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Paperback. This concluding volume of Charles Darwin's biography looks closely at the wider publishing world of Victorian England and the different audiences which responded to Darwin's ideas. It considers the Darwinian revolution from his point of view and what it was like to become a scientific celebrity. Num Pages: 608 pages, 24pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; BG; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 46. Weight in Grams: 842.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712668378
- ISBN
- 9780712668378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.90
€ 40.99
€ 28.90
Paperback. This updated edition features a new preface by the author as well as an expanded notes section. Num Pages: 320 pages, Two 16pp B&W inset. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847675606
- ISBN
- 9781847675606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Examines Bukowski's writings, colourful life and the desperate conditions of his lifestyle. This book explores the effect the writer's hybrid identity had on the themes and content of his work. It catalogues and dissects the many versions of Bukowski created by the writer and his followers. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780230238
- ISBN
- 9781780230238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.31
€ 17.99
€ 14.31
Paperback. What are Charles and Camilla really like? What is their heritage? What has made them the way they are? This title offers a portrait of two unusual individuals and a family saga. Num Pages: 416 pages, 40. BIC Classification: BGR; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 312. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0002265
- ISBN
- 9780099490876
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. It explains the system that Battaille devised from his laryngeal dissections and laryngoscopic observations, and includes translations (from the original French) of Battaille's two books in which he details his discoveries and teaching methods: Nouvelles recherches de la phonation and De la physiologie uppliquee a l'etude du mechanisme vocal. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21 figures. BIC Classification: AVG; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810835337
- ISBN
- 9780810835337
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.39
€ 156.39
Hardback. Janeway was one of the most prominent paediatricians of the 20th century. This biography describes his illustrious medical family and his remarkable tenure of nearly three decades as Thomas Morgan Rotch Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and head of the department of medicine at Children's Hospital, Boston. Num Pages: 425 pages, 22 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGT; MJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 39. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023802
- ISBN
- 9780674023802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.17
€ 40.99
€ 34.17
Hardback. Translator(s): Cameron, Allan. Num Pages: 426 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 151 x 32. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 426
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520239432
- ISBN
- 9780520239432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 34.69
€ 47.99
€ 34.69
Paperback. Translator(s): Bachrach, David Stewart. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 239.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300107586
- ISBN
- 9780300107586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.21
€ 20.99
€ 17.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSSN7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927051009
- ISBN
- 9781927051009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 22.27
€ 32.99
€ 22.27
Hardcover. In her autobiography, Alice Salomon describes how she became involved in social work and devoted her life to social activism and education, became a prolific author and leading feminist of her time. Her account ends with her expulsion from Germany and emigration to America in 1937. Series: Social History, Popular Culture and Politics in Germany. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472113675
- ISBN
- 9780472113675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.30
€ 106.30
Paperback. A memoir set in Co Roscommon during the 40′s and the 50′s might make you feel sad at times, but it will most certainly make you laugh, most of the time. The people in Padraig’s childhood belong to an era which was tough and tender at the same time. The men, the women, the children and the animals, are universal. 176pp
- Publisher
- Aengus Books Derbyshire
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780954486815
- ISBN
- 9780954486815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 10.00
€ 20.99
€ 10.00
paperback. Includes an account of Bernard's Salford childhood, the early days of Joy Division, the band's enormous critical and popular success, and the subsequent tragic death of Ian Curtis. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552170499
- ISBN
- 9780552170499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.47
€ 16.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571237692
- ISBN
- 9780571237692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.63
€ 19.99
€ 14.63
Paperback. Charlie Chaplin is the greatest icon in the history of cinema, who lived one of the most dramatic rags to riches stories ever told. Chaplin's life was marked by extraordinary contrasts: the child of London slums who became a multimillionaire; and the on-screen clown who was a driven perfectionist behind the camera. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 928 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 201 x 45. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141977508
- ISBN
- 9780141977508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.35
€ 26.99
€ 20.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, port. BIC Classification: BGA; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Eland Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907871927
- ISBN
- 9780907871927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Presents twenty-five historic cases of murder committed in the Channel Islands that include: a fatal assault on John Francis in 1894, which remains unsolved; the murder by Philippe Jolin of his father in 1829; the murder and suicide committed by Eugenie Toupin in 1881, and more. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKX; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 160 x 11. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752479781
- ISBN
- 9780752479781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.02
€ 19.99
€ 16.02
Paperback. 8vo. Nice copy. Ireland in the 20th century
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Blackwater Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- SKU
- KEX0292039
- ISBN
- 9780861217267
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691648842
- ISBN
- 9780691648842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.60
€ 144.60
Paperback. Mike Oldfield was born without social instincts and brought up in a troubled environment but possessed an extraordinary musical talent. His first album Tubular Bells catapulted him into a stardom he was ill equipped to cope with. This book describes how he grew up with an alcoholic mother, his fame, years as a recluse and his rebirth experience. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2x8 colour illustration sections. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753513071
- ISBN
- 9780753513071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Hardback. Appearing on Big Brother in 2007, Victoria Beckham lookalike Chanelle Hayes quickly became a national talking point. But her life has also been etched with tragedy from the moment she was born in prison. Just a baby, she was orphaned when her drug-addicted mother was brutally murdered. Honest, sad and ultimately uplifting, this is her story. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782199823
- ISBN
- 9781782199823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86