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Paperback. 'Skating to Antarctica' is both an intimate memoir and a captivating travelogue of a journey to the bottom of the world. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTS; BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 18. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844081516
- ISBN
- 9781844081516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 11.85
Paperback. The western Sahara is a baking hot and desolate place. On 28 August 1815, the US brig Commerce was dashed against Mauritania's Cape Bojador and lost, although through bravery and quick thinking the ship's captain, James Riley, managed to lead all of his crew to safety. What followed was an extraordinary and desperate battle for survival. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1HBW; 3JH; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099435921
- ISBN
- 9780099435921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. This is not an autobiography, Bourdieu said of this work but it reveals much of the hitherto implicit experience of his formative years, and gives insights into his relationships with Jean-Paul Sartre, Raymond Aron, Michel Foucault and many others, which deepen our understanding of his unique contribution to sociology and anthropology. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 215 x 67. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745635279
- ISBN
- 9780745635279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.48
€ 21.48
Paperback. Rejected by her mother and excluded by her school, Flip is a little girl desperate to be loved. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 219.
- Publisher
- Harper Element
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007595099
- ISBN
- 9780007595099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
€ 13.99
€ 10.70
Paperback. The former head of Lockheed's SKUNK WORKS reveals the amazing story of the secret aircraft that changed the course of history - from the U-2 to the Stealth Fighter Num Pages: 416 pages, Section: 8, b&w. BIC Classification: BT; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 28. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751515039
- ISBN
- 9780751515039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Paperback. In March 1958, a Chinese woman learns that her husband, an idealistic army doctor, has died whilst serving in Tibet. Determined to know what has happened to him, she sets off to join his regiment. To her horror, she walks into a bloody conflict, with the Chinese subject to terrifying attacks from Tibetan guerrillas. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; BGA; BTP; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing London
- Number of pages
- 176
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099461937
- ISBN
- 9780099461937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. It seems excessive..but that doesn't mean it didn't happen. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: AVGT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 37. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007257775
- ISBN
- 9780007257775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.37
€ 13.00
€ 11.37
Paperback. The extraordinary story of a young Sudanese girl who was kidnapped and sold into slavery and how she finally escaped to freedom. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBS; BGA; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844081165
- ISBN
- 9781844081165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 12.54
€ 13.00
€ 12.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- First Edition/. First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299096342
- ISBN
- 9780299096342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.77
€ 25.77
Hardback. In 1834 Harvard dropout Richard Henry Dana Jr. became a common seaman, and soon his Two Years Before the Mast became a classic. Literary acclaim did not erase the young lawyer s memory of floggings he witnessed aboard ship or undermine his vow to combat injustice. Jeffrey Amestoy tells the story of Dana s determination to keep that vow." Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBLL; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780674088191
- ISBN
- 9780674088191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.13
€ 47.99
€ 40.13
Paperback. Presents the story of friendship, loyalty and revenge, set against the unmistakable backdrop of New York City. They were four boys who shared everything - the laughter and bruises of an impoverished upbringing in New York's West Side. Then one of their pranks misfired - a man nearly died and they were sent away to a reformatory school. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- V9780099628712
- ISBN
- 9780099628712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Paperback. Threesomes, sorbet sex, drunk dialling, multiple orgasms, girly gossip-swaps, buying silk underwear - welcome to dating the modern girl's way. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719563515
- ISBN
- 9780719563515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.81
€ 13.00
€ 11.81
Paperback. Features an American memoir of growing up in New York with eccentric uncles. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KNW0008264
- ISBN
- 9780747579328
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1D; AJB; BGA; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Modern Library Inc
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375753961
- ISBN
- 9780375753961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.76
€ 19.99
€ 14.76
Paperback. Jim Baxter was one of Scotland's greatest-ever football players, a left-footed wonder who became a Rangers icon and a leading member of the celebrated Scotland side of the 1960s. In this biography, the author takes an in-depth look at the legend known as Slim Jim. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8pp. colour plate section. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Black and White Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845027834
- ISBN
- 9781845027834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
€ 10.69
Paperback. Told with humour and his acute sense of observation, this title looks at some of the smaller campaigns in which Slim fought in World War I, and later in India and the Middle East. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: BGH; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844157914
- ISBN
- 9781844157914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.94
€ 19.99
€ 15.94
Paperback. This revealing autobiography illuminates the literary world of the latter half of the 20th century, as well as giving a personal insight into the life of the novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Pan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Main Market
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330484053
- ISBN
- 9780330484053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.32
€ 17.99
€ 13.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGT; KNDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226238050
- ISBN
- 9780226238050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.45
€ 19.99
€ 17.45
Paperback. Rubina is a one-in-a-million-star. After being plucked from among the five-hundred slum children who auditioned for Danny Boyle's multi-Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire", she saw her fairytale dream of stardom come true. But what does the future hold for a little girl now trapped between Hollywood glamour and the poverty of her Mumbai slum? Num Pages: 192 pages, 8-page full colour photos. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 144. 8vo.Some minor wear otherwise a good copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KEX0264201
- ISBN
- 9780552776370
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Growing up in South Wales, Rob Brydon had a passion for radio and soon the Welsh airwaves resounded to his hearty burr. However, these were followed by years of misadventure and struggle, before, in the TV series "Marion and Geoff" and "Gavin and Stacey", Rob at last tickled the nation's funny bone. This title tells story his story. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: APT; APW; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241954829
- ISBN
- 9780241954829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47