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Paperback. Sandy Macnair and Irvine Welsh were friends long before fame and fortune arrived by train, and their adventures and Welsh's novels have obvious parallels. Their adventures were certainly extraordinary. This title presents a portrayal of their adventures together and the highs and lows of the ride that was their late teens and twenties. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358. The Real Adventures of Irvine Welsh. 224 pages, Illustrations. Sandy Macnair and Irvine Welsh were friends long before fame and fortune arrived by train, and their adventures and Welsh's novels have obvious parallels. Their adventures were certainly extraordinary. This title presents a portrayal of their adventures together and the highs and lows of the ride that was their late teens and twenties. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BM. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 18. Weight: 358.
Publisher
Black and White pub.
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845023683
ISBN
9781845023683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. The heart-warming tale of a wartime childhood. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMD; 3JJH; BM; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KTG0002333
ISBN
9781409148098
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The heart-warming tale of a wartime childhood. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMD; 3JJH; BM; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228. Some light shelf wear, else as new
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KRA0011055
ISBN
9781409148098
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, the author began running to keep fit. A year later, he'd completed a solo course from Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such races, he reflects upon the influence the sport has had on his life and on his writing. This title presents his portrait. Translator(s): Gabriel, Philip. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780099526155
ISBN
9780099526155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. This volume chronicles the life and career of the historian, teacher and university administrator, Horace Mann Bond. It discusses his prodigious early output of scholarly books and articles, and his career-long interest in what he felt were affinities between Africans and African Americans. Num Pages: 288 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFSL3; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463. Previously read but remains in good to very good condition
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reissue
Publisher
Univ of Georgia Pr
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
SKU
KIN0006241
ISBN
9780820316444
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. As the summer of 1914 drew to a close, it was difficult for a 16 year-old schoolboy to realize that the world for which he had been prepared at Clifton College was itself preparing for war. By 1916, he was commissioned in the Royal Field Artillery. This book gives human account of history. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 pp B & W photos; line drawings/maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; BGHA; BTM; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857501950
ISBN
9780857501950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardcover. Clean copy in original cloth with slightly worn dustwrapper
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little Brown and Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st U.S. ed
SKU
KEX0241074
ISBN
9780316518499
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Alek Wek, supermodel, campaigner, spokesperson and entrepreneur, tells her amazing story, from war-torn Sudan to the catwalks of London, Paris and New York Num Pages: 224 pages, Section: 16, colour. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KLN0016368
ISBN
9781844084425
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. Adam Gopnik's memoir of five years as an American family man in Paris Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing Plc United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847243928
ISBN
9781847243928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. * Strong ecological themes plus a romantic dream fulfilled in this autobiographical account by the famous Kon-Tiki explorer. Num Pages: 320 pages, Section: 16, B&W. BIC Classification: 1QSPS; BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349109879
ISBN
9780349109879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. 'A skilful, moving, even humorous book. It is more than an elegy for a lost mother or the charting of one human being's decline .. It is an investigation of memory, which concludes that "Memory, I have come to understand, is everything, it's life itself"' Scotland on Sunday Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BG; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847082695
ISBN
9781847082695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. A dazzling investigation into loneliness, art and the modern city - 'A fierce and essential work' Helen Macdonald. Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 b&w illustrations on text paper. BIC Classification: BM; DN; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782111252
ISBN
9781782111252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Editor(s): Hannan, Tony. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 pages black & white. BIC Classification: BK; WSJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Scratching Shed Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780992991708
ISBN
9780992991708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.87

Paperback. Tells the story of how a boy from South Africa's poverty-stricken black townships became one of the world's best-known religious figures, a moral icon to those who work for peace and justice everywhere. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: BGX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 32. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846040641
ISBN
9781846040641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.57

paperback. The widely acclaimed autobiography of Irish politician and doctor, Noel Christopher Browne. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; HBJD1; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Gill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780717142958
ISBN
9780717142958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.44

Paperback. A brilliant, perceptive biography of the father and son who initiated the age of the railway. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGT; TRF; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445655215
ISBN
9781445655215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APB; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 244 x 19. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143128229
ISBN
9780143128229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.07

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 60 black and white and colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BGH; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 332 x 27. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Gibbs M. Smith Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781423641230
ISBN
9781423641230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.66

Hardcover. This book is the first study of the Irish composer James Wilson (1922 - 2005). A founding member of Aosdana, in the 1950s and 60s Wilson was a key figure in the Music Association of Ireland and played an important role in developing the structures that support composers and musicians in Ireland today. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782051367
ISBN
9781782051367
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Paperback. Contains Nancy Mitford's humorous letters to her family and friends. Mitford never wrote an autobiography, but this collection of letters provides a portrayal of her life and the times in which she lived. Editor(s): Mosley, Charlotte. Num Pages: 624 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340599211
ISBN
9780340599211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.10

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