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Paperback. Henry V of England, the princely hero of Shakespeare's play, who successfully defeated the French at the Battle of Agincourt and came close to becoming crowned King of France, is one of the best known and most compelling monarchs in English history. This biography takes a look at his entire life and nine year reign. Series: Routledge Historical Biographies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415620277
ISBN
9780415620277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.23

Paperback. This book is a magisterial overview of Henry Sidgwick, one of the great intellectual figures of nineteenth-century Britain. Num Pages: 882 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HPCD; HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
882
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9781107407343
ISBN
9781107407343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.24

Paperback. In an era when Kilkenny established itself as the dominant force in hurling, one man stood out from a remarkable group of players: Henry Shefflin. This book tells the story of the legendary hurler Henry Shefflin. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241961711
ISBN
9780241961711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. Series: Negro American Biographies & Autobiographies. Num Pages: 278 pages, 16 pp photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; AGB; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 23. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226510064
ISBN
9780226510064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Paperback. The one empire he most coveted, the land that he wanted for his primary home, was the empire of art."-from Henry James: The Imagination of Genius Num Pages: 672 pages, 76, 76 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 928.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801862717
ISBN
9780801862717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.01

Paperback. Editor(s): Dupee, Frederick Wilcox. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 638 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGLA; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
638
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691613062
ISBN
9780691613062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 109.08
€ 82.78

Paperback. .
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435160
ISBN
9780140435160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.24

paperback. This biography provides a comprehensive reappraisal of Henry II, the man and king. W.L. Warren explores a whole range of contemporary sources to illuminate the king's policy and personality, as well as the events of his reign. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 730 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300084740
ISBN
9780300084740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.63

paperback. This title paints a portrait of Henry I, son of William the Conqueror. The author vividly describes Henry's life and reign in a time of fundamental change in the Anglo-Norman world. Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series. Num Pages: 588 pages, 16 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 912.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300098297
ISBN
9780300098297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.94

Hardback. Henry Friendly is frequently grouped with Oliver Wendell Holmes, Louis Brandeis, Benjamin Cardozo, and Learned Hand as the best American jurists of the twentieth century. In this first, comprehensive biography of Friendly, Dorsen opens a unique window onto how a judge of this caliber thinks and decides cases, and how Friendly lived his life. Num Pages: 512 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; LAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 38. Weight in Grams: 866.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674064393
ISBN
9780674064393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; KNDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750958554
ISBN
9780750958554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.31

Paperback. Drawn from journals, this book offers an account of a woman's sexual awakening, covering a single year - 1931-32, in Paris, when June fell in love with Henry Miller, undermining her own idealized marriage. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183282
ISBN
9780141183282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Hardback. Henri Poincar (1854-1912) was not just one of the most inventive, versatile, and productive mathematicians of all time - he was also a leading physicist who almost won a Nobel Prize for physics. This book explores all the fields that Poincar touched, the debates sparked by his investigations, and how his discoveries still contribute to society. Num Pages: 608 pages, 13 halftones. 26 line illus. BIC Classification: BGT; PB; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1006.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
608
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152714
ISBN
9780691152714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.99

Paperback. 'One January morning in 1941, only a fortnight or so after his seventy-first birthday, the bearded and bespectacled French artist Henri Matisse was lying in a hospital bed preparing to die.' Diagnosed with cancer, the acclaimed painter, and rival of Picasso, seemed to be facing his demise. Then something unexpected happened. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 78.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241969083
ISBN
9780241969083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.47

Paperback. Published to coincide with the major release of HBO's upcoming film Hemingway and Gellhorn, starring Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen. Series: Movie Tie-in Editions. Num Pages: 800 pages, 16 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 232 x 33. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Movie Tie-in Edition
Number of pages
763
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393343205
ISBN
9780393343205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.78

Paperback. She'd been intimately his, and he hers, for twenty-seven years - which were his final twenty-seven years. She'd lasted through three wives, the Nobel Prize, and all his ruin. He'd owned her, fished her, worked her and rode her, from the waters of Key West to the Bahamas to the Dry Tortugas to the north coast and archipelagos of Cuba. Num Pages: 720 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 199 x 53. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099565994
ISBN
9780099565994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.44

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447299912
ISBN
9781447299912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.94

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3JJH; BGL; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781681772479
ISBN
9781681772479
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.33

Paperback. The most ridiculous emergency calls Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 84.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472102553
ISBN
9781472102553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Salmon Poetry
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KKW0008767
ISBN
9781907056291
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.23

Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, over 220 b/w and color photos and aircraft profiles. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1088.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764322174
ISBN
9780764322174
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 35.44

Paperback. Presents author's journey, from boot camp on Parris Island, South Carolina, all the way to the raging battles in the Pacific, where some of the war's fiercest fighting took place. This title provides details of the horrors and sacrifice of war, painting a portrait of how real warriors are made, fight, and often die in the defence of their country. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1M; 3JJH; BM; HBJM; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091937515
ISBN
9780091937515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. Christopher Parnell, wrongly accused of drug trafficking, found himself catapulted into the maelstrom of madness and degradation that exists within Indonesian jails. This is a story of one man's battle to survive in some of the world's cruellest and most inhumane prisons. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1FMNB; BTC; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 372 x 17. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845967291
ISBN
9781845967291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. A story of four of the greatest thespian boozers who ever walked - or staggered - off a film set into a pub; of drunken binges of near biblical proportions, parties and orgies, broken marriages, drugs, riots and wanton sexual conquests. They got away with it because of their extraordinary acting talent and because the public loved them. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Preface Publishing
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848090187
ISBN
9781848090187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

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