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Biography
Hardback. When he was very young, Simon Garfield lusted after rare stamps but could not afford them. When he was older, the passion reignited with almost ruinous results. This book is an examination of obsession and desire, and the search for fulfilment. It is also a story of wooden legs, and, the man who guards stamps for the Queen. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; WCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571235261
- ISBN
- 9780571235261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.55
€ 19.99
€ 14.55
Paperback. Matt Seaton's critically acclaimed memoir about his obsession for cycling and how that obsession was tamed. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841151045
- ISBN
- 9781841151045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.91
€ 11.99
€ 9.91
Paperback. A unique collection of stories, stand-up routines, sketches and interviews from comic legend Dave Allen, drawn together with the full co-operation of his family. 'A wonderful anthology of Allen's very best material.' JACK DEE Num Pages: 320 pages, 36 colour and b&w. BIC Classification: AN; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340899458
- ISBN
- 9780340899458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.89
€ 13.00
€ 11.89
Paperback. Offers an insight into the lesbian society of 1980s America. This book discusses about a counterculture movement that slowly is embraced by the mainstream. Num Pages: 416 pages, Throughout. BIC Classification: 5S; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 203 x 33. Weight in Grams: 958.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224087063
- ISBN
- 9780224087063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.96
€ 40.99
€ 26.96
Paperback. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr, has been called the greatest jurist and legal scholar in the history of the English-speaking world. In this collection of his speeches, opinions, and letters Richard Posner reveals the fullness of Holmes' achievements as judge, historian and philosopher. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; LAB; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226675541
- ISBN
- 9780226675541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.88
€ 35.99
€ 28.88
Hardback. Since their publication in 1982, Samuel Shirley's translations of Spinoza's "Ethics" and "Selected Letters" have been commended for their accuracy and readability. Now with the addition of his new translation of "Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect" this enlarged edition will be even more useful to students of Spinoza's thought. Translator(s): Shirley, Samuel. Num Pages: 304 pages, Plans transparencies :Bibliography p294-297. BIC Classification: BJ; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 297
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 2 Sub
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872201316
- ISBN
- 9780872201316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.22€ 42.22
€ 53.22
€ 42.22
Paperback. Since the dawn of time men and women alike have been killing. Many of these murders have been committed in the most brutal and horrific ways imaginable showing no respect for human life. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 199 x 32. Weight in Grams: 320. 288 pages, Illustrations. Since the dawn of time men and women alike have been killing. Many of these murders have been committed in the most brutal and horrific ways imaginable showing no respect for human life. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BTC. Dimension: 133 x 199 x 32. Weight: 320.
- Publisher
- John Blake
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857827989
- ISBN
- 9781857827989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.33
€ 10.99
€ 9.33
Paperback. Previously published as Becky, this is the heartbreaking story behind the murder of 16-year-old Bristol schoolgirl Becky Watts, a crime that shocked the nation and tore a family in two. Num Pages: 304 pages, (1x8pp plates). BIC Classification: 1DBKEWS; 3JMG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008179618
- ISBN
- 9780008179618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
€ 13.99
€ 10.70
Paperback. Editor(s): Adams, Mark B. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 262 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGT; PSAJ; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691600307
- ISBN
- 9780691600307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 42.32
€ 53.24
€ 42.32
paperback. A court-painter to Marie Antoinette, Elisabeth Vigee-LeBrun was rediscovered in the 1970s as part of the "hidden feminist heritage". This text uses her career to explore the position of "woman-artist" in the moral, philosophical, professional and medical debates about women in 18th-century France. Num Pages: 368 pages, 45 halftones. BIC Classification: AFC; AGB; BG; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226752822
- ISBN
- 9780226752822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.16
€ 52.99
€ 41.16
Paperback. In the summer of 1976 Gary Gilmore robbed two men. Then he shot them in cold blood. For those murders Gilmore was sent to languish on Death Row - and could confidently expect his sentence to be commuted to life imprisonment. In America, no one had been executed for ten years. Num Pages: 1088 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 131 x 50. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 1072
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099688600
- ISBN
- 9780099688600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.59
€ 23.99
€ 16.59
paperback. The final piece of work from one of the world's most visionary authors Editor(s): Lethem, Jonathan; Jackson, Pamela. Num Pages: 976 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 150 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1280.
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Number of pages
- 976
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780575132443
- ISBN
- 9780575132443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.01
€ 33.99
€ 23.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 pages plates. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Dovecote Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904349679
- ISBN
- 9781904349679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.40
€ 13.99
€ 13.40
Hardback. Represents an important testimony to the earliest Muslims' memory of the lives of Muhammad and his companions, and is an indispensable text for gaining insight into the historical biography of both the Prophet and the rise of the Islamic empire. Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; BGX; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814769638
- ISBN
- 9780814769638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.25
€ 47.25
Paperback. Translator(s): Anthony, Sean W. Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 209 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479816828
- ISBN
- 9781479816828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.59
€ 17.99
€ 17.59
Hardback. This is a remarkable story, not just about the extraordinary achievements of a family, but about the power of the individual to spur innovation, even when the consen Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: BGHA; BK; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780720890
- ISBN
- 9781780720890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.04
€ 26.99
€ 19.04
Hardback. Num Pages: 406 pages, 128pp of illustrations and photographs. BIC Classification: BGH; BGT; TRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 39. Weight in Grams: 860. 406 pages, 128pp of illustrations and photographs. Translation of: Het ware verhaal van de Kever: hoe Hitler het ontwerp van een joods genie confisqueerde. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGH; BGT; TRC. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 39. Weight: 844.
- Publisher
- RVP Publishers Inc.
- Number of pages
- 406
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781614122012
- ISBN
- 9781614122012
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.82
€ 33.99
€ 28.82
Hardback. A biography of the artist Oskar Kokoschka who, despite being badly wounded in the First World War, lived to paint, teach, write, exhibit, and engage the affections of a host of beautiful women. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DFA; ACXD1; AFC; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 704. Very good copy
First edition
First edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- SKU
- KEX0303320
- ISBN
- 9780747542070
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Paperback. In 1903, Roger Casement, then a British consul, left his consular base on the Lower Congo River and made a journey through the regions of the Upper Congo to investigate at first hand reports of alleged atrocities. This edition brings together Casement's report, together with his diary of that year. Editor(s): O Siochain, Seamas (Senior Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland). Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; 1HFJZ; 3JJC; BG; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR; HBTZ; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Univ College Dublin Pr
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781900621991
- ISBN
- 9781900621991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.57
€ 32.99
€ 31.57
Paperback. BIC Classification: BTC; JKVF; JKVF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786062871
- ISBN
- 9781786062871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.93
€ 13.99
€ 10.93