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Paperback. George Best is widely regarded as the finest footballer ever produced by the British Isles. His death in November 2006 prompted lengthy analysis of his career and his standing in the game, a debate 'The Complete George Best' will help settle. Num Pages: 470 pages. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Empire Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781901746518
ISBN
9781901746518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.78

Paperback. The Complete David Bowie is widely recognized as the foremost source of analysis and information on every facet of Bowie's career. From the 11-year-old's skiffle performance at a Scouts' Summer Camp in 1958, to the surprise 2011 appearance of the last album Toy and beyond, to his passing in January 2016. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 311 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1402.
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Expanded, Updated ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785653650
ISBN
9781785653650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 23.47

Paperback. This collection of letters between Freud and his future biographer provides an account of the early years of the psychoanalytical movement. While charting the progress of a friendship, the correspondence also touches upon contemporary events, such as the Russian Revolution and rise of Nazism. Num Pages: 894 pages, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; BGA; JFC; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 44. Weight in Grams: 930.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
894
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674154247
ISBN
9780674154247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.90
€ 52.52

Hardback. The surviving correspondence between Walter Benjamin and Theodor W. Adorno. * This is the first time all of the surviving correspondence between Adorno and Benjamin has appeared in English. * Provides a key to the personalities and projects of these two major intellectual figures. Num Pages: 392 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; BGA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745618180
ISBN
9780745618180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.77

paperback. Series: Dover Occult. Num Pages: 1152 pages, Fr. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1328.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
1152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486230948
ISBN
9780486230948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 35.54

Paperback. Whitechapel, 1988: a spate of brutal murders becomes the most notorious criminal episode in London's history. The killer, chillingly nicknamed 'The Whitechapel Murderer', 'Leather Apron' and, most famously, 'Jack the Ripper', is never brought to justice for the slaughter and mutilation of at least five women in the slums of East London. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718178246
ISBN
9780718178246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. Editor(s): Epstein, Barbara. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Number of pages
316
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590173343
ISBN
9781590173343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.68

Paperback. Reveals the American showman P T Barnum as, by turns, a moral reformer, a habitual hoaxer, an insightful critic, a savvy puffer, a master of images, a sparkling writer, a relentless provocateur, and an early advocate of family entertainments. This title tracks the shifting personas of the great showman and his representational choices. Editor(s): Cook, James W. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 16. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252072956
ISBN
9780252072956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.87

paperback. This is James McBride's tribute to his remarkable, eccentric, determined mother, and an eloquent exploration of what family and the colour of your skin really means Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; AVH; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780747538325
ISBN
9780747538325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Blends biography, social history, and critical race theory to illuminate the fascinating life of Lawrence Dennis, a complex and enigmatic man Num Pages: 229 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814737330
ISBN
9780814737330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. "Biographia Literaria" has emerged over the last century as a supreme work of literary criticism and one of the classics of English literature. This is a completely annotated edition of the highly allusive work. Series: Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Num Pages: 856 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 140 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1326.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
856
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691018614
ISBN
9780691018614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.07
€ 64.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 1262 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 149 x 73. Weight in Grams: 1770.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
1262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865976832
ISBN
9780865976832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.44

Hardback. For much of the 20h century, however, Tighe was better known for her influence on Keats's poetry than the considerable merits of her own work.This book restores Tighe to the general canon of English literature of the period. Editor(s): Linkin, Dr. Harriet Kramer. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DCF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813123431
ISBN
9780813123431
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.57

Paperback. Opens in spring 1914 when Einstein takes up a research professorship at the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin and closes with the collapse of the German Empire four and one-half years later. This work touches on various aspects of Einstein's activities and sheds fresh light on his inner life. Editor(s): Kox, A. J.; Schulmann, Robert; Janssen, Michel; Illy, Jozsef. Translator(s): Hentschel, Ann M. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 744 pages, in two volumes 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 41. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
650
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691048413
ISBN
9780691048413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 102.78

hardcover. Presents Albert Einstein's writings from his arrival in Berlin in the spring of 1914 to take up his new position at the Prussian Academy of Sciences through the end of 1917. This book contains papers describing Einstein's experimental investigation, a study of Ampere's molecular currents, which he carried out with the Dutch physicist W J de Haas. Editor(s): Kox, A. J.; Klein, Martin J. (Professor of History of Science, Yale University, USA); Schulmann, Robert. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 650 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
650
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780691010861
ISBN
9780691010861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 244.63

Hardback. Part of a series to be devoted to Einstein's correspondence, this volume contains letters and begins in June 1902, when he went to work at the Swiss Patent Office. It closes in March 1914, as Einstein left Switzerland to take up his appointment as a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin. Editor(s): Klein, Martin J. (Professor of History of Science, Yale University, USA); Kox, A. J.; Schulmann, Robert. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 784 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3JJC; BGA; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 190 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
780
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691033228
ISBN
9780691033228
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 246.27

paperback. Presents Einstein's writings from the final period of his work in Switzerland. The material in this volume documents Einstein's search for a relativistic theory of gravitation, a search that ended in Berlin in the fall of 1915 with the completion of the general theory of relativity. Translator(s): Beck, Anna; Howard, Don. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 3JJC; BGA; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
KMK0021478
ISBN
9780691026107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.00

Hardback. Presents Einstein's writings for the two-year period starting in October 1909. This volume concludes with the masterful report that Einstein gave to the original Solvay Congress, the first international meeting devoted to the problems of radiation and the quantum theory. Editor(s): Klein, Martin J. (Professor of History of Science, Yale University, USA); Kox, A. J.; Renn, Juergen; Schulmann, Robert. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 550 pages, 264 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JJC; BGA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 262 x 200 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691087726
ISBN
9780691087726
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.68
€ 141.28

paperback. Presents Einstein's writings for the two-year period starting in October 1909. This volume concludes with the report that Einstein, by then a full professor at the German-language university in Prague, gave to the original Solvay Congress, the first international meeting devoted to the problems of radiation and the quantum theory. Editor(s): Klein, Martin J. (Professor of History of Science, Yale University, USA); Kox, A. J.; Renn, Juergen; Schulmann, Robert. Translator(s): Beck, Anna. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 447 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3JJC; BGA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 32. Weight in Grams: 885. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0021479
ISBN
9780691102504
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 40.00

Hardback. Contains the scientific work Einstein published during the first decade of his career, and includes some of the most significant achievements of twentieth-century physics. This work includes the famous paper that set forth the special theory of relativity, solving some long-standing difficulties. Editor(s): Stachel, John; Cassidy, David C.; Renn, Jurgen; Schulmann, Robert. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 696 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3JJC; BGA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 190 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691085265
ISBN
9780691085265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.68
€ 140.77

Hardback. Editor(s): Kelvin, Norman. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 606 pages, 86 halftones, 5 line illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1028.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
606
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691632186
ISBN
9780691632186
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 296.30

Hardback. Editor(s): Kelvin, Norman. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 692 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1142.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
692
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691640693
ISBN
9780691640693
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 332.29

Paperback. Editor(s): Kelvin, Norman. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 526 pages, 76 halftones, 7 line illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 248 x 29. Weight in Grams: 782.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
526
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780691608181
ISBN
9780691608181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 89.00
€ 68.41

Hardback. Editor(s): Kelvin, Norman. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 526 pages, 76 halftones, 7 line illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 914.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691636665
ISBN
9780691636665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 261.39

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