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Hardcover. Reveals the subculture of pole vaulting - from Bob Richards, who won Olympic gold twice in pole vaulting; to Sergey Bubka, the controversial pole vaulter; to Don Bragg, a rowdy Tarzan-like character who swung on ropes in his backyard to build upper-body strength; to the duel between Mack and Toby Stevenson as they battled for gold in Athens. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations, glossary. BIC Classification: BGS; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873389747
ISBN
9780873389747
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.14

Hardcover. Folio. Very good copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Wordwell
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
KEX0284648
ISBN
9781869857868
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

Hardcover. This work describes how the author helped to destroy the Soviet armed forces by his formation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF). It provides an insight into the USSR and its demise, and the rise of the modern, independent Ukraine, a major military power. Series: Ukrainian Research Institute publications. Num Pages: 350 pages, 24pp photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW3; JPFC; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780916458775
ISBN
9780916458775
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. Dan s story is one that every human being needs to read. It s about the power of the human spirit and its ability to overcome seemingly impossible odds . . . Chet Holmes, author of The Ultimate Sales.. Num Pages: colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; RGR; VSC; VSPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616084462
ISBN
9781616084462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.57

Paperback. Peter Pringle was one of the last people to be sentenced to death in Ireland when he was wrongly convicted of killing two gardai in a shoot-out in Ballaghaderreen in 1980. His sentence was commuted to 40 years in prison by President Patrick Hillery and eventually overturned in 1995. This is his story." Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845887605
ISBN
9781845887605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.51

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, Fully illustrated, full colour. BIC Classification: AKC; BM; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408706176
ISBN
9781408706176
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.51

Hardback. Editor(s): Gelles, Edith B. (Senior Scholar, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Stanford University). Num Pages: 1000 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JF; BJ; DN; HBTV; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 124. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
The Library of America
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781598534658
ISBN
9781598534658
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 35.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSH; 3JJPR; BGH; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Trine Day
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634240031
ISBN
9781634240031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKWS; 3JJPK; BTP; JFFC; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 214 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Y Lolfa
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784612757
ISBN
9781784612757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.98

Hardcover. Abel Kiviat (1892-1991) was one of track and field's legendary personalities, a world record-holder and Olympic medalist in the metric mile. This book brings Kiviat's story to life and re-creates a lost world, when track and field was at the height of its popularity and occupying a central place in America's sporting world. Series: Sports and Entertainment. Num Pages: 320 pages, 22 black-&-white illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BGS; JFSL1; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609391
ISBN
9780815609391
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.95

Hardcover. Reviews al-Tall's military-political biography during the years he served as an officer in the Arab Legion and those he spent in political exile in Egypt. This book helps to understand al-Tall's personality, his contribution to the success of the Arab Legion in the 1948 war, and his part in the assassination of King Abdullah. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194086
ISBN
9781845194086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.85

Hardback. The first full-scale English biography of Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi, one of the most articulate and original proponents of the reformist ideas underlying modern Islamic thought Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780747958
ISBN
9781780747958
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.92

Sheet music. Off the Record with The Beatles, Bowie, Elton & So Much More. 414 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP; AVX; BM. Dimension: 229 x 166 x 29. Weight: 734.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Alfred Publishing Co Inc.,U.S.
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
414
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739078587
ISBN
9780739078587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1x16pp B&W & Colour. BIC Classification: BGBA; BGFA. Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
KRF2233039
ISBN
9781471164750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 4.99

A valuable resource for understanding Canadian literary modernism, diasporic Judaism, and the culture of Montreal, A.M. Klein: The Letters is a remarkable portrait of an important Canadian literary figure of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Popham, Elizabeth A. Num Pages: 504 pages, 1 frontispiece. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 42. Weight in Grams: 960.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442641075
ISBN
9781442641075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 95.80

Paperback. This gripping biographical study, published here for the first time in paperback, explores the immensely complicated relationship that existed between A.L. Rowse and his native Cornwall. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; BG; GTB; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859897983
ISBN
9780859897983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.31

Hardback. This gripping biographical study, published here for the first time in paperback, explores the immensely complicated relationship that existed between A.L. Rowse and his native Cornwall. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; BG; GTB; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859897440
ISBN
9780859897440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.25

Paperback. Chronicling the development of Randolph's political and racial ideology Series: The New Black Studies Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 b&w Photographs. BIC Classification: BGH; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252077647
ISBN
9780252077647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 796 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 45. Weight in Grams: 865.
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812975703
ISBN
9780812975703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.65

Hardcover. Num Pages: 360 pages, illus. BIC Classification: BGL; DS; DSBB. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845197612
ISBN
9781845197612
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.85

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