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Paperback. In POW camp the dying Olympic runner, Eric Liddell, gave Steve his running shoes and challenged him to pray for the Japanese. But how could he? Num Pages: 224 pages, 8pp b/w plate section. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BM; HRCV9; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Lion Hudson Plc United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854249708
ISBN
9781854249708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.50

Paperback. A unique chronicle of an American navy family's life during the Vietnam war years. The book recounts the story of the Stockdale family, including Jim Stockdale's seven years as a prisoner-of-war after his plane was shot down over North Vietnam and his wife Sybil's work negotiating for POW's. Num Pages: 576 pages, 55 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BG; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 39. Weight in Grams: 792.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Edition
Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557507846
ISBN
9781557507846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.66

Hardcover. Chronicles the life of a young American Catholic priest, Father Leopold Braun, who, as pastor of a small Catholic church near the Lubianka political prison in the heart of Moscow, witnessed Stalin's purges, the Soviet government's campaign against organized religion, and the destruction of World War II. Editor(s): Hamburg, G. M. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16-page gallery. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGX; HBJD; HBLW; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 772.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268021993
ISBN
9780268021993
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Simply Read Books Canada
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897476796
ISBN
9781897476796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.72

Paperback. The first voyage in In Mischief's Wake gives H.W. Tilman's report of the loss of Mischief. He buys Sea Breeze and makes landfall in Iceland before heading to East Greenland. Forty miles from Scoresby Sound, 'a polite mutiny' forced him to abandon the voyage. The following year, he completes a voyage he considered 'certainly the happiest'. Series: H.W. Tilman - The Collected Edition. Num Pages: 176 pages, Black and white maps and photographs. BIC Classification: 1DNC; 1MTNG; BTH; WSSN3; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Tilman
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909461369
ISBN
9781909461369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.14

Paperback. They said it couldn't be done. But Anne Wafula achieved many remarkable things in her life. This is her incredible story. Num Pages: 288 pages, (1 x 8pp colour plates). BIC Classification: BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007354283
ISBN
9780007354283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.60

Paperback. In this autobiographical work, the author remembers his childhood in Warsaw, and especially the "bet din", or Jewish Court, in his father's home on working-class Krochmalna Street. In a world on the brink of modernity, Singer's gentle parents maintain a stubbornly traditional existence. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACY; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099422662
ISBN
9780099422662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.61

Paperback. Confronting the paradox of a faith that seals loved ones as families for eternity but casts them as outlaws in the here and now, this title traces the events that culminated in the author's father's 1977 assassination, a tragedy that rocked all Utah. Series: Voice in the American West. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13. BIC Classification: BM; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896726468
ISBN
9780896726468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.43

paperback. Clean copy with some sunning to covers at spine. Remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0021934
ISBN
9780717150083
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

Paperback. Paul Galvin has enjoyed a brilliant and at times controversial career. This book offers a compelling, unflinching account of a career that has fascinated football fans for over a decade. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781848272064
ISBN
9781848272064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.28

Paperback. Jim Lucey has been working with patients suffering from mental health problems for over 25 years. Every day, people at their most vulnerable present to Jim in his room at St Patrick's University Hospital and reveal their fears, their traumas, and very real human predicaments. Most of the assessments described in this book took place in this room Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BT; MMH; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780717159512
ISBN
9780717159512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 12.73

Paperback. Tells the Jimmy Choo founder's account of her life in the fashion business. This is a memoir from one of the most successful and self-made British businesswomen of her generation. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: AKT; BM; KJH; KNSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 144 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Portfolio
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780670923656
ISBN
9780670923656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.67

Hardcover. The much-anticipated memoir from the former Vice President of the United States Num Pages: 576 pages, 2 16-page b-w inserts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGHA; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 164 x 44. Weight in Grams: 838.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Threshold Editions
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439176191
ISBN
9781439176191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.49

Paperback. Yeonmi Park was not dreaming of freedom when she escaped from North Korea. She didn't even know what it meant to be free. All she knew was that she was running for her life, that if she and her family stayed behind they would die. This is the story of Park's struggle to survive in the most repressive country on earth, and her harrowing escape. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; BM; BTP; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 144 x 29. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241973035
ISBN
9780241973035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.70

Paperback. In this electrifying memoir, written with Kathryn Lee Johnson, Bernard LaFayette Jr. shares the inspiring story of his years in Selma. LaFayette was one of the primary organisers of the 1965 Selma voting rights movement and the Selma-to-Montgomery marches, and he relates his experiences of these historic initiatives in close detail. Series: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 240 pages, 38 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJPK; BM; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813165929
ISBN
9780813165929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Chicago Review Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556526213
ISBN
9781556526213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.91

Paperback. The definitive account of the Jimmy Savile story. Num Pages: 624 pages, 2 x 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 40. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Quercus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782067467
ISBN
9781782067467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.20

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Mosaic Press Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
138
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889628465
ISBN
9780889628465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 27.39

Paperback. One man's journey in the footsteps of a great explorer into the heart of Africa. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007414031
ISBN
9780007414031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Granville Island Publishing Canada
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894694704
ISBN
9781894694704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409146827
ISBN
9781409146827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. In mid to late March 1913 Edward Thomas took a bicycle ride from Clapham to the Quantock Hills. The poet recorded his journey; In Pursuit of Spring was published in 1914. One of his most important works, it stands as an elegy for a lost world. Thomas photographed much of what he saw. The prints are now published for the very first time. Series: Nature Classics. Num Pages: Photographs included taken by Edward Thomas. BIC Classification: 1DBKES; 3JJC; BM; DN; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Little Toller Books United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908213433
ISBN
9781908213433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.78

Paperback. From action-packed moments chasing down criminals to more tender occasions, like gaining the trust of a murder victim's family, to making crucial legal history, and unearthing huge national scandals, this is an account of modern day policing, its successes and failings included. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BM; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Ebury Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785030086
ISBN
9781785030086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.76

Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813938578
ISBN
9780813938578
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.40

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