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Biography

Paperback. From a young chef who suddenly lost her sense of smell, a fascinating personal exploration of this most nebulous of senses and the role it plays in how we eat, how we perceive the world, how we remember the past, and how we attract each other. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Portobello Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846273841
ISBN
9781846273841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.87

Paperback. .
Publisher
Melrose Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
103
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907732980
ISBN
9781907732980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.43

Paperback. In 1977, Rubenstein, an avid golfer, travelled to Dornoch in the Highlands. He sought to uncover an authentic sense of self and turned to a place where golf was purest. The experience had a profound effect on him. Twenty-three years later, in 2000, he returned to Dornoch to spend an entire summer. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; BGS; WSJG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Mainstream Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840187052
ISBN
9781840187052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.66

paperback. Recovers one woman's compelling history through a modern-day family's adventures into realms of ultimately timeless experiences Series: American Lives. Num Pages: 328 pages, 14 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803236387
ISBN
9780803236387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.66

Paperback. A fascinating retelling of Oskar Schindler's extraordinary story and how it came to the world's attention through Thomas Keneally's Booker Prize-winning novel and the subsequent multiple Oscar-winning film, Schindler's List Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp B&W photos. BIC Classification: BM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
KTJ8038607
ISBN
9780340963265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.51

Paperback. An exploration of the fascinating poetry, life and world of Sappho, including a complete translation of all her poems. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393353822
ISBN
9780393353822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.46

Hardcover. An exploration of the fascinating poetry, life, and world of Sappho, including a complete translation of all her poems. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; BGL; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393242232
ISBN
9780393242232
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
Counterpoint
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781582437446
ISBN
9781582437446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 848 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 45. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571225002
ISBN
9780571225002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.92

Hardcover. Features a biography of the Romanian-born French philosopher E M Cioran that focuses on his formative years as a mystical revolutionary attracted to right-wing nationalist politics in interwar Romania, his writings of this period, and his self-imposed exile to France in 1937. Editor(s): Johnston, Kenneth R. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 b&w photos, 1 maps. BIC Classification: BG; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 252 x 26. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253352675
ISBN
9780253352675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.35

Paperback. A history of the spiritual development and religious vision of Dorothy Day, a pioneer of American social Catholicism and co-founder of the "Catholic Worker" and the Catholic Worker Movement. It explores her spiritual roots, her sensibility, and her aesthetic vision. Series: Notre Dame Studies in American Catholicism. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BG; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC7; HRCS; HRCX6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268017705
ISBN
9780268017705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.05

Paperback. One of only five Britons to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France, the author burst onto the cycling scene as the rawest pure talent this country has ever seen. This title tells the story of a remarkable career told from the perspective of a man who is immersed in the history of the sport he loves. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552169301
ISBN
9780552169301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. A fascinating "oral history" of the actor-director, with countless interviews with family, friends and colleagues and the ex-Mr Madonna himself. Num Pages: 512 pages, 75 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 33. Weight in Grams: 407.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
SKU
KIN0004630
ISBN
9780571215492
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.44

Hardcover. Presents a study of the work of Sean O Dalaigh/John O'Daly, the great 19th-century scribe; compiler and collector of manuscripts, editor, anthologist; and, founder of societies for the publication of Gaelic literature. This text includes an analysis of his sources, manuscript compilations, printed editions and connections in the literary world. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cork University Press
Edition
Chead Choiriu ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859184073
ISBN
9781859184073
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.00

Paperback. Keywords: "Biography - Poetry, Drama & Criticism"
Format
Paperback
Publisher
The Citadel Press New York
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KEX0190575
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 20.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New
SKU
KKD0003685
ISBN
9780717126880
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Very good copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Macmillan
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KKD0012332
ISBN
9780717110346
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. This biography rescues from obscurity those in the Irish revolutionary movement who, like Sean McLoughlin, not only envisaged, but fought for, an Ireland very different to the impoverished capitalist neo-colony that would come into being after 1922. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; 3JJG; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The Merlin Press Ltd.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850367058
ISBN
9780850367058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.36

Paperback. An accessible biography about Sean MacDiarmada, a leader in the 1916 Rising. Book six in the '16 Lives' series. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 352 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, 1 biography, 1 index, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The O'Brien Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781847172631
ISBN
9781847172631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.85

Paperback. This biography follows Heuston's life, from his birth in Dublin, to his time as a railway clerk in Limerick. Finally it outlines his move back to Dublin, his joining The Volunteers, the Easter Rising, his imprisonment and execution. Series Editor(s): Collins, Lorcan. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The O'Brien Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781847172686
ISBN
9781847172686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 10.85

Paperback. Sean Connery's personification of secret agent James Bond invigorated Britain and its cinema, allowing a cash-strapped, morale-sapped country in decline to fancy itself still a player on the world stage. This title is both a biography of a star and an investigation of what can happen to a man when the images he creates take over his life. Num Pages: 368 pages, ports. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571238088
ISBN
9780571238088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.80

Hardcover. Fine copy showing some shelf wear in good dustwrapper
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
Macmillan
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KSS0015649
ISBN
9780333094426
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Keyword:Seamus Brennan. 204pp
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Liffey Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KNW0011778
ISBN
9781905785636
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 25.99
€ 19.85

Paperback. A fascinating insight into one of the most elite special operations units in the world. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16pp B&W Photos. BIC Classification: BTM; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 292. Very good copy with light shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0007328
ISBN
9780751549027
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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