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Biography
Paperback. A major figure in American blues and folk music, Big Bill Broonzy (1903-58) left his Arkansas Delta home after World War I, headed north, and became the leading Chicago bluesman of the 1930s. This book traces Big Bill's career from his rise as a nationally prominent blues star to his influential role in the post-World War II folk revival. Num Pages: 366 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: AVGK; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226007090
- ISBN
- 9780226007090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.09
€ 21.99
€ 19.09
Hardcover. A major figure in American blues and folk music, Big Bill Broonzy (1903-58) left his Arkansas Delta home after World War I, headed north, and became the leading Chicago blues-man of the 1930s. This title traces Big Bill's career from his rise as a nationally prominent blues star, including his historic 1938 appearance at Carnegie Hall. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGK; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226717456
- ISBN
- 9780226717456
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.44
€ 32.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. This is a tale of soul-destroying abuse - but it is also an unflinching look at a little girl let down by the welfare system designed to protect children from evil Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Headline Review
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755318827
- ISBN
- 9780755318827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. Tells the stories of seven veterans who went through a hellish baptism of fire in the first battles on the front line, and fought in the last-ditch defence of Dunkirk. In this book, their accounts gives us an insight into the reality of the war and what it was really like to face the German Blitzkrieg in 1940. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; BGH; BK; HBWQ; JWLF; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 127. .
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552162340
- ISBN
- 9780552162340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.17
€ 11.99
€ 10.17
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Transworld GB
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780593065945
- ISBN
- 9780593065945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 8.59
€ 18.99
€ 8.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 112 color illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 230 x 12. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Huntington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935396505
- ISBN
- 9781935396505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.37
€ 21.99
€ 16.37
Paperback. A personal memoir of the bestselling, legendary singer and guitarist Jim Croce, told by those who knew him best Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 pages black-&-white photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 141 x 30. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306821783
- ISBN
- 9780306821783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.53
€ 21.99
€ 17.53
Paperback. A gripping and heartrending recollection of the harrowing brink-of-death experience that propelled survivor Roberto Canessa to become one of the world's leading paediatric cardiologists. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 pages (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KLSX; 3JJPL; BM; BTP; WGM; WSBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472124173
- ISBN
- 9781472124173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. 12 million YouTube subscribers have been waiting for Shane Dawson's memoir featuring twenty original essays-uncensored yet surprisingly sweet. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; ASZB; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781476791548
- ISBN
- 9781476791548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.51
€ 17.99
€ 16.51
Paperback. During the final years of Bill Monroe's life, bluegrass fiddler Gene Lowinger took a series of on- and off-stage photographs of Monroe on the road. This book presents these photos as well as other photos documenting Lowinger's involvement with the bluegrass scene beginning in the early 1960s. Num Pages: 160 pages, 75 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGL; AVH; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252076633
- ISBN
- 9780252076633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.63
€ 21.63
Paperback. The incredible true story of the death of Jimmy Hoffa, the most famous hit in Mafia history. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 pp black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444710502
- ISBN
- 9781444710502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.77
€ 14.99
€ 11.77
Paperback. An insider's account of life with Adolf Hitler - now back in print for the first time in 75 years. A riveting personal account of the life of Hitler before he came to power in 1933. Original and full edition comprising of 572 pages. Editor(s): Carruthers, Bob. Num Pages: 572 pages, Approx 25 B&W Images. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGHA; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1232.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781592236
- ISBN
- 9781781592236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.04
€ 26.99
€ 20.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HRCS; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 145.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 108
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781490841496
- ISBN
- 9781490841496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.21
€ 12.21
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Gallery Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439142745
- ISBN
- 9781439142745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.80
€ 16.99
€ 14.80
Paperback. 'I Know This Much' - by Gary Kemp, Spandau Ballet's prime mover - is simply the freshest, most exciting and best-written memoir to arrive for years. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 col plates (16pp). BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007323319
- ISBN
- 9780007323319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.34
€ 14.99
€ 12.34
Paperback. One of America's most important classics, the first and best loved volume of Maya Angelou's bestselling seven-volume autobiography Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780860685111
- ISBN
- 9780860685111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.44
€ 14.99
€ 11.44
hardcover. One of America's most important classics, a beautiful special edition hardback of the first and best-loved volume of Maya Angelou's bestselling seven-volume autobiography Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 135 x 34. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349005997
- ISBN
- 9780349005997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.76
€ 19.99
€ 14.76
Paperback. This book is the fascinating story of one woman's two very different lives, the duties of a nun's day, and the spiritual aspects of convent life. These are interwoven with the trials and tribulations of life in a new and alien world, as the author is confronted by fashions, interventions, politics and art that are totally unfamiliar to her. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BM; HRCX8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 137 x 24. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- NAG Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719816437
- ISBN
- 9780719816437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.19
€ 14.99
€ 14.19
Paperback. It's a for-your-eyes-only kind of book, so beware-if you don't watch your back it's a sure bet someone will be reading it over your shoulder. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 2-colour illustrations, 50 photo illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 247.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- National Geographic Books United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792253167
- ISBN
- 9780792253167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.51
€ 15.99
€ 14.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; BGH; HBJD1; JPHL; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 182 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841657349
- ISBN
- 9781841657349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.18
€ 13.99
€ 11.18
Paperback. Series: I Love.. 400 Fantastic Facts. Num Pages: 160 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGR; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 180. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841656953
- ISBN
- 9781841656953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.29
€ 13.99
€ 11.29
paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780061809552
- ISBN
- 9780061809552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.27
€ 17.99
€ 16.27
Paperback. How one woman took on the Ministry of Defense after her husband Mark was killed in action. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Lion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745980119
- ISBN
- 9780745980119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.34
€ 14.99
€ 12.34
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Crescent House
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st edition, March 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909461512
- ISBN
- 9781909461512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.40
€ 25.99
€ 22.40