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Paperback. David Litvinoff was one of the great mythic characters of '60s London. Litvinoff's determination to live without trace means that his life has always eluded biographers, until now. This book deals with his work. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; AVGP; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099584445
ISBN
9780099584445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Christine Shawa s new biography uses a wealth of archival sources to paint a vivid portrait of one of the most remarkable and colourful men ever to sit on the papal throne. Admired and hated, his actions were always controversial and made him one of the most influential figures in Renaissance Italy. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DST; BGH; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780631202820
ISBN
9780631202820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; BGH; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750961318
ISBN
9780750961318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.34

Paperback. Julius Caesar was the most famous Roman who ever lived. His influence endures to the present day: in our 'Julian' calendar of 365.25 days, which he introduced; in the geographical entity we call France, whose boundaries he established; and, thanks to his 'invasion' of 55 BCE. This book seeks to explore the many facets of his complex character. Series: Bristol Phoenix Press Greece and Rome Live. Num Pages: 140 pages, 1 frontispiece, 8 figures, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904675020
ISBN
9781904675020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.59

Paperback. Julie Andrews is the last of the great Hollywood musical stars - her extraordinary career spans more than forty years. Her first film, "Mary Poppins", was Disney's most successful film, and in 1965, "The Sound of Music" rescued Twentieth Century Fox from bankruptcy. This is a portrait of an enduring icon of stage and screen. Num Pages: 384 pages, Section: 16, 16pp colour plates. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749951627
ISBN
9780749951627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Living in a tiny apartment in New York and trapped in a job she hates, the author sees life passing her by. Then one night, she notices that few items she's grabbed from Korean grocery store are few items she's grabbed for Potage Parmentier, as described in Julia Child's cookbook, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking". This title tells her story. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Edition
Media tie-in
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141043982
ISBN
9780141043982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.81

Paperback. This study of the last pagan Roman emperor provides remarkable insight into the man and his times. Series: Debates and Documents in Ancient History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 B&W. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748618873
ISBN
9780748618873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.65

Paperback. .
Publisher
SteinerBooks, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584200888
ISBN
9781584200888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.24

Paperback. For centuries readers have comfortably adopted Julian of Norwich as simply a mystic. In this book, the author argues that this fourteenth-century thinker's sophisticated approach to theological questions places her legitimately within the pantheon of other great medieval theologians, including Thomas Aquinas, Bernard of Clairvaux, and Bonaventure. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; BGX; HRAX; HRCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300192551
ISBN
9780300192551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.86

Hardback. Julian Hawthorne (1846-1934), Nathaniel Hawthorne's only son, lived a long and influential life marked by bad circumstances and worse choices. Raised among luminaries such as Thoreau, Emerson, and the Beecher family, Julian became a promising novelist in his twenties, but his writing soon devolved into mediocrity. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252038341
ISBN
9780252038341
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; BGH; DSBH; DSC; HBJD1; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 134 x 32. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780953478095
ISBN
9780953478095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.29

Paperback. A compelling and strange story of how and why Julia Pastrana became one of the most infamous women in Europe and America. Num Pages: 192 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: ASZW; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750933131
ISBN
9780750933131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. The impossibly moving story of how Judy, World War Two's only animal POW, brought hope in the midst of hell. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JJH; BTP; HBWQ; JWXR; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Quercus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848665385
ISBN
9781848665385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Hardcover. A lavishly illustrated retrospective in celebration of the 90th birthday of Judith Kerr, author of The Tiger Who Came to Tea and many other iconic books. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AN; BGL; YNL. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 307 x 239 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1332.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007513215
ISBN
9780007513215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 25.68

Paperback. When Brautigan took his own life in September of 1984 his close friends and network of artists and writers were devastated though not entirely surprised. To many, Brautigan was shrouded in enigma, erratic and unpredictable in his habits and presentation. This title offers portraits of a man destroyed by his genius. Num Pages: 864 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 181 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Counterpoint United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
864
Condition
New
SKU
V9781619021051
ISBN
9781619021051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 27.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 386 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268044251
ISBN
9780268044251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.95

Paperback. * An omnibus edition containing JOYFUL VOICES and VOICES OF LOVE Num Pages: 400 pages, Section: 8, b/w. BIC Classification: BGX; HRQM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751540048
ISBN
9780751540048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.58

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691606408
ISBN
9780691606408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.48

Paperback. The biography of the greatest woman golfer to ever play the game of golf. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 450.
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752429274
ISBN
9780752429274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.65

Paperback. Joy Davidman is known, if she is known at all, as the wife of C. S. Lewis. Now, Abigail Santamaria brings Joy Davidman Gresham Lewis to the page in the fullness and depth she deserves. Num Pages: 413 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
SPCK Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780281074297
ISBN
9780281074297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.44

Hardcover. Features the biography of Jovan Ristic, one of Serbia's leading political figures during the second half of the nineteenth century. At the height of his career between 1868 and 1880, Ristic became one of the most successful negotiators during Serbia's dialogue with other European powers and the Ottoman Empire. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWYS; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335836
ISBN
9780880335836
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.70

Paperback. Some minor shelf wear but remains very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Merlin Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st.ed.
SKU
KTJ0047786
ISBN
9780863279010
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Best remembered for his operas and his War Requiem, Benjamin Britten's radical politics and his sexuality have also ensured that he remains a controversial public figure. This title presents a selection of his diaries that offer readers an insight into this complex man. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 152 x 47. Weight in Grams: 822.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571238842
ISBN
9780571238842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.59

Paperback. Eva Figes and her family fled the horror of Nazi Germany when Eva was only six, forced to leave behind them friends, relatives and their housemaid, Edith. Ten years later, Edith suddenly re-emerged in their lives. Having miraculously survived wartime Berlin, she had reluctantly emigrated to hostile, volatile Palestine. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847080684
ISBN
9781847080684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.26

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