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Paperback. Underwear art and queer punk parties: a portrait of artist, activist and civic hero Will Munro. Series: Exploded Views. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 120 x 13. Weight in Grams: 185.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Coach House Books Canada
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552452776
ISBN
9781552452776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.47

Paperback. Presents an account of a young Union soldier. This work tells of the battles he fought and the games he played, of his friends, fellow soldiers, and officers, and of the regiment's activities in Missouri and Arkansas, at Vicksburg, and in Louisiana and on the Texas Gulf Coast. Editor(s): Schultz, Robert G. Series Editor(s): Sutherland, Daniel E.; Parrish, T.Michael. Series: Civil War in the West. Num Pages: 400 pages, 40 photographs & images, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BM; HBJK; HBLW; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557289179
ISBN
9781557289179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.53

Paperback. His inimitable voice, the poetry of his trumpet and his mastery of improvisation made Louis Armstrong 'Mr Jazz'. Series: Life & Times. Num Pages: 170 pages, 29 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AVGJ; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268. 170pp. Signed and inscribed
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Haus Publishing Limited
Number of pages
170
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New edition
SKU
KLN0023156
ISBN
9781904341468
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Includes essays ranging from Xenophon's memoir of his two-year march with the mercenaries of the Persian Prince Cyrus, through Canadian accounts of the Boer War and American civilian women's narratives of confinement in WWII Japanese internment camps, to Vietnam veterans' online testimonials and post - Persian Gulf War memoirs. Editor(s): Vernon, Alex. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Kent State Univ Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873389105
ISBN
9780873389105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.54

Paperback. Focuses on Gen. Leonard Wood's (1860-1927) quest for power and his tremendous achievements. This book helps us to understand this pivotal figure who played such a dominant role at the turn of the century. It provides historical insight and captures the essence of this capable, ambitious, proud, bigoted, and self-righteous man. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 images, 3 maps. BIC Classification: BGH; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803226586
ISBN
9780803226586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.68

Paperback. County Armagh, the Orchard County, has a rich heritage of myth and legends which is captured in this collection of tales by local storyteller Frances Quinn. Discover the places where the Craobh Rua - the Red Branch Knights - once roamed and the haunts of the powerful Queen Macha, along with tales of fairy mischief, heroic deeds and murderous crime. Num Pages: 192 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845888145
ISBN
9781845888145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.21

Paperback. Originally published under title: The English godfather. London: Ward Lock, 1987. Num Pages: 360 pages, , black & white illustrations. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Butler Centre for Arkansas Studies United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935106517
ISBN
9781935106517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.51

Hardback. Editor(s): Hutchinson, D. S. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 line illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; BGH; HBJD; HBLA1; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 137 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691096537
ISBN
9780691096537
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 33.13

Paperback. Suitable for beginning students, this book presents an overview of Aristotle's entire system of thought. Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 8. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
130
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872203143
ISBN
9780872203143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. The story of four sisters, Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox, great-grandchildren of Charles II, whose extraordinary lives spanned the period from 1740 to 1832. Underlying the drama of their aristocratic existence is a story of everyday life. Winner of the 1995 Fawcett Book Prize. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 132 x 33. Weight in Grams: 403.
Edition
1st Vintage Book Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099477112
ISBN
9780099477112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.82

Hardback. Isabel Somerset's reform efforts were acclaimed by humanitarian, political and social-reform organizations and the labour movement. She was internationally recognized for her contributions to the temperance cause, social reform and women's rights. This biography reveals her role as a reformer and women's advocate. Series: Library of Victorian Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 32. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845114848
ISBN
9781845114848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.95
€ 133.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 688 pages, 32-pp black and white and 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 36. Weight in Grams: 926.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781400076987
ISBN
9781400076987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.29

Paperback. Ted Hughes's "Birthday letters", published in 1998, was greeted with astonishment and acclaim. In "Ariel's gift", Erica Wagner provides a commentary to the poems, pointing the reader towards the events that shaped them, and, crucially, showing how they draw upon Plath's own work. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8pp b&w halftones, indexes. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 210. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0000804
ISBN
9780571205264
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
St Martin´s Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KLJ0014529
ISBN
9781403984975
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

There were moments in Ariel Sharon's astonishingly successful military career when he had an incredible way of pulling victory from the jaws of defeat. This is a biography of this controversial world leader, whose massive stroke and subsequent coma in January 2006 further complicated the already precarious scenario in the Middle East. Series: Modern World Leaders. Num Pages: 111 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 12. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Chelsea House Publications
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780791092637
ISBN
9780791092637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.54

Paperback. "Arguments With England" recalls Michael Blakemore colourful escapades at drama school, offers candid observations about life and art, and evokes his life as an actor before directorial success with "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" propelled him to the National Theatre and the start of a glittering career. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: AN; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571224463
ISBN
9780571224463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.29

Hardcover. Provides an insight about the ordinary doughboys who fought in the European trenches. This work conveys the spirit of a man who did his duty in a time of trouble - and is a testament to the spirit shared by thousands like him. Num Pages: 184 pages, maps, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JJF; BGHA; HBJK; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Missouri
Edition
First Printing edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826217080
ISBN
9780826217080
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJG; BK; HBTB; JFFN; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910170373
ISBN
9781910170373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.28

Paperback. One of the most prominent Soviet Arctic scientists of the 1920s and 1930s, Mikhail Mikhailovich Ermolaev was a geologist, physicist, and oceanographer. After working in the Arctic for some 13 years, he was arrested by the NKVD, convicted on a trumped-up charge of 'sabotage', and sent to the Gulag for ten years. This is a biography of Ermolaev. Num Pages: 615 pages, 150 b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1MTN; 3JJ; BGT; PH; RBG; RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 159 x 39. Weight in Grams: 870.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Calgary Press Canada
Number of pages
615
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552382561
ISBN
9781552382561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.63

Paperback. Only a handful of the original members of Sir John Franklin's first Arctic expedition returned. John Richardson was one of them. His journal recounts their journey across the Barren Grounds, providing many details not found in Franklin's own 1823 narrative and raising questions about Franklin's ability as a leader. Illustrator(s): Hochbaum, H.Albert. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 1MTN; 3JH; BG; BJ; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773512238
ISBN
9780773512238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.11

Paperback. Focus on the work of architectural firm De Vylder Vinck Taillieu. Series: De Aedibus. Num Pages: 72 pages, 70 colour. BIC Classification: 1DDB; AMB; AMC; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 292 x 9. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Quart Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037611340
ISBN
9783037611340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.70

Paperback. With more than 35 years experience of jihadist activism, Abu Mus'ab al-Suri remains the foremost theoretician in the global jihadist movement today, despite his capture in Pakistan in late 2005. This book includes a translation of two key chapters from al-Suri's seminal work "The Global Islamic Resistance Call". Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JFSR2; JPF; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 217 x 28. Weight in Grams: 660.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
550
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850659914
ISBN
9781850659914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.64

Paperback. An innovative exploration of the cultural reception of the greatest mathematician of the ancient world Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; BGA; HBLA1; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472035717
ISBN
9780472035717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Remembering a life devoted to preserving working-class traditions Num Pages: 232 pages, 16 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: BG; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252078286
ISBN
9780252078286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.04

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