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Paperback. In 1792, when he was forty-seven, the Spanish painter, Francisco de Goya contracted a serious illness which left him stone deaf. The author follows Goya through the remaining thirty-five years of his life. He writes of the elderly painter with the intimacy of an old friend, seeing through his eyes and sharing the silence in his head. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ACV; AFC; AGB; BGH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099437253
- ISBN
- 9780099437253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. In this autobiography, Tim Rice writes about his early years. He describes his public school days, his early love of comics, cricket and women, his first marriage and his partnership with Andrew Lloyd Webber. Num Pages: 464 pages, 4 8-page b/w sections. BIC Classification: AVGM; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 112 x 32. Weight in Grams: 282. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Coronet
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001283
- ISBN
- 9780340654590
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. For nearly fifty years, J Edgar Hoover held great power in the United States. The creator of the FBI and its Director until his death, he played a role in nearly every major tragedy and scandal in America during the twentieth century. This title explodes the myths, and exposes the dark secrets that remained hidden throughout Hoover's lifetime. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; JKVF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 203 x 40. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091941772
- ISBN
- 9780091941772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.07
€ 30.99
€ 22.07
Paperback. Jim Harrison traces his upbringing in Michigan amid the austerities of the Depression and the Second World War, and the seemingly greater austerities of his starchy Swedish forebears. He chronicles his coming-of-age, from a boy drunk with books to a young man making his way among fellow writers he deeply admires. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802140302
- ISBN
- 9780802140302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Paperback. Maliodoma Patrice Some was born in a Dagara Village, however he was soon to be abducted to a Jesuit school, being harshly indoctrinated into European ways of thought and worship. This title tells the story of his return to his people, his hard initiation back into those people, which lead to his desire to convey their knowledge to the world. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: BG; HRLK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140194968
- ISBN
- 9780140194968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. Clare Hollingworth was the first war correspondent to report the outbreak of WWII, described as 'the scoop of the century'. Her career spanned 40 years and she wrote for the Daily Telegraph, the Economist, the Observer, the Guardian, and reported from Palestine, Algeria, China, Vietnam, and became the first Telegraph's China correspondent since the formation of the People's Republic of China in 1949. She retired in 1981. She died in Hong Kong aged 105 in January 2017 and her death made headlines around the world. Written by Clare's great-nephew, this is the only official account of a memorable life. Brilliantly reviewed in its self-published iteration. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: BG. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473664814
- ISBN
- 9781473664814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755316816
- ISBN
- 9780755316816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Covers Frank Dye's intrepid voyages in his open 16ft Wayfarer dinghy to Iceland and Norway that ranks among the most hazardous sea adventures of our time. Encountering the whole gamut of weather, such is Frank Dye's seamanship that he and his crew survived gales up to Force 9, capsizing and a broken mast, arriving to a Scandinavian welcome. Num Pages: 184 pages, 8pp section - clr photos. BIC Classification: 1DNC; 1DNN; BTP; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713675689
- ISBN
- 9780713675689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.26
€ 22.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; RNB; RNKH; WNCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583949603
- ISBN
- 9781583949603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.91
€ 21.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. Life in Palestine today - what it is really like - day to day, from the Orwell Prize winning author, Raja Shehadeh. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJP; 3JM; BM; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781250174
- ISBN
- 9781781250174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.68
€ 15.99
€ 11.68
Hardcover. First edition, some light foxing,
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KTK0095968
- ISBN
- 9781854792136
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.00
€ 12.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 29. Weight in Grams: 421.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0295906
- ISBN
- 9780062684394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. 102pp. Keywords: Biography, Irish language
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- An Sagart Má Nuad
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KHS1008989
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. Charles Hart played a minor part in the Confederate movement of 1848 as a Confederate agent propagating the Irish cause. His previously unpublished diary provides a fresh perspective on Young Ireland and mid 19th-century America. Editor(s): O'Cathaoir, Brendan. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLL; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 113.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859183601
- ISBN
- 9781859183601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.00€ 14.20
€ 15.00
€ 14.20
Paperback. A uniquely detailed portrayal of the formative years of Tanzania's first president and the influences that led him to enter politics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 3JJ; BGH; HBJH; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011503
- ISBN
- 9781847011503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99
€ 36.99
Paperback. Perfectly timed to explore society's changing sensibility about patriotism, "Hardball" host and Washington insider Matthews gives Bill O'Reilly a run for his money with this straight-up account of what it really means to be an American. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBG; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304. Clean copy with some light shelfwear.Good to very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Edition
- 1st Touchstone Ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRF0000133
- ISBN
- 9780684862354
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Perfectly timed to explore society's changing sensibility about patriotism, "Hardball" host and Washington insider Matthews gives Bill O'Reilly a run for his money with this straight-up account of what it really means to be an American. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBG; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304. Clean copy with some light shelfwear.Good to very good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Touchstone Ed
- SKU
- KRF0000025
- ISBN
- 9780684862354
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A true-life Heartbeat for the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGA; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204. A Yorkshire Dales Copper on the Beat. 272 pages. Yorkshireman Mike Pannett has just taken up a new posting as a local bobby in rural North Yorkshire. It's quite a change from the Met, where he dealt with riots on the capital's streets and drug gangs in Battersea, and found out what it was like to stare down the wrong end of a sawn-off shotgun. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGA; JKSW1. Dimension: 198 x 134 x 19. Weight: 206.
- Publisher
- Constable
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845298111
- ISBN
- 9781845298111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Now Peru is Mine is the account of the life of Manuel Llamojha Mitma, one of Peru's most creative and inspiring indigenous political activists. His compelling life story covers nearly eight decades, providing a window into many key developments in Peru's tumultuous twentieth-century history and political mobilization in Cold War Latin America. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; BGHA; HBJK; JHMC; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362388
- ISBN
- 9780822362388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.21
€ 36.99
€ 33.21
Paperback. Bernie Nolan's heartbreaking story of her battle against incurable cancer. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 x 8pg colour insets. BIC Classification: APB; APT; AVH; BGFA; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781444776805
- ISBN
- 9781444776805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.54
€ 11.99
€ 10.54