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Biography
paperback. Begins in Ireland during the Second World War where O'Riain tells a tale of a family at war with one another and the violence that lurks behind their love. O'Riain forbidden by his mother to join the Boy Scouts or the reserve national army eventually puts on a uniform - the irregular uniform of the Irish Republican Army (IRA). Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BG; JFFE3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Jacana Media South Africa
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770090781
- ISBN
- 9781770090781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.60
€ 20.99
€ 19.60
Paperback. Augusten Burroughs's jaw-dropping memoir, out now in paperback: 'Adrian Mole scripted by Hieronymous Bosch' Fiona Hook, The Times Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843541516
- ISBN
- 9781843541516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 12.58
€ 13.00
€ 12.58
Paperback. In 1995, a film called I D, about an ambitious young copper who was sent undercover to track down the 'generals' of a football hooligan gang, achieved cult status for its sheer brutality and unsettling insight into the dark and often bloody side of the so-called beautiful game. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JKSW1; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091951528
- ISBN
- 9780091951528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. World Snooker Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan's frank and honest account of his astonishingly dramatic life. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409147398
- ISBN
- 9781409147398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) is one of the most famous and important philosophers of the twentieth century. In this account of his life and work A. C. Grayling introduces both his technical contributions to logic and philosophy, and his wide-ranging views on education, politics, war, and sexual morality. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BG; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 120 x 8. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192802583
- ISBN
- 9780192802583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 468 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HRCC8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 232 x 31. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875807331
- ISBN
- 9780875807331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.92
€ 46.99
€ 41.92
Paperback. On 11th April 1919, less than a year after the assassination of the Romanovs, the British battleship HMS Marlborough left Yalta carrying the Russian Imperial Family into perpetual exile. The Russian Court at Sea vividly recreates this unlikely voyage, with its bizarre assortment of warring characters and its priceless cargo of treasure. Num Pages: 239 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; HBTV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Short Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907595707
- ISBN
- 9781907595707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
Hardback. Working as a prison guard in St Petersburgs notorious Kresty Prison, the author diligently recorded over 3,000 criminal tattoos, documenting their meanings within this closed society. This title explores the extremes of this collection. Illustrator(s): Vasiliev, Sergei. Editor(s): Murray, Damon; Sorrell, Stephen. Translator(s): Bromfield, Andrew. Num Pages: 400 pages, 300 illustrations, 75 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; AFY; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- FUEL Publishing
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955006128
- ISBN
- 9780955006128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.38
€ 33.99
€ 24.38
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Windmill Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099592051
- ISBN
- 9780099592051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.79
€ 20.99
€ 16.79
Paperback. As a gun-wielding bank robber, the author was top of the criminal tree. But he'd also spent the greater part of his adult life in prison, an environment where respect and basic survival were guaranteed only to those prepared to use the most brutal violence. 0This book describes how he came to realize that the game wasn't worth the candle. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141019529
- ISBN
- 9780141019529
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.34
€ 25.99
€ 19.34
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press,U.S.
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583673560
- ISBN
- 9781583673560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.63
€ 23.99
€ 20.63
Hardback. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBWJ; JPHL; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634853606
- ISBN
- 9781634853606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 241.32€ 179.85
€ 241.32
€ 179.85
Paperback.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292725843
- ISBN
- 9780292725843
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.92
€ 20.99
€ 20.92
Paperback. Samora Machel led FRELIMO, the Mozambican Liberation Front, to victory against Portuguese colonialism in 1974, and the following year became independent Mozambique's first President. This biography presents the many different faces of the man Nelson Mandela called 'a true African revolutionary'. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BGH; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTR; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849041942
- ISBN
- 9781849041942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.56
€ 30.99
€ 27.56
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292704428
- ISBN
- 9780292704428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.03
€ 23.99
€ 22.03
Paperback. A landmark episode in seventeenth-century Jewish history is here presented, for the first time, through contemporary documents in vivid translation. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX; HRJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization United Kingdom
- Edition
- new in paperback
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906764241
- ISBN
- 9781906764241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.48
€ 29.99
€ 27.48
Hardcover. The life story of an important and eminent - but largely unsung Victorian Num Pages: 332 pages, 20 b & w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HRCX4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 31. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781554593
- ISBN
- 9781781554593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 27.72
€ 40.99
€ 27.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; BGXA; HBJD; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268035297
- ISBN
- 9780268035297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. The writings of the Marquis de Sade have attained notoriety in the canon of world literature. Sade himself is often celebrated as a heroic apostle of individual rights and a giant of philosophical thought. In this detailed work, Laurence Bongie tests these claims. Num Pages: 348 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DNF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226064215
- ISBN
- 9780226064215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.00
€ 31.99
€ 25.00
Paperback. Bestselling author and award-winning actor Shirley MacLaine invites readers to share in her quest for spiritual, physical and personal harmony and truth. This is a provocative and enlightening synthesis of what Shirley has discovered in her years of searching for a deeper meaning in her life. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster UK
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847392046
- ISBN
- 9781847392046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.26
€ 10.99
€ 9.26
Paperback. Originally published: London: P. Davies, 1936. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BM; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Frontline Books
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848325197
- ISBN
- 9781848325197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.94
€ 19.99
€ 15.94
Paperback. Roger McGough is one of Britain's best-loved poets. Roger first rose to prominence in the 1960s as a member of the pop group The Scaffold, who had two number one hits - "Thank U Very Much" and "Lily The Pink". This is his autobiography, which also contains nostalgic reminiscences and tales of love, life and loss. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BGL; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099478751
- ISBN
- 9780099478751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 12.54
€ 13.00
€ 12.54
Paperback. Said Nursi (1876-1960) was the founder of what is arguably Turkey's most important popular religious grouping, the Nur Movement, which sought - and seeks - to foster Islamic sensibilities through a system of education based on Nursi's ideas. This book offers a guide to the debates surrounding Said Nursi's life, thought, and major writings. Series: Makers of Islamic Civilization. Num Pages: 160 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVT; BGX; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 7. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845117740
- ISBN
- 9781845117740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.65
€ 23.99
€ 20.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 67 illustrations. BIC Classification: WSSN3; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. New York
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486203263
- ISBN
- 9780486203263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.43
€ 19.99
€ 14.43