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Paperback. J. L. Carr was the most English of Englishmen: headmaster of a Northamptonshire school, cricket enthusiast and campaigner for the conservation of country churches. But he was also the author of half a dozen utterly unique novels. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Aurum Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781311523
- ISBN
- 9781781311523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.73
€ 24.99
€ 17.73
Paperback. Irish Travellers have never enjoyed a higher profile, at home and abroad, for good reasons and bad. This book delves into the heart of Traveller life, focusing on three aspects that have coloured perceptions of Travellers among the wider community: family feuds, bare-knuckle fights and trading. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848271692
- ISBN
- 9781848271692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.84
€ 13.00
€ 11.84
Paperback. The murder trial of Oscar Pistorius will rivet the world's attention in a way no other case has since another famous sportsman, O J Simpson, was tried for the murder of his ex wife in 1994. Written by the acclaimed author of Invictus, this title tells the sensational insider story of Oscar Pistorius. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2X8pp plates. BIC Classification: BGS; HBTB. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Export/Airside
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782393276
- ISBN
- 9781782393276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.05
€ 17.99
€ 13.05
Hardcover. Bertram Windle was a doctor, a scientist, an archaeologist, an anthropologist, a writer on English literature and evolution, and President of Queen's/University College Cork. During his time in Ireland between 1904 and 1919, he had a major impact on the development of higher education and the development of the National University of Ireland. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, ports., plans, facsim. BIC Classification: BM; HBJD1; JNM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 37. Weight in Grams: 754. 20th Century Ireland. 352pp
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Cork University Press Cork
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859184738
- ISBN
- 9781859184738
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 31.26
€ 39.00
€ 31.26
Paperback. Explores the feud between Aristotle Onassis and the Kennedy family, documenting Robert Kennedy's role in barring Onassis from US trade and the shipping magnate's early relationship with Jacqueline Kennedy. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BG; HBJK; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- ReganBooks
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060580544
- ISBN
- 9780060580544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.37
€ 13.00
€ 11.37
Paperback. The first book about a much-loved and highly influential performer, songwriter, and producer. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 black and white in plate section. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Jawbone Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908279729
- ISBN
- 9781908279729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.79
€ 19.99
€ 14.79
Paperback. The full, definitive life stories of ice-skating legends Torvill & Dean Num Pages: 320 pages, 3x8pp colour. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471138706
- ISBN
- 9781471138706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. 'The most controversial book in Britain' Jeremy Paxman Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJK; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408800775
- ISBN
- 9781408800775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.98
€ 10.99
€ 9.98
Paperback. The first major biography for thirty years tells the tragic story of ballet's great revolutionary, Vaslav Nijinsky. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: ASDL; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846686191
- ISBN
- 9781846686191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.23
€ 17.99
€ 13.23
Paperback. Talleyrand is a silver-tongued master diplomat, infamous turncoat, peacekeeper and libertine. Talleyrand held high office in five successive regimes from France's Ancient Regime, into the Revolution of 1789, Robespierre's Terror, Napoleon's epic wars, and on through restored kings to more revolution. This title charts the progress of Talleyrand. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099541622
- ISBN
- 9780099541622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Hardback. Louisa Catherine Adams was daughter-in-law and wife of presidents, assisted diplomat J. Q. Adams at three European capitals, and served as a D.C. hostess for three decades. Yet she is barely remembered today. A Traveled First Lady (with Foreword by Laura Bush) corrects this oversight, by sharing Adams's remarkable story in her own words. Num Pages: 375 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 158 x 33. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674048010
- ISBN
- 9780674048010
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.89
€ 40.99
€ 33.89
Paperback.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292725843
- ISBN
- 9780292725843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.92
€ 20.99
€ 20.92
Paperback. Traces the course of a spring which rises on an Iron Age hillfort and gradually broadens into a brook, flows through a nearby village and hamlet, skirts a solitary farmhouse and its orchard, before draining into water meadows and a lake where the wildfowl nest. This book presents the details of this ancient landscape, its people and the habitats. Illustrator(s): Tunnicliffe, C. F. Series: Nature Classics Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, b/w engravings. BIC Classification: BM; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Little Toller Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908213006
- ISBN
- 9781908213006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.58
€ 18.99
€ 17.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; BGH; JMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 204 x 33. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- New York Review Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780940322202
- ISBN
- 9780940322202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.87
€ 31.99
€ 22.87
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781400031740
- ISBN
- 9781400031740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.44
€ 27.99
€ 19.44
Paperback. This is the Archbishop's personal account of his experience as head of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission broadening the debate on the merits of reconciliation after conflict with observations, based on visits to, and experience of Northern Ireland, the Middle East, Dachau and Rwanda. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGH; HRC; HRLP1; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Rider
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712604857
- ISBN
- 9780712604857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.00
€ 19.99
€ 15.00
Paperback. Recounts the first half of the author's adventurous life with dry, infectious, laconic wit, observing the transformation of a stammering schoolboy into a worldly wise multilingual intelligence agent on the point of becoming a formidable travel writer. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330. An Autobiography. 224 pages. Recounts the first half of the author's adventurous life with dry, infectious, laconic wit, observing the transformation of a stammering schoolboy into a worldly wise multilingual intelligence agent on the point of becoming a formidable travel writer. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGA; WTL. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight: 322.
- Publisher
- Eland Books
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906011826
- ISBN
- 9781906011826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.82
€ 19.99
€ 14.82
Paperback. The national best-selling autobiography of Bill Graham, the colorful, larger-than-life architect of the modern concert industry Num Pages: 608 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Publisher
- Hachette Books United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Da Capo Press Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306813498
- ISBN
- 9780306813498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.98
€ 26.99
€ 18.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BG; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Crecy Publishing
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907579335
- ISBN
- 9780907579335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.07
€ 14.07
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Emedal Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993340604
- ISBN
- 9780993340604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.67
€ 24.99
€ 21.67
Paperback. "A masterpiece..[W]ill rightfully assume its place as the standard biography of a truly great figure in the nation's past." -New York Newsday Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JFSL3; KNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393354423
- ISBN
- 9780393354423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.60
€ 20.99
€ 19.60
Paperback. For years now, the author has been loved as presenter of "Ready Steady Cook", and, recently, co-presenter of "This Morning" with Philip Schofield. Never one to shy away from a good laugh or cry on national TV, she has none-the-less never talked about herself to the public, preferring to keep her private life private. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 412. Clean copy.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KEX0205023
- ISBN
- 9780141038865
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; AN; BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 146 x 31. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910376126
- ISBN
- 9781910376126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.02
€ 19.99
€ 15.02
Paperback. * Ingrid Betancourt's astonishing, powerful and deeply moving account of her six-year ordeal in the Colombian jungle as a hostage of the terrorist organisation FARC Num Pages: 608 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; BG; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 125 x 41. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844086139
- ISBN
- 9781844086139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96