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Biography

Paperback. T S C Cooke joined the RAF as war began in 1939, aged 18, and trained to be a bomber pilot. Rising to the rank of squadron leader and decorated three times, Cooke bombed Berlin on 7 October 1940 in a Whitley Mk V, nearly ditching in the North Sea. This title presents his story. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752480428
ISBN
9780752480428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; JPVH1; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583229255
ISBN
9781583229255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.25

hardcover. 150 stunning photographs charting the career of Irish motorbike legend Martin Finnegan. Num Pages: 128 pages, over 100 photographs. BIC Classification: BGS; WSPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 260 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1014.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Colourpoint Creative Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856408427
ISBN
9780856408427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.00

Paperback. Flying High traces the incredible career of the founder and chairman of JetBlue, David Neeleman, from his teenage ventures and beginnings in the travel industry. , to his short stint at Southwest Airlines and the ultimate launch of JetBlue. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KJM; KNGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471756989
ISBN
9780471756989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.71

Hardcover. A Jazz Life and Beyond. 350 pages, throughout the book. Reveals the author's obsessions and motivations that have driven him and the dilemmas of surviving as a top creative musician in an often inhospitable world. This book describes the difficulties that accompanied his brilliant career for many years. It shows his ambitions and achievements in classical composing, and his interests outside music. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGJ; BGFA. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 23. Weight: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Northway Publications
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955090899
ISBN
9780955090899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.28

paperback. Eric Liddell was Scotland's finest athlete. At the height of his fame he slipped quietly out of the limelight to become a missionary in China, where he later came to an unpleasant end in a Japanese internment camp. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 124 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The History Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780752443522
ISBN
9780752443522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

Hardback. An enlisted man's story of service in the Army Air Corps from private to master Sgt. Series: Schiffer Military History. Num Pages: 160 pages, over 100 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BG; HBT; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 686.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764306907
ISBN
9780764306907
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 20.93

Num Pages: 176 pages, over 200 photos. BIC Classification: BGHA; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 896.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764300455
ISBN
9780764300455
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 27.89

Paperback. The author finds happiness in the little things. Millions of them, in fact. He tells us about living on a remote Swedish island, blissful long summer nights, lost loves, unexpected treasures, art, nature, slowness, and how freedom can come from the things we least expect. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WNCN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
PENGUIN BOOKS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846147784
ISBN
9781846147784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 304 pages, 49 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; AVGL; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252081590
ISBN
9780252081590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.82

Hardback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 272 pages, 49 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; AVGL; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252040108
ISBN
9780252040108
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.55

Hardcover. The volume sets out to recreate the atmosphere and events of the Irish in India. It interweaves the outline of the life of John Henry Foley (1818-74), Queen Victoria's favourite sculptor, with that of some of his principal subjects - Hardinge, Montgomery and Lawrence. Num Pages: 160 pages, 9 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; BG; FA; HBJF; HBLL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 136. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781901866360
ISBN
9781901866360
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, full colour throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; BGFA; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 214 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471159152
ISBN
9781471159152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.91

Paperback. .
Publisher
Avalon Publishing Group United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580053709
ISBN
9781580053709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 5.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BM; WH; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472916891
ISBN
9781472916891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.57

Hardcover. Set during the sexual revolution of the sixties, this work recalls the decade's prodigious effect on a generation of Americans that came of age during that transformative time of changing mores. Series: Writing American Women. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGA; VFVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608899
ISBN
9780815608899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.74

paperback. In a crucial period between the World Wars, Woodsworth helped define the character of the modern Canadian, non-Marxist Left and of many of Canada's important economic and social institutions. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802068422
ISBN
9780802068422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.51

Paperback. Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816678204
ISBN
9780816678204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.69

Hardback. Fine in fine dust wrapper and with archival book wrap. DW and page edges sunned to edges. Internally page are clean and text is clear and remains a fine copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
New York University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
SKU
KSG0015942
ISBN
9780814756522
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 35.00

Paperback. Tells the story of a band called Pixies and how they turned their distinctive, warped breed of dynamic surf-punk into music legend. This book describes the life, death and rebirth of this band. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1x8pp b/w illustration section. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Virgin Books
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753513835
ISBN
9780753513835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.81

Paperback. * Inside the financial crisis as the bankers themseves rode the boom and fell with the crash, from the first UK journalist to predict it * Updated for this edition Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BT; JFFX; KFFK; KFFL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 25. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349121895
ISBN
9780349121895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. Sir Alex Ferguson is the most controversial and compelling figure in football. For many he ranks as the greatest manager of all time. He is certainly the most successful. It's been more than ten years since Ferguson's Manchester United triumphed over Bayern Munich in the dying seconds of the Champions League final. Num Pages: 512 pages, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: BGS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 170 x 34. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Yellow Jersey
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224083072
ISBN
9780224083072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.32

Hardcover. Tommy McLean made history as a player and a manager, but behind the triumph is an untold story. As one-third of Scottish football's best-known team of brothers, McLean sampled the incredible highs. As a manager he took Motherwell from the brink of bankruptcy to victory in the Scottish Cup final and European football. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 pp colour plates. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 231 x 25. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Black and White Publishing
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845027049
ISBN
9781845027049
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 200+ illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 702.
Publisher
Empire Publications Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909360266
ISBN
9781909360266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.33

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