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Paperback. Stories of outstanding bravery on the battlefield Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 400 pages, 32, 10 maps. BIC Classification: BTM; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780304366989
- ISBN
- 9780304366989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Hardback. The riveting story of the sex scandal that threatened the life of the young Elizabeth Tudor, and whose outcome was pivotal to the creation of the public persona of Elizabeth I. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 35. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784081720
- ISBN
- 9781784081720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.64
€ 18.64
Paperback. Written off as 'fat' and 'useless' in his youth, Mark Cavendish is cycling's brightest star. His extraordinary quadruple stage-win at Tour proved him Britain's best ever cyclist. This title lets you follow him through the mayhem of the Tour de France. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091932770
- ISBN
- 9780091932770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. On 10 November 2009 German national goalkeeper, Robert Enke, stepped in front of a passing train. He was thirty two years old. Viewed from outside, Enke had it all. Here was a professional goalkeeper who had played for a string of Europe's top clubs including Jose Mourinho's Benfica and Louis Van Gaal's Barcelona. This title presents his story. Num Pages: 400 pages, ports. BIC Classification: BGS; VFJS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yellow Jersey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780224091664
- ISBN
- 9780224091664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Gervase Phinn thinks he's heard just about everything in his two years as a school inspector, but a surprising enquiry from an angelic six-year-old reminds him never to take children for granted. His marriage to Christine Bentley, finding somewhere idyllic to live in the Yorkshire Dales, and chance of a promotion. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BGA; JNKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141005225
- ISBN
- 9780141005225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 11.85
Paperback. The day Koren turned fourteen she tasted alcohol for the first time. At fifteen she was piecing together forgotten fragments of drink, men and misplaced clothes. This is the story of a young woman coming of age within a society that finds it easier to turn a blind eye to binge-drinking than address the problem head on. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262. Good clean copy. Page edges showing minor shelfwear, remains in good condition
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0009117
- ISBN
- 9780091905606
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292704428
- ISBN
- 9780292704428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.03
€ 23.99
€ 22.03
Hardcover. A biography of Ignaz Friedman that offers the reader the behind and the between of the life and career of this extraordinary pianist. It examines Friedman's life as a cultured Jewish musician in Poland; his studies in Leipzig and Vienna; his relationship with Manya Friedman; and, his performing career, teaching, and retirement in Australia. Num Pages: 416 pages, 21 b&w illus., 10 music exx. BIC Classification: AVH; AVRG; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 32. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780253353108
- ISBN
- 9780253353108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.74
€ 71.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062007308
- ISBN
- 9780062007308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.64
€ 23.99
€ 20.64
Paperback. George Pine was born in Bristol in 1891. He fought in WW1 and spent his working life on the Bristol trams. When he was 80, George wrote his life story. For the past 10 years his grandson (by marriage) Clive Burlton has been editing, researching and annotating George's story. He has included 200 archive photographs and illustrations. Illustrator(s): Burt, Joe. Editor(s): Jones, Richard. Num Pages: 224 pages, World War 1 and other archive photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGH; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 245 x 10. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Tangent Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906477462
- ISBN
- 9781906477462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.62
€ 19.99
€ 18.62
Paperback. The real story of one of the greatest explorers who ever lived by 'the world's greatest living explorer' (Guinness Book of Records). Num Pages: 528 pages, 32 pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 3JJC; BG; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340826997
- ISBN
- 9780340826997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.81
€ 13.00
€ 11.81
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226423456
- ISBN
- 9780226423456
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 35.55
€ 45.99
€ 35.55
Paperback. Everyone thinks they know the real Gordon Ramsay: rude, loud, pathologically driven, stubborn as hell. But this is his bestselling real story.. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 b/w, 40 col plates (24pp). BIC Classification: BGFA; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007229680
- ISBN
- 9780007229680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.45
€ 13.00
€ 11.45
Paperback. Traces the life of Britain's only female Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, from her upbringing in Grantham to her unexpected challenge to Edward Heath for leadership of the Conservative party and her eventual removal from power. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 137 x 36. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099575160
- ISBN
- 9780099575160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.88
€ 17.99
€ 14.88
Paperback. This portrayal of Jane Ellen Harrison raises the question of who wins (and how) in the competition for academic fame. The author captures Harrison's ability to create her own image, and contrasts it with the story of Eugenie Sellers Strong, a younger competitor. Series: Revealing Antiquity. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1QDAG; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674008076
- ISBN
- 9780674008076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.84
€ 41.99
€ 34.84
Paperback. Tracing Fred Astaire's life from his birth in Omaha to his death in his late eighties in Hollywood, this book discusses his early days with his talented and outspoken sister Adele, his gifts as a singer, and his many movie dance partners, among them Rita Hayworth, Eleanor Powell, Cyd Charisse, and Betty Hutton. Series: Icons of America. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASDT; AVGM; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300158441
- ISBN
- 9780300158441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.40
€ 17.99
€ 14.40
Paperback. Tomi Reichental, who lost 35 members of his family in the Holocaust and was the subject of the documentary "Till The Tenth Generation", gives his account of being imprisoned as a child at Belsen concentration camp. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVKS; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The O'Brien Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847172273
- ISBN
- 9781847172273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.23
€ 14.99
€ 13.23
Hardback. Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun (1859-1952), winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920, was both a brilliant and controversial man. This biography offers a nuanced account of this morally ambiguous man. Drawing on Hamsun's extraordinary private archives and on his psychoanalyst's notes, it delves into Hamsun's personal life and character. Translator(s): Skuggevik, Erik; Dawkin, Deborah. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 b/w. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 169 x 36. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- F First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300123562
- ISBN
- 9780300123562
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.31
€ 43.99
€ 31.31
Paperback. The dramatic and inspiring story of one woman's incredible journey into the heart of a man and his nation. Num Pages: 480 pages, 30. BIC Classification: BGRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 41. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753817568
- ISBN
- 9780753817568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Granville Island Publishing
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926991306
- ISBN
- 9781926991306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.78
€ 20.99
€ 15.78
Paperback. A biography of the most important woman in the history of economic thought. Series: Science & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 photos, 1 table. BIC Classification: BGH; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822345381
- ISBN
- 9780822345381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.71
€ 31.99
€ 28.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 80 colour and black and white. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 190 x 11. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Plexus Publishing
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859654524
- ISBN
- 9780859654524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.24
€ 17.99
€ 14.24
Paperback. Biography of John MacBride, husband of Maude Gonne, who was executed as part of the 1916 Rising. Series: 16Lives. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BGH; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The O'Brien Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847172709
- ISBN
- 9781847172709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 10.85
€ 15.99
€ 10.85
Paperback. In 1815, the young Dublin doctor Barry O'Meara accepted the opportunity of a lifetime to look after Napoleon Bonaparte in his banishment on St Helena. In one of the most isolated places on earth, doctor and patient became intimate friends. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTASH; 3JH; BGH; BJ; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- O´Brien Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847178916
- ISBN
- 9781847178916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.51
€ 16.99
€ 14.51