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Biography
Paperback. An autobiography chronicling the author's maritime career. It offers an account of what life in Merchant Navy was really like and the conditions in the countries visited, and contains many anecdotes. Series: Maritime Heritage. Num Pages: 240 pages, c45 b&w. BIC Classification: 3JJH; 3JJPG; BGA; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Silver Link Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857943276
- ISBN
- 9781857943276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Malcolm X was a country bumpkin who became a zoot-suited entertainer; who became a petty criminal; and, who became a self-taught intellectual. This title chronicles these many incarnations of Malcolm X, describing the multiple masks he donned over the years. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFSL3; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141024301
- ISBN
- 9780141024301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. Series: The World in a Life Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HFGA; 3JB; 3JD; BGH; HBJF; HBJH; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190269784
- ISBN
- 9780190269784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.93
€ 43.99
€ 43.93
Paperback. A wry, tender memoir by one of the leading voices on transition and masculinity Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786890887
- ISBN
- 9781786890887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. With the fall of King Farouk and Nasser's nationalization of Egyptian industry, Leon and his family lose everything. With all of their belongings, Leon and his family depart for any land that will take them. The poverty and hardships they encounter in their flight from Cairo to New York are juxta-posed against the lives they left behind. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 296. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Ecco
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRA0013183
- ISBN
- 9780060822187
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Keywords: "Subjects - Biography - General,Subjects - Biography - Sport - General,Subjects - Sports, Hobbies & Games - General,Subjects - Sports, Hobbies & Games - Climbing & Mountaineering - General,Subjects - S"
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Reprint Society London
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEX0185808
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. When Asad was eight years old, his mother was shot in front of him. With his father in hiding, he was swept alone into the great wartime migration that has scattered the Somali people throughout the world. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; BG; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099563778
- ISBN
- 9780099563778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. As new. MCCAIN
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Revised and Updated
- SKU
- KRF0027935
- ISBN
- 9780470390702
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Adam Walker is not your everyday record-breaking sportsman. He took on arguably the toughest extreme sport on the planet - to swim non-stop across seven of the world's deadliest oceans wearing only swim trunks, cap and goggles. It is not a test for the faint-hearted. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSE; WSSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781786062529
- ISBN
- 9781786062529
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 9.35
€ 29.99
€ 9.35
Paperback. Mark Beaumont pedalled through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Mark smashed the Guinness World Record by an astonishing 81 days. He had travelled more than 18,000 miles on his own through some of the harshest conditions one man and his bicycle can endure. This is the story of the events that turned Mark Beaumont into the man he is today. Num Pages: 576 pages, 3x8pp picture sections. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 38. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552158442
- ISBN
- 9780552158442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. A beautifully written and poignant football memoir from the author of the bestselling Manchester United Ruined My Life. Num Pages: 320 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; BM; WSBT; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780755363612
- ISBN
- 9780755363612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.57
€ 13.99
€ 12.57
Paperback. On 6 February 1958, British European Airways flight 609 crashed in a blizzard. On board were the Manchester United football team. News of the disaster sent shockwaves around the world. This title covers this terrible air crash, and also the story of the immediate aftermath of the disaster and the effect on the city of Manchester. Num Pages: 480 pages, ill. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552156301
- ISBN
- 9780552156301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. A thorough and up-to-date biography of Nelson Mandela by Africa scholar Martin Meredith Num Pages: 627 pages, 16pp b-w plates. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; 3JMC; BGH; HBJH; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 38. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Number of pages
- 627
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847378835
- ISBN
- 9781847378835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 6.23
€ 16.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. Widely considered to be the most important biography of Nelson Mandela, Antony Sampson's remarkable book has been updated with an afterword by acclaimed South African journalist, John Battersby. Num Pages: 704 pages, 24 b/w plates (24pp), (3 x 8pp B&W), With index. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGH; HBJH; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 184 x 47. Weight in Grams: 552. Very good clean copy with minor shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0009713
- ISBN
- 9780007437979
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The only child of Irish immigrants to New York in search of a better life, Alice Carey had an isolated and sometimes violent childhood. A poignant tale of a young girl raised in a difficult environment juxtaposed with the story of a grown woman trying to make sense of her childhood. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBBEY; 3JJP; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318. Good clean copy. Showing light shelf and reading wear, remains a nice copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- The Collins Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- SKU
- KSG0019081
- ISBN
- 9781848892736
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Based on new interviews with key figures this is the most authoritative and explosive account of the life of Charles Manson. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857208941
- ISBN
- 9780857208941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. "Manx Murders" is a mysterious collection of murder cases committed on the island over the last 150 years, from the brutal murder of a spinster one dark night on a lonely track near Ramsey to an equally savage attack on a widow in her garden in the busy centre of Douglas. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBKZ; 3JH; 3JJ; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Mainstream Publishing Edinburgh
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840186925
- ISBN
- 9781840186925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.91
€ 21.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. Describes Mao Zedong s life and thought in relation to the Chinese revolution and twentieth-century history. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822347958
- ISBN
- 9780822347958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.68
€ 30.99
€ 27.68
paperback. In a re-evaluation of Mao Zedong's leadership, Feigon seeks a more informed perspective on one of the most important political leaders of our time. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Ivan R. Dee United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781566635226
- ISBN
- 9781566635226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.49
€ 17.49
Paperback. Based on a decade of research, and on interviews with many of Mao's close circle in China who have never talked before - and everyone outside China who had significant dealings with him, this book is the story of the life of Mao. It is full of revelations, exploding the myth of the Long March, and showing completely unknown Mao. Num Pages: 992 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HBJF; HBLW; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 44. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099507376
- ISBN
- 9780099507376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77