- 9780099453239
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
paperback. In 1966, twelve-year-old Fan Shen, a newly minted Red Guard, plunged happily into China's Cultural Revolution. A story of coming of age in the midst of monumental historical upheaval, this work is a memoir of a young man's harrowing experience during a time of terror. It recounts how Shen escaped, again and again, from his appointed fate. Series: American Lives. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1K; BG; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803293366
- ISBN
- 9780803293366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.74
€ 26.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 95 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780868197883
- ISBN
- 9780868197883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.02
€ 19.99
€ 15.02
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888399762
- ISBN
- 9780888399762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.39
€ 24.99
€ 17.39
Paperback. Alberta had the tightest controls on spending in Canada during the very period when the Klein government has claimed costs were soaring out of control. Now, public programs in Alberta-including health care-have become the most poorly supported in Canada. Num Pages: 134 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBCL; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 187 x 114 x 10. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888642950
- ISBN
- 9780888642950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.11
€ 10.99
€ 10.11
Hardcover. A deeply observant extended homage to orchard farmer Evelyn Curtis Losack and her village of Corrales, New Mexico. Num Pages: 199 pages. BIC Classification: AJCR; BGT; DNF; RN; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 215 x 27. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890135839
- ISBN
- 9780890135839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.13
€ 41.99
€ 30.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JH; BT; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Horsdal & Schubart Publishers Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780920663790
- ISBN
- 9780920663790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.61
€ 23.99
€ 16.61
Hardcover. Num Pages: 116 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; WDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Clear Light Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 116
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780940666337
- ISBN
- 9780940666337
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 22.14
€ 32.99
€ 22.14