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Biography
Paperback. An Italian SCHINDLER'S LIST, this is the inspirational story of Gino Bartali, who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and secretly aided the Italian Resistance during the Second World War. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753828144
- ISBN
- 9780753828144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
€ 13.99
€ 10.86
Paperback. Tells of a life full of happiness, conversation, music and books shared with his three siblings, mother and father. This book is a snapshot of growing up in Yorkshire in the 1950s - reminisce with the author, and share in his personal journey - of school days and holidays as well as his tentative steps into the adult world. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 30. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141026725
- ISBN
- 9780141026725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. The definitive guide to the origin of J.R.R. Tolkien's books, from The Hobbit to The History of Middle-earth series - includes unpublished Tolkien extracts and poetry. Num Pages: 432 pages, Index. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780261102750
- ISBN
- 9780261102750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Counterpoint
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781582435237
- ISBN
- 9781582435237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.27
€ 17.99
€ 16.27
Paperback. Jill Ker Conway grew up in New South Wales in the 1940s and '50s. This is her account of an Australian childhood in the outback, and subsequently in Sydney, encompassing family tragedy, a devastating struggle with the desert environment, and an evocation of the Australian landscape. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749398941
- ISBN
- 9780749398941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFSF; WQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 211 x 33. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555977467
- ISBN
- 9781555977467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.82
€ 16.99
€ 15.82
Paperback. Between 1970 and 1975 Jon Swain, the English journalist portrayed in "The Killing Fields", lived in the lands of the Mekong river. This is his account of those years, and how their tumultuous events affected him. He also describes the beauty of the landscape, as well as its violence and corruption. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPL; BGHA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749320201
- ISBN
- 9780749320201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
€ 14.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. An exquisite blend of memoir and nature writing, River House is one young woman's story about returning home. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WSSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Tin House Books United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780982569139
- ISBN
- 9780982569139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.82
€ 17.99
€ 16.82
Paperback. The American river has a long literary heritage, extending from Twain and Thoreau. Following in this tradition, Burroughs chronicles a canoe voyage through the Carolinas, visiting his ancestral homeland and the inhabitants of the banks of the Waccamaw River, reflecting on life on and off the river. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; WQH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820319988
- ISBN
- 9780820319988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.40
€ 23.99
€ 21.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BGLA; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589881129
- ISBN
- 9781589881129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.45
€ 27.99
€ 19.45
Paperback. El ritmo is a collection of letters from Salvador Rueda to the Catalonian critic Jose Yxart, first published in Madrid in 1894. El ritmo sets out, in a sometimes ironical tone, a panorama of the state of poetry in Spanish at the end of the nineteenth century. Series: Exeter Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 66 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ADS; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 5. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 66
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859894012
- ISBN
- 9780859894012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.45
€ 38.45
Paperback. Born in Milan, Anna del Conte grew up in Italy in a gentler time. When war came to Italy everything changed: her family had to abandon their apartment and the city for the countryside, where the peasants still ate well, but life was dangerous. This is a memoir of a life seen through food - each chapter rounded off with recipes. Num Pages: 336 pages, ill. BIC Classification: BM; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099505990
- ISBN
- 9780099505990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 3JJP; AJB; AJCR; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439914571
- ISBN
- 9781439914571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.62
€ 36.99
€ 35.62
Paperback. "Holt reveals the fascinating untold story of the heroic women who made America's space program possible." --Cate Lineberry, author of The Secret Rescue Num Pages: 352 pages, 1x 8pp colour insert1x 8pp b/w insert11 b/w photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJPG; BGT; BK; TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 274 x 2. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Back Bay Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316338905
- ISBN
- 9780316338905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.82
€ 19.99
€ 14.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266. 308 pages, Illustrations, ports. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BTC. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight: 266.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- John Blake
- Number of pages
- 308
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844547692
- ISBN
- 9781844547692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Hardcover. Lieut Col Laurence Austine Waddell (1854-1938) was a British Army officer with an established reputation mainly due to a work on the 'Buddhism' of Tibet. This book reconstructs Waddell's life from sources such as letters from Marc Aurel Stein at the British Museum and Theophilus G Pinches, held at the University of Glasgow Library. Num Pages: 260 pages, illus. BIC Classification: BGH; HBAH; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845193157
- ISBN
- 9781845193157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.94
€ 126.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 274 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVP; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 214 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Paul Mould Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904959755
- ISBN
- 9781904959755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 5.04
€ 16.99
€ 5.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages, 14 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BGA; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 29. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590172865
- ISBN
- 9781590172865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.08
€ 27.99
€ 19.08
Hardback. Ringo: With a Little Help, is the first in-depth biography of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, who kept the beat for an entire generation and who remains a rock icon over fifty years since the Beatles took the world by storm. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 x 8-page photo inserts. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 237 x 36. Weight in Grams: 888.
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617131202
- ISBN
- 9781617131202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.68
€ 33.99
€ 31.68
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617136573
- ISBN
- 9781617136573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.63
€ 21.63
Paperback. Presents an account of authors life at Camusfearna, a remote cottage in the western Highlands. This book also focuses on the two otters, Mijbil and Edal, who became his constant and much-loved companions. Series: Nature Classics Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, 40 b/w drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; BM; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Little Toller Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956254504
- ISBN
- 9780956254504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.66
€ 19.99
€ 15.66
Paperback. 'Rin Tin Tin is a remarkable book.. A wonderfully entertaining account of one of the strangest partnerships in a very strange milieu' John Banville, Guardian Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 x 8pp b/w plate sectons. BIC Classification: BGF; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781843547099
- ISBN
- 9781843547099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.16
€ 19.99
€ 15.16
Hardcover. A rare, revealing look at the composer, written by his granddaughter Tatiana, featuring a wealth of correspondence and photographs from his family's archives. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2x 8-page photo inserts. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Amadeus Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574674545
- ISBN
- 9781574674545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.10
€ 56.10
Paperback. An astute and engrossing biography from the author of Victor Hugo and Balzac. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Picador
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330488037
- ISBN
- 9780330488037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.68
€ 26.99
€ 18.68