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Biography

Paperback. A unique reckoning with the human condition, written in beautiful, honest, unsentimental and aphoristic prose Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BM; MJCL; MJN; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 118.
Publisher
Granta
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783781461
ISBN
9781783781461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. Until Tuesday is Horse Boy meets Dewey (with a bit of Tuesdays with Morrie thrown in) Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JWT; VFJ; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755361892
ISBN
9780755361892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. Having fought tirelessly for democracy, equality before the law and freedom of speech, Ebadi became a global voice of inspiration. Yet, inside her own country, her life has been plagued by surveillance, intimidation and violence. This book tells shocking stories of how the Iranian authorities eventually forced her into exile. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; BM; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846045028
ISBN
9781846045028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.51

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFMS; 3JJ; 3JM; APB; BM; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 200 x 279 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1076.
Edition
First Edition, First Impression
Publisher
Michael Joseph
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718184094
ISBN
9780718184094
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.42

Paperback. A sequel to Writing Home, this title contains significant previously unpublished work, including a poignant memoir of his family and of growing up in Leeds, together with the author's much celebrated diary for the years 1996-2004, and numerous other exceptional essays, reviews and comic pieces. Num Pages: 672 pages, iIllustrations, portraits. BIC Classification: BGA; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571228317
ISBN
9780571228317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.28

hardcover. Very good copy with bright dustwrapper. First UK edition signed by the Author

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Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KEX0303178
ISBN
9780571228300
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 75.00

Paperback.
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Doubleday
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KNH0003029
ISBN
9780385614603
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardcover.
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781550793
ISBN
9781781550793
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.41

Paperback. Unzipped is the legendary 70s rocker's utterly candid account of the highs and lows of a life lived hell for leather. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 x 8pp colour pictures integrated. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340937518
ISBN
9780340937518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 222 pages, 20. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583228494
ISBN
9781583228494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.11

Paperback. Life for the Gervase Phinn is about to become not unlike the rambling hills of the Dales themselves - up and down and all over the place. After a routine school inspection - and a rather brutal report - culminates with a teacher being forced into early retirement, Gervase is left feeling his year hasn't exactly begun on the right foot. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGA; JNKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
Edition
First Penguin Edition
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141011318
ISBN
9780141011318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. Series: Trade Union Classics. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 10. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Spokesman Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851247786
ISBN
9780851247786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGA; BM; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
356
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Paperback edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444708981
ISBN
9781444708981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. Since the 1960s, Martin Luther King, Jr, has personified black leadership with his use of direct action protests against white authority. Booker T Washington pursued a different strategy to lift his people. This biography reveals how conditions in the segregated South led Washington to call for a less contentious path to freedom and equality. Num Pages: 528 pages, 54 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFSL3; JN; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 840.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674060371
ISBN
9780674060371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; JFSL3; JN; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 109 x 21. Weight in Grams: 130.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780451531476
ISBN
9780451531476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.91

Paperback. 2008 reissue of the 19th century classic. Editor(s): Andrews, William L. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBTS; JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199552399
ISBN
9780199552399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. This "Critical Edition" uses the text of the first edition, published in 1901. Accompanying material includes contemporary reviews, eight essays which present a variety of critical perspectives, and a collection of letters that reveal the process by which the autobiography was written. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 288 pages, chronology, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; JFSL3; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Critical
SKU
V9780393967258
ISBN
9780393967258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.21

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140390513
ISBN
9780140390513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.68

Paperback. Prolific author Walter E. Williams recalls some of the highlights and turning points of his life. From his lower middle class beginnings in a mixed but predominantly black neighbourhood in West Philadelphia to his department chair at George Mason University, Williams tells an 'only in America' story of a life of achievement. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817912550
ISBN
9780817912550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.12

Hardcover. Prolific author Walter E. Williams recalls some of the highlights and turning points of his life. From his lower middle class beginnings in a mixed but predominantly black neighbourhood in West Philadelphia to his department chair at George Mason University, Williams tells an 'only in America' story of a life of achievement. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817912543
ISBN
9780817912543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.55

Paperback. Provides a grounded, yet poignant, description of what it was like to grow up during the 1930s and 1940s on a sharecropper's farm Series: Indians of the Southeast. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 genealogy. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 3JJG; BM; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803235366
ISBN
9780803235366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.70

Paperback. Big, blond and a goal-scoring machine, Kerry Dixon delighted Chelsea and England fans during the 1980s. Yet his fall from grace, from the pinnacle of a playing career that had few equals, has been, by his own admission, spectacular. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786062734
ISBN
9781786062734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Covers the author's flying career from the finish of World War II until his final appointment as CO of the Naval Test Squadron at Boscombe Down. Mike Crosley became involved with the introduction of Britain's first carrier-borne jet aircraft. The book explains how modern techniques, such as the angled flight deck, were developed and tested. Num Pages: 224 pages, 32 mono illustrations in plate section. BIC Classification: BT; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844153213
ISBN
9781844153213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. The touching true story of a young 1920s 'flapper', who dreamed of becoming a chorus girl Editor(s): Murphy, Clive. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AN; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 178. Good, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KSG0008047
ISBN
9781447243885
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

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