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Biography
Paperback. The story of words, cultures, the OED and John Simpson, a word detective with thirty-seven years of dictionary experience and twenty years as Chief Editor of the world's most important dictionary Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: BM; CBX; CFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349141008
- ISBN
- 9780349141008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Paperback. Written in 1857, this is the autobiography of a Jamaican woman whose fame rivalled Florence Nightingale's during the Crimean War. Seacole travelled widely before eventually arriving in London, where her offer to volunteer as a nurse in the war met with racism and refusal. Editor(s): Salih, Sara. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HBWL; JFSL3; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140439021
- ISBN
- 9780140439021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Hardback. In her eagerly-awaited new book, Alice Taylor salutes the women whose energy and generosity made such a valuable contribution to all our lives. Num Pages: 208 pages, 45 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BM; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- O´Brien Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847177889
- ISBN
- 9781847177889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.51
€ 16.99
€ 14.51
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Scratching Shed Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956478764
- ISBN
- 9780956478764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.69
€ 19.69
Paperback. Holocaust survivor Iby Knill picks up from where she left off in the best-selling 'Woman without a Number' arriving in England in 1947. Building nine separate lives, she also has to come to terms with her past. Poignant, moving and searingly honest, this account reconfirms the very best of human nature and is a truly uplifting sequel. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8pp b&w and colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BM; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Scratching Shed Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993510113
- ISBN
- 9780993510113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.76
€ 19.76
Paperback. 'Can a writer be too honest? At times you want to close this book to protect its subject.' Hilary Mantel, Guardian An intensely honest, riveting and surprisingly witty literary memoir of one woman's life as a sufferer of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 322. A Memoir. 320 pages. 'Can a writer be too honest? At times you want to close this book to protect its subject.' Hilary Mantel, Guardian An intensely honest, riveting and surprisingly witty literary memoir of one woman's life as a sufferer of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BM; VFJ. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight: 320.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843547037
- ISBN
- 9781843547037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.48
€ 13.00
€ 11.48
Paperback. 7 April 1926: on the steps of the Capitol in Rome, surrounded by chanting Fascists, The Honourable Violet Gibson raises her old revolver and fires at the Italian head of state, Benito Mussolini - the darling of Europe's ruling class. The bullet narrowly misses the dictator's bald head, hitting him in the nose. This book tells her story. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DST; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571239795
- ISBN
- 9780571239795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.56
€ 19.99
€ 14.56
Paperback. With an introduction by Xiaolu Guo. A classic memoir set during the Chinese revolution of the 1940s and inspired by folklore, providing a unique insight into the life of an immigrant in America. Series: Picador Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781447275220
- ISBN
- 9781447275220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.29
€ 14.99
€ 11.29
Paperback. For the first time ever, a fascinating look at the remarkable life of Barbara Taylor Bradford. From the cobbled streets of Yorkshire to the sweeping avenues of Manhattan, Barbara's own story is as dramatic a tale as any one of her bestsellers. Num Pages: 400 pages, 32 b/w plates, Index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 112 x 30. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007165698
- ISBN
- 9780007165698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.32
€ 13.00
€ 11.32
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566398404
- ISBN
- 9781566398404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
paperback. Memoir from the iconic fashion inventor, philanthropist, socialite and powerful feminist, Diane von Furstenberg Num Pages: 256 pages, 16pp colour. BIC Classification: AKB; AKT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471140297
- ISBN
- 9781471140297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.50
€ 13.00
€ 11.50
Paperback. Navigating family tensions and the trials of growing up, the author describes the close-knit community of North Yorkshire and his family's place within it: the shepherd probing the head-high snowdrifts for his flock; the pub landlord obsessed with military uniforms; and the village doctor lost in his love for the purple moorland. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099542353
- ISBN
- 9780099542353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 6.23
€ 15.99
€ 6.23
paperback. Stock market multimillionaire at 26, federal convict at 36, he partied like a rock star, lived like a king, and barely survived his rise and fall as an American entrepreneurial icon. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGBA; JKVK; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 366. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Two Roads
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001427
- ISBN
- 9781444778120
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Now in paperback, the New York Times-bestselling story of one woman's fundamentalist upbringing and the brave stand she took on behalf of the women in her community. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24 halftones & 1x16page insert b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGXA; HRCC99. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781455527830
- ISBN
- 9781455527830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.57
€ 23.99
€ 16.57
Paperback. Masterly biography of Leigh Hunt - publisher, poet, critic and Republican, and the mentor of Keats and Shelley Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 16, b/w. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349117706
- ISBN
- 9780349117706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 ft, 1 map, 13 bw images throughout. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; BGH; BGR; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 557.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465066995
- ISBN
- 9780465066995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.90
€ 33.99
€ 22.90
Hardback. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, B&W Photos: 14,. BIC Classification: 2GJ; BGL; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231164887
- ISBN
- 9780231164887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.81€ 64.07
€ 82.81
€ 64.07
Paperback. Inspirational book from Sebastian Coe, one of the UK's great sporting champions Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Business Plus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755318841
- ISBN
- 9780755318841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.81
€ 13.00
€ 11.81
Paperback. In his final years, R.D. Laing (1927-1989) was arriving at lectures addled with hashish and brandy. Yet, earlier in the 20th-century he was an influential psychiatrist. Still, the author points out he was a man of contradictions, and mystery, and this text explores and searches into this mystery. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JM; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674953598
- ISBN
- 9780674953598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.94
€ 46.99
€ 38.94
Paperback. * an intriguing exploration of the life of Francis Bacon Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844080748
- ISBN
- 9781844080748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.81
€ 13.00
€ 11.81
Paperback. A revealing and complete biography of doomed hero George Mallory, which includes previously unpublished letters and family papers Num Pages: 320 pages, 3x8pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGS; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747264583
- ISBN
- 9780747264583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. John Muir's journals provide a unique marriage of natural history with lyrical prose and often amusing anecdotes, retaining a freshness, intensity and brutal honesty which will amaze the modern reader. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; BG; DNF; RNK; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 42. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862415860
- ISBN
- 9780862415860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.11
€ 23.99
€ 16.11
Paperback. The classic story of four nineteenth-century women who, for different reasons, gravitated to the wildness of the Middle East and North Africa. Num Pages: 336 pages, ill. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753827918
- ISBN
- 9780753827918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. The key missing piece of Jon Krakauer's multi million, multi territory bestseller and widely acclaimed Sean Penn film Into the Wild is finally revealed by his best friend and sister, Carine. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; JFFE1; JFFE3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Harper Element
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007585137
- ISBN
- 9780007585137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
€ 13.99
€ 10.70