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Biography
Paperback. The unvarnished, human story behind the infamous Burke and Hare murders. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; 3JH; BTC; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Birlinn General
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780272177
- ISBN
- 9781780272177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.55
€ 19.00
€ 16.55
paperback. "Gripping, intense.. Buried in the Sky will satisfy anyone who loved [Into Thin Air]."-Kate Tuttle, Boston Globe Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 pages of illustrations; 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; 3JMC; BTP; WSZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780393345414
- ISBN
- 9780393345414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.00
€ 17.99
€ 15.00
Paperback. Some shelf wear, but remains good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KTJ0007639
- ISBN
- 9780297859925
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A raw, honest and evocative account of life as the most highly decorated serving soldier in the British Army. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282. Good clean copy showing light shelf and reading wear, remains a nice copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- W&N
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KSG0011745
- ISBN
- 9780753828045
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780717148431
- ISBN
- 9780717148431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.44
€ 19.99
€ 16.44
Paperback. Takes the reader on a journey of Buck Whaley's many adventures far and wide. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845885410
- ISBN
- 9781845885410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.21
€ 14.99
€ 13.21
hardcover. Brutus is a household name, yet little known apart from his involvement in Caesar's murder. This is the first dedicated biography in over 30 years. It puts this important figure in historical context and looks beyond his most famous act. Num Pages: 192 pages, 8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; BGH; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Military
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848847767
- ISBN
- 9781848847767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 8.29
€ 29.99
€ 8.29
Hardcover. Brum Henderson. First edition. Signed by the author. Fine in fine dustwrapper with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Appletree Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KAK0008969
- ISBN
- 9780862818647
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.00
€ 12.00
Paperback. A biography of Bruce Chatwin, based on private notebooks, diaries, letters and hundreds of interviews. It illuminates the many sides of Chatwin, from Sotheby's director, archaeologist, "Sunday Times" journalist and traveller to devoted husband and active gay, socialite and loner. Num Pages: 656 pages, illustrations facsimiles, geneal. table, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 480. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0006186
- ISBN
- 9780099289975
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A biography of Bruce Chatwin, based on private notebooks, diaries, letters and hundreds of interviews. It illuminates the many sides of Chatwin, from Sotheby's director, archaeologist, "Sunday Times" journalist and traveller to devoted husband and active gay, socialite and loner. Num Pages: 656 pages, illustrations facsimiles, geneal. table, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 480. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002223
- ISBN
- 9780099289975
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing minor shelf wear and with small nicks to top edges, remains a fine copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Univ Of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1971
- SKU
- KSG0015932
- ISBN
- 9780802018021
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Hardback. 8vo.Good copy in original cloth
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- Kennikat Press
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- KEX0259028
- ISBN
- 9780804612128
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. 8vo.Good copy in original cloth
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- Kennikat Press
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- KEX0259027
- ISBN
- 9780804612128
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. 378pp. Index. Keywords: Biography, diplomacy, politics
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Kennikat Press
- Publication date
- 1971
- Edition
- First Thus
- SKU
- KHS1010116
- ISBN
- 9780804612128
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Cheating in casinos is illegal: card-counting - making a record of what cards have so far been dealt to enable the player to make some prediction of what cards remain in the deck - is not. This book tells the true story a successful scam, in which teams of young mathematicians and physicists won millions of dollars from the casinos of Las Vegas. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230. Clean copy.
- Edition
- New edition
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KRS0019885
- ISBN
- 9780099468233
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Cheating in casinos is illegal: card-counting - making a record of what cards have so far been dealt to enable the player to make some prediction of what cards remain in the deck - is not. This book tells the true story a successful scam, in which teams of young mathematicians and physicists won millions of dollars from the casinos of Las Vegas. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230. Clean copy
- Edition
- New edition
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0231140
- ISBN
- 9780099468233
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
hardcover. Clean copy fine in dust wrapper. DW with some nicks and tears. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Blackwater Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0024136
- ISBN
- 9780905471075
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 22.00
€ 22.00
Paperback. 601pp
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Oxford Paperbacks Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KLN0009595
- ISBN
- 9780192800893
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Known as 'the Girl from Donegal', Bridie Gallagher was Ireland's first truly international pop star. Over a 50-year career she sang at sell-out concerts everywhere from small halls across Ireland to leading venues such as the London Palladium, Royal Albert Hall, the Lincoln Centre in New York and Sydney's Opera House. Num Pages: 271 pages, Colour and b&w photos. BIC Classification: AVGN; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The Collins Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848892576
- ISBN
- 9781848892576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 18.38
€ 22.99
€ 18.38
paperback. Presents the life of Brian Cowen, Ireland's eleventh Taoiseach. This book follows his life story, tracing the road to power from early childhood right up to his eventful early months in the office of An Taoiseach. Num Pages: 272 pages, col. ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JMC; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 428. 8vo. Very good copy. First edition. . Irish Politics and Politicans. 20th Century Ireland.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0310300
- ISBN
- 9781848270299
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. 479pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- The Mercier Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KNW0008498
- ISBN
- 9781856356473
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Ex Libris with usual markings. Clean copy with some minor shelf wear, dustwrapper with light sunning to spine, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Publisher
- Routledge & Kegan Paul PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0014021
- ISBN
- 9780710062536
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. For nearly five years, he was known as the 'Darling Of Las Vegas'. Some said he was a Russian arms dealer, others a pop star from Eastern Europe. But the truth was even more unlikely: he was a twenty-one year old graduate student who had a plan that would one day make him richer than anyone could possibly imagine. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; BG; BTC; WDMC; WDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Arrow London
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAK0006914
- ISBN
- 9780099490999
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. For nearly five years, he was known as the 'Darling Of Las Vegas'. Some said he was a Russian arms dealer, others a pop star from Eastern Europe. But the truth was even more unlikely: he was a twenty-one year old graduate student who had a plan that would one day make him richer than anyone could possibly imagine. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; BG; BTC; WDMC; WDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256. Good copy with some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Arrow London
- Edition
- New Ed
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KTG0007136
- ISBN
- 9780099490999
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99