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Paperback. Admiral of the Fleet Lord 'Jacky' Fisher (1841-1920) was one of the greatest naval reformers in history. This book offer an evocation that is both biography and a love letter, an expression of the author's passionate interest in mavericks and outsiders, in travel, ships and the glorious pageantry of the British Empire in its prime. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571233045
ISBN
9780571233045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.01

Paperback. This vivid, intimate, narrative memoir celebrates the life of best-selling and award-winning novelist Kate Grenville's mother. Now a gorgeous paperback Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782116875
ISBN
9781782116875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

Paperback. An extraordinary story of one of the most audacious and greatest escapes in history. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750982368
ISBN
9780750982368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Presents the tale of the author's growing love of the sea, from family holidays in Whitley Bay as a boy, to his first over zealous attempts at diving. This work introduces us to a eclectic mix of sea-loving characters all of whom have helped to inform and shape his own journey to becoming a marine biologist. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; WNCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New edition
SKU
KLN0018155
ISBN
9780099446583
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. Presents the scandalous saga of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood whose Bohemian lifestyle and intertwined love affairs shockingly broke 19th Century class barriers and bent the rules that governed the roles of the sexes. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16pp inset section. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; ACVM; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848540507
ISBN
9781848540507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Award-winning journalist Kris Hollington investigates sex trafficking in the UK, in the light of the Rochdale scandal. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471114557
ISBN
9781471114557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 378 pages. BIC Classification: APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 110 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bantam
Publication date
1996
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553572339
ISBN
9780553572339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.60

Paperback. James Connolly (1868-1916) was one of the leaders in Ireland's quest for freedom from British rule in 1916. This biography is an accurate and well-researched portrayal both of the man and the uprising. Part of the Sixteen Lives series of biographies of all sixteen men executed for their role in the rebellion. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 368 pages, 33 black & white halftones, 1 index, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 192 x 27. Weight in Grams: 368.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
The O'Brien Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847171603
ISBN
9781847171603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.51

Paperback. Editor(s): Romm, James S. Translator(s): Mensch, Pamela. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603848466
ISBN
9781603848466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.25

Paperback. Presents the personal account of the author who has led a rollercoaster life. This book tells how she overcame a string of emotional challenges: she has battled post-natal depression, endured a traumatic miscarriage and continually fought fears for the safety and health of her children and husband. Num Pages: 368 pages, col. Illustrations, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 32. Weight in Grams: 348. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KTM0005995
ISBN
9780099510208
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Presents the personal account of the author who has led a rollercoaster life. This book tells how she overcame a string of emotional challenges: she has battled post-natal depression, endured a traumatic miscarriage and continually fought fears for the safety and health of her children and husband. Num Pages: 368 pages, col. Illustrations, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 32. Weight in Grams: 344. Good copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KRA0011448
ISBN
9780099510208
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In a family memoir like no other, Dermot Healy explores the obduracy of memory and the vagaries of recollection. At the center of the book is a diary the author kept as a boy and which his mother kept, returning it only in her last years. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571281886
ISBN
9780571281886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.49

Paperback. Born into a Jewish ghetto in Hungary, as a child, Elie Wiesel was sent to the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald. This title presents an account of that atrocity: the ever-increasing horrors he endured, the loss of his family and his struggle to survive in a world that stripped him of humanity, dignity and faith. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGA; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 106.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141038995
ISBN
9780141038995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. JONNY is the unrelenting, brutally honest account of one of the most revered, successful and complex athletes ever to play rugby for England. Num Pages: 368 pages, col. Illustrations, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Headline
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755313402
ISBN
9780755313402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. When writer Jon Katz met Maria Wulf, a quiet, sensitive artist he felt a connection with her immediately, but a formidable obstacle stood in the way: Maria's dog, Frieda. A rottweiler-shepherd mix who had been abandoned and living in the wild for several years, Frieda was ferociously protective. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091957445
ISBN
9780091957445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A darkly funny, big-hearted and moving memoir about growing up in New York City's legendary Chelsea Hotel. Num Pages: 256 pages, b-w photographs. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471156885
ISBN
9781471156885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.31

Paperback. Presents the tale of a cheeky little sod from Salford called Jason growing up surrounded by his properly most definitely shameless family and his discovery that being funny might actually get him somewhere. It's about being part of a big, northern, working-class family forever struggling with money, but never short on laughs or misadventures. Num Pages: 336 pages, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 123 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091939069
ISBN
9780091939069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.88

Paperback. New edition of classic Christian testimony with a beautiful new cover and a revised foreword by Julie Sheldon bringing her story right up to date. Num Pages: 192 pages, 8pp b&w photos. BIC Classification: ASD; BGA; HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
John Murray Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340964200
ISBN
9780340964200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. From the man behind the infamous @GSElevator Twitter account, true stories from the wild world of international finance. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BM; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611855500
ISBN
9781611855500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.50

Paperback. Shows how the veterans were treated with ingratitude and brutality by Stalin, and later exploited as icons of the Great Patriotic War before being sidelined once more in Putin's new capitalist Russia. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTM; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571218097
ISBN
9780571218097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

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