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Paperback. The lives of all the executed leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising in one volume Num Pages: 256 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The Mercier Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781781171349
ISBN
9781781171349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.88

paperback. The fiftieth anniversary edition of the classic story of Elsa the lioness and the woman who cared for her. Num Pages: 432 pages, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; BM; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
9780330518239
ISBN
9780330518239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

paperback. Clare Balding grew up in a rather unusual household. Her father a champion trainer, she shared her life with more than 100 thoroughbred racehorses, mares, foals and ponies, as well as an ever-present pack of boxers and lurchers. As a toddler she would happily ride the legendary Mill Reef and take breakfast with the Queen. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: APT; BGFA; WSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Group
Condition
New
SKU
9780241959756
ISBN
9780241959756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. This volume captures the philospher and public icon's battles with injustice, ignorance and cruelty through more than 400 letters. They express his views on a wide range of subjects and tell us much about the social and political history of the time. Editor(s): Perkins Jr, Ray (Professor of Philosophy, Plymouth State College, New Hampshire, USA). Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Open Court
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812694505
ISBN
9780812694505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.70

paperback. The remarkable story of Krystyna Skarbek, aka Christine Granville, George Medal, OBE and Croix de Guerre. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BGH; HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pan
Condition
New
SKU
9781447201182
ISBN
9781447201182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.14

paperback. Fourth volume in the bestselling olive series by writer and actress Carol Drinkwater Num Pages: 448 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BGA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Phoenix
Condition
New
SKU
9780752881393
ISBN
9780752881393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Reissued due to popular demand 'Michael Collins, Himself' delves into Collins' complex character and life, rather than his political contributions. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The Mercier Press Ltd
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
9781781173916
ISBN
9781781173916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 426 pages, 1. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 186 x 28. Weight in Grams: 902.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Visible Ink Press
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9781578591916
ISBN
9781578591916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 39.85

paperback. A remarkable account of a wildly artistic life, finally restored to its unexpurgated form, with a revealing new introduction by Joan Acocella. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: ASD; BGFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Liveright
Condition
New
SKU
9780871403186
ISBN
9780871403186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 18.24

Paperback. The first full account of Whitman's Civil War years sheds new light on the man, his poetry, and the treatment of the war's sick and wounded. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp halftones. BIC Classification: 1K; 2ABM; 3JH; BGH; DSBF; DSC; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 129 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195147094
ISBN
9780195147094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.11

Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages, profusely illustrated in colour throughout. BIC Classification: 2AB; AGB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 245 x 18. Weight in Grams: 924.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Halstar
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906690571
ISBN
9781906690571
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 268 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Headpress United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900486774
ISBN
9781900486774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.07

Hardcover. A biography of five-time Grammy winner, Lionel Richie, who has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide. For 9 consecutive years he had no 1 singles in America. It is also the story of two broken marriages, personal insecurities, near-death experiences and an insight into the man behind a success story that broke the rules. Series: Popular Music History. Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845531850
ISBN
9781845531850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.07

Paperback. The autobiography of an advanced Western seeker; a wild journey towards Enlightenment that includes many out-of-body experiences. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782799078
ISBN
9781782799078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.54

paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Soft Skull Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781593765439
ISBN
9781593765439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. When Casey Stengel was named the manager of the Yankees in 1949, baseball wags were stunned. What had Stengel ever done? His work managing the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves had been long on personality and remarkably short on success. Num Pages: 316 pages, 14 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574888744
ISBN
9781574888744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.45

Hardcover. Biography of Soviet agent Kim Philby, the 'Third Man' in the Cambridge spy ring at the heart of Britain's secret cold war. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVU; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGH; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898676
ISBN
9780859898676
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: BGX; VXWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Quest Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780835609272
ISBN
9780835609272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.67

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Beacon Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807070734
ISBN
9780807070734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.66

Paperback. Since the 1960s, Martin Luther King, Jr, has personified black leadership with his use of direct action protests against white authority. Booker T Washington pursued a different strategy to lift his people. This biography reveals how conditions in the segregated South led Washington to call for a less contentious path to freedom and equality. Num Pages: 528 pages, 54 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFSL3; JN; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 840.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674060371
ISBN
9780674060371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.69

hardcover. This volume contains the newly transcribed and annotated text of one of Oscar Wilde's unpublished notebooks that functioned as a major ante-text of Historical Criticism (1879). The notebook illuminates Wilde's practices of research and composition, contains the unused materials Wilde studied, and shows his wit and imagination at work. Editor(s): Smith, Philip E. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGL; BJ; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199688012
ISBN
9780199688012
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 177.67

hardcover. The lives of the outstanding scholars celebrated in the volume often reveal unexpected personal and professional backgrounds. Taken together they build up a picture of the development of Britain's intellectual life. Series: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy. Num Pages: 468 pages, 20 halftone portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BK; BM; GTN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 822.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
OUP Oxford United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
468
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197265857
ISBN
9780197265857
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.07

Hardcover. Seventeen obituaries of recently deceased Fellows of the British Academy: Shackleton Bailey; James Barr; William Beasley; Lord Blake; Julian Budden; Lord Bullock; Robert Carson, Laurence Cohen; Charles Feinstein; Henry Gifford; Peter Holt; Emrys Jones; Robert Megarry; Edward Oates; Maurice Wiles; Brian Woledge; Austin Woolrych. Series: Proceedings of the British Academy. Num Pages: 420 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: DS; HB; HP; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1024.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197264348
ISBN
9780197264348
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.30

paperback. Part of The World in A Life series, this brief, inexpensive text provides insight into the life of Queen Victoria. As one of the longest reigning monarchs in British history, Queen Victoria gave her name to an age filled with enormous possibilities and perplexing contradictions. Series: The World in a Life. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 283 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
OUP US United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190250003
ISBN
9780190250003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.05

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