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Hardback. Examines how Charlton Heston evolved into a major American political figure. This is a chronicle of the resurgence of American conservative thought and, in particular, the birth of neoconservatism. It provides an account of how Heston propelled his personal beliefs into the political mainstream of America. Num Pages: 400 pages, 15 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APB; APF; BGF; JPFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 803.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813124087
ISBN
9780813124087
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.50

Paperback. One day Greg Mortenson set out to climb K2 - the world's second highest mountain - in honour of his younger sister, but when another member of his group fell ill, they turned around and Greg became lost in the mountains of Pakistan. He wandered into a poor village, where the chief and his people took him in. Num Pages: 240 pages, full colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FKP; BM; JKSN1; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Random House Children´s UK
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141329000
ISBN
9780141329000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

Paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 31. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Beacon Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807097762
ISBN
9780807097762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.18

Paperback. When John Cuffe entered Mountjoy as a young prison officer in May 1978, he stepped back into Victorian times. He knew nothing about jails, apart from what he had seen in black-and-white films on RTE: 'good' sheriffs and 'bad' hombres. Here, he reveals the raw truth of thirty tough years on the inside. Join him on a vivid, eye-opening journey . Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BM; BTC; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
The Collins Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848892996
ISBN
9781848892996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.51

Hardback. From 1997 to 2011, Mary McAleese has served as President of Ireland, and become one of the most popular Presidents Ireland has ever has known. This book covers her tenure, focusing on the building of bridges, creating an inclusive society, and, celebrating all the people of Ireland. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGHA; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 241 x 28. Weight in Grams: 584. Very good copy in very good dustwrappers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0015658
ISBN
9781845887247
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WDMG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
SKU
9781408189726
ISBN
9781408189726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 12.32

Paperback. The Tailor never travelled further than Scotland, yet the breadth of the world could not contains the wealth of his humour and fantasy. All human life is here - marriages, inquests, matchmaking, wakes - and always the Tailor, his wife and their black cow. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214 224pp. Introduction by Frank O'Connor
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Mercier Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780853420507
ISBN
9780853420507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.21

Hardback. A new look at the famous Lizzie Borden murder case and how it turned into a 19th century media spectacle. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700620715
ISBN
9780700620715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.62

Hardcover. HRH Queen Elizabeth II was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth, in Westminster Abbey on 2 June, 1953 at the age of 27 and in 2012 celebrates a 60 years on the throne. This title records the major events of her reign. Num Pages: 300 pages, full colour illustrations throughout, includes photographs. BIC Classification: AJCP; BGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 311 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1956.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Ammonite Press
Edition
revised edition for the Diamond Jubilee
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907708411
ISBN
9781907708411
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.86

Paperback. Jim Harrison traces his upbringing in Michigan amid the austerities of the Depression and the Second World War, and the seemingly greater austerities of his starchy Swedish forebears. He chronicles his coming-of-age, from a boy drunk with books to a young man making his way among fellow writers he deeply admires. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802140302
ISBN
9780802140302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.41

Paperback. Treason Num Pages: 244 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, ports.,. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BTC; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 196 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750939188
ISBN
9780750939188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.41

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844084937
ISBN
9781844084937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.01

Paperback. This beautiful and deeply moving tale recounts educational psychologist Torey Hayden's battle to unlock the emotions of a troubled and sexually abused child who, with the help of Hayden, was finally able to overcome her dark past and realise her full potential. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFFE1; JNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 112 x 25. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
Paperback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007199051
ISBN
9780007199051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. Helps a detective to tell whether the victim had suffocated, drowned, been shot, stabbed, or struck by lightning, spontaneously combusted, frozen to death or expired due to starvation. This book contains suggestions which include examining the face of the deceased for an 'expression of angry resistance', and a clear indication of murder. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
New ed.
SKU
V9780752455136
ISBN
9780752455136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.52

Paperback. Paints seven scenes from a boyhood and early adolescence in Korea at the height of the Japanese occupation, 1932 to 1945. This title presents a memory of family and a vivid portrayal of life in a time of anguish. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
40 Anv
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520268128
ISBN
9780520268128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.49

Paperback. Itching to Climb tells the story of Barbara James's undaunting spirit in the face of adversities, of a life spent facing challenges head on, with a singleminded determination to achieve despite the difficulties that life had laid in her way. This is a story of encouragement and hope for anyone who suffers with eczema, or any similar condition. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 217 x 12. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Baton Wicks Publications
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781898573913
ISBN
9781898573913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Patrick Cockburn's parents had returned to Ireland, unaware of the fact that a polio epidemic had broken out in Cork City. At six, Patrick caught the disease. This is a memoir of Patrick Cockburn's own experience of polio, a portrait of his parents, and the story of the Cork epidemic, a great polio epidemic in the world. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks. Small stain to bottom page edge, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0014776
ISBN
9780099459231
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The records of the Chinese Yuan dynasty do not mention a Marco Polo at all (and they should), and there are some suspicious omissions from Polo's text - no tea, no foot-binding, no mention of Chinese printing, or even of the Great Wall. Did Polo even go to China? Series: Life & Times. Num Pages: 192 pages, 26 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBLC; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light scoring on one page, remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Haus Publishing Limited
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0014764
ISBN
9781905791057
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Very good clean copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light shelf wear, lightly sunned spine. Tiny scoring to title page, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0014755
ISBN
9780717108664
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747571124
ISBN
9780747571124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 100 pages, illustrations (some colour). BIC Classification: BGH; BT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 250 x 180 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Spokesman Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780851248332
ISBN
9780851248332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. An illuminating biography of the pioneering psychiatrist Carl Rogers. Num Pages: 288 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; MMH; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780094801004
ISBN
9780094801004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.90

Paperback. The Life of History's Greatest Psychic. 512 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGX. Dimension: 182 x 110 x 33. Weight: 404.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
A. R. E. Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780876046043
ISBN
9780876046043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.08

Paperback. The Sandwich Years is the heartfelt, inspirational story of the bond between a mother and a daughter and how one woman - through caring for the person she had relied on the most - finally found herself. (Previously published as Daughter, Mother, Me) Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JKSG; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 200 x 26. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
New
SKU
9781473627505
ISBN
9781473627505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.50

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