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Paperback. Features an account of the swordfighter Wallace was to symbolise the cause of liberty and independence to many other countries and cultures in the centuries to come. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841954134
ISBN
9781841954134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.56

Paperback. 'Agnes Humbert bears devastating witness to her time An insider's account of the germination of the French Resistance' William Boyd Translator(s): Mellor, Barbara. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280. Memoirs of Occupied France. 384 pages. 'Agnes Humbert bears devastating witness to her time An insider's account of the germination of the French Resistance' William Boyd. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JPWQ. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight: 284. Translator(s): Mellor, Barbara.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747596745
ISBN
9780747596745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.78

paperback. A biography that provides the most authoritative picture yet of King Stephen, whose reign (1135-1154), with its 'nineteen long winters' of civil war, made his name synonymous with failed leadership. After years of work on the sources, the author shows with clarity the strengths and weaknesses of the monarch. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 30. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300181951
ISBN
9780300181951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, 48 black & white photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 135. .
Publisher
Seren
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781724019
ISBN
9781781724019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.23

Paperback. Presents a narrative nonfiction, in which the author chronicles individual stories of the five courageous women who have climbed K2, the most fearsome mountain in the world. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BTP; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Harper Paperback Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060587161
ISBN
9780060587161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.89

Hardcover. Combines the drama, intrigue, and emotion of excellent storytelling with cutting-edge forensic investigation techniques and legal theory Num Pages: 405 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; 3JH; BTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 229 x 33. Weight in Grams: 696.
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
405
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814784563
ISBN
9780814784563
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.93

Paperback. The original classic that revealed the truth about ambition, greed and excess in London and Wall Street, by the author of The Big Short and Flash Boys Num Pages: 304 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: BGBA; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340839966
ISBN
9780340839966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.89

Paperback. The amazing life of Madness frontman and national treasure, Suggs Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857389558
ISBN
9780857389558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Paperback. .
Publisher
Mark Davison United Kingdom
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956998705
ISBN
9780956998705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.75

Paperback. 8vo.Standard paperback edition

. Northern Ireland, Ulster. First edition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Blackwater Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KEX0296869
ISBN
9780861215492
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. Recalls the author's working-class Jewish childhood in the East End of London. This book describes the overcrowded tenements of Brick Lane and Whitechapel, the smell of pickled herring and onion bread, the rattle of sewing machines and chatter in Yiddish. It also relates stories of his parents, who fled from Russia in 1914. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BM; WQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189307
ISBN
9780141189307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Big, blond and a goal-scoring machine, Kerry Dixon delighted Chelsea and England fans during the 1980s. Yet his fall from grace, from the pinnacle of a playing career that had few equals, has been, by his own admission, spectacular. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786062734
ISBN
9781786062734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.15

Paperback. Ted Hughes's "Birthday letters", published in 1998, was greeted with astonishment and acclaim. In "Ariel's gift", Erica Wagner provides a commentary to the poems, pointing the reader towards the events that shaped them, and, crucially, showing how they draw upon Plath's own work. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8pp b&w halftones, indexes. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571205264
ISBN
9780571205264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.53

Paperback. Fittingly it is in boxing's capital, in a faded downtown Vegas casino with a hooker for company, that the author, a boxing writer and sometime boxer's agent, reflects on his own exit from the scene. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571315987
ISBN
9780571315987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.50

Hardback. Providing a new and illuminating look at 27 women who have changed the world, Dead Feminists ties these historical women and the challenges they faced into the most important issues of today. Num Pages: 192 pages, Full-colour illustrations and photographs. BIC Classification: BK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 325 x 22. Weight in Grams: 832.
Publisher
Sasquatch Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632170576
ISBN
9781632170576
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.32

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099519645
ISBN
9780099519645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.79

Paperback. "Holt reveals the fascinating untold story of the heroic women who made America's space program possible." --Cate Lineberry, author of The Secret Rescue Num Pages: 352 pages, 1x 8pp colour insert1x 8pp b/w insert11 b/w photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJPG; BGT; BK; TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 274 x 2. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Back Bay Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316338905
ISBN
9780316338905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.80

Hardback. Born in St Louis, Missouri, Marianne Moore eventually found her way to New York with her mother whom she continued to live with until her mother passed, a familial devotion so intense that William Carlos Williams complained that it was 'pathological' and prevented her from marrying any 'literary guys'. Moore never married. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 241 x 41. Weight in Grams: 782.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571301829
ISBN
9780571301829
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.02

Paperback. Ian Poulter is one of golf's most charismatic figures, with an appeal extending way beyond the sport's boundaries. Here he tells his inspirational story, from his early rejection as an Spurs youth player, right through to his match-winning contributions to successive European Ryder Cup triumphs. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 x 8 page plate sections. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Quercus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782066910
ISBN
9781782066910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. One woman's vicarious sexual and emotional adventure told in a no holds barred, unapologetic and compelling way. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFVC; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444754483
ISBN
9781444754483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Krog captures the complexity of South Africa's Truth and Reconcilliation Commission in a personal narrative, taking the reader beneath the big movements of the Truth Commission and beyond, into the heart of what it means to be a South African today. Originally published by Jonathan Cape. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BG; JFF; JFSL1; JPH; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099289791
ISBN
9780099289791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. An explosive account of one man's experiences in the Lord's Resistance Army as the bodyguard of reviled warlord Joseph Kony. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1 biography, 10 black & white halftones, 1 index, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; BTM; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 216 x 34. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783608126
ISBN
9781783608126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.69

Paperback. Annie Proulx, one of America's finest writers, invites us to share her experience in the building of her new home on a rich plot of untouched, unspoilt prairie and her pleasure in uncovering of the layers of American history locked beneath the topsoil. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWY; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007231997
ISBN
9780007231997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.45

Hardback. The autobiography in words and pictures of one of Britain's most fascinating and acclaimed writers and artists, Alasdair Gray Num Pages: 312 pages, Colour throughout. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 252 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1662. 312 pages, Colour throughout. The autobiography in words and pictures of one of Britain's most fascinating and acclaimed writers and artists, Alasdair Gray. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGLA. Dimension: 267 x 252 x 25. Weight: 1656.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841956404
ISBN
9781841956404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 44.25

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