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Biography

Paperback. Ranging over a quarter of a millenium and four continents, this book uncovers the lives, deaths and autobiographical writings of a vital but forgotten constituency: the tens of thousands of men and women who took part in Britain's rise to imperial pre-eminence but who got caught and caught out. Num Pages: 464 pages, 70ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBG; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 42. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Pimlico
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712665285
ISBN
9780712665285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; BTC; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 203 x 24. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
William Morrow Paperbacks
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062439208
ISBN
9780062439208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: BGXA; HRCV9; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781414371214
ISBN
9781414371214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.92

Paperback. 21-year-old Michelle Knight disappears walking home. Amanda Berry goes missing the day before her seventeenth birthday. 14-year-old Gina DeJesus fails to come home from school. For over a decade these girls remained undetected in a house just three miles from the block where they all went missing, held captive by a terrifying sexual predator. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241003619
ISBN
9780241003619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.59

Paperback. The real story of one of the greatest explorers who ever lived by 'the world's greatest living explorer' (Guinness Book of Records). Num Pages: 528 pages, 32 pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 3JJC; BG; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340826997
ISBN
9780340826997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. This ed. originally published: London: Leo Cooper, 1995. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 1MTS; BGH; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848840881
ISBN
9781848840881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, b/w photos & maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888394729
ISBN
9780888394729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.75

Paperback. An exciting and marvellously readable biography of Captain James Cook, the last of the great navigators. Num Pages: 528 pages, 16pp b/w. BIC Classification: 3JF; BGH; HBG; HBLL; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340825563
ISBN
9780340825563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. The age of discovery was at its peak in the eighteenth century, with heroic adventurers charting the furthest reaches of the globe. Foremost among these explorers was navigator and cartographer Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy. This book reveals Cook's place in history as a brave and brilliant seaman. Num Pages: 512 pages, 45 colour illustrations + 4 maps. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTM; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 40. Weight in Grams: 698.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300184310
ISBN
9780300184310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.55

Paperback. Captain James Cook was one of the world's greatest explorers. He was born in 1728 in the tiny farming village of Marton in North Yorkshire, now part of modern Middlesbrough. This book presents an account of Cook's life. It examines his early life in Cleveland. Num Pages: 96 pages, Approx 60. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGH; RGR; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 166 x 6. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752439952
ISBN
9780752439952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. In the spring of 1969, the inauspicious release of Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band's "Trout Mask Replica", a double-album featuring 28 stream-of-consciousness songs filled with abstract rhythms and guttural bellows, dramatically altered the pop landscape. This book examines how Beefheart's opus is informed by a variety of diverse sources. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 121 x 33. Weight in Grams: 156. Series: 33 1/3. 144 pages. In the spring of 1969, the inauspicious release of Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band's "Trout Mask Replica", a double-album featuring 28 stream-of-consciousness songs filled with abstract rhythms and guttural bellows, dramatically altered the pop landscape. This book examines how Beefheart's opus is informed by a variety of diverse sources. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Dimension: 165 x 121 x 33. Weight: 154.
Publisher
Continuum
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826427816
ISBN
9780826427816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.64

Hardback. Sealing wars and maritime history are brought into focus in this vivid account of the life of the Alex MacLean, the inspiration for Jack London's Sea-Wolf. Num Pages: 416 pages, 11 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 4217. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774814713
ISBN
9780774814713
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.81

Paperback. A devoted chronicle..of a man who showed emourmous skill, resource and courage in the first voyage of its kind in history. Joshua Slocum was a sensational seaman. New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 384 pages, photos, maps, boat plans. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780924486524
ISBN
9780924486524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.58

hardcover. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light age and shelf wear, remains a fine copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton Ltd London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031032
ISBN
9780241115411
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.49

Paperback. * A fascinating exploration of the troubled life of one of America's greatest writers. Num Pages: 656 pages, Integrated: 16. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 44. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349105451
ISBN
9780349105451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Hardback. The 2008 recession restored Keynes to prominence. This account elaborates the misinformation that led to his repeated resurrection and interment since his death in 1946. Keynes was more open-minded about capitalism than is commonly believed, and his nuanced views offer an alternative to the polarized rhetoric evoked by the word "capitalism" today. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057753
ISBN
9780674057753
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.84

Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, Around 120 colour photographs, plans and paintings. BIC Classification: BGH; HB; WMQL; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. .
Publisher
National Trust
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909881549
ISBN
9781909881549
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 24 pages, 65 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; BGH; WMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 173 x 11. Weight in Grams: 106.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Pitkin
Condition
New
SKU
9781841656908
ISBN
9781841656908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.92

Paperback. Now in paperback, the #1 New York Times bestselling award-winning graphic memoir by New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast about her parents final years." Num Pages: 240 pages, Colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: BM; WHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 720.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632861016
ISBN
9781632861016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.22

Paperback. A 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a 26.2-mile run make up the Ironman triathlon. So what possesses an overweight, thirty-something librarian who can't swim, doesn't own a bike and has two dodgy knees to take on the hardest one-day endurance race in the world? The inspirational, epic and life-changing journey from ordinary bloke to Ironman. Num Pages: 240 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSE; WSKQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Pitch Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848187436
ISBN
9781848187436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

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