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Paperback. An autobiography of John Treasure Jones who went to sea when he was 15, and worked his way up to become Captain of the most famous ocean liner afloat, Cunard's RMS Queen Mary. Editor(s): Tennant, R. J. Num Pages: 160 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGA; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 173 x 11. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752446257
ISBN
9780752446257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; WG; WH; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258. Experiences of the Merchant Navy During the 1950's and 1960's. 160 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BG; WT. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 11. Weight: 268.
Publisher
Authorhouse UK
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781434305244
ISBN
9781434305244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.02

Paperback. "First published by Verso in 2015"--Title page verso. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFSJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784781675
ISBN
9781784781675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.54

Paperback. Helen Tew sailed across the Atlantic in a small boat at the age of 89. This is a remarkable book about a remarkable life, by a remarkable woman whose sense of adventure is both infectious and inspirational. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations, (some colour ) maps. BIC Classification: BGS; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954275075
ISBN
9780954275075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 378 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9781896300689
ISBN
9781896300689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 24.65

Hardcover. Num Pages: 542 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BG; DN; DQ; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 171 x 1043. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
542
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821413241
ISBN
9780821413241
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Paperback. .
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785921032
ISBN
9781785921032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.81

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 colour illustrations, 24 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BGF; HBJD; HBTB; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 219 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319291260
ISBN
9783319291260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

paperback. Num Pages: 100 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: AV; BGF; HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 191 x 6. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Bonus Books Inc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566251921
ISBN
9781566251921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1FBN; BM; JFSJ1; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022530
ISBN
9780253022530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99

The disappearance and imprisonment behind the Iron Curtain of the American brothers Noel and Hermann Field in 1949, followed by that of Noel's wife and their foster daughter, was one of the most publicized international mysteries of the Cold War. This dual memoir gives an intensely human dimension to that struggle. Num Pages: 488 pages, 18 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJPG; BG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 35. Weight in Grams: 780.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735902
ISBN
9780804735902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 119.48

Paperback. Trapped was a Sunday Times bestseller and the first memoir from foster carer Rosie Lewis. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BT; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 208. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KTG0011015
ISBN
9780007541782
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Caitlin Press Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894759397
ISBN
9781894759397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Plexus Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859653695
ISBN
9780859653695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.93

Paperback. 256 pages, Illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; BGS; WSJA. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 17. Weight: 580.
Publisher
DB Publishing
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Paperback edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780911199
ISBN
9781780911199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Every football fan knows the legend of Bert Trautmann. From an amateur footballer working on a bomb disposal unit in Liverpool, to celebrated Manchester City goalkeeper adored by thousands, this title charts Trautmann's conversion from Hitler Youth star to all-England football hero. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Yellow Jersey
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224082891
ISBN
9780224082891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: AVG; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 644.
Publisher
ECW Press,Canada Canada
Number of pages
450
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550226669
ISBN
9781550226669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.15

Hardback. This is a memoir of the Chinese writer Hsiao Ch'ien. Born in1910 Ch'ien joined the Communist Youth League and participated in demonstrations against the government before working with Edgar Snow as a translator and publishing his own fiction. Translator(s): Kinkley, Jeffrey C. Num Pages: 288 pages, 26 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1F; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804722377
ISBN
9780804722377
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.25

Paperback. When Marcia and David Pirie abandoned their careers and sailed off in their home-built ketch Moongazer, They embarked on a journey that took them around the world, and became a way of life for nine years. Travellers on a Trade Wind covers the highlights of the journey. Num Pages: 344 pages, drawings, maps. BIC Classification: 1QSP; BG; WSSN3; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
New
SKU
V9780850364712
ISBN
9780850364712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.64

Paperback. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Eddie Redmayne as Hawking and Felicity Jones as his wife Jane. It chronicles their relationship, from his early development of ALS to his success in physics. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: BGTA; BM; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846883668
ISBN
9781846883668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.72

Paperback. Ten years in different directions. The third volume of Michael Palin's celebrated diaries. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 44. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780225326
ISBN
9781780225326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.14

Paperback. Published for the first time in English, this is an account of Che Guevara's 1952 motorcycle tour of South America by his close friend and travelling companion, Alberto Granado. Translator(s): Alvarez de Toledo, Lucia. Num Pages: 240 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KLS; BGH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Pimlico
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844134267
ISBN
9781844134267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Looking at early twentieth-century westerners through the writings of an acerbic female agricultural journalist. Editor(s): Demers, Patricia. Num Pages: 296 pages, 28 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGH; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888646262
ISBN
9780888646262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Robert D. Reed Publishers United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934759103
ISBN
9781934759103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.12

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