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Biography
Paperback. The untimely death of Dougal Haston in 1977 robbed climbing of one of its most charismatic, controversial and enigmatic figures. A man of extremes, who managed to combine a rock star's lifestyle with a career at the cutting edge of world mountaineering, Haston remains a cult figure whose deeds have inspired generations of climbers world-wide. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16pp b&w plates. BIC Classification: BGS; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841953403
- ISBN
- 9781841953403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.35
€ 20.99
€ 15.35
Hardcover. Num Pages: 36 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 195 x 9. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The Museum of Modern Art, New York
- Edition
- Facsimile
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870706844
- ISBN
- 9780870706844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.43
€ 13.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. Alec Douglas-Home was an aristocrat who disclaimed his peerage to become Prime Minister in 1963. Series: 20 British Prime Ministers of the 20th Century. Num Pages: 168 pages, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 194 x 12. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904950677
- ISBN
- 9781904950677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. Written when George Orwell was a struggling writer in his twenties, this is a memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGL; DNF; HBTB; JFFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184388
- ISBN
- 9780141184388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Written when Orwell was a struggling writer in his twenties, this is a memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1DDF; 3JJG; BM; DNF; HBTB; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 113 x 14. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141393032
- ISBN
- 9780141393032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
€ 10.99
€ 9.50
Paperback. To be poor and destitute in 1920s Paris and London was to experience life at its lowest ebb. George Orwell, penniless and with nowhere to go, found himself experiencing just this as he wandered the streets of both capitals in search of a job. This book gives an account of the streets and those who have no choice but to live on them. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1DDF; 3JJG; BM; JFFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 117 x 15. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141042701
- ISBN
- 9780141042701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.44
€ 11.99
€ 9.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: ACXD7; BGFA; BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 126. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781681370606
- ISBN
- 9781681370606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.68
€ 13.99
€ 11.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BG; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Tidewater Pub
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Tidewater Publishers ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870335471
- ISBN
- 9780870335471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.03
€ 19.99
€ 15.03
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BM; JFSC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231181020
- ISBN
- 9780231181020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.52
€ 37.99
€ 27.52
Paperback. Approaching his middle forties, Gavin Boyter wondered what his life was all about. An ordinary runner, he came to wonder if an ordinary runner might be capable of John O'Groats to Land's End, the longest linear run in Britain. Gavin was neither the first nor the quickest but Downhill from Here is his real triumph. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
- Publisher
- Sandstone Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910985625
- ISBN
- 9781910985625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.34
€ 13.99
€ 11.34
Num Pages: 243 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Blue River Press United States
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935628019
- ISBN
- 9781935628019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.31
€ 31.99
€ 21.31
Paperback. Simon Forman was one of the extraordinary personalities of Elizabethan and Jacobean London. Like most doctors, he was also an astrologer, reading the stars for all and sundry. This book uncovers Forman's private world, that of a compulsive womaniser who kept a coded diary, a record of promiscuity as colourful as the journals of Pepys and Boswell. Num Pages: 240 pages, facsimiles, , portraits. BIC Classification: BGH; MBX; VXFA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188. Light shelf wear, else as new.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KTG0021070
- ISBN
- 9780099289623
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Clean copy with some yellowing. Otherwise fine in dust jacket. DJ has some wear and tear to edges, but remains good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KOG0005116
- ISBN
- 9780316877886
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Journey into the history of English and discover how words have entered our language to make it what it is today. Num Pages: 288 pages, line drawings throughout. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; CBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719566325
- ISBN
- 9780719566325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.89
€ 13.00
€ 11.89
Hardback. A remarkable autobiographical journey from humble beginnings to a position as a powerful world figure fighting for her nation's self-determination. Num Pages: 426 pages, 16 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGA; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Kales Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780979845611
- ISBN
- 9780979845611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.88
€ 31.99
€ 26.88
Hardback. The very best highlights from Gerald Scarfe's remarkable career as one of Britain's foremost artists and political cartoonists, whose work has been published all over the world Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGA; KNTJ; WHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 330 x 37. Weight in Grams: 2712.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408707319
- ISBN
- 9781408707319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 42.20
€ 53.24
€ 42.20
Paperback. The second edition of Drawing the Line: How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America updates Edwin Danson s definitive history of the creation of the Mason - Dixon Line to reflect new research and archival documents that have come to light in recent years. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGT; HBJK; HBLL; TNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119141808
- ISBN
- 9781119141808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.12
€ 36.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 217 pages, b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: AGB; AKLB; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Methuen Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 217
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413772480
- ISBN
- 9780413772480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.46
€ 14.46
Paperback. An evocative childhood memoir by the much-loved illustrator of "Winnie the Pooh" and "The Wind in the Willows". In this autobiography, E.H. Shepard describes a classic Victorian childhood. Recalling this time with charm and humour, Shepard illustrates these scenes in his own distinctive style. Num Pages: 190 pages, b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; 3JJ; AGB; AKLB; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Methuen Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413753007
- ISBN
- 9780413753007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.43
€ 14.43
Paperback. A remarkably frank, deeply moving and thematically rich memoir about death, dying and the grieving process, by the wife of the late Randy Pausch, author of THE LAST LECTURE. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Murray Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444728118
- ISBN
- 9781444728118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
€ 11.99
€ 10.26
Paperback. How many of us have dreamt of playing like Seve Ballesteros or Ben Hogan? Of playing just one round of par golf? Author John Richardson actually did it, and in this book, you will find out how. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BT; WSJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 135 x 61. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Blackstaff Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- V9780856408410
- ISBN
- 9780856408410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.45
€ 14.45
Paperback. Set against the racial turbulence of the Civil Rights Era, this book offers the work of fiction to explore the life of Martin Luther King Jr - political visionary, human rights activist, preacher, scholar and martyr. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BT; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- PAYBACK PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862419264
- ISBN
- 9780862419264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. Jacqueline Bouvier was a twenty-year-old debutante from a wealthy East Coast family. Susan Sontag was twenty-four, a precocious Jewish intellectual from a family of modest means. Angela Davis, a French major at Brandeis from a prominent African American family in Birmingham, Alabama, found herself the only black student in her year abroad program. Num Pages: 300 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BK; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226054872
- ISBN
- 9780226054872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.33
€ 19.99
€ 17.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620402528
- ISBN
- 9781620402528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.25
€ 17.99
€ 13.25