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Biography

Hardback. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 235 x 37. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781633882539
ISBN
9781633882539
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.34

Paperback. The thirty-three cases in this excellent book give a unique and fascinating insight into life in the Victorian period, in Liverpool and beyond. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BTC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 11. Weight in Grams: 212. 128 pages. The thirty-three cases in this excellent book give a unique and fascinating insight into life in the Victorian period, in Liverpool and beyond. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BTC; HBTB. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 11. Weight: 212.
Publisher
Carnegie Pub.
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781874181804
ISBN
9781874181804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.86

Paperback. Presents an account of how organized crime exploded in Limerick from the 1990s and in the noughties. This book describes the depravity and decadence of the gangs, their deadly rivaliries, and their reigns of terror over the community in which they lived. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BTC; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241970461
ISBN
9780241970461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. Meet the DeMeo gang - the most deadly killers the Mafia has ever known. They were a small-time Brooklyn corner crew who, headed by the notorious Roy DeMeo, became the hitmen of choice for the Gambino family. Killing for profit and pleasure, they were ultimately feared by everyone - even the Mafia bosses they worked for. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 175 x 32. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091941123
ISBN
9780091941123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BTC; JKVM; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 255 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Barricade Books
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780934878494
ISBN
9780934878494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12pp photographs. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Otago University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877578991
ISBN
9781877578991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.33

hardcover. Murder, Inc. and the Moral Life: Gangsters and Gangbusters in La Guardia's New York tells the story of the notorious 1930s Brooklyn gang nicknamed "Murder, Inc." Murder, Inc. is as well an extended moral reflection on the phenomenon of gangsters in general and the Murder, Inc. gang in particular Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; BTC; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780823271559
ISBN
9780823271559
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.57

Paperback. A spell-binding account of an appalling miscarriage of justice. Num Pages: 507 pages, Illustrations, map, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJPG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 746.
Publisher
Waterside Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
490
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904380801
ISBN
9781904380801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.81

Paperback. Examines the stories and subsequent trials behind some of the most infamous cases of British female killers between the early part of the nineteenth century and the 1950s. This book analyses each of these prominent British cases. It includes post-trial material as well as the executions of the offenders. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
V9780750950817
ISBN
9780750950817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.38

Paperback. The long-awaited biography of one of the great writers of the twentieth century - 'a wonderful blend of scholarly fact and juicy storytelling' MAIL ON SUNDAY. Num Pages: 656 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753827499
ISBN
9780753827499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.90

Hardback. This volume faithfully reproduces the public correspondence between Mr. Thomas A. Murphy, former Board Chairman of General Motors Corporation, and two accounting leaders, during the latter two's term of service as Chair of the Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]. Editor(s): Previts, G.; Bricker, R.J. Series: Studies in the Development of Accounting Thought. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; KFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780762308347
ISBN
9780762308347
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.86

Hardcover. Hardback in good condition. With dustjacket. Some shelf wear. WALKER
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KRF0022617
ISBN
9780007126965
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Muhammad Musaddiq was the first of the great charismatic anti-colonial campaigners of the post-war world. As Prime Minister of Iran between 1951 and 1953 he nationalised the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and led the nation's defiant attempt to run its oil industry independently during an economic blockade. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFSR2; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860642906
ISBN
9781860642906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.38

Paperback. Carlton Leach is a man to be reckoned with: make a friend of Carlton and you have an ally for life; cross him at your peril. Here he presents his life as a key member of the dreaded Essex Boys gang which ran riot in the eighties and nineties, sparking a savage drugs war. Num Pages: 277 pages, 16pp monographs. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204. 277 pages, 16pp monographs. Carlton Leach is a man to be reckoned with: make a friend of Carlton and you have an ally for life; cross him at your peril. Here he presents his life as a key member of the dreaded Essex Boys gang which ran riot in the eighties and nineties, sparking a savage drugs war. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BTC. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 18. Weight: 204.
Publisher
John Blake
Number of pages
277
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904034483
ISBN
9781904034483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Hardback. Goss' biography of Carol Robinson (1889-1979) presents the life of a serious American pianist within the larger context of American intellectual life. Num Pages: 285 pages, Fr.Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVH; AVRG; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810826267
ISBN
9780810826267
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.39

Paperback. Integrates the life and poetry of George Herbert, giving us in Music at Midnight the definitive biography of the man behind some of the most famous poems in the English Language. This book sets the poetry in the whole context of the poet's life and times, so that the reader can understand the frame of mind and kind of society which produced it. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141043401
ISBN
9780141043401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.12

Hardcover. The internment diary of Austrian composer Hans Gal (1890-1987) with a biographical study of his life and career. Includes a CD of first recordings of three of his works from the period. Translator(s): Fox, Anthony; Fox-Gal, Eva. Num Pages: 244 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; AVH; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Toccata Press United Kingdom
Edition
Har/Com
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907689751
ISBN
9780907689751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.44

paperback. Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most unfathomable composers in the history of music. How can such sublime work have been produced by a man who seems so ordinary, so opaque - and occasionally so intemperate? This book distills the fruits of a lifetime's immersion as one of Bach's greatest living interpreters. Num Pages: 672 pages, 24pp colour. BIC Classification: AVGC3; AVGD; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141977591
ISBN
9780141977591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408835371
ISBN
9781408835371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. The American-born Winnaretta Singer (1865-1943) was a millionaire at the age of eighteen, due to her inheriting a substantial part of the Singer Sewing Machine fortune. Her 1893 marriage to Prince Edmond de Polignac, an amateur composer, brought her into contact with the most elite strata of French society. This book presents her biography. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 572 pages, 29, 29 black and white. BIC Classification: ABQ; AVGC6; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 34. Weight in Grams: 824. A Life of Winnaretta Singer, Princesse De Polignac. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. 572 pages, 29, 29 black and white. The American-born Winnaretta Singer (1865-1943) was a millionaire at the age of eighteen, due to her inheriting a substantial part of the Singer Sewing Machine fortune. Her 1893 marriage to Prince Edmond de Polignac, an amateur composer, brought her into contact with the most elite strata of French society. This book presents her biography. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ABQ; AVGC6; BG. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 34. Weight: 790.
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
572
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580463331
ISBN
9781580463331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.15

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