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Biography

Paperback. Like many entrepreneurs, the author had no formal business education. But he had great survival instincts, tenacity, and, above all, a nothing to lose mindset. His middle-class childhood ended abruptly when his abusive father succumbed to drug addiction and abandoned the family. This title offers stories and a road map for entrepreneurial success. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGBA; KJH; KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591845997
ISBN
9781591845997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations, colour plates. BIC Classification: APB; AVGT; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062131737
ISBN
9780062131737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 11.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: BTC; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Strategic Media Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939521651
ISBN
9781939521651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.30

Paperback. A guide to murder, mayhem, the mob, and corruption in the Garden State. This wok tells accounts of Alexander Hamilton falling mortally wounded on the dueling grounds of Weehawken; Dutch Schultz getting pumped full of lead in the men's room of the Palace Chop House in Newark; and a gang of Islamic terrorists in Jersey City. Num Pages: 320 pages, 109 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rivergate Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813541778
ISBN
9780813541778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Dimension: 212 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Quagmire Press Ltd
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926695228
ISBN
9781926695228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.75

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFCA; JFSJ1; LAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 191 x 21. Weight in Grams: 808.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062415837
ISBN
9780062415837
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.69

Paperback. Looming ominously over the city, the stony battlements of Nottingham Castle speak of a long and violent criminal history. Illustrated with more than forty photographs as well as artwork, this selection of true-crime stories provides an introduction to the darker side of Nottinham's past. Series: Murder & Crime. Num Pages: 96 pages, approx 65. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMN; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165 x 9. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752444963
ISBN
9780752444963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Wisdom Publications
Condition
New
SKU
V9780861713936
ISBN
9780861713936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.59

Paperback. Edward Thomas was perhaps the most beguiling and influential of First World War poets. This book is an account of his final five years, centred on his extraordinary friendship with Robert Frost and Thomas' fatal decision to fight in the war. It also evokes an astonishingly creative moment in English literature. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571245994
ISBN
9780571245994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.91

Paperback. Bernie Nolan's heartbreaking story of her battle against incurable cancer. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 x 8pg colour insets. BIC Classification: APB; APT; AVH; BGFA; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9781444776805
ISBN
9781444776805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.54

Paperback. This revealing biography details the life of Bill Jardine, anti-apartheid activist and noted sportsman, who played a key role in racially unifying sports and facilitating South African participation internationally. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BG; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Real African Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9781919855080
ISBN
9781919855080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.20

Paperback. Now Peru is Mine is the account of the life of Manuel Llamojha Mitma, one of Peru's most creative and inspiring indigenous political activists. His compelling life story covers nearly eight decades, providing a window into many key developments in Peru's tumultuous twentieth-century history and political mobilization in Cold War Latin America. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; BGHA; HBJK; JHMC; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362388
ISBN
9780822362388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.10

Hardback. Now Peru is Mine is the account of the life of Manuel Llamojha Mitma, one of Peru's most creative and inspiring indigenous political activists. His compelling life story covers nearly eight decades, providing a window into many key developments in Peru's tumultuous twentieth-century history and political mobilization in Cold War Latin America. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; BGHA; HBJK; JHMC; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822362180
ISBN
9780822362180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.62

Paperback. A true-life Heartbeat for the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGA; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204. A Yorkshire Dales Copper on the Beat. 272 pages. Yorkshireman Mike Pannett has just taken up a new posting as a local bobby in rural North Yorkshire. It's quite a change from the Met, where he dealt with riots on the capital's streets and drug gangs in Battersea, and found out what it was like to stare down the wrong end of a sawn-off shotgun. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGA; JKSW1. Dimension: 198 x 134 x 19. Weight: 206.
Publisher
Constable
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845298111
ISBN
9781845298111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.65

Hardback. The moving story of how a grandmother forgave the men that killed her grandchildren in the Oklahoma City bombing and then reached out to forge lasting relationships with Terry Nichols and extended family members of the convicted bombers. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16pp 4/c insert. BIC Classification: 1KBBSH; 3JJPR; BM; JPWL2; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Time Warner Trade Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455526192
ISBN
9781455526192
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.21

Paperback. Perfectly timed to explore society's changing sensibility about patriotism, "Hardball" host and Washington insider Matthews gives Bill O'Reilly a run for his money with this straight-up account of what it really means to be an American. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBG; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304. Clean copy with some light shelfwear.Good to very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Free Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Touchstone Ed
SKU
KRF0000025
ISBN
9780684862354
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Perfectly timed to explore society's changing sensibility about patriotism, "Hardball" host and Washington insider Matthews gives Bill O'Reilly a run for his money with this straight-up account of what it really means to be an American. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBG; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304. Clean copy with some light shelfwear.Good to very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Free Press
Edition
1st Touchstone Ed
Number of pages
224
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF0000133
ISBN
9780684862354
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Bestselling author and foster carer Casey Watson shares the shocking true story of Tyler, an abused eleven-year-old who, after stabbing his step-mother, had nowhere else to go. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFE1; JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007543083
ISBN
9780007543083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.49

Paperback. Duncan Pryde went to work in northern Canada as a fur trader for the Hudson Bay Company at the age of 18. His many adventures & his warm relations with the Inuit are detailed in this volume. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBCW; BG; HBJK; HBLW3; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907871637
ISBN
9780907871637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.82

Paperback. "In August 1945 Great Britain, France, the USSR, and the United States established a tribunal at Nuremberg to try military and civilian leaders of the Nazi regime. G. M. Gilbert, the prison psychologis" Num Pages: 488 pages, 24 photographs. BIC Classification: BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; LBBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 32. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Hachette Books
Edition
1st Da Capo Press Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306806612
ISBN
9780306806612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.64

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