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Biography
Paperback. Mixing fiction and nonfiction, Skinner breathes new imaginative life into the story of a twentieth century icon. Bewitched by the beauty of a troupe of native dancers and the strange music of the gamelan, Margaretha changes her name to Mata Hari and goes to Paris, where she is drawn into a web of espionage resulting in her death by firing squad. Num Pages: 240 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; BTM; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001295
- ISBN
- 9780571209347
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A brilliant and often brutal account of the dual lives of Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier and the long-running feud between them. Be prepared to have your previously held opinions challenged, then shattered, by this thought-provoking study. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 174. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001346
- ISBN
- 9780007141395
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. This biography examines Hawtrey's origins as a child star and as a performer in revue and the Will Hay films. It looks at his career on radio and television, and then at the sad, slow decline of a belligerent, alcoholic recluse on the Kent coast. Num Pages: 128 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 150. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001369
- ISBN
- 9780571210893
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Lyn Madden worked as a prostitute for 20 years. This is her story of life 'on the game' in Dublin. Num Pages: 267 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 304. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KKD0001419
- ISBN
- 9780946211456
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. Continuing the book "I Dreamed of Africa", this volume is written in episodes. The author refers glancingly to the deaths of her husband and son, covering family issues, the conservation and preservation of the animals around her and the fear and beauty of being lost in the bush at night. Num Pages: 160 pages, b&w and colour photographs, maps, glossary. BIC Classification: 1H; BGH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 156. Continuing the book "I Dreamed of Africa", this volume is written in episodes. The author refers glancingly to the deaths of her husband and son, covering family issues, the conservation and preservation of the animals around her and the fear and beauty of being lost in the bush at night. Num Pages: 160 pages, b&w and colour photographs, maps, glossary. BIC Classification: 1H; BGH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 156. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KKD0001513
- ISBN
- 9780140238464
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Penguin Edition
- SKU
- KKD0001540
- ISBN
- 9780140282344
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A major biography of Emma Darwin of whom the author writes: 'Darwin's debt to Emma can never be fully estimated. Without her he might have been a clever man who yet achieved nothing' Num Pages: 384 pages, 16pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGH; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001644
- ISBN
- 9780747262480
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. The story of life in the frontline from the world's first dot.comic. In 1998, when Amazon.com went to temp agencies to recruit people, they gave them a simple directive: send us your freaks. Thus began Mike Daisey's love affair with the world's biggest bookstore. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGB; KNP; KNTP; UDB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 191. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001658
- ISBN
- 9781841157658
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. In 1992, a climber was left to die by other climbers on Mount Everest, which horrified Joe Simpson who was himself left for dead in Peru in 1985. In this book Simpson explores anecdotally and in heated debates with his climbing companions on Pumori, the moral climate of mountaineering in the 1990s. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8pp colour and 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BTP; DNF; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- KKD0001671
- ISBN
- 9780099756118
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. The result of ten years of interviews between Berlin and Ignatieff, this is the biography of one of the greatest and most humane of modern philosophers. Berlin (born in Russia in 1909) was caught up in the most powerful currents of the century, and the book is full of memorable encounters. Num Pages: 384 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVUA; 1KBB; BGH; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001722
- ISBN
- 9780099577317
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Sceptre
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KKD0001759
- ISBN
- 9780340751244
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A cradle-to-grave study of Yehudi Menuhin, one of the known and loved of the twentieth century's classical musicians. Menuhin was born in New York of Russian Jewish immigrants. He demanded to play the violin when only four and proved prodigiously gifted; newspapers were soon dubbing him 'Miracle Boy'. Num Pages: 576 pages, 8pp integrated b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AVH; AVRL; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 135 x 42. Weight in Grams: 650. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001787
- ISBN
- 9780571206797
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. The third volume in Soyinka's series of memoirs, the sequel to "Ake and Isara". In a mixture of fact and fiction - to protect the innocent and nail the guilty and shape an often intolerable reality - it tells of the coming of age of a writer and political activist; and of a nation's betrayal. Num Pages: 397 pages, 1 b&w line. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DNF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 374. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Methuen Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002011
- ISBN
- 9780413744203
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. In this text, celebrated drug smuggler Howard Marks has collected together all of the unpublished material sent to him over the years from drug users, traffickers, smugglers, and prisoners - people from all walks of life. Also included are selections from Marks' own collection of drug writing. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; DQ; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 394. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002061
- ISBN
- 9780099428558
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. An unusual biography of Einstein, delving into his marriage in this greatest of scientific romances Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BG; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 344. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002083
- ISBN
- 9780747561699
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Simon Weston's life as a young Welsh guardsman was blown apart when Argentinian planes bombed the Sir Galahad during the Falklands conflict. After more than 70 operations to repair his damaged face and body, this autobiography provides insight into the events that have shaped his life. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Piatkus
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002178
- ISBN
- 9780749950200
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. The memoirs of Ireland's acclaimed author and playwright, Hugh Leonard. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 202. Good clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Methuen
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KKD0002182
- ISBN
- 9780413771681
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A biography of Bruce Chatwin, based on private notebooks, diaries, letters and hundreds of interviews. It illuminates the many sides of Chatwin, from Sotheby's director, archaeologist, "Sunday Times" journalist and traveller to devoted husband and active gay, socialite and loner. Num Pages: 656 pages, illustrations facsimiles, geneal. table, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 480. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002223
- ISBN
- 9780099289975
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002239
- ISBN
- 9780553813029
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Celebrates a lifetime of golf shared by a father and son who take on a last trip together to the finest courses of England and Scotland. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKS; BGS; WSJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002301
- ISBN
- 9780099235521
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95