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Paperback. Although commemorated by Yeats's poem, Michael O'Rahilly is one of the forgotten leaders of the 1916 Rising - the first leader to die, the only one killed in action. This is his story written by his son, beginning in Ballylongford, County Kerry. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 32. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843516712
ISBN
9781843516712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.00
€ 14.39

Paperback. Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino set out to destroy the Mafia. In 1992, aware that the magistrates didn't have the support of the Italian government, the Mafia assassinated them. The public outcry demanded their work was completed, which led to the toppling of crucial political alliances. Num Pages: 480 pages, port. BIC Classification: 1DST; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099594918
ISBN
9780099594918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; BGHA; BM; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613734414
ISBN
9781613734414
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.17

Paperback. This chilling collection of murder cases delves into the villainous deeds that have taken place in Coventry during its long history. Among those featured are a mother poisoned by her son in 1910, a woman whose throat is slashed by her father in 1859, the murder of an uncle by his niece in 1831, and a baby stabbed to death in 1844. Num Pages: 112 pages, 50. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 6. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750952217
ISBN
9780750952217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.45

Paperback. Mother Land is a brilliant debut autobiographical novel with a literary style that recalls such coming-of-age novels as Catcher in the Rye and The Kite Flyer. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVGS; 1DVT; BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011635
ISBN
9781906011635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages, 78 black & white halftones, 1 maps, 1 charts. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 788.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint Edition of the Classic
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442236554
ISBN
9781442236554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.06

Paperback. The author's son Jacob has an IQ higher than Einstein and a photographic memory. At nine he developed an original theory in astrophysics that may earn a Nobel Prize. This book is about the power of love and what can happen when we tap the true potential that lies within every child. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; MJNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241961810
ISBN
9780241961810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.75

Paperback. From the New York Times bestselling author of Amazing Grace, an abridged version of the groundbreaking biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, one of the greatest heroes of the twentieth century, the man who stood up to Hitler. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Abridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718016166
ISBN
9780718016166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 16 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3H; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; JPHL; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 132 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300223514
ISBN
9780300223514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.23

Paperback. Captain Scott's own account of his tragic race with Roald Amundsen for the South Pole thrilled the world in 1913. This new edition of his Journals publishes for the first time a complete list of the changes made to Scott's original text before publication. Editor(s): Jones, Max. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 592 pages, 17 halftones, diagrams, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1MTS; BJ; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536801
ISBN
9780199536801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Kerry first noticed the power she had over the opposite sex at the age of eleven. By the time she was in her teens she was obsessed by boys, and soon she needed sex just to feel alive. Sleeping with countless partners, Kerry's misguided search for love was getting out of hand. But would she ever find what she really needed? Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Ebury Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Paperback Edition
SKU
KEX0198331
ISBN
9780091922719
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A groundbreaking and very personal insight into modern sexuality. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BT; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Icon Books
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848312401
ISBN
9781848312401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.04

Hardcover. Although extracts from Sonny Ormrod's diary have appeared in various publications over the years, the editors now offer the complete story of his brief period of aerial combat over Malta. His was one of many young lives lost in the effort to safeguard Malta, and he was there when only Hurricanes were available to combat the Luftwaffe's onslaught. Num Pages: 336 pages, 36 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DSM; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 34. Weight in Grams: 702.
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781555293
ISBN
9781781555293
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.75

Paperback. The autobiography of Lillian Browse, this volume begins with her origins in South Africa and reveals how she managed by charm, determination and good judgment to establish herself as a doyenne of the London art world between the 1950s and 1970s. Num Pages: 224 pages, 41 b&w line illustrations. BIC Classification: ABQ; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Giles de la Mare Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900357142
ISBN
9781900357142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.85

Paperback. Features the life and work of Dinu Lipatti. This book deals with Lipatti as pianist, composer and teacher. It includes many quotations from letters written by him, many musical examples, a list of works and two cadenzas for the Mozart Piano Concerto in C (K467). Translator(s): Grindea, Carola. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations, discography, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; AVRG; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Kahn & Averill United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871082586
ISBN
9781871082586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 880 pages, 32pp b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 200 x 42. Weight in Grams: 644.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140279627
ISBN
9780140279627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.12

Paperback. 'Miss, who's that funny man at the back of the classroom? So begins school-inspector Gervase Phinn's second year among the frankly spoken pupils and teachers of North Yorkshire - the sight of Gervase with his notebook and pen provokes unexpected reactions from the children and adults alike. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGA; JNKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140281293
ISBN
9780140281293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Mary Wollstonecraft and author Mary Shelley were mother and daughter, yet these two extraordinary women never knew one another. Nevertheless, their passionate and pioneering lives remained closely intertwined, their choices, dreams and tragedies eerily similar. This book deals with their life and work. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Windmill Books
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099592396
ISBN
9780099592396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. "John Betjeman". Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 190 x 5. Weight in Grams: 132. New.
Publisher
Shire Publications
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9780747810513
ISBN
9780747810513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; VFMD; WBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 216 x 29. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062382467
ISBN
9780062382467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.01

Hardcover. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 465.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
270
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403934031
ISBN
9781403934031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.40

Paperback. During the summer of 2004, when Marsha Hunt decided to risk her life for Jimi Hendrix, he'd been dead for 34 years. Dead since she had her last hit single, was Mick Jagger's secret lover and had his daughter Karis. This book provides an uplifting account of an iconic figure's battle with a disease that affects so many lives. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 x 8pp colour. BIC Classification: BG; MJCL; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 275.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KLN0018114
ISBN
9781845960780
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Hardcover. Fix Bayonets Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BTM; HBW; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 40. Weight in Grams: 970.
Publisher
Robin Brass Studio, Inc.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781896941271
ISBN
9781896941271
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.91

Paperback. Describes life on the Mississippi River, with observations and anecdotes about the culture and society along the river valley. This book includes character sketches, historical facts, information and reminiscences of Twain's boyhood and experiences as a steam-boat pilot. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140390506
ISBN
9780140390506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.21

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