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Biography

Paperback. From the testing laboratories where engineers struggle to build a jet engine that can resist bird attacks, through the creation of the A320 in France, to the political and social forces that have sought to minimize the impact of revolutionary fly-by-wire technology, this work lets us question our assumptions about human beings in modern aviation. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BTP; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 147 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141046747
ISBN
9780141046747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.25

Paperback. Hanna Greally spent the best part of the 1940s and 1950s incarcerated in a psychiatric hospital in the Irish Midlands. In her first book "Birds Nest Soup" she recounted the terrible suffering she endured there. This title gives an account of her life in Coolamber Manor Rehabilitation Centre in County Longford. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJP; BM; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Attic Press Dublin
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855942127
ISBN
9781855942127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.88

Paperback. Paints a vivid portrait of a woman gloriously out of the step with the conventions of her time. Over the course of a dozen years, Scottish plant collector Isobel Wylie Hutchison (1889-1982) explored northern latitudes from the Lofoten Islands of Norway to the far reaches of the American Aleutians. Series: Women in the West. Num Pages: 282 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1MTN; BG; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803273443
ISBN
9780803273443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, 35 photos. BIC Classification: AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
212
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589880634
ISBN
9781589880634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.39

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 photographs, 4 drawings. BIC Classification: 1KB; BM; RNKH1; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 28. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803296428
ISBN
9780803296428
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.86

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Number of pages
180
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KNW0010412
ISBN
9781860498169
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KNW0010343
ISBN
9781860498169
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Matthew Flinders was the first to circumnavigate and chart the treacherous Terra Australis coastline - he is the man who put Australia on the map. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2x8pp 4x4c. BIC Classification: BG; DN; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Hachette Australia Australia
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780733637384
ISBN
9780733637384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. A gripping, literary recollection of a pilot's experiences during WWII Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . Good copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0012132
ISBN
9780747578116
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A gripping, literary recollection of a pilot's experiences during WWII Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
9780747578116
ISBN
9780747578116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; VXPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236. A Plane Crash.a Lone Survivor.a Journey to Heaven - and Back. 192 pages, Illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BM; VXPR. Dimension: 212 x 140 x 12. Weight: 228.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764207945
ISBN
9780764207945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.47

paperback. Stresses the author's humanistic philosophy. Editor(s): Rees, William. Translator(s): Rees, William. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classic
Condition
New
SKU
9780141183183
ISBN
9780141183183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. The poems and performance art of Hugo Ball and his contemporaries were the beginnings of Dada. This work includes Ball's diaries, the original Dada manifesto and a critical introduction. Translator(s): Raimes, Ann. Series: Documents of Twentieth-Century Art. Num Pages: 324 pages, 14 b&w photographs, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; ACXD7; BG; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520204409
ISBN
9780520204409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.63

Paperback. An autobiographical tale of forgiveness, jealousy, hatred, and doubt involved in the break-up of a marriage. Num Pages: 262 pages, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGA; HRCS; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Findhorn Press Ltd. Forres, Scotland
Number of pages
262
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Edition, Enlarged, Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781899171644
ISBN
9781899171644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Caitlin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781987915143
ISBN
9781987915143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.02

Paperback. "A richly detailed story that is equal parts heartbreaking, inspiring .. and full of fascinating science .. masterful."-San Francisco Chronicle Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: BTP; WGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 209 x 31. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393351262
ISBN
9780393351262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.50

Paperback. A uniquely personal and insightful delve into one man's family history, as seen through the prism of two-hundred years of medicine in the British Isles. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1x8pp bw & colour. BIC Classification: BM. Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Export/Airside
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471163975
ISBN
9781471163975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.52

Paperback. After many hurdles and stumbling blocks, Diane triumphed again and made constitutional history when she was allowed to re-register her children's births. This is a story of life, death and procreation, an emotional roller-coaster that has been nine years of one woman's life. It shows how controversial policies are made that affect all our lives. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MFKC1; VFXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New
SKU
KLN0018864
ISBN
9781845960285
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. How is it that Flaubert, the last of the great French romantics, still seems so incredibly modern? In this biography, Geoffrey Wall investigates why it is that the author of Madame Bovary still exerts such a hold upon our imaginations. Num Pages: 432 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 33. Weight in Grams: 486. Minor scuffing, otherwise excellent.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Number of pages
432
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
SKU
KTJ0001565
ISBN
9780571212392
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.82

Paperback. How is it that Flaubert, the last of the great French romantics, still seems so incredibly modern? In this biography, Geoffrey Wall investigates why it is that the author of Madame Bovary still exerts such a hold upon our imaginations. Num Pages: 432 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 33. Weight in Grams: 486. Minor scuffing, otherwise excellent.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Number of pages
432
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
SKU
KTJ0001564
ISBN
9780571212392
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.82

Hardback. Michel Winock situates Flaubert in France's century of great democratic transition. Wary of the masses, Flaubert rejected universal suffrage, but above all he hated the vulgar, ignorant bourgeoisie, a class that embodied every vice of the democratic age. His loathing became a fixation and a source of literary inspiration. Translator(s): Elliot, Nicholas. Num Pages: 528 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 44. Weight in Grams: 978.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674737952
ISBN
9780674737952
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.96

paperback. Flaneuse [flanne-euhze], noun, from French. Feminine form of flaneur [flanne-euhr], an idler. In this book, the author defines her as 'a determined resourceful woman keenly attuned to the creative potential of the city, and the liberating possibilities of a good walk'. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1DDF; 1KBBEY; BM; DNF; HBTB; JFFK; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 135. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099593379
ISBN
9780099593379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.84

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Helion and Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909384989
ISBN
9781909384989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.20

Paperback. A neuroscientist tells the remarkable story of how she rewired her own brain--and came to see the world anew Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 286. A Scientist's Journey into Seeing in Three Dimensions. 256 pages, 30 b/w illustrations. When neuroscientist Susan Barry was fifty years old, she took a trip to Manhattan. She saw the city in an astonishingly new way. With each glance, she experienced the deliriously novel sense of immersion in a three dimensional world. Giving an account of the brain's capacity for change, this title describes Barry's remarkable journey. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BM; PDZ. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 19. Weight: 286.
Publisher
Basic Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Trade Paper Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465020737
ISBN
9780465020737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.38

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