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Hardcover. Helicopter pilots in Vietnam kidded one another about being nothing but glorified bus drivers. But these "rotor heads" saved thousands of American lives while performing what the Army classified as the most dangerous job it had to offer. One in eighteen did not return home. Tom A. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18 b+w photographs. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 37. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597970013
ISBN
9781597970013
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.57

Paperback. For the first time in paperback, and fully updated-the definitive history of the most popular rock-and-roll band of all time, the Eagles. Num Pages: 418 pages, 34 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 592. The Untold Story of the Eagles. 420 pages, 34 b&w photos. For the first time in paperback, and fully updated-the definitive history of the most popular rock-and-roll band of all time, the Eagles. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP; BGF. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 29. Weight: 586.
Publisher
Hachette Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306813986
ISBN
9780306813986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.50

Hardcover. 342pp. Original boards, with title gilted on front cover. Keywords: Religion, anti-semitism, biography, Jewish studies
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hamburger Printing Co Chicago
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1905
SKU
KHS1009060
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 14.99
€ 4.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 211 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1; RGR; RNK; WNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611493405
ISBN
9781611493405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.37

TO VEGAS and BACK is Casino meets The Burning Bed, peppered with The Glass Castle. This story begins with a twenty-six-year-old woman living the American dream in the 1960s. She was a homemaker and mother of three in the beautiful suburbs of Philadelphia. Num Pages: 260 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Changing Lives Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780989452939
ISBN
9780989452939
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.71

Paperback. The story of one of the world's greatest soldiers - and the men who fought with him. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848541047
ISBN
9781848541047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1; VSP; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Barry Long Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780950805085
ISBN
9780950805085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.98

Paperback. Stories From the Kitchen Dresser, A Memoir. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: AFP; AGB; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473604315
ISBN
9781473604315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. 'My mother is scraping a piece of burned toast out of the kitchen window, a crease of annoyance across her forehead. This is not an occasional occurrence. My mother burns the toast as surely as the sun rises each morning.' Num Pages: 256 pages, (x integrated). BIC Classification: BM; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Edition
First Printing
Publisher
HarperPerennial
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841154718
ISBN
9781841154718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. 36pp. Previous owner's signature on ffep. Keywords: Biography
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
The British Council/Longmans London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1951
SKU
KHS0038769
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 19.99
€ 17.52

Paperback. A biography of the great 18th-century novelist, Tobias Smollett, by the author of "Cyril Connolly: A Life". It is filled with curious details from the worlds of publishing, medicine, politics and literary life. Num Pages: 316 pages, 8 pp b/w plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 245.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Pimlico
Condition
New
SKU
9780712667784
ISBN
9780712667784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. .
Publisher
Ebury Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785032004
ISBN
9781785032004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.77

Paperback. A heartwarming new story of the way one animal can change a man's life Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYN; BM; WNGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472111753
ISBN
9781472111753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Alexis de Tocqueville may be the most influential political thinker in American history. He also led an unusually active and ambitious career in French politics. This book presents interpretations of Tocqueville's major works and of his place in intellectual history. Num Pages: 664 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 37. Weight in Grams: 928.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
664
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691114545
ISBN
9780691114545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.27
€ 50.63

Hardback. Situating Tocqueville in the context of the crisis of authority in post revolutionary France, this title shows that Tocqueville was an ambivalent promoter of democracy, a man who tried to reconcile himself to the coming wave, but who was also nostalgic for the aristocratic world in which he was rooted. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGA; HBJD; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 232 x 34. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Translation
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152042
ISBN
9780691152042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 14.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
TwoDot Books United States
Edition
2
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762754267
ISBN
9780762754267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.75

Paperback. On the track, his running made him a legend; off it, his charisma and humanity made him a hero. No runner has generated myth like Emil Zatopek, the Czechoslovakian soldier who revolutionised distance running after World War II. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVK; BGS; WSBB; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Yellow Jersey
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224100359
ISBN
9780224100359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. A heart-warming story of a London couple making a new life in Italy, a lonely dog and a house that's brought back to life. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BM; VSW; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444708301
ISBN
9781444708301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 476 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; KNT; VSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
476
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691615936
ISBN
9780691615936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.69
€ 62.27

Paperback. An insider's view of Japan's underworld of organized crime. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 199 x 23. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780330679
ISBN
9781780330679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. A page turning insider's account of reporting on crime in Japan. Does for Tokyo what Homicide did for Baltimore. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 324. 384 pages. From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up. At nineteen, Jake Adelstein went to Japan in search of peace and tranquility. What he got was a life of crime. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BTC. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight: 300.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849014649
ISBN
9781849014649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. 139pp. Keywords: John Swift
Publisher
Watchword
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
9780955724916
ISBN
9780955724916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Reveals the complex friendship between the two literary figures, noting their shared academic experiences at Oxford University, Lewis's influence on Tolkien's completion of The Lord of the Rings, and the differences in their temperaments and spiritual beliefs. Original. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; YQE. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Paulist Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781587680267
ISBN
9781587680267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.58

Paperback. Acclaimed as 'the best book about Tolkien', this award-winning biography explores J.R.R. Tolkien's wartime experiences and their impact on his life and his writing of The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings. Num Pages: 416 pages, 2 b/w illus, 11 b/w plates (8pp), With index. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 306.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007119530
ISBN
9780007119530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.37

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