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Paperback. This important book brings together the previously unpublished letters of three women, Lilian Ngoyi, Bessie Head and Dora Taylor. These letters record the writers' joys and sorrows as they struggled to live principled lives in adversity. It invites readers to taste the intriguing and sometimes disturbing pleasures of reading personal letters. Editor(s): Daymond, M. J. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 31. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781431409488
- ISBN
- 9781431409488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.56
€ 20.99
€ 19.56
Paperback. This is the inside story of how Rob Heffernan's dream led him from the council flats of his tough Cork city upbringing to the winners' podium of the Olympic Games. It is also a frank chronicle of the sometimes nightmare-ridden journey it takes to make a dream come true. Num Pages: 210 pages, Colour photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGSA; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Gill
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848892880
- ISBN
- 9781848892880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 18.38
€ 22.99
€ 18.38
Paperback. Churchill (1874-1965) was one of the 20th century's most charismatic and controversial figures. From his meetings with world leaders such as Roosevelt, de Gaulle and Stalin, his verbal engagements with Hitler and the Third Reich, to his wit and oratory on the floor of the Commons, this book explores various facets of Churchill's life and times. Editor(s): Langworth, Richard M. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091933364
- ISBN
- 9780091933364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.96
€ 40.99
€ 26.96
Paperback. Tells a story about Christian Longo, a man accused of the multiple murder of his own wife and three children. After the deaths, Longo fled to Mexico, where he passed himself off as Michael Finkel, New York Times journalist. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099464570
- ISBN
- 9780099464570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.41
€ 17.99
€ 13.41
Paperback. Longlisted for the Orwell Prize and the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction; both conservative and subversive, Burke's beliefs have never been more relevant, as MP Jesse Norman explains. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007489640
- ISBN
- 9780007489640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.91
€ 17.99
€ 12.91
Paperback. After more than her fair share of heartbreak, Katie Price has at last found true love and this time she knows it's for keeps. Physically and emotionally, she has met her match and there have been some dramatic changes in her life as a result. This book presents her story. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 364. Used paperback, in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KRF0037854
- ISBN
- 9780099497851
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. If running extreme distances is as much about mental endurance as physical, how do you keep going when your internal monologue turns against you? That was the simple question Ira Rainey faced when the darkness of depression cast its long shadow over his life. The answer it turned out was far from straightforward. Num Pages: 208 pages, 20 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWS; BM; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 307 x 21. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Tangent Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910089538
- ISBN
- 9781910089538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.70
€ 13.99
€ 11.70
Paperback. Virginia Woolf's only autobiographical writing is to be found in this collection of five pieces. Despite Quentin Bell's biography and other studies of her, the author's own account of her early life should hold fascination for its unexpected detail and clear-sighted judgement of Victorian values. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712646185
- ISBN
- 9780712646185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. On 21 July, 1942, the Nazis took control of the small Polish town of Zolkiew, life for Jewish 15-year-old Clara Kramer was never to be the same again. While those around her were either slaughtered or transported, Clara and her family hid perilously in a hand-dug bunker. Living in the house above and protecting them were the Becks. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091924416
- ISBN
- 9780091924416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. Aims to recreate the turbulent times through which William Shakespeare lived: the age of the Reformation, the Spanish Armada, the Gunpowder Plot and the colonization of the Americas. Drawing on a range of sources, this work takes us back into Elizabethan England to reveal a man who is the product of his time. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- BBC Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780563521419
- ISBN
- 9780563521419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.58
€ 23.99
€ 16.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black and white illustrations in the text. BIC Classification: BGXA; HRCC7; HRCX1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472944627
- ISBN
- 9781472944627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.93
€ 13.99
€ 10.93
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- AuthorHouse United States
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781452013565
- ISBN
- 9781452013565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.98
€ 10.99
€ 9.98
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, over 40 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JWF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764305900
- ISBN
- 9780764305900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.38
€ 31.99
€ 21.38
Paperback. A classic autobiography by the best known Second World War Fleet Air Arm pilot. A story of real life adventure, action and heroism. Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BG; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Cassell military pbk. ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780304358410
- ISBN
- 9780304358410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 11.85
Hardcover. Witty and engaging biography of James Sadler, the first Englishman to fly - in 1784, he rose approximately 3,600 feet over Oxford in a self-built balloon powered by hydrogen Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; BGT; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909930018
- ISBN
- 9781909930018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.63
€ 19.99
€ 19.63
Hardcover. The prize-winning author of Fire Season returns with the heartrending story of his troubled years before finding solace in the wilderness. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJX; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 220 x 27. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393088762
- ISBN
- 9780393088762
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.72
€ 30.99
€ 25.72
Paperback. In 1581 Edmund Campion, a Jesuit priest working underground in Protestant England, was found guilty of treason and hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn. Years later he would be beatified. This title tells Campion's story. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; BGX; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 10. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141391502
- ISBN
- 9780141391502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Series: Classic Histories Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, 22 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGR; HBLC1; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750978569
- ISBN
- 9780750978569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.36
€ 11.36
paperback. Featuring correspondents such as T S Eliot, Stephen Spender and Anthony Powell, this book includes letters that were written and received by George Orwell. Editor(s): Davison, Peter. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141192635
- ISBN
- 9780141192635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.61
€ 23.99
€ 16.61
Paperback. Sunday 20 November, 1825. With these words the author began what many regard as his greatest work, a diary which was to turn into an extraordinary day-to-day account of the last six years of his life, years of financial ruin, bereavement, and increasing ill health. This title presents memoirs of his contemporaries. Num Pages: 978 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; BGA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 53. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Publisher
- Canongate UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862418281
- ISBN
- 9780862418281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.40
€ 26.99
€ 18.40
Paperback. Tells the dramatic story of the intrepid scientist and showman, Richard Crosbie, and places extraordinary achievements in the context of European ballooning. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845889852
- ISBN
- 9781845889852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.51
€ 16.99
€ 14.51
Hardback. An enlisted man's story of service in the Army Air Corps from private to master Sgt. Series: Schiffer Military History. Num Pages: 160 pages, over 100 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BG; HBT; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764306907
- ISBN
- 9780764306907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.42
€ 31.99
€ 21.42
Hardcover. Poignant and witty essays on the beautiful complexity of marriage. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393254792
- ISBN
- 9780393254792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.43
€ 26.99
€ 23.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; BTC; HBJK; JPWQ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 347.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781258156
- ISBN
- 9781781258156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.23
€ 17.99
€ 13.23